HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance - 7429-1977 - Bond Election Proposition's Numbers 1 Through 6 - 04/25/1977ORDINANCE .NO .. ·7429
AN ORDINANCE 'by the City Council of the City
of Lubbock. Texas. calling a bond election
to be held within said City for the authori-
zation of general obligation bonds, making
provision for the conduct of the election and
other provisions incident and related to the
purpose of this ordinance and providing an
effective date.
WHEREAS, this City Council of Lubbock, Texas, has deter-
mined that an election should be called to ascertain whether
said governing body shall be authorized to issue bonds of
said City in the amounts and for the purposes hereinafter
mentioned; therefore,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
LUBBOCK, TEXAS:
SECTION 1: That an election be held on the 21st day
of May, 1977. which date is not less than fifteen (15) nor
more than thirty (30) days from t he date of the adoption hereof,
at which election the following propositions shall be submitted:
PROPOSITION NUMBER 1
"SHALL the City Council of the City of Lubbock,
Texas, be authorized to issue SIXTEEN MILLION SEVEN
HUNDRED SEVENTY-FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS ($16,775,000)
general obligation bonds of said City for the purpose
of making permanent public improvements. to wit:
constructing improvements and ext ensions to the City's
waterworks system; said bonds t o mature serially over
a period of years not to exceed FORTY (40) years from
their date, to be issued and sold at any price or
prices and to bear interest at any rate or rates as
shall be determined within the discretion of the City
Council at the time of issuance; and to provide for
the payment of principal of and interest on said bonds
by levying a tax sufficient to pay the annual interest
and to create a sinking fund sufficient to redeem said
bonds as they become due?"
PROPOSITION NUMBER 2
"SHALL the City Council of the City of Lubbock.
Texas, be authorized to issue THREE MILLION THREE
HUNDRED THREE THOUSAND DOLLARS ($3,303,000) general
obligation bonds of said City for the purpose of making
permanent public improvements, to wit: constructing
improvements and extensions to the City's sanitary
sewer system; said bonds to mature serially over a
period of years not to exceed FORTY (40) years from
their date, to be issued and sold at any price or
prices and to bear interest at any rate or rates
as shall be determined within the discretion of the
C~ty Council at the time of issuance, and to provide
for the payment of principal of and interest on said
bonds by levying a tax sufficient to pay the annual
interest and to create a sinking fund sufficient to
redeem said bonds as they become due?"
PROPOSITION NUMBER 3
"SHALL the City Council of the City of Lubbock,
Texas, be authorized to issue FOUR HUNDRED SEVENTY-
THREE THOUSAND DOLLARS ($473,000) general obligation
bonds of said City for the purpose of making permanent
public improvements, to wit: constructing, enlarging, .
extending and installing storm sewers, drains and gutters
and other improvements incidental thereto, including the
acquisition of land for drainage purposes and drainage
area modifications; said bonds to mature serially over
a period of years not to exceed FORTY (40) years from
their date, to be issued and sold at any price or prices
and to bear interest at any rate or rates as ~~shall be
determined within t~e discretion of the City Council
at the time of issuance, and to provide for the payment
of principal of and interest on said bonds by levying
a tax sufficient to pay the annual interest and to
create a sinking fund sufficient to redeem said bonds
as they become due?"
PROPOSITION NUMBER 4
uSHALL the City Council of the City of Lubbock,
Texas, be authorized to issue FOUR MILLION SEVEN HUNDRED
EIGHTY-TWO THOUSAND DOLLARS ($4,782,000) general obliga-
tion bonds of said City for the purpose of making permanent
public improvements, to wit: constructing street improve-
ments in and for said City, including lighting and
signalization; said bonds to mature serially over a
period of years not to exceed FORTY (40) years from
their date, to be issued and sold at any price or prices
and to bear interest at any rate or rates as shall be
determined within the discretion of the City Council
at the time of issuance, and to provide for the payment
of principal of and interest on said bonds by levying
a tax sufficient to pay the annual interest and to
create a sinking fund sufficient to redeem said bonds
as they become due?"
