HomeMy WebLinkAbout08376 ORD - 03/01/1967AN ORDINANCE
CLOSING THAT PORTION OF THE PRESENTLY DEDICATED FORT
WORTH STREET EXTENDING 567.91 FEET SOUTHEASTERLY FROM
MINNESOTA AVENUE ALONG THE EAST BOUNDARY OF THE R. B.
FISHER SCHOOL PROPERTY, LOCATED IN THE CITY OF CORPUS
CHRISTI, NUECES COUNTY, TEXAS; AND DECLARING AN
EMERGENCY.
WHEREAS, NOTICE OF THE TIME AND PLACE FOR HOLDING A HEARING
CONCERNING THE CLOSING OF A PORTION OF FORT WORTH STREET, EXTENDING 567.91
FEET SOUTHEASTERLY FROM MINNESOTA AVENUE ALONG THE EAST BOUNDARY OF THE
R. B. FISHER SCHOOL PROPERTY, WAS GIVEN BY PUBLICATION AND REGISTERED
MAIL TO THE LAST KNOWN ADDRESSES OF THE OWNERS OF PROPERTY ABUTTING SAID
PORTION OF FORT WORTH STREET, AND WITHIN 450 FEET OF THE AREA TO EE
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 FEBRUARY 22, 1967, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE
PROVISIONS OF THE CITY CHARTER; AND
WHEREAS, IT WAS DETERMINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL AFTER SUCH
HEARING THAT THE PORTION OF FORT WORTH STREET PROPOSED TO BE ABANDONED
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 FORT WORTH STREET HEREINABOVE DESCRIBED
AS A PUBLIC STREET SO THAT THE SAME MAY BE USED FOR OTHER PURPOSES BY
THE ABUTTING PROPERTY OWNERS:
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS:
SECTION 1. THAT THAT PORTION OF FORT WORTH STREET, HEREINABOVE
DESCRIBED, BE AND THE SAME 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 PORTION OF SAID STREET
CREATES A PUBLIC EMERGENCY AND AN IMPERATIVE PUBLIC NECESSITY REQUIRING
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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 SEVERAL MEETINGS OF THE CITY COUNCIL
AND THE MAYOR HAVING DECLARED THAT SUCH EMERGENCY AND NECESSITY EXIST,
AND HAVING REQUESTED THAT SUCH CHARTER RULE BE SUSPENDED AND THAT THIS
ORDINANCE BE PASSED FINALLY ON THE DATE OF ITS INTRODUCTION Apo TAKE
EFFECT AND BE IN FULL FORCE AND EFFECT FROM AND AFTER ITS PASSAGE, IT
IS ACCORDINGLY SO ORDAINED, THIS THE_jLt DAY OF MARCH, 1967.
ATTEST:
CI'Tlf SEC E MAYOR
THE CITY OF QORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS
APPROIjEp A 0 LEGAL FORM TH
DAY OF , 1967:
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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 ORDINANCES 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; 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,
MAYOR
THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS
THE CHARTER RULE WAS SUSPENDED BY THE FOLLOWING VOTE:
DR. MCIVER FURMAN
JACK BLACKMON
PATRICK J. DUNNE
DR. P. JIMENEZ, JR.
KEN MCDANIEL
RONNIE SIZEMORE
WM. H. WALLACE
THE ABOVE ORDINANCE WAS PASSED BY THE FOLLOWING VOTE:
DR. MCIVER FURMAN
JACK BLACKMON
PATRICK J. DUNNE
DR. P. JIMENEZ, JR.
KEN MCDANIEL
RONNIE SIZEMORE
WM. H. WALLACE