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AN ORDINANCE
CLOSING THE 1100 BLOCK OF NEAL STREET AND A 20 -FOOT
ALLEY BETWEEN LOTS 10 AND 12, AMID LOTS 9 AND 11,
BLOCK 66, AND BETWEEN LOTS 1 AND 3, AND 2 AND 4,
BLOCK 67, BROOKLYN ADDITION, LOCATED IN THE CITY
OF CORPUS CHRISTI, NUECES COUNTY, TEXAS, SUBJECT TO
THE RETENTION BY THE CITY OF AN EXISTING SEWER EASE-
MENT IN NEAL STREET; AM DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.
WHEREAS, NOTICE OF THE TIME AND PLACE FOR HOLDING A HEARING
CONCERNING THE CLOSING OF A PORTION OF NEAL STREET, BEING THE 1100 BLOCK
THEREOF, AND A 20 -FOOT ALLEY BETWEEN LOTS 10 AND 12, AND LOTS 9 AND 11,
BLOCK 66, AND BETWEEN LOTS 1 AND 3, AND 2 AND 4, BLOCK 67, BROOKLYN
ADDITION, WAS GIVEN BY PUBLICATION AND REGISTERED MAIL TO THE LAST
KNOWN ADDRESSES OF THE OWNERS OF PROPERTY ABUTTING SAID PORTION OF
NEAL STREET AND THE ALLEY HEREINABOVE DESCRIBED, AND WITHIN 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 MARCH 22, 19671 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 NEAL STREET AND THE 20 -FOOT ALLEY PROPOSED
TO BE ABANDONED 15 NOT NEEDED NOW, NOR WILL IT BE WITHIN THE FORESEEABLE
FUTURE NEEDED FOR PUBLIC PURPOSES; AND
WHEREAS, IT HAS BEEN DETERMINED THAT IT IS THE CITY'S ADVANTAGE
TO ABANDON THE HEREINABOVE DESCRIBED 20 -FOOT ALLEY AND THE PORTION OF
NEAL STREET AS A PUBLIC WAY SO THAT THE SAME MAY BE USED FOR OTHER
PURPOSES BY THE ABUTTING PROPERTY OWNERS; HOWEVER, THERE IS HEREBY
RETAINED AN EXISTING UTILITY EASEMENT IN NEAL STREET:
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS:
SECTION 1. THAT THAT PORTION OF NEAL STREET, DESCRIBED AS THE
400 BLOCK THEREOF, BE AND THE SAME IS HEREBY CLOSED FOR PUBLIC USE AND
ABANDONED TO THE OWNERS OF THE ABUTTING PROPERTY; SUBJECT, HOWEVER,
TO RETENTION BY THE CITY OF THE EXISTING SEWER EASEMENT IN NEAL
STREET. THERE IS HEREBY CLOSED FOR PUBLIC USE AND ABANDONED TO THE OWNERS
OF THE ABUTTING PROPERTY THE 20 -FOOT ALLEY BETWEEN LOTS 10 AND 12, AND
LOTS 9 AND 11, BLOCK 66, AND BETWEEN LOTS 1 AND 3, AND 2 AND 4, BLOCK 67,
BROOKLYN ADDITION TO THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, NUECES COUNTY, TEXAS.
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SECTION 2. THE FACT THAT THE PUBLIC CONVENIENCE AND NECESSITY
WOULD BE BETTER SERVED BY THE CLOSING OF THE SAID PORTION OF SAID STREET
AND THE ALLEY HEREINABOVE DESCRIBED CREATES A PUBLIC EMERGENCY AND AN IM-
PERATIVE PUBLIC NECESSITY 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 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 ��F77ROM AND AFTER ITS PASSAGE, IT IS ACCORDINGLY SO ORDAINED, THIS
THE CR91L.DAY OF MARCH, 1967.
ATTE
CITX SECRETAX00YLEGAL MAYOR
THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS
APPROVED AS FORM THI
,DAY OF MARCH, 1967:
CITY ATTORNEY
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CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS
DAY OF L a'Z ck 91'
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,
MAYOR
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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 FORMAN
JACK BLACKMON
PATRICK J. DUPoNE
DR. P. JIMENEZ, JR.
KEN MCDANIEL
RONNIE SIZEMORE 0
WM. H. WALLACE