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RESOLUTION ../' 65-44
WHEREAS, the City of La Port~ in keeping with its long
established policy of endeavoring to attract industry and expand
. its growth, his entered into an agreement dated December 22, 1958,
with certain industries named therein, which agreement was there-
after amended by a subsequent agreement between City and said other
industries da1;ed December 30, 1961, to which agreement reference
is here made; and
WHEREAS, further pursuant to said policy the City of La
Porte has been negotiating for more than the past two years with
. said industries named in said agreements and with other industries
in an effort to amend and extend the duration of the said agreement;
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WHEREAS, the City of La Porte on the one hand and the
Houston Lighting and Power Company, National Distillers Company,
E. I. DuPont, De Nemours & Co., Ce1ane$e Company of America,
Phillips Petroleum Company, and Alamo Industries, Inc., on the
other hand hav~ reached agreement on the terms of a new contract
in keeping with the City's policy of endeavoring to attract indus-
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try and expand its growth, a copy of which contract is attached
hereto and marked as IlExhibit A"; and
WHEREAS, the Legislature of the State of Texas has pro-
vided in Artic1~ 1, Section 5 of the lI~unicipa1 Annexation Actll 1
H. B. 13, Act of the 58th Legislature of the S't;:.,at!9 of Texas, Regu-
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1a,r Ses,~iori~ ,,1,9131 for.t:h.€! execution of such contracts by cities
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and by ,;i.nd:\lst:rl~, ,ah;~ for the creation of II Industrial Districts' in
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furtheranc,t;:! Q,f, ~~e ol;ij~~tives of the Municipal Annexation Act and
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NqW :F~REFORE,BE, IT RESOLVED. BY THE CITY COMMISSION OF
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'" THE CITY OF LA ~RT~i TEXAS, 'that the ~:yor. and Clerk of the City
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of La Porte, Texas be, and they are hereby, authorized and em-
powered to enter into the agreement set forth in"Exhibit A"
with each of 'the above named industries, namely, Houston Lighting
and Power Company, National Distillers Company, E. I. DuPont, De
Nemours & Co., Celanese Company of America, Phillips Petroleum
Company, and Alamo Industries, Inc.: provided, however, such
individual and separate agreements shall become effective only
upon the execution thereof by the duly authorized officers of
the industry named in each such separate agreement: and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City Commission of the
City of La Porte shall, in connection with the execution of said
agreements,as soon as is possib1e,by ordinance creatd!w3-an Indus-
trial District under the terms of the "Municipa1 Annexation Act",
covering the ,.land and improvements thereon owned by each of such
contracting industries within the extraterritorial jurisdiction of
the City of ~ Porte and lying North of State Highway No. 225.
PASSED AND APPROVED this 6th day of December.
Mayor of the City of La Porte,
Texas
ATTEST:
City Clerk of the City of La Porte,
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