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Minutes, Public H•ring, La Porte City Coune~ December 5, 1983, Page 2 tonight and the ,one that was held earlier today, and the one • that was held in November for the same purpose--this hearing is a hearing by the city of La Porte; it's not a College View M.U.D. hearing, and as such they do the advertising of notices and so on. I think-that was mentioned earlier but I wanted to be sure everybody understood this. The other thing was about the fire department report, and I just wanted to say that on two occasions where we had fire out here, the Deer Park fire department did respond, but so did La Porte's and they got here almost at a dead heat. Thank you. There was no one else who wished to speak in favor of the annexation. Mayor Cline asked for those wishing to speak in opposition to the annexation to please do so at .this time. Mr. Harold Trahan, 8707 Collingdale: I'd like to run through t ese questions once. Council answered these at the previous meeting; I'm sure some light has been shed on these, but I'd like to go over them to give the people here an opportunity to hear. what the response was. 1. Why is it, that after several years of being neglected College View M.U.D. has suddenly become so attractive for annexation? • 2. What was our status in being annexed by Pasadena before and after annexation of the rodeo grounds? What agreement was made between Pasadena and La Porte? .This was partially answered. 3. Till very recently the residents in our district have been told there was no chance for annexation until 1985. We were told that-the Justice Department would not approve any such annexation because it would dilute the black vote. What happened to change this? 4. Why aren't the people of our district being given fair notice of these hearings, and why are both hearings scheduled the same night? I think we have quite a few residents here tonight, but I'd like the Council and the District to find out how did they actually .receive notice and their presence here tonight--was is from the paper or what? What source of information did they have? 5. If annexed, what dollar figure change can we expect to see in our taxes and utilities? You told me this was the same rate, but I'd like to see the dollar figures, primarily for our planning for .the future. 6. I did not previously asked this question. Some of our owners of commercial property have been denied utility service over the years. How will this affect the time element in their obtaining services? Thank you, Mayor and Council. Mayor Cline: Mr. Trahan was present at the meeting held in our Council zoom at 7 o'clock and asked these same questions. If you would like, we'll let Knox-just touch base on-some of them and