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Home My WebLink About09-24-18 Regular Meeting of the La Porte City Council • • LOUIS R.RIGBY CHUCK ENGELKEN Mayor F Councilmember District 2 JOHN ZEMANEK 0 BILL BENTLEY Councilmember At Large A g' J .3 Councilmember District 3 DOTTIE KAMINSKI / I, \ KRISTIN MARTIN Councilmember At Large B ii // Councilmember District 4 DANNY EARP l� Vb// JAY MARTIN Councilmember District 1 2 Councilmember District 5 NANCY OJEDA Mayor Pro-Tern Councilmember District 6 CITY COUNCIL MEETING AGENDA Notice is hereby given of a Regular Meeting of the La Porte City Council to be held September 24, 2018, beginning at 6:00 PM in the City Hall Council Chanters, 604 W Fairmont Parkway, La Porte, Texas, for the purpose of considering the following agenda items. All agenda items are subject to action. 1. CALL TO ORDER 2. INVOCATION—The invocation will be given by Rev. Dee Spears, Fairmont Park Church. 3. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE —The Pledge of Allegiance will be led by Councilmember Jay Martin. 4. PUBLIC COMMENTS(Limited to five minutes per person.) 5. CONSENT AGENDA(All consent agenda items are considered routine by City Council and►Hill be enacted by one motion. There mill 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 minutes of the Special City Council Meeting held on September 6, 2018, and minutes of the Regular City Council Meeting held on September 10, 2018- P. Fogarty (b) Consider approval or other action amending dates of regular City Council meetings in November and December 2018- P. Fogarty (c) Consider approval or other action regarding the Tax Assessor's certified 2018 ad valorem anticipated collection rate for the City of La Porte- M. Dolby (d) Consider the approval or other action regarding an Ordinance amending Chapter 70 "Traffic and Vehicles" of the Code of Ordinances by revising certain regulations related to establishment of school zones within the corporate limits of the City of La Porte- R. Parker (e) Consider approval or other action regarding an Ordinance vacating, abandoning and closing a portion of the West Madison Street right-of-way, located in Blocks 643 and 654, Town of La Porte- I. Clowes 6. PUBLIC HEARINGS AND ASSOCIATED ORDINANCES (a) Public hearing to receive comments regarding recommendation by the Planning and Zoning Commission to deny an amendment to the City's Future Land Use Map Component of the Comprehensive Plan for a 6.92 acre tract of land located in the 3400 Block of Canada Rd., and legally described as Reserve A, Block 1, Dawson Subdivision, by changing from 'Mid-High Density Residential" to "Commercial"; consider approval or other action regarding an Ordinance amending the City's Future Land Use Map Component of the Comprehensive Plan for a 6.92 acre tract of land located in the 3400 Block of Canada Rd., legally described as Reserve A, Block 1, Dawson Subdivision, from "Mid-High Density Residential"to"Commercial" - I. Clowes Y (b) Public hearing to receive comments regarding recommendation by the Planning and Zoning Commission to deny zone change request #18-92000008, for a change from Mid Density Residential (R-2)to General Commercial (GC) for a 6.92 acre tract of land located in the 3400 Block of Canada Rd., legally described as Reserve A, Block 1, Dawson Subdivision; consider approval or other action regarding an Ordinance amending Chapter 106 "Zoning" of the Code of Ordinances by changing the zoning classification of a 6.92 acre tract of land located in the 3400 Block of Canada Rd., legally described as Reserve A Block 1, Dawson Subdivision,from Md Density Residential (R-2)to General Commercial (GC)- I. Clowes (c) Public hearing to receive comments regarding the recommendation by the Planning and Zoning Commission to deny Special Conditional Use Permit #18-91000010 to allow for a Hotel/Motel use in the General Commercial (GC)Zoning District, located on a 2.28-acre tract of land located at 711 W. Fairmont Pkwy., and legally described as Lots 1 — 16 and 19 — 32, Block 1103 and East 30 feet of 7th Street right-of-way and adjacent 16-foot alley, La Porte Subdivision; consider approval or other action regarding