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AN ORDINANCE
CLOSING A PORTION OF NIAGARA STREET BETWEEN
HEINLEY STREET AND MORGAN AVENUE IN THE CITY OF
CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS; AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.
WHEREAS, NOTICE OF THE TIME AND PLACE FOR HOLDING A HEARING
CONCERNING THE CLOSING OF A PORTION OF NIAGARA STREET BETWEEN HEINLEY
STREET AND MORGAN AVENUE WAS GIVEN BY PUBLICATION AND REGISTERED MAIL
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TO THE LAST KNOWN ADDRESSES OF THE OWNERS OF PROPERTY ABUTTING NIAGARA-..-- -
STREET WITHIN 450 FEET OF THE AREA TO BE CLOSED, AND THEREAFTER,,/PURSUANT -
TO SAID NOTICE, PUBLIC HEARING WAS HELD ON OCTOBER 14, 1964, BY THE CITY
COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PRO-
VISIONS OF THE CITY CHARTER; AND
WHEREAS, IT WAS DETERMINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL AFTER SUCH HEAR-
ING THAT A PORTION OF NIAGARA STREET IS NOT NEEDED NOW EXCEPT AS A UTILITY
EASEMENT, NOR WILL IT BE WITHIN THE FORESEEABLE FUTURE, NEEDED AS PUBLIC
STREET; AND
WHEREAS, IT HAS BEEN DETERMINED THAT IT IS TO THE ADVANTAGE OF
THE CITY TO ABANDON THE PORTIONS OF NIAGARA STREET AS A PUBLIC STREET HERE-
INAFTER DESCRIBED SO THAT THE SAME MAY BE USED BY THE ABUTTING PROPERTY
OWNER FOR OTHER PURPOSES; RESERVING, HOWEVER, THE RIGHT TO CONTINUE THE
USE THEREOF FOR UTILITY PIPES AND LINES.
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It NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS:
SECTION 1. EXCEPT FOR THE USE THEREOF FOR UTILITY PIPES AND
LINES, THAT THE PORTION OF NIAGARA STREET- BETWEEN HEINLEY STREET AND MORGAN
AVENUE IS HEREBY CLOSED FOR PUBLIC USE AND ABANDONED TO THE OWNERS OF THE
ABUTTING PROPERTY; MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS:
A PORTION OF NIAGARA STREET DEDICATED BY PLAT OF SEGREST
ADDITION RECORDED IN VOL. 6 PAGE 7 MAP RECORDS OF NUECES
COUNTY, TEXAS. SAID PORTION OF NIAGARA STREET BEING MORE
PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED BY METES AND BOUNDS AS FOLLOWS, TO -WIT:
BEGINNING AT A POINT IN THE SOUTHEAST BOUNDARY LINE OF LOT 9
BLOCK 12 OF SAID SEGREST ADDITION, SAID POINT BEARS N 2$° 20'
E, 7.34 FEET FROM THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF SAID LOT 9;
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AND
THENCE S 29° 311 51" E A DISTANCE OF 36.12 FEET TO A
POINT;
THENCE IN A SOUTHERLY AND SOUTHWESTERLY DIRECTION'WITH
THE ARC OF A CIRCULAR CURVE TO THE RIGHT WHOSE RADIUS
IS 10 FEET AND WHOSE CENTRAL ANGLE IS 92° 301 41" A
DISTANCE OF 16.15 FEET TO THE POINT OF TANGENT TO SAID
CURVE;
THENCE S 62° 581 50" W A DISTANCE OF 33.42 FEET TO A
POINT;
THENCE IN A SOUTHWESTERLY DIRECTION WITH THE ARC OF A
CIRCULAR CURVE TO THE LEFT WHOSE RADIUS IS 81.75 FEET
AND WHOSE CENTRAL ANGLE IS 34° 381 50" A DISTANCE OF
49.43 FEET TO A POINT, THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF LOT 7
BLOCK 12, OF SAID SEGREST ADDITION FOR A CORNER OF
THIS TRACT;
THENCE N 28' 201 E WITH THE NORTHWEST RIGHT OF WAY LINE
OF NIAGARA STREET A DISTANCE OF 107.34 FEET TO THE PLACE
OF BEGINNING;
A PORTION OF NIAGARA STREET LYING NORTHWEST OF AND AD-
JACENT TO BLOCK 1600 BAY TERRACE N0. 2 AN ADDITION TO
THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI AS SHOWN BY MAP OR PLAT OF
RECORD IN VOL. A, PAGE 26, MAP RECORDS OF NUECES COUNTY,
TEXAS, MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED BY METES AND BOUNDS
AS FOLLOWS, TO -WIT:
BEGINNING AT A POINT IN THE NORTHWEST BOUNDARY LINE OF
LOT 33 OF SAID BLOCK 160O,SAID POINT BEARS N 5$` 591 15°
E, 33.10 FEET FROM THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF SAID LOT 33;
THENCE N 58° 591 15" E WITH THE NORTHWEST BOUNDARY LINE
OF SAID BLOCK 1600 A DISTANCE OF 146.77 FEET TO A POINT;
THENCE N 86° 041 20" W A DISTANCE OF 30.16 FEET TO A
POINT;
THENCE IN A WESTERLY DIRECTION WITH THE ARC OF A CIRCULAR
CURVE TO THE LEFT WHOSE RADIUS IS 185 FEET AND WHOSE CEN-
TRAL ANGLE IS 270 051 05" A DISTANCE OF 87.45 FEET TO A
POINT;
THENCE IN A SOUTHWESTERLY DIRECTION WITH THE ARC OF A
CIRCULAR CURVE TO THE LEFT WHOSE RADIUS IS 30 FEET AND
WHOSE CENTRAL ANGLE IS 52° 571 19" A DISTANCE OF 27.73
FEET TO A POINT;
THENCE IN A SOUTHERLY DIRECTION WITH THE ARC OF A CIRCULAR
CURVE TO THE LEFT WHOSE RADIUS IS 100.00 FEET AND WHOSE
CENTRAL ANGLE IS 14° 151 07" A DISTANCE OF 24.87 FEET TO
THE PLACE OF BEGINNING.
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
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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
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 -4- DAY
OF NOVEMBER, 1964.
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HE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS
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IT ECRE Y
APPR7ED AS T LEGAL FORM THI
DAY OF NOVEMBER, 1964:
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CITY AT RNEY
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CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS
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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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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 rK
W. J. ROBERTS
W. H. WALLACE, JR.
THE ABOVE ORDINANCE WAS PASSED BY THE FOLL./ NG,VOTEI
JAMES L. BARNARD
JAMES H. YOUNG
JACK R. BLACKMON
JOSE R. DELEON
M. P. MALDONADO
W. J. ROBERTS •L,.
W. H. WALLACE, JR.