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HomeMy WebLinkAbout07411 ORD - 11/04/1964EE :11/4/64 AN ORDINANCE CLOSING THAT PORTION OF PRESCOTT STREET BETWEEN 18TH AND_19TH STREETS AT THE CROSSTOWN EXPRESSWAY, 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 THAT PORTION OF PRESCOTT STREET BETWEEN 18TH AND 19TH STREETS AT THE CROSSTOWN EXPRESSWAY, WAS GIVEN BY PUBLICATRON AND REGISTERED MAIL TO THE LAST KNOWN ADDRESSES OF THE OWNERS OF PRO- PERTY ABUTTING PRESCOTT STREET WITHIN 450 FEET OF THE AREA TO BE CLOSED, AND THEREAFTER, PURSUANT TO SAID NOTICE, A PUBLIC HEARING WAS HELD ON OCTOBER 28, 1964, BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI; AND WHEREAS, IT WAS DETERMINED BY :CHE CITY COUNCIL AFTER SUCH HEARING THAT THE SAID PORTION OF PRESCOTT STREET BETWEEN 18TH AND 19TH STREETS AT THE CROSSTOWN EXPRESSWAY, IS NOT NEEDED NOW, NOR WILL IT BE WITHIN THE FORSEEABLE 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 PRESCOTT STREET AS A PUBLIC STREET EFFECTIVE WHEN THE STATE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT NO LONGER REQUIRES THE USE THEREOF FOR DETOURING TRAFFIC, SO THAT THE SAME MAY BE USED BY THE ABUTTING PROPERTY OWNERS FOR OTHER PURPOSES, SUBJECT TO RETENTION BY THE CITY OF THE FULL WIDTH OF THE STREET FOR A UTILITY EASEMENT: NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS: SECTION 1. THAT THE PORTION OF PRESCOTT STREET BETWEEN 18TH AND 19TH STREETS AT THE CROSSTOWN EXPRESSWAY IS HEREBY CLOSED FOR PUBLIC USE AND ABANDONED TO THE OWNERS OF THE ABUTTING PROPERTY, EFFECTIVE WHEN THE STATE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT NO LONGER REQUIRES THE USE THEREOF FOR DETOURING TRAFFIC, SUBJECT, HOWEVER, TO RETENTION BY THE CITY OF THE FULL WIDTH OF THE STREET FOR A UTILITY EASEMENT. 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 INTRODUCTION AND THAT SUCH ORDINANCE OR RESOLUTION SHALL BE READ AT THREE 741l 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 DAY OF NOVEMBER, 1964. ATTEST - / THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS CITY SECRETARY' S APP ED A S TO LEGAL FORM THIS DAY_OF.NO EMdER,_1964: CITY ATTbRNE CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS 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 COUNCILS 1, 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, �_�x OR 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 FOLLO ING NOTE: JAMES L. BARNARD �& z JAMES H. YOUNG JACK R. BLACKMON JOSE R. DELEON M. P. MALDONADO W. J. ROBERTS W. H. WALLACE, JR.