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Home My WebLink AboutOrdinance - 958-1949 - Improvement Of The Sewer System Including Disposal Plant - 11/23/1949.. ~ tl-23-1.94.9 Bo \A. c\ tlr d. \:.-.<\.o..._L ~--< STATE OF TEXAS COUNTY OF LUBBOCK CITY OF LUBBOCK I I ORDINANCE NO. 958 Elu .. t~"'·t >k.\4. J"l..·l?"-'f7. BE IT RE)~ERED that on this the 23 day of November, A.D, 1949 the City Commission of the City o£ Lubbock, Texas convened in Recessed Re~lar Meeting, pursuant to Notice of Meeting issued by the Mayor, at the Re~:ar Meeting Place thereof in th e City Hall building in the City of Lubbock, Texas with the following members present, viz: · Honorable W. H. Ro dge rs, J.layor and Presiding Officer. W.B. Price Commissioner E.K. Hufstedler, Jr. Commissioner John Soikes Commissioner Clarence \'lhiteside Commissioner Lavenia Lowe City Secretary constituting a quorum under section 15, Article 9t Chapter I of the Charter of the City of Lubbock , with all members of the Cl.ty COmmission being pre- sent, whereupon the following among other business was transacted: Commissioner Hufstedler pre s ented for the consideration of the Commission an Ordinance which was read in full by the secretary. Commissioner Hufstedler made a motion that the rule requiring Ordinances to be read at more than one meeting of the City Commission be suspended for the reason stated in the emerpency clause. The motion was seconded by Com~ missioner Price and prevailed by the following vote: AYES: Commissioners Price, Hufstedler, Spikes, Whiteside and ~~yor w. H. Rodgers. NOES: None 'Commissioner Price moved that the Ordinance be finally passed and such motion \"laS seconded by Co tnmis sioner Whiteside, and prevailed by tbe following vote: ' AYES: Commissioners Price, Hufstedler, Spikes, Whiteside and , 1 Nayor W.H. Rodgers. NOES: None ••.o:-... . ~. '·~.)." -· Such Ordinance is as follows: ,! , • AN ORDINANC E BY THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF LUBBOCK, 'l'EXAS DETERMINING THE NECESsr TY FOR THE EXTENSION ENLARGEMENT AND IMPROVEME NT OF THE SE'vlER SYS'i'EI•i OF THE CITY OF LUBBOCK INCUJDING THE DISPOSAL PLANT, AND FOR WIDENmG, IMPR u VEI',IE NT AND EXTENSION OF THE STREF.TS AND HIGHWAYS OF SA ID CITY INCLUDING THE PURCHASING CF NECESSARY RIGHTS-OF-WAY THEREFOR· DETERMINillG THE ADVISABILITY OF SUBMITTING TO THE PROPERTY TAX PAITNG VOTERS OF SAID CITY, l'lHO 0\iN TAXABLE PROPEHTY WITHIN S.o\I D CITY AND WHO HAVE DULY RENDERED THE SAME FOR TAXATION, PROPCBITIONS RELATING TO THE ISSUANCE OF THE NEGOTIABLE INTElt'EST BEARING COUPOH BONOS OF SAID CITY TO FINANCE SU CH IM- PROVEMENTS 1 EXTgNS!ONS AND CONSTRUCTlONS; PROVIDING FOR AN ELECTION UPON THE QUESTION OF AUTHORIZING AN AGGREGATE AMOUNT OF $l,075,PQO.OO OF THE BONDS OF SA ID CITY FOR SUCH PU RPO SZS; PRESCR IBING THE PlACE AND TIME OF HOlDING SAID ELECTION, nHE ·QUALIFICATION OF VOTERS, T~ PURPOSES OF THE VARIOUS BONDS, THE AMOUNTS THEREOF, THE INT ER EST RATE THEREOF AND SUBMITTING THE PROPOSI- .TION OF THE LEVY, ASSESSMENT AND COLLECTION' OF AD VALOREM TAXES ANNUALLY WHILE SAID BONDS OR ANY D:r' 'fl!Et1 ARE OUTSTANDING, TO PAY THE INTEREST ON AND PROVIDE A SINKING FUND FO R THE Ri•,DEMPTION OF SAID BONDS AS THE Shl\1E J.MTURE J\ND ACCRUE; PHESCRIBING THE i-IA TURITY OF SAID BONDS, THE MANNER OF HOLDI NG SUCH ELECTION AND DECLARING AN El-1ERGENCY. \'l~EREAS, the City Commission of the City of Lubbock affirmatively finds t~<t it is advisable nnd to the best intere st of said Citv that cer- tain improvements, additions, extensions and enlar~ements be made to the public streets and highways within said City and to the sanitary sewer system includinp. the disposal plant of the City, all