02-25-19 Regular Meeting of the La Porte City Council

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LINEBARGER GOGGAN BLAIR & SAMPSON, LLP ATTORNEYS AT LAW 4828 Loop Central Drive Suite 600 Houston, TX 77081 Main: 713.8443400 January 25, 2019 Corby Alexander, City Manager City of La Porte City Manager's Office 604 W. Fairmont Parkway LaPorte, Texas 77571 Email: Chips@lgbs.com Direct: 713.576 7264 RE: Tax Resale Bid in Lawsuit No. 2014-20398, La Porte Independent School District, Et Al vs. Ebony Brian Scott, Et Al; Account # 0232040800009 Dear Mr. Alexander: A private tax resale bid in the amount of $16,450.00 has been received from BP Coastal Builders & Developers, LLC for a property that is owned in trust by the City of La Porte, La Porte ISD, Harris County and San Jacinto Community College District pursuant to a constable's tax sale. I have attached to this letter the tax resale bid, a tax resale bid analysis, a tax resale resolution for the City, a proposed tax resale deed, and a Harris County Appraisal District map of the subject property. The amount of the tax resale bid is sufficient to allow the City of La Porte to consider acceptance of this bid and conveyance of the subject property by the City, La Porte ISD, Harris County and San Jacinto Community College District. Therefore, I would respectfully request that this tax resale bid be placed on an upcoming agenda of the City Council of the City of La Porte. I am available to attend the Council Meeting in order to address any questions that arise. A suggested wording of the agenda item is as follows: Consider approval of a bid by BP Coastal Builders & Developers, LLC to acquire a tax resale property described as: Tract 1: Lots Nine (9) and Ten (10), in Block Eighty (80), of the Town of La Porte, As Per the Official and Recorded Plat or Map of said Town of La Porte, now on file in the Office of the County CIerk of Harris County, Texas, together with any and all improvements thereon. Account No. 0232040800009