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AN ORDINANCE
ESTABLISHING THE CORPUS CHRISTI MUSEUM ADVISORY
BOARD, SETTING FORTH THE COMPOSITION OF ITS MEMBERS,
DEFINING ITS FIELD OF ACTIVITY AND SETTING FORTH
RELATED MATTERS; AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.
WHEREAS, a group of public - spirited citizens has established,
developed, and supported a community museum known as the Corpus Christi
Museum; and
WHEREAS, the operation of such an institution as the Corpus
Christi Museum requires the cooperation of the public educational agencies
within the City and the governing body of the City as well as the continuing
advice, financial support, and leadership of public - spirited private citizens;
and
WHEREAS, such cooperation can best be provided by the creation of
an advisory board composed of representatives of these interested groups.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS:
SECTION 1. There is hereby created the Corpus Christi Museum
Advisory Board which shall consist of nine (9) members who shall serve
without compensation, and who shall be appointed by the Mayor with the
consent of the Council, as follows: three from nominations submitted by
the Corpus Christi Independent School District, acting through its Board
of Trustees; three by the Mayor with the consent of the City Council and
three from nominations submitted by the Board of Directors of the non - profit
Corpus Christi Museum Corporation. Within each group of those first appointed,
their terms shall run for one, two and three years, as determined by lot. Upon
the occurrence of any vacancy, it shall be filled for the unexpired term by
nomination by the same agency as nominated the outgoing member. At the expira-
tion of each term, the replacement shall be furnished by nomination from each
agency which nominated the respective outgoing member. Thereafter all terms
shall be for a term of three (3) years. The Board shall adopt its own rules
of procedure for the conduct of its business and shall elect its own Chairman,
Vice Chairman, and Secretary.
SECTION 2. The Board shall hold regular meetings at least once
each month and such special meetings as may be called by the Chairman with
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notice to all members. The Board shall act as an adviser to the Museum
Department of the City and to the City Council in matters pertaining to the
operation, support, and development of the Corpus Christi Museum.
SECTION 3. The necessity for providing advisory assistance to
the newly created Museum Department of the City of Corpus Christi and to
the City Council concerning matters pertaining to the Corpus Christi Museum
creates a public emergency and an imperative 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 the suspension of the Charter rule and that this ordinance take
effect and be in full force and effect from and after its passage, IT IS
ACCORDINGLY SO ORDAINED, this the date of Nye%, 1967.
ATTEST:
e" MAYOR (?Aya
Fit Secre ary �// THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS
APPROVED AS TO LEGAL FORM THIS THE
DAY OF MARCH, 1967.
City Attorney
CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS
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DAY OF
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
THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS
THE CHARTER RULE WAS SUSPENDED BY THE FOLLOWING VOTES
DR. MCIVER FORMAN
JACK BLACKMON
PATRICK J. DONNE
DR. P. JIMENEZ, JR.
KEN MCDANIEL
BONNIE $IZEMORE
WM. H. WALLACE
THE ABOVE ORDINANCE WAS PASSED BY THE FOLLOWING VOTEo
DR. MCIVER FURMAN
JACK BLACKMON
PATRICK J. DONNE
DR. P. JIMENEZ, JR.
KEN MCDANIEL
RONNIE SIZEMORE
WM. H. WALLACE