2018-09-24 Regular Meeting of the La Porte City Council

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PORTE, LA PORTE, HARRIS COUNTY, TEXAS; MAKING CERTAIN FINDINGS OF FACT RELATED TO THE SUBJECT; FINDING COMPLIANCE WITH THE OPEN MEETINGS LAW; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE HEREOF. (e) Public hearing to receive comments regarding recommendation by the Planning and Zoning Commission to approve an Ordinance amending Chapter 106 "Zoning" of the City of La Porte Code of Ordinances in connection with a comprehensive review and update to Chapter 106, "Zoning"; consider approval or other action regarding an Ordinance amending Chapter 106, "Zoning" of the City of La Porte Code of Ordinances in connection with a comprehensive new and update to Chapter 106, "Zoning" — I. Clowes The public hearing opened at 7:46 p.m. City Planner Ian Clowes presented a summary. There were no public comments, and the public hearing was closed at 7:57 p.m. Councilmember Earp made a motion to accept the recommendation by the Planning and Zoning Commission and approve an Ordinance amending Chapter 106 "Zoning" of the City of La Porte Code of Ordinances in connection with a comprehensive review and update to Chapter 106, "Zoning," but with a couple of changed, to remove distribution centers and warehouses to be sent back to the Planning and Zoning Commission for a definition and remove NAICS Code 532490 with footnote 18 in the Main Street District. Councilmember Zemanek seconded. MOTION PASSED UNAINMOUSLY 9/0. Prior to council action, Assistant City Attorney Clark Askins read the caption of Ordinance 2018-3723 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 106 "ZONING" OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF LA PORTE IN CONNECTION WITH THE ANNUAL COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW AND UPDATE; PROVIDING THAT ANY PERSON VIOLATING THE TERMS OF THIS ORDINANCE SHALL BE DEEMED GUILTY OF A MISDEMEANOR AND UPON CONVICTION SHALL BE FINED IN A SUM NOT TO EXCEED TWO THOUSAND DOLLARS; PROVIDING FOR THE PUBLICATION OF THE CAPTION HEREOF; CONTAINING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; CONTAINING A REPEALING CLAUSE; FINDING COMPLIANCE WITH THE OPEN MEETINGS LAW; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE HEREOF. (f) Public hearing to receive comments regarding Harris County's Method of Distribution (MOD) for the Community Development Block Grant-Disaster Recovery (CDBG-DR) Round 1 Funds for the Hurricane Harvey — L. Wingate The public hearing opened at 8:00 p.m. City Engineer Lorenzo Wingate presented a summary. Councilmember Bentley left the table at 8:02 p.m. and returned at 8:02 p.m. There being no public comments, the public hearing was closed at 8:09 p.m. 7. RESOLUTIONS/AUTHORIZATIONS (a) Consider approval or other action regarding a Resolution adopting the 2018 Appraisal Roll of the Harris County Appraisal District— M. Dolby Finance Director Michael Dolby presented a summary. Councilmember Zemanek made a motion to adopt a Resolution adopting the 2018 Appraisal Roll of the Harris County Appraisal District. Councilmember Engelken seconded. MOTION PASSED UNAINMOUSLY 9/0. (b) Consider approval or other action regarding an Ordinance establishing the tax rate for the City of La Porte for the current tax year (2018) for a total tax rate of $0.71 per hundred dollar valuation - M. Dolby Finance Director Michael Dolby presented a summary. Page 5 of 7 September 24, 2018 Council Meeting Minutes