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

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Minutes, Public ~aring, La Porte City Coun~ December 5, 1983, Page 6 Councilperson Westergren: I think you'll find that La Porte's • Fire Department is certainly as capable as Deer Park's, any day, and I don't believe you're that much further from La Porte than you are from Deer Park's nearest fire station. I don't think that should be a concern. Councilperson Skelton: I was curious--why, other than the fire, is there anything other than the fire protection. that you would want Pasadena to annex the area? And especially since it's been in La Porte's ETJ all these years? Mr. Trahan: Well for one thing, La Porte has not developed the status of Pasadena for shopping and stuff like that, and with the development .around the rodeo grounds and such, some of us felt that Pasadena would be more likely to provide better police protection and fire protection to that area in a shorter period of time . Mayor Cline: That may very well be true, since Pasadena's got there Civie center out there. All I can say, Mr. Trahan, is, I think our police department and our fire department are both outstanding departments in their field, and. I'm sure they'll make every effort to give the service in that area as they have here in town. Councilperson Skelton: Well, contrary to what this sounds like, I've had a lot of people say that we go to La Porte schools, we • do so many things, that we want to be in the City of La Porte. So I'm kind of astonished when I heard that, and that's why I asked. 5. If annexed what dollar figure changes can we expect to see in our taxes and utilities and when do these changes go into effect? Mayor Cline: I don't believe you'll see any difference, really, dollar-wise in your taxes. This has been discussed and didn't we come up with just about the same figure on that? City Manager Jack Owen: One penny. Mayor. Cline: One penny difference? City Manager Jack Owen: Yes. At the present time, College View has a 71G per $100 valuation; La Porte .has a 72G per $100 valuation. I have not made a comparison of the water and sewer rates; there would be a difference there, though. Councilperson Westergren: Do they have an exemption? A home- stead exemption? Mayor Cline: You-can't have them in water districts. • Councilperson Westergren: OK, then it would be-less for the homeowners, because you get a 20 percent exemption off your home- stead, so its less for a homestead than it would be now.