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04/01/1999 03:13 7134683833 PAI;E 02 # . e e 'r.... Multifamily and Commercial Real Estate Developers & Constructors April 1, 1999 Mr. Robert T. Herrera City Manager 604~W. Fairmont Par . ay La Porte, Texas nS7 Dear Bob, I have chatted with C 01 and Doug about our need to supply information to The State Housing Department this year hat answers the criticisms they made of our application last year. They criticize anything that s vague and not perfected, as they think it will never happen. Specifically, In our ar gement with the City to abandon the street, it wa.s reported to them that itwas in process and ould likely be approved by the City. They said that anything that is not yet approved they si rely doubt will ever be approved on any projects they receive applications on. Therefore, we hu bIy request that they City pass an ordinance by City Council that says the abandonment of"L" St eet has been approved, subject only to payment by La Porte Venture Ltd. or ,Chaparral Group. nc., it's General Partner, of the stipulated price. Such to be done on or before Oct. 30, 1999. I request this dead/in date because it is coincidental with the deadline on our land purchase contract We expect t receive tax credits in July or August and get our land purchases closed in October (maybe e n September). I have additionally req ested of Doug, that on the letter that J got from you yesterday, the clause about potential revie of rezoning be deleted. Last year when I was there working with you, Doug, Debbie and e erybody we looked up the zoning issue on these three City blocks and determined to everyb s satisfaction at that time. that there would not be a need for rezoning in as much as two of t e blocks are presently zoned General Commercial which includes ml,Jlti- family. One block is z 'nec:J Multi-Family. Therefore, our medium density (16 per acre) apartment project for Seniors wi fit into the current zoning for each block. I would greatly appre ate your deleting this current paragraph about a potential need to review the zoning in as muc as it would cause the state to go paranoid. They would not believe that any rezoning would er occur. They have people frequently lie to them in their applications. from various Cities cross the state, and they do not believe things that are not already accomplished. We are trying to pe ct our application this year so they cannot bring up these criticisms. We are making adjustme s to many areas of our application to accomplish this goal and believe that we will be successful. The main difficulty is the Quantity of applications they receive each year. They received abou 200 last year and are expected to receive as many as 250 this year. Therefore, it is absol tely critical to have very strong City support in order for it to receive any modicum of interest t the State level. 11123 K31Y Fr eway, Houston, Texas 77079 · (713) 468-1500 · Fu (713) 468-3833 E.Mail: ChaparlGrp@aol.~om EXHIBIT IIBII