07-22-19 Regular Meeting of the La Porte City Council

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MI May 21, 2019 Mr. Ian Clowes Planning and Development Department City of La Porte 604 West Fairmont Parkway La Porte, TX 77571 Subject: Application for Second Amendment of Special Conditional Use (Permit No. SCUP 03-011) Dear Mr. Clowes: This project description/justification letter is being submitted by the Port of Houston Authority of Harris County, Texas (the "Port Authority") in conjunction with its application to amend Special Conditional Use Permit No. SCUP 03-011 (as subsequently amended, the "SCUP"). We request that the application be approved by the City of La Porte Planning and Zoning Commission and City Council (collectively, the "City"). The City issued the SCUP to the Port Authority in August 2003. The SCUP was amended in or about October 2017 at the request of the Port Authority. As set forth in the Port Authority's letter dated August 17, 2017 in support of the first amendment to the SCUP, since the initial issuance of the SCUP, the Port Authority has carried out the permit conditions, including, but not limited to landscaping, irrigation, installing a screen wall with greenery, installing neighborhood -friendly lighting, and completing the required Property Owners Value Assurance Program, the result of which was the creation of a significant "green" buffer area between the facility and the community. To permit the Port Authority's operations to continue to keep pace with the ongoing changes in the industry since the prior SCUP amendment in 2017, the Port Authority is seeking to further update its business processes at the Pre -Check Truck Gate. These changes will permit the facility to operate more efficiently and enable more truck queueing on our facility rather than Barbours Cut Boulevard. This will not only better support terminal operations, but also lessen the impact on neighboring communities. 111 East Loop North • Houston, Texas 7702 • 713-3'70-2400 • PortHouston.com