PROPOSITION NUMBER 5
"SHALL the City Council of the City of Lubbock,
Texas, be authorized to issue SEVEN HUNDRED NINETY-TWO THOUSAND DOLLARS ($792,000) general obligation
bonds of said City for the purpose of making permanent
public improvements, to wit: constructing, improving
and equipping fire station buildings in and for said
City and the purchase of necessary sites therefor;
said bonds to mature serially over a period of years
not to exceed FORTY (40) years from their date, to
be issued and sold at any price or prices and to bear
interest at any rate or rates as shall be determined
within the discretion of the City Council at the time
of issuance, and to provide for the payment of principal
of and interest on said bonds by levying a tax sufficient
to pay the annual interest and to create a sinking fund
sufficient to redeem said bonds as they become due?"
PROPOSITION NUMBER 6
"SHALL the City Council of the City of Lubbock,
Texas, be authorized to issue THREE HUNDRED TEN
THOUSAND DOLLARS ($310,000) general obligation bonds
of said City for the purpose of making permanent
public improvements, to wit: constructine, improving,
and equipping fire station buildings in areas presently
adjoining the City and the purchase of necessary sites
therefor (at such time as the areas are annexed to the
City); said bonds to mature serially over a period of
years not to exceed FORTY (40) years from their date
to be issued and sold at any price or prices and to
bear interest at any rate or rates as shall be deter-
mined within the discretion of the City Council at the
time of issuance, and to provide for the payment of
principal of and interest on said bonds by levying a
tax sufficient to pay the annual interest and to
create a sinking fund sufficient to redeem said bonds
as they become due?"
SECTION 2: That paper ballots shall be used for said
election, which ballots shall be prepared in accordance with
the V.A.T.S. Election Code so as to permit the electors to
vote "FOR" or "AGAINST" the aforesaid proposition which
shall be set forth in substantial ly the following form:
PROPOSITION NUMBER 1
''THE ISSUANCE OF $16,775,000 WATERWORKS IMPROVEMENT
BONDS AND THE LEVYING OF THE TAX IN PAYMENT THEREOF 11
PROPOSITION NUMBER 2
"THE ISSUANCE OF $3,303,000 SEWER SYSTEM IMPROVEMENT
BONDS AND THE LEVYING OF THE TAX IN PAYMENT THEREOFu
PROPOSITION NUMBER 3
''THE ISSUANCE OF $473,000 STORM SEWER AND DRAINAGE
BONDS AND THE LEVYING OF THE TAX IN PAYMENT THEREOF"
PROPOSITION NUMBER 4
"THE ISSUANCE OF $4,782,000 STREET IMPROVEMENT BONDS
AND THE LEVYING OF THE TAX IN PAYMENT THEREOF"
PROPOSITION NUMBER 5
"THE ISSUANCE OF $792,000 FIRE STATimN BUILDING
BONDS AND THE LEVYING OF THE TAX IN PAYMENT THEREOF"
PROPOSITION NUMBER 6
"THE ISSUANCE OF $310,000 FIRE STATION BUILDING BONDS
(ADJACENT AREAS, WHEN ANNEXED) AND THE LEVYING OF THE
TAX IN PAYMENT THEREOF"
The word "FOR" and beneath it the word "AGAINST" shall
be made to appear on the left of each of the words "FOR" and
"AGAINST", and each elector shall place an "X" in the square
beside the statement indicating the way he wishes to vote. ,
PRECINC
NUN.BER
1
2 .
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
SECTION 3: That the polling places and officers of
said election shall be as follows, to wit:
PRECINCT
LOCATION
Wolffarth Elementary
3202 Erskine Street
Arnett Elementary
701 East Queens
Mel-Shorter Elementary
2711 1st Street
Jackson Elementary
201 Vernon
Guadalupe Elementary
101 N. Avenue P
Alderson Jr. High
219 Waluut
Bowie Elementary
2902 Chicago
Lubbock Scottish Rite
610 Avenue Q
Rush Elementul·.v
4702 15th St.
