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Home My WebLink About2008-3103 - Ordinance - 08/28/2008ORDINANCE NO. 3103 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS, PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO THE CITY CHARTER; CALLING AN ELECTION ON SAID ISSUE; PROVIDING FOR PROCEDURES RELATING TO THE CONDUCT OF SAID ELECTION; PROVIDING FOR PUBLIC NOTICE; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of College Station hereby calls a special election to allow the voters to determine whether the Charter should be changed as hereinafter set out below; and WHEREAS, Section 9.004 of the LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE, provides that a Charter election shall be held on or after the 30 day after the passage of this Ordinance; and, WHEREAS, Section 41.001(a) of the ELECTION CODE provides that the next earliest time for the Charter election is the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November, the same being November 4, 2008; now, therefore, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS: PART 1: That a special election is hereby ordered to be held on the 4`" day of November, 2008, pursuant to the laws of the State of Texas and the Charter of the City of College Station, Texas. Such election shall be held for the purpose of amending the College Station City Charter. PART 2: That there shall be one ballot that contains all appropriate propositions available for qualified voters. PART 3: That said election shall be held in accordance with the Constitution and laws of the State of Texas and the City Charter, and all duly qualified voters of the City of College Station shall be entitled to vote; provided, however, that no voter shall be given a ballot containing any proposition on which the voter is ineligible to vote. PART 4: That the implementation and management of said election shall be by the Brazos County Clerk. The Brazos County Clerk is hereby designated as the Chief Election Official and Early Voting Clerk of the election to be held on November 4, 2008. The implementation, conduct and management of the election shall include, but not be limited to: A. The securing of qualified individuals to serve as election judges for each polling place within a voting precinct. B. The securing of locations and facilities where the election is to be conducted. o/groupcouncil/election/2008 /2008 ordinance calling charter amendment election.doc 8/14/2008 ORDINANCE NO. 3103 Page 2 C. The securing of election materials and supplies requisite to the proper administration of the election, and the programming and preparation of direct recording voting equipment to be used in the election. D. The securing of a contract with Texas Voting Systems, Inc., for election services and supplies. PART 5: The City Secretary is hereby responsible for any necessary submissions to the U.S. Department of Justice for preclearance under the Federal Voting Rights Act. PART 6: Said election shall be held in the following election precincts and voting shall be conducted at the polling places shown below: Precinct Polling Place Location 2B Wellborn Community Center 4119 W. Greens Prairie Road 2C Wellborn Community Center 4119 W. Greens Prairie Road 8 Parkway Baptist Church 1501 Southwest Parkway 9 College Station Conference Center 1300 George Bush Drive 10A College Station Utility Service Center 310 Krenek Tap Road 10B College Station Utility Service Center 310 Krenek Tap Road 20 Memorial Student Center A &M Campus 21 St. Mary's Catholic Church 603 Church Street 24 B /CS Convention and Visitors Bureau 715 University Drive East 31 Grace Bible Church — Southwood 1901 Harvey Mitchell Parkway 32 Larry J. Ringer Library 1818 Harvey Mitchell Parkway 33 Lincoln Center 1000 Eleanor 34 College Station City Hall 1101 Texas Avenue 35A CSISD Administration Building 1812 Welsh 35B CSISD Administration Building 1812 Welsh 39 St. Francis Episcopal Church 1101 Rock Prairie Road 40 Aldersgate Methodist Church 2201 Earl Rudder Freeway ORDINANCE NO. 3103 41 42 64 68 72 74 80 Christ United Methodist Church 4201 State Hwy 6 South Christ United Methodist Church 4201 State Hwy 6 South Mary Branch Elementary 2040 W. Villa Maria Bryan, Tx. Peach Creek Community Center 2216 Peach Creek Road Lincoln Center 1000 Eleanor Lincoln Center 1000 Eleanor Brazos Valley Bank 4030 Hwy 6 South Page 3 PART 7: Early voting shall be conducted by personal appearance and by mail. The Early Voting Clerk for said election shall be the Brazos County Clerk. She shall appoint employees and additional qualified individuals of the community to serve as deputy early voting clerks to assist her at the early voting polling places. The period for early voting shall be October 20, 2008 through October 31, 2008. Applications for ballot by mail shall be submitted to the Office of the Brazos County Clerk beginning Friday, September 5, 2008. The last day for the Brazos County Clerk to receive an application by mail is Tuesday, October 28, 2008 EARLY VOTING BY PERSONAL APPEARANCE Brazos County Courthouse 300 E. 26"' Street Suite 108 Bryan, Texas Arena Hall Tabor Road and N. Earl Rudder Freeway Bryan, Texas Galilee Baptist Church 804 N. Logan, Bryan, Texas Grace Bible Church Southwood 1901 Harvey Mitchell Pkwy, College Station, Texas Memorial Student Center TAMU Campus, College Station, Texas Dates and Hours for Voting: October 20 — 24, 2008 Monday — Friday October 25, 2008 Saturday October 26, 2008 Sunday October 27, 2008 — October 31, 2008 Monday — Friday 8:00 am — 5:00 pm 8:00 am — 8:00 pm 10:00 am — 3:00 pm 8:00 am — 8:00 pm PART 8: In accordance with Section 123.001 of the TExAs ELECTION CODE, the Hart Intercivic Direct Recording Electronic Voting System, Optical Scan Voting System and Electronic Management System for Brazos County, Texas, approved by the ORDINANCE NO. 3103 Page 4 Secretary of State on January 3, 2002, and identified as eSLATE, is hereby adopted for this election. PART 9: The special Charter election shall be held in accordance with the requirements for bilingual elections as set forth in the Voting Rights Act amendments for 1975 (42 U.S.C. § 1973aa -la) and in Section 272.001 of the ELECTION CODE. All election forms and material shall be printed in both English and Spanish, and bilingual oral assistance shall be made available within the requirements of the law. PART 10: That the following proposed Charter change be submitted for vote on November 4, 2008: PART 11 (a): That Section 115, Personal Interest of Article XII, General Provisions, of the Charter of the City of College Station, Texas, be submitted for amendment, and if approved by a majority vote, be changed to add the following sentence to the end of Section 115. ARTICLE XII General Provisions The prohibitions of this section shall not be applicable to city employee who applies for and or receives housing assistance or any other assistance that is offered to the general public under the same terms and conditions that the assistance is offered to other citizens. PART 11 (b): That said amendment be presented for "YES" or "NO" vote, in the following form: PROPOSITION NO. I "Shall the Charter be amended to provide that city employees may apply and receive housing assistance or other assistance that is offered to other citizens ?" PART 12: That a copy of this Ordinance shall be published in its entirety in the official newspaper of the City of College Station. PART 13: That this ordinance shall take effect immediately from and after its date of final passage. PART 14: That an election is hereby called on November 4, 2008, on said aforementioned Charter amendment. If said City Charter amendment shall receive a majority of "YES" votes, it shall be declared passed. Said amendment passing by a majority vote shall be entered upon the records of the City of College Station and declared by the City Council to be adopted and shall be effective henceforth. ORDINANCE NO. 3103 Page 5 PASSED, ADOPTED and APPROVED this 28` day of Aulaust, 2008. ATTEST: 00��a City Secretary APPROVED: Mayor APPROVED: —7 .E- Signed by Hervey Cargill � VEf�IEY- authT CITY ATTORNEY