1997-01-27 Regular Meeting of City Council

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. e Minutes Regular Meeting La Porte City Council January 27, 1997, Page 8 o STAFF RECOMMENDATION There was no recommendation from staff as we were asking direction from Council regarding this proposed ordinance change. CLOSE WORKSHOP MEETING Mayor Malone closed the meeting for Workshop Bat 8:18 P.M. 11. WORKSHOP - C. DISCUSS AN AMENDMENT TO ORDINANCE 1501 - THE ZONING O~INANCE, RELATING TO NON-CONFORMING USES. STRUCTURES, AND LOTS OF RECORD City Manager Robert T. Herrera reported to Council that he had placed a memorandum before them asking Council to table this workshop. Mr. Herrera said he had been visited by some Council members who indicated they need more time regarding this particular matter. He indicated that staff was prepared to continue with the workshop if Council would like to do so. Motion was made by Council person Maxwell to table item 11. Second by Councilperson Cooper. The motion to table carried, 6 ayes and 2 nays. Ayes: Councilpersons Sutherland, Cooper. Gay. Maxwell, Clarke and Mayor Malone Nays: Councilpersons McLaughlin and Porter OPEN WORKSHOP REVIEW BY STAFF STAFF RECOMMENDATION CLOSE WORKSHOP MEETING Workshop C was tabled. The remainder of the workshop agenda for item 11 was not addressed. 12. ADMINISTRATIVE REPORTS City Manager Robert T. Herrera reported this past weekend a staff retreat was held with the department heads of the City. He indicated it was probably the most productive staff meeting he had held in a long time. He reported we were able to set out our future goals and to define certain objectives where we, as a management staff, want to be this following year. He said that a report will be distributed to Council in the near future.