NOTICE OF SPECIAL ELECTION ORDINANCE NO

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1 NOTICE OF SPECIAL ELECTION THE STATE OF TEXAS CITY OF ALLEN COUNTY OF COLLIN TO THE RESIDENT QUALIFIED ELECTORS OF THE CITY OF ALLEN, TEXAS TAKE NOTICE that an election will be held in the City of Allen, Texas, on the 4 th day of May 2019 in accordance with an ordinance adopted by the City Council which is a part of this notice for all purposes and reads substantially as follows: ORDINANCE NO AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ALLEN, COLLIN COUNTY, TEXAS, ORDERING A SPECIAL ELECTION ON A PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO THE HOME RULE CITY CHARTER OF THE CITY OF ALLEN TO BE HELD ON MAY 4, 2019; PROVIDING FOR THE PUBLICATION AND POSTING OF NOTICE; PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO THE HOME RULE CITY CHARTER OF THE CITY OF ALLEN; AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION AN ELECTION CONTRACT; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. WHEREAS, the City Council has received a petition submitted by and signed by the requisite number of registered voters of the City of Allen pursuant to Texas Local Government Code Section requesting an election be called for the next uniform election date for the voters of the City to vote for or against a proposed amendment to the Charter to provide for the term limits for the office of Mayor and Councilmembers for the City of Allen, Collin County, Texas; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ALLEN, COLLIN COUNTY, TEXAS, THAT: SECTION 1. An election is hereby ordered for May 4, 2019, to be held jointly with the Allen Independent School District and City Municipal Officers election, for the hereinafter proposed amendment to the Charter of the City of Allen, Texas, contained in Exhibit A, attached hereto and made a part of this Ordinance for all purposes, to be submitted to the qualified voters of the City for their approval or disapproval at an election to be held on May 4, SECTION 2. Pursuant to the Joint Election Agreement, the Elections Administrator of Collin County shall serve as Elections Administrator for the election. Presiding Election Judges and Alternate Presiding Election Judges appointed to serve the authorized polling places and the early voting clerk and deputy early voting clerks shall be those election officials furnished by the Elections Administrator from the list of proposed election judges as required in the Elections Services Contract. The City Secretary is hereby authorized to execute an Elections Services Contract with the Collin County Elections Department for the Special Election on May 4, The City Secretary shall have further authority to approve any minor modifications as may be necessary in the best interest of the City. A voting system or systems meeting the standards and requirements of the Texas Election Code, as amended, is hereby adopted and approved for early voting by personal appearance and by mail and for election day voting. SECTION 3. Notice of the Special Election shall be posted on the bulletin board used to post notice of the City Council meetings, the City s website and be published in a newspaper of general circulation in the City. That said notice must be published at least once, not earlier than the 30th day nor later than the 10th day, before Election Day as provided in Section 4.003(a)(1) of the Texas Election Code. A copy of the published notice that contains the name of the newspaper and the date of publication shall be retained as a record of such notice, and the person posting the notice shall make a record of the time of posting, starting date, and the place of posting. That the election on the proposed Charter amendment shall be conducted in accordance with contract between the City of Allen and the Collin County Elections Department ( the Election Contract ), for a special election to be held on May 4,

2 2019, which contract, and any amendments thereto, the City Secretary and the City Manager, or designee, is hereby authorized to negotiate and execute on behalf of the City. SECTION 4. The entire City shall constitute one election precinct for this Special Election and the Municipal Court Building, 301 Century Parkway, Allen, Texas, and Allen ISD Service, 1451 North Watters Road, Allen, Texas, are hereby designated as polling places. The election officers and maximum number of clerks for said polling place shall be determined and appointed in accordance with the provisions of the Election Contract. On Election Day, the polls shall be open from 7:00 A.M. to 7:00 P.M. The Collin County Elections Office, 2010 Redbud Boulevard, Suite 102, McKinney, Texas 75069, is hereby designated the main early voting place. Early voting by personal appearance shall also be conducted at Allen Municipal Court Building, 301 Century Parkway, Allen, Texas. City of Allen voters may vote at any of the additional Election Day or Early Voting locations open under full contract services with the Collin County Elections Administration. If the election services contract with the Collin County Elections Administrator revises the polling places listed previously, the City will utilize the polling places designated in said Election Services Contract, as the same may be amended from time to time. Applications for ballot by mail shall be received and processed by the Collin County Elections Administrator, 2010 Redbud Boulevard, Suite 102, McKinney, Texas Applications for ballots by mail must be received no later than the close of business on April 23, Early voting for the Special Election shall begin on Monday, April 22, 2019, and end Tuesday, April 30, 2019, and the dates and hours designated for early voting by personal appearance at the early voting locations shall be as set forth below: Dates Monday, April 22, 2019 through Wednesday, April 24, 2019 Thursday, April 25, 2019 Friday, April 26, 2019 and Saturday, April 27, 2019 Monday, April 29, 2019 and Tuesday, April 30, 2019 Hours 8:00 A.M. to 5:00 P.M. 8:00 A.M. to 7:00 P.M. 8:00 A.M. to 5:00 P.M. 7:00 A.M. to 7:00 P.M. For purposes of processing ballots cast in early voting, the election officers for the early voting ballot board for this election shall be appointed and designated in accordance with the provisions of the Contract. SECTION 5. The City Secretary shall present the Special Election returns to the City of Allen City Council at a City Council meeting for the canvassing of said election in accordance with the Texas Election Code. SECTION 6. Each amendment submitted must contain only one subject, and the ballot shall be prepared in a manner that the voters may vote for or against any amendment or amendments without voting for or against all of said amendments. Each such proposed amendment, if approved by the majority of the qualified voters voting at said election, shall become a part of the Charter of the City of Allen, Texas. SECTION 7. The ballot proposition for the proposed amendment to the Charter is as follows: Proposition Shall the Home Rule Charter of the City of Allen, Texas be amended to provide term limits for the mayor and council members consisting of: (i) no person may serve as a member of the city council

