12-07-1995 Special Called Public Hearing and Regular Session of the La Porte Planning and Zoning Commission

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• • ORDINANCE NO. 95- 2077 AN ORDINANCE HARING FINDINGS OF FACT RELATING TO THE PREMISES; APPROVING AN E%CHANGE OF PARR DEDICATIONS IN GLEN MEADOWS SIIBDIVISION; AIITHORIZING E%ECIITION AND DELIVERY OF A SPECIAL WARRANTY DEED TO FACILITATE THE EBCHANGE OF PARR DEDICATIONS IN GLEN MEADOWS SIIBDIVISION; FINDING COMPLIANCE WITH THE OPEN MEETINGS LAW; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE HEREOF. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LA PORTE: Section 1. The City Council of the City of La Porte takes notice of and hereby makes the following findings of fact relating to public land and the utilization thereof in connection with Glen Meadows Subdivision, to-wit: • The City Council and the Planning and Zoning Commission of the City of La Porte have heretofore approved the final plat of Glen Meadows, Section Two, said plat being dated April 3, 1979, which plat is recorded in Volume 288, Page 108, Harris County Map Records. • Said final plat includes a dedication to the public of a parksite containing 7.715 acres, a substantial portion of which was subject to existing and proposed aerial easements for the City of La Porte Municipal Airport. • The Planning and Zoning Commission of the City of La Porte, at its meeting on December 17, 1992, approved a General Plan for the undeveloped portion of Glen Meadows Subdivision, amending the original General Plan which was originally approved on March 28, 1977. • The Harris County Flood Control District, subsequent to approval of the original General Plan, but prior to approval of the amended General Plan for Glen Meadows, promulgated rules and regulations requiring detention of storm water runoff, and further requiring detention facilities on undeveloped land as part of the subdivision platting process. • As part of the amended General Plan, the Planning and Zoning Commission of the City of La Porte noted that the City of La Porte Municipal Airport was in the process of planning a runway extension, which said extension would require that the Farrington Boulevard extension be adjusted in a westerly direction. • The City of La Porte Thoroughfare Plan, adopted by the Planning and Zoning Commission and City Council on January 26, 1987, also provided for the relocation of Farrington to the west, and the joining of Farrington with Lomax School Road, with the resultant street being designated as a major thoroughfare on said Plan. Said thoroughfare would have and will dissect the original 7.715 acre park heretofore retained. ~~~~~