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• Street Ends Report, page 1 City of La Porte Re~OOrt on Street Endings at Galveston Bay January 17, 2000 Executive Summary The City of La Porte is faced with several opportunities and challenges that do not exist in other communities. One of those differences is the street right of ways that end in Galveston Bay. Over the years, several of these right of ways have been closed (for a fee) and have had the use revert back to the adjacent property owner. Currently, there are eleven locations in the City where a street right of way dead ends into the Bay. We have been asked to inventory and review these street endings to see what useful purpose they might serve. The result is a proposal to develop several of the street ends that dead end into Galveston Bay on the East Side of La Porte, as small mini-parks to enhance bay access for citizens of La Porte. The proposal includes several sites that are in close proximity, and would not be practical for development as parks, but would receive some improvements, or City right of way could be negated to the adjoining property owners. This report outlines existing conditions, what we hope to accomplish, an estimate of the costs to implement, and the timing and implementation, should Council choose to approve this course of action. A. Existing Condlitions A list of the eleven streets which dead end into Galveston Bay, as well as brief comments, is shown below. 1. Lobit Street - 60' R.O.W., fenced on both sides (as recorded) 2. Holmes Street - 60' R.O.W., fenced on both sides (as recorded) 3. Cypress Street - 80' R.O.W., fenced on both sides, excessive concrete rip-rap has been placed on this site -fences may be encroaching on right of way (as recorded) 4. Jefferson Street -100' R.O.W., no fences (as recorded) 5. Sylvan Street - 80' R.O.W., street ends in cul-de-sac; limits possibilities (as recorded) 6. Forest Street - 80' R.O.W., street ends in cul-de-sac; limits possibilities (as recorded) 7. Garfield Street - 100' R.O.W., divided street ends in cul-de-sac; limits possibilities (as recorded) 8. Hazel Street - 80' R.O.W., street ends in cul-de-sac; limits possibilities (as recorded) 9. Oakhurst Street -this site has a stepped right of way; 40' R.O.W. on west side of site; 80' R.O.W. on water side of site -fences may be encroaching on to right of way (as recorded) 10. S. "Y" Street - 40' X 80' stepped' R.O.W., fenced on both sides (as recorded -plat illegible, used HCAD reference) 11. Bayshore @ "F" Street - 40' R.O.W., fenced on both sides (as recorded).