HomeMy WebLinkAbout01-24-2022 La Porte Community Fencing minutesBRENT WCAULLEY, CHAIR
COUNCILPERSON AT LARGE B
MINUTES OF THE LA PORTE COMMUNITY FENCING
AD HOC COMMITTEE MEETING
JANUARY 24, 2022
CHUCK ENGELKEN
COUNCILPERSON
BILL BENTLEY
COUNCILPERSON
The La forte Community Fencing Ad Hoc Committee of the City of La Porte met on
Monday, January 24, 2022, at the City Hall Council Chambers, 604 West Fairmont Parkway,
La Porte, Texas, at 4:30 p.m. to consider the following items of business:
Committee Members present: Brent McCaulley, Chuck Engelken, Bill Bentley, Corby Alexander
Committee Members attending remotely: None
Committee Members absent: None
Council -appointed officers present: Lee Woodward„ City Secretary; Clark T. Askins, Assistant
City Attorney
CALL TO ORDER — Chair McCaulley called the meeting to order at 4:30 p.m.
2. CITIZEN COMMENT (Generally limited to five minutes per person, in accordance with state
law, the time may be reduced if there is a high number of speakers or other considerations.)
There were no citizen comments.
3. STATUTORY AGENDA The purpose of this meeting is to discuss and formulate City Council
and staff plans, operations, policies, and/or future projects, including the following:
a. Approve minutes of the regular La Porte Community Fencing Project meeting held
on December 13, 2021. [Councilperson McCaulley, Chair]
Member Engelken moved to approve minutes of the regular La Porte Community Fencing
Proiect meeting held on December 13, 2021: the motion was seconded by Member
Bentley: the motion was adopted, 4-0.
b. Presentation, discussion, and possible action regarding potential changes to the
City's Community Fence Funding program/policy. [Corby Alexander, City Manager]
Discussion involved considerations such as aesthetics, structural issues, construction
materials, and location on primary thoroughfares, as well as a meeting with interested
neighborhood representatives. Mr. Alexander agreed to schedule a meeting for February.
Mr. Askins recommended that any structure built with City funds be visible from a public
right-of-way and strengthening clawback provisions with respect to ongoing maintenance
and the use of memoranda of understanding.
4. COMMITTEE COMMENT — Hear announcements concerning matters appearing on the
agenda; items of community interest; and/or inquiries of staff regarding specific factual
information or existing policy from the Mayor, Councilpersons, and City staff, for which no
formal action will be discussed or taken.
Members had no comments.
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