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City Council Regular Meeting - Febr~ 23, 2004 -Page 3 • deep. This 4'S" gully, the City dug in front of our property, is on the same street, under the same drainage scenario as the Blackwell's nice shallow ditch with the illegal culvert. This gully stands in water a lot because the City came back and dug the gully even deeper than it already was; while they did not clean out the City culvert and ditch, which was at the root of the problem. In fact, they dug their ditch so deep that it was below the level of the City culvert that it drains into so the water stands. This gully exists because the City took care of the Blackwell's to the north of us, but they also took care of them to the south by making the entrance to their feedlot a drainage high point; even though our property is the physical middle of the drainage, the higher elevation and the logical high point. When they started down south to make Blackwell's the high point, by the time they got to us, we had a 5' deep ditch. A few months after I brought this injustice to Council, the City responded by digging the ditch in front of our property even wider. The obvious 2646 questions are: Why did the City help Bobby Blackwell violate the law? Why did the City dig the ditch wider in front of their property when they knew it was too wide and too deep already? Justice demands that Mr. Scott get the same justice as the Blackwell's. Eddie Hollub of 4828 Pine, Pasadena, Texas, Modern Plumbing Company (a non-union shop), would like to stop some rumors real quick. First of all, the codes are union and non-union, but that shouldn't be the issue. A good quality code that we all live by is a very fair playing field. The C3 Code has stood up for years, a good code. If a job fails, it is on him. The code protects him, his company and his family. Bill White of 10331 Collingswood, La Porte, Texas 77571, has been in the construction business for over 60 years. During that time, the ICC codes always did their job, they are developed to give the minimum amount and you can always go above it. Mr. White highly recommends that you keep the ICC codes. 6. Council to consider approval or other action regarding an ordinance authorizing the City Manager to execute a Pipeline Adjustment Agreement with Kinder Morgan Tejas Pipeline, L.P. for $516,321. Public Works Director Steve Gillett presented summary and recommendation and answered Council's questions. Assistant City Attorney read: ORDINANCE 2004-2706 - AN ORDINANCE APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING AN AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF LA PORTE AND KINDER MORGAN TEJAS PIPELINE, L.P., TO PROVIDE PIPELINE ADJUSTMENTS FOR THE CANADA ROAD PROJECT; APPROPRIATING THE SUM NOT TO EXCEED $516,321.00, TO FUND SAID CONTRACT; MAKING VARIOUS FINDINGS AND PROVISIONS RELATING TO THE SUBJECT; FINDING COMPLIANCE WITH THE OPEN MEETINGS LAW; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE HEREOF. Motion was made by Councilmember Engelken to approve Ordinance 2004-2706 as presented by Mr. Gillett. Second by Councilmember Ebow. The motion carved. Ayes: Engelken, Beasley, Griffiths, Mosteit, Young, Ebow, Meismer and Malone Nays: None Abstain: None 7. Council to consider approval or other action regarding approving a Construction Code Adoption Ordinance. Ad~ Hoc Committee Chairman Mike Clausen informed Council he had no additional comments since his last address to Mayor and Council. He informed Mayor and City Council the majority of the Ad Hoc Committee .recommends the~C3 Codes. Assistant City Attorney John Armstrong read: ORDINANCE 96-2079-B - AN ORDINANCE ADOPTING NEW BUILDING CODES BY AMENDING CHAPTER 82 OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF LA PORTE; BY AMENDING CHAPTER 82, "BUILDINGS AND BUII,DING REGULATIONS", ARTICLE II "BUILDING CODES", SECTION 82-31 "ADOPTION'; SECTIONS 82-32