an Ordinance amending the Code of Ordinances of the City of La Porte, Chapter 106 "Zoning", by granting Special Conditional Use Permit #18-91000010, to allow for the development of a Hotel/Motel use to be located on a 2.28-acre tract of land located at 711 W. Fairmont Pkwy., and legally described as Lots 1 — 16 and 19—32, Block 1103 and East 30 feet of 7th Street right-of-way and adjacent 16-foot alley, La Porte Subdivision, in the General Commercial (GC)Zoning District- I. Clowes (d) Public hearing to receive comments regarding the recommendation by the Planning and Zoning Commission to approve Special Conditional Use Permit #18-91000011 to allow for a Hotel/Motel use in the General Commercial (GC)Zoning District, located on a 2.39-acre tract of land located at the southeast corner of the K and 15th Street rights-of-way, and legally described as Reserve A, Block 1, Home Porte; consider approval or other action regarding an Ordinance amending the Code of Ordinances of the City of La Porte, Chapter 106 "Zoning", by granting Special Conditional Use Permit #18-91000011, to allow for the development of a Hotel/Motel use in the General Commercial (GC) Zoning District to be located on a 2.39-acre tract of land located at the southeast corner of the K and 15th Street rights-of-way, and legally described as Reserve A, Block 1, Home Porte- I. Clowes (e) Public hearing to receive comments regarding recommendation by the Planning and Zoning Commission to approve an Ordinance amending Chapter 106, 'Zoning" of the City of La Porte Code of Ordinances in connection with a comprehensive review and update to Chapter 106, "Zoning"; consider approval or other action regarding an Ordinance amending Chapter 106, "Zoning" of the City of La Porte Code of Ordinances in connection with a comprehensive review and update to Chapter 106, "Zoning"- I. Clowes (t) Public hearing to receive comments regarding Harris County's Method of Distribution (MOD) for the Community Development Block Grant- Disaster Recovery(CDGB-DR) Round 1 Funds for the Hurricane Harvey- L. Wingate 7. RESOLUTIONS/ORDINANCES (a) Consider approval or other action regarding a Resolution adopting the 2018 Appraisal Roll of the Harris County Appraisal District- M. Dolby (b) Consider approval or other action regarding an Ordinance establishing the tax rate for the City of La Porte for the current tax year (2018) for a total tax rate of $0.71 per hundred dollar valuation- M. Dolby 8. DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION (a) Consider approval or other action regarding a Resolution appointing a representative and an alternate to the Houston Galveston Area Council (H-GAC) 2019 General Assembly and Board of Directors - P. Fogarty 9. REPORTS (a) Receive report of the Fiscal Affairs Committee Meetina- Councilmember Chuck Enaelken 10. ADMINISTRATIVE REPORTS • City Council Meeting, Monday, October 8, 2018 • Planning and Zoning Commission Meeting, Thursday, October 18, 2018 • City Council Meeting, Monday, October 22, 2018 • Zoning Board of Adjustment Meeting, Thursday, October 25, 2018 11. COUNCIL COMMENTS regarding matters appearing on the agenda; recognition of community members, city employees, and upcoming events; inquiry of staff regarding specific factual information or existing policies. Councilmembers J. Martin, K. Martin, Kaminski, Zemanek, Bentley, Engelken, Earp, Ojeda and Mayor Rigby 12. ADJOURN The City Council reserves the right to meet in closed session on any agenda item should the need arise and if applicable pursuant to authorization by Title 5, Chapter 551, of the Texas Government Code (the Texas open meetings laws). In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, the City of La Porte will provide for reasonable accommodations for persons attending public meetings. To better serve attendees, requests should be received 24 hours prior to the meeting. Please contact Patrice Fogarty, City Secretary, at 281.470.5019. CERTIFICATION I certify that a copy of the September 24, 2018 , agenda of items to be considered by the City Council was posted on the City Hall bulletin board on September 1s, 2018. a" — 0) 1i'. 40a .vo REMOVED SEP 21 2018 BY: --