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HomeMy WebLinkAbout07205 ORD - 04/22/1964r IMS:JKH:4 -17 -64 , t AN ORDINANCE CLOSING THAT PORTION OF ERWIN STREET LYING EAST OF THE PRESENT LOCATION OF LAWRENCE DRIVE AND SOUTH OF THE PRESENT CITY LIMITS OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS, AS SHOWN BY MAP AND PLAT THEREOF RECORDED IN VOLUME 18, PAGE 50 OF THE MAP RECORDS OF NUECES COUNTY, TEXAS, WHICH PORTION HEREBY CLOSED IS DESCRIBED HEREIN; AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY. WHEREAS, NOTICE OF THE TIME AND PLACE FOR HOLDING A HEARING CONCERNING THE CLOSING OF THAT PORTION OF ERWIN STREET LYING EAST OF THE PRESENT LOCATION OF LAWRENCE DRIVE WAS GIVEN BY PUBLICATION AND REGISTERED MAIL TO THE LAST KNOWN ADDRESSES OF THE OWNERS OF PROPERTY ABUTTING ERWIN STREET WITHIN 450 FEET OF THE AREA TO BE CLOSED, AND THEREAFTER, PURSUANT TO SAID NOTICE, A PUBLIC HEARING WAS HELD ON APRIL 15, 1964, BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THE CITY CHARTER; AND WHEREAS, IT WAS DETERMINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL AFTER SUCH HEARING THAT THE SAID PORTION OF ERWIN STREET LYING EAST OF THE PRESENT LOCATION OF LAWRENCE DRIVE IS NOT NEEDED NOW, NOR WILL IT BE WITHIN THE FORESEEABLE FUTURE, NEEDED AS A PUBLIC STREET; AND WHEREAS, IT HAS BEEN DETERMINED THAT IT IS TO THE ADVANTAGE OF THE CITY TO ABANDON SAID PORTION OF ERWIN STREET AS A PUBLIC STREET SO THAT THE SAME MAY BE USED BY THE ABUTTING PROPERTY OWNER FOR OTHER PURPOSES: NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS: SECTION 1. THAT THE PORTION OF ERWIN STREET LYING EAST OF THE PRESENT LOCATION OF LAWRENCE DRIVE, BEING MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS, TO -WIT: BEGINNING AT A POINT ON THE EAST BOUNDARY LINE OF LAWRENCE DRIVE NORTH 1 DEG. 41 MIN. WEST A DISTANCE OF 170.x+5 FEET FROM THE INTERSECTION OF THE EAST BOUNDARY LINE OF LAWRENCE DRIVE AND THE NORTH BOUNDARY LINE OF HUISACHE STREET; t 7205 THENCE NORTH 29 DEG. 14 MIN. EAST A DISTANCE OF 224.5 FEET TO A POINT ON THE NORTHEAST BOUNDARY LINE OF THE H. H. EDWARDS, ET AL, TRACT; THENCE NORTH 59 DEG. 18 MIN. WEST ALONG THE NORTHEAST BOUNDARY LINE OF SUCH TRACT A DISTANCE OF 50.02 FEET THENCE SOUTH 29 DEG. 14 MIN. WEST TO A POINT ON THE EAST BOUNDARY LINE OF LAWRENCE DRIVE; THENCE SOUTH 'l DEG. 4i MIN. EAST ALONG THE EAST BOUNDARY LINE OF LAWRENCE DRIVE TO THE PLACE OF BEGINNING; IS HEREBY CLOSED FOR PUBLIC USE AND ABANDONED TO THE OWNERS OF THE ABUTTING PROPERTY. SECTION 2. THE FACT THAT THE PUBLIC CONVENIENCE AND NECESSITY WOULD BE BETTER SERVED BY THE CLOSING OF THE SAID STREET CREATES A PUBLIC NECESSITY AND EMERGENCY REQUIRING THE SUSPENSION OF THE CHARTER RULE THAT NO ORDINANCE OR RESOLUTION SHALL BE PASSED FINALLY ON THE DATE OF ITS INTRODUCT'I'ON 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 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 9 9 DAY OF APRIL, 1964. ATTEST APPROVED AS TO-LEGAL FORM THIS 7% DAY OF APRIL, 1964: CITY A TORNEY THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS TO THE MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS CORPUS CHRISTIy TEXAS A_D AY OF D 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, THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS. THE CHARTER RULE WAS SUSPENDED BY THE FOLLOWING VOTE: JAMES L. BARNARD c-l-el _1 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 FOLLOWIN VOTEC JAMES L. BARNARD JAMES H. YOUNG JACK R. BLACKMON JOSE R. DELEON M. P. MALDONADO W. J. ROBERTS W. H. WALLACE, JR.