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• •~ <br />r~-~ '~ <br /> <br />the western half of the City. Land has already been purchased for <br />this relocation. The third part of this issue is purchase of land <br />including utilities and roadways for use as a fire department <br />training facility. Such a training ground is needed due to the <br />lack of such a facility in La Porte. Current practice of the <br />department is restricted to parking lots, which do not afford <br />realistic conditions for practice of firefighting techniques; <br />additionally, training outside the City limits would pull <br />equipment from the City that could be needed to fight an actual <br />fire. Finally, funds are included for the construction of <br />facilities on the fire training grounds. With the approved <br />completion of such facilities, a savings would be realized by the <br />'citizens on their fire casualty insurance of $0.02 per $100, a <br />premium that has been placed on us by the State Board of <br />Insurance. <br />The last of the five recommended general obligation bonds is <br />to fund the~40 acre municipal landfill on Bay Area Blvd. While a <br />bond issue of $4 million is needed for this, the savings on a long <br />term basis that will be generated by not having to transport waste <br />outside City limits will more than re-compensate the City. <br />Further, this debt can be financed through user fees, so that no <br />,tax revenue need be raised to fund this project. <br />The issue of financing has not yet been addressed for the bond <br />issues in this report, except in the case or the landfill. lluring <br />the project review stage, the portion of the Committee studying <br />finance determined tine limitations on futlding the City mighr_ face, <br />- 12 - <br />~~ <br />