Thompson Jr. High
2002 14th St.
Bayless Elementary
2115 58th St.
Haynes Elementary
3802 60th St.
Wilson Jr. High
4402 Jl:~t
Overton Elementary
2902 Louisville Ave.
t·lilson Elementary
2807 25th St.
PRESIDING
JUDGE
Mrs. John ~-Ioffard
c. A. Oldham
H. D. l.Jhite
Mrs . frank Gutierrez
Lorenzo Sedeno
Mrs. Walker Metcalf
Mrs. C. t-1. Moore
Mrs. Martha Bolash
Mrs. Eloise Elliott
Mrs. Syd Moore
Mrs. Nelson Morris
Mrs. Geneva Bowerman
Wilbur Hunt
Chester Hubbard
ALTERNATE PRESIDING
JUDGE
Hrs. Mona Oliva
Mrs. Sylvia Hinojosa
Mrs. Cru~ Trevino
Mrs. Fay Stuart
E. Louise Sedberry
Adolphus Cleveland
Bob Burbridge
Earnest L. Thaxton
Mrs. Arthur J. Damron
Mildred Boone
Mrs. Philip O'Jibway
Mrs. James Lawrence
Mrs. Jack Jones
Mrs. Steve Meinecke
Ed Langston
PRECiNCT
NLJXBE!l
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
PRECINCT
LOCATION
Hutchinson Jr . High
3102 Cnnton Avenue
Dupre Elementary
2008 Avenue T
0. L. Slaton Jr. lllgh
1602 32nd Street.
Bean Elementary
3001 Avenue i'l
Ella Il~o El~mentary
2401 Date Avenue
Stubbs Elementary
3516 Toledo Av~ll .. ua
Maedgen Elementary
4401 Nashville Avenue
Monterey High School
3211 47th Street
Wheelock Elementary
2008 42nd Street
Brown Elementary
2315 36th Street
Harwell Elementary
4101 Avenue D
Slide Road Clubhouse
5012 50th St.
Parsons Elementary
2811 58th St.
Atkins Jr. High
5401 Ave.nue U
Stewart Elementa ry
4815 46th St.
PRESlOING
JUDGE
Mrs. Everett Key
J. tol. Jacks on
Harvey Austin
Mrs. Rose lngram
N. P. Holmes
Mrs. Charl es Shanklin
Mrs. Lorine Hall
Mrs. Homer Roper
Mrs. Dudley \-lalker
~-~. D. McCarty
Mrs. Allen Fulsom
Mrs. Charles Britton
Mrs. Jackson Drew
Mrs. J. C. Hodges
Mrs. I. C. Wisema n
ALTERNATE PRESIDING
JUDGE
Mrs. Lilla P. Lewis
Mrs. Elizabeth Marbut
Mrs. D. M. Davis
Mrs. Doris Hooper
Mrs. Hucille Graves
T.L. "Ted" Fergason
Mrs. Nay Hale
Mrs. Audrey Newell
Dudley Walker
Mrs. Stell~ Lea
Mrs. Oscar Phillips
Mrs. Pat Sanders
Mrs. Roy Bomar
Mrs. Clem Simpson
Mrs. Marion Washburn
PlO~CINCT
NUMBER
47
48
50
51
52
53
54
PRECINCT
LOCATION
Mackenzie Jr. High
5402 h'. 12th St.
