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f ~ .~-. .- LA PORTE AREA WATER AUTHORITY MINUTES MARCH 12, 1987 1. The meeting was called to order at 6:~0 P.M. MEMBERS PRESENT: President Cary Burnley, Vice President Al Fields, Secretary Rick Matthews, Member Jerry Bramlett OTHERS PRESENT: Mayor Norman Malone, City Manager Bob Herrera, Director of Public works Steve Gillett, Water/Wastewateer Superintendent Buddy Jacobs, Authority Attorney John Armstrong, Cecil Allen and Peter Goldsmith of Turner Collie & Braden. 2. The minutes of the February 19, 1987, meeting were approved as read. 3. A letter of resignation from Al Fields was presented to the board. Bob Herrera said that he and mayor Malone had visited on the matter and decided that if anyone on the board should think of a replacement to please submit their name. Cary Burnley asked that the City move rapidly to appoint a replacement. Al agreed to stay on as long as possible or until replaced as long as the City moves to appoint a replacement as soon as possible. Motion was made to accept the resignation with much regret with an indefinite effective date. Passed unanimously. 4. Bob Herrera spoke on the status of the Texas Water Development Fund Application. He said the bond advisors were gathering information and reviewing contracts. He also spoke of the state"s bond rating being reduced but did not know how that would affect the interest rate. The plumbing code revisions and drought contingency plan were done by Steve Gillett and Bob congratulated Steve for doing a good job. 5. There was discussion on the timetable needed to get the entity contracts signed. There were some changes presented by John Armstrong. Motion was made by Jerry Bramlett to hand deliver contract with cover letter after making discussed changes. Give entities approximately two weeks to review and have a joint meeting for discussion. Passed unanimously. 6. Engineering proposals were discussed briefly but this item to be tabled until TC&B and Cary return from Austin to meet with TWDB.