03-26-03 La Porte Redevelopment Authority Meeting minutes

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La Porte Redevelopment Authority City of La Porte, Texas Minutes of the Board Meeting Held March 26, 2003 1. CALL TO ORDER AND DETERMINATION OF A QUORUM The Board of Directors of the La Porte Redevelopment Authority, City of La Porte, Texas, held a meeting, open to the public, on the 26th day of March 2003, 6:30 p.m. in Council Chambers at the City Hall, 604 West Fairmont Parkway, La Porte, Texas 77572-1115 and the roll was called of the duly appointed members of the Board, to wit: Peggy Antone Paul Larson Alton Porter Horace Leopard Norman S. Cook Lindsey Pfeiffer David Webb Chester Pool John Black Position 1 Position 2 Position 3 - Chairman Position 4 Position 5 Position 6 Position 7 Position 8 Position 9 and all of the above were present except Directors Pfeiffer, Webb, Pool and Black, thus constituting a quorum. Also present at the meeting were Debra Feazelle, John Joerns, David Hawes, Melvin Spinks, John Conquest, Joe Fogarty and M. 1. Reddy. 2. ApPROVE MINUTES OF THE MEETING HELD AUGUST 14, 2002 Upon a motion duly made by Director Cook and being seconded by Director Leopard, the board unanimously approved the minutes of the meeting held August 14,2002. 3. PRESENT A TION OF DRAFT TAYLOR BA YOU WATERSHED MASTER DRAINAGE PLAN John Joerns gave the board an overview of the process used to develop the master watershed plan for Taylor Bayou. Melvin Spinks reviewed the conceptual plan and the report submitted to the city with regard to property located within the TIRZ. The primary focus of the report dealt with the drainage and detention needs of developable land within the TIRZ. The report outlines what is needed to affect development without impacting downstream as well as upstream flooding. The report showed that 72% of the land was available for development. Cost estimates were presented in the report. 4. PRESENT A TION AND DISCUSSION OF PROPOSED RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT IN LA PORTE TAX INCREMENT REINVESTMENT ZONE NUMBER ONE Mr. Joe Fogarty gave the board a presentation with regard to his proposed development within the TIRZ. Mr. Fogarty reviewed the drainage issues, mobility issues, landscaping !berms on State Highway 146, and the quality of the residential development. There were questions from the board with regard to ingress and egress related to the project and there was discussion with regard to the zoning. 5. OTHER MATTERS WHICH MAY PROPERLY BECOME BEFORE THE BOARD No other matters came before the board. 6. ADJOURNMENT Upon a motion duly made by Director Larson and being seconded by Director Cook the board unanimously approved the motion to adjourn at 8:04 PM.