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City of La Porte
Census 2010 Complete Count Committee
Minutes of February 23, 2010
Committee Members Present:
Herman Berges Don Hill
Committee Members Absent:
Marie Meehan
Sherry Lowe
Henry Newsom
Jeanne Zemanek
Joe Lopez
Sarah Lindeen
Charlie Perry
Paula Swearingen
Ernest Escobar
Jesse Garcia
Betty Moore
Vickie Campise
T. J. Walker
Earl Ehlers
Susan Robinson
Others in Attendance:
None
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 6:10 p.m.
2. Roll call of members.
Members in attendance for roll call were Don Hill and Herman Berges.
3. Consider approval of February 4,2010, meeting minutes.
Motion by Herman Berges to approve the February 4, 2010, meeting minutes. Second by Don
Hill. Minutes were approved as presented.
4. Discuss committee activities in preparation for Census Day, April 1, 2010.
Completed:
./' A census link has been placed on the front page of the City's website.
./' A census message has been placed on the March utility bills.
./' The census proclamation signed by the Mayor has been placed on the City's website as a
news article.
./' Our Partnership Specialist has been in contact with the LPISD Superintendent about the
Census in Schools program, which is being managed by the school administration. There
are a variety of lesson plans, maps, and teaching guides for teachers geared for children
and teens.
./' A brief census article will run in the Bayshore Sun on March 5th; message will be changed
for subsequent publications.
./' Herman Berges contacted David Novasad at the library to see if he would be willing to
produce a short video promoting the census. Mr. Novasad prepared a lY2 minute video
that has been placed on the City's cable access Channel 16.
./' Census Day has been placed on the City's website calendar for April 1.
./' Flyers were not received in time to hand out with the City's garbage bag distribution.
./' A census message has been placed on the City's facebook and twitter accounts.
./' A census article was placed in "La Porte by the Bay" publication.
Complete Count Committee
Minutes of February 23, 2010
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Ongoing:
~ Provide flyers to Chairman Hill for distribution at thrift stores, i.e. St. Vincent de Paul
and New Life Christian RMA.
~ Check with the Chamber of Commerce about e-mailing the census message to its
membership.
~ Provide literature to churches with pre-school, day-school, and after-school programs,
i.e. St. John's, Beacon School, etc; need input from committee members on known
locations.
~ City staff will look into sending a city-wide census message via Blackboard.
~ Posters have been delivered to some City Departments, but more posters and flyers are
needed.
~ City staff will check with the Census Partnership Specialist about whether support funds
have been awarded.
~ A brief census message will be placed on the new City marquee.
~ Chairman Hill needs flyers to distribute to food pantries, i.e. Light of Christ Lutheran
Church's "Ray of Light" pantry and Bayshore Baptist Church's monthly "Angel Food"
distribution.
~ Follow-up with Marie Meehan to ensure flyers/posters are available at the Light of
Christ Lutheran Women's Recovery Center and daycare facility.
~ Follow-up with Paula Swearingen to ensure flyers/posters are available at Neighborhood
Center.
~ Follow-up with Vickie Campise to ensure posters are being distributed to businesses
along Main Street.
~ Chairman Hill has begun preparing an inventory of marquee locations in the community
whose owners would be contacted about the possibility of posting a census message;
need input from committee members on known marquee locations.
~ Chairman Hill is in the process of providing faith-based census information to churches.
~ Inquire about possibility of placing a census message on TXDOT roadway message
boards (713-802-5662 - Engineering).
5. Administrative Reports
None.
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 6:50 p.m.
Prepared by Peggy Lee, Planning Department Office Coordinator