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.` • ~~' \ ~ _~~ ~~. r P KONE ( 713 ) X571 .5020 • P. O. Box i 1 i 5 • La FORTE, TExas 77571 March 1, 1976 The Board of Trustees La Porte Independent School District La Porte, Texas 77571 Gentlemen: ~~~~ ~~ The La Porte Independent School District, as the owner of Blocks 103 and 332, Town of La Porte, has requested the City of La Porte to vacate, abandon and close that portion of North "E" Street between North 5th and North 6th Streets in La Porte, between the La Porte Independent School District Maintenance Center, situated on Block 332, 'and DeWalt School, situated on Block 103. In order to close any portion of a street or alley within the City of La Porte, the City must obtain the consent of each public util- ity with which it has a franchise agreement, and its owx>. public works department. The City of La Porte Public Works Department reports that there is an existing La Porte sewer main in this street easement. However, the Public Works Department states that it would have no objection to the fencing off of this street right-of-way, provided gates are placed in the fences on both the North 5th Street side and the North 6th Street side of the property, for ingress and egress by City maintenance vehicles when necessary, and provided that the City of La Porte is provided a 24-hour emergency phone number of school personnel having access to the property. Houston Natural Gas Corporation and Entex, the two gas companies having franchises with the City of La Porte, have each offered no objection to the closing of the street. However, Houston Lighting and Power Company does have facilities in this street right-of-way. The Light Company has stated that it would object to the closing of the street, unless proper ground and aerial easements were retained within the closure ordinance, being a 10' ground easement and a 15' aerial easement along the northern right-of-way line of North "E" Street. Under the circumstances, it is the view of the La Porte City Com- mission that the street should not be legally closed, but, rather,