3 either as mayor or as a council member for more than twelve (12) years; (ii) no person who has ever served twelve (12) or more years on the city council either as mayor or council member may be elected to the city council either as mayor or as a council member; (iii) no person may serve either as mayor or as a council member for more than two (2) consecutive terms with the exception that the mayor may run for the office of council member and a council member may run for the office of mayor, provided such person has not already served twelve (12) or more years on the city council; and (iv) a person ineligible to run for the office of mayor or council member because of having already served two (2) consecutive terms is eligible to run for the office of mayor or council member after the expiration of one full term following the expiration of the last elected term of office, provided such person has not already served twelve (12) or more years on the city council? SECTION 8. 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 9. This Ordinance shall take effect immediately from and after its passage and the publication of the caption, as the law and charter in such case provide. DULY PASSED AND APPROVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ALLEN, COLLIN COUNTY, TEXAS, ON THIS THE 12 TH DAY OF FEBRUARY APPROVED: /s/ Stephen Terrell, MAYOR APPROVED AS TO FORM: /s/ Peter G. Smith, CITY ATTORNEY ATTEST: /s/ Shelley B. George, CITY SECRETARY EXHIBIT A No person shall serve as mayor for more than two (2) consecutive elected terms, and no person shall serve as a council member for more than two (2) consecutive elected terms. No person shall serve as a member of the City Council, either as a council member or mayor for more than 12 years. For purposes of this section to the City Charter and computing the limitations on terms: (1) A mayor or city council member, who vacates for any reason, city office before the end of the term for which he or she was elected, shall be considered to have completed that term. (2) An appointment or election to fulfill an unexpired council member term, or unexpired mayor term, shall be computed as follows: (i) if fifty percent (50%) or more of the term is remaining, it shall be included as part of the computation of term limits; or (ii) if less than fifty percent (50%) of the term is remaining, it shall not be included in the computation of term limits. Any council member or mayor, who is ineligible to run for elected city office due to the limitations on terms provided herein, shall remain ineligible to hold an elected city office for a period of one (1) full term following the expiration of the most recent term of city office, for which he or she was elected with the exception of a council member seeking the office of mayor or the mayor seeking the office of a council member. Issued this the 21 day of March /s/ Stephen Terrell Stephen Terrell, Mayor

