O-2005-1501-T4 large lot district

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e e A Meeting of the La Porte Planning and Zoning Commission , Scheduled for September 15. 2005 To Consider Creation of Large Lot District I have received notice of the above referenced public hearing. I am in FAVOR of granting this request for the following reasons: I teach agriculture in a local school district where I also serve as the FFA advisor. This community is a lot like La Porte. There are several neighborhoods, a few local businesses, a couple of grocery stores, and an area that resembles Lomax where houses are built on acreage and house livestock animals. This is only my second year to teach here and since I still reside in Lomax, I am not completely familiar with the history of the community, but my students are always talking about the growth they have, seen take place just since they were in Kindergarten. Because of the growth that has taken place in , this small city, many of my students will not get the opportunity to raise livestock through FFA as they wanted to do. Why? Many of them used to live in an area where , they were surrounded by land and used to be able to have whatever animals they wanted. Land owners have since built houses, moved into the area and complained about the animals. Because of the change in their community, my students were forced to give up the life that they were familiar with in order to' pacify their new neighbors. Now that they are in high school and a member of our FF A chapter, they would love to get involved in livestock again but they don't have that opportunity because it was taken from them several years ago. I would hate to see the students of our community one day miss out on the opportunities of raising livestock because the land has been taken away from them. I have been blessed to have been raised in Lomax where I was able to raise livestock through the La Porte FF A and 4-H all throughout my school years. My parents used these livestock as tools to help me develop into the person I am today. I have learned compassion for the sick and old. I have learned patience with the young and stubborn. I have learned to take responsibility for the animals that rely on me for their every health need. I have learned the cycle of life and that sometimes the cycle is all too short. I pray that I will be given the opportunity to raise my children in the Lomax that I know today and that they too will have the chance to learn the life lessons that I have learned through livestock. Rhysa Finch 2212 Lomax School Road LaPorte, Texas, 77571