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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)