10-12-05 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 October 12, 2005 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 its annual meeting, open to the public, on the 12th day of October 2005, and meeting was called to order at 7:04 p.m. in Council Chambers at the City Hall, 604 West Fairmont Parkway, La Porte, Texas 77571, and roll was called of the duly appointed members of the Board, to wit: Peggy Antone Dave Turnquist Alton Porter Horace Leopard Doug Martin JJ Meza Vacant Chester Pool Lin Pfeiffer Position 1 Position 2 Position 3 Position 4 Position 5 Position 6 Position 7 Position 8 Position 9 - Chairman and all of the above were present except Director Martin, thus constituting a quorum. Also present at the meeting were John Joerns, David Hawes and Russell Plank. 2. CONSIDER APPROVAL OF MINUTES OF THE MEETING HELD AUGUST 3, 2005 Upon a motion duly made by Director Turnquist and being seconded by Director Meza, the board unanimously approved the minutes of August 3, 2005. 3. REVIEW AND CONSIDER APPROVAL OF FISCAL YEAR 2005-2006 BUDGET Upon a motion duly made by Director Turnquist and being seconded by Director Meza, the board unanimously approved the minutes of August 3, 2005. 4. PRESENTATIONS ANDDISCUSSION OF PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT IN LA PORTE TAX INCREMNT REINVESTMENT ZONE #1 Russell Plank, National Property Holdings made a presentation to the board with regard to the status of his proposed commercial development project on the west side of State Highway 146 and south ofFairmont Parkway. He reviewed with the board the type of development that was planned and the projected locations of certain buildings and their size. He responded to questions from the board related detention, landscaping and mobility in and through the proposed project. No action was taken. 5. DISCUSS DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT WITH 65 LA PORTE, LTD AND PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT WITH THE CITY OF LAPORTE John Joems and David Hawes reviewed with the board the status of the 65 La Porte project on the east side of State Highway 146. They discussed with the board the approach to be taken with regard to the oversized trunk main and the status of the engineering for the project. No action was taken. 6. STAFF REPORTS . Review City of La PortelLPISD Report for 2004 Tax Year . Review Harris County Report for 2004 Tax Year . Update on Various Developments Mr. Joems reviewed the board the collection status of tax receipts on behalf of the TIRZ. He also discussed the status of a small independent development (21 lots) occurring with the TIRZ.