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• • LA PORTE AREA WATER AUTHORITY MINUTES May 23, 1996 The meeting was called to order at 8:15 am by President Jerry Bramlett. MEMBERS PRESENT: President Jerry Bramlett, Vice-President Rodney Etchberger, Secretary Al fields, and member Rob Roy. MEMBERS ABSENT: James Sweeton OTHERS PRESENT: City Manager Robert T. Herrera, Assistant City Manager John Joerns, Assistant City Manager JeffLitchfield,,Public Works Director Steve Gillett, Assistant Public Works Director Buddy Jacobs, Carol Buttler, and John Dunn from the City of Houston. 2. Minutes from the regular meeting held January 23, 1996, were reviewed. Motion by AI Fields, second by Rodney Etchberger, to accept the minutes as written. Motion was unanimous. 3. Motion by Rob Roy, second by Rodney Etchberger to approve final payment of $15,650 to the City of Houston. Motion was unanimous. Construction of the railroad, as part of the Southeast Water Purification Plant (SEWPP) expansion, still remains. _+11% of the costs are to be spread among the participating entities. Steve Gillett asked the City of Houston to notify LPAWA of the anticipated costs for budgeting purposes. 4. John Joerns, representing the City of La Porte, discussed requests from industry for potable water service. Mr. Joerns updated Board members on the change in trends for current water service needs compared to original indications from industry and others outside the city limits. Mr. Joerns advised the Board that they may want to consider future capacity in relation to industry needs. 5. Mr. Herrera as General Manager of the Authority reviewed background information, updated Board members on current rates and the impact on the Authority, and related that actions of the Texas Water Development Board will affect options available to the Authority regarding any investment strategy. Motion by AI Fields, second by Rodney Etchberger authorizing the General Manager in conjunction with Bond Counsel Paul Martin to draft a letter to the Texas Water Development Board indicating the Authority's strong disappointment with the current debt refunding situation. Motion carried unanimously. Additional discussion involved the possibilities of informing state legislators of our concerns and introducing a bill to the legislature. 6. A. Steve Gillett distributed a response from the City of Houston regarding results of the bid process for operation of the SEWPP. The low bid of $16,370,715 for a five (5) year period is a $12,686,023 savings over the current $29;056,737 five (5) year contract.