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'~~ r ~\<,~/' ~ e e CITY OF LA PORTE PHONE 17131 471.5020 . p, 0, BOx 1115 . LA PORTE, TEXAS 77572 June 7, 1991 Jim Wyatt Houston Lighting and Power Company P.o. Box 597 Seabrook, TX 77586 Dear Mr. wyatt: Enclosed please find a letter from the Texas Parks & Wildlife Department to the city of La Porte dated June 4, 1991. The correspondence speaks favorably to our request to release a grant commitment from the Texas Parks and wildlife Department and has given us conditional approval from the commission so we can work with Houston Lighting and Power company's need to develop a 138 kv transmission line. As you are aware, any time a public agency requests to de- commission a park site that was enhanced with federal funds, the public agency must meet and fulfill some very complex legislation. It's refreshing to know that the Texas Parks & wildlife Department is supporting our request which we made on your behalf, and the development of property located within our northeast quadrant. As we have discussed and reached agreement on, we can only complete this transaction by replacing the'property de-commissioned (6.0 acres mini-bike park) with substituted land of like recreational value. The associated cost to complete this land conversion is estimated to be $87,000. This amount includes property acquisition, surveys, land appraisals (2) and some attorney fees. Verbally on June 3, 1991, you committed that HL&P would participate in the conversion cost up to an amount of $29,000 which is 1/3 of the estimated project. The City agrees to match an additional 1/3, and we are currently completing negotiations with the property owner to the south of the mini-bike park for a 1/3 contribution. Please keep in mind this conversion process and de-commission element is separate and above the proposal submitted by HL&P to the City on April 4, 1991, to secure a 50' easement that would run east to west across the southern edge of the mini-bike park.