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AN ORDINANCE
CLOSING THE WEST 15 FEET OF THE RIGHT OF WAY OF DENVER
STREET, BEING THAT PORTION WHICH ABUTS LOT 9 -A (A REPLAT
OF LOTS 9 TO 15, INCLUSIVE), BLOCK 115, DIRECTORS ADDITION
TO THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRIST(, NUECES COUNTY, TEXAS, SUB-
JECT TO THE RETENTION OF SAID 15 FEET AS A UTILITY EASE-
MENT; AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.
WHEREAS, NOTICE OF THE INTENTION OF HOLDING A HEARING CONCERNING
THE CLOSING OF A PORTION OF THE STREET RIGHT OF WAY OF DENVER STREET, BEING
THAT PORTION WHICH ABUTS LOT 9 —A (A REPLAT OF LOTS 9 TO 151 INCLUSIVE),
BLOCK 115, DIRECTORS ADDITION TO THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, NUECES COUNTY,
TEXAS, HAS BEEN GIVEN BY PUBLICATION AND REGISTERED MAIL TO THE LAST KNOWN
ADDRESS OF ALL OWNERS OF PROPERTY ABUTTING SAID PORTION OF SAID STREET AND
WITHIN 450 FEET THEREOF, AND THEREAFTER, PURSUANT TO SAID NOTICE, A PUBLIC
HEARING WAS HELD ON OCTOBER 12, 1966, BY THE CITY COUNCIL IN ACCORDANCE
WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THE CITY CHARTER; AND
WHEREAS, IT HAS BEEN DETERMINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL AFTER SUCH
HEARING THAT THE PORTION OF THE WIDTH OF SAID STREET DESCRIBED HEREINABOVE
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 THE PORTION OF DENVER STREET ABOVE DESCRIBED AS A
PUBLIC STREET BUT THE 15 -FOOT RIGHT OF WAY HEREBY ABANDONED FOR STREET PUR-
POSES SHOULD BE RETAINED AS A UTILITY EASEMENT:
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS:
SECTION 1. THAT THE WEST 15 FEET OF THE RIGHT OF WAY OF DENVER
STREET, BEING THAT PORTION WHICH ABUTS LOT 9 —A (A REPLAT OF LOTS 9 TO 15,
INCLUSIVE), BLOCK 115, DIRECTORS ADDITION, 15 HEREBY CLOSED FOR PUBLIC USE
AND ABANDONED TO THE OWNERS OF THE ABUTTING PROPERTY, SUBJECT TO RETENTION
OF THE AREA BY THE CITY AS A UTILITY EASEMENT.
SECTION Z. THE FACT THAT THE PUBLIC CONVENIENCE AND NECESSITY
WOULD BE BETTER SERVED BY THE CLOSING OF SAID STREET RIGHT OF WAY CREATES
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A PUBLIC EMERGENCY AND AN IMPERATIVE PUBLIC NECESSITY REQUIRING THE SUS-
PENSION 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 THAT SUCH EMERGENCY AND NECESSITY EXIST, HAVING REQUESTED
THAT SUCH CHARTER RULE BE SUSPENDED 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 OCTOBER, 1966.
ATTEST:
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CIT SECRETAR MAYOR /
THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS
APPROVED AS TO LEGAL FOR HIS
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CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS��yy
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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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MAYOR
THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS
THE CHARTER RULE WAS SUSPENDED BY THE FOLLOWING VOTE:
DR. MCIVER FURMAN
JACK BLACKMON rld
PATRICK J. DUNNE r
DR. P. JIMENEZ, JR.
KEN MCDANIEL
RONNIE SIZEMORE
WM. H. WALLACE
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THE ABOVE ORDINANCE WAS PASSED BY THE FOLLOWIN VOTEe
DR. MCIVER FURMAN
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JACK BLACKMON
PATRICK J. DUNNE Ia
DR. P. JIMENEZ, JR.
KEN MCDANIEL
RONNIE SIZEMORE
WM. H. WALLACE