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1 J CITY OF L• PORTE � PHONE 17131 471.5020 • P. O. Box 1115 • LA PORTE. TEXAS 77571 -1 • September 9, 1977 The Honorable Mayor and City Council City of Shoreacres 619 E. Shoreacres Boulevard La Porte, Texas 77571 Gentlemen: We understand that the City Council of the City of Shoreacres will consider releasing Shoreacres' extraterritorial jurisdiction over Bayshore Municipal Utility District, so that the District can be annexed by the City of La Porte, at your meeting of September 19, 1977. We further understand that there might be an interest on the part of the City of Shoreacres, in consolidating the City of Shoreacres •with the City of La Porte. Our City Attorney has advised us that this would be possible, once the City of La Porte and the City of Shoreacres become "adjoining and contiguous to each other," which would be the case following the annexation of B.M.U.D. by the City of La Porte. We are advised that the consolidation would then be accomplished under Article 1188, Revised Civil Statutes. These provisions of State Law provide for an election to be held first in the City of Shoreacres and, if this election is in favor of consolidation with La Porte, than an election would be held in the City of La Porte. Upon favorable passage in the City of La Porte, the former City of Shoreacres would be merged into and become a part of the City of La Porte. This matter has been discussed by the City Commission of the City of La Porte, which has authorized me to advise the City of Shoreacres that, should the citizens of the City of Shoreacres vote favorably for consolidation, in an election to be held after La Porte's annexa- tion of B.M.U.D. establishes a common boundary between the two cities, then the La Porte City Commission would view with favor, and would actively support a favorable vote in La Porte on the consolidation question. 0