HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance No. 121-C ORDINANCE N0. 121-C
ORDINANCE RATIFYING THE TAKING OVER BY THE CITY OF FRIENDSWOOD
OF GALVESTON COUNTY WATER CONTROL AND IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT N0.
21, AND ORDERING SUCH TAKING OVER, AND ABOLISHING SAID DISTRICT
WHEREAS, the City of Friendswood, Texas, has heretofore
adopted an ordinance, or ordinances, making the provisions of
Vernon' s Article 1182c-1 applicable to such City; and
WHEREAS, said City has heretofore annexed all of the
territory within Galveston County Water Control and Improvement
District No � 21; and
WHEREAS, the governing body of said City has heretofore,
by ordinance, designated the date upon which the City shall
have taken over the said District, shall have assumed all debts
of said District, and that such District shall have been abol-
ished and that said District ' s waterworks and sanitary sewer
system shall have been kept separate in every way from the
waterworks and sanitary sewer system of said City; and
WHEREAS, the City Council now wishes to ratify such
ordinance , or ordinances, and also wishes to designate such
date; therefore ,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
FRIENDSWOOD, TEXAS :
Section le That every matter and fact recited in the
above preamble of this ordinance is hereby found to be true
and correcto
Section 2 � Each and every ordinance heretofore adopted
by the governing body of the City of Friendswood designating,
or having the effect of designating, the date upon which the
City shall have taken over Galveston County Water Control and
Improvement District No . 21, shall have assumed all of the
debts of said District, and providing that the said District
shall have been abolished on said date and that said District ' s
waterw�rks and sanitary sewer system shall have been kept
separate in every way from the waterworks and sanitary sewer
system of said City, are hereby approved, ratified and readopted.
Section 3 : That if, for any reason whatsoever, the
governing body of the City of Friendswood has not heretofore
validly adopted an ordinance designating the date upon which
the City shall take over the said Galveston County Water Con-
trol and Improvement District No . 21, and shall assume all of
the debts of said District , and stating that such District
shall be abolished on said date and that said District ' s
waterworks and sanitary system shall be kept separate in
every way from the waterworks and sanitary sewer system of
said City, then, and in that event, it is hereby provided
that the said Galveston County Water Control and Improveme.nt
District No . 21 is hereby taken over by the City of Friends-
wood as of this date, that the City of Friendswood hereby assumes
all of the debts of the said District as of this date, that
such District is hereby abolished as of this date and that
said District ' s waterworks and sanitary sewer system is and
shall be kept separate in every way from the waterworks and
sewer
sanitary/system of said City, and that pursuant to the
pr°ovi.sions of Vernon' s Article 1182c-1, as amended, the City
hereby takes over all properties and assets, hereby assumes
all debts, liabilities, and obligations and shall now and
hereafter perform all functions and services of the said District .
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Section 4: That this ordinance shall be fully effective
from and after its adoption,
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CERTIFICATE FOR
ORDINANCE RATIFYING THE TAKING OVER BY THE CITY OF FRIENDSWOOD OF
GALVESTON COUNTY WATER CONTROL AND IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT N0. 21, AND
ORDERING SUCH TAKING OVER, AND ABOLISHING THE SAID DISTRICT
THE STATE OF TEXAS §
COUNTY OF GALVESTON §
THE CITY OF FRIENDSWOOD §
We, the undersigned officers of the City Council of the City of
F��endswood, Texas, hereby certify as follows :
l � The City Counc�l of the City of Friendswood, Texas, convened
in REGULAR MEETING ON THE �3RD DAY OF JUNE, 1g69, in the City Hall
within said City, and the roll was called of the duly constituted offi-
cers a�d members of sa�d Council and the City Secretary, to-wit :
Ralph �v`� Somer�s Mayor
Edward F� Stuart Alderman and
Mayor Pro Tem
James Eo Mager Alderman
George F � Prude Alderman
Ronald G - Hamil Alderman
Thomas F� Woods Alderman
L� B� Cline City Secretary
and a11 of said persons were present , except the following absentees :
, thus constituting a
quorum� Whereupon, among other business , the following was transacted
at said m�eting� a written
ORDINANCE RATIFYING THE TAKING OVER BY THE CITY OF FRIENDSWOOD OF
GALVESTON COUNTY WATER CONTROL AND IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT N0 . 21, AND
ORDERING SUCH TAKING OVER, AND ABOLISHING THE SAID DISTRICT
was duly introduced for the consideration ofTsaid Council, and read
in fu1.l � It was then duly moved and seconded that said ordinance be
adopted; and, after due discussion, said motion, carrying with it the
adoption of said ordinance, prevailed and carried by the following vote :
AYES � All members of said Council shown present
above voted "Ayeo "
NOES : None �
2 � That a true, full, and correct copy of the aforesaid ordinance
adopted at the meeting described in the above and foregoing paragraph
is attached to and fo.11ows this certificate; that said ordinance has
bee� duly re�orded in said Council' s minutes of said meeting; that the
aboue and f�r�eg�ing paragraph is a true, full, and correct excerpt from
sa�d Coun�°il' s minutes of said meeting pertaining to the adoption of
said ordinance; that the persons named in the above and foregoing para-
graph are the duly chosen, qualified, and acting officers and members
of said Couxicil as indi�ated therein; that each of the officers and
rnembers of sai.d Council was duly and sufficiently notified officially
and personally, in advan�e, of the time , place, and purpose of the af°ore-
said meet�ng, and �hat said ordinance would be introduced and consid-
ered fo_r adaption at said meeting, and each of said officers and mem-
ber� consented, in advance, to the holding of said meeting for such
purposei and that said meeting was open to the public as required by
law
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