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• ~~ ` r <br />J • <br />T0: Al Lum <br />FROM: James L. Robertson, ~~Jheat, Thornton & Shaw <br />SUBJECT: Spindler/Cummins, Inc. - Annexation by City of LaPorte ::~ <br />~. <br />Al Lum of Spindler/Cummins contacted me in November con- <br />cerning the proposed annexation of the Spindler/Cummins tract by the <br />City of LaPorte. A meeting of all property owners whose property <br />was to be annexed was held at Carrington Weems'•office on December 5, <br />1973, to discuss the proposed annexation. At the meeting Carrington <br />Weems who sold Spindler/Cur~.mins its tract, outlined the history of <br />his relations with the City of LaPorte regarding the subject tract.. <br />He explained that the original idea of the immediate past administration,. <br />. •-of the City of LaPorte was to have the properties form a municipal <br />;.utility district, get approval of that district by the City.Council, <br />~, have the district vote bonds and sell bonds to Meroney-Bisener <br />~.. <br />then have the City annex the municipal utility district and issue <br />'~'~ .refunding bonds. It was thought that by this mechanism the City . <br />~~ ; .~ . . <br />• could grow without obtaining voter. approval and that the subject' <br />"~~ <br />..~ ;:, <br />~;!' tract would be more quickly -servicedwith utilities. <br />~; <br />,. t <br />^'r; - Pursuant to this idea which according to Carrington <br />,: <br />~ .( <br />', Weems was projected by the former administration.of the City of <br />~:~., LaPorte, a municipal utility district was formed and approved by the <br />. Council, the LaPorte Municipal Utility District, and lt8 million '.~~ <br />dollars in-bonds were voted by the municipal utility 'district. The ~. <br />municipal utility district had engineering work done~on.the~tract.'. <br />• ~ which proposed laying 24" or 30"lines down~new Highway.~~146 running <br />.~ immediately adjacent to the S/C tract. However, the former adminis- ' <br />• tration was voted out of office and Buck Thomas, the present Mayor, <br />~•~; .opposed the mechanism of development proposed by the former adminis- <br />/~ tration and has halted the plans as proposed, In its stead, Mayor <br />,~ ~. <br />Thomas has initiated the subject annexation which would not .include <br />.' ,' <br />,,, : . <br />• all of the LaPorte municipal utility district and therefore not ~ ' <br />,`' dissolve that district. ~ ~~ <br />R ,. <br />At that initial meeting on December 5, the pros and cons ' <br />