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A RESOLUTION
APPOINTING AN OSO AREA STUDY COMMITTEE, OUTLINING
ITS PURPOSES AND ORGANIZATION; AND DECLARING AN
EMERGENCY.
WHEREAS, THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI HAS ACQUIRED A TRACT OF LAND
ABUTTING CORPUS CHRISTI BAY AND LYING NORTH AND WEST OF WARD ISLAND, ADJACENT
TO THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, GENERALLY REFERRED TO AS TRACT "C" OF STATE
LANDS IN NUECES COUNTY, TEXAS, CONTAINING APPROXIMATELY 900 ACRES UNDER
CERTAIN CONDITIONS TO BE PERFORMED BY THE CITY OR ITS ASSIGNEES; AND
WHEREAS, THIS AREA PRESENTS A UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY FOR DEVELOPMENT
OF AN AREA WHICH WILL BE AN ASSET TO THE CITY RATHER THAN A DETRIMENT, WHICH
SAID AREA PRESENTS IN ITS PRESENT STATE; AND
WHEREAS, IT IS DEEMED ADVISABLE TO APPOINT A COMMITTEE TO STUDY
THE CONDITIONS IN SAID AREA AND DETERMINE THE MOST ADVANTAGEOUS USE OR USES
TO WHICH SAID AREA MIGHT BE DEVOTED AND DEVELOPED AND AT THE SAME TIME
COMPLY WITH THE CONDITIONS IMPOSED BY THE STATE OF TEXAS:
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS:
SECTION 1. THERE IS HEREBY CREATED THE OSO AREA STUDY COMMITTEE
TO STUDY THE CONDITIONS IN SAID AREA AND DETERMINE THE MOST ADVANTAGEOUS
USE OR USES TO WHICH SAID AREA MIGHT BE DEVOTED AND DEVELOPED AND AT THE
SAME TIME COMPLY WITH THE CONDITIONS IMPOSED UPON THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI
BY THE STATE OF TEXAS.
SECTION 2. THAT SAID COMMITTEE SHOULD BE COMPOSED OF SEVEN (7)
MEMBERS APPOINTED BY THE MAYOR AND APPROVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL TO SERVE
AT THE PLEASURE OF THE COUNCIL UNDER THE CHAIRMAN DESIGNATED BY THE MAYOR.
SECTION 3. THE MEMBERS OF SAID COMMITTEE ARE APPOINTED FOR A
TERM OF SIX (6) MONTHS AND FOR SUCH FURTHER TERM AS THE COUNCIL MAY
DESIGNATE.
SECTION 4. THE AFORESAID OSO AREA STUDY COMMITTEE SHALL FORMU-
LATE ITS OWN RULES OF PROCEDURE AND MAKE SUCH RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE CITY
COUNCIL AND 00 SUCH OTHER ACTS AND PERFORM SUCH OTHER THINGS WHICH MAY
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BE DEEMED TO THE BEST INTEREST OF THE CITY FOR THE SOLUTION OF THE
PROBLEM OF DEVELOPING THE SAID OSO AREA.
SECTION 5. THE NECESSITY FOR IMMEDIATE COMMENCEMENT OF
THE STUDY FOR DEVELOPMENT AND RECLAMATION OF THE OSO AREA 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 IT IS INTRODUCED AND THAT SUCH ORDI-
NANCE OR RESOLUTION SHALL BE READ AT THREE SEVERAL MEETINGS OF THE
CITY COUNCIL, AND THE MAYOR HAVING DECLARED SUCH PUBLIC EMERGENCY
AND IMPERATIVE PUBLIC NECESSITY TO EXIST, AND HAVING REQUESTED THAT
SUCH CHARTER RULE BE SUSPENDED AND THAT THIS ORDINANCE BE PASSED
FINALLY ON THE DATE OF ITS INTRODUCTION AND TAKE EFFECT AND BE IN
FULL FORCE AND EFFECT FROM AND AFTER ITS PASSAGE, IT IS ACCORDINGLY
SO ORDAINED.
PASSED AND APPROVED, THIS DAY OF ,
1961.
ATT MAYOR
THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, ERAS
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APPROVED AS TO LEGAL FORM THIS THE
_3i DAY OF 121 , 1961:
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CORPUS CHRISTI TEXAS / /
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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 INTRODUCEI)p AND THAT
SUCH ORDINANCE OR RESOLUTION SHALL BE READ AT THREE MEETINGS OF THE CITY
COUNCIL; 1', THEREFORES HEREBY REQUEST THAT YOU SUSPEND SAID CHARTER RULE
OR REQUIREMENT AND PASS THIS ORDINANCE FINALLY ON THE DATE IT IS INTRODUCED,
OR AT THE PRESENT MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL.
RESPECTFULLY
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MAYOR
THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRIST11TEXAS
THE CHARTER RULE WAS SUSPENDED BY THE FOLLOWING VOTES
BEN F. MCDONALD -�
TOM R. SWANTNER
DR. JAMES L. BARNARD
JOSE R. DELEON Gtr
M. P. MALDONADO V'
W. J. ROBERTS
JAMES H. YOUNG `
THE ABOVE ORDINANCE WAS PASSED BY THE FOLLOWI G VOTES
BEN F. MCDONALD cx
TOM R. SWANTNER
DR. JAMES L. BARNARD,.
JOSE R. DELEON
M. P. MALDONADO ✓/
W. J. ROBERTS i 71
JAMES H. YOUNG 1