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AN ORDINANCE
CLOSING ALL OF SAN JOSE, BEING A DEDICATED PUBLIC WAY
ON EITHER SIDE OF RAMIREZ STREET BETWEEN SAM RANKIN
AND N. ALAMEDA STREETS, AND CLOSING RAMIREZ STREET
BETWEEN SAM RANKIN STREET AND N. ALAMEDA, ALL AS MORE
FULLY SET FORTH HEREINAFTER, BEING SITUATED IN THE CITY
OF CORPUS CHRISTI, NUECES COUNTY, TEXAS, RETAINING A
40 FOOT UTILITY EASEMENT CENTERED 20 FEET EACH SIDE OF
THE CENTER LINE OF RAMIREZ STREET FROM SAM RANKIN TO N.
ALAMEDA; AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.
WHEREAS, NOTICE OF THE TIME AND PLACE FOR HOLDING A HEARING CON-
CERNING THE CLOSING OF ALL OF SAN JOSE, THAT BEING A DEDICATED PUBLIC WAY
ON EITHER SIDE OF RAMIREZ STREET BETWEEN SAM RANKIN AND N. ALAMEDA STREETS
AND BEING APPROXIMATELY 30 FEET WIDE AND 200 FEET LONG, SEPARATING THE SW
1/4 OF THE SE 1/4 OF BLOCK C; AND BEING 30 FEET WIDE AND 300 FEET LONG,
SEPARATING THE NW 1/4 AND NE 1/4 OF SAID BLOCK C, COLONIA MEXICANA, A SUB-
DIVISION OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI; AND NOTICE OF THE TIME AND PLACE FOR
HOLDING A HEARING CONCERNING THE CLOSING OF RAMIREZ STREET BETWEEN SAM RANKIN
STREET AND N. ALAMEDA STREET, BEING A DEDICATED PUBLIC WAY APPROXIMATELY
62.5 FEET WIDE AND 280 FEET LONG IN THE N. BROADWAY ADDITION TO THE CITY OF
CORPUS CHRISTI, WAS GIVEN BY PUBLICATION AND MAIL TO THE LAST KNOWN ADDRESSES
OF THE OWNERS OF PROPERTY ABUTTING SAID PORTIONS OF SAID STREETS PROPOSED TO
BE CLOSED 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 6, 1968,
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 THE STREETS PROPOSED TO BE CLOSED ARE NOT NEEDED NOW,
NOR WILL THEY BE WITHIN THE FORESEEABLE FUTURE NEEDED AS PUBLIC STREETS;
AND
WHEREAS, IT HAS BEEN DETERMINED THAT IT IS TO THE ADVANTAGE OF
THE CITY TO ABANDON THE PORTION OF THE STREETS AFORESAID, AS PUBLIC STREETS
AND PUBLIC WAYS, SO THAT THE SAME MAY BE USED BY THE ABUTTING PROPERTY
OWNERS FOR OTHER PURPOSES, SAVE AND EXCEPT THAT THERE IS HEREBY RETAINED
A 40 FOOT UTILITY EASEMENT CENTERED 20 FEET EACH SIDE OF THE CENTER LINE
OF RAMIREZ STREET FROM SAM RANKIN TO N. ALAMEDA STREET, SAID ABANDONMENT
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BEING CONTINGENT UPON THE APPLICANT SECURING THE NECESSARY FINANCING THROUGH
THE FEDERAL HOUSING ADMINISTRATION AS STATED IN THEIR APPLICATION:
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS:
SECTION 1. THAT ALL OF SAN JOSE, BEING A DEDICATED PUBLIC WAY ON
EITHER SIDE OF RAMIREZ STREET BETWEEN SAM RANKIN AND N. ALAMEDA STREETS AND
BEING APPROXIMATELY 30 FEET WIDE AND 200 FEET LONG SEPARATING THE SW 1/4 OF
THE SE 1/4 OF BLOCK C; AND BEING 30 FEET WIDE AND 300 FEET LONG SEPARATING
THE NW 1/4 AND NE 1/4 OF SAID BLOCK C, COLONIA MEXICANA, SUBDIVISION OF THE
CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI; AND RAMIREZ STREET BETWEEN SAM RANKIN STREET AND
N. ALAMEDA STREET, THAT BEING A DEDICATED PUBLIC WAY APPROXIMATELY 62.5
FEET WIDE AND 280 FEET LONG IN THE N. BROADWAY ADDITION TO THE CITY OF
CORPUS CHRISTI, BE AND THE SAME ARE HEREBY CLOSED FOR PUBLIC USE AND
ABANDONED TO THE OWNERS OF THE ABUTTING PROPERTY) THERE IS, HOWEVER, RETAINED
A 40 FOOT UTILITY EASEMENT CENTERED 20 FEET EACH SIDE OF THE CENTER LINE OF
RAMIREZ STREET FROM SAM RANKIN TO N. ALAMEDA, AND THE ABANDONMENT OF SAID
STREETS AND PUBLIC WAYS IS CONTINGENT UPON THE APPLICANT SECURING THE
NECESSARY FINANCING THROUGH THE FEDERAL HOUSING ADMINISTRATION, AS STATED
IN THEIR APPLICATION.
SECTION 2. THE FACT THAT THE PUBLIC CONVENIENCE AND NECESSITY
WOULD BE BETTER SERVED BY THE CLOSING OF THE SAID STREETS AND PUBLIC WAYS
AS AFORESAID 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 ORDI-
NANCE OR RESOLUTION SHALL BE READ AT THREE SEVERAL MEETINGS OF THE CITY
COUNCIL, AND THE MAYOR HAVING DECLARED SUCH EMERGENCY AND NECESSITY TO EXIST,
AND HAVING REQUESTED THE SUSPENSION OF THE CHARTER RULE AND THAT THIS ORDI-
NANCE 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 APRIL, 1968.
ATTEST:
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CIT SECRETA Y THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS
APPROVED DAY 9F APRIL, 968:
CORPUS CHRISTI,
TEXAS
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DAY OF 9-L2
TO THE MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL
CORPUS CHRISTI TEXAS '
FOR THE REASONS SET FORTH IN THE EMERGENCY CLAUSE OF THE FOREGOING
ORDINANCES A PUBLIC EMERGENCY AND IMPERATIVE NECESSITY EXIST FOR THE SUSPEN-
SION 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 COUNCILS 1, THEREFORE,
REQUEST THAT YOU SUSPEND SAID CHARTER RULE OR REQUIREMENT AND PASS THIS ORDI-
NANCE FINALLY ON THE DATE IT IS INTRODUCED OR AT THE PRESENT MEETING OF THE
CITY COUNCIL.
RESPECTFULLY
y MAYOR
THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS
THE CHARTER RULE WAS SUSPENDED BY THE FOLLOWING VOTE:
JACK R. BLACKMON
RONNIE SIZEMORE
V. A. "DICK" BRADLEY JR.
P. JIMENEZ, JR., M.D.
GABE LOZANO, SR.
KEN MCDANIEL
W. J. "WRANGLER" ROBERTS
THE ABOVE ORDINANCE WAS PASSED BY THE FOLLOWING VOTES
JACK R. BLACKMON
RONNIEvSIZEMORE Ate
V. A. "DICK" BRADLEY, JR.
P. JIMENEZ, JR., M.D. Oud f,
GABE LOZANO, SR.
KEN MCDANIEL
W. J. "WRANGLER" ROBERTS