Murfee Elem~ntary
6901 Nashville Dr.
Texas Tech
Municipal Auditorium
Southeast Elementary
5501 Quirt
PRESIDINC
JUDGE
Mrs. Robbie Whitworth
Mrs. John Frentress
Jill Miller
Mrs. Francis Phillips
ALTERNATE PRESIDING
JUDGE
Mrs. Andrew Howsley
Mrs. Iris Chetty
Ellen Ramey
Mr. F. B. Cru::>h
Combined with Precinct 48
LubbCJ··k Christian f'nll vt:<J Hrs. Rose Massie Mrs. A. V. Bdrnett
North Lubbock Combined with Precinct 2
Each Presiding judge shall appoint not less than two (2) nor
more than eight (8) qualified clerks to serve and assist in
holding said election; provided that if the respective Presiding
Judge herein appointed actually serves, the Alternate Presiding
Judge of his polling place shall be one of the clerks.
On election day the polls shall be open from 7:00A.M. to
7:00P.M.
Absentee voting shall be conducted at the City Secretary's
Office in the City Hall, in accordance with the provisions of
V.A.T.S. Election Code, Chapter 5.
SECTION 4: That all resident qualified electors of the
City shall be permitted to vote at said election. This
election shall be held and conducted in accordance with the
Texas Election Code except as modified by Chapter 1 of Title
22, V.A.T.C.S .• and as may be required by law, all election
materials and proceedings shall be printed in both English
and Spanish.
SECTION 5: That a substantial copy of this
ordinance shall serve as proper notice of said election.
Said notice shal~ be posted in the election precinct and at
the City Hall not less than fourteen (14) full days prior to
the date on which· said election is to be held, and be published
on the same day in each of two successive weeks in a newspaper
of general circulation in said City, the first of said
publications to be made not less than fourteen (14) full
days prior to the date set for said election.
SECTION 6: This ordinance shall be effective from
and after its final adoption and it is so ordained.
PASSED AND APPROVED on first reading the 25t.h day of
April, 1977.
PASSED AND APPROVED on second and final reading t he
28th day of .April, 1977.
-~~~ty of Lubbock, Texa_s __
ATTEST:
(City Seal)
Ei&::&Jiryx--.
Jited 0. Senter, Jr., City Attorney
MINUTES PERTAINING TO PASSAGE AND ADOPTION
OF ORDINANCE CALLI1'1"G CITY BOND ELECTION
THE STATE OF TEXAS §
§
COUNTY OF LUBBOCK §
§
CITY OF LUBBOCK §
ON THIS, the 25th day of April, 1977, the City Council
of the City of Lubbock, Texas, convened in special session at
the regular meeting place thereof in the City Hall, the meeting
being open to the public and notice of said meeting having been
given as prescribed by Article 6252-17, Section 3A, V.A.T.C.S.,
the following members being present and in attendance, to wit:
ROY BASS
DIRK WEST
CAROLYN JORDAN
BILL R. McALISTER
ALAN R. HENRY
TREVA PHILLIPS
AND
AND
MAYOR
MAYOR PRO TEM
COUNCI LWOMAN
COUNCILMAN
COUNCILMAN
CITY SECRETARY-TREASURER
CITY MANAGER
also being present; and with the following absent: None , constituting a quorum, at whi_c_h~t~im __ e __ t~h-e-
~f-oTITI_o_w~i~n-g--am~o~n-g~o~trher business was transacted, to wit:
woman
CouncillB:Dl
as follows:
Jordan introduced an ordinance captioned
"AN ORDINANCE by the City Council of the City of Lubbock,
Texas, calling a bond election to be held within
said City for the authorization of general obligation
bonds, making provision for the conduct of the election
and other provisions incident and related to the
purpose of this ordinance and providing an effective
date."
woman
The ordinance was read in full and thereupon, Councilman
Jordan moved that the ordinance be passed on first
reading . The motion was seconded by Councilman Henry
and carried by the following vote:
AYES:
NOES:
Mayor Bass and Councilwoman Jordan and
Councilmen West, McAlister and Henry.
None.
The Mayor then announced the ordinance had been passed on
first reading.
ADOFTED on first reading, this 25th day of April, 1977.
~~f Lubbock, Texas
ATTEST: ~ti!P~f Lubbock, Texas
(City Seal)