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<br />I~i1T~UT"r,S - SPECIAL I;~s~TIT~G
<br />LA PORTL CITY CO' u."ISCI011 -JULY 1, 1952
<br />5:3o P, IT.
<br />Special meeting of the City Co:m:nission bras called to order by I.Tayor i.T. D. Burgin,
<br />1^rith the foLac"ring members and city officials present: Com~i.ssioners L. R. Rigby
<br />and Robert A, t'Jhite, City Attorney Edward J. Cade, 'nest i>nipp, Special Attorney
<br />for the City, and City Clerl: J.I~~. I'?uldoon.
<br />I.~. Dank Heald, Jr., Attorney for the IIumble Oil and Refining Company, and I:7r.
<br />James Shepherd, Attorney repres:~nting E. I, Du Pont, also attended the meeting.
<br />A discussion ti~as held on de-annexation of some of the properties in the city~s
<br />present boundaries, Those taking past in the discussion vrere ti"fm. P, Jones, James
<br />Ste~~rart, Jas. S, Crate, Jr., H. J. and .A. '~J. Pfeiffer, Darrell Piayes, ~'l. II. Baud,
<br />?Lr. CaX of Bayside Terrace, and T,+~~. R. P. B7_ackard of Pine Bluff Addition.
<br />The Commission instructed tine City Clerk to notify the folloc^ring persons and organ-
<br />izations of a meeting to be held by the Commission July 9, 1952, at ?:30 P. I:T.
<br />for further discussion of the city armexation problems s 1'.Tr. ~,~. H. Baugh,r.Tr. H. J.
<br />Pfeiffer; a representative from the Chamber of Commerce, Rotary Club and Lions
<br />Club, a representative from the Lomax area, Oakhurst, Pine Bluff, Crescent Shores,
<br />and B~yside Terrace.
<br />The Commission instructed the City Clerk to z~rite into the minutes, letter from
<br />La Porte Independent School District, dated June 26, 1952, and place letter on
<br />file. The letter is as _follcn~rs:
<br />ZA PORTE T1dDT~:T1~D~dT SCIIOOL DISTRICT
<br />LA I'Oi~Ti~~,u.~.AS
<br />JGT~IE 26, 1952
<br />City Council
<br />City of La Porte
<br />La Porte, Texas
<br />Gentlemen:
<br />Reference is made to your recent verbal request for a statement of policy by
<br />the Board of Trustees of the La Porte Independent School District on the City~s
<br />annel~ation of territory to coincide ti~~.th the boundary of the school cLstrict.
<br />~, motion ti"ras duly made, passed ~.nci recorded i n the minutes of the r egular
<br />meeting of the Board on June 10, 1952, to the effect that inasmuch as the boundaries
<br />of Independent School Districts axe protected by St~.te L~nT, the school district
<br />has no interest in the boundary of the City of La Norte.
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