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• RESOLUTION NO. 257-06
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
RICHLAND HILLS, TEXAS, AMENDING THE PREVIOUS
ORDER CALLING A SPECIAL EI,F.CTION TO DETERMINE
THE ALLOCATION OF SALES TAX COLLECTED FOR
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PLIRPOSES TO BE HELD ON
SATURDAY, MAY 13, 2006, TO CORRECT AN ERROR IN
THE BALLOT PROPOSITION LANGUAGE; AND
PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, May 13, 2006, is designated as a uniform election day; and
WHEREAS, by previous resolution, the City Council called the 2006 General Election as
required by the City Charter and by other law, designated a polling p1_ace for the election, and
established and set forth procedures for conducting the election; called a Special Election to
determine the allocation of sales tax collected for economic development purposes and approved by
the voters in 1995, and amended by the voters in 2005; and
WHEREAS, it has been discovered that there was an error in the ballot language contain~:;d
in the previous resolution, in that the amount of the sales tax collected within the city for the
Richland Hills Development Corporation was misstated (having previously been reduced), and needs
• correction;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF RICHLAND HILLS, TEXAS, THAT:
Section 1.
Amendment of Resolution No. 252 calling Special Election
The election order for the Special Election to be held on Saturday, May 13, 2006, ordered in
Resolution No. 252-06, previously ordered by the City Council is hereby revised by revising the
ballot proposition to be submitted to the qualified voters of Richland Hills to provide as f flows:
Should a restriction on expenditures of funds raised by the existing one-eighth of one
percent sales and use tax within the city for the Richland Hills Development
Corporation, an economic development corporation created pursuant to Section 4B of
the Development Corporation Act of 1979, Article 5190.6, Vernon's Texas Civil
Statutes, as amended, providing that "expenditures of the proceeds for economic
development, parks and park facilities shall be limited to one and one-halfpercent (1-
1 /2%) of annual proceeds collected" be removed, to permit the proceeds thereof to be
used and applied in any manner and purpose authorized by Section 4B of the Acct,
including but not limited to projects for the promotion of professional and amateur
• athletics and sports including stadiums, ball parks, auditoriums, projects related to
entertainment, convention, tourist, and exhibition facilities, amphitheaters, concert
halls, and public parks, park facilities and events, open space improvements, primary
• job training facilities for use by institutions of higher education, research and
development facilities, regional or national corporate headquarters facilities,
museums and related stores, restaurant, concession, and automobile parking facili*ies,
related area transportation facilities, and related roads, streets, and water and sewer
facilities, recycling facilities, and projects to promote new or expanded business
enterprises that create or retain primary jobs, and public safety facilities, streets and
roads, drainage, and related improvements, der~nolition of existing structures,
development and expansion of affordable housing, and targeted infrastructure and
any other improvements, expenditures, or facilities that are related to any of the
above projects and any other project that the board determines will promote new or
expanded business enterprises that create or retain primary jobs, and the maintenance
and operations expenses for any of the above described projects.
YES
NO
Section 2. Remainder of Previous Resolution to Remain LTnchan~ed.
The remainder of Resolution No. 252-06 shall remain unchanged.
• Section 3. Necessary Actions.
The Mayor and the City Secretary, in consultation with the City Attorney, are authorized and
directed to take all actions necessary to comply with the provisions of the Texas Election Code, the
City Charter, and the City Code in carrying out and conducting the election, whether nor not
expressly authorized by this Order.
Section 4. Severability Clause.
It is hereby declared to be the intention of the City Council that the sections, paragraphs,
sentences, clauses and phrases of this order are severable and if' any phrase, clause, sentence,,
paragraph, or section shall be declared invalid or unconstitutional by the valid judgment or decree
any court of competent jurisdiction, such invalidity or unconstitutionality shall not affect any of thy;
remaining phrases, clauses, sentences, paragraphs and sections of this order, since the same would
have been enacted by the City Council without the incorporation in this order of any such invalid or
unconstitutional phrase, clause, sentence, paragraph or section.
Section 5. Effective Date.
This order shall be effective upon its adoption.
• PASSED AND APPROVED by the City Council of the City of Richland Hills, Texas, by a
vote of ~ ayes, D nays and b abstentions this 28`h day of February, 2006
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