01-08-18 Regular Meeting of the La Porte City Council

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ORDINANCE NO. 2018- AN ORDINANCE ORDERING A SPECIAL ELECTION OF THE CITY OF LA PORTE TO LOCAL SALES AND USE TAX IN THE CITY OF LA PORTE AT THE RATE OF ONE-FOURTH OF ONE PERCENT TO CONTINUE PROVIDING REVENUE FOR MAINTENANCE AND ; DESIGNATING ELECTION PRECINCTS AND POLLING PLACES; PROVIDING FOR THE USE OF VOTING MACHINES; APPOINTING ELECTION OFFICIALS; PROVIDING FOR METHOD AND DATES OF EARLY VOTING; PROVIDING FOR AN EARLY VOTING BALLOT BOARD; PROVIDING FOR RETURN AND CANVASS OF VOTES OF SAID ELECTION; PROVIDING FOR NOTICE; PROVIDING A SAVINGS 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. A special election shall be held within the corporate limits of the City of La Porte, Texas, on the 5th day of May, 2018, such day being the first Saturday in May, 2018, between seven o'clock (7:00) A.M. and seven o'clock (7:00) P.M., to permit voting for or against reauthorization of the local sales and use tax in the City of La Porte at the rate of one-fourth of one percent to continue providing revenue for maintenance and repair of Section 2. Said election shall be held at each of the following voting places within said City, and the following named persons are hereby appointed as officers of said election, to-wit: Election Precinct #1 Polling Place: Instructional Technology Center (ITC Building) 9832 Spencer Hwy. La Porte, Texas 77571 Precinct Boundaries: BEGINNING at a point on the east right-of-way line of Underwood Road, said point being the southwest corner of Tract 490B-1, La Porte Outlots, and the northwest corner of Reserve A1, Block 14, Creekmont, Section 2; THENCE in a westerly direction a point for corner on the west right-of-way line of Underwood Road; THENCE in a northerly direction along the west right-of-way line of Underwood Road to its projected intersection with the north right-of-line of State Highway 225; THENCE in a southeasterly direction along the north right-of-way line of State Highway 225 to the southwest corner of Tracts 30A & 30A-1, Strang Subdivision;