2005-05-23 Regular Meeting and Public Hearing of the La Porte City Council

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MINUTES OF REGULAR MEETING AND PUBLIC HEARING OF THE LA PORTE CITY COUNCIL May 23, 2005 1. CALL TO ORDER The meeting was called to order by Mayor Alton Porter at 6:00 p.m. Members of City Council Present: Mayor Alton Porter, Councilmembers Chuck Engelken, Tommy Moser, Barry Beasley, Mike Clausen, Peter Griffiths, Mike Mosteit, and Howard Ebow Members of Council Absent: Louis Rigby Members of City Executive Staff and City Employees Present: City Manager Debra F eazelle, Assistant City Attorney Clark Askins, City Secretary Martha Gillett, Public Works Director Steve Gillett, Director of Planning Wayne Sabo, EMS Chief Ray Nolen, Purchasing Agent Susan Kelley, Assistant City Manager Cynthia Alexander, Assistant Police Chief Aaron Corrales, Engineering Technician Supervisor Brian Sterling, Planning Department Isaac Rodriguez, Emergency Management Coordinator Jeff Suggs, Assistant Fire Chief Champ Dunham, Parks and Recreation Director Stephen Barr, Assistant City Attorney and Assistant City Secretary Sharon Harris. Others Present: Reverend Mark Redd, Wayne Hammond, Sue Gale Mock Kooken, Bill Scott, Theresa John, Charlie Young, Mary Gay, Paul Johnson, Erick Gifford, Rick Dietwiler, Aka Momin, Nazar Momin 1.J. Meza, Bernard Legrand, Paul Larson, Charlie G. Perry, Brenda Jerrell, Charles Underwood, Carol Christian of the Houston Chronicle, Sib Carpenter, Nick Barrera, Chamber of Commerce President Colleen Hicks and other citizens and students. 2. Reverend Mark Redd of Bayshore Baptist Church delivered the invocation. 3. Mayor Porter led the Pledge of Allegiance. 4. PRESENT A TrONS / PROCLAMA TrONS Mayor Porter presented Assistant City Attorney John Armstrong with a certificate of appreciation in honor of twenty-five years of service to the City. 5. Consent Agenda A. Council to consider approving Minutes of the Special Called Regular Meeting held on May 16,2005. B. Council to consider approval of an ordinance authorizing the City Manager to execute an Agreement for Professional Services with Ray and Hollington AlA Architects for design of the renovation of Fire Station #2 and allocate #37,500 to fund said agreement. C. Council to consider and take action to renew the City of La Porte's cooperative agreement with Harris County Community & Economic Development Department (HCCEDD) for participation in the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) program and direct staff to forward a letter to HCCEDD to formally renew the cooperative agreement to participate in the CDBG program. D. Council to consider awarding a bid for Annual Mowing in the amount of$35,000 E. Council to consider continued participation of the Pre-Disaster Mitigation Planning and accept the approved changes by FEMA for multi-jurisdictional plan. F. Council to consider approval of joint resolution with the City of Shoreacres regarding a proposed park at property located at the west fork of Taylor Bayou.