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• • • MINUTES OF THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE LA PORTE CITY COUNCIL MAY 20, 1981 1. Meeting called to order by Mayor Meza at 7:00 P.M. Members of the City Council Present: Mayor J. J. Meza, Councilpersons Norman L. Malone, John Longley, Gus Faris, I. J. Kibodeaux, Tom Simons, Deotis Gay, Don Skelton, Linda Westergren Members of the City Council Absent: None Other City Officials Present: Assistant City Attorney Gail Hamilton; City Secretary Betty Waters; Chief of Police Herb Freeman; Director of Public Works Jerry Hodge; Fire Marshal Paul Hickenbottom; Inspector David Paulissen, Engineering Department Head John Joerns; Parks and Recreation Director Stan Sherwood. Others Present: Keith Johnson, Bayshore Sun; Dave Corbin, Busch, Hutchison Engineering; Fred Beck, H. Carlos Smith Engineers and Surveyors, Inc. Thirty citizens were present in the Council Chambers. 2. The invocation was offered by Councilperson Malone. 3. Motion was made by Councilperson Kibodeaux to accept and ap- prove the minutes of the May 6, 1981, Regular Meeting of the La Porte City Council. Seconded by Councilperson Westergren. The motion carried, 9 ayes and 0 nays. Ayes: Councilpersons Malone, Longley, Faris, Kibodeaux, Simons, Gay, Skelton, Westergren, Mayor Meza Nays: None 4. Council considered a request for variance on parking require- ments for the Happy Harbor Apartment project for the elderly and handicapped. Motion was made by Councilperson Faris to grant a variance to the parking requirements for such a project under La Porte Ordinances and permit 51 parking spaces for the project. Seconded by Councilperson Simons. The motion Carrie , 9 ayes and 0 nays. • Ayes: Councilpersons Malone, Longley, Faris, Kibodeaux, Simons, Gay, Skelton, Westergren, Mayor Meza Nays: None