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Home My WebLink About08897 ORD - 06/05/1968aaw:6/5/68 AN ORDINANCE SETTING UP, CREATING AND DIVIDING THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS, INTO THIRTY -TWO (32) WARDS; DESCRIBING SAID WARDS; REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES AND PARTS OF ORDI- NANCES IN CONFLICT HEREWITH; AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY. WHEREAS, IT IS DEEMED NECESSARY TO CHANGE THE CITY WARDS OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI IN ORDER TO FACILITATE THE HOLDING OF ELECTIONS THEREIN: NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS: SECTION 1. THAT THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, AS ITS BOUNDARIES NOW EXIST, IS HEREBY DIVIDED INTO THIRTY -TWO (32) WARDS WITH THE RESPECTIVE NUMBERS OF SAID WARDS BEING AS HEREAFTER SET FORTH, TO -WIT: CITY WARD NO. 1 SHALL COMPRISE AND INCLUDE ALL OF THE AREA WITHIN THE BOUNDARIES OF COUNTY VOTING PRECINCTS Nos. 1, 3, 4, 21 *, AND 33 AS FIXED BY THE ORDER OF THE COMMISSIONERS' COURT FIXING PRECINCT BOUNDARIES RECORDED IN VOLUME 11, PAGES 510 TO 522, COMMISSIONERS' COURT MINUTES, DATED AUGUST 14, 1962. CITY WARD NO. 2 SHALL COMPRISE AND INCLUDE ALL OF THE AREA WITHIN THE BOUNDARIES OF COUNTY VOTING,PRECINCTS NOS. 30, 38, 49 AND 78 AS FIXED BY THE ORDER OF THE COMMISSIONERS' COURT FIXING PRECINCT BOUNDARIES RECORDED IN VOLUME 11, PAGES 510 TO 522, COMMISSIONERS' COURT MINUTES, DATED AUGUST 14, 1962. CITY WARD NO. 3 SHALL COMPRISE AND INCLUDE ALL OF THE AREA WITHIN THE BOUNDARIES OF COUNTY VOTING PRECINCTS NOS. 7, 8, 82, AND 99 AS FIXED BY THE ORDER OF THE COMMISSIONERS' COURT FIXING PRECINCT BOUNDARIES RECORDED IN VOLUME 11, PAGES 510 TO 522, COMMISSIONERS' COURT MINUTES DATED AUGUST 14, 1962. CITY WARD N0. 4 SHALL COMPRISE AND INCLUDE ALL OF THE AREA WITHIN THE BOUNDARIES OF COUNTY VOTING PRECINCTS NOS. 24'x', 51 AND 81 AS FIXED BY THE ORDER OF THE COMMIS- SIONERS' COURT FIXING PRECINCT BOUNDARIES RECORDED IN VOLUME 11, PAGES 510 TO 522, COMMISSIONERS' COURT MINUTES DATED AUGUST 14, 1962. CITY WARD NO. 5 SHALL COMPRISE AND INCLUDE ALL OF THE AREA WITHIN THE BOUNDARIES OF COUNTY VOTING PRECINCTS NOS. 29 *, 34*, 100'x' AND 103* AS FIXED BY THE ORDER OF THE COMMISSIONERS' COURT FIXING PRECINCT BOUNDARIES RECORDED IN VOLUME 11, PAGES 510 TO 522, COMMISSIONERS' COURT MINUTES DATED AUGUST 14, 1962. CITY WARD NO. 6 SHALL COMPRISE AND INCLUDE ALL OF THE AREA WITHIN THE BOUNDARIES OF COUNTY VOTING PRECINCTS NOS. 47, 52 AND 79 AS FIXED BY THE ORDER OF THE COMMIS- SIONERS' COURT FIXING PRECINCT BOUNDARIES RECORDED