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AN ORDINANCE
CLOSING THE WEST FIVE FEET OF EIGHTEENTH STREET EX-
TENDING IN A SOUTHERLY DIRECTION FIFTY -FIVE FEET FROM
ITS INTERSECTION WITH THE SOUTH LINE OF AGNES STREET
AFTER DEDICATION OF A FIVE FOOT STRIP FOR THE WIDENING
OF AGNES STREET ON THE SOUTH SIDE; AND DECLARING AN
EMERGENCY.
WHEREAS, NOTICE OF THE TIME AND PLACE FOR HOLDING A HEARING
CONCERNING THE CLOSING OF A PORTION OF EIGHTEENTH STREET WAS•GIVEN BY
PUBLICATION AND REGISTERED MAIL TO THE LAST KNOWN ADDRESSES OF THE
OWNERS OF PROPERTY ABUTTING SAID PORTION OF EIGHTEENTH STREET AND WITHIN
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450 FEET OF THE AREA TO BE CLOSED, AND THEREAFTER, PURSUANT TO SAID NOTICE,
PUBLIC HEARING WAS HELD AT REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF
THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS, ON AUGUST 25, 1965, IN ACCORDANCE WITH
THE PROVISIONS OF THE CITY CHARTER; AND
WHEREAS, IT WAS DETERMINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL AFTER SUCH HEAR-
ING THAT THE PORTION OF EIGHTEENTH STREET 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 THE PORTION OF EIGHTEENTH STREET ABOVE DESCRIBED, AS
A PUBLIC STREET SO THAT THE SAME MAY BE USED BY THE ABUTTING PROPERTY
OWNERS FOR OTHER PURPOSES: I
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS:
SECTION 1. THAT A PORTION OF EIGHTEENTH STREET IS HEREBY
CLOSED FOR PUBLIC USE AND ABANDONED TO THE OWNERS OF THE ABUTTING PRO-
PERTY, WHICH PORTION OF EIGHTEENTH STREET IS MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED
AS FOLLOWS:
THE WEST FIVE FEET OF EIGHTEENTH STREET EXTENDING IN A
SOUTHERLY DIRECTION FIFTY -FIVE FEET FROM ITS INTERSECTION
WITH THE SOUTH LINE OF AGNES STREET, AFTER DEDICATION OF
A FIVE FOOT STRIP FOR THE WIDENING OF AGNES STREET ON THE
'SOUTH SIDE,
SECTION 2. THE FACT THAT THE PUBLIC CONVENIENCE AND NECESSITY
WOULD BE BETTER SERVED BY THE CLOSING OF THE SAID STREET CREATES A PUBLIC
EMERGENCY AND NECESSITY 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 PASSAGE, IT IS ACCORDINGLY SO ORDAINED THIS THE 25TH DAY
OF AUGUST, 1965.
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CITY SECRETARY 1
APPROVED AST LEGAL FORM THI�
25TH DAY OF A GUST, 1965:
CITY ATTORNEY
Pro -Tem
THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS
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TO THE MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL
CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS
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CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS
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DAY OF � �9�
'Ilk 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.c
RESPECTFULLY,
I t -e-'Ac "�lil
YOR Pio•Tem
THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS
THE CHARTER RULE WAS SUSPENDED BY THE FOLLOWING VOTE:
DR. MCIVER FURMAN X
JACK BLACKMON
PATRICK J. DUNNE
DR. P. JIMENEZ, JR. J�
KEN MCDANIEL
RONNIE SIZEMORE
WM. H. WALLACE rat
THE ABOVE ORDINANCE WAS PASSED BY THE FOLLOWIN VOTE:
DR. MCIVER FURMAN
JACK BLACKMON ✓/
PATRICK J. DUNNE Yl,
DR. P. JIMENEZ, JR.
KEN MCDANIEL /✓
RONNIE SIZEMORE
WM. H. WALLACE