2020-11-05 Regular Meeting of the La Porte City Council

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Item c was pulled by the City Manager. Councilperson Engelken moved to approve the consent agenda; the motion was adopted, 9-0. 6. STATUTORY AGENDA (a) Presentation, discussion, and possible action to consider the appointments and seating of regular and alternate members of the La Porte Zoning Board of Adjustment. [Mayor Rigby] Councilperson Garza moved to move Phillip Hoot to Position 1, Pat McCabe to Alternate 1, and John Blakemore to Alternate 2; the motion was adopted, 9-0. 7. REPORTS (a) Receive FY 2019-20 second quarter Capital Improvement Plan program update. [Jason Weeks, Assistant City Manager] Public Works Director Ray Mayo confirmed the Copeland Project was at 60% of design and that it tied in with the Lomax Lift Station Project, also at 60% of design, saying he expected the remainder might take four months, with groundbreaking in the next year. Mr. Mayo noted the Texas Water Development Board (TWDB) had only just released the rest of the funding and that the environmental assessment had taken about six months to be completed. Mr. Mayo said the Main Street Sidewalks work was proceeding both with the contractor and in-house crews. He confirmed the drainage interconnect at the lakes was complete and was complimented on the Sylvan and Jefferson paving projects. Mr. Weeks said the City Hall conference room project had been on hold until after Saturday's retreat and that it was now being considered for the Planning area. Mrs. Epting confirmed the playground was done at MLK Park and the work at Northwest Pool was almost complete. Mr. Mayo confirmed the Five Points restroom and pavilion design was in progress. Mr. Mayo said currently he believed that the plan for a new Public Works Building would be on the same property and would allow the department to continue working in the existing building while construction was underway. Mrs. Epting confirmed the City has planted and is maintaining the planters on Main Street. Mr. Mayo said the drainage project on 6th Street had been funded and was being broken into two phases and that the next phase of 7th Street was about 70% through design. (b) Receive report on the Drainage and Flooding Committee meeting. [Councilperson Martin] Councilperson Martin shared that the Committee received reports and updates and will be bringing a recommendation to move forward on design for several projects. 8. ADMINISTRATIVE REPORTS • Planning and Zoning Commission meeting, May 21 • Zoning Board of Adjustment meeting, May 28 • Fiscal Affairs Committee meeting, June 8 • City Council meeting, June 8 • City Council meeting, June 22 City Manager Corby Alexander said there were no reports. 9. COUNCIL COMMENT Hear announcements concerning matters appearing on the agenda; items of community interest; and/or inquiries of staff regarding specific factual information or existing policy from the Mayor, Councilmembers, and City staff, for which no formal action will be discussed or taken. Councilpersons expressed hope that citizens would soon be able to physically rejoin meetings; encouraged Councilpersons to consider holding tonight's executive session in open session; asked that Page 2 of 3 May 11, 2020, Council Meeting Minutes