04-08-19 Regular Meeting of the La Porte City Council

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LINEBARGER GOGGAN BLAIR & SAMPSON, LLP AT o"TEYs AT LAW 4828 Loop Central Drive Suite 600 Houston, TX 77081 Main: 713.844.3400 February 12, 2019 Email: Chips@lgbs.com Direct: 713.576 7264 Corby Alexander, City Manager City of La Porte City Manager's Office 604 W. Fairmont Parkway LaPorte, Texas 77571 RE: Tax Resale Bid in Lawsuit No. 2011-37567, La Porte Independent School District, Et Al vs. Barbara Wauson York, As Heir to Della D. Wauson, Et Al; Account No. 0240890190007 Dear Mr. Alexander: A private tax resale bid in the amount of $11,800.00 has been received from Jose Angel Garcia for a property that is owned in trust by the City of La Porte, La Porte ISD, Harris County and San Jacinto Community College District pursuant to a constable's tax sale. I have attached to this letter the tax resale bid, a tax resale bid analysis, a tax resale resolution, a proposed tax resale deed, and a Harris County Appraisal District map of the subject property. The amount of the tax resale bid is sufficient to allow the ,City of La Porte to consider acceptance of this bid and conveyance of the subject property by the City, La Porte ISD, Harris County and San Jacinto Community College District. Therefore, I would respectfully request that this tax resale bid be placed on an upcoming agenda of the City Council of the City of LaPorte. I am available to attend the Council Meeting in order to address any questions that arise. A suggested wording of the agenda item is as follows: Consider approval of a bid by Jose Angel Garcia to acquire a tax resale property described as: Tract 1: Lots 7, 8, 9 & 10, in Block 719 of La Porte Townsite in the Johnson Hunter Survey, Abstract 35, in Harris County, Texas, according to a map thereof recorded in Volume 58, Page 462 of the Deed Records of Harris County, Texas. Account No. 0240890190007