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AN ORDINANCE
CREATING A MUNICIPAL INDUSTRIAL COMMISSION TO ACT
AS A R UND TAWS 176RINDUSTRIAL EXPANSION AND
DEVELOPMENT AND PROVIDING FOR APPOINTMENTS OF ITS
MEMBERS AND ORGANIZATION, SETTING FORTH THE PURPOSES
OF SAID COMMISSION, ITS PERIOD OF EXISTENCE AND
SETTING FORTH THE DUTIES AND AUTHORITY.OF THE MEMBERS
OF THE SAID INDUSTRIAL COMMISSION; AND DECLARING AN
EMERGENCY.
WHEREAS, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI IS
OF THE OPINION THAT A MUNICIPAL INDUSTRIAL COMMISSION IS NEEDED TO
FULLY DEVELOP THE POTENTIAL OF THE CITY WITH REFERENCE TO INDUSTRY
AND TO ASSIST AND ENCOURAGE INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT FROM THE MUNICIPAL
STANDPOINT AND TO ASSEMBLE ALL PERTINENT INFORMATION ON TAXES UTILITIES,
CITY SERVICES, LAND DEVELOPMENTS, POPULATION, LABOR MARKETSS WATER RATES
SHIPPING AND TRANSPORTATION AND MANY OTHER ASPECTS OF WHICH THE CITY
AS A GOVERNMENTAL ENTITY, HAS SPECIAL CONCERN; AND
WHEREAS, IT IS THE DUTY OF THE CITY TO FURNISH PERTINENT AND
NEEDFUL INFORMATION AND SERVICES WHICH WOULD BENEFIT INDUSTRIAL EXPANSION
AND DO SO EXPERTLY AND EFFICIENTLY AND WITHOUT CAUSING UNDUE DELAY, DETOUR
OR EXPENSE TO ITS POTENTIAL INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT; AND
WHEREAS, THE NEED IS NOT ONLY FOR NEW INDUSTRY, BUT FOR THE
ASSISTANCE OF INDUSTRY ALREADY LOCATED HERE IN ITS EXPANSION PROGRAMS,
AND THAT CITY PLANNING AND PROGRAMMING CAN BE OF MATERIAL ASSISTANCE
AND BENEFIT IN THIS FIELD; AND
WHEREAS, AGENCIES SUCH AS THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE BOARD OF
TRADE, NAVIGATION DISTRICT AND COASTAL BEND TOURIST ASSOCIATION HAVE
INDICATED THAT A MUNICIPAL ADVISORY BOARD TO ASSIST IN PROVIDING VALUABLE
AND PERTINENT MUNICIPAL INFORMATION AND IN RECOMMENDING SPECIAL INDUCE-
MENTS AND INCENTIVES TO BE MADE BY THE CITY TO ENCOURAGE FURTHER INDUSTRIALI-
ZATION IS NEEDED; AND
WHEREAS, ONE OF THE PRINCIPLE PURPOSES OF THE SAID ROUND TABLE
IS TO PROVIDE A CENTRAL CLEARING HOUSE WHERE ALL PERTINENT MUNICIPAL IN-
FORMATION ON INDUSTRY MAY BE ACCUMULATED AND DISSEMINATED AND TO FURTHER
PROVIDE A ROUND TABLE COMPOSED OF THE MEMBERS OF THIS COMMISSION, TOGETHER
WITH THE APPROPRIATE CITY DEPARTMENT HEADS, WHICH ROUND TABLE WOULD MEET
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AT THE CALL OF THE CHAIRMAN THEREOF WITH INDUSTRIAL REPRESENTATIVES
TO PROVIDE A CENTRAL FORUM WHERE INDUSTRIAL REPRESENTATIVES WOULD OBTAIN
ALL NECESSARY AND PERTINENT MUNICIPAL INFORMATIONS OBTAIN A HEARING AND
SUGGEST AND DISCUSS SPECIAL CONCESSIONS CONSIDERATIONS OR INCENTIVES WHICH
WOULD BE NEEDED BY SUCH INDUSTRYy AND THE ROUND TABLE WOULD THEN BE
ENABLED TO MAKE SUITABLE FORMAL RECOMMENDATION AND ADVICE TO THE CITY
COUNCIL.
