Subject: RiverMarket Public Meeting and Ballot for the Election
The ballot listed below lists the 13 propostions on the February 2 ballot and
the gentlemen running for City Council.  Proposition 1 has to do with the new
pool.

I attended the meeting about the proposed pool tonight and it was quite
interesting.   It is not my place to be political.  My job is to keep you
informed.  Therefore, let me say one word -- VOTE.  I hope that we will be
informed voters and that we will be an area of League City that will exercise
our right to vote.  As we ask for things from the city and the school
district it helps to let them know that we are an active group of voters in
CCV.  Remember, if you do not vote, you cannot complain later.  :)  Thank you
to everyone from CCV who attended the meeting tonight.  We were a large
protion of the group.  Mary G. Strickland


A Public Meeting for the proposed League City RiverMarket will be held on
Monday, January 14,2002, 6:30pm at the Johnnie Arolfo Civic Center in League
City.
Consultants have been hired to create a master plan for a mixed use project
along the south side of Clear Creek from Interstate 45 to FM 270.  Mape,
drawings and photos depicting various features of the project will be
presented for public comment.


CITY OF LEAGUE CITY, TEXAS
SPECIAL ELECTION
FEBRUARY 2, 2002


COUNCIL POSITION #3 (one year unexpired term)

THOMAS CONES

MIKE HEMBREE

DAVID KILPATRICK



PROPOSITION NO. 1

Shall the City Council of the City of League City, Texas, approve the
construction of the proposed community center in the City?

(      )    FOR

(      )    AGAINST




PROPOSITION NO. 2

Shall article II, section 4 of the City Charter be amended to specify that
the regular city election for mayor and/or council members shall be held on
the uniform election date falling on the first Saturday in May or any other
date required by the Election Code, deleting the outdated reference to
elections in April of each year, and specifying the procedures for a runoff
election?



PROPOSITION NO. 3

Shall article II, section 19 of the City Charter be amended to provide that
the city council may adopt contracts in an amount in excess of the dollar
amount specified by section 271.024 of the Local Government Code, rather than
the lower spending limitation currently specified in the charter that is
inconsistent with state law?




PROPOSITION NO. 4

Shall article III, section 1 of the City Charter be amended to specify that
the regular election for mayor and council members whose terms are expiring
shall be held on the first Saturday of May in each year or as otherwise
required by section 41.001 of the Election Code?



PROPOSITION NO. 5

Shall article III, section 3 of the City Charter be amended to make it gender
neutral and to specify the time frame for filing for mayor or a council
member position that is consistent with the Election Code?



PROPOSITION NO. 6

Shall article III, section 4 of the City Charter be amended to specify that
in a runoff election for a particular city office, the qualified person
receiving a majority of votes, rather than the highest number of votes, shall
be declared by the city council to be the person elected, making the section
consistent with other provisions of the City Charter?


PROPOSITION NO. 7

Shall article IV, section 3 of the City Charter be amended to specify that
persons signing a petition for initiative or referendum must appear on the
official lists of persons registered to vote in the general city election
that was last held prior to the date the petition is filed, and specifying
that signers of such petitions must also provide the information required by
section 277.007 of the Election Code?


PROPOSITION NO. 8

Shall article VII, section 10 of the City Charter, governing borrowing in
anticipation of receipt of property taxes, be amended to refer to "the year
_____" rather than the now outdated reference to "the year 19___"?


PROPOSITION NO. 9

Shall article VII, section 14 of the City Charter be amended to allow the
city council to adopt an ordinance authorizing the mayor to enter into a
contract for budgeted city expenditures, without further council approval,
for items not exceeding the dollar amounts specified by section 271.024 of
the Local Government Code, rather than the now outdated limitation of $2,000
per contract, and further providing that contracts for expenditures and for
bidding of contracts shall comply with the state constitution and the Local
Government Code?



PROPOSITION NO. 10

Shall article VIII, section 2 of the City Charter be amended to eliminate the
outdated provision authorizing the city council to prescribe the manner of
making renditions of the value of personal property, to prepare tax lists,
assessments and tax rolls, and to thereby limit the city's tax appraisal
authority, to specify that such authority is vested in the appraisal district
for the county in which the taxable property is located, and to specify that
an inventory of any taxable personal property in the city must be filed by
April 15th  of each year, as specified under state law?



PROPOSITION NO. 11

Shall article VIII, section 3 of the City Charter be amended to provide that
the city council shall cast votes for the Board of Directors of the Galveston
County Central Appraisal District, that such board shall operate in
accordance with the City Charter and the Tax Code, and deleting the now
outdated references to a City Board of Equalization?



PROPOSITION NO. 12

Shall article VIII, section 6 of the City Charter be amended to provide that
the appraisal district for the county in which any real property in the city
is located shall not be required to make separate appraisals of joint or
conflicting interests in real property, and deleting the various references
to a city tax assessor and collector?


PROPOSITION NO. 13

Shall article X, section 18 of the City Charter be amended to treat early
voting in city elections the same as absentee voting, and also making early
voting subject to state election laws and, when no state law applies, to any
city ordinances addressing the subject?