Laserfiche WebLink
_j i <br />r ,,. ' t <br />,~ '~. <br />~ ~ . <br />EXHIBIT A <br />THE STATE OF TEXAS <br />COUNTY OF HARRIS <br />A G R E E M E N T <br />THIS AGREEMENT made and entered into by and be- <br />~rteen the City of La Porte, Texas, a borne rule municipal <br />corporation in Harris County, Texas, hereinafter called the <br />''City", acting by and through its officers and members of <br />its City Commission signatory hereto, and E. I. du Pont de <br />Nemours and C©mpany, Celanese Corporation of America, <br />National Petro-Chemicals Corporation, Houston Lighting & <br />Power Company and Phillips Petroleum Company, each being <br />corporations with permits to do business in Texas, herein <br />called the "Industries" and/or "Industry", <br />TnIITNESSETH THAT: <br />ini~IEREAS, the City has passed at first reading <br />on October l7, 158 that certain Ordinance No. 558, pur- <br />porting to annex to the existing City limits an additional <br />area which T.aould include all or a part of the real proper- <br />ties and/or manufacturing plants of the Industries within <br />the City limits, as so extended, and <br />WHEREAS, the Industries have duly filed with <br />the t;ity written protests and ob~ectic~ns to the said <br />~_~.nnexation pro~po~s2d in said Ordinance No. 558, contending <br />that the City is without the power or authority in law to <br />annex ail or any part of the properties of each of the <br />Industries to the City; that said properties are not <br />suitable for municipal needs and purposes; that said prop- <br />erties hdc~e no need of municipal services and entitlements <br />frrnrt~ the ~`:~ ty a.nd the City is not in position to furnish <br />the same in the foreseeable future; that such properties <br />cannot be annexed to pay existing bonded indebtedness of <br />