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<br />RESOLUTION NO. 2008- I ~ <br /> <br />A RESOLUTION REQUESTING THAT A PORTION OF STATE HIGHWAY <br />BUSINESS 146 BE REMOVED FROM THE STATE HIGHWAY SYSTEM, <br />FROM WHARTON WEEMS BOULEVARD TO STATE HIGHWAY 146 (BF <br />146D); FINDING COMPLIANCE WITH THE OPEN MEETINGS LAW; AND <br />PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE HEREOF. <br /> <br />WHEREAS, State Highway Business 146 traverses through the City of La Porte; <br /> <br />WHEREAS, a portion of State Highway Business 146 includes the City's Main Street <br />district; <br /> <br />WHEREAS, the City of La Porte desires to increase economic development within the <br />City's Main Street district, including planned development within the existing State <br />Highway Business 146 right-of-way; <br /> <br />NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE <br />CITY OF LA PORTE: <br /> <br />Section 1. The City of La Porte requests that State Highway Business 146 (BF 146D) <br />from the North right-of-way line of Fairmont Parkway Northward and Westward <br />(Broadway and Main Street) be removed from the State Highway System effective <br />January 1,2009. Also, the City requests that State Highway Business 146 from the North <br />right-of-way line of Fairmont Parkway to the North right-of-way line of Wharton Weems <br />Boulevard be removed from the State Highway System no later than six (6) months after <br />the state has overlayed and striped this segment based on a formal agreement between the <br />City of La Porte and the Texas Department of Transportation. <br /> <br />It is also understood that the State may re-designate the remaining portions of State <br />Highway Business 146 and Spur 501. <br /> <br />Section 2. The City Council officially finds, determines, recites and declares that a <br />sufficient written notice of the date, hour, place and subject of this meeting of the City <br />