HomeMy WebLinkAboutPUBLIC HEARING - PROPOSITION TO BE PLACED ON MAY 9, 2009 BALLOTDELORIS "BOBBIE" PRINCE, MAYOR
JACK CHATMAN, JR., MAYOR PRO TEM
COUNCIL MEMBER~i: Cl~
ELIZABETH "LIZ" SEGI,ER
MORRIS ALBRIGHT, III
MARTIN FLOOD
JOHN BEARD, JR.
ROBERT E. WILL[AIIISON
D. KAY WISE
THOMAS J. HENDERSON
STEPHEN FITZGIBBONS
CITY MANAGER
TERRI HANKS
ACTING C'TI'Y SECRETARY
MARK T. SOKOLOW
CITY ATTORNEY
NOTICE OF A PUBLIC HEARING
~OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PORT ARTHUR
otice is Hereby given in accordance with Section 4A (s) of Article 5190.6, Vernon's Texas
Code Annotated, and the new Section 504.152 Local Government Code, that the City
Cowicil of the City of Port Arthur will hold a Public Hearing on Tuesday, March 31, 2009,
at 6:00 p.m. in the Port Arthur City Hall Council Chamber, 444 4`~' Street, to consider the
following:
To review the proposed costs and impact of the categories of projects as
delineated in the following Proposition:
PROPOSITION:
"For the next three (3) years, commencing on October 1, 2009, and extending until
September 30, 2012, shall the existing Section 4A (Type A) Sales and Use Tax
within the City of Port Arthur be utilized for cost of demolition of dilapidated
structures and infrastructure limited to streets and roads, rail spurs, water and sewer
utilities, electric and gas utilities, drainage, site improvements, and related
improvements necessary to promote or develop new or expanded business enterprises
within a project area from 7°'' Street to the Intracoastal Canal and from Martin
Luther King, Jr. Drive to Lalxe Charles Avenue within the City of Port Arthur, Texas,
which is a category of projects under Section 4B of Article 5190.6 Vernon's Texas
Code Annotated (Type B of Section 505.155 Local Government Code), with the
condition that the total annual spending on all Section 4B (Type B) Projects by the
City of Port Arthur Section 4A Economic Development Corporation will not exceed
~75CI,000. Said period of time can be extended an additional three (3) years by the
City Council by atwo-thirds (2/3) vote of the City Council after reviewing public
comment on the proposed cost and impact of the projects."
Terri Hanlzs
Acting City Secretary
Publication Date: March 7, 2009
March 14, 2009
March 21, 2009
March 28, 2009
P.O. BOX 1089 • PORT ARTHUR, TEXAS 77641-1089.409/983-8115 • FAX 409/983-8291
