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i • Minutes Regular Meeting La Porte City Council April 25, 1994, Page 3 Ayes: Councilpersons Sutherland, Cooper, Thrower, McLaughlin, Porter, Gay, Maxwell, Clarke and Mayor Malone Nays: None Councilperson Sutherland: Stated he is for the original agreement between the City and the Livestock/Rodeo Association. He feels Council made a mistake when they discussed the ordinance at a time the Association was having their yearly event at the arena and were not at the meeting. I voted to amend the ordinance thinking it would be all right, but the Association does not see it that way. Since then I have discussed it with the Association and agree with them that we should go back to the original ordinance as negotiated between the City Manager and the Livestock/Rodeo Association. Councilperson Cooper: Stated he recommended we pass the Ordinance for the agreement as it was originally stated. He believes we made a mistake in amending the agreement. He stated in the beginning we had an arena that belonged to the City, but it did not have a cover and we would not have a cover it were not for the Livestock/Rodeo Association. He said he did not have a hard time giving them special considerations and felt like they deserved those considerations. He does not want any restrictions placed in the agreement. Councilperson Thrower: Said he had nothing further to say other than repeating the things already said. Councilperson McLaughlin: Stated it was hard for him to have made his decision as he had hardly heard from any of the members of the Livestock/Rodeo Association. He said he doesn't know what is wrong with the one sentence as he has not received a clear answer from anybody. He said he feels the members of the Association are anticipating things which will never happen. He stated, "The entire Council is behind the Association 100, and that in years to come personnel will change but who's to say if there will be problems arise." Councilperson said he wants to stay with the original ordinance. Councilperson Porter: Thanked Council for putting the vote off on Ordinance 94-1970-A per his request. He said due to out of town commitments he was unable to attend the previous council meeting. He said he doesn't like to re-vote an ordinance two weeks after it was voted in. But if you make mistakes you should have the opportunity to look at it again. Councilman Porter said he had not seen the agreement until he