HomeMy WebLinkAboutRES 24-040RESOLUTION NO. 24-040
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL
OF THE CITY OF BEAUMONT:
WHEREAS, Mardi Gras Southeast Texas has requested permission from the City
of Beaumont to operate golf carts during the 2024 Mardi Gras Event; and,
WHEREAS, operation would be limited to Mardi Gras activities in and around the
Event Centre on City streets within the area; and,
WHEREAS, the Texas Transportation Code, Sec. 551.404 states that a governing
body of a municipality may allow an operator to operate a golf cart on all or part of a
highway that is in the corporate boundaries of the municipality and has a posted speed
limit of not more than 35 miles per hour; and,
WHEREAS, the City Council finds that it is in the best interest of the citizens of
Beaumont , to allow the limited and temporary use of golf carts on City streets
commencing on February 7, 2024, and ending on February 12, 2024 in conjunction with
Mardi Gras Southeast Texas;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE
CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BEAUMONT:
THAT the statements and findings set out in the preamble to this resolution are
hereby, in all things, approved and adopted; and,
THAT the limited and temporary use of golf carts by Mardi Gras Southeast Texas
on City streets commencing on February 7, 2024, and ending February 12, 2024 in
conjunction with Mardi Gras Southeast Texas be and is hereby authorized.
The meeting at which this resolution was approved was in all things conducted in
strict compliance with. the Texas Open Meetings Act, Texas Government Code, Chapter
551.
PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL of the City of Beaumont this the 6th day of
February, 2024
- Mayon Roy West -