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REQUEST FOR CITY COUNCIL AGENDA ITEM
Apnronriation
Agenda Date Requested: May 11,2009
Source of Funds: N/A
Requested By: Tim Tietjens
Account Number: N/A
Department: Planlline.
Amount Budgeted: N/A
Report: _Resolution: _Ordinance: 2L
Amount Requested: N/A
Exhibits:
1. Ordinancc
2. Arca M~lp
Budgeted Item: _YES -X-NO
SUMMARY & RECOMMENDATION
Development of the Town Plaza project at Five Points requires the City to close the San Jacinto
Avenue Right-of-Way between E. Main and E. "A" Streets.
Harris County Public Infrastructure Depmtment maintains the one-way pOltion of the San Jacinto
Avenue roadway between E. Main and E. "A" Streets and has agreed to the abandonment of this
section of roadway and to remove it from its road log.
Additionally, Staff has solicited and received comments from each of the City's franchised utility
companies regarding the proposed closing. AT&T and Comcast have each issued letters of no
objection while Centerpoint Energy maintains an existing streetlight and streetlight circuit, for
which the City has paid the company to remove from the right-or-way. The City's Public Works
Department has also reviewed the proposed closing and inteq)oses no objection.
Action RCQ uircd of Council:
Approve an ordinance vacating, abandoning, and closing the San Jacinto Avenue Right-of-Way
) ween E. Main and E. "A" Streets to facilitate development oftbe City's Town Plaza prqject.
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ORDINANCE NO. 2009- ,511/
AN ORDINANCE VACATING, ABANDONING AND CLOSING A PORTION OF THE
SAN JACINTO AVENUE 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 POlte has been requested by the record
owners of all of the property abutting the hereinafter described portion of the San J acinto Avenue
Right-of-Way, Town Of La Porte, Han-is County, Texas, to vacate, abandon, and permanently
close that portion of San Jacinto Avenue Right-of-Way, Town of La Porte, Harris County, Texas;
and
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of La POlte has determined and does hereby
find, detem1ine, and declare that the hereinafter described portion of San Jacinto Avenue Right-
of-Way, Town Of La Porte, Han-is County, Texas, is not suitable, needed, or beneficial to the
public as a public road, street, or alley, and the closing of hereinafter described portion of San
Jacinto Avenue 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
San Jacinto Avenue Right-of-Way, Town Of La Porte, Harris County, Texas, should be vacated,
abandoned, and permanently closed.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LA PORTE:
Section 1. Under and by virtue of the power granted to the City of La POIie under its
home rule chmiel' mld Chapter 253, Section 253.001, Texas Local Government Code, the
hereinafter described pOliion of San Jacinto Avenue Right-of-Way, City Of La Porte, Harris
County, Texas, is hereby permanently vacated, abandoned, and closed by the City of La Porte, to
wit:
2
That portion of the right-of-way of San Jacinto Avenue (100' wide), in the Town of La
Porte, Harris County, Texas, lying within and situated between Blocks 198 and 199, Town
of La Porte, Harris County, Texas, as generally illustrated on Exhibit" A" attached hereto
and made part hereof and being further described as follows:
BEGINNING at the intersection of the easterly right-of-way line of San Jacinto Avenue
(100' wide) and the northerly right-of-way line of East "A" Street (60' wide);
THENCE in a southwesterly direction along the projected northerly right-of-way line of
East "A" Street to its intersection with the easterly line of Block 199, Town of La Porte;
THENCE in a northwesterly direction along the easterly line of Block 199, Town of La
Porte, to its intersection with the east right-of-way line of South Broadway (100' wide);
THENCE in a northerly direction along the projected east right-of-way line of South
Broadway to its intersection with a point marking the southerly right-of-way line of East
Main Street (100' wide) and the easterly right-of-way line of San Jacinto Avenue (100'
wide);
THENCE in a southeasterly direction along the easterly right-of-way line of San Jacinto
Avenue (100' wide) to its intersection with the northerly line of East "'A" Street (60' wide)
and the Point of Beginning.
SUBJECT TO: As a condition of passage and approval of this ordinance, the City of La
Porte hereby saves and excepts a ten foot (10') wide storm sewer easement centered on an
existing thirty inch (30") storm sewer located within the area of the San Jacinto Avenue
closing as described above.
Section 2.
The City Council officially tInds, determines, 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 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 fro111 and after its passage and approval,
and it is so ordered.
PASSED AND APPROVED THIS iJ!!'.DA Y OF ~ 2009.
By:
A TrEST:
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Martha GIllett, CIty Secretary
APPROVED:
Knox W. Askins, City Attorney
CITY OF LA PORTE
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