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTIy TEXAS:
SECTION 1. THAT A MUNICIPAL INDUSTRIAL COMMISSION OF THE
CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI BE AND THE SAME IS HEREBY CREATED TO CONSIST OF
SEVEN MEMBERS NOMINATED BY THE MAYOR AND ELECTED BY THE CITY COUNCIL.
THE MAYOR SHALL NOMINATE AND THE COUNCIL SHALL ELECT THE CHAIRMAN OF
THE MUNICIPAL INDUSTRIAL COMMISSION. ALL VACANCIES IN THE ROUND TABLE
SHALL BE FILLED BY APPOINTMENT BY THE MAYOR AND ELECTED BY THE COUNCIL.
SECTION 2. THAT THE PURPOSES OF THE MUNICIPAL INDUSTRIAL
COMMISSION SHALL BE TO ASSIMILATES COLLECT, CATALOG AND DISSEMINATE IN
AN EFFICIENT MANNER COMPLETE AND PERTINENT INFORMATION OF A MUNICIPAL
NATURE CONCERNING ALL ACTIVITIESS INCLUDING TRANSPORTATION, THE PORT OF
CORPUS CHRISTI, NATURAL RESOURCESy LABOR SUPPLY, TAXES, UTILITY RATES?
UTILITIES CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS RECREATIONAL ACTIVITY, MUNICIPAL SERVICES
HEALTH CONDITIONS AND SUCH OTHER FACTS AND FACTORS AS MAY BE PERTINENT
TO INFORM PERSONS FIRMS AND ORGANIZATIONS INTERESTED IN ESTABLISHING
OR ENLARGING INDUSTRIAL PLANTS IN CORPUS CHRISTI AND THE SURROUNDING AREA
OF THE POLICY AND SERVICES OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI. THE FURTHER
PURPOSE OF THE ROUND TABLE SHALL BE TO COOPERATE AND ASSIST THE CORPUS
CHRISTI CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, NUECES COUNTY NAVIGATION DISTRICT, BOARD OF
TRADES COASTAL BEND TOURIST ASSOCIATION AND ALL OTHER CIVIC, GOVERNMENTAL,
COMMERCIAL AND BUSINESS ORGANIZATIONS INTERESTED IN ATTRACTING NEW
INDUSTRIES AND ENLARGING INDUSTRIAL PLANTS IN CORPUS CHRISTI AND THE
SURROUNDING AREA AND MEETING WITH SUCH AGENCIES IN MUTUAL ASSISTANCE TO
THEM FROM THE STANDPOINT OF THE CITY. A FURTHER PURPOSE SHALL dIE TO
STUDY THE POLICY WHICH THE CITY SHOULD ADOPT TOWARD INDUSTRIES /IND THE
SPECIAL INCENTIVESj INDUCEMENTS OR ENCOURAGEMENTS WHICH NEED TO IBE MADE
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BY THE CITY TO SPECIFIC INDUSTRIES FROM TIME TO TIME AND TO MAKE
ADVISORY RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE CITY COUNCIL ON THE SAID MATTERS
OF POLICY SPECIAL INDUCEMENTS, INCENTIVES AND ENCOURAGEMENTS.
