La Porte Council agenda includes $7M drainage grant, $1M siren request; LPDC weighs business incentives
The La Porte City Council was scheduled June 22 to consider applying for up to $7 million for Northside drainage improvements and $1 million for outdoor warning sirens, while the La Porte Development Corporation’s board planned to vote on a $26,618.79 enhancement grant and terminate another incentive agreement.
City Council
The council’s June 22 consent agenda asked members to authorize applications for two General Land Office disaster recovery grants: up to $7 million for Northside neighborhood drainage and $1 million for a new outdoor warning siren system. No action has been confirmed because meeting minutes were not yet published as of July 5.
Public hearings were set on two special use permits. One would add civic and political organization uses to an existing development in the Avera area; the second would allow a single-family home at 0 McCabe Road. The council also was to consider an enhancement grant of up to $26,618.79 for a business at 102 W. Main Street, a fireworks permit, a street closure, and the formation of a committee to plan a multi-purpose event center at Bay Forest Golf Course.
La Porte Development Corporation
The Development Corporation board’s June 22 agenda called for approving the same $26,618.79 enhancement grant for R Favorite Things LLC at 102 W. Main Street. Members also were asked to terminate a grant agreement with Kate Davis Holdings LLC at 2151 Underwood Road.
A closed session was listed to discuss litigation over a previously terminated incentive agreement with Dimensions Comics. No public vote would follow that discussion while the matter is in executive session.
Other business items included receiving an update on the first benchmark of the Main Street Station LLC incentive agreement at 115 W. Main Street and considering a letter of support for La Porte’s application to become a Tourism Friendly Texas Certified Community.
Animal Shelter Advisory Committee
The Animal Shelter Advisory Committee met June 29, but its agenda contained only procedural items with no rezonings, contracts, fee changes, or public hearings scheduled.
Coming up
No city board or council meetings are listed for the next two weeks as of July 5.
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