2006-04-24 Regular Meeting, Public Hearing and Workshop Meeting

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ORDINANCE NO.2006-An�K: AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE DESIGNATION OF CITY OF LA PORTE REINVESTMENT ZONE "B" — "PACKWELL, INC."; MAKING FINDINGS OF FACT; 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 of the City of La Porte has heretofore, on the 14�h day of February, 2005, adopted Ordinance No. 2005-2809, an Ordinance establishing guidelines and criteria governing tax abatement agreements by the City of La Porte. A public hearing was held before the City Council of the City of La Porte on May 8, 2006, pursuant to notice as required by Section 312.201, Texas Tax Code, which notice was published not later than the 7th day before the date of the hearing in the Bayshore Sun, a newspaper having general circulation in the City of La Porte, a true and correct copy of said published notice being attached hereto as Exhibit "A" and incorporated by reference herein; and pursuant to notice delivered in writing not later than the 7`h day before hearing, to the presiding officer of the La Porte Independent School District; to the County Judge of Harris County, Texas presiding officer of the Harris County Commissioners Court, on behalf of Harris County, the Harris County Flood Control District, the Port of Houston Authority of Harris County, and the Harris County Department of Education; and to the presiding officer of the San Jacinto College District; being all of the taxing units included in the proposed reinvestment zone. A copy of the notices to the La Porte Independent School District and Harris County Commissioners Court; and the San Jacinto College District, are attached hereto as Exhibits `B", "C", and "D", respectively, incorporated by reference herein, and made a part hereof for all purposes. Section 2. Specifically, and without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the City Council of the City of La Porte finds, determines and declares that the subject property would be