IN VOLUME 11, PAGES 510 TO 522, COMMISSIONERS' COURT MINUTES DATED AUGUST 14, 1962. *THAT PORTION LYING WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS. 8897 CITY WARD NO. 7 SHALL COMPRISE AND INCLUDE ALL OF THE AREA WITHIN THE BOUNDARIES OF COUNTY VOTING PRECINCT NO. 60 AS FIXED BY THE ORDER OF THE COMMISSIONERS' COURT FIXING PRECINCT BOUNDARIES RECORDED IN VOLUME 11, PAGES 510 TO 522, COMMISSIONERS COURT MINUTES DATED AUGUST 145 1962 CITY 'WARD NO. B SHALL COMPRISE AND INCLUDE ALL OF THE AREA WITHIN THE BOUNDARIES OF COUNTY VOTING PRECINCTS NOS. 41, 44, 76 AND 77 AS FIXED BY THE ORDER OF THE COMMISSIONERS' COURT FIXING PRECINCT BOUNDARIES RECORDED IN VOLUME 11, PAGES 510 TO 522, COMMISSIONERS' COURT MINUTES DATED AUGUST 14, 1962. CITY WARD NO. 9 SHALL COMPRISE AND INCLUDE ALL OF THE AREA WITHIN THE BOUNDARIES OF COUNTY VOTING PRECINCTS NOS, 31, 32, 45 AND 46 AS FIXED BY THE ORDER OF THE COMMISSIONERS' COURT FIXING PRECINCT BOUNDARIES RECORDED IN VOLUME 11, PAGES.510 TO 522, COMMISSIONERS COURT MINUTES DATED AUGUST 14, 1962. CITY WARD N0. 10 SHALL COMPRISE AND INCLUDE ALL OF THE AREA WITHIN THE BOUNDARIES OF COUNTY VOTING PRECINCT NOS. 6, 39, 40 AND 58 AS FIXED BY THE ORDER OF THE COMMISSIONERS' COURT FIXING PRECINCT BOUNDARIES RECORDED IN VOLUME 11, PAGES 510 TO 522, COMMISSIONERS', COURT MINUTES DATED AUGUST 14, 1962. CITY WARD NO. 11 SHALL COMPRISE AND INCLUDE ALL OF THE AREA WITHIN THE BOUNDARIES OF COUNTY VOTING PRECINCTS NOS. 43, 62, 83, 85 AND $$ AS FIXED BY THE ORDER OF THE COMMISSIONERS' COURT FIXING PRECINCT BOUNDARIES RECORDED IN VOLUME 11, PAGES 510 TO 522, COMMISSIONERS' COURT MINUTES DATED AUGUST 14, 1962. CITY WARD NO. 12 SHALL COMPRISE AND INCLUDE ALL OF THE AREA WITHIN THE BOUNDARIES OF COUNTY VOTING PRECINCTS NOS. 61 AND 75 AS FIXED BY THE ORDER OF THE COMMISSIONERS' COURT FIXING PRECINCT BOUNDARIES RECORDED IN VOLUME 11, PAGES 510 TO 522, COMMISSIONERS' COURT MINUTES DATED AUGUST 14, 1962. CITY WARD NO. 13 SHALL COMPRISE AND INCLUDE-ALL OF THE AREA WITHIN THE BOUNDARIES OF COUNTY VOTING PRECINCT N0. SO AS FIXED BY THE ORDER OF THE COMMISSIONERS' COURT FIXING PRECINCT BOUNDARIES RECORDED IN VOLUME 11, PAGES 510 TO 522, COMMISSIONERS' COURT MINUTES DATED AUGUST 14, 1962. CITY WARD NO. 14 SHALL COMPRISE AND INCLUDE ALL OF THE AREA WITHIN THE BOUNDARIES OF COUNTY VOTING PRECINCTS NOS. 74 AND 98 AS FIXED BY THE ORDER OF THE COMMISSIONERS' COURT FIXING PRECINCT BOUNDARIES RECORDED IN VOLUME 11, PAGES 510 TO 522, COMMISSIONERS' COURT MINUTES DATED AUGUST 14, 1962. CITY WARD NO. 15 SHALL COMPRISE AND INCLUDE ALL OF THE AREA WITHIN THE BOUNDARIES OF