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a. Economic Alliance Presentation for City Council - Receive annual report from the Economic Alliance Houston Port Region. [Haley Bowers, Economic Development Manager] Executive Director Chad Burke introduced Alliance contracts coordinator Karen Gregory and announced the Economic Alliance was celebrating its 40th year in 2025. He provided the annual report, noting new capital investment has been slowing after the growth of the last fifteen years, possibly due to the Chinese subsidization and its lower labor costs for resin and polymer production. He announced Mia Young will be replacing Patti Bell as the Alliance's workforce development/student outreach coordinator at the beginning of July. 6. Consent Agenda a. Approve the minutes of the regular City Council meeting held on June 9, 2025. [Lee Woodward, City Secretary] b. Harris County Transit Authority Fixed Bus Route Agreement - Authorize the Mayor to execute an interlocal agreement between Harris County and the City of La Porte for local bus transit services, with an expenditure of $85,000.00 for twelve (12) month term. [Matt Daeumer, Assistant City Manager] c. Animal Shelter Advisory Committee appointment - Appoint City Animal Control Supervisor Mitchell Turner -Beasley to the open position on the City of La Porte Animal Shelter Advisory Committee. [Lee Woodward, City Secretary] d. Microsoft Enterprise Agreement Renewal - Authorize the City Manager to execute a three-year agreement with SHI in the total amount of $755,164.98, to be paid in three annual installments of $251,721.66, through cooperative purchasing contract TX DIR-CPO-5237, with a contingency of $5,278.34 for each year for true up on licenses, for a total annual authorization not to exceed the budgeted amount. [Darren Withers, IT Manager] e. FY26 Vehicle and Equipment Purchase, Letters of Intent -Authorize the City Manager to issue "Letters of Intent to Purchase" to secure build slots for vehicles and equipmentfor City of La Porte fiscal year2025-26, notto exceed budgeted amounts. [Ray Mayo, Director of Public Works] f. Appoint Councilperson Robbie McLarrin as the City of La Porte representative to the La Porte Baseball Association Board of Directors. Councilperson Engelken moved to approve the consent agenda; Councilperson Bentley seconded the motion; the motion was adopted, 8-0. 7. Public Hearings and Associated Ordinances a. Ordinance 2025.4085 Special Conditional Use Permit SCUP-2025-0017 - The City Council will hold a public hearing to receive comments regarding a recommendation by the Planning and Zoning Commission to adopt Ordinance 2025-4085 for Special Conditional Use Permit SCUP-2025-0017for an amendment to SCUP-2024-0011 which was adopted by City Council as Ordinance 2025-4047 on February 10, 2025 to: K