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<br />La Porte Redevelopment Authority, <br />City of La Porte, Texas <br />Minutes of the Board Meeting <br />Held July 18,2007 <br /> <br />1. CALL TO ORDER AND DETERMINATION OF A QUORUM <br /> <br />The Board of Directors of the La Porte Redevelopment Authority, City of La Porte, Texas, held a meeting, open to the <br />public, on the 18th day of July 2007, and meeting was called to order at 6:37 p.m. in the City Council Chambers of the <br />City Hall, 604 West Fairmont Parkway, La Porte, Texas 7751 and the roll was called of the duly appointed members <br />of the Board, to wit: <br /> <br />Peggy Antone <br />Dave Turnquist <br />Alton Porter <br />Horace Leopard <br />Doug Martin <br />JJ Meza <br />Michael Say <br />Chester Pool <br />Lin Pfeiffer <br /> <br />Position 1 <br />Position 2 <br />Position 3 <br />Position 4 <br />Position 5 <br />Position 6 <br />Position 7 <br />Position 8 <br />Position 9 - Chairman <br /> <br />and all of the above were present except Directors Meza and Say, thus constituting a quorum. Also present at the <br />meeting were John Joerns, Scott Bean, Gretchen Black, and Donald Meeks. <br /> <br />2. CONSIDER APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES OF THE MAY 24, 2007 BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING <br /> <br />Upon a motion duly made by Director Pool and being seconded by Director Porter, the board unanimously <br />approved the minutes of May 24, 2007 meeting. <br /> <br />3. CONSIDER APPROVAL OR OTHER ACTION WITH REGARD PAY REQUEST NUMBER FOUR IN THE <br />AMOUNT OF $23,765.63 FOR THE LAKES OF FAIRMONT GREENS TIRZ PROJECT RELATED TO OFF <br />SITE IMPROVEMENTS KNOWN AS THE SOUTH LA PORTE TRUNK SEWER LINE. <br /> <br />Mr. Bean introduced the item, and Mr. Joerns provided an explanation to the board. Director Antone inquired <br />about one of the line items being noted as 125% complete. Mr. Joerns addressed the question noting that several <br />manholes had been added during construction which would increase the line item amount and would be reflected in a <br />percent completion over 100%. There was general discussion on the matter. Upon a motion duly made by Director <br />Martin and being seconded by Director Turnquist, the board unanimously approved the pay request. <br /> <br />4. CONSIDER APPROVAL OR OTHER ACTION WITH REGARD TO ADDITIONAL PAY REQUESTS FOR <br />THE LAKES OF FAIRMONT GREENS TIRZ PROJECT RELATED TO OFF SITE IMPROVEMENTS <br />KNOWN AS THE SOUTH LA PORTE TRUNK SEWER PROJECT. <br /> <br />Mr. Bean introduced the item, and Mr. Joerns provided an explanation to the board. Mr. Joerns referred the board <br />to his memorandum of June 20, 2007 located behind tab 8 in the board packet that explained the additional pay <br />request of $9,000. There was general discussion on the matter. Upon a motion duly made by Director Leopard and <br />being seconded by Director Pool, the board unanimously approved the pay request. <br /> <br />5. CONSIDER DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT BY AND BETWEEN THE LA PORTE REDEVELOPMENT <br />AUTHORITY, LA PORTE TIRZ NUMBER ONE, CITY OF LA PORTE, AND RETREAT A T BAY FOREST <br />LP. <br /> <br />ML Bean introduced the item, and Mr. Joerns and Ms. Black provided an explanation to the board. There was <br />general discussion on the matter. Mr. Joerns explained the discrepancy in what the developer and the City believed <br />were TIRZ reimbursable engineering costs. There was general discussion. Mr. Joerns suggested approval of the <br />