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HomeMy WebLinkAbout08833 RES - 04/10/1968• BJW:4 /10 /bd • A RESOLUTION WHEREAS, MRS. LYNDON B. JOHNSON, WIFE OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, HAS BEEN AND IS A STAUNCH ADVOCATE OF BEAUTIFI- CATION; AND WHEREAS, MRS. JOHNSON HAS BEEN PARTICULARLY ZEALOUS IN HER EFFORTS TO BEAUTIFY, IMPROVE, CLEAN UP AND DEVELOP OUTDOOR AREAS IN TEXAS; AND WHEREAS, CORPUS CHRISTI AND VICINITY HAS BEEN RECENTLY HONORED BY HER PERSONAL VISIT ON THE OCCASION OF THE DEDICATION OF PADRE ISLAND NATIONAL SEASHORE: NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS, THAT AS THE ELECTED REPRESENTATIVES OF THE CITIZENS OF CORPUS CHRISTI, WE EXPRESS THE APPRECIATION OF THE PEOPLE OF THIS AREA FOR THE ATTENTION, TIME AND INTEREST OF MRS. JOHNSON IN BEHALF OF THIS AREA AND PARTICULARLY OF HER TAKING THE TIME TO OFFICIALLY DEDICATE THE PADRE ISLAND NATIONAL SEASHORE PARK ON MONDAY, APRIL 8, 1968. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT ALL CITIZENS HEED THE ADVICE AND CON- CERN OF MRS. JOHNSON FOR THE DEVELOPMENT, IMPROVEMENT AND BEAUTIFICATION OF THE OUTDOOR AREAS OF TEXAS, COOPERATE IN KEEPING OUR STREETS AND HIGH- WAYS CLEAN, RESIST THE INROADS OF UNSIGHTLY ADVERTISING WHICH WOULD CLUTTER OUR HIGHWAYS AND OTHERWISE JOIN IN UNITED EFFORTS TO BEAUTIFY OUR LOCALITY. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT A COPY OF THIS RESOLUTION BE FOR- WARDED TO MRS. LYNDON B. JOHNSON AS A TOKEN OF APPRECIATION OF THE CITIZENS OF THIS AREA. PASSED AND APPROVED THIS THE 10TH DAY OF APRIL, 1968. ATTEST: Z�A CITY SECRETAR <�THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS APPROVED TH THE 10TH DAY APRIL, 1968: • r CITY ATTORNEY �kils 3 TO THE MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL CORPUS CHRISTI TEXAS • CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS /�� DAY OF lq( f .7 7- 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 COUNCIL; I, 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 ,•' "MA ' OR \; 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 FOLLOW G 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