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Mr. F3i11 Osborn 1/4/85 • Porter & Clements Page 3 Commission public hearing always involves sending written notice or• proposed changes in classification to owners of real property, who have rendered their property on the property tax rolls of the .City of La Porte, which property lies within tcao hundred feet of the property on which the change in classification is proposed at least ten days before the date set for the public hearing. In addition, publication will ordinarily be had in the Bayshore Sun, a nec~~spaper where official notices may be posted and published in the City of La Porte, as least 15 days prior to the date of the' public hearing. Again, based upon the crowded condition of_ the Planning and Zoning Commission's docket, and based upon the anticipated workshop schedule on the request, I would believe that a reasonable time estimate for completion of the public hearing or hearings would be the end of May, 1985. Subsequent to the public hearing in front of the Planning and Zoning Commission, a final and written report is prepared by the Commission, sealed, and transmitted to the City Secretary of the City of La Porte, who is duty bound to forward said report to the City Council of the City of La Porte. The City Council ordinarily schedules a workshop meeting on the zoning re-classification request, with tha express purpose of said workshop meeting being to estahlish a public hearing date for final consideration of the request. Again, notice of the City Council's public hearing must be pu.bli.shed in the La Porte T3ayshore Sun at least 15 days prior to the date of the public hearing. An anticipated date for completion of the workshop and p~~blic hearing by the City Council of the City of La Porte would be the end of ,7uly,• 1985. w A A i I hope that this letter ans:vers your questions regarding the zoning re=classifica't ion process. Insofar as the application for closing of streets is concerned, that process would be entered into only upon finalization of the zoning re-classification, if the reclassi- fications are granted. Due to the complexity of the rail storage yard and rail sorved warehouse complex, proposal, it is anticipated that the Planning Commission, in its capacity as a Planning Com- mission, would review the propriety of the various street closings along with review of the zoning re-classification request, reporting to the City Council as for the propriety of said street closings to- gether with their report to City Council on the zoning re-classifi- cation requests. Be advised, however, that the street closing requests would be acted upon by City Council only after action upon the zoning re-classification requests. This scenario would allow the City of La Porte maximum control over any development nn the subject tracks, particularly in tarns of monitoring pro~~ress on impact ahatemer,t measures a >uggested hoth by Southern Pacific Railroad and by Lockwood Andrews & Newman. Eiowever, the street closings arc, a function manly of the City Council, and no public hearinr~s are require~7 to close streer_s. Therefore, if we arrive at the .str?Nt closing process, ~~hen streets would he rea~3y to he closed, we woulcj consider the process very simple. • -(J, -