08-21-13 Meeting of the La Porte Redevelopment Authority minutes

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La Porte Redevelopment Authority City of LaPorte, Texas Minutes of the Board Meeting August 21, 2013 1. Call to order — Lindsey Pfeiffer, Chair; The Board of Directors of the La Porte Redevelopment Authority, City of La Porte, Texas, held a regular meeting, open to the public, on Wednesday, the 215t day of August, 2013 at 6:30 p.m. The meeting was called to order by Chair Lindsey Pfeiffer at 6:32 p.m. in the City Council Chambers of the City council conference Room, 604 West Fairmont Parkway, LaPorte, Texas; and the roll was called of the duly appointed members of the Board, to wit: Peggy Antone Position 1 - Secretary Dave Turnquist Position 2 Alton Porter Position 3 Horace Leopard Position 4 Doug Martin Position 5 — Vice Chair JJ Meza Position 6 Lloyd Graham Position 7 Chester Pool Position 8 Lindsey Pfeiffer Position 9 - Chair and all of the above were present except Directors Antone and Meza, thus constituting a quorum. Also present at the meeting were David Hawes, Hawes Hill Calderon, L.LP; Scott Livingston, City of LaPorte; Alan Mueller and Ken Schick for Beazer Homes; and Virginia Blake, McCall Gibson Swedlund Barfoot, P.L.L.C. 2. Consider approval of the minutes of Board of Directors Meeting held on July 24, 2013; Upon a motion duly made by Director Turnquist and being seconded by Director Pool, the Board considered approval of the minutes of the July 24, 2013 Board meeting. Director Graham explained that he did not attend the meeting due to the passage of a new Ethics Ordinance by the City of LaPorte on July 21, 2013, a few days prior to the Authority's Board meeting. He said that he has been advised by his legal counsel that the Ordinance creates a conflict for Director Graham for serving on this Board because of his service in another City position. The motion to approve the minutes passed. Director Graham abstained. 3. Consider proposal from McCall Gibson Swedlund Barfoot PLLC to perform an Agreed Upon Procedures Report for development costs associated with Retreat at Bay Forest LP; Mr. Hawes explained the need for the Agreed Upon Procedures (AUP) Report for development costs associated with the Retreat at Bay Forest, L.P. Ms. Blake then reviewed the proposal from her firm, noting that several invoices have been submitted by the developer.