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~ ~ MINUTES OF THE PUBLIC HEARING AUGUST 15, 1985 • PAGE 8 Chairman Wilson, along with Lindsay Pfeiffer, City Councilman, said th~the pagenation on~tte of those pages maybe a little different from the working document that we're working with and if commission doesn't have any objections, he would request that a copy of the document that we're working with which is no different from the text that was in the Master Plan that was produced over a year ago that has the same information in it be placed in the hands of the City Secretary and then you could get a copy of that where the pages merry up and the section numbers so that if you wanted to reference a specific item that had been brought out earlier tonite,that you could be able to do that. He then asked if the Commission had any objections to that. That will stand as a rule. Chairman Wilson then called for the next person on the agenda, Mr. Rufus Smith who indicated that he was in about the same position as Mr. Westergren. He said he didn't know what's what, but he knew what he was in favor of in the Master Plan but he didn't know how that meshes with this particular ordinance. He said that perhaps he should defer to Mrs. Sullivan and let her speak first and then he would know what he wanted to say. He asked if he could do that. Chairman Wilson indicated that he may do this and he asked Mrs. Sullivan to approach the commission and place Mr. Smith's name after Mrs. Sullivan. Chairman Wilson told Mrs. Sullivan that Mr. Smith had deferred to her to go ahead and approach the Commission but Mrs. Sullivan did not want to speak to the Commission. Chairman Wilson then deferred to Mrs. Helen Mc Pherin. Chairman Wilson then asked Mr. Smith if he cared to address the Commission. Mr. Smith began by saying that without knowing just where it fits in this proposed ordinance, he would like to say that he feels that a very important and significant part of the Master Plan involves the possible increasing of density on bay front blocks. This is one of the biggest assets that La Porte has is the view of the water, the ships coming up the ship channel and races of Houston Yacht Club. For a long time now, he was in suppport of the people who were fortunate enough to own homes right of the water front, silent beach stream, east end of town and all along we're able to enjoy that. I think that there are many, many others. This is the closest part of staying to Houston, closest big water to Houston so you •