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Home My WebLink About06896 ORD - 05/01/1963J KH:I- F -30 -63 r 0 AN ORDINANCE SETTING UP, CREATING AND DIVIDING THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS, INTOSEVENTEEN (17) WARDS; DESCRIBING SAID WARDS; REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES AND PARTS OF ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT HEREWITH; AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY. WHEREAS, IT IS DEEMED NECESSARY TO CHANGE THE CITY WARDS OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI IN ORDER TO FACILITATE THE HOLDING OF ELEC- TIONS THEREIN: NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS: SECTION 1. THAT THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, AS ITS BOUNDARIES NOW,EXIST, IS HEREBY DIVIDED INTO SEVENTEEN (17) WARDS WITH THE RESPECTIVE NUMBERS OF SAID WARDS BEING AS HEREAFTER SET FORTH, TO -WIT: CITY WARD NO. 1 SHALL COMPRISE AND INCLUDE ALL OF THE AREA WITHIN THE BOUNDARIES OF COUNTY VOTING PRECINCTS Nos. 1, 3, 4, 6, 30, 31, 32, 33, 45, 46, 47, 49 AND 21'=' AS FIXED BY THE ORDER OF THE COMMISSIONERS COURT FIXING PRECINCT BOUNDARIES RECORDED IN VOLUME 11, PAGES 510 TO 522, COMMISSIONERS COURT MINUTES DATED AUGUST 14, 1962. CITY WARD NO. 2 SHALL COMPRISE AND INCLUDE ALL OF THE AREA WITHIN THE BOUNDARIES OF COUNTY VOTING PRECINCTS Nos. 39, �+o, 41, 43, 53, 56, 57, 58, 62, 83, 85 88 AS FIXED BY THE ORDER OF THE COMMISSIONERS COURT FIXING PRECINCT BOUNDARIES RECORDED IN VOLUME 11, PAGES 510 TO 522, COMMISSIONERS COURT MINUTES DATED AUGUST 111, 1962. CITY SWARD No. 3 SHALL COMPRISE AND INCLUDE ALL OF THE AREA 1iITH THE BOUNDARIES 6 AND 96 AS FIXED BY THE ORDER 00TVEC Nos. 2, 5 0 , 59, 7, OF THE COMMISSIONERS COURT FIXING PRECINCT BOUNDARIES RECORDED IN VOLUME 11, PAGES 510 TO 522, COMMISSIONERS COURT MINUTES DATED AUGUST 14, 1962. CITY WARD N0. 4 SHALL COMPRISE AND INCLUDE ALL OF THE AREA WITHIN THE BOUNDARIES OF COUNTY VOTING PRECINCTS NOS. 63 AND 66 AS FIXED BY THE ORDER OF THE COMMISSIONERS COURT FIXING PRECINCT BOUNDARIES RECORDED IN VOLUME 11, PAGES 510 TO 522, COMMISSIONERS COURT MINUTES DATED AUGUST 111, 1962. CITY WRD N0. 5 SHALL COMPRISE AND INCLUDE ALL OF THE AREA WITHIN THE BOUNDARIES OF COUNTY VOTING PRECINCTS NOS. 2, 5, 64 AND 93 AS FIXED BY THE ORDER OF THE COMMISSIONERS COURT FIXING PRECINCT BOUNDARIES RECORDED IN VOLUME 11, PAGES 510 TO 522, COMMISSIONERS COURT MINUTES DATED AUGUST 14, 1962. *THAT PORTION LYING WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS. 6 � CITY WARD NO. 6 SHALL COMPRISE AND INCLUDE ALL OF THE AREA WITHIN THE BOUNDARIES OF COUNTY VOTING PRECINCTS Nos. 65, 90, 91 AND 92 AS FIXED BY THE ORDER OF THE COMMISSIONERS COURT FIXING PRECINCT BOUNDARIES COURT RECORDED IN VOLUME 11, PAGES 51'01 To 522, MINUTES DATED AUGUST 14, 1962. CITY WARD NO. 7 SHALL COMPRISE AND INCLUDE ALL OF THE AREA WITHIN THE BOUNDARIES OF COUNTY VOTING PRECINCTS NOS. 17 *, 18* AND 70* AS FIXED BY THE ORDER OF THE COMMISSIONERS COURT FIXING PRECINCT BOUNDARIES RECORDED IN VOLUME 11, PAGES 510 TO 522, COMMISSIONERS COURT MINUTES DATED AUGUST 14, 19(2• CITY WARD NO. 8 SHALL COMPRISE AND INCLUDE ALL OF THE AREA WITHIN THE BOUNDRIESOCOUNTY VOTING PRECINCTS Nos. 48, 84, 9 9 4 FIXED By CNMV OLUMOEN II, PAGES FIXING PRECINCT COMMISSIONERS COURT RECORDED COUR MINUTES DATED AUGUST 14, 1962. CITY WARD N0. 9 SHALL COMPRISE AND INCLUDE ALL OF THE AREA WITHIN THE BOUNDARIES OF COUNTY VOTING PRECINCTS Nos. 69, 72,87 AND 95 AS FIXED BY THE ORDER OF THE COMMISSIONERS COURT FIXING PRECINCT B O5NDARIES CRECOORDED IN VOLUME 11, PAGES 510 TO 522, MINUTES DATED AUGUST 141 1962. CITY WARD No. 10 SHALL COMPRISE AND INCLUDE ALL OF THE AREA WITHIN THE BOUNDARIES OF COUNTY VOTING PRECINCTS NOS. 71, 73, 97 AND 20* AS FIXED BY THE ORDER OF THE COMMISSIONERS COURT FIXING PRECINCT BOUNDARI. &S RECORDED IN VOLUME 11, PAGES 510 TO 522, COMMISSIONERS COURT MINUTES DATED AUGUST 14, 1962. CITY WARD No. 11 SHALL COMPRISE AND INCLUDE ALL OF THE