1994-10-24 Public Hearing and Regular Meeting

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e e Minutes Public Hearing and Regular Meeting La Porte city Council October 24, 1994, Page 2 Mr. Walker resigned from the committee after thirteen years of service. 6. Mayor Malone proclaimed the week of October 23-29, 1994, as Pharmacy Week. Mr. Neal Broussard received the proclamation. Mayor Malone also proclaimed the week of October 22-30, 1994, as Red Ribbon Week. Mrs. Joyce Sease received the proclamation. Mayor Malone read to the audience an article published in the La Porte Bayshore Sun recently regarding the dedication and hard work performed by the POlice, Fire and other city of La Porte staff and employees during the period of heavy rains and flooding which subsequently caused the death of a La Porte youth. After stating Council's pride in a jOb well done by city of La Porte staff, Mayor Malone presented a wooden carving of a pig to Chief of Police Bobby Powell in appreciation for his devotion to duty during the crisis situation. 7. Three citizens addressed Council regarding Ms. Sherrie Langley and Mr. Harold Mathews application for a Special Conditional Use Permit to fence a certain tract of land and use it to pasture livestock. Those speaking in opposition to this request were Lisa Honeycutt Cook, 630 North 13th Street; Ms. Marita Jackson, 708 North 13th Street; Richard Watkins, 804 North 13th Street. There were five citizens addressing Council regarding a Special Conditional Use Permit request from representatives of Rescue Concepts, Inc., to utilize a tract of land for an emergency education facility and company office. Those speaking in opposition to this request were Bruce I. Marsden, 3107 Lazy Pine; Ron Gragg, 3007 Lazy pine; Jim Zoller, 907 Hackberry; Ken Koval, 914 Hackberry; Bob Capen, 807 Oak Leaf. Mr. Capen also stated his thanks and appreciation to Council and Staff for their efforts in turning around the requests of Rescue Concepts, Inc. Mr. Capen said, "It is nice to live in La Porte. My life is here, it has been here, it will be here. You are doing something that makes me proud of you in trying to establish a residential area for now and for a long, long time." Mayor Malone thanked the citizens for their interest and comments. He also recognized Lou Lawler for her many contributions to LaPorte, and he announced she was recently honored for her contributions to the Seafarers Centers by the Houston Port Commission.