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AN ORDINANCE
CANVASSING RETURNS AND DECLARING RESULT OF AN
ELECTION ON THE QUESTION OF WHETHER OR NOT THE
CITY SHOULD ENTER INTO A LEASE AGREEMENT WITH
HARRINGTON AND CORTELYOU FOR A TERM OF THIRTY
(30) YEARS FOR THE CONSTRUCTING AND OPERATING
OF A GOLF COURSE ON A PORTION OF THE FORMER
CLIFF MAUS AIRPORT PROPERTY; AND DECLARING AN
EMERGENCY.
WHEREAS, HERETOFORE ON THE 14TH DAY OF NOVEMBER, 1962, THE
CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS, PASSED AN ORDINANCE
CALLING AN ELECTION TO BE HELD IN SAID CITY ON THE 15TH DAY OF DECEM-
BER, 7962, ON THE FOLLOWING PROPOSITION:
AND
".PROPOSITION A
'SHALL THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI
BE AUTHORIZED TO ENACT AN ORDINANCE GRANTING TO HARRINGTON
AND CORTELYOU A LEASE FOR A TERM OF THIRTY (30) YEARS FROM
AND AFTER THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF SUCH ORDINANCE AND EXECUTION
OF SUCH LEASE FOR CONSTRUCTING AND OPERATING A GOLF COURSE
ON A PORTION OF THE FORMER CLIFF MAUS AIRPORT PROPERTY,
SUBJECT TO THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF SAID LEASE CONTAINED
IN ORDINANCE N0. 6697, PASSED AND APPROVED BY THE CITY
COUNCIL ON THE 14TH DAY OF NOVEMBER, 1962 ?IR;
WHEREAS, SAID ELECTION WAS DULY HELD AT THE TIME AND PLACES
SPECIFIED, AFTER DUE NOTICE, AS REQUIRED BY LAW, HAD BEEN GIVEN BY POSTING
AND PUBLICATION; AND
WHEREAS, SAID ELECTION WAS DULY AND LEGALLY HELD ON THE
15TH DAY OF DECEMBER, 1962, IN CONFORMITY WITH THE ELECTION ORDINANCE
HERETOFORE PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL AND THE RESULT OF SAID ELECTION
HAS BEEN CERTIFIED AND RETURNED TO THIS COUNCIL BY THE PROPER JUDGES
AND CLERKS THEREOF; AND
WHEREAS, THIS COUNCIL HAS TODAY CONSIDERED THE RETURNS OF SAID
ELECTION ON THE PROPOSITION HEREINABOVE STATED, WHICH WAS HELD ON THE
15TH DAY OF DECEMBER, 1962; AND
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WHEREAS, IT APPEARS TO THE COUNCIL, AND THE COUNCIL SO
FINDS, THAT SAID ELECTION WAS IN ALL RESPECTS LAWFULLY HELD AND SAID
RETURNS DULY AND LEGALLY MADE AND THAT THERE WERE CAST AT SAID ELEC-
TION THE FOLLOWING VOTES:
"FOR THE GRANTING OF A 30 -YEAR LEASE TO
HARRINGTON AND CORTELYOU OF APPROXIMATELY
222.37 ACRES OF THE AREA FORMERLY USED AS A �/
PORTION OF CLIFF MAUS MUNICIPAL AIRPORT ". . JJ 9� 6 VOTES
"AGAINST THE GRANTING OF A 30 -YEAR LEASE TO
HARRINGTON AND CORTELYOU OF APPROXIMATELY
222.37 ACRES OF THE AREA FORMERLY USED AS
A PORTION OF CLIFF MAUS MUNICIPAL AIRPORT ". If a vores
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS:
SECTION 1. THAT THE PROPOSITION FOR THE AUTHORIZATION OF A
LEASE OF A TRACT OF LAND, A PART OF THE FORMER CLIFF MAUS MUNICIPAL
AIRPORT, WAS SUSTAINED BY A MAJORITY OF THE RESIDENT QUALIFIED ELECTORS
VOTING AT SAID ELECTION, AND THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CORPUS
CHRISTI, TEXAS, IS HEREBY AUTHORIZED TO ENACT SUCH ORDINANCES AS ARE
NECESSARY FOR THE LEASING OF SAID TRACT OF LAND TO HARRINGTON AND
CORTELYOU IN ACCORDANCE WITH SAID PROPOSITION.
SECTION 2. THE NECESSITY FOR PASSING THIS ORDINANCE IN ORDER
TO COMMENCE NEGOTIATIONS FOR THE LEASING OF A TRACT OF THE LANDS AT THE
FORMER CLIFF MAUS MUNICIPAL AIRPORT 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 THAT SUCH EMERGENCY AND NECESSITY EXIST, AND
HAVING REQUESTED THAT SUCH CHARTER RULE BE SUSPENDED, AND THAT THIS
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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 THIS THE J/ qg' DAY OF DECEMBER, 1962.
MAYOR
THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRIST ERAS
ATTEST:
CITY SECRETARY, -
APPROVED AS TO LEGAL FORM THIS
DAY OF DECEMBER, 1962:
CITY AT7'&BNEY
CORPUS CHRISTI TEXAS
DAY OF NC ' 19
TO THE MDKM OF THE CITY COUNCIL
CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS
FOR THE REASONS SET FORTH IK THE EMERGENCY CLAUSE OF THE FORE -
QOINO ORDI MANCE. 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 ME&INGS OF THE CITY
,COUNCIL; 1', TNEREFORE' 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
MAYOR
THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI,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
JAMES H. YOUNG
THE ABOVE ORDINANCE WAS PASSED BY THE FOLLOWING VOTE:
BEN F. MtDoaALO
Tom R. SWANTNER
OR. JAMES L. BARNARD
Jose R. DELEON
M. P. MALDONADO
W. J. ROBERTS (rL�
JAMES H. YOUNG