2015-07-27 Regular Meeting of La Porte City Council minutes

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LOUIS RIGBYOF.. L A Mayor _ p DARYL LEONARD JOHN ZEMANEK Councilmember District 3 Councilmember At Large A DOTTIE KAMINSKI VACANTm Councilmember At Large B Councilmember District 4 DANNY EARP JAY MARTIN Councilmember District 1 rexAs Mayor Pro-Tem CHUCK ENGELKEN Councilmember District 5 Councilmember District 2 MIKE CLAUSEN Councilmember District 6 MINUTES OF THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LA PORTE July 27, 2015 The City Council of the City of La Porte met in a regular meeting on Monday, July 27, 2015, at the City Hall Council Chambers, 604 West Fairmont Parkway, La Porte, Texas, at 6:00 p.m. to consider the following items of business: 1. CALL TO ORDER Mayor Rigby called the meeting to order at 6:00 p.m. Members of Council present: Councilmembers Kaminski, Earp, Engelken, Martin, Clausen and Leonard. Absent: Councilmember Zemanek. Also present were City Secretary Patrice Fogarty and City Manager Corby Alexander. 2. INVOCATION —The invocation was given by Don Hill, La Porte InterChuch Council. 3. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE —The Pledge of Allegiance was led by Councilmember Jay Martin. 4. PRESENTATIONS, PROCLAMATIONS, and RECOGNITIONS (a) Presentation — Resolution — Tribute to Tommy Charles Moser — State Representative, (District 128,) Wayne Smith. City Flag Presentation by Mayor Rigby State Representative Wayne Smith read a Resolution from the State, a tribute to the life of Tommy Charles Moser; and Mayor Rigby presented the US flag and City Flag, both of which flew over the entrance to the cemetery, to the Moser family. 5. PUBLIC COMMENTS (Limited to five minutes per person.) Chuck Rosa, 812 S. Virginia spoke and asked the Holy Spirit to comfort the Moser family. In addition, Mr. Rosa spoke in regards to Sylvan Beach and asked that the beach be extended or a community center be built for the use of all citizens. 6. CONSENT AGENDA (All consent agenda items are considered routine by City Council and will be enacted by one motion. There will be no separate discussion of these items unless a Councilmember requests an item be removed and considered separately.) (a) Consider approval or other action regarding the minutes of the city council meeting held on July 13, 2015 — P.-Fogarty (b) Consider approval or other action regarding a Resolution to the TML Resolution Committee requesting statewide support of a coastal barrier system, and including a request for funding for design, construction, and maintenance for a coastal barrier system protecting the Houston-Galveston Ship Channel region —Mayor Rigby (c) Consider approval or other action authorizing the Mayor to execute a Facility Use Agreement with the City of Morgan's Point for the use of City of La Porte facilities for disaster response— C. Alexander Page 1 of 5 July 27, 2015, Council Meeting Minutes