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HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD 1982-009 ORDINANCE NO. 82-09 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE CITY CODE OF THE CITY OF GRAPEVINE, TEXAS , CHAPTER 21, ARTICLE II RELATING TO THE HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAX AND THE CON- VENTION AND VISITORS BUREAU BY AMEND- ING SECTION 21-29 RELATING TO APPOINT- MENT OF MEMBERS TO THE CONVENTION AND VISITORS BUREAU; AMENDING SECTION 21-30 RELATING TO THE POWERS AND DUTIES OF THE CONVENTION AND VISITORS BUREAU; AMENDING SECTION 21-31 RELATING TO BUDGETARY MATTERS; PROVIDING A SEVER- ABILITY CLAUSE AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF GRAPEVINE, TEXAS : Section 1. That Chapter 21, Article II of the Grapevine City Code is amended by amending Sections 21-29 , 21-30 , and 21-31 as follows : A. Section 21-29 shall be amended by changing the date of appointments of inembers from November until April. The second and third sentences of Section 21-29 shall be amended to read as follows : " {1) Regular appointments shall be made on the date of the first official City Council meeting in April. The expiration date of each term of office shall fall on the date of the first official City Council meeting in April during the year in which the term shall expire. " " (2) Al1 parties having received appointments in Novem- ber of 1981 shall serve until April, 1984. All parties having received appointments in November of 1980 shall serve until April, 1983. This transition schedule shall apply to all parties appointed to fill out an unexpired term. Thereafter commencing in 1983 all parties receiv- ing appointments shall receive two (2) year terms in April. " B. Section 21-30 is hereby amended to read as follows : "Section 21-30 - Powers and Duties The Bureau sha11 have advisory powers only and shall make recommendations to the City Council in the following areas : (1) Recommendations concerning the acquisition, construction, lease, or purchase of convention center facilities, including, but not limited to, civic center facilities, convention buildings, auditoriums, coliseums , and parking areas or facilities for the parking or stor- age of motor vehicles or other conveyances located at or in the immediate vicinity of the convention center facilities. (2) Assist in providing and locating facilities , personnel, and materials for the registration of conven- tion delegates or registrants. (3) Make recommendations concerning utilization of funds for advertising for general promotional and tourist advertising of the City and its vicinity and conducting solicitation and operating programs to attract conventions and visitors. (4) Recommend the hiring of a Director who shall be hired by the City Manager as a City employee with the approval of the City Council. The Director shall be directly responsible to the City Manager and shall carry out the duties established by the City Manager. " C. Section 21-31 shall be amended to read as follows : "Section 21-31 - Same - Budget and Audit (1) The tax funds projected to be derived from the Hotel Occupancy Tax shall be included in the City' s annual budget and shall be budgeted and expended in accordance with and pursuant to Tex. Rev. Civ. Stat. Ann. Art. 1269j4 . 1. (2) The City Manager is authorized to promulgate procedures relative to expenditures and accounting of said Hotel Occupancy Tax Funds. Section 2. Severability. If any section, sentence, phrase, word, paragraph, or provision of this ordinance or the applica- tion of that section, sentence, phrase, word, paragraph, or pro- vision to any person, situation, or circumstances is for any reason adjudged invalid, the adjudication shall not affect any other section, sentence, phrase, word, paragraph, or provision of this ordinance or the application of any other section, sen- tence, phrase, word, paragraph, or provision of any other person, situation, or circumstances, nor shall such adjudication or pro- vision of the Grapevine City Code. The City Council declares that it would have adopted the valid portions and applications of this ordinance without the invalid part, and to this end the provisions of this ordinance are declared to be severable. Section 3. Emergency. The fact that the present ordinances and regulations of the City of Grapevine, Texas, are inadequate to properly safeguard the health, safety, morals, peace, and general welfare of the inhabitants of the City of Grapevine, Texas , creates an emergency for the immediate preservation of public business, property, health, safety, and general welfare of the public which requires that this ordinance shall become effective from and after the date of its passage, and it is accordingly so ordained. PASSED AND APPROVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF GRAPEVINE, TEXAS on this the 2nd day of March, 1982. APPROVED: Mayor ATTEST: �h City cre r APPROVED AS TO FORM AND LEGALITY: � City Attorney