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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 . -2- Section 4: That this ordinance shall be fully effective from and after its adoption, ------------------ -3- 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 �����i�NED AND SEALED the 23rd day of June, 1g69 e � ��f • ��i�- `� ; ' �y Se�retary Mayor ,� J .d � . � i ♦ r � � :� i ��` : � : " t �•• � • * ••....... .� , lE�� � ��� �, . *�, ,,�,,.