2001-01-08 Regular Meeting and Public Hearing

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• Comprehensive Plan Update Response to Council Comments December 15, 2000 Page 2 • We should delete the recommendation that Farrington be extended to Lomax School Road to reflect the wishes of the 570 petition signers and the 100% of the attendees who testified against it at the public hearing called to solicit public opinion. Our Council must respect the wishes of its citizens. As it currently stands, the Planning and Zoning Commission has recommended that a roadway connection be made between the north end of Farrington and the south end of Lomax School Road. This recommendation was made after hearing testimony from both proponents and opponents. At this time only City Council can amend the recommendation from the Planning and Zoning Commission. • It is implied that Fire Station 2 fights fires in Lomax where Station 3 is the primary server. Our volunteer firemen take exception to this slight to their ability and the plan should reflect their work accurately. We cannot find where this implication exists. The fact is, for a general alarm fire (structure fire), equipment will be dispatched from all stations to respond to any part of La Porte. Mike Boaze, Joe Sease, and I will schedule a meeting with the volunteer firemen who work out of the Lomax Station, to determine where they got this information. I will then take appropriate action to correct the injustice, which was done to them. • 1 am submitting a map with the Mayor's copy of this letter indicating street changes l think, are desirable and am listing them below for the rest of you. Please note: The following responses were prepared without benefit of the map submitted to the Mayor. • Robinson Road should be shown as a collector. The Plan does demonstrate the need for north-south accessibility in the area. A better location for a collector roadway would be along either the east or west side of the neighborhood. As it stands, the Plan indicates a collector to the east of the neighborhood, which has greater opportunity to provide a direct connection with the SH225 feeder road.