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<br />REVISED DRAFT APRIL 9, 2012 <br />5)Expand on previous efforts to consider embellished <br />gateway treatments with more significant “signature” <br /> <br />monuments, landscaping, and lighting at the locations of <br />greatest visibility. Ensure high quality maintenance of these <br />areas, as depicted on Map 2.2, Beautification Plan. <br />1)Consider mModifying existing codes to adopt <br />appropriate design standards in conformance with the San <br />Jacinto Corridor Design Standards. <br />2)Continue to work with the Economic Alliance Houston <br /> <br /> <br />Port Region and consider code modifications and other program <br />support to implement the San Jacinto Historic District design <br />standards, including the Project Stars Initiative, which uses <br />industrial infrastructure and landscaping to highlight and <br />3 <br />celebrate the area’s history and historical significance. <br />3)Consider implementing a program to publicly recognize <br />residential and business property owners for their role toward <br /> <br />enhancing the visual appearance of the City. This could include <br />Expand upon existing gateway <br />monthly recognition on the City’s website or other public <br />improvements to create a consitent <br />theme and ensure a high quality of <br />communication media. <br />appearance of the monument, lighting, <br />4)Partner with the Texas Department of Transportation <br />and surrounding landscaping. <br />(TxDOT) to enhance the visual appearance of the City’s existing <br /> <br />and future overpasses, as depicted on Map 2.2, Beautification <br />Source: Kendig Keast Collaborative. <br />Plan.(see inset next page) <br />5)4)Continue seeking public/public and/or public/private <br /> <br />partnerships to master plan and implement site specific <br />enhancements throughout the City. By way of example, continue <br />working with the La Porte Independent School District (ISD) and <br />adjacent retail center owners to implement the enhancements <br />depicted in the Texas Avenue Beautification Project Master Plan, <br />among others. <br />6)5)Partner with TxDOT to enhance the visual appearance of <br />the Miller Cut Off Road, Sens Road, and SR 146 interchange <br />areas. These enhancements could be similar in type and quality <br /> <br />Consider code modifications and other <br />to the improvements already completed at the State Highway <br />program support to implement <br />225/Independence Parkway interchange located just outside City <br />beautification projects in accordance <br />limits, as depicted on Map 2.2, Beautification Plan. <br />with the San Jacinto Design Standards, <br />e.g., conceptual plan to beautify the N. <br />th <br />9 Street / State Loop 410 intersection. <br /> <br />Source: Aerial Image (City of La Porte GIS); <br />Conceptual Plan (San Jacinto Design Standards, <br />pg. 29) <br /> <br />3 <br /> Economic Alliance Houston Port Region. San Jacinto Texas, Historic District Corridor <br />Standards at http://www.ci.la- <br />porte.tx.us/civica/filebank/blobdload.asp?BlobID=8725. May 2010. <br />2.18 <br /> <br />Chapter 2 <br /> <br />