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RESOLUTION No. 2011 0 0 2 <br /> WHEREAS, on May 25, 2004 the City of La Porte, Texas acquired a 3.6850 acre tract of land from <br /> Neighborhood Centers, Inc., located at 1010 Bayshore Drive along Galveston Bay, and commonly known <br /> as the "Klein Retreat" site; <br /> WHEREAS, on June 30, 2009 the City of La Porte, Texas acquired a 3.320 acre tract of land from the <br /> Aldersgate Trust, located at 1106 Bayshore Drive along Galveston Bay, and commonly known as the <br /> former "Happy Harbor Methodist Home" site; <br /> WHEREAS, the City of La Porte, Texas is in the process of considering any and all qualifying options for <br /> the use of the aforementioned properties; <br /> WHEREAS, despite the lack of development or active use of these tracts by the City of La Porte neither <br /> of the aforementioned sites are restricted from public access by a fence or other obstruction, and have <br /> been used for recreational purposes by the public; <br /> WHEREAS, the City of La Porte has not declared or dedicated either tract as a public park or parkland, <br /> nor has it utilized them as such; and furthermore was not required to do so under the terms of the <br /> conveyance instruments by which the City of La Porte received title to said tracts; <br /> WHEREAS, the City of La Porte desires to express its intent to preserve the right to utilize the <br /> aforementioned properties for any and all qualifying uses and to pursue such use as it deems proper; <br /> NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LA PORTE, <br /> TEXAS: <br /> That the findings of the City and its actions approving this resolution taken at the council meeting are <br /> hereby approved and adopted. <br /> BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City of La Porte City Council does hereby determine and declare <br /> that the property located at 1010 Bayshore Drive, and commonly known as the "Klein Retreat Site ", and <br /> the property located at 1106 Bayshore Drive, and commonly referred to as the former "Happy Harbor <br /> Methodist Home" site are not, and at no time have been, declared or dedicated as a public park or <br /> parkland. <br /> BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City of La Porte shall install signs on the perimeter of both of the <br /> aforementioned properties to advise members of the general public of the fact that neither tract is a part of <br /> the La Porte park system or a public park. <br /> PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL of the City of La Porte, 0 his 3rd day of May 2011. <br /> a. trip <br /> S r s R. Rigby,R� o yor <br /> City Secretary ' r <br /> L T Al ' <br /> City Attorney <br />