Ord 100-2000 9/19/2000w
ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WICHITA
FALLS, TEXAS, REPEALING ORDINANCE 68 -2000, PREVIOUSLY
PASSED AND APPROVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL ON THE 20TH DAY
OF JUNE, 2000; FINDING AND DETERMINING THAT THE MEETING AT
WHICH THIS ORDINANCE WAS PASSED WAS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
AS REQUIRED BY LAW.
WHEREAS, on the 20th day of June, 2000, the City Council of the City of Wichita
Falls passed and approved Ordinance No. 68 -2000, which accepted the proposals for
the construction of the MPEC Coliseum project in the amount of $19,683,198, and
further authorized the City Manager to sign all appropriate contracts for construction of
the Coliseum, conditioned upon receipt of $7 million of Certificates of Obligation
revenues to partially fund the project; and
WHEREAS, on September 5, 2000, the City Clerk officially certified the
sufficiency of a referendum petition to the City Council, such referendum petition
seeking to submit to the qualified voters of said City the proposition as to whether
Ordinance 68 -2000 should be repealed; and,
WHEREAS, in accordance with Section 51 of the Home Rule City Charter, upon
receipt of such certificate of sufficiency by the City Council, the Council shall reconsider
the question as to whether the ordinance specified in the referendum petition should be
repealed; and,
WHEREAS, the City Council is of the opinion that Ordinance 68 -2000 should be
repealed.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF WICHITA FALLS, TEXAS:
SECTION 1. That all of the above recitals and preambles are found to be true
and correct and made a part hereof for all purposes.
SECTION 2. That Ordinance 68 -2000, passed and approved by the City Council
on June 20, 2000, is hereby repealed.
SECTION 3. That it is hereby officially found and determined that the meeting at
which this ordinance was passed was open to the public as required by law.
PASSED AND APPROVED this the 19th day of September 2000.
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