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A RESOLUTION
EXPRESSING THE POSITION OF THE CITY OF CORPUS
CHRISTI AS BEING IN FAVOR OF CREATION OF A
RE _
NATIONAL SEASHORE -AREA ON PADRE�ISLAND;'AND
DECLARING_AN'tMERGENCY."
WHEREAS, PADRE ISLAND HAS REMAINED RELATIVELY UNCHANGED
FOR CENTURIES A;-AN-OBJECT OF NATURAL BEAUTY; AND
WHEREAS, PADRE ISLAND IS A VITAL PART OF OUR NATURAL
HERITAGE AND IS UNSURPASSED IN ITS FORM OF NATURAL BEAUTY ANYWHERE
IN THE WORLD; AND
WHEREAS, THE GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
HAS INDICATED AN INTEREST IN PRESERVING SOME PART OF PADRE ISLAND IN
ITS NATURAL STATE FOR THE ENJOYMENT OF PRESENT AND FUTURE GENERATIONS
AS A NATIONAL SEASHORE AREA:
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI,-TEXAS, THIS PZND DAY OF JU'NE,'1966; THAT ^
THIS CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS, FAVORS THE
CREATION OF A NATIONAL SEASHORE AREA ON PADRE ISLAND AND THAT THE
POSITION OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI AS SO FAVORING SAID NATIONAL
SEASHORE AREA BE EXPRESSED TO THE MEMBERS OF THE UNITED STATES CONGRESS,
AND THAT A COPY OR COPIES OF THIS RESOLUTION BE FORWARDED TO AND FILED
WITH THE PROPER FEDERAL AUTHORITIES.
SECTION 1. THE NECESSITY FOR AN EXPRESSION FROM THE ELECTED
REPRESENTATIVES OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, IN AN OFFICIAL SESSION
OF SAID BODY, FOR THE INFORMATION OF THE FEDERAL AUTHORITIES CONCERNED
IN THE MATTER OF CREATION OF A NATIONAL SEASHORE AREA ON PADRE ISLAND,
CREATES A PUBLIC EMERGENCY AND AN IMPERATIVE PUBLIC NECESSITY REQUIRING
THE SUSPENSION OF THE CHARTER RULE THAT NO ORDINANCE OR RESOLUTION SHALL
BE PASSED FINALLY ON THE DATE OF ITS INTRODUCTION AND THAT SUCH ORDINANCE
OR RESOLUTION SHALL BE READ AT THREE SEVERAL MEETINGS OF THE CITY COUNCIL,
AND THE MAYOR, HAVING DECLARED SUCH EMERGENCY AND NECESSITY TO EXIST,
HAVING REQUESTED THE SUSPENSION OF SAID CHARTER RULE AND THAT THIS
RESOLUTION BE PASSED FINALLY ON THE DATE OF ITS INTRODUCTION AND THAT
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THIS RESOLUTION TAKE EFFECT AND BE IN FULL FORCE AND EFFECT FROM
AND AFTER ITS PASSAGE, IT IS ACCORDINGLY PASSED AND APPROVED, THIS
THE �G DAY OF JUNE, 1960:'---'-'- -' ' - _.
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MAYOR
THE CITY OF C PUS CH TI, TEXAS
ATTEST:
CI SECRETAR //
APPROVED AS TO LEGAL FORM THIS
-_DAY OF JUNE, t96o:_ „
CITY MTTOANEY
CORPUS CHRISTI TEXAS /
i�' gDAY OF 194 O
TO THE MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL
CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS
ppEE OR THE REASONS SET FORTH IN THE EMERGENCY CLAUSE OF THE FORE-
GOINGX]R1�NYA�tUOF](,OA PUBLIC EMERGENCY AND IMPERATIVE NECESSITY EXIST FOR THE
SUSPENSION OF THE CHARTER RULE OR REQUIREMENT THAT NO ORDINANCE OR RESOLU-
TION SHALL BE PASSED FINALLY ON THE DATE IT IS INTRODUCED, AND THAT SUCN
ORDINANCE OR RESOLUTION SHALL BE READ AT THREE MEETINGS OF THE CITY COUNCIL;
I, THEREFORE, HEREBY ORiW pG�TE OIX SN FHNALLYOUONUTHEND ATEI CHARTER RULE O
OR AT THE MENT AND PASS THIS )
PRESENT MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL.
RESPECTFULLY,
MAYOR
THE CITY OF C PUS CHRIS I, TEXAS
THE CHARTER RULE WAS SUSPENDED BY THE FOLLOWING VOTE:
ELLROY KING
JAMES L. BARNARD �\
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MRS. RAY AIRHEART
JOSEPH B. DUNN
PATRICK J. DUNNE
R. A. HUMBLE
GABE LOZANO, SR.
RESOLUTION
THE ABOVE X=MX0Mt= WAS PASSED BY THE FOLLOWING VOTE:
ELLROY KING
JAMES L. BARNARD
MRS. RAY AIRHEART
JOSEPH B. DUNN
PATRICK J. DUNNE
R. A. HUMBLE
GABE LOZANO, SR.