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It It RESOLUTION NO. 73-04 . A RESOLUTION RELATING TO NORTH "L" STREET AS A MAJOR STREET AND THOROUGHFARE WITRIN THE CITY OF LA PORTE AND DIRECTING LEGAL ACTION IN CONNECTION THEREWITH. WHEREAS, North "L" Street as shown on the Thoroughfare Plan of the City of La Porte (prepared by Bernard Johnson Engineers, Inc., October 19, 1965) as heretofore authorized by the City Commission of the City of La Porte as the La Porte Texas Comprehensive Plan, de- picts and shows North "L" Street as a major street or thoroughfare; and the establishment of North "L" Street as . a major street or thoroughfare within the City has been part of the Comprehensive Plan and Thoroughfare Plan of the City since 1965; and WHEREAS, North "L" Street has also been shown on the Major Street and Thoroughfare Plans of the City of Houston Planning Commission as part of the area-wide major street plan for many years antedating City of La Porte's establishment thereof; and North ilL" Street is still shown on the Major Street Plan of the Planning Commission of the City of Houston as one of the major streets and thorough- fares in this portion of Harris County; and . WHEREAS, the City Commission of the City of La Porte finds and determines that Southern Pacific Trans- portation Company has denied that North "L" Street exists in the location described in the field notes attached here- to and made a part of this Resolution; and, upon the facts reported to it, the City Commission finds and determines that North ilL" Street, as shown by such field notes, is a public street now being encroached upon and illegally used by Southern Pacific Transportation Company without the con- sent of the Ci,ty Commission of the City of La Porte duly .. expressed by franchise, as in the City Charter provided;