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SPECIAL CALLED EMERGENCY MEETING
OF THE LA PORTE CITY COUNCIL
SEPTEMBER 2$, 1983
1. The meeting was called to order by .Mayor Cline at 7:20 P.M.
Members of City Council Present: Mayor Virginia Cline,
Councilpersons Pfeiffer, Matuszak, Westergren, and Graves
Members of City Council Absent: Councilpersons Gay, Skelton,
Malone, Longley
Members of City Staff Present: City Manager Jack Owen, City
Attorney Knox Askins, Assistant City Secretary Cherie Black,
Graduate Engineer John Joerns
2. Council considered a resolution authorizing the Mayor to sign
a grant agreement with the FAA for funding the update to the
Airport Master Plan.
City Attorney Askins read: A RESOLUTION ACCEPTING A GRANT
FOR AIRPORT PROJECT NO. 3-4$-0127-01
Motion was made by Councilperson Wester ren to a rove and
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a opt Resolution 8 - 1 as read by the City Attorney. Second
by Councilperson Matuszak. The motion carried, 5 ayes and
0 nays .
Ayes: Councilpersons Pfeiffer, Matuszak, Westergren, Graves
and Mayor Cline
Nays: None
There being no further business to come before the Council, the
meeting was adjourned at 7:27.
Respectfully submitted:
Cherie Black
Assistant City Secretary
Passed & approved this
the 5th day of October,
1983
Virginia Cline, Mayor
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Kay Homes, Inc.
4620 Fairmont Parkway
Suite 205
Pasadena, Texas 77504
487-6174
Septegnber 26,1983
Mr. Jack Owens, City Manager
City of La Porte
LaPorte City Hall
P.O. Box 1115
LaPorte, Texas 77571
RE: Brookglen III
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Dear Mr..Ckaens:
Pursuant to our meeting earlier today, I would like to appear at your
formal council meeting to be held at 7:00 p.m. on October 5,1983 to discuss
with the Council the annexation of the above-captioned area into the City of
LaPorte.
I will appreciate your written_corifirmation of this request.
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R. Sullivan
President
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T0: FROM: Date: 9-12-83
City Manager John Joerns
REQUEST FOR CITY COUNCIL AGEiJDA ITEM 2. X Report
Resolution
1. Agenda Date Requested: Meeting 9-21-83 Ordinance
s. Project Summary: Amend City of La Porte's Subdivision Ordinance to reflect
the wording requested by H.L.&P. in order to remain consistent with their
design practices.
4. Action Required: Authorize preparation -this item was on agenda for~-
August 10th Workshop Meeting and has never appeared on any subsequent agenda
5. Alternative: ry/A
6. Recommendation: Approve the request by H.L.& P. to amend the Subdivision
Ordinance and instruct City's legal counsel to prepare the necessary
ordinance amendment.
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s.Availability of Funds: General Fund Water/Wastewater
Capital Improvmt, General Revenue Sharing
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Account Number: N/A Funds Available: Yes No
9.Approved for City Council Agenda
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We have recently completed a review of our distribution easement
design practices and have made several minor changes to improve consistency
and practicality. The attached drawings indicate dimensions for the four
standard types of distribution easements necessary for construction of our
power lines on private property or in residential subdivisions. These
designs will become effective July 1, 19$3•
The sixteen foot ground portions of dedicated utility easements
are typically shown on new subdivision plats. If the aerial portions of
these easements are not properly described, we secure the required additional
space through separate documents. This is often confusing as the same ease-
ment gets recorded in separate locations. If your subdivision developers
intend to dedicate utility easements, the following language added to the
plats will be beneficial to all parties concerned:
Owners have dedicated and by these presents do dedicate to the
use of the public for public utility purposes forever unobstructed
aerial easements five feet, six inches (5'6") in width for perimeter
lots, seven feet (7'0") in width for back-to-back lots from a plane
sixteen feet (16') above the ground level upward, located adjacent
to all public utility easements shown hereon.
We hope this information will be helpful to you in project plan-
ning. It would be beneficial if your developer would contact us early in
the design phase to discuss individual jobs as electric service arrangements
are influenced by many factors.
Thank you for your consideration in this matter.
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ORDINANCE NO. 705- K
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AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SUBSECTION 4.03(10), FINAL OR RECORDED
PLAT" OF SECTION 4, "PROCEDURE", OF ORDINANCE NO. 705 (AN
ORDINANCE PROVIDING RULES AND REGULATIONS GOVERNING THE PLATTING
OR REPLATTING OF LAND INTO SUBDIVISIONS IN THE CITY OF LA PORTS
AND WITHIN THE EXTRATERRITORIAL JURISDICTION OF THE CITY OF
LA PORTS); AMENDING SUBSECTION 5.08(2), "EASEMENTS", OF SECTION
5, "GENERAL STANDARDS FOR SUBDIVISIONS", OF SAID ORDINANCE NO.
