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- J ^ • Janu:~r;;% 1 , 1963 , and completely activated b;~ 1965 . On December 17, 1962, the Cit;;r Council of LaPorte approved your pari.i::iration is; the plan as a Second Tier Zone . All other municipalities within the Houston Metropolitan Exchange also approved or accepted the service arrangement. The zone boundaries established with the Houston Metropolitan Plan in 1963 remain unchanged to date. On this basis, long term investment by the Telephone Company can be ;wade so that present and future communication needs in the Houston Metropolitan Area can be met efficiently and with reasonable rates. To indiscriminately change LaPorte to a Central or First Tier Zone would jeopardize the entire foundamental Houston Metropolitan Exchange PlaY:, -~,;,d in the long run result in substantially higher monthly charges to all te:!e7:hone customers within the Houston Metropolitan Area. Ac~ually the impact of our need for increased rates since LaPorte elected 'co be a part of the Houston Metropolitan Exchange has been less on LaPorte customers than on Central Zone customers. With the new rates, the cost of basic one party residence service within the Central Zone will have increased 2~+.6% since 1965; whereas similar service for our LaPorte customers has gone up only 18.7 per cent. In addition, the real impact of this increase on LaPorte customers has been lessened by the removal of interzone message charges in August, 1,970. The value of our LaPorte customers' telephone service has also been signify~.~r_._~' increased by including in their local calling scope the indepe:~dent company exchanges of Baytown, Nassau Bay, Stafford, Arcola, Huffman and Crosby -- along with Houston. E.M.S, customers in the following exchanges: Beach City, Leag~~a City, Dickinson, Kemah, Baycliff, and Katy.