04-24-1997 Regular Meeing and Public Hearing

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• • Rreeda E Rogers 210 Pine Bluff St. - La Porte, Tx. 77571 Pager (713) 866-7018 -Home Phone (281) 842-1594 September 5, 1997 REFERENCE: MOBILE HOME REPLACEMENT AT 208 PINE BLUFF STREET Dear Ladies/Gentlemen I am disclosing additional information to let you know exactly how the events in this case have occurred. Last year on March 22 the papers were finalized for the purchase of my home. The property consist of three lots. One lot had a mobile home on it. There were people living in the home until the day before the closing of the real estate transaction. Because of the situation I never got to view the mobile home. I paid an additional $5000.00 on the purchase of the entire property for the mobile home. After the closing, I came to the property to view the mobile home. From the outside it looked all right. The inside was not a safe or healthy place to live. That was only the beginning of the losses that have taken place. The following week the City of La Porte was contacted. I inquired about being able to rep ace the mobile home. City Hall informed me that I could not replace the home unless Igo si eyed a mobile home park. The home was not suitable enough for anyone that I would want to have living so close to my residence. Sometime in the middle of May of 1996 I had the mobile home removed from my property. I have lost all paper work, therefore I can not give you an exact date of the removal. This year in May I was talking with an acquaintance, they informed me that indeed false information had been given to me about the replacement of the mobile home. The next day I called the City of La Porte and spoke with Mr. Flores in the City Planning Department. I explained to him the events that had taken place. Including the fact that the mobile home was gone. He told me that I could put another mobile home back on the lot; as long as I could prove that the mobile home was a 1976 or older model and that the home did belong to me. The following day I called him back and asked him to send me the information about being able to replace the home. I did not want to start plans for replacement without the legal proof because of what I had been told before by the City Hall. Two weeks had gone by and I kept calling for the information. Finally, I went in person. Debbie Wilmore spoke with me at that time and informed me that I could not replace the mobile home because I only had ninety days from the time of the removal of the old home. She also informed me of other stipulations prior to removal. I was upset with what she had told me. She said that I could speak with Guy Rankin. He was not available at the time, but a meeting was set for 1:30pm the next dav. Mr. Rankin also informed me that I would not be able to make replacement. He told me that he would be sending me a letter about his decision and our meeting. At that time I requested again that the information about the replacement law be sent with his decision. Three weeks went by, calling him several