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MEMORANDUM
To: Mayor, City Council, Acting City Manager
From: Floyd Batiste, CEO
Date: December 21, 2012
Subject: P. R. No. 17453; Council Meeting on January 8, 2013
A RESOLUTION AMENDING THE CONTRACT WITH
LAMAR STATE COLLEGE -PORT ARTHUR FOR
BURYING OR RELOCATION OF OVERHEAD UTILITIES
AND REPLACING THE EXISTING UTILITY SERVICE IN
AN EIGHT BLOCK AREA UNDER THE OPERATION
DOWNTOWN SITE IMPROVEMENT GRANT PROGRAM
P.R. No.17453
12/21/2012 cs
RESOLUTION NO.
A RESOLUTION AMENDING THE CONTRACT
BETWEEN THE PORT ARTHUR SECTION 4A
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION AND
LAMAR STATE COLLEGE -PORT ARTHUR FOR
BURYING OR RELOCATION OF OVERHEAD UTILITIES
AND REPLACING THE EXISTING UTILITY SERVICE IN
AN EIGHT BLOCK AREA 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 of Port Arthur, Texas (the "City ") for the City of Port Arthur Section
4A Economic Development Corporation (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
within 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, the PAEDC has developed an application for a Site Improvement Grant
Program under Operation Downtown; and
WHEREAS, Lamar State College -Port Arthur has submitted an Application for burying
or relocation of overhead utilities and replacing existing utility service in an eight block area on
Procter from Lake Charles Avenue to Augusta in accordance with the Application; and
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WHEREAS, on May 2, 2011, the Board of Directors of the PAEDC considered and
approved funding the Application of Lamar State College -Port Arthur in the amount of $59,060
for the purpose of the burying or relocation of overhead utilities and replace existing utility
service in an eight block area on Procter from Lake Charles Avenue to Augusta as outlined in the
Application; and
WHEREAS, on December 3, 2012 at its regular Board meeting, the PAEDC Board of
Directors approved extending the contract date an additional 561 days from September 16, 2011,
to March 31, 2013, due to construction delays.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF PORT ARTHUR:
Section 1. That the facts and opinions in the preamble are true and correct.
Section 2. That the City Council hereby authorized the PAEDC to amend the contract
with Lamar State College -Port Arthur extending the contract date an additional 561 days from
September 16, 2011, to March 31, 2013, due to construction delays.
Section 3. That a copy of this Resolution shall be spread upon the Minutes of the City
Council.
READ, ADOPTED AND APPROVED on this day of A.D., 2013,
at a Meeting of the City Council of the City of Port Arthur, Texas, by the following vote:
AYES:
Mayor
Councilmembers
NOES:
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ATTEST:
Sherri Bellard, City Secretary
APPROVED:
Floyd Batiste, PAEDC CEO
APPROV I AS T ' ORM:
Guy N. Goodson, PAEDC Attorney
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
alecia . Tiz no, City Attor1y
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