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Ordinance No. 1,006ORDINANCE NO. 1006 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BAYTOWN FINDING AND DETERMINING THAT CERTAIN EX- PENDITURES_ FROM THE BOND FUNDS CREATED PURSUANT TO THE APPROVAL OF PROPOSITION NO. ONE IN THE 1965 CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS BOND ELECTION COULD HAVE BEEN MADE FROM DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENT BOND FUNDS CREATED AS A RESULT OF THE SALE OF BONDS PURSUANT TO THE APPROVAL OF PROPOSITION NO. TWO IN SAID BOND ELECTION; AUTHORIZING AND DIRECTING THE DIRECTOR OF FINANCE TO TRANSFER ON THE OF- FICIAL RECORDS OF THE CITY OF BAYTOWN THE SUM OF SEVENTY -FIVE THOUSAND AND NO /100 ($75,000.00) DOLLARS FROM THE DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENT BOND FUNDS CREATED AS A RESULT OF THE SALE OF BONDS PURSUANT TO THE APPROVAL OF SAID PROPOSITION NO. TWO TO THE STREET IMPROVEMENT BOND FUNDS CREATED PURSUANT TO THE SALE OF BONDS AUTHORIZED BY THE APPROVAL OF PROPOSITION NO. ONE; REPEALING ORDINANCES IN- CONSISTENT HEREWITH; AND PROVIDING FOR THE EFFEC- TIVE DATE HEREOF. WHEREAS, by Ordinance No. 740, enacted by the City Council of the City of Baytown on the 11th day of February, 1965, a Capital Improvements Bond Election was ordered and called for the 6th day of March, 1965; and WHEREAS, such election was duly held as called, and the results of such election were officially canvassed by Ordinance No. 745, enacted by the City Council on the 17th day of March, 1965; and WHEREAS, as a result of such bond election, and as officially determined and declared by the canvass of said election returns, certain propositions voted upon in such election were approved by the electors, including Propositions No. One (1) and No. Two (2) which said propositions read as follows, to -wit: PROPOSITION NO. 1 SHALL THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BAYTOWN, TEXAS, BE AUTHORIZED TO ISSUE THE BONDS OF SAID CITY IN THE AMOUNT OF $1,661,000.00, MATURING SERIALLY WITHIN 40 YEARS FROM THEIR DATE OR DATES, AND BEARING INTEREST AT A RATE OR RATES NOT TO EXCEED 5% PER ANNUM, FOR THE PURPOSE OF CONSTRUCTING PERMANENT STREET IMPROVE- MENTS IN AND FOR SAID CITY, AND TO LEVY AN ANNUAL TAX ON ALL TAXABLE PROPERTY WITHIN SAID CITY SUFFI- CIENT TO PAY THE INTEREST ON SAID BONDS AS IT ACCRUES AND TO CREATE AND PROVIDE A SINKING FUND TO PAY THE PRINCIPAL OF SAID BONDS AS IT MATURES? (The probable period of usefulness of the improvements for which the bond proceeds are to be expended is 40 years.) PROPOSITION NO. 2 SHALL THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BAYTOWN, TEXAS, BE AUTHORIZED TO ISSUE BONDS OF SAID CITY IN THE AMOUNT OF $130,000.00, MATURING SERIALLY WITHIN 40 YEARS FROM THEIR DATE OR DATES, AND BEARING INTEREST AT A RATE OR RATES NOT TO EXCEED 5% PER ANNUM, FOR THE PURPOSE OF CONSTRUCTING PERMANENT DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENTS IN AND FOR SAID CITY, AND TO LEVY AN ANNUAL TAX ON ALL TAX- ABLE PROPERTY WITHIN SAID CITY SUFFICIENT TO PAY THE INTEREST ON SAID BONDS AS IT ACCRUES AND TO CREATE AND PROVIDE A SINKING FUND TO PAY THE PRINCIPAL OF SAID BONDS AS IT MATURES? (The probable period of usefulness of the improvements for which the bond proceeds are to be expended is 40 years.); and WHEREAS, Proposition No. 2, as above specified, authorized the City to issue bonds in the amount of ONE HUNDRED THIRTY THOUSAND AND NO /100 ($130,000.00) DOLLARS for the purpose of constructing permanent drainage improve- ments in and for the said City; and WHEREAS, the City, as a result of the approval of such proposition, derived income from the sale of such bonds in the full amount of ONE HUNDRED THIRTY THOUSAND AND NO /100 ($130,000.00) DOLLARS; and WHEREAS, no portion of the drainage bond funds above described have ever been expended, leaving a total fund balance, including accrued interest, through the date of September 30, 1969, in the amount of ONE HUNDRED FORTY THOUSAND THREE HUNDRED THIRTY AND 42/100 ($140,330.42) DOLLARS; and WHEREAS, the City has, from time to time, engaged in various projects under the 1965 Capital Improvements Program for the improvement of certain streets, to include drainage improvements and miscellaneous improvements incident to such street improvements; and WHEREAS, all of such drainage improvements have been paid for from the street improvement bond fund created as a result of the approval of Proposition No. 1 in such bond —2— election, and none of such improvements have been paid for from the drainage bond funds created by the approval of the said Proposition No. 2; and WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Baytown deems it necessary to make an adjustment as between the said bond funds, so as to charge the drainage bond fund created pursuant to Proposition No. 2 with a portion of the expendi- tures which have been made for drainage improvements inci- dent to street improvements under the said bond program, it being the intention of the City Council to transfer the sum of SEVENTY -FIVE THOUSAND AND NO /100 ($75,000.00) DOLLARS from the drainage bond fund above referred to the street im- provement bond fund; NOW THEREFORE, BAYTOWN: BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF Section 1: It is the finding of the City Council that the expenditures for drainage improvements incident to the street improvement program could have been paid from the drainage bond funds created as a result of the approval of Proposition No. 2 in the 1965 Capital Improvements Bond Election, and it is the intention of the City Council to hereby make a proper adjustment as between such bond funds by transferring the sum of SEVENTY -FIVE THOUSAND AND NO /100 ($75,000.00) DOLLARS from the drainage bond funds created by the approval of the said Proposition No. 2 to the street bond funds created by the approval of the said Proposition No. 1. Section 2: That the Director of Finance is hereby authorized and directed to transfer on the official records of the City of Baytown, the sum of SEVENTY -FIVE THOUSAND AND NO /100 ($75,000.00) DOLLARS from the Drainage Improvement Funds created as a result of the sale of bonds pursuant to the approval of Proposition No. 2 in the 1965 Capital Improve- ments Bond Program, to the Street Improvement Bond Funds —3— �1100011- 'ANX)t" created pursuant to th�e sale of bonds authorized by the aps proval of Proposition No. 1 of said Bond Program. Section 3: Repealing Clause: All ordinances, or parts of ordinances inconsistent with the terms of this or- dinance are hereby repealed; provided, however, that such repeal shall be only to the extent of such inconsistency and in all other respects this ordinance shall be cumulative of other ordinances regulating and governing the subject matter covered by this ordinance. Section 4: Effective Date: That this ordinance shall take effect from and after the date of its passage by the City Council of the City of Baytown. vote of the City Council of the City of Baytown, on this the 18th day of December, 1969. 4/00W EDNA OLIVER, City Cl'bYk- APPROVED: WILLIAM R. LAUGHLIN, City C. GLEN WALKER, Mayor Attorney -4-