1990-07-23 Public Hearing and Regular Meeting

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0 i 1. 2. 0 MINUTES OF THE PUBLIC HEARING AND REGULAR MEETING LA PORTE CITY COUNCIL JULY 23, 1990 The meeting was called to order by Mayor Malone at 6:00 P.M. Members of City Council Present: Mayor Norman Malone, Councilpersons Mike Cooper, Ed Matuszak, Bob McLaughlin, Alton Porter, Deotis Gay, B. Don Skelton, Jerry Clarke Members of City Council Absent: Councilperson Guy Sutherland Members of City Staff Present: City Manager Bob Herrera, City Attorney Knox Askins, City Secretary Cherie Black, Assistant City Manager John Joerns, Assistant to the City Manager Janie Bais, Director of Public Works Steve Gillett, Director of Community Development Joel Albrecht, Chief Building Inspector Ervin Griffith, Director of Parks and Recreation Stan Sherwood, Finance Director Jeff Litchfield Others Present: Rev. Tom Rawls and other representatives from Grace Baptist Church; 4 citizens The invocation was given by City Attorney Knox Askins. Council considered approving the minutes of the regular meeting of Council held July 9, 1990. Motion was made by Councilperson Cooper to approve the July 9 minutes as presented. Second by Councilperson Clarke. The motion carried, 8 ayes and 0 nays. Ayes: Councilpersons Cooper, Matuszak, McLaughlin, Porter, Gay, Skelton, Clarke and Mayor Malone Nays: None 4. The Mayor called the Public Hearing to order. This hearing was to hear the request of Rev. Thomas Rawls for a Special Conditional Use permit to allow construction of a church in a low density residential zone. Director of Community Development Joel Albrecht reviewed the request for Council, and stated that the Planning and Zoning Commission recommended approval of the permit. The Mayor asked for public input. The Mayor read a letter from Councilperson Sutherland which stated that he was in favor of granting the permit. Rev. Rawls addressed Council to ask that the permit be granted. Mayor Malone stated that several persons had signed up to speak, and if they had anything different to say he encouraged them to do so;