2011-05-09 Regular Meeting of La Porte City Council

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LOUIS RIGBY DARYL LEONARD Mayor Mayor Pro Tem JOHN ZEMANEK O A Councilmember District 3 Councilmember at Large A A O JOHN BLACK li. TOMMY MOSER Councilmember at Large B v , \ Councilmember District 4 MIKE MOSTEIT JAY MARTIN Councilmember District 1 Councilmember District 5 CHUCK ENGELKEN MIKE CLAUSEN Councilmember District 2 / Councilmember District 6 MINUTES OF THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LA PORTE MAY 9, 2011 The City Council of the City of La Porte met in regular meeting on Monday, May 9, 2011, at the City Hall Council Chambers, 604 West Fairmont Parkway, La Porte, Texas, at 6:00 p.m. to consider the following items of business: 1. Call to Order Mayor Rigby called the meeting to order at 6:00 p.m. Members of Council present: Councilmembers Leonard, Zemanek, Mosteit, Engelken, Moser, Clausen, and Martin. Absent: Councilmember Black. Also present were City Manager Ron Bottoms, City Secretary Patrice Fogarty, and Assistant City Attorney Clark Askins. 2. Invocation — The Invocation was given by Assistant City Attorney Clark Askins 3. Pledge of Allegiance — The Pledge of Allegiance was led by Councilmember Engelken 4. Presentations /Proclamations A. Mayor Rigby presented a proclamation to for "Motorcycle Safety & Awareness Month." B. Mayor Rigby presented a proclamation to for "LyondellBasell Employees Day." C. Mayor Rigby recognized the retirement of Officer Sherman Moore from the La Porte Police Department. Chief Adcox was also present. D. Economic Development Coordinator Stacey Osborne introduced President Bob Mitchell and Marketing Director Paul Chavez of the Bay Area Houston Economic Partnership, who presented a brief presentation on activities in the past year. They apologized for their delay in arriving at the meeting due to an overturned truck on SH 146. They gave statistics and providing a detailed projection of the impact of the economic partnership With the City. Councilmember Engelken asked the capital investment and number of employees based on the new projects that were mentioned as having been brought into La Porte, and also the retention for NASA area and the impact it will have on the city. He asked for the growth rate for the cities they previously did projects with. Councilmember Leonard said that when discussing and justifying funds, they want to make sure that all parties involved in a project be mentioned, and was reassured by Mr. Mitchell that they do that in their presentations. Page 1 of 4 May 9, 2011, City Council Meeting Minutes