ORD 1997-14 - TXDOT - Maintenance of Highways 04-15-1997ORDINANCE NO. 97-14
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF HUNTSVILLE,
TEXAS, PROVIDING FOR THE MAINTENANCE OF CERTAIN STATE
HIGHWAYS AND /OR PORTIONS OF STATE HIGHWAYS IN THE CITY OF
HUNTSVILLE, COUNTY OF WALKER, TEXAS, HEREBY REFERRED TO AS
MUNICIPAL MAINTENANCE PROJECT AND AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR OF
THE CITY OR OTHER AUTHORIZED CITY OFFICIAL TO EXECUTE AND
AFFIX THE CORPORATE SEAL AND ATTEST SAME; AND A CERTAIN
AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY AND THE STATE OF TEXAS PROVIDING
FOR THE MAINTENANCE AND USE OF SAID MAINTENANCE PROJECT; AND
DECLARING AN EMERGENCY AND PROVIDING THAT THIS ORDINANCE
SHOULD BE EFFECTIVE FROM AND AFTER ITS PASSAGE.
WHEREAS the Public convenience, safety and necessity of the City, and the people of the City require
that State Highway routes within the City be adequately maintained; and
WHEREAS the City has requested that the State of Texas enter upon and contribute financially to the
maintenance of said project; and
WHEREAS the State of Texas has made it known to the City that it will, with its own forces and
equipment and at its sole cost and expense enter upon and maintain said project, conditioned
upon the provisions concerning liabilities and responsibilities for maintenance, control,
supervision, and regulation which are set out in the form attached hereto, made a part
thereof, and marked "Municipal Maintenance Agreement."
WHEREAS said project consists of those State Highways and/or portions thereof which are described
and included in the form attached hereto and marked "Municipal Maintenance Agreement ".
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
HUNTSVILLE, TEXAS, that:
Section 1: The public convenience, safety and necessity of the City and the people of the City require
said project be adequately maintained.
Section 2: The State of Texas be and is hereby authorized to enter upon and maintain said maintenance
project.
Section 3: The Mayor, City Manager and City Secretary, of the City, be and is hereby authorized to
execute for and on behalf of the City an Agreement with the State of Texas, in accordance
with and for the purpose of carrying out the terms and provisions of this order, in the form
attached hereto, made a part hereto, and marked "Municipal Maintenance Agreement". The
City Secretary is hereby directed to attest the agreement and to affix the proper seal of the
City thereto.
Section 4: The Mayor of the City, having requested in writing that this ordinance take effect forthwith
and there being in fact an emergency and imperative necessity that the work herein provided
for be begun and carried out promptly and with expedition and that the agreement aforesaid
shall be immediately made, executed and delivered to the end that such work herein
provided for may be begun and carried out promptly and with expedition. The reading of
the ordinance on three several days is hereby
dispensed with and the same shall be in full force and effect from and after its
passage.
PASSED AND APPROVED this the 15th day of April, 1997.
THE CITY OF HUNTSVILLE
William B. Green, Mayor
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Danna Welter, City Secretary
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Scott Bounds, City Attorney
STATE OF TEXAS §
COUNTY OF WALKER §
I, Danna Welter, the duly appointed, qualified and acting City Secretary of the City of Huntsville,
Texas, hereby certify that the foregoing pages constitute a true and correct copy of an ordinance duly
passed by the City Council at a meeting held on April 15, 1997, at 5:15 p.m.
To certify which, witness my hand and seal of the City of Huntsville, Texas, this due 17th day of
April, 1997, at Huntsville, Texas.
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Danna Welter, City Secretary
City of Huntsville, Texas