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Home My WebLink AboutO-1999-2321 e e 1 ORDINANCE NO. 99- 2321 AN ORDINANCE VACATING, ABANDONING AND CLOSING A PORTION OF THE EAST "L" STREET RIGHT-OF-WAY, TOWN OF LA PORTE, HARRIS COUNTY, TEXAS; FINDING COMPLIANCE WITH THE OPEN MEETINGS LAW; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE HEREOF. WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of La Porte has been requested by the record owner of property abutting the hereinafter described portion of the East eeL" Street Right-of-Way, Town of La Porte, Harris County, Texas; to vacate, abandon, and permanently close the hereinafter described portion of the East eeL" Street Right-of-Way, Town of La Porte, Harris County, Texas; and WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of La Porte has detennined and does hereby find, determine, and declare that the hereinafter described portion of the East eeL" Street Right-of-Way, Town of La Porte, Harris County, Texas, is not suitable, needed, or beneficial to the public as a public road, street, or alley, and the closing of the hereinafter described portion of the East eeL" Street Right-of-Way, Town of La Porte, Harris County, Texas, is for the protection of the public and for the public interest and benefit, and that the hereinafter described portion of the East eeL" Street Right-of-Way, Town of La Porte, Harris County, Texas, should be vacated, abandoned, and permanently closed. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCn. OF THE CITY OF LA PORTE: Section 1. Under and by virtue of the power granted to the City of La Porte under its home rule charter and Chapter 253, Section 253.001, Texas Local Government Code, the hereinafter described portion of the East eeL" Street Right-of-Way, Town of La Porte, Harris County, Texas, is hereby permanently vacated, abandoned, and closed by the City of La Porte, to wit: That portion of the East "L" Street Right-of-Way situated between Block 1121 and Block 1160, Town of La Porte, Harris County, Texas Section 2. The City Council officially finds, detennines, recites, and declares that a sufficient written notice of the date, hour, place, and subject of this meeting of the City Council was posted at a place convenient to the public at the City Hall of the City for the time required by law preceding this meeting, as ORDINANCE NO. 99-232l . e 2 required by the Open Meetings Law, Chapter 551, Texas Government Code; and that this meeting has been open to the public as required by law at all times during which this ordinance and the subject matter thereof has been discussed, considered, and fonnally acted upon. The City Council further ratifies, approves, and confirms such written notice and the contents and posting thereof. Section 3. This ordinance shall be effective from and after its passage and approval, and it is so ordered. Applicant shall have until October 30, 1999 to pay to the City of La Porte in certified funds the sum of $20,748 as consideration hereunder. PASSED AND APPROVED, THIS 12th DAY OF APRll.. 1999. CITY OF LA PORTE ~ .. ~ ommn~ By: A TIEST: ~IJ,){-{jj~ Gillett, City S tary l32z:rJ Knox W. Askins, City Attorney E. "K" ST. PRIPISED CllS111 I I TOTAL SQ. FT. = 21,280 I I I I I I ........ I I I I N N.T.S. I I '<t I I N .- I I I I I I 0 I I lr 1~~2 0 I I "-"" 1~~1 r.:;;t t;:i I~I Ie!; I . I'-I I~I 101 lei 1 Igjl Igjl II M ~ 181 181 I~I I~I . Idl Idl I- ~ (/) 0 E. "L" ST. z <C 0 0 C) ~ ~ '<t W al 0 .- ~ . 0 0 lr Ul . 0 w ~ 0 w II) 0 .....I U 1 9 (/) 1 0 <C X w I- E. "M" ST. EXHIBIT .IAII SAC-98-05 04/01/1999 03:13 7134683833 PAI;E 02 # . e e 'r.... Multifamily and Commercial Real Estate Developers & Constructors April 1, 1999 Mr. Robert T. Herrera City Manager 604~W. Fairmont Par . ay La Porte, Texas nS7 Dear Bob, I have chatted with C 01 and Doug about our need to supply information to The State Housing Department this year hat answers the criticisms they made of our application last year. They criticize anything that s vague and not perfected, as they think it will never happen. Specifically, In our ar gement with the City to abandon the street, it wa.s reported to them that itwas in process and ould likely be approved by the City. They said that anything that is not yet approved they si rely doubt will ever be approved on any projects they receive applications on. Therefore, we hu bIy request that they City pass an ordinance by City Council that says the abandonment of"L" St eet has been approved, subject only to payment by La Porte Venture Ltd. or ,Chaparral Group. nc., it's General Partner, of the stipulated price. Such to be done on or before Oct. 30, 1999. I request this dead/in date because it is coincidental with the deadline on our land purchase contract We expect t receive tax credits in July or August and get our land purchases closed in October (maybe e n September). I have additionally req ested of Doug, that on the letter that J got from you yesterday, the clause about potential revie of rezoning be deleted. Last year when I was there working with you, Doug, Debbie and e erybody we looked up the zoning issue on these three City blocks and determined to everyb s satisfaction at that time. that there would not be a need for rezoning in as much as two of t e blocks are presently zoned General Commercial which includes ml,Jlti- family. One block is z 'nec:J Multi-Family. Therefore, our medium density (16 per acre) apartment project for Seniors wi fit into the current zoning for each block. I would greatly appre ate your deleting this current paragraph about a potential need to review the zoning in as muc as it would cause the state to go paranoid. They would not believe that any rezoning would er occur. They have people frequently lie to them in their applications. from various Cities cross the state, and they do not believe things that are not already accomplished. We are trying to pe ct our application this year so they cannot bring up these criticisms. We are making adjustme s to many areas of our application to accomplish this goal and believe that we will be successful. The main difficulty is the Quantity of applications they receive each year. They received abou 200 last year and are expected to receive as many as 250 this year. Therefore, it is absol tely critical to have very strong City support in order for it to receive any modicum of interest t the State level. 11123 K31Y Fr eway, Houston, Texas 77079 · (713) 468-1500 · Fu (713) 468-3833 E.Mail: ChaparlGrp@aol.~om EXHIBIT IIBII 04/01/1999 03:13 7134683833 PAI3E 133 .. '. , e . April 1, 1999 Robert T. Herrera Page 2 You have been very nd to assist us with this and although we did not get credits last year we were put on the waitln list We are simply hoping that this year they will remember the people that they put in that s ond category last year and give us some sort of consideration because of that this year. I very much apprec. e all your help and letters and look forward to successfully getting this project started in La rte. AF:tg