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", .,. . ORDINANCE NO. 1476 AN ORDINANCE REQUIRING THE PRE-QUALIFICATION OF CONTRACTORS ON CITY OF LA PORTE CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS HAVING AN ESTIMATED COST OF GREATER THAN THREE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS ( $300,000.00) ~ REQUIRING FILINGS OF CONTRACTOR'S STATEMENTS WITH THE CITY OF LA PORTE: PROHIBITING CONTRACTORS FROM SUBCONTRACTING MORE THAN FIFTY PERCENT (50%) OF WORK ON CITY OF LA PORTE PROJECTS WITHOUT PRIOR WRITTEN CONSENT: REQUIRING ATTENDANCE AT A PRE-BID CONFER- ENCE AS A PREREQUISITE TO SUBMITTING A BID: PROVIDING FOR PUBLI- CATION OF NOTICE: APPROVING AND ADOPTING FORMS FOR THE PRE- QUALIFICATION OF CONTRACTORS~ DEFINING "BIDDING CAPACITY": ADOP- TING DISQUALIFICATION STANDARDS: 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 1. The City Council of the City of La Porte has de- termined, and does hereby find, determine, and declare that it is in the best interest of the City of La Porte that all Con- tractors desiring to bid on City of La Porte construction projects having an owner's estimated construction cost of greater than Three Hundred Thousand Dollars ( $300,000.00), must pre-qualify by filing a satisfactory Contractor's Statement, on the forms attached hereto, with the Construction Project Manager, City of La Porte, no later than fifteen days prior to the date bids are to be opened, if a Contractor is to be eligible to bid. Thereafter, a new Contractor's Statement shall be filed with the City annually. The financial information contained in such Contractor's Statement is deemed confidentia1~ shall not be disclosed by City to the public or to other contractors: and shall be deemed exempt from disclosure under the Open Records Act, Art. 6252-17a, V.A.T.S., in accordance with Texas Attorney General's Opinion No. ORD-309, 1982. The City Council of the City of La Porte finds that disclosure of the financial information is likely to have either of the following effects: (1) to impair the City's ability to obtain necessary information in the future: or (2) to cause substantial harm to the competitive position of the person from whom the information was obtained.