in accordance lrith the recommendations, plans a nd estimates which have heretofore b een pre- sented to,· considered by, and found, by tmis Conmission, to be needed in the immediate future; and, WHEilEAS, it is deemed advisable and necessary that the negotiable interest bearin~ coupon bonds of said City should be issued for the purpose of financinr, the cost of such improvements, additions, enlargements and extensions arrl that it is necessary and expedient that an elect ion be held within and fop said City of Lubbock for the purpose of submitting to tJ-e legally nua l ified resident property tax-payin~ voberw of said Cit y, who -·-·--·---~-.. _ ..... ~~~+ ~--~ .. vat-;nn t-.h .. rPin ::.nd who have duly rendered the same .. -r;u,,t• J:'l• ·; .,.~".u tt!":l: .... ,.:i:; .... . ~ \,1 ·.':. . ' NOT THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY CO~~USSION OF THE CITY OF LUBBOCK: I. That an election be held within and t~xoughout the boundaries of . 1!-rthe.~ City of Lubbock, Texas on the Second Tuesday in DEcember, the same ~r being the 13th day of December, 1949, such date being not less than 1~ fifteen (15) days nor more than thirty (30) days fro~ the date of this ·,Ordinance, at which time it shall be submitted to the resident qualified 1 property' tax-paying voters of the City of Lubbock,"''Texas,' who · .own pro- perty subject to taxation within said city and who have duly rendered the same for taxation, the followin,g specific proposit~ons: y·.;• t I 1' ~ ~ ~. t.. ,~· . )". ~ PROPOSITION NuMBER ONE Hrk<.· r· .. Shall the City Commission of the City of Lubbock be authorized to •issue the negotiable.interest bearing coupon bonds of the City of -Lub- ck in the amount of $525,000:00 bearing interest at a rate of no~ ex- '. oeeding three and one-half (3-1/2%) per centum per annum from date and maturing at such time or times as may be deemed most expedient by 'the !....,.City · Commission, serially not later than twenty-five (25) years from their date, for the purpose of improving, extending and altering public streets, avenues, alleys, hi ~hways a nd boulevards by paving, widening, ~~,~~~nJ.raising, grading, filling, re-paving or re-surfacing the same or other- f wise ·improving such streets and highways, and for the purpose of acquir- q igg the necessary rie:hts-o£-way incidental thereto; and shall there be annually assessed,·levied and collected upon all taxable property within '~. the City of Lubbock, l'lh.ile s aid bond s or ahy of them ar·e outstanding, a ~·tax sufficient in amount to pay the annual interest on such bonds md to provide a sinking fund for the redemption there~£ ~t maturity? .~. . !.. • Shall the City Commission of the City of Lubbock :be authorized to ~!issue the negotiable interest bearing coupon bonds of the City ,9f Lubbock -in an amount of $550-lOOO.OO, bearing interest at a rate. of .no_t .,exceeding . three and one-half (J-1/2%) per centum per annum from date and maturing at such time or ti~es as may be deemed most expedient by the. City Commis- ·sion, serially not later than twenty-five (25) years fro~ their date, for ·~ the purpose of constructing, extending, enlarging,· improving and adding .'"to the sewall:e disposal plant, fi+terine, beds and emptying grounds for the sewage system, and acquiring lands and ri ~hts-o£-way within and with- out the limits of the City of Lubbock for such sewage disp~.al purposes, and extending and installin~ additional sanitary sewer liaes, and shall there be annually assessed, levied and collected upon all taxable property '!':~·.within the City of Lubbock, while said bonds or any o£ them are outstanding, ! · a tax sufficient in amount to pay the annua 1 interest on such bonds and to a sinking fund for the redemption thereof at maturity? II. . : ... ~ Said election shall be held under the provisions of and in strict c~nformity with the Consitution and Laws of the State of Texas, including C~pter I, Title 22, Revised Civil Statutes o£ the State of Texas, and, f. tlie provisions of the Charte r of the City of Lubbock, and all a<itts amen- ~ .datory, complementary and supplemental thereto. ·~ . • · All persons who are le ~ta lly oualified resident property tax-paying ·:. 