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<br />LOUIS RIGBY <br />DARYL LEONARD <br />Mayor <br />Councilmember District 3 <br />JOHN ZEMANEK <br />KRISTIN MARTIN <br />Councilmember At Large A <br />Mayor Pro-Tem <br />DOTTIE KAMINSKI <br />Councilmember District 4 <br />Councilmember At Large B <br />JAY MARTIN <br />DANNY EARP <br />Councilmember District 5 <br />Councilmember District 1 <br />NANCY OJEDA <br /> <br />CHUCK ENGELKEN Councilmember District 6 <br />Councilmember District 2 <br />MINUTES OF THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE <br />CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LA PORTE <br />OCTOBER 23, 2017 <br />The City Council of the City of La Porte met in a regular meeting on Monday, October 23, 2017, at the City <br />Hall Council Chambers, 604 West Fairmont Parkway, La Porte, Texas, at 6:00 p.m. to consider the following <br />items of business: <br />1. CALL TO ORDER Mayor Rigby called the meeting to order at 6:00 p.m. Members of Council present: <br />Councilmembers Ojeda, J. Martin, K. Martin, Kaminski, Leonard, Engelken, Zemanek, and Earp. Also <br />present were City Secretary Patrice Fogarty, City Manager Corby Alexander, and Assistant City <br />Attorney Clark Askins. <br />2. INVOCATION The invocation was given by Pastor Ben Rosenberger, Bayshore Baptist Church. <br /> <br />3. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE The Pledge of Allegiance was led by Councilmember Danny Earp. <br />4. PUBLIC COMMENTS (Limited to five minutes per person.) <br />Chuck Rosa, 812 S. Virginia St., addressed Council concerning property at 621 W. Main St.; he is not <br />in favor of demolishing this building. <br />Drue Adams, 200 Crescent View St., addressed Council in regards to the fence and gate he wants <br />removed between Lots 3 & 4 in the Crescent View Subdivision. The gate has been left open, not <br />enough. Mr. Adams passed out a petition of people/neighbors indicating they want the gate taken <br />down. He urged the City to enforce the ordinance. He requests City Council support to have the fence <br />and gate removed, so that citizens will have open access to the Bay. <br />Becky Chatham, 306 Crescent View St., addressed Council regarding how she loves the area she lives <br />, and stated it is not legal to fence off open space and <br />right-of-way. <br />Terry Short, 2803 Crescent Dr., (gate owner), addressed Council on how none of his neighbors helped <br />to fix the bulkhead on this property. He has taken care of all maintenance on the land and the bulkhead <br />except one neighbor has helped mow a few times. He does intend to take it to Court to be granted <br />owner by adverse possession. His wife is afraid for her safety; once when she was home alone, three <br />individuals were peering through the window. In 19 years, no neighbors have used that land for <br />recreation. <br />Page 1 of 7 <br />October 23, 2017, Council Meeting Minutes <br /> <br /> <br />