1990-09-24 Public Hearing and Regular Meeting

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e e Minutes, Public Hearing and Regular Meeting La Porte City Council september 24, 1990, Page 3 Motion was made bY Councilperson Gay to approve Resolution 90-9 as read by the city Attorney. Second by Councilperson Sutherland. The motion carried, 8 ayes and 0 nays. Nays: CouncilpersonsSutherland, Cooper, Matuszak, Porter, Gay, Skelton, Clarke and Mayor Malone None Ayes: The Mayor announced that it had been requested to go into executive session at this time to address item 16 A, under V.A.T.S. - Article 6252-17, section 2 (E) (Legal) - to meet with attorney(s) to discuss Houston Chemical Services, Inc. jSouthern Ionics, Inc. Council retired into executive session at 6:55 P.M. and returned to the Council table at 7:57 P.M. The Mayor announced that no action had been taken during the executive session. 5. The Mayor called to order the Public Hearing - Review of Proposed Changes to City of La Porte Zoning Ordinance as recommended by the City's Planning and Zoning Commission. Director of Community Development Joel Albrecht reviewed the proposed changes for Council. Council asked questions for clarification during the review. Most questions and comments addressed the bed and breakfast portion of the proposed changes and the agricultural production section. Motion was made bY Councilperson Skelton that. in order to qet the issue off dead center. that it be sent back to Planning & Zoninq to clarify it for proiects for the school children and also to look at the bed and breakfast for Zone 3 only. Second by Councilperson Clarke. Since this was done during the public hearing portion, a formal vote could not be taken, but Council indicated that four were in favor of sending it back to Planning and Zoning, two were against, and two abstained. After conclusion of the review, former chairperson Janet Graves addressed Council regarding the bed and breakfast portion of the proposed changes. She suggested that it would be much better to have bed and breakfast regulations in place before there was ever a need for them. The Mayor asked for public input. Charlie Young asked a question regarding having to cut down a tree in order to build. This was addressed in the proposed changes. Procedural questions were asked by Mrs. Barbara Sitzman, and answered. There being no further input, the Mayor then declared the Public Hearing closed.