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<br />ASKINS & ARMSTRONG, P. C. <br />ATTORNEYS AT LAW <br /> <br />702 W. FAIR MONT PARKWAY <br />P.O. BOX 1218 <br /> <br />LA PORTE, TEXAS 77572-1218 <br /> <br />KNOX W. ASKINS <br />..JOHN D. ARMSTRONG <br /> <br />CLARK T. ASKINS <br /> <br />TELEPHONE 281.471.1886 <br />TELECOPIER 281.471.2047 <br />K A SKINS@HOUSTON.RR.COM <br />JOHN-A@SWBELl.NET <br />C TASKINS@SWBELL.NET <br /> <br />June 19, 2006 <br /> <br />JUN 1 q 2006 <br /> <br />Ms. Martha A. Gillett <br />City Secretary <br />City of La Porte <br />City Hall <br />La Porte, Texas <br /> <br />Re: Agenda Request for CenterPoint Energy, Inc. Matters <br />-- June 26, 2006. <br /> <br />Dear Martha: <br /> <br />Please place the ordinance approving and authorizing an agreement <br />between the City of La Porte and Centerpoint Energy Houston <br />Electric, in connection with the rate case, on the City Council <br />agenda of June 26, 2006, as an action item. <br /> <br />Mr. Richard arum, Service Area Supervisor for CenterPoint Energy, <br />Inc. has advised me that all of the coalition cities, together with <br />some additional cities within the company's system, have approved <br />the "Term Sheet for Settlement of Centerpoint Energy Houston <br />Electric (CEHE) Rate Case". It is my understanding that the <br />approval by the cities is not binding upon the Public utility <br />Commission. Upon passage of the requested ordinance, the City of <br />La Porte would join the other cities in their petition to the PUC <br />to approve the agreement. <br /> <br />Please place on the June 26, 2006, agenda, the enclosed ordinance <br />granting Centerpoint Energy Houston Electric, LLC, a 30 year <br />franchise, as a workshop item. <br /> <br />The City's Home Rule Charter requires two (2) readings on an <br />ordinance granting a franchise, which readings must be more than <br />thirty (30) days apart. I am requesting that the franchise <br />ordinance be placed on the City Council agenda of Monday, July 10, <br />2006, for its first reading, and placed on the City Council agenda <br />of Monday, August 14, 2006, for its second reading. Following <br />passage on second reading, the caption of the ordinance noting the <br />place where the full text may be examined by the public, shall be <br />published once each week for four (4) consecutive weeks in the <br />Bayshore Sun, the official newspaper of the City. The ordinance <br />takes effect sixty (60) days after its final passage, which will be <br />on October 15, 2006. <br />