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AN ORDINANCE
ABANDONING A PORTION OF THE RIGHT OF WAY, BEING
FIVE (5') FEET OF RIGHT OF WAY ON EACH SIDE OF
BOWIE STREET AND BONHAM STREET, BETWEEN SOKOL
DRIVE AND SACKY DRIVE, SO AS TO RETAIN A 50 -FOOT
RIGHT OF WAY AND A 10 -FOOT RADIUS AT EACH CORNER;
AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.
WHEREAS,NDTICE OF THE INTENTION TO CLOSE A PORTION OF THE RIGHT
OF WAY, BEING FIVE FEET (5') OF RIGHT OF WAY ON EACH SIDE OF BOWIE STREET
AND BONHAM STREET, BETWEEN SOKOL DRIVE AND SACKY DRIVE, IN THE CITY OF
CORPUS CHRISTI, NUECES COUNTY, TEXAS, HAS BEEN GIVEN BY PUBLICATION AND
REGISTERED MAIL TO THE LAST KNOWN ADDRESS OF ALL OWNERS ABUTTING SAID
STREETS AND WITHIN 450 FEET THEREOF, AND THEREAFTER, PURSUANT TO SAID
NOTICE, A PUBLIC HEARING WAS HELD ON THE 29TH DAY OF JANUARY, 1964,
BY THE CITY COUNCIL, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THE CITY CHARTER;
AND
WHEREAS, IT HAS BEEN DETERMINED THAT IT WILL BE TO THE AD-
VANTAGE OF THE CITY TO ABANDON SAID PORTION OF SAID RIGHT OF WAY SO
THAT THE SAME MAY BE USED FOR OTHER PURPOSES:
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS:
SECTION 1. THAT THERE IS HEREBY CLOSED FOR PUBLIC USE THE
FOLLOWING: THE 5 -FOOT RIGHT OF WAY ON EACH SIDE OF BOWIE STREET AND
BONHAM STREET, BETWEEN SOKOL DRIVE AND SACKY DRIVE, IN THE CITY OF
CORPUS CHRISTI, NUECES COUNTY, TEXAS.
SECTION 2. THE FACT THAT THE PUBLIC CONVENIENCE AND NECESSITY
WOULD BE BETTER SERVED BY THE CLOSING OF THE PORTION OF THE RIGHT OF
WAY HEREINABOVE DESCRIBED 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
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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 DAY OF FEBRUARY, 1964.
ATTEST:
THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS
IT
APPROVED AS TO LEGAL FORM THIS
DAY OF FEBRUARY, 1964:
CITY ATTORNEY
CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS
_.S4 __DAY OF �9 S
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,
OR 4
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 FOLLOW G VOTE:
JAMES L. BARNARD
JAMES H. YOUNG
JACK R. BLACKMON /
JOSE R. DELEON
M. P. MALDONADO
W. J. ROBERTS
W. H. WALLACE, JR.