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July 13,2001 e e To: Petition City Council, La Porte, Texas Planning & Zoning Board, La Porte, Texas City Planning Department, La Porte, Texas The Bayport Terminal Expansion Project seems to be a reality since the citizen of Harris County has approved the $1.3 billion dollars bond issues. Bayshore / La Porte's economic as well as residential growth is just about to take off in a big way. We may enjoy growth as it comes along but we the citizen may face some difficult challenges. While all these activities are happening around us we should maintain La Porte as a bedroom community. We need to encourage more single-family residential development and commercial retail shopping power centers. Weare glad that the City Council as well as Planning and Zoning Board with conjunction of City Planning Department are working together with the master plan. However, we wish to bring to your attention the following serious and thought provoking ideas for your consideration: 1. In order to beautify the area, we should come up with construction criteria. City of La Porte should not allow building a metal building facing Highway 146. The front as well as both sides of building should be brick, concrete block and or stucco. These metal buildings do not give a very good impression about the city's image. Those metal buildings are eyesore. 2. City of Deer Park recently passed an ordinance that will prohibit building of new apartment complexes. In order to improve the beautification on the Highway 146 and 225, city of La of Porte should consider banning permanently building truck depots as well as truck stops, truck fueling stations (attended or unattended). These kinds of operation creates environmental problems, prostitute and drug related crimes. Wherever we look around we see tankers, containers and trucks rather than park and recreational facility. Therefore, we are requesting the city of La Porte Council to consider prohibiting these kinds of operations. 3. We believe these restrictions will (a) calm down the opposition and outrage of citizen for the Bayport Terminal Project and (b) enhance opportunities for other development to take place that will beautify the city's highway and main thoroughfares. We hope that you will make a right decision for the city to look more beautiful. Sincerely,