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<br />CITY OF PASADENA RESOLUTION NO. <br />CITY OF LA PORTE RESOLUTION NO. 2004- <br /> <br />A JOINT RESOLUTION BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF PASADENA AND THE CITY COUNCIL OF <br />LA PORTE, AUTHORIZING FURTHER INVESTIGATION OF A JOINT VENTURE BETWEEN <br />THE CITIES FOR A YOUTH SPORTS COMPLEX AND <br />FOR A CONNECTING NORTH-SOUTH ROADWAY BETWEEN GENOA-RED BLUFF ROAD IN <br />PASADENA, AND CANADA ROAD (EAST BOULEVARD) IN LA PORTE <br /> <br />WHEREAS, the dtizens of the City of Pasadena and the citizens of La Porte have approved bond <br />issues in both cities respectively, to address the present and future needs of their <br />respective youth sports programs, and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Pasadena and the City Council of the City of La Porte <br />have authorized their respective staffs to begin work on the implementation of the <br />voter's wishes in that regard, and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, there appears to be much mutual benefit in a proposal to combine the efforts of both <br />cities in a joint venture project on property owned by the City of Pasadena and located <br />in the City of La Porte through economies of scale and duplication of common facilities <br />thereby generating a more beneficial use of taxpayer's money in both cities, and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, the proposed connection between Genoa-Red Bluff Road in Pasadena and Canada Road <br />(East Boulevard) in La Porte would offer an improved transportation corridor for the <br />area including an additional emergency evacuation route for both Pasadena and La <br />Porte residents; NOW THEREFORE, <br /> <br />BE IT JOINTLY RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PASADENA AND THE <br />CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LA PORTE, TEXAS: <br /> <br />I. <br />That staffs of each respective city further explore the legal, operational, and logistical <br />ramifications of the proposed joint venture sports complex on property owned by the City of <br />Pasadena, and the proposed arterial roadway connecting Genoa-Red Bluff in Pasadena with Canada <br />Road (East Boulevard) in La Porte. If the proposals are deemed viable, then staffs are directed to <br />prepare the necessary Interlocal Agreement(s) to accomplish the two projects herein described. <br /> <br />PRESENTED AND PASSED on this the 12TH day of April 2004 by the City of La Porte, by a vote of _ <br />yeas, and nays at a regular ~h' of La Porte, Texas. <br /> <br /> <br />Norman L. Malone, Mayor, City of La Porte, Texas <br /> <br />Page 1 of2 <br />