'voters of the City of Lubboc k , Texas, who o~m property in said City sub- ject to taxat i on and who have duly rendered the same for taxation, shall be entitled to vote at said election. .· III. The ballots for said election sh~ll have written or printed thereupon the followin~, to-wit: PROF OSI_~I_QJ! HUEBEH ONE FOR THE ISfiU ANCE OF TlU~ S'fH.i';ET ANO HIGHWAY IMPROVKMENT BONDS AND THE LEVYING OF TAXE:S IN .PAn..iEN'l' THE REOF. AGAINST THE ISSUAUCE W S'l'R EE T AND HIGHWAY Jr.·IPROVFJ··!EWl' BON DS AID THE LEVYING OF TAXES IN PAYl•iE:N T THEHEOF. '· '' I :. :.. ... ' -; ~, -.. •' ·'. 'T ..... ~ IV. That said election shall he held in the Central Fire Station building at the corner of lOth Street and Avenue J in the City of Lubhock; Texas and the nresidir¥'; judge and clerks of said election shall be as follows, viz: R.Bush Smith Glen Hess Mrs. Maddox George Spinning Louis Murfee, Jr. v. Presiding Judge Clerk Clerk Clerk Clerk T That notice of said electiOn shall be ~iven by posti~ a substantia l coDy of this Ordinance at the City Hall Building and at two other public places in the City of Lubbock and such notice shall also be published on the same day in each of tlro successive weeks in a newspaper of ~neral circulation published '"ithin the City of Lubbock, the date of the first publication to be not less than fmtrteen (14} days prior to the date set for said election. Tie Mavor and City Secretary shall cause such notices to be prepared and posted and published and shall make due returns thereof to this City Commission. ·VI • Immediately after said election has been held, the officers holding the same shall make returns of the result thereof to the City Secretary of the City of Lubbock, for canvassing by the City Commission and shall return the ballot boxes to the City Secretary for safekeeping. The manner of holdim>; such election and canvassing and makin.P..; returns theeeof shall be ~overned by the general election laws of the State of Texas, when not in conflict with the provisions of the hereinabove men- tioned statutes, and the City Commission -will furnish the necessary bal- lots and other election supplies requisite' for saici'election. VII • -. The fact that it is affirmatively found by the City Commission of the Cit'y of Lubbock, Texas that there is urgent need to proceed with the ., matters of const~1ction, improvement, enlargemen~ and extension of the sewer system of the City of Lubbock and public streets and highway im- provements of said City in order to make the same more convenient for the public at large and to preserve and protect the health and \-lelfare of the citizens of Lubbock, creates an emergency and public necessity demanding that the rule requiring the reading of this Ordinance on more than one day before final passage be suspended, and such rule is hereby suspended, and it is ordained that th is Ordinance shall take effect and be in force immediately upon its _!'lassage and adoption. PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOP'l'ED this the 23rd day of November, 1949. ,_ W.H. Rod~ers f1ayor, City of . Lubbock, Texas ATTEST: Lavenia Lo .. :e City Secretary, C1ty of Lubbock,Texas (Corporate Seal), 'l