05-09-11 Regular Meeting of La Porte City Council

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ORDINANCE NO. 9- )(-1c6 1 AN ORDINANCE APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING THE DONATION OF LOTS 17 -18 AND LOTS 19 -20, BLOCK 101, TOWN OF LA PORTE, HARRIS COUNTY, TEXAS, TO LA PORTE CHAPTER, BAY AREA HABITAT FOR HUMANITY, A TEXAS NON - PROFIT CORPORATION, FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING; MAKING VARIOUS FINDINGS AND PROVISIONS RELATING TO THE SUBJECT, CONTAINING A REPEALING CLAUSE, 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 hereby approves and authorizes the contract, agreement, or other undertaking described in the title of this ordinance, in substantially the form as shown in the documents which are attached hereto and incorporated herein by this reference. The Mayor is hereby authorized to execute such documents and all related documents on behalf of the City of La Porte. The City Secretary is hereby authorized to attest to all such signatures and to affix the seal of the City to all such documents. Section 2. All ordinances or parts of ordinances inconsistent with the terms of this ordinance are hereby repealed; provided, however, that such repeal shall be only to the extent of such inconsistency and in all other respects this ordinance shall be cumulative of other ordinances regulating and governing the subject matter covered by this ordinance. 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 City Hall of the City for the time required by law preceding this meeting, as required by the Open Meetings Law, Chapter 551, Texas Government Code; 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, 1