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MEMORANDUM
To: Mayor, City Council, City Manager
From: Floyd Batiste, CEO —7.--/1
Date: October 11, 2011
Subject: P. R. No16739; Council Meeting on October 18, 2011
Attached is P. R. No. 16739 rescinding Resolution No. 10 -505 as it
pertains to the grant to Kilgore Construction, L.L.C. for exterior
renovation to the property located at 1347 Procter Street under the
Operation Downtown site Improvement Grant Program
P. R. No. 16739
10/10/2011 BV
RESOLUTION NO.
A RESOLUTION RESCINDING RESOLUTION NO. 10 -505
FOR A GRANT TO KILGORE CONSTRUCTION, L.L.C. FOR
EXTERIOR RENOVATION TO THE PROPERTY LOCATED
AT 1347 PROCTER STREET UNDER THE OPERATION
DOWNTOWN SITE IMPROVEMENT GRANT PROGRAM
WHEREAS, on May 9, 2009, a ballot proposition was presented to and approved by the
qualified voters in the City for the PAEDC to utilize Section 4A sales and use tax funds for "the
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 with a
project area from 7 Street to the Intracoastal Canal and from Martin Luther King, Jr. drive to
Lake Charles Avenue within the City "; said authority limited to the PAEDC's expenditure of not
more than $750,000 per year for said projects (the "Ballot Proposition "); and
WHEREAS, at its November 1, 2010 meeting, the City of Port Arthur Section 4A
Economic Development Corporation (the "PAEDC ") approved funding the application of
Kilgore Construction, L.L.C. in the amount $34,400 for the purpose of exterior renovations to
property at 1347 Procter Street under Operation Downtown (the "Application "); and
WHEREAS, the City Council for the City of Port Arthur, Texas (the "City ") approved a
grant to Kilgore Construction, L.L.C., per Resolution No. 10 -505 on November 16, 2010; and
WHEREAS, funds were available during fiscal year 2010 -2011 from the funds allocated
in the Ballot Proposition for improvements as outlined in the Application; and
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WHEREAS, Kilgore has informed the PAEDC they are unable to complete the
downtown facility at this time due to the unexpected prolonged timeframe for completion of
prior obligated projects by their company; and
WHEREAS, at a special called meeting on October 10, 2011, the Board of Directors of
the PAEDC voted to rescind Resolution 10 -505 as to terminate the grant with Kilgore
Construction, L.L.C.
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF PORT ARTHUR, TEXAS:
Section 1. That the facts and opinions in the preamble are true and correct.
Section 2. That the PAEDC is hereby authorized to rescind Resolution No. 10 -505
terminating the grant with Kilgore Construction, L.L.0 in the amount of $34,400 of Ballot
Proposition for fiscal year 2010 -2011.
Section 3. That a copy of the caption of this Resolution be spread upon the Minutes
of the City Council.
READ, ADOPTED AND APPROVED on this day of A.D., 2011,
at a Meeting of the City Council of the City of Port Arthur, Texas, by the following vote:
AYES: Mayor
Councilmembers
NOES: •
Deloris "Bobbie" Prince, Mayor
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ATTEST:
Sherri Bellard, Acting City Secretary
APPROVED:
Floyd Batiste, PAEDC CEO
APPROVED • TO F • ' :
Guy N. Goodson, PAEDC Attor i
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
Valecia R. Tizeno, City Attorney
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APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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