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RESOLUTION 2024-13
<br />A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LA PORTE, TEXAS,
<br />RESOLVING TO APPROVE RESOLUTION 2024-14 TO AUTHORIZE THE CITY
<br />MANAGER TO SIGN ALL DOCUMENTS PERTAINING TO THE FY 2025-2028
<br />HOUSTON GALVESTON AREA COUNCIL (HGAC) LIVABLE CENTER STUDY
<br />FUNDING OPPORTUNITY; FINDING COMPLIANCE WITH THE OPEN MEETINGS
<br />LAW; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE HEREOF
<br />WHEREAS, Houston Galveston Area Council's (H-GAC) has started accepting proposals from local
<br />government entities, including Tax Increment Reinvestment Zones (TIRZ), to conduct
<br />Livable Centers planning studies.; and
<br />WHEREAS, Livable Centers Program facilitates the creation of walkable, mixed -use places by
<br />promoting economic generators and housing diversity, encouraging multi -modal
<br />transportation options, and promoting equitable and resilient infrastructure; and
<br />WHEREAS, Livable Centers Planning studies identify specific recommendations, such as pedestrian
<br />and bicycle facilities, which can help facilitate the creation of Livable Centers and each
<br />study focuses on how to move these recommendations forward to implementation; and
<br />WHEREAS, The City of La Porte submitted a Notice of Intent to apply for the FY 2025-2028 H-
<br />GAC Funding Opportunity on May 7, 2024; and
<br />WHEREAS, The cash contribution will be based on the level of community need in the study
<br />area assessed through Livable Centers Need Index (LCNI) score and the 20% local
<br />match for the City of La Porte is estimated to he less than $30,000.
<br />NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT HEREBY RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
<br />LA PORTE, TEXAS, THAT:
<br />Section 1. Resolves to support the City of La Porte's application to the H-GAC FY 2025-2028 Livable
<br />Center Study Funding Opportunity with a 20% local match and authorizes the City Manager to
<br />sign all documents pertaining to the FY 2025-2028 H-GAC Livable Center Study Funding
<br />Opportunity.
<br />Section 2. All resolutions or parts of resolutions of the City of La Porte, Texas, in conflict with any
<br />provision contained herein is hereby repealed to the extent of any conflict.
<br />Section 3. If any section, sentence, phrase, clause, or any part of any section, sentence, phrase, or clause,
<br />of this Resolution shall, for any reason, be held invalid, such invalidity shall not affect the
<br />remaining portions of this Resolution; and it is hereby declared to be the intention of this City
<br />Council to have passed each section, sentence, phrase, or clause, or part thereof, irrespective of
<br />the fact that any other section, sentence, phrase, or clause, or part thereof, may be declared
<br />invalid.
<br />Section 4. The City Council officially finds, determines, recites, and declares that a sufficient written
<br />notice of the date, hour, place and subject of this meeting of the City Council was posted at a
<br />place convenient to the public at the City Hall of the City for the time required by law preceding
<br />this meeting, as required by the Open Meetings Act, Chapter 551, Texas Government Code;
<br />and that this meeting has been open to the public as required by law at all times during which
<br />this resolution and the subject matter thereof has been discussed, considered and formally acted
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