1990-03-12 Public Hearing and Regular Meeting

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.........-:- ....~,,- . e MINUTES OF THE PUBLIC HEARING AND REGULAR MEETING LA PORTE CITY COUNCIL MARCH 12, 1990 1. The meeting was called to order by Mayor Malone at 6:00 P.M. Members of ci ty Council Present: Mayor Norman Malone, Councilpersons Betty Waters, Mike Cooper, Ed Matuszak, Bob McLaughlin, Alton Porter, B. Don Skelton, Jerry Clarke Members of city Council Absent: Councilperson Deotis Gay Members of ci tv Staff Present: ci ty Manager Bob Herrera, City Attorney Knox Askins, City Secretary Cherie Black, Assistant City Manager John Joerns, Assistant to the City Manager Janie Bais, Police Chief Charles Smith, Director of Parks and Recreation Stan Sherwood, Director of Public Works Steve Gillett, Director of Community Development Joel Albrecht, Purchasing Manager/Human Resources Manager Louis Rigby, Chief Building Inspector Ervin Griffith, Inspector Mark Lewis, Finance Director Jeff Litchfield Others Present: Libby Brown, LPISD; representatives of John Wayne Chapter of DeMolay; Raynell Martinez; John Black, Bayshore Sun; 18 citizens 2. The invocation was given by City Attorney Askins. 3. Council considered approving the minutes of the regular meeting of Council held February 26, 1990. Motion was made by Councilperson Waters to approve the minutes of February 26 as presented. Second by Councilperson Porter. The motion carried, 8 ayes and 0 nays. Nays: Councilpersons Waters, Cooper, Matuszak, McLaughlin, Porter, Skelton, Clarke and Mayor Malone None Ayes: 4. The Mayor proclaimed National Poison Prevention Week, International DeMolay Week, Youth Art Month, and Lions Day with the United Nations. 5. The Mayor called the public hearing on dangerous buildings to order. A list of the buildings and reasons they were considered to be dangerous was given by Inspector Mark Lewis. The Mayor asked for public input as each building was listed. Mr. Joseph Board spoke regarding the building located on lots 31 and 32, Block 85, and asked that he be given time to remove the contents of the building before it was demolished.