2013-02-25 Regular Meeting of La Porte City Council minutes

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LOUIS RIGBY Mayor JOHN ZEMANEK Mayor Pro Tem Councilmember At Large A DOTTIE KAMINSKI Councilmember At Large B MIKE MOSTEIT Councilmember District 1 CHUCK ENGELKEN Councilmember District 2 MINUTES OF THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LA PORTE FEBRUARY 25, 2013 DARYL LEONARD Councilmember District 3 TOMMY MOSER Councilmember District 4 JAY MARTIN Councilmember District 5 MIKE CLAUSEN Councilmember District 6 The City Council of the City of La Porte met in a regular meeting on Monday, February 25, 2013, 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 Zemanek, Mosteit, Clausen, Kaminski, Martin, Leonard and Moser. Absent: Councilmember Engelken. Also present were City Secretary Patrice Fogarty, City Manager Corby Alexander 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 Tommy Moser. 4. PUBLIC COMMENTS (Limited to five minutes per person.) Director of Fairmont Park East Homeowners' Association, Rethna Morvant, and President of Fairmont Park East Homeowners' Association, Cheryl Westmoreland, addressed Council regarding changing Fleetwood Drive to Nuteway in honor of former board member Charles Nute for his instrumental work with the City repairing drainage issues on Fleetwood Drive. 5. CONSENT AGENDA (All consent agenda items are considered routine by City Council and will be enacted by one motion. There will be no separate discussion of these items unless a Councilmember requests an item be removed and considered separately.) (a) Consider approval or other action regarding the minutes of regular City Council meeting held on February 11, 2013 — P. Fogarty (b) Consider approval or other action awarding Bid # 13004 for the extension of F216-00-00 west of Sens Road with a contingency of $5,398.00 for a total project amount of $59,375.00 — J. Garza (c) Consider approval or other action affirming the La Porte Development Corporation Board's expenditure of an amount not to exceed $500,000.00 to fund a capital improvement incentive grant to Intergulf Corporation — T. Leach Regarding Consent Item 5c, Councilmember Moser questioned if Intergulf will be issued a check for $500,000.00. Assistant City Manager Traci Leach responded the City will provide an amount equal to the construction for drainage improvements plus 10% for contingencies. Councilmember Moser asked if the agreement was written whether the City will be liable for replacing the parking lot in the event one of the conduits break. Assistant City Manager Traci Leach responded the City would maintain a drainage and maintenance easement through the drainage way, and she believes the Page 1 of 7 February 25, 2013, City Council Meeting Minutes