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~ ~ <br />~~ `~ i ~lYs: R <br />°;~C'~`--~1 •First-Utility Plan <br />City Engineer Bob Speake summarized the Master Utility Plan <br />and answered questions from the Commission. Commissioner <br />Blackwell ask,~about the extension of Big Island Sltouth of <br />Fairmont Parkway. Mr. Speake agreed to contact Harris County <br />Flood Control District to make sure that channel improvements <br />in that area are being planned by Flood Control. Commissioner <br />Hammack made a motion which was seconded by Commissioner <br />Phillips to approve Master Utility Plan. Motion Passed. <br />-"~~ I ^ ~- . .~ <br />=~'~i~~ The staff next presented Beautification and Conservation. and <br />Open Space and Recreation plans for Commission. .consideration. <br />-,.- _. <br />Mr. Speake reminded ,.Commission of the Schematic Master Plan <br />concept approved by the Comprehensive Plan steering committee, <br />which was-a series-of activity areas linked together by <br />the~Thoroughfare system and the trail system. <br />• Director of Parks and Recreation <br />Stan Sherwood then presented <br />"''1'Xi9's~~ is __,~~/~,_;~. ~,Ei ~ri,.l ~. ::"/°1 --:1''1 »!'•^/;:~14N ~.. ~V~ <br />an overview of the -two--p~~ans . first-, two conservation <br />areas have `been established in the plan. They are Little <br />Cedar Bayou and Little Deer Creek which are to be preserved <br />as a natural setting for future generations to enjoy. <br />-~12• S~~~o~~He noted that the Beautification and Conservation Plan identifies <br />-ar-~as-of the- Git~ for more intense landscaping treatment:-er-=+- o~ <br />~F~.cr~-~ ~.a,~~.~, ~c ,fit <t~`; ~34vLtvcru~ a,F..r~~n~,~s ~ R~,~ <br />He specifically mentioned,~thoroughfare intersections inactivity <br />areas .T ~ nl ~~ S~Q1r cZ.An/G~ aT L~A~.r1 <br />C Director Sherwood noted that~~funds for+~B autification and <br />Conservation plan must come from the City's operating budget; <br />as tfie'capital_._improvements~program recommended by the Citizens <br />L ~~ =° <br />committee would not include funds to support these projects. <br />~~C~E' _ Director Sherwood next presented an overview of the Open Space <br />and Recreation Plan. He described in more detail the development <br />of Little Cedar Bayou Regional Park, the two proposed County ~-~M~ti,`JNti~ <br />Parks in northwest La Porter and central La Porte, and the <br />