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City of La Porte
Census 2010, Complete Count Committee
Minutes of February 4, 2010
Committee Members Present:
Herman Berges Vickie Campise
Don Hill
Committee Members Absent:
Marie Meehan
Sherry Lowe
Henry Newsom
Jeanne Zemanek
Joe Lopez
Sarah Lindeen
Charfje Perry
Paula Swearingen
Ernest Escobar
Jesse Garcia
Betty Moore
T. J. Walker
Earl Ehlers
Susan Robinson
Others in Attendance:
None
Staff Members Present:
Masood Malik, City Planner and Peggy lee, Office Coordinator
1. Can to order.
Meeting carred to order by Chairman Don Hlff at 2:09 p.m.
2. Roll call of members.
Members in attendance for roU caU were Don Hill, Herman Berges, and Vickie Campise.
3. Consider approval of January 20, 2010, meeting minutes.
Motion by Herman Berges to approve the January 20, 2010, meeting minutes. Second by Vickie
Campise. Minutes were unanimously approved as presented.
4. Discuss committee actiVities in preparation for census Day, April 1, 2010.
~ City staff has placed a census /ink on the front page of the City's website.
~ City staff will ensure that a message about the census is placed on an utility bills.
~ uti{ staff witt post the census prodarnati'on Signed by' the Mayor on the CitYs website as
a news article.
~ City staff will look into sending a city-wide census message via Blackboard.
)- Dty staff wm contact the Census Bureau Partnership Specialist to see if there has been
any progress with Census in Schools and to see if the District would consider posting a
census message on their website.
~ City staff wnt provide the Bayshore SUn with brief census articles for intermittent
publications leading up to Census Day.
~ City staff will place a census message on the City's cable access channel.
'" City staff witt place Census Day on the website calendar.
~ City staff win distribute flyers/posters to City facilities and City Departments.
~ City staff win place a census message on the City's new marquee, once installed.
> Oty staff wilt check into whether the Oty has a banner with tntetchangeab~ letters.
~ City staff will check with the Census Partnership Specialist about whether support funds
have been awarded.
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);> City staff will check into the possibility of handing out flyers with the City's garbage bag
distribution.
};o Oty staff will check to see if the Oty has facebook and twitter accounts that could be
utilized.
);> Committee members should take inventory of marquee locations throughout the
.community and contact the owners about the possibility of posting a census message.
~ Provide flyers to pantries for distribution along with the food (a few noted were Light of
Christ Lutheran Church's NRay of light" pantry and Bayshore Baptist Church's monthly
"Angel Food" distribution - food online order date 2/18/10; pick-up date 2/27/10)
~ Provide flyers to thrift stores (a few noted were St. Vincent de Paul and New Life
Christian RMA).
~ Provide flyers to Committee Member Marie Meehan for distribution at the Light of
Christ Lutheran Women's Recovery Center and daycare facility.
);> At the previous meeting, flyers were provided to Committee Member Paula Swearingen
for distribution at the Neighborhood Center.
~ Provide flyer/poster to grocery store.
);> Neighborhood Center will be the only Be Counted and Question Assistance Center in La
Porte.
~ Check with the Chamber of Commerce about e-mailing the census message to its
membership.
~ Provide literature to churches with .pre-schooI. day-schoo!, and after-school .programs.
);> Provide faith-based census information to churches.
~ Committee Member Vickie Campise will distribute posters to Main Street businesses.
);> Check with TX DOT about the possibility of placing a message on the highway message
boards.
);> Committee Member Herman Berges has a contact who could possibly prepare a video
for the City's cable channel.
5. Administrative Reports
Masood Malik reported that he attended a Harris County Census kick-off meeting on 2/3/10.
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 3:35 p.m.
Prepared by Peggy Lee, Planning Department Office Coordinator