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Planning Director Tim Tietjens presented a summary, as well as Texas A&M Galveston Professor <br />Dr. Bill Merrell, who studied and proposed a structural protection system known as "Ike Dike" to <br />protect the Houston Galveston region from storm surge of a major hurricane. Located along the <br />Gulf of Mexico at the mouth of Galveston Bay, it would include a combination of movable gate <br />systems and revetment levees covered with natural materials on Galveston Island and the Bolivar <br />Peninsula, which would protect the entire Galveston Bay area. It would not only protect the Houston <br />Ship Channel industries from environmental catastrophe, but also the Bayport, Texas City and <br />Galveston Industrial areas, as well as every community fronting Galveston Bay, including La Porte. <br />Such a system along the Gulf of Mexico and the mouth of Galveston Bay would also <br />mitigate the rising surge that tends to increase in height as it moves further up into a bay <br />system like Galveston Bay. <br />Councilmember Zemanek moved to approve Resolution 2013-28 as presented by staff. <br />Councilmember Leonard seconded. MOTION PASSED. <br />Ayes: Mayor Rigby, Councilmembers Clausen, Engelken, Kaminski, <br />Zemanek, Martin, Mosteit, Leonard and Moser <br />Nays: None <br />Absent: None <br />Assistant City Attorney Clark Askins read the caption of Resolution 2013-28: A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY <br />OF LA PORTE, TEXAS SUPPORTING THE "IKE DIKE" CONCEPT BEING PROPOSED BY <br />TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY-GALVESTON'S DR. BILL MERRELL AS THE MOST EFFECTIVE AND <br />EQUITABLE MEANS OF PROTECTING LA PORTE AND THE ENTIRE HOUSTON-GALVESTON REGION <br />FROM STORM SURGE AND SUB -TROPICAL RAIN EVENTS; AND PROVIDING FOR THE DELIVERY OF <br />SUCH RESOLUTION TO TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY AT GALVESTON, THE GULF COAST COMMUNITY <br />PROTECTION AND RECOVERY DISTRICT, AS WELL AS THOSE STATE AND FEDERAL LEGISLATORS <br />THAT REPRESENT THE LA PORTE AREA. <br />(c) Consider approval or other action changing Employee Handbook Chapter 10, Section <br />10.03 Non -Civil Service Employees and 24 Hour Employees to properly designate the <br />payout bank from Sick Bank 1 to Sick Bank 3 — A. Curry <br />Human Resources Manager Allison Curry presented a summary. <br />Councilmember Mosteit moved to approve changes to the Employee Handbook in Chapter 10, <br />Section 10.03 Non -Civil Service Employees and 24 Hour Employees to properly designate the <br />payout bank from Sick Bank 1 to Sick Bank 3 as presented by staff. Councilmember Engelken <br />seconded. MOTION PASSED. <br />Ayes: Mayor Rigby, Councilmembers Clausen, Engelken, Kaminski, <br />Zemanek, Martin, Mosteit, Leonard and Moser <br />Nays: None <br />Absent: None <br />(d) Consider approval or other action regarding an incentive grant request to the Richard <br />Industrial Group to open a new office and relocate and/or hire at least 74 full-time <br />employees in La Porte — S. Livingston <br />Economic Development Coordinator Scott Livingston presented a summary. <br />Councilmember Clausen moved to approve an incentive grant request to the Richard Industrial <br />Group to open a new office and relocate and/or hire at least 74 full-time employees in La Porte as <br />presented by staff. Councilmember Mosteit seconded. MOTION PASSED. <br />Ayes: Mayor Rigby, Councilmembers Clausen, Engelken, Kaminski, <br />Zemanek, Martin, Mosteit, Leonard and Moser <br />Page 3 of 6 <br />December 9, 2013, Council Meeting Minutes <br />