SECTION 3. THE DUTIES OF THE MUNICIPAL INDUSTRIAL
COMMISSION SHALL BE:
1. CARRY OUT THE PURPOSES HEREIN SET FORTH;
Z. COOPERATE WITH LOCAL GOVERNMENTAL, CIVIC, BUSINESS
AND COMMERCIAL ORGANIZATIONS IN STIMULATING AND
ENCOURAGING THE GROWTH OF INDUSTRIAL PLANTS IN CORPUS
CHRISTI AND SURROUNDING AREA;
3. ASSIMILATES ANALYZE AND CATALOG MUNICIPAL INFORMATION
WHICH,IS OR MAY BE USEFUL IN DETERMINING THE DESIRA-
BILITY OF GROWTH2 EXPANSION AND ESTABLISHMENT OF
INDUSTRY IN THE CORPUS CHRISTI AREA;
4. TO FURNISH FULL AND UP -TO -DATE INFORMATION UPON ALL
MATTERS AFFECTING THE LOCATION OF INDUSTRY AND EXPAN-
SION OF INDUSTRY INCLUDING INFORMATION AND DATA ON
TAXESS UTILITY SERVICES MUNICIPAL AND GOVERNMENTAL
SERVICES, LAND SITES AVAILABLE FOR INDUSTRY, LABOR
MARKET CONDITIONS AND ALL OTHER INFORMATION HELPFUL
TO INDUSTRY IN MAKING DECISIONS CONCERNING EXPANSION
OR ESTABLISHMENT OF INDUSTRIAL PLANTS IN THE CITY OF
CORPUS CHRISTI;
5. TO RECOMMEND FROM TIME TO TIME TO THE CITY COUNCIL
OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI ANY NECESSARY OR
DESIRABLE ORDINANCES OR POLICIES TOWARD THE LOCATION,
EXPANSION, ESTABLISHMENT OR CONSTRUCTION OF INDUS-
TRIAL PLANTS WITHIN THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI AS WELL
AS SUCH ORDINANCES OR POLICIES AS WILL PROVIDE SUCH
INCENTIVES TO INDUSTRY, TO LOCATE AND EXPAND INDUSTRIAL
PLANTS IN THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI AND AREA WITHIN THE
AREA OF CORPUS CHRISTI;
E. TO ESTABLISH A ROUND TABLE PROCEDURE FOR THE HOLDING
OF CONFERENCES BETWEEN REPRESENTATIVES OF INDUSTRIAL
ORGANIZATIONS AND GOVERNMENTAL, CIVIC, BUSINESS AND
COMMERCIAL GROUPS, TO MAKE INFORMATION AVAILABLE, TO
ANSWER ALL SPECIAL INQUIRIES AND TO FURNISH SUCH INFOR-
MATION PROMPTLY AND ACCURATELY; AND
7. TO DISCHARGE SUCH OTHER DUTIES AND TO DO SUCH OTHER
ACTS AND THINGS AS WILL BE RELATED TO THE CARRYING OUT
OF THE PURPOSES FOR WHICH THIS COMMISSION IS ESTAB-
LISHED.
SECTION 4. THE CITY MANAGER IS HEREBY AUTHORIZED AND DIRECTED
TO COOPERATE WITH THE MUNICIPAL INDUSTRIAL COMMISSION HEREBY CREATED IN
CARRYING OUT OF ITS DUTIES AND TO ASSIGN FROM TIME TO TIME SUCH PERSONVEL
OF THE CITY STAFF AS IN HIS OPINION WILL BE OF ASSISTANCE TO THE SAID
COMMISSION IN ITS WORK.
SECTION 5. THE SAID COMMISSION SHALL SET UP ITS OWN ORGANIZATION
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DETERMINE ITS MEETING TIME AND PLACES BY A MAJORITY OF ITS MEMBERSHIP
AND REPORT TO THE CITY COUNCIL FROM TIME TO TIME OF THE PROGRESS OF ITS
WORK.
