Meeting of Bayshore Municipal Utility District

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. BAYMUD AND SHOREACRES . VOTE NO for annexation You I ve been given a lot of misleading information. Don I t be steamrolled by politicians promises. (NCE YOO JUMP OFF THE CLIFF THERE IS NO 'IURNING BAa<. One or two counci lpersons can I t provide ACCCXJNTABIUTY. BayMud' s I bedroom' comnunity has nothing in COI11TOn with J:.l}dust;nr-oriented La Porte. There IS a real water and sewer problem in BayMud. There are several other ways to solve the problems without giving what we have \larked and paid for to the Ci ty . It isn I t necessary to give up our independence, WATER AND SEWER - The rates in LCl Porte are a little lower, loP has had sane increases and will have to raise rates again in the next two years, as will practically every other utility district. role have all contributed to the subsidence and nON we must all pay for it, ZONING - La Porte does not enforce its own zoning in commercial or residential 'l areas. Litter is cornron, weeds, delapic1ated buildings, tin fences, junk cars 1/\ and other trash can be found nearly evel)IWhere, *View the condition of comrercial areas. Drive down East 'AI St., East 'B' st., portions of Utah and Brownell. Look at West lEI, and areas of South 5th. Unsightly and unsanitary conditions are apparently ignored. IJ\ PORrE ooES Nor HCNOR RESIDENTIAL ZaJES, even though solemn pranises have been ~: made to BayMud. Areas are re-zoned for the benefit of COl11l'ercial or real estate interests. *See Bayshore Sun. I Wed, April 13, 1988, Front page for clear evidence of the City I S true interests. 'rhe article details the re-zoning of 0..10 previously residential areas. DCN'T LET THEM 00 THAT 'ID US, Most BayMud communities have deed restrictions., Those communities without such protection can institute them, perhaps not exactly as ,they wish, but wi thin I reasonable limits. BayMud corrmunities concerned about nobile horres should know that ''^ MA.l>N rrobile homes exist within' ,residential La Porte. lobbile hares will not magically disappear with annexation, Concerned BayMud neighborhoods might try working with t.l1e trailer residents in:)t~ad-.(ji"against them. r-X>bile home owners want nice clean safe neighborhoods, too. t-bst are owners and taxpayers, too. '-j.. BayMud has stronger remedies for reroval of weeds, delapidated houses, junk cars and such things than La Porte. The Neighborhood Nuisance Abatement Act was passed especially for unincorporated areas. It is only necessary to make a complaint to the County. This is a LAW, does not require funding, as was erroneously stated in a meeting, and has already been invoked and enforced. *County Commissioners of c., County Sheriff's ofc. '>X RIGHT-OF-WAYS - La Porte's care of right-of-ways is haphazard, *I.ook at South 4th near the old Post Office, at South 5th, and HOlrres St. The area around the_old Dej2C>t is usually disgraceful and the vacant lots near the apartnent buildings are an eyesore and dangerous to residents and their children. In BayMud, Harris County cares for street right-of-ways and di tchbanks on a regular basis. ResideJ"lts.-a:J.so Ccg'~L!Q.r...the.ir, g.m~~!=i and assist ~jsbbQ.ts ~i~_~-=.~~-=.._c:! adj~~~t l~~.:. ~ ew.... ~'\o\.\Jo. "\'\> d..c Sc. STREET MAINTENANCE - The county-maintained BayMud streets are aITOng the best in the area. *Compare streets in Shady Oaks and other locations with La Porte IS East 'A' st., so~ of Holrres St., and several other blocks in "old La Porte." Note that the ex$ples given for La Porte ARE Nor drawn from the neglected north si~. ? i ? CCNSTRUCl'ICN INSPtcrICN - HARRIS COUNTY does not wait for complaints or inquiries; there ~e inspectors constantly in the field. Only one inspection violation notice was observed within the city limits of La Porte. r; INSURANCE RA'IES - iThere is no good reason to believe that individual hare insurance rates Woul~ be lCNler in me ctty, : Each horreCMner s~ould check with his insurance ccmpany. IF A BAYMUD HG1EQ.-JNER FINDS HIS INSUAAtifCE RATES WILL BE LCWER IN LA PORrE, HE HAS THE WR<NG INSURANa:; <Xl'1PANY OR THE wRcNG INSURANCE AGENT, t-bst companies give BayMud exactly the sane rate as if they were in the city. *Rates checked with two large, major insurance companies,