1998-10-12 Regular Meeting of City Council

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e e ~@[}2)'~f ORDINANCE NO. 98-2287 AN ORDINANCE FINDING THAT THERE IS NO PUBLIC NECESSITY FOR THE EXTENSION AND IMPROVEKENT OF FARRINGTON BOULEVARD AND LOMAX SCHOOL ROAD TO COKHECT WITH STATE HIGHWAY 225, OR TO UPGRADE LOMAX SCHOOL ROAD AS A FOUR LANE STREET; REPEALING REFERENCES TO SAID COKHECTION IN THE CITY OF LA PORTE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN; REPEALING THE PROVISION IN THE CITY'S 1998-99 CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT BUDGET FOR THE IMPROVEMENT AND PAVING OF A 28 FOOT WIDE COKHECTION BETWEEN FARRINGTON BOULEVARD AND LOMAX SCHOOL ROAD; 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 finds, determines and declares that there is no public necessity for the extension and improvement of Farrington Boulevard and Lomax School Road to connect with State Highway 225, or to upgrade Lomax School Road as a four lane street. Any reference to this project in the City of La Porte Comprehensive Plan is repealed. Section 2 . The provision in the ci ty' s 1998-99 Capi tal Improvement Budget for the improvement and paving of a 28 foot wide connection between Farrington Boulevard and Lomax School Road is repealed. The City's Comprehensive Plan Study Committee will recommend whether this project will be included in the City's updated Comprehensive Plan. Section 30 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