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LOUIS RIGBY <br /> <br />Mayor <br />DARYL LEONARD <br />JOHN ZEMANEK <br />Councilmember District 3 <br />Councilmember At Large A <br /> <br />TOMMY MOSER <br />DOTTIE KAMINSKI <br />Councilmember District 4 <br />Mayor Pro Tem <br />JAY MARTIN <br />Councilmember At Large B <br />Councilmember District 5 <br />DANNY EARP <br /> <br />MIKE CLAUSEN <br />Councilmember District 1 <br />Councilmember District 6 <br /> <br />CHUCK ENGELKEN <br /> <br />Councilmember District 2 <br /> <br />MINUTES OF THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE <br />CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LA PORTE <br />JUNE 8, 2015 <br />Monday, June 8, 2015, <br />The City Council of the City of La Porte met in a regular meeting on at the City Hall <br />6:00 p.m <br />Council Chambers, 604 West Fairmont Parkway, La Porte, Texas, at . to consider the following items <br />of business: <br />1. CALL TO ORDER <br />Mayor Rigby called the meeting to order at 6:00 p.m. Members of Council present: Councilmembers <br />Kaminski, Martin, Moser, Earp, Leonard, Engelken, Clausen and Zemanek. Also present were City <br />Secretary Patrice Fogarty and City Manager Corby Alexander. <br /> <br /> <br />2. INVOCATION <br /> The invocation was given by Michael Thannisch, Congregation Benim Avraham. <br /> <br />3. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE <br />The Pledge of Allegiance was led by Councilmember Dottie Kaminski. <br />4. PRESENTATIONS, PROCLAMATIONS, AND RECOGNITIONS <br />(a) <br />Recognition Retirement of Wanda Richards (City of La Porte Police Department) Mayor <br />Rigby <br />Mayor Rigby recognized Wanda Richards for 30 years of service as a Telecommunications Officer for <br />the City of La Porte Police Department. <br /> <br />5. PUBLIC COMMENTS <br />(Limited to five minutes per person.) <br />Philip Dunn, 701 San Jacinto St., addressed Council regarding Item 9, potential amendments to the <br />City of La Porte Truck Route Map and expressed his concerns for the safety of the community. <br /> <br />Maggie Anderson, 909 Garden Walk, addressed Council regarding Item 9, potential amendments to the <br />City of La Porte Truck Route Map and expressed concerns for safety if Spencer Highway is withdrawn <br />from the truck route. <br /> <br />Chuck Rosa, 812 S. Virginia, addressed Council regarding Five Points Plaza and suggested placing a <br />statue of Emily West Morgan at the plaza. <br /> <br />Nancy Ojeda, 10302 Winding Trail, addressed Council and spoke in favor of Item 8a, expenditure <br />by the La Porte Development Corporation in an amount not to exceed $300,000.00 in connection with <br />project for an economic development incentive to Gantstein Esquire, LLC <br />Restaurant. Ms. Ojeda advised she is against the requirement of Pipeline having a $3,750,000.00 total <br /> <br />17 <br />Page of <br />June 8, 2015, Council Meeting Minutes <br /> <br /> <br />