2018-04-23 Regular Meeting of the La Porte City Council

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LOUIS RIGBY OF . A% DARYL LEONARD Mayor Councilmember District 3 JOHN ZEMANEK P. 14KRISTIN MARTIN Councilmember At Large A v / m Mayor Pro-Tern DOTTIE KAMINSKI Councilmember District 4 Councilmember At Large B JAY MARTIN DANNY EARP Councilmember District 5 Councilmember District 1 NANCY OJEDA CHUCK ENGELKEN Councilmember District 6 Councilmember District 2 MINUTES OF THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LA PORTE APRIL 23, 2018 The City Council of the City of La Porte met in a regular meeting on Monday, April 23, 2018, 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 Ojeda, J. Martin, K. Martin, Kaminski, Zemanek, Leonard, Engelken, and Earp. Also present were City Secretary Patrice Fogarty, City Manager Corby Alexander, Assistant City Manager Jason Weeks, 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 Nancy Ojeda. 4. PRESENTATIONS, PROCLAMATIONS, and RECOGNITIONS (a) Recognition — Councilmember Daryl Leonard —Appreciation of Nine Years of Service to the City of La Porte— Mayor Rigby Mayor Rigby recognized Councilmember Daryl Leonard for Nine Years of Service to the City of La Porte. 5. PUBLIC COMMENTS (Limited to five minutes per person.) Sonja Smith, 8415 Beechaven, addressed Council with concerns of possible drug activity at 8406 Beechaven. The home is vacant; there are no cameras to catch activity. She would like to know what type of actions need to be taken in order to have the house condemned. 6. 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 the meeting held on April 9, 2018 — P. Fogarty (b) Consider approval or other action regarding an amended Ordinance consenting to petition for creation of Harris County MUD 561 and adoption of utility agreement between the City of La Porte and Beazer Homes Texas, L.P. —C. Alexander (c) Consider approval or other action authorizing the City Manager to execute a professional services contract with HDR, Inc., for design, bidding and construction phase services for the Coupland Drive Improvement project— D. Pennell Page 1 of 5 April 23, 2018 Council Meeting Minutes