O-2021-3817, Authorizing COLP's participation in the Texas Enterprise Zone Program

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g) The City may provide job training and employment services to businesses, including: 1) retraining programs; 2) literacy and employment skills programs; 3) vocational education; or 4) customized job training. Section 3: The enterprise zone areas within the City are reinvestment zones in accordance with the Texas Tax Code, Chapter 312. Section 4: The City of La Porte City Council directs and designates its City Manager as the City's liaison to communicate and negotiate with the EDT through the Bank and enterprise project(s) and to oversee zone activities and communications with qualified businesses and other entities in an enterprise zone or affected by an enterprise project. Section 5: The City finds that INEOS USA, LLC meets the criteria for designation as an enterprise project under Chapter 2303, Subchapter F of the Act on the following grounds: (a.) INEOS USA, LLC is a "qualified business" under Section 2303.402 of the Act since it will be engaged in the active conduct of a trade or business at a qualified business site within the governing body's jurisdiction, located outside of an enterprise zone and at least thirty-five percent (35%) of the business' new employees will be residents of an enterprise zone, economically disadvantaged individuals, or veterans; and (b.) There has been and will continue to be a high level of cooperation between public, private, and neighborhood entities in the area; and (c.) The designation of INEOS USA, LLC as an enterprise project will contribute significantly to the achievement of the plans of the City for development and revitalization of the area. Section 6: The enterprise project shall take effect on the date of designation of the enterprise project by EDT and terminate on March 2, 2026. Section 7: Each and every provision, paragraph, sentence and clause of this ordinance has been separately considered and passed by the City Council of the City of La Porte, Texas, and each said provision would have been separately passed without any other provision; and if any provision hereof shall be ineffective, invalid or unconstitutional, for any cause, it shall not impair or affect the remaining portion, or any part thereof, but the valid portion shall be in force just as if it had been passed alone. Section 8: 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