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i LAW OFFICES KNOX W. ASKINS • 122 S. BROADWAY P. O. BOX 1218 LA PORTE, TEXAS 7757 G BEEN FIELD I-1886 October 19, 1971 Hon. Mayor and City Commissioners City of La Porte P.O. Box 1115 La Porte, Texas 77571 Gentlemen: At the regular meeting of October 11, 1971, Mayor H. Carlos Smith stated that he has been employed by the owners of a tract of land situated within the corporate limits of the City of La Porte, to perform certain professional engineering and surveying services for said owners, in connection with a proposed multi-unit apart- ment project to be constructed on the property. Mayor Smith stated that he has no financial interest in the project, other than his employment as a professional engineer and surveyor, which is on a professional fee basis. The engineering and survey • work is being done for facilities to be built, owned, and main- tained by the owners of the property involved; any necessary engineering for facilities on City right-of-ways to connect to the subject property would be done by the City's consulting engineers. Then the plans and specifications for the apartment project are submitted to the City for issuance of a building permit, they should be referred to Mr. Dan Kennedy, building official, to ascertain if they meet all requirements of the applicable ordi- nances of the City of La Porte. Any questions or interpretations desired by Mr. Kennedy should be obtained from the City's regular consulting engineers. The amount of connection fees for utilities is established by city ordinances, and the amounts of such connection fees should be computed by the City's consulting engineers from the formulas contained in said ordinances. You have requested my opinion on the applicability of Section 13 of the Home Rule Charter of the City of La Porte, to this situation. Section 13 reads as follows; "Section 13. Qualifications. "The mayor and each commissioner shall be at least twenty-one (21) years of age and a resident citizen of the City of La Porte, and have qualifications of electors Exhibit A