705; PROVIDING THAT ANY PERSON VIOLATING THE TERMS OF THIS ORDI-
NANCE SHALL BE DEEMED GUILTY OF A MISDEMEANOR AND UPON CONVICTION
SHALL BE FINED IN ANY SUM NOT MORE THAN TWO HUNDRED DOLLARS
($200.00); CONTAINING SEVERABILITY AND REPEALING CLAUSES; FIND-
ING COMPLIANCE WITH THE OPEN MEETINGS LAW; AND PROVIDING AN
EFFECTIVE DATE HEREOF.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LA PORTS:
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Section 1. Subsection 4.03(10), "Final or Recorded Plat"
of Section 4, "Procedure", of Ordinance No. 705, an Ordinance
providing rules and regulations governing the platting or re-
platting of land into subdivisions in the City of La Porte
and within the extraterritorial jurisdiction of the City of
La Porte, is hereby amended to read as follows, to-wit:
"SECTION 4.03 FINAL OR RECORDED PLAT.
... (10) a .letter from the servicing utility companies
stating that the plat includes the easements required by
them in the furnishing of utilities to this and future
subdivisions.
(A) It is the present policy of the Houston
Lighting and Power Company to usually
require sixteen foot (16') ground ease-
ments (eight foot [8'] per to t) on back
to back lots, and fifteen feet (15' )
ground easements on all perimeter lots
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Houston Lighting and Power Company
usually requires unobstructed aerial
easements five feet, six inches (5'6")
in width for perimeter lots, seven
feet (7'0") in width for back to back
lots from a plane sixteen feet (16')
above the ground level upward, located
adjacent to all the aforementioned
easements.
(B) Pursuant to the policy stated in sub-
section (A) above, the final plat require d
in this section of any particular sub-
division shall contain the following
language, when applicable:
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Ordinance No. 705- K , Page 2.
"Owners have dedicated and by these
presents do dedicate to the use of the
public for public utility purposes
forever unobstructed aerial easements
five feet six inches (5'6") in width
for perimeter lots, seven feet (7'0")
in width for back to back lots from
a plane sixteen feet (16') above the
ground level upward, located adjacent
to all public utility easements shown
hereon."
Section 2. Subsection 5.08(2) "Easements", of Section 5
• "General Standards for Subdivisions" of Ordinance No. 705, an
Ordinance providing rules and regulations governing the platting
or replatting of land into subdivisions in the City of La Porte
and within the extraterritorial jurisdiction of the City of
La Porte, is hereby amended to read as follows, to-wit:
"SECTION 5.08. EASEMENTS.
... (2) Utility easements to be worked out with the
public and private utility companies pursuant to the
requirements established herein, including but not limited
to the requirements of subsection 4.03(10) above.
Section 3. Any person, as def fined in Section 1.07(27) ,
Texas Penal Code, who shall violate any provision of the ordi-
nance, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon convic-
tion shall be punished by a fine not to exceed Two Hundred
Dollars ($200.00).
Section 4. If any section, sentence, phrase, clause, or
any part of any section, sentence, phrase, or clause, of this
ordinance shall, for any reason, be held invalid, such invalidity
shall not affect the remaining portions of this Ordinance, and
it is hereby declared to be the intention of this City Council
to have passed each section, sentence, phrase or clause, or
part thereof, irrespective of the fact that any other section,
• sentence, phrase or clause, or part thereof, may be declared
invalid.
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Ordinance No. 705- K , Page 3.
Section 5. All ordinances or parts of ordinances in con-
flict herewith are hereby repealed to the extent of conflict
only.
Section 6. This Ordinance shall be effective fourteen
(14) days after its passage and approval. The City Secretary
shall give notice of the passage of this ordinance by causing
the caption hereof to be published in the official newspaper
in the City of La Porte at least twice within ten (10) days
after the passage of this ordinance.
Section 7. The City Council officially finds, deter-
mines, recites and declares that a sufficient written notice
of the date, hour, place and subject of this meeting of the
City Council was posted at a place convenient to the public
at the City Ha 11 of the City for the time required by law
preceding this meeting, as required by the Open Meetings Law,
Article 6252-17, Texas Revised Civil Statutes Annotated; and
that this meeting has been open to the public as required by
law at all times during which this ordinance and the subject
matter thereof has been discussed, considered and formally
acted upon. The City Council further ratifies, approves and
confirms such written notice and the contents and posting
thereof .
PASSED AND APPROVED this the day of ,
1983.
CITY OF LA PORTE
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ATTEST
Assistant City Secretary
APPROVED:
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City Manager John Joerns
Date: 9/19/83
REQUEST FOR CITY COUNCIL AGENDA ITEM 2• x Report
Resolution
1. Agenda Date Requested: Sept. 28, 1983 Ordinance
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3. Project Summary: Review bids and approve purchase of nuclear moisture density
gauge. Bids were received from Component Sales & Service, Inc. and Troxler
Electrical and were opened and read aloud on September 7, 1983.
