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• • <br />City of La Porte <br />Census 2000 <br />Complete Count Committee Meeting <br />Minutes of February 15, 2000 <br />Members Present: Beth Rickert, Colleen Hicks, Tim O'Connor, Vicky Abshire, Mark <br />Snider, Jeannie Zemanek, Joeena Davis, Linda Barley, and Lorraine <br />Jeffery. <br />Members Absent: Marlin Fenn, Tom Rawls, Kathy Alberts, Ada Bowen, Wayne Spears, <br />Susan Parastar, Steve Jacks, Randy Gilchrist, and Debra Kurz. <br />Others Present: Jerry Grey, Census Bureau <br />City Staff Present: Mayor Norman Malone, City Secretary Martha Gillett and Planning <br />Coordinator Masood Malik. <br />I. Call to Order. <br />Committee Chairman Jeannie Zemanek called the meeting to order at 5:35 P.M. <br />II. Consider approving minutes of regular meeting on January 18, 2000. <br />Motion was made by Tim O' Connor to accept the minutes with changes. A second by <br />Linda Barley. The motion carried unanimously. <br />III. Review tasks list and sub-committees activities plan. <br />Jeannie Zemanek acknowledged Mark Snider, Tim O'Connor, and Mayor Norman <br />Malone on the letters sent out to Chamber members. <br />City Secretary Martha Gillett stated that the letter was also sent out to the La Porte Home <br />Owners Associations. <br />Tim O'Connor reported John Black has been running ads in the Bayshore Sun and will <br />continue to run ads every Wednesday and Sunday through April 1, 2000. <br />Linda Barley stated that Life Magazine had an article on the importance of the census. <br />Vicky Abshire reported she had been distributing census posters to businesses. Ms. <br />Abshire also announced the census at the Head Start program and she will be announcing <br />it at the Rotary Meeting next month. Ms. Abshire will continue to contact all clubs over <br />the next several weeks. <br />Beth Rickert -Education -has received curriculum from the census bureau and is <br />distributing at the school district. Ms. Rickert distributed the letter from the Mayor and <br />Mark Snider and these letters will be sent out to all home students. Ms. Rickert would <br />like Mayor or a Councilman to speak at the March Board of Trustees meeting. <br />