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BRENT MCCAULLEY, CHAIR COUNCILPERSON AT LARGE B CHUCK ENGELKEN COUNCILPERSON District 2 BILL BENTLEY COUNCILPERSON District 5 MINUTES OF THE LA PORTE COMMUNITY FENCING AD HOC COMMITTEE MEETING FEBRUARY 28, 2022 The La Porte Community Fencing Ad Hoc Committee of the City of La Porte met on Monday, February 28, 2022, at the City Hall Council Chambers, 604 West Fairmont Parkway, La Porte, Texas, at 5:15 p.m. to consider the following items of business: Committee Members present: Brent McCaulley, Chuck Engelken, Bill Bentley Committee Members attending remotely: None Committee Members absent: None Council -appointed officers present: Corby Alexander, City Manager; Lee Woodward, City Secretary; Clark T. Askins, Assistant City Attorney CALL TO ORDER — Chair McCaulley called the meeting to order at 5:19 p.m. 2. CITIZEN COMMENT (Generally limited to five minutes per person, in accordance with state law, the time may be reduced if there is a high number of speakers or other considerations.) There were no citizen comments. 3. STATUTORY AGENDA The purpose of this meeting is to discuss and formulate City Council and staff plans, operations, policies, and/or future projects, including the following: a. Approve minutes of the regular La Porte Community Fencing Project meeting held on January 24, 2022. [Brent McCaulley, Chair] Member Engelken moved to approve minutes of the La Porte Community Fencing Project Ad Hoc Committee meeting held on January 24, 2022: the motion was seconded by Member Bentley, the motion was adopted, 3-0. b. Presentation, discussion, and possible action regarding potential changes to the City's Community Fence Funding programlpolicy. [Corby Alexander, City Manager] Mr. Alexander explained the role of financial contribution by applicants. Bob Wagstaff of Summer Winds Subdivision, Dave Turnquist and Richard Warren of Brookglen Subdivision and D'Anne Thomson and Jacob Haskell of the Lake at Fairmont Green spoke in support of the City paying for proposed fencing. Mr. Alexander said he understood the application needed to be revised to request a survey and utility locates for each applicant and confirmed his office would mail out new applications to all the HOAs. Member Engelken moved to amend the policy to provide 0 points for the Cost Share section and to amend the Application Period by adding and to be reopened from Feb. 28 through June 1, 202Z the motion was seconded by Member Bentley; the motion was adopted, 3-0.