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<br />MINUTES OF THE SPECIAL CALLED REGULAR MEETING OF THE DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION <br />BOARD OF DIRECTORS <br />April 7, 2008 <br /> <br />1. Call to order <br /> <br />President Pat Muston called the meeting to order at 5:00 p.m. <br /> <br />Members Present: Love, Muston, Clausen, Engelken and Matuszak. <br /> <br />Members/Officers Absent: Wise, Dolby, and Moser. <br /> <br />Staff Present: City Manager Ron Bottoms, City Secretary Martha Gillett, Assistant City Attorney Clark Askins, <br />and Economic Development Coordinator Gretchen Larson. <br /> <br />Others Present: Paul Chavez of Bay Area Houston and David Janda. <br /> <br />2, Consider approval of minutes of the Special Called Meeting of the La Porte Development Corporation Board of <br />Directors, held on February 25, 2008. <br /> <br />A motion was made by Board Member Love to approve the Minutes of February 25, 2008 of the Special Called <br />Regular Meeting of La Porte Development Corporation Board. The motion was seconded by Board Member <br />Engelken. The motion carried unanimously. <br /> <br />Ayes: Love, Muston, Clausen, Engelken, Matuszak <br />Nays: None <br />Abstain: None <br />Absent: Moser and Wise <br /> <br />3. Consider approval or other action to ratify earlier decision of La Porte Development Corporation to forward a <br />letter of support for Highway 146 Overpasses. <br /> <br />Economic Development Coordinator Gretchen Larson presented a letter of support for Highway 146 <br />Overpasses. <br /> <br />A motion was made by Board Member Clausen to support the overpass project. The motion was seconded by <br />Board Member Engelken. The motion carried unanimously. <br /> <br />Ayes: Love, Muston, Clausen, Engelken and Matuszak <br />Nays: None <br />Abstain: None <br />Absent: Moser and Wise <br /> <br />4. Consider approval or other action to authorize the Economic Development Coordinator to proceed with joint City <br />of La Porte and LPEDC release of Request for Proposals (RFP) for the hiring of a firm to conduct a City-Wide <br />Economic Development Strategic Plan. <br /> <br />Economic Development Coordinator Gretchen Larson presented the Requests for Proposals and <br />recommendation to the board and answered questions. <br /> <br />A motion was made by Board Member Love to proceed with the Requests for Proposals. The motion was <br />seconded by Board Member Matuszak. The motion carried unanimously. <br />