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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrd 1020-2022 Re-naming Throckmorton Blvd to Buddy Hayes BlvdORDINANCE NO. I 020 - 2G-),v2 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ANNA, TEXAS, RENAMING THROCKMORTON BOULEVARD; PROVIDING A SAVINGS, SEVERABILITY AND REPEALING CLAUSE; AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. WHEREAS, the City of Anna, Texas (the "City") is a home -rule municipality; and WHEREAS, Section 311.001 of the Texas Transportation Code grants home -rule municipalities control over their streets and the Texas Department of Transportation recognizes that this control extends to assigning street names to highways within a municipality's jurisdiction; and WHEREAS, Throckmorton Boulevard is a street in the City's corporate limits that the City maintains; and WHEREAS, after holding a public hearing on the matter, the City Council has found that the name "Throckmorton Boulevard" is problematic with respect to traffic and navigation as there is a similarly named street in a nearby community that has exit signage on U.S. 75 and said similarly named street does not connect to Throckmorton Boulevard in the City of Anna, which can cause confusion to the traveling public and potentially cause disruption to commerce as well as safety issues; and WHEREAS, after holding a public hearing on the matter, the City Council has found that the street previously known as "Throckmorton Boulevard" in the City of Anna should be changed to "Buddy Hayes Boulevard"; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ANNA, TEXAS: SECTION 1. RECITALS. The recitals set forth above are incorporated herein as if set forth herein in full. SECTION 2. RENAMING STREET. The street previously known as "Throckmorton Boulevard" in the City of Anna is hereby changed to "Buddy Hayes Boulevard". SECTION 3. ADDITIONAL ACTIONS. The Director of Public Works is hereby directed to: (1) remove any City -managed existing signs to the contrary and erect appropriate street signs with the new name as set forth in Section 2; (2) send a copy of this ordinance to TxDOT; and (3) notify the United States Postal Service, existing public utilities, all property owners abutting such segment of street, and all other appropriate persons of the name change enacted hereby. CITY OF ANNA, TEXAS ORDINANCE NO. I0,20 -- o1ao1;L PAGE 1 OF 2 SECTION 4. SAVINGS, SEVERABILITY AND REPEALING CLAUSES. That should any word, sentence, paragraph, subdivision, clause, phrase or section of this ordinance be adjudged or held to be void or unconstitutional, the same shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of said ordinance, which shall remain in full force and effect. SECTION 5. EFFECTIVE DATE That this ordinance shall become effective immediately from and after its passage. APPROVED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Anna, Texas on this the day of 1, 2022. ATTESTED: APPROVED: \\\\\ o ' City Secretary CardV L. Land`1 V : ' klay�ar Nate Pike CITY OF ANNA, TEXAS ORDINANCE NO. I O a(3 - c2N-a PAGE 2 OF 2