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. . ORDINANCE NO. 1476-A AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 1476, AN ORDINANCE REQUIRING THE PRE-QUALIFICATION OF CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS HAVING AN ESTIMATED COST OF GREATER THAN THREE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS ($300,000.00): REQUIRING FILINGS OF CONTRACTOR'S STATEMENTS WITH THE CITY OF LA PORTE: PROHIBITING CONTRACTORS FROM SUBCONTRACTING MORE THAN FIFTY PERCENT (50%) OF WORK ON CITY OF LA PORTE PROJECTS WITHOUT PRIOR WRITTEN CONSENT: REQUIRING ATTENDANCE AT A PRE-BID CONFERENCE AS A PREREQUISITE TO SUBMITTING A BID: PROVIDING FOR PUBLICATION OF NOTICE: APPROVING AND ADOPTING FORMS FOR THE PRE-QUALIFICATION OF CONTRACTORS: DEFINING "BIDDING CAPACITY": ADOPTING DISQUALIFICATION STANDARDS: FINDING COMPLIANCE WITH THE OPEN MEETINGS LAW: CONTAINING A REPEALING CLAUSE: 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 deter- mined, and does hereby find, determine, and declare that it is in the best interest of the City of La Porte that all Contractors desir- ing to bid on City of La Porte construction projects having an owner's estimated construction cost of greater than Three Hundred Thousand Dollars ($300,000.00), must pre-qualify by filing a satisfactory Contractor's Statement, on the forms attached hereto, with the Cons- truction Project Manager, City of La Porte, no later than thirty (30) days prior to the date bids are to be opened, if a Contractor is to be eligible to bid. Thereafter, a new Contractor's Statement shall be filed with the City annually. The financial information contained in such Contractor's Statement is deemed confidential: shall not be disclosed by City to the public or to other contractors: and shall be deemed exempt from disclosure under the Open Records Act, Art. 6252-17a, V.A.T.S., in accordance with Texas Attorney General's Opinion No. ORD-309, 1982. The City Council of the City of La Porte finds that disclosure of the financial information is likely to have either of the following effects: (1) to impair the City's ability to obtain necessary information in the future: or (2) to cause substantial harm to the competitive position of the person from whom the information was obtained.