SECTION 6. THE MUNICIPAL INDUSTRIAL COMMISSION HEREBY CREATED
SHALL, WHEN APPOINTED, BE AN INTERIM COMMITTEE TO SERVE UNTIL THE ESTABLISH-
MENT OF THE MUNICIPAL INDUSTRIAL BOARD PROVIDED FOR IN A PROPOSED CHARTER
AMENDMENT BEING CONSIDERED BY THE CITY COUNCIL FOR SUBMISSION TO AN
ELECTION TO BE HELD IN JULY OF 1961, AND IN THE EVENT SUCH ELECTION 15
NOT HELD, OR SUCH PROPOSITION 15 NOT SUBMITTED OR NOT ADOPTED AT SUCH
ELECTION, THEN THE MUNICIPAL INDUSTRIAL COMMISSION, AS HEREBY CREATED,
SHALL BE AND BECOME A PERMANENT ORDINANCE COMMISSION AND FURTHER PROVIDING
THAT EACH OF ITS MEMBERS SHALL BE APPOINTED FOR THE INTERIM PERIOD UNTIL
A MUNICIPAL INDUSTRIAL BOARD HAS BEEN AUTHORIZED AND ESTABLISHED IN THE
CHARTER, OR IF NOT AUTHORIZED AND ESTABLISHED, THEN THE TERMS OF THE
MEMBERS OF THE MUNICIPAL INDUSTRIAL COMMISSION HEREBY CREATED SHALL BE
FOR TWO (2) YEARS AND UNTIL THEIR SUCCESSORS ARE APPOINTED, THE FIRST
TWO -YEAR TERM BEGINNING WITH THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS ORDINANCE.
SECTION 7. THE NECESSITY FOR THE IMMEDIATE ESTABLISHMENT
AND COMMENCEMENT OF THE CARRYING OUT OF THE PURPOSES FOR WHICH THIS
COMMISSION IS ESTABLISHED, 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 ORDINANCE BE PASSED FINALLY ON THE DATE OF ITS
INTRODUCTION AND THAT THIS ORDINANCE TAKE EFFECT AND BE IN FULL FORCE AND
EFFECT FRO AND AFTE ITS PASSAGE, IT IS ACCORDINGLY PASSED AND APPROVED,
THIS DAY OF ig61.
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APPROVED AS TO LEGAL FORM THIS
DAY OF , 1961:
CITY TORNEY
MAYO
THE CITY OF CORPUS CHR TI, TEXAS
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CORPUS CHRISTI[L,jj TEXAS
DAY OF 19L(
TO THE MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL
CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS
FOR THE REASONS SET FORTH IN THE EMERGENCY CLAUSE OF THE FORE-
GOING ORDINANCE, A PUBLIC EMERGENCY AND IMPERATIVE NECESSITY EXIST FOR
THE SUSPENSION-OF THE CHARTER RULE OR REQUIREMENT THAT NO ORDINANCE OR
RESOLUTION SHALL BE PASSED FINALLY ON THE DATE IT IS INTRODUCED, AND THAT
SUCH ORDINANCE OR RESOLUTION SHALL BE READ AT THREE MEETINGS OF THE CITY
COUNCILS I', THEREFORE, HEREBY REQUEST THAT YOU SUSPEND SAID CHARTER RULE
OR REQUIREMENT AND PASS THIS ORDINANCE FINALLY ON THE DATE IT 19 INTRODUCED,
OR AT THE PRESENT MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL.
RESPECTFULLY,
MAYOR
THE CITY OF CORPUS RISTI,TEXAS
THE CHARTER RULE WAS SUSPENDED BY THE FOLLOWING VOTE:
BEN F. MCDONALD /
TOM R. SWANTNER -
DR. JAMES L. BARNARD
JOSE R. DELEoN /
M. P. MALDONADO
W. J. ROBERTS / Ge-
JAMIE'S H. YOUNG
THE ABOVE ORDINANCE WAS PASSED BY THE FOLLOWING VOTE:
BEN F. MCDONALD -
TOM R. SWANTNER
DR. JAMES L. BARMARD , <'
JOSE R. DELEON
M. P. MALDONADO ,
W. J. ROBERTS
JAMES H. YOUNG