AREA WITHIN THE BOUNDARIES OF COUNTY VOTING PRECINCTS NOS. 74, 80 AND 98 AS FIXED BY THE ORDER OF THE COM- NCT BOUNDARIES RECORDED MISSIONERS COURT FIXING PRECI IN VOLUME 11, PAGES 510 TO 522, COMMISSIONERS COURT MINUTES DATED AUGUST 14, 1962. CITY WARD NO. 12 SHALL COMPRISE AND INCLUDE ALL OF THE AREA WITHIN THE BOUNDARIES OFF COUNTY AS RFC114CTS THE Nos. 44, 6o, 61, 75, 76, BOUNDARIES 77 ORDER OF THE COMMISSIONERS COURT FIXING PRECINCT RECORDED IN VOLUME 11, PAGES 510 TO 522, COMMISSIONERS COURT-MINUTES DATED AUGUST 14, 1962. CITY WARD NO. 13 SHALL COMPRISE AND INCLUDE ALL OF THE AREA WITHIN THE BOUNDARIES OF COUNTY FIXED VOTING THE PRECINCTS 7 Nos. 7, 8, 38, 521 78 AND '9 A ORDER OF THE COMMISSIONERS COURT FIXING PRECINCT BOUNDARIES RECORDED IN VOLUME 11, PAGES 510 TO 522, COMMISSIONERS COURT MINUTES DATED AUGUST 14, 1962. CITY WARD ND. 14 SHALL COMPRISE AND INCLUDE ALL OF THE AREA WITHIN THE BOUNDARIES OF COUNTY V OTING PRECINCTS Nos. 51, 81, 82 AND 99 FIXED COMMISSIONERS COURT FIXING PRECINCT BOUNDARIES CRECORDED IN VOLUME 11, PAGES '5510 TO 522, MINUTES DATED AUGUST 14, 1962. *THAT PORTION LYING WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS. -2- i CITY WARD N0. 15 SHALL COMPRISE AND INCLUDE ALL OF THE AREA WITHIN THE OA9D FR XED BY COUNTY HENORDERT FG THE ECOMMIS- NOS. 100 AND 103 STONERS COURT FIXING PRECI NT BOUNDARIES RECORDED IN VOLUME 11, PAGES 510 TO 522) COMMISSIONERS COURT MINUTES DATED AUGUST 14) 1962- CITY WARD N0.16 SHALL COMPRISE AND INCLUDE ALL OF THE AREA WITHIN THE BOUNDARIES OF COUNTY VOTING PRECINCTS NOS 9* AND 101* AS FIXED BY THE ORDER OF THE COMMIS- SIONERS COURT FIXING PRECINCT BOUNDARIES RECORDED IN VOLUME 11, FACIE'S 51O TO 522, COMMISSIONERS COURT MINUTES DATED AUGUST 14, 1962• CITY WARD NO. 17 SHALL COMPRISE AND INCLUDE ALL OF THE AREA WITHIN THE BOUNDARIES OF COUNTY VOTING PRECINCTS NOS. �9* AND 34* AS FIXED BY THE ORDER OF THE COMMIS- SIONERS COURT FIXING PRECINCT BOUNDARIES RECORDED IN VOLUME 11, PAGES 510 TO 522, COMMISSIONERS COURT MINUTES DATED AUGUST 14, 1962• *THAT PORTION LYING WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS. SECTION 2. THAT ALL ORDINANCES OR PARTS OF ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT HEREWITH ARE HEREBY EXPRESSLY REPEALED. SECTION 3. THE FACT THAT A NEW DIVISION OF WARDS IS REQUIRED FOR THE CITY IN ORDER TO CONFORM WITH THE VOTING PRECINCTS ESTABLISHED BY THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS COURT, MAKE A FAIR AND IMPARTIAL GROUPING OF COUNTY ELECTION PRECINCTS TO ELIMINATE UNNECESSARY ELECTION EXPENSES, AND SIMPLIFY THE NUMBERING OF SAID WARDS FOR THE INFORMATION OF THE VOTERS 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 ORDINANCE OR RESOLUTION SHALL BE READ AT THREE SEVERAL MEETINGS OF THE CITY COUNCIL, AND THE MAYOR HAVING DECLARED SUCH PUBLIC EMERGENCY AND 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 THAT THIS ORDINANCE TAKE EFFECT AND BE IN FULL FORCE AND EFFECT FROM AND AFTER ITS PASSAGE, IT IS ACCORDINGLY SO ORDAINED THIS THE 1ST DAY OF MAY, 1963• CI Y SECR TAR THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI TEXAS APPROVED AS TO LEGAL FORM THI J DAY OF MAY, 19630 P CITY AT R Y CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS LoAY OF a 19& 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 E %IST 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 COUNCIL; I, THEREFORE, HEREBY REQUEST THAT YOU SUSPEND SAID CHARTER RULE OR REQUIREMENT AND PASS THIS ORDINANCE FINALLY ON THE DATE IT IS INTRO- DUCED, OR AT THE PRESENT MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL, RESPECTFULLY, J/ / THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS. THE CHARTER RULE WAS SUSPENDED BY THE FOLLOWING VOTE: JAMES L. BARNARD JAMES H. YOUNG JACK R. BLACKMON JOSE R. DELEON M. P. MALDONADO W. J. ROBERTS W. H. WALLACE, JR. THE ABOVE ORDINANCE WAS PASSED BY THE TFOLLOWI : JAMES L. BARNARD JAMES H. YOUNG JACK R. BLACKMON JOSE R. DELEON M. P. MALDONADO W. J. ROBERTS W. H. WALLACE, JR.