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Planning and Zoning Commission <br />Minutes of September 20, 2012 <br />Commissioners Present: Richard Warren, Helen LaCour, Phillip Hoot, Hal Lawler, Mark Follis, <br />Danny Earp, and Les Bird <br />Commissioners Absent: Doretta Finch and Lou Ann Martin <br />City Staff Present: Assistant City Manager Traci Leach, Planning Director Tim Tietjens, City <br />Planner Masood Malik, Assistant City Attorney Clark Askins, and Office <br />Coordinator Peggy Lee <br />Others Present: <br />1. Call to order. <br />One citizen was present <br />Meeting called to order by Chairman Lawler at 6:05 p.m. <br />2. Roll Call of Members. <br />Commission Members verbally indicated their attendance; Commissioners Finch and Martin <br />were not present for the meeting. <br />3. Consider approval of August 30, 2012, meeting minutes. <br />Motion by Commissioner Hoot to approve the August 30, 2012, meeting minutes. Second by <br />Commissioner Warren. Motion carried. <br />Ayes: Commissioners Warren, LaCour, Hoot, Follis, Earp, Bird, and Chairman Lawler <br />Nays: None <br />4. Open Public Hearing to receive citizen input on the La Porte Comprehensive Plan Update. <br />Chairman Lawler opened the public hearing at 6:10 p.m. <br />A. Presentation <br />Matt Bucchin, Kendig Keast Collaborative, presented a summary of the Comprehensive <br />Plan Update and described the sequence of events leading up to the public hearing: <br />• Project kick-off in June 2011, which included key interviews with staff, eight (8) <br />small committees, and individual interviews with Mayor and City Council. <br />• August 2011 through August 2012, conducted ten (10) Planning and Zoning <br />Commission Meetings during which elements of the Plan were reviewed. <br />• Conducted two (2) Council briefings. <br />