Res 1557 7/19/1974RESOLUTION NO. 1557
RESOLUTION AMENDING RESOLUTION NO. 1551,
CHANGING THE WORDING OF THE PROPOSITIONS
TO BE VOTED ON AT THE REFERENDUM ELECTION
ON THE BICENTENNIAL MEMORIAL CENTER, AND
CHANGING THE DATE OF THE ELECTION.
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF ALDERMEN OF THE CITY OF
WICHITA FALLS, TEXAS, THAT:
Section 1 of Resolution No. 1551 is hereby amended by
changing the date of such election from Tuesday, August 13,
1974 to Tuesday, September 10, 1974.
Section 4 of Resolution No. 1551 is hereby amended to
read as follows:
SECTION 4. There shall be submitted to a vote of the
electors at such referendum election an ordinance appropri-
ating $3, 000, 000 out of the Revenue Sharing Trust Fund for
the construction of a Bicentennial Memorial Center in the
City of Wichita Falls. A copy of such proposed appropri-
ation ordinance is attached hereto as "Exhibit B" and made
a part of this resolution for all purposes. In addition,
each elector may express his preference for the location of
such Memorial Center at either the Auditorium site or the
Indiana-Ohio Street site. The Auditorium site is a four
square block site containing approximately 580, 000 square
feet or thirteen (13) acres, bounded by Sixth and Eighth
Streets and Bluff and Austin Streets. The Indiana-Ohio
Street site is a four square block site containing approx-
imately 600, 000 square feet or thirteen and one half (13.5)
acres, and is bounded by Seventh and Ninth Streets and the
Fort Worth and Denver and Katy railroad tracks and Indiana
Street. If the appropriation ordinance is adopted by the
voters, the Memorial Center shall be built at the site se-
lected by the majority of the voters. "
Section 5 of Resolution No. 1551 is hereby amended to
read as follows:
SECTION 5 . The official ballots for said election
shall be prepared in accordance with the Texas Election Code
so as to permit the electors to vote for or against such pro-
posed ordinance, and to express their preference for the loca-
tion for such proposed Memorial Center, which shall be set forth
in substantially the following form:
FOR
AN ORDINANCE APPROPRIATING $3 , 000,000
FROM THE REVENUE SHARING TRUST FUND
AGAINST
FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF A BICENTENNIAL
MEMORIAL CENTER.
Each voter may indicate his preference
by placing an X in the square beside
the location he prefers.
FOR THE AUDITORIUM SITE.
FOR THE INDIANA-OHIO STREET SITE . "
Section 6 of Resolution No. 1551 is hereby repealed.
PASSED AND APPROVED THIS THE 19TH DAY OF JULY, 1974.
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EXHIBIT B"
ORDINANCE NO.
AN ORDINANCE MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FROM
THE REVENUE SHARING TRUST FUND FOR THE
CONSTRUCTION OF A BICENTENNIAL MEMORIAL
CENTER.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF ALDERMEN OF THE CITY
OF WICHITA FALLS, TEXAS, THAT:
There is hereby appropriated out of the Revenue Shar-
ing Trust Fund the sum of $3, 000, 000 for the construction
of a Bicentennial Memorial Center.
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