4 MAY 4, 2019 JOINT GENERAL ELECTION Collin County Election Day Polling Locations 7 AM 7 PM Polling Place Address City Aldridge Elementary School 720 Pleasant Valley Ln Richardson Allen ISD Service 1451 North Watters Rd Allen Allen Municipal Courts Facility 301 Century Pkwy Allen Anna City Hall 111 N. Powell Pkwy Anna Bethany Elementary School 2418 Micarta Dr Plano Blue Ridge ISD 318 W. School St Blue Ridge Carpenter Middle School 3905 Rainier Dr Plano Celina ISD 205 S. Colorado St Celina Christopher A. Parr Library 6200 Windhaven Pkwy Plano Church of the Nazarene 2101 E. Renner Rd Richardson Collin College Central Park Campus 2200 W. University Dr McKinney Collin College Higher Education 3452 Spur 399 McKinney Collin College Preston Ridge Campus 9700 Wade Blvd Frisco Collin College Spring Creek Campus 2800 E. Spring Creek Parkway Plano Collin County Elections Office 2010 Redbud Blvd. Ste 102 McKinney Evans Middle School 6998 Eldorado Pkwy McKinney Fairview Town Hall 372 Town Place Fairview Farmersville City Hall 205 S. Main St Farmersville Forman Elementary School 3600 Timberline D Plano Frisco Fire Station # Rolater Rd Frisco Haggard Middle School 2832 Parkhaven Dr Plano Hendrick Middle School 7400 Red River Dr Plano Hunt Middle School 4900 Legendary Dr Frisco Jasper High School 6800 Archgate Dr Plano Lovejoy ISD 259 Country Club Rd Allen Lucas Community 665 Country Club Rd Lucas Maus Middle School Coit Rd Frisco McKinney City Hall 222 N. Tennessee St McKinney McKinney Fire Station # Virginia Pkwy McKinney McKinney Senior Recreation 1400 S. College St McKinney Melissa City Hall 3411 Barker Ave Melissa Miller Elementary School 5651 Coventry Dr Richardson Murphy Community 205 N. Murphy Road Murphy New Hope Town Hall 121 Rockcrest Road New Hope Parker City Hall 5700 E. Parker Road Parker Princeton ISD 321 Panther Parkway Princeton Prosper ISD 605 E. Seventh Street Prosper Renner Frankford Library 6400 Frankford Road Dallas Rose Haggar Elementary School Campbell Road Dallas Schimelpfenig Middle School 2400 Maumelle Drive Plano Shepton High School 5505 Plano Parkway Plano Slaughter Elementary School 2706 Wolford Street McKinney Smith Library 300 Country Club Drive Wylie Terry Pope 611 North FM 1138 Nevada Tom Muehlenbeck Recreation 5801 W. Parker Road Plano Williams High School th Street Plano Wilson Middle School 1001 Custer Road Plano 75075

5 MAY 4, 2019 JOINT GENERAL & SPECIAL ELECTION Collin County Early Voting Locations, Dates and Hours Polling Place Address City Collin County Elections Office (Main Early Voting Location) Allen Municipal Courts Facility Anna City Hall Blue Ridge ISD Carpenter Park Recreation Celina ISD Christopher A. Parr Library Collin College Central Park Campus Collin College Higher Education Collin College Preston Ridge Campus Collin College Spring Creek Campus 2010 Redbud Blvd. Ste 102 McKinney Century Pkwy Allen N. Powell Anna Pkwy 318 W. School St Blue Ridge Coit Rd Plano S. Colorado St Celina Windhaven Plano Parkway 2200 W. University McKinney Dr 3452 Spur 399 McKinney Wade Blvd Frisco E. Spring Creek Parkway Plano Farmersville City Hall 205 S. Main St Farmersville Frisco Fire Station # Rolater Rd Frisco Haggard Library 2501 Coit Rd Plano Harrington Library th St Plano Hunt Middle School 4900 Legendary Dr Frisco Lovejoy ISD Lucas Community Maribelle M. Davis Library 259 Country Club Rd 665 Country Club Rd 7501 B Independence P k Allen Lucas Plano Maus Middle School Coit Rd Frisco McKinney Fire Station #5 McKinney Performing Arts 6600 Virginia Pkwy McKinney N. Tennessee St McKinney Melissa City Hall 3411 Barker Ave Melissa Murphy Community 205 N. Murphy Rd Murphy Parker City Hall 5700 E. Parker Rd Parker Plano ISD Administration 2700 W. 15 th St Plano Princeton ISD 321 Panther Pkwy Princeton Prosper Town Hall 200 S. Main St Prosper Renner Frankford Library 6400 Frankford Rd Dallas Smith Library Terry Pope 300 Country Club Wylie Dr 611 North FM 1138 Nevada Monday, April 22 Wednesday, April 24: 8am-5pm Thursday, April 25: 8am-7pm Friday, April 26 & Saturday, April 27: 8am-5pm Monday, April 29 & Tuesday, April 30: 7am-7pm TEMPORARY POLLING LOCATIONS New Hope Town Hall, 121 Rockcrest Road, New Hope Monday, April 22 through Saturday, April 27 9am-12pm Monday, April 29 & Tuesday, April 30 7am-7pm Princeton High School, 1000 E. Princeton Drive, Princeton Tuesday, April 23 through Thursday, April 25 6pm-9pm Monday, April 29 & Tuesday, April 30 6pm-9pm Prosper High School, 301 Eagle Drive, Prosper Thursday, April 25 5pm-8:30pm Richardson City Hall, 411 W. Arapaho Road, Richardson Monday, April 22 through Saturday, April 27 8am-5pm Sunday, April 28 1pm-6pm Monday, April 29 & Tuesday, April 30 7am-7pm Important Note: Eligible Collin County registered voters (with an effective date of registration on or before May 4, 2019) may vote at any of the above Early Voting location