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. . RESOLUTION NO. 87-2 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LA PORTE COMMIT- TING TO THE AUTHORITY THE DEMAND ALLOCATION FACTOR AND PUMPING ALLOCATION FACTOR NEEDS OF THE CITY OF LA PORTE AS DEFINED IN THE OFFER SUBMITTED TO THE CITY OF HOUSTON; FINDING COMPLIANCE WITH THE OPEN MEETINGS LAW; AND PROVIDING AN AFFECTIVE DATE HEREOF 1 WHEREAS, the Harris-Galveston County Coastal Subsidence Dis- trict has mandated that the City of La Porte drastically reduce its consumption of ground water and convert to the consumption of treated surface water, in recognition of the urgent public necessity to alleviate further subsidence of the land area of the City of La Porte, and the consequent danger of loss of life and property from flooding; and WHEREAS, the La Porte Area Water Authority was created by the Texas Legislature to provide a vehicle for the planning, financing, construction, and operation of facilities to provide potable surface water to a geographic area specifically including the coroporate limits and the jurisdiction of the City of La Porte, Harris County, Texas; and WHEREAS, the La Porte Area Water Authority has, since its creation in 1982, in conjunction with the City of La Porte, spent time and funds in exploring the feasibility of obtaining potable surface water for a geographic area specifically including the corporate limits and the jurisdiction of the City of La Porte: and WHEREAS, the La Porte Area Water Authority has concluded as a result of its studies that the most expeditious, efficient, and viable alternative to obtain provision of potable surface water to a geographic area specifically including the corporate limits and the jurisdiction of the City of La Porte is to enter into, participate with, and share in the cost of construction of the City of Houston's Southeast Water Purification Plant; and