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/. CITY OF SHOREACRES PHONE 471-2244 • 619 SNOREACREB BLVD. LA PORTE. TEXAS 77571 Page 2 To: Mayor and City Commissioners City of La Porte, Texas Subject: Comments on Proposed Annexation Action Set Forth in City of La Porte Ordinance No. 900 restricted to the "contiguous unincorporated area, not a part of any other city." The territory described in your Ordinance No. 900 begins at "the North right-of-way line of West "0" Street, said line also being the South line of the existing city limits of the City of La Porte" and extends to "the North city limits of the City of Shoreacres." It is obvious that the line described in your ordinance extends much more than the one mile and thus violates the limitations set forth in the Municipal Annexation Act. I call your attention to another provision of the det which is germane to the question. "In no event shall the expansion of the extraterritorial jurisdiction of a city, through annexation, or upon request, or because of increase of population of the city, conflict with the existing extraterritorial jurisdiction of another city. The extra- . territorial jurisdiction of a city shall not be reduced without the written consent of the governing body of such city, except in cases of judicial apportionment of overlapping extraterritorial jurisdictions." The records of the City of Shoreacres fail to show any case where the City of La Porte has sought a mutual agreement concerning areas which may fall within the extraterritorial jurisdiction of both cities. We recognize that future development in the area will result in circumstances at a future date when all of the unincorporated area should become a part of one of the cities. When the important factors are known, we will approach a mutual agreement on the basis of what is best for the most people. In the meantime, I am of the opinion that the action you propose in your Ordinance 900 is a legal manuever intended to try and deprive the City of Shoreacres and its immediate neighbors of their basic rights in the future on questions of general area concern. For this reason, I reiterate the opposition to your plan which was formally adopted in December 1970, by the City of Shoreacres. Further, I must voice my personal objections and request that you revise your proposed action to where it will not generate friction and future litigation.' _.v //~ Shell E. Martin, Mayor City of Shoreacres ,.