12-05-1983 Public Hearing La Porte City Council'

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>{ Minutes, Public ring, La Porte City Coun~ December 5, 1983, Page 3 Councilperson Westergren: It is important to remember that • since we have our new charter type of government, by 1985, we will have to look into a more permanent redistricting, and this is the most opportune time if we are ever to annex Spenwick and College View so that they, too, can be represented in the redistricting. That's something that really made it pressing for 1984--that you~be a part of the City by 1984. Councilperson Pfeiffer: My main reason for the annexation is the protection of the City of La Porte in having us have control over the growth in that area.. That's going to be very important in the near future, to have a growth set up to be more conforming with the area in residential and to entice businesses in that we would like dot to see trailer parks or to see any type of industrial businesses coming into that area. 2. What wa$ our status on being annexed by Pasadena before and after annexation of the rodeo grounds? What agreement was made between Pasadena and La Porte at that time? Mayor Cline''replied that La Porte and Pasadena didn't even discuss the annexations of the Municipal Utility Districts out there at the time oflthe rodeo thing. There was never any discussion between the'two cities as far as that .annexation of those two districts. City Attorney Askins: The City of La Porte and Pasadena have • always had ~iarmony on annexation boundaries. About 10 or 12 years ago, ~he City of La Porte and the City of Pasadena entered into a written agreement that provided for under the Municipal Annexation .}pct which is called formal division of extraterri- torial jurisdiction. At that .time it was very important to the City. of Pas~.dena that San Jacinto College be in Pasadena-and have a Pasa~ena post office address. The college is tax exempt property anal it is closer to Pasadena than to La Porte, and La Porte hail no objection, so it was agreed to start the. line down the east boundary of the college, which happens to be the west bounda~y of College-View M.U.D., then the line dropped on down into t e Bayport area and divided up the industrial acreage there. Then Pasadena, just in the last few years, purchased some land from Friendswood Development Corporation on which to build a Civic center. It so happened that that tract of land was on the La Porte side of the line that had been drawn about a decade earllier. And again, La Porte and Pasadena representatives sat down inia very amicable way and La Porte gave up about 40 or 80 acres„ something like that, for the Civic center and Pasadena ex'~changed some of the property that had been in part of its industrial area to La Porte. And so the Pasadena Civic center you ~Isee being constructed is in the Pasadena City limits. Pasadena at~no time claimed jurisdiction or any desire to annex. this water 'district, and it's never-been an issue between the two cities. The matter that was most discussed .was the industrial • area because cities make a very substantial tax off of industrial areas.