4. Action Required: 1~cceptance of low bid by Troxler Electrical for
hlodel #x411 ~~ i n the amount of $4, 265.00
5. Alternative: Reject all bids
6. Recommendation: I concur with Jackson Ray's recommendation that the
Engineering Department .purchase the Troxler Electronics Model #3411 B
in the amount of $4,265.00
~. Exhibits: Attached - Memo from Jackson Ray dated 9-7-83
8•Availability of Funds: General Fund Water/Wastewater
Capital Improvmt. General Revenue Sharing
Other
Account Number:
Fun Available: Yes No
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INTER-OFFICE MEMORANDUM
SEPTEMBER 7, 1983
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Sealed B X0017: Nuclear Moisture Density Gauge
Advertised sealed bids #0017 for the purchase of a "Nuclear Moisture Density
Gauge" were opened and read aloud in Council Chambers September 7, 1983 at
4 P.M. The gauge will be used to simultaneously and accurately. measure den-
sities and moisture content of fills, embankments, bases, sub-grades, and as-
phaltic concrete by the Engineering Dept. In the past, such tests were done
manually by outside firms at great cost and extensive delays. Nuclear density
gauges provide non-destructive, statistical testing with speed and accuracy.
A survey was taken of agency users of Nuclear Moisture Density Gauges including;
(1) Texas Highway Dept., (2) U.S. Corps of Engineers, (3) Texas A&M University,
(4) Trinity Engineering and Testing, and (5) Brown & Root, Inc. Information
received from these agencies indicated that there were only two competitive units
on the market which would fit the City of La Portes' applications. Bids were
then obtained from both Component Sales & Service Inc. which sells the CPN Model
MC-2 and from Troxler Electrical which sells the Troxler Model ~3411B. Both
units are very comparable to each other and meet all specifications set out by
the Engineering Dept.
I therefore recommend accepting the low bid by Troxler Electronics on their Model
~~3411B in the amount of $4,265.00. I trust this recommendation will meet with
your approval.
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• ORDINANCE NO. 1285-C
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE N0. 1285-B, "AN ORDINANCE IMPLE-
MENTING POLICEP'IEN'S CIVIL SERVICE; ESTABLISHING CLASSIFICATIONS;
NUMBER OF AUTHORIZED POSITIONS IN EACH CLASSIFICATION; ESTABLISH-
ING PAY SCHEDULES; CONTAINING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; FINDING COM-
PLIANCE WITH THE OPEN MEETINGS LAW; CONTAINING A REPEALING CLAUSE;
AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE HEREOF."
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LA PORTS,
TEXAS:
Section Two: Section 2 of Ordinance 1285-B is hereby amended
and shall hereafter read as follows, to wit:
"Section 2." There are hereby created the following classi-
fications of employees within the La Porte Police Department which
shall be subject to the provisions of said Policemens Civil Service
• Act, to wit: Police Officer, Sergeant, Lieutenant.
Section Three: Section 3 of Ordinance 1285-B is hereby amend®tl
and shall hereafter read as follows, to wit:
"Section 3." There are hereby established the following number
of authorized positions in each of the foregoing classifications,
to wit:
NUMBER OF AUTHORIZED
CLASSIFICATION POSITIONS
Police Officer 22
Sergeant 8
Lieutenant 3
Section Four: Section 4 of Ordinance 1285-B is hereby amended
• and shall hereafter read as follows, to wit:
"Section 4." There are hereby established the following annual
pay schedules for each classification, based upon time of service
within said classification, to wit:
Salary Per Year
Police Officer
• Sergeant
Lieutenant
Under 6 mo. or until
Completion of Police Under Over Over Over
Academy 12 mo. 12 mo. 24 mo. 36 mo.
$19,131 21,249 22,392 23,771 26,508
26,770 27,294 27,792 28,625
29,482 29,744 30,220 31,600
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Section 5. Except as hereby amended, Ordinance No. 1285-A,
as amended by Ordinance No. 1285-B, shall remain in full force and
effect.
Section 6. The City Council officially finds, determines,
recites, and declares that a sufficient written notice of the date,
hour, place and subject of the this meeting of the City Council was
posted at a place convenient to the public at the City Hall of the
City for the time required by law preceding this meeting, as required
by the Open Meetings Law, Article 6252-17, Texas Revised Civil Statutes
Annotated; and that this meeting has been open to the public.as re-
quired by law at. all times during which this ordinance and the subject
matter thereof has been discussed, considered and formally acted upon.
The City Council further ratifies, approves and confirms such written
notice and the contents and posting thereof.
Section 7. This Ordinance shall take effect and be in force as
of October 1, 1983.
PASSED AND APPROVED this the 5th day of October, 1983.
City of La Porte
By
Virginia Cline, Mayor
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Asst. City Secretary
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MEMORANDUM
Sept. 30, 1983
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FROM: Cherie Black
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SUBJECT: Appointment to La Porte Area Water Authority
Mrs. Sara Armand and Mrs. Pat Muston were both contacted
by me in regards to the third position to be appointed to the
LPAWA.
Mrs. Armand is willing to serve if appointed.
Mrs. Muston would be willing but is unable to do so at
present, as she teaches a real estate class on Monday nights.
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Assistant City Secretary