CC Resolution No. 1114 2005
RESOLUTION NO. 1114
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BAYTOWN,
TEXAS SUPPORTING HOUSE BILL 1573 FOR A TEXAS LOCAL PARK
FUND.
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WHEREAS, the Texas Local Park Fund has provided matching
funds which have afforded public parks , recreation facilities,
and tourism resources statewide in local communities, and
WHEREAS, the current revenues accruing to the fund through
the one penny per pack tax on cigarettes are wholly inadequate to
meet the outdoor recreational needs of citizens and guests of
Texas, and
WHEREAS, due to the shortage of funds, one-half of all grant
applications are denied funding, and indoor recreation center
development remains ineligible for matching grant funding, and
WHEREAS , the City Council of the City of Baytown, Texas
recognizes the critical importance of the Texas Local Park Fund
to the future of our community, NOW THEREFORE
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BAYTOWN,
TEXAS:
Section 1: That the City Council of the City of Baytown,
Texas hereby call on the Seventy Second Legislature and the
Governor of Texas to approve House Bill 1573 by Representative
Oliveira, which doubles revenues to the Texas Local Park Fund,
defines indoor recreation centers as eligible for grant
assistance, and establishes a Texas Local Park Fund Trust.
Section 2 : This resolution shall take effect immediately
from and after its passage by the City Council of the City of
Baytown, Texas.
INTRODUCED, READ and PASSED by the affirmative vote of the
City Council of the City of Baytown, Texas, this the llth day of
April, 1991.
'EMMETT O. HUTTO, Mayor
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ATTEST:
M,E N HALL, City C
ON McLEMORE, Assistant City Attorney
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