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REPORT OF PUBLIC HEARING A Public Hearing was duly held on January 15, 1988 in the City Council Chambers at the City Hall of the City of La Porte between the hours of 1:15PM and 2:45PM. The following persons were in attendance: Mr. Alan Heuss - Vice President The SWA Group Mr. John Cutler - Landscape Architect City of La Porte Mr. Stan Sherwood - Director of Parks and Recreation Dr. Knox Askins - City Attorney Dr. Ross Cox - CIP Project Director Mr. Jeff Litchfield - Director of Finance (partial) Public bids were solicited for Wave Generation Equipment for Little Cedar Bayou Park as Bid Package Number 3 on November 30, 1987 and were received and opened December 18, 1987. The low bidder was Whitewater West Industries, Ltd. ("Whitewater"). The bidding documents and instructions to bidders required a bid bond be submitted with bids totaling 5% of the bid amount. Whitewater submitted a certified check drawn on a Canadian bank in the amount of US $5,000. This amount covered the base bid but did not cover the amount required to make the system fully operable, with the required air compressor and miscellaneous materials, by a small margin. Certain allegations were raised by the second low bidder, Aquatic Amusement Associates, Ltd. ("AAA"), regarding patent rights held by them. AAA's position was that Whitewater's design would infringe on AAA's patents for the multiple wave system, the system desired by the City for the wave pool. As a result of the above cited controversial items and in order to protect the City from possible legal injunction as well as becoming a party to possible lawsuits, City Staff consulted the City Attorney and together it was decided on a course of action designed to examine the related issues. The City requested Whitewater to supply the following information: o Current Financial Statement -1-