1996 Letters Re:Battlegrounds Vista Subdivision with title report and appraisal

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REGIONAL-CITY DATA LaPorte is located on Galveston Bay, approximately 25 miles east of Houston. The Houston Ship Channel runs along the northern boundary of the city. Shipping and port activities, as well as industrial chemical manufacturing plants, provide the basis for economic stability. Galveston Bay is also a center for boating, fishing, and other water recreation activities. Schools are modem and well staffed. The City of LaPorte boasts many municipal recreation facilities, including a golf course, recreation and fitness center, waterfront convention center, bay front ,picnic area, nature trailS, and wave pooi, in addition to its sixteen neighborhood parks. A plan for further waterfront development is currently being studied. The current population of the city, according to the 1990 census, is 27,900. A new suspension bridge on State Highway 146, completed last year, has replaced a narrow two-lane tunnel crossing the Houston Ship Channel. Since the opening of this bridge, traffic, has increased greatly in the area, bringing new business to the community_ State Highway. 146 is the major north/south traffic artery through the city, While State Highway 225, Spencer Highway, and Fairmont Parkway provide access to the west. San Jacinto Junior College, Lee College, and University of Houston at Clear Lake all lie within ten miles of LaPorte. Two extremely popular tourist attractions are found within the area. The 'famous San Jacinto Battleground and Monumez:l,t, the site of Texas' overwhelming victory to ensure independence from Mexico, is situated on the banks of the Houston Ship Channel in LaPorte I s extraterri torial jurisdiction. Johnson Spacecraft Center, the home of NASA, is located within ten miles of the. city. NEIGHBORHOOD DATA The subject neighborhood extends from - Highway 225 on the north to Spencer Highway on the south, and from Highway 146 on the east to Underwood Road on the west. This area encompasses the semi-agricultural region known as Lomax. This community, now part of LaPorte, was once a ci ty in its own right. ,It is composed of large tracts of land, some of which have been subdivided into small subdivisions. It is common to see horses, barns, and corrals in the neighborhood. The area contains a wide variety of housing, ranging from small wood frame farm houses to very large and expensive homes. 'Battlegrounds Vista is largely undeveloped and contains few homes. The street pattern within the subdivision consists of three dead-end streets extending from one street Which serves as an entrance. Only one of the dead-end streets is surfaced, and there is no residential development on the others. LaPorte Municipal Airport is situated just west of the subject property. Light industrial land use is found along Sens Road, just east of the property. -2- . :...: .:_.~.:~., ~.~~;