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City of La Porte
Census,201Q
Complete Count Committee
Minutes of December 1, 2009
Committee Members Present:
Herman Berges
Betty Moore
Vickie Campise
Don HiJJ
Committee Members Absent:
Marie Meehan
Sherry Lowe
Henry Newsom
TJ. Walker
Joe Lopez
Sarah Lindeen
Charlie Perry
Susan Robinson
Jesse Garcia
Paula Swearingen
Ernest Escobar
Earl Ehlers
Jeanne Zemanek
Others in Attendance:
Desirae Renteria (arrived at 6:30 p.m.)
Staff Members Present:
Masood Malik, City Planner and Peggy Lee, Office Coordinator
1. Call to order.
Meeting called to order by Chairman Don Hill at 6:02 p.m.
2. Rotlcall of members.
Members in attendance for roll call were Don Hill, Herman Berges, Betty Moore, and Vickie Campise.
3. Consider approval of November 10, ~OO~ meeting minutes.
Motion by Herman Berges to approve the November 10, 2009, meeting minutes. Second by Betty Moore. The
minutes were approved as presented with all in favor.
4. Discuss plans for setting up booth at Christmas on Main Street on December 3, 2009.
· City staff members will begin setting up the booth at 3:00 p.m.
· The booth will be located in front of Vickie's Antique Shop at 319 W. Main.
· The City will provide water for the workers.
· Herman Berges will look into getting sand bags for securing the base of the table covers.
· Desirae Renteria will provide t-shirts for the booth workers and handouts for the public.
· A sign-up sheet was provided for Committee members to sign-up to work 2 ~ hour shifts; 4:30 p.m. -
7:00 p.m. and 7:00 - 9:00 p.m.
· Chairman Hill asked all present to help get the word out about needing volunteers to cover the booth.
5. Administrative Reports
At the request of Masood Malik, Chairman Hill spoke to the Committee about his experience serving on the
panel for the Southern Texas Partners held in Galveston on November 13th.
Desirae Renteria is working to firm up locations for the Be Counted and Questionnaire Assistance Centers, which
are expected to be in place by early January.
City Staff will check for upcoming events that the Committee (:ouJd plan in advance to attend.
Complete Count Committee
Minutes of December 1, 2009
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6. Committee comments
A. Matters appearing on agenda.
None.
B. Inquiry of staff regarding specific factual information or existing policy.
None.
7. Adjourn
The meeting adjourned at 6:40 p.m.
Prepared by Peggy Lee, Planning Department Office Coordinator