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HomeMy WebLinkAbout99-1011 01-12-1999RESOLUTION 99 -1011 RESOLUTION MOVING THE ELECTION POLLING PLACE CURRENTLY CONDUCTED AT THE MIDWAY RECREATION CENTER TO THE MEETING ROOM IN THE LIBRARY EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY WHEREAS, the Euless City Council deems it necessary to move the polling location at Midway Recreation Center for early voting and election day voting to the Euless Public Library meeting room; and WHEREAS, the new library is more centrally located in the precinct; and, WHEREAS, the library is located on the same campus as City Hall so it would be convenient to citizens tending to other business at the Municipal Complex; and, WHEREAS, more voting -age adults frequent the library than the Midway Recreation Center on a routine basis, as many users of the Midway Recreation Center are youth rather than voting -age adults; and, WHEREAS, while Midway Recreation Center is handicap equipped, the library has more handicap parking spaces available and automatic opening doors at the main entrance to the library; and, WHEREAS, the Midway Recreation Center has increased its programming over the last 2 years to the extent that it is sometimes very congested in both the parking area as well as the lobby area where voters must pass through to reach the voting area; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by the City Council of the City of Euless, Texas, that the necessary preclearance request be submitted to the United States Department of Justice to move the polling place for early voting and election day voting, currently conducted at the Midway Recreation Center, to the meeting room in the Euless Public Library effective immediately. APPROVED AND ADOPTED on this 12th day of January, 1999. APPROVED: Mary leh Ma or ATTEST: rY Y