COUNTY VOTING PRECINCTS NOS. 57, 67 AND 68 AS FIXED BY THE ORDER OF THE COMMIS- SIONERS' COURT FIXING PRECINCTS BOUNDARIES RECORDED IN VOLUME 11, PAGES 510 TO 522,-COMMISSIONERS' COURT MINUTES DATED AUGUST 14, 1962. *THAT PORTION LYING WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS. -2- CITY WARD NO. 16 SHALL COMPRISE AND INCLUDE ALL OF THE AREA WITHIN THE BOUNDARIES OF COUNTY VOTING PRECINCTS NOS. 53, 56 AND 96 AS FIXED BY THE ORDER OF THE COMMIS - SIONERS' COURT FIXING PRECINCT BOUNDARIES RECORDED IN VOLUME 11, PAGES 510 TO 522, COMMISSIONERS' COURT MINUTES DATED AUGUST 14, 1962. CITY WARD N0. 17 SHALL COMPRISE AND INCLUDE ALL OF THE AREA 1W�ITHIN THE BOUNDARIES OF COUNTY VOTING PRECINCTS NOS. 42, 50, 59 AND 86 AS FIXED BY THE ORDER OF THE COMMISSIONERS' COURT FIXING PRECINCT BOUNDARIES RECORDED IN VOLUME 11, PAGES 51,01 TO 522, COMMISSIONERS' COURT 14 MINUTES DATED AUGUST , 1962. CITY WARD NO. 18 SHALL COMPRISE AND INCLUDE ALL OF THE AREA WITHIN THE BOUNDARIES OF COUNTY VOTING PRECINCTS Nos. 71, 73 AND 97 AS FIXED BY THE ORDER OF THE COMMIS- SIONERS' COURT FIXING PRECINCT BOUNDARIES RECORDED IN VOLUME 11, PAGES 510 TO 522, COMMISSIONERS' COURT MINUTES DATED AUGUST 14, 1962. CITY WARD NO, 19 SHALL COMPRISE AND INCLUDE ALL OF THE AREA WITHIN THE BOUNDARIES OF COUNTY VOTING PRECINCT N0.,20* AS FIXED BY THE ORDER OF THE COMMISSIONERS' COURT FIXING PRECINCT BOUNDARIES RECORDED IN VOLUME 14, PAGE 303, COMMISSIONERS' COURT MINUTES DATED AUGUST 30, 1966. CITY WARD N0. 20 SHALL COMPRISE AND INCLUDE ALL OF THE AREA WITHIN THE BOUNDARIES OF COUNTY VOTING PRECINCT N0..106* AS FIXED BY THE ORDER OF THE COMMISSIONERS' ,1 COURT FIXING PRECINCT BOUNDARIES RECORDED IN VOLUME 14, PAGE 303, COMMISSIONERS' COURT MINUTES DATED AUGUST 30, 1966. CITY WARD N0. 21 SHALL COMPRISE AND INCLUDE ALL OF THE AREA WITHIN THE BOUNDARIES OF COUNTY VOTING PRECINCT NOS. 72 AND 95 AS FIXED BY THE ORDER OF THE COMMISSIONERS' COURT FIXING PRECINCT BOUNDARIES RECORDED IN VOLUME 113 PAGES 510 TO 522, COMMISSIONERS' COURT MINUTES DATED AUGUST 14, 1962. CITY WARD N0. 22 SHALL COMPRISE AND INCLUDE ALL OF THE AREA WITHIN THE BOUNDARIES OF COUNTY VOTING PRECINCT Nos. 69 AND 87 AS FIXED 13Y THE ORDER OF THE COMMISSIONERS' COURT FIXING PRECINCT BOUNDARIES RECORDED IN VOLUME 11, PAGES 510 TO 522, COMMISSIONERS' COURT MINUTES DATED AUGUST 14, 1962. CITY WARD NO. 23 SHALL COMPRISE AND INCLUDE ALL OF THE AREA WITHIN THE BOUNDARIES OF COUNTY VOTING PRECINCT NOS. 63 AND 66 AS FIXED BY THE ORDER OF THE COMMISSIONERS' COURT FIXING PRECINCT BOUNDARIES RECORDED IN VOLUME 11, PAGES 510 TO 522, COMMISSIONERS' COURT MINUTