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. . of e e ORDINANCE NO. 1336 AN ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING GUIDELINES FOR THE ISSUANCE OF TAX EXEMPT INDUSTRIAL REVENUE BONDS; FINDING COMPLIANCE WITH THE OPEN MEETINGS LAW; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE HEREOF. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LA PORTE: Section l. The City Council of the City of La Porte has previously approved the creation of the Ci ty of La Porte Industrial DevelOpment Corporation. Further, the City Council of the City of La Porte, by prior resolutions, has established conditions and standards for approving commercial projects for industrial revenue bond financing, and goals and objectives for the City's eligible blighted area. Section 2. By this Ordinance, the City Council of the City of La Porte hereby establishes as the policy of the City of La Porte, that the City Council of the City of La Porte will not approve applications for the use of industrial revenue bonds to finance container yards; mobile home parks; free-standing liquor stores; golf courses or country clubs; racquetball courts or heal th clubs; race tracks and hot tub or sun tan facilities; automobile sales facilities; recreation, entertain- ment, and sports facilities; as well as buildings used for the . sale of pornographic materials. Section 3. The City Council officially finds, 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 Ci ty Hall of the City for the time required by law preced ing this meeting, as required by the Open Meetings Law, Article 6252-17, Texas Revised Civil Statutes Annotated; 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 formally acted upon. The