03-21-00 Regular Meeting of La Porte Complete Count Committee

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• City of La Porte Census 2000 Complete Count Committee Meeting Minutes of March 21, 2000 Members Present: Jeannie Zemanek, Joeena Davis, Colleen Hicks, and Lorraine Jeffery. Members Absent: Beth Rickert, Marlin Fenn, Tom Rawls, Kathy Alberts, Ada Bowen, Wayne Speazs, Susan Pazastaz, Steve Jacks, Randy Gilchrist, Tim O'Connor, Vicky Abshire, Mazk Snider, Linda Barley, and Debra Kurz. Others Present: Dionne Roberts, Census Bureau City Staff Present: Mayor Norman Malone, City Secretary Martha Gillett and Planning Coordinator Masood Malik. I. CALL TO ORDER Committee Chairman Jeannie Zemanek called the meeting to order at 5:50 P.M. II. CONSIDER APPROVING MINUTES OF REGULAR MEETING ON FEBRUARY 15, 2000. Motion was made by Joeena Davis to accept the minutes as presented. A second by Colleen Hicks. The motion carved unanimously. III. REVIEW AND IMPLEMENT ACTIVITIES LEADING TO CENSUS DAY - APRIL 1, 2000. Dionne Roberts with the census bureau noted those who do not receive a census form may get one from the "Be Counted Center". She also noted they are still recruiting remunerators. They will work April 14 - 15 until the community is counted. If people leave blanks on the census form an employee from the census bureau will visit their home to assist in completing the form. Activities - Masood Malik reported that he and Martha Gillett attended the School Board Meeting. Mazch 9, 2000 was the Education Foundation Celebration for the school and Mr. Malik set up a table to publicize the Census. Mayor Malone, Janis Goulder, Colleen Hicks, and Vickie Abshire assisted with handing out census information and promotional items. Census magnets were mailed out in all City of La Porte water bills to serve as a reminder of Census 2000. Questionnaire Centers are located at the LaPorte Library on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 12:00 to 4:30PM and at the City Hall, Friday from 12:00 to 4:30 PM. Bayshore Sun has been running ads twice a week to remind everyone about the importance of completing the census form and getting it mailed back in a timely manner.