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AN ORDINANCE
CLOSING A DEDICATED BUT UNDEVELOPED 60 -FOOT STREET
BETWEEN LOTS 6 AND 7 AND 10 AND 11, SEC. 5, RANGE
VIII, GUGENHEIM & COHN'S FARM LOTS, NEAR THE INTER-
SECTION OF THE OLD BROWNSVILLE ROAD AND LEXINGTON
BOULEVARD, IN THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, NUECES
COUNTY, TEXAS; AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.
WHEREAS, NOTICE OF THE INTENTION OF CLOSING A DEDICATED, UNDEVELOPED
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60 -FOOT STREET BETWEEN LOTS 6 AND 7 AND 10 AND 11, SECTION 5, RANGE VIII,
GUGENHEIM AND COHN'S FARM LOTS, NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF THE OLD BROWNSVILLE
ROAD AND LEXINGTON BOULEVARD, HAS BEEN GIVEN BY PUBLICATION AND REGISTERED
MAIL TO THE LAST KNOWN ADDRESS OF ALL OWNERS ABUTTING SAID UNDEVELOPED STREET
AND WITHIN 450 FEET THEREOF, AND THEREAFTER, PURSUANT TO SAID NOTICE, A PUBLIC
HEARING WAS HELD ON JULY 24, 1963, BY THE CITY COUNCIL IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE
PROVISIONS OF THE CITY CHARTER; AND
WHEREAS, IT HAS BEEN DETERMINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL, AFTER SUCH
PUBLIC HEARING, THAT THE SAID AREA IS NOT NEEDED AS A PUBLIC STREET, AND THAT
THE SAME WILL NOT BE NEEDED FOR A PUBLIC STREET WITHIN THE FORESEEABLE FUTURE;
AND
WHEREAS, IT HAS BEEN DETERMINED THAT IT WILL BE TO THE ADVANTAGE
OF THE CITY TO ABANDON SAID AREA AS A PUBLIC STREET SO THAT THE SAME MAY BE
USED BY THE ABUTTING PROPERTY OWNERS FOR OTHER PURPOSES:
NOW,IHEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS:
SECTION 1. THAT THERE IS HEREBY CLOSED FOR PUBLIC USE THAT 60 -FOOT
DEDICATED BUT UNDEVELOPED STREET BETWEEN LOTS 6 AND 7 AND 10 AND 11, SECTION
5, RANGE VIII, GUGENHEIM AND COHN'S FARM LOTS, NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF THE
OLD BROWNSVILLE ROAD AND LEXINGTON BOULEVARD, AS SHOWN ON THE MAP OF SAID
STREET EASEMENT ATTACHED HERETO AND MADE A PART HEREOF, AND ABANDONING THE
SAME TO THE ABUTN NG PROPERTY OWNERS.
SECTION 2. THE FACT THAT THE PUBLIC CONVENIENCE AND NECESSITY
WOULD BE BETTER SERVED BY THE CLOSING OF THE AREA HEREINABOVE DESCRIBED AND
THE ABANDONING OF THE PROPERTY TO THE ABUTTING PROPERTY OWNERS CREATES A
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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 SUSPEN-
SION OF SAID CHARTER RULE 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 PASSAGES IT IS ACCORDINGLY SO ORDAINED THIS THE
DAY OF V/1.4�YL /c/ 1963.
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THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS
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CITY SECRETARY
APPROVED AS ID LEGAL FORM THIS
31ST DAY OF JULY 1963:
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CITYCITY WORNEY
CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS
4-AY OF '19-0
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
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,
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YOR
THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS.
THE CHARTER RULE WAS SUSPENDED BY THE FOLLOWING VOTE:
JAMES L. BARNARD
JAMES H. YOUNG
JACK R. BLACKMON ✓ V4L.
JOSE R. DELEON i(
M. P. MALDONADO X
W. J. ROBERTS
W. H. WALLACE, JR. 1/
THE ABOVE ORDINANCE WAS PASSED BY THE FOLLO NG VOTE:
JAMES L. BARNARD
JAMES H. YOUNG r
JACK R. BLACKMON V )))
JOSE R. DELEON
M. P. MALDONADO
W. J. ROBERTS V
W. H. WALLACE, JR. ✓
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