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<br />degree architecture), and materials; improved parking lot, <br />streetscape and foundation landscaping; higher quality screening <br />of outdoor storage; management of outdoor display; improved <br />lighting and sign controls; and improved buffering of adjacent <br />properties. <br />5)Expand on previous efforts to consider embellished gateway <br />treatments with more significant monuments, <br />landscaping, and lighting at the locations of greatest visibilit <br /> <br />Ensure high quality maintenance of these areas, as depicted on <br />Map 2.2, Beautification Plan. <br />6)Consider modifying existing codes to adopt appropriate design <br />standards in conformance with the San Jacinto Corridor Design <br />Standards.(see inset previous page) <br />7)Continue to work with the Economic Alliance Houston Port <br />Region and consider code modifications and other program <br />support to implement the San Jacinto Historic District design <br />standards, including the Project Stars Initiative, which uses <br />industrial infrastructure and landscaping to highlight and <br /> <br />3 <br /> <br />Partner with TxDOT to improve the <br />8)Consider implementing a program to publicly recognize <br />residential and business property owners for their role toward overpasses. The top photo depicts an <br />th <br />overpass in La Porte along S. 9 Street <br />enhancing the visual appearance of the City. This could include <br />and Spencer Highway. The photo on <br />the bottom is an enhanced bridge and <br />communication media. <br />landscape treatment in Sugar Land, <br />9)Partner with the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) to <br />Texas. <br /> <br />overpasses, as depicted on Map 2.2, Beautification Plan. (see <br />Source: Kendig Keast Collaborative. <br />inset) <br />10)Continue seeking public/public and/or public/private <br />partnerships to master plan and implement site specific <br />enhancements throughout the City. By way of example, continue <br />working with the La Porte Independent School District (ISD) and <br />adjacent retail center owners to implement the enhancements <br />depicted in the Texas Avenue Beautification Project Master Plan, <br />among others. <br />11)Partner with TxDOT to enhance the visual appearance of the <br />Miller Cut Off Road, Sens Road, and SR 146 interchange areas <br /> <br />(see inset). These enhancements could be similar in type and <br />Develop a comprehensive wayfinding <br />quality to the improvements already completed at the State <br />program for Main Street and Sylvan <br />Highway 225/Independence Parkway interchange located just <br />Beach areas. <br />outside City limits, as depicted on Map 2.2, Beautification Plan. <br /> <br />Photo Source: City of La Porte Economic <br />Development Strategic Plan. Chapter 3. May <br />2009. <br /> <br />3 <br /> Economic Alliance Houston Port Region. San Jacinto Texas, Histo <br />Standards at http://www.ci.la- <br />porte.tx.us/civica/filebank/blobdload.asp?BlobID=8725. May 2010. <br />2.17 <br /> <br />2. <br />tz Adopted July 20, 2009 <br /> <br />