HomeMy WebLinkAboutCity Council Resolutions (Resolution R-20-4515)-07/07/2020RESOLUTION R-20-4515
AMENDING RESOLUTION R-20-4464; DESIGNATING
ELECTIONEERING LOCATIONS AT AND ADJACENT TO THE
COLLEYVILLE CITY HALL POLLING PLACE; PROVIDING FOR A MAP
OF THE ELECTIONEERING LOCATIONS; PROVING FOR
ELECTIONEERING AT SAID LOCATIONS; AND PROVIDING AN
EFFECTIVE DATE
WHEREAS, Texas Election Code, including Sections 61.003 and 85.036
therein, have been amended to require a public entity that
controls or owns a building used as a polling place, to allow
electioneering on the premises while polls are open subject to
reasonable regulation; and
WHEREAS, the term electioneering includes the posting, use, and/or
distribution of political signs or literature on public property in
connection with an election; and
WHEREAS, the Colleyville City Hall is regularly used as a polling location
for such elections; and
WHEREAS, the City Council desires to provide reasonable time, place, and
manner regulations for electioneering on City -owned public
property at or near City Hall; particularly given the fact that
the public property adjacent to City Hall is regularly used for
various public events and other purposes for which it is
imperative that adequate open space, ingress and egress
access points, and public parking facilities must be maintained
to ensure those areas continue to operate in a safe and
effective manner for all members of the public; and
WHEREAS, in order to further the general health, safety, and welfare of
the community, electioneering and/or political signs and
literature should not be present outside at the time for voting
except for a limited period to erect and remove the signs, and
not be attached to City improvements and landscaping; and
WHEREAS, the City Council further finds that the size and density of
electioneering signs shall be regulated to preserve the safety
and welfare of the general public; and, further that said signs
should be located a reasonable distance from public roadways
in order to adequately provide for the safety of pedestrians and
traffic within and surrounding the City Hall polling location; and
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WHEREAS, the City Council has determined it is in the best interest of the
public to adopt Electioneering Regulations and an
Electioneering Map identifying the electioneering locations that
are the subject of this Resolution and applicable thereto, copies
of which are incorporated herein and attached as Exhibits "A"
and "B" respectively; and
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF COLLEYVILLE, TEXAS, THAT:
Sec. 1. THAT Resolution R-20-4464 is hereby amended by adoption of
the Electioneering Regulations attached as Exhibit "A" and an
Electioneering Map attached as Exhibit "B".
Sec.2. THAT nothing in this Resolution shall be construed as
authorizing electioneering within any area of the City -owned
polling place that would violate any provision of the Texas
Election Code or other applicable law.
Sec. 3. THAT a copy of this Resolution and the Electioneering Map
attached hereto shall include the name of the election judge,
once appointed, and be made available to the public in the
office of the City Secretary. In addition, a copy of the
electioneering map shall be posted at each public entrance of
the City Hall polling location during the voting period.
Sec.4. THAT a copy of this Resolution and the Electioneering
Regulations attached hereto shall be made available to the
public in the office of the City Secretary.
Sec.5. THAT this Resolution shall take effect immediately upon
passage.
AND IT IS SO RESOLVED.
APPROVED BY A VOTE OF 4 AYES, 3 NAYS, ON THIS THE 7T" DAY OF JULY
2020.
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Mayor Richard Newton Nay
Place 1, Tammy Nakamura Nay
Place 4, George Dodson Aye
Place 6, Callie Rigney Aye
ATTEST:
Christine Loven, TRMC
City Secretary
Mayor Pro Tern Bobby Lindamood Aye
Place 3, Kathy Wheat Nay
Place 5, Chuck Kelley Aye
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Richard Newton
Mayor