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I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I e e May 10, 2004 Honorable Mayor and City Council City of La Porte 604 West Fairmont Parkway La Porte, TX 77571 RE: Underwood Self-Storage Project 2619 Underwood Road La Porte, TX Please accept this as my formal request for approval to develop my property for the subject project. It is in compliance and consistent with the property zoning, neighborhood aesthetics and surrounding commercial development. Please note that in the previous, regular meeting and public hearing of the La Porte Planning and Zoning Commission, the vote was 5 in favor of approval, 1 opposed and 1 abstained. The project proposal was properly noticed and published and not one individual filed an objection to or appeared at the meeting to protest the project. The proposed project will be a strong asset to the City of La Porte in a number of ways: . It will provide a needed service to La Porte residents. The rapid development of the area is bringing both people and businesses to the area that need both temporary and long term storage facilities for their belongings. . This facility will have controlled access in order to provide a secure, well lighted, and safe environment. We will also use directional lighting methods to be a good neighbor to the surrounding area. . It will provide additional tax revenue. When completed, the project will be a 69,490 foot facility that pays both property taxes and taxes resulting from operations. The City, the schools and the state will all benefit from increased tax revenue. . It will convert bare land, which the pipeline cuts diagonally through, into an aesthetically pleasing property that is consistent, and blends, with the surrounding commercial property. . The landscaping buffer will provide both noise and visual screening to the surrounding residential neighborhood and roadways, significantly improving the existing condition. . It will provide a low activity business to the property. TIA (Traffic Impact Anaysis) statistics published by the Institute of Transportation Engineers estimate the daily trip rates of a mini storage facility to be 94% LESS than a retail center (40.67 vs. 2.33) and LESS than half that of a general warehouse (4.96 vs. 2.33). I greatly appreciate your time and effort in reviewing this project proposal and for your consideration and approval of my project. Lloyd Duncan Property Owner 1822 Gaucho Circle La Porte, TX 77571