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ORDINANCE NO. 2014- "J� <br />AN ORDINANCE CALLING A SPECIAL ELECTION OF THE CITY OF LA PORTE TO PERMIT <br />VOTING FOR OR AGAINST THE PROPOSITION: "THE REAUTHORIZATION OF THE LOCAL <br />SALES AND USE TAX IN THE CITY OF LA PORTE AT THE RATE OF ONE-FOURTH OF ONE <br />PERCENT TO CONTINUE PROVIDING REVENUE FOR MAINTENANCE AND REPAIR OF <br />MUNICIPAL STREETS"; DESIGNATING ELECTION PRECINCTS AND POLLING PLACES; <br />PROVIDING FOR THE USE OF VOTING MACHINES; APPOINTING ELECTION OFFICIALS; <br />PROVIDING FOR METHOD AND DATES OF EARLY VOTING; PROVIDING FOR AN EARLY <br />VOTING BALLOT BOARD; PROVIDING FOR RETURN AND CANVASS OF VOTES OF SAID <br />ELECTION; PROVIDING FOR NOTICE; PROVIDING A SAVINGS CLAUSE; FINDING <br />COMPLIANCE WITH THE OPEN MEETINGS LAW; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE <br />HEREOF. <br />BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LA PORTE: <br />Section 1. A special election shall be held within the corporate limits of the City of La <br />Porte, Texas, on the 10th day of May, 2014, such day being the second Saturday in May, 2014, <br />between seven o'clock (7:00) A.M. and seven o'clock (7:00) P.M., to permit voting for or against <br />the proposition: "The reauthorization of the local sales and use tax in the City of La Porte at the <br />rate of one-fourth of one percent to continue providing revenue for maintenance and repair of <br />municipal streets." <br />Section 2. Said election shall be held at each of the following voting places within said <br />City, and the following named persons are hereby appointed as officers of said election, to -wit: <br />Election Precinct #1 <br />Polling Place: Baker School (Entry Area) <br />9800 Spencer Highway <br />(Spencer Highway @ Underwood; <br />Enter off Spencer Highway) <br />La Porte, Texas 77571 <br />Boundaries: <br />BEGINNING at a point on the east right-of-way line of Underwood Road, said point being the <br />southwest corner of Tract 4906-1, La Porte Outlots, and the northwest corner of Reserve Al, <br />Block 14, Creekmont, Section 2; <br />THENCE in a westerly direction a point for corner on the west right-of-way line of Underwood <br />Road; <br />THENCE in a northerly direction along the west right-of-way line of Underwood Road to its <br />projected intersection with the north right -of -line of State Highway 225; <br />THENCE in a southeasterly direction along the north right-of-way line of State Highway 225 to <br />