HomeMy WebLinkAbout06-24-19 La Porte Development Corporation BoardRICHARD WARREN, PRESIDENT 0* DANNY EARP, BOARD MEMBER
NANCY OJEDA, VICE-PRESIDENT �5►-+� JOHNNY MORALES, BOARD MEMBER
CHUCK ENGELKEN, BOARD MEMBER SHELLEY FULLER, BOARD MEMBER
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MINUTES OF LA PORTE DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION BOARD
MEETING OF JUNE 24, 2019
The City of La Porte Development Corporation Board met on Monday, June 24, 2019, at the City Hall Council
Chambers, 604 West Fairmont Parkway, La Porte, Texas, at 5:00 p.m., with the following in attendance:
Board members present: Richard Warren, Venessa Guerreo, Chuck Engelken, Danny Earp, Johnny Morales
Board members absent: Shelley Fuller, Nancy Ojeda
Council -appointed officers present: Jason Weeks, Assistant City Manager; Lee Woodward, City Secretary; Clark Askins,
Assistant City Attorney
1. CALL TO ORDER — President Warren called the meeting to order at 5:00 p.m.
2. CONSENT AGENDA (Approval of Consent Agenda items authorizes each to be implemented in
accordance with staff recommendations provided. An item may be removed from the consent agenda
and added to the Statutory Agenda for full discussion upon request by a member of the Committee
present at this meeting.)
(a) Approve minutes of the La Porte Development Corporation Board meeting held on April 22,
2019 (Lee Woodard, City Secretary)
Board member Engelken moved to approve the minutes: the motion was adopted unanimously
PUBLIC HEARING AND ASSOCIATED MATTERS
(a) The Board will hear comments from the public on Project G, a project for the development
of new or expended business enterprises that create and retain primary jobs, granted to
INEOS Syrolution America, LLC for development of a styrene monomer manufacturing
facility at 1230 Independence Parkway, in a total amount not to exceed $700,000.00. [Ryan
Cramer, Economic Development Coordinator]
The public hearing opened at 5:02 p.m. The public hearing was ended at 5:04 p.m.
4. AUTHORIZATIONS
(a) Presentation, discussion, and possible action to approve a proposed economic
development incentive agreementwith INEOS Styrolution America, LLC in connection with
Project G, an incentive project for development of a styrene monomer manufacturing
facility at 1230 Independence Parkway. [Ryan Cramer, Economic Development
Coordinator]
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Board member Engelken moved to ap rove the proposed economic development incentive
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agreement with INEOS Styrolution America, LLQ in connection with Project G, an incentive project
for development of a styrene monomer manufacturing facility at 1230 Independence Parkway
the motion was adopted 5-0.
5. SET DATE FOR NEXT MEETING
The next meeting was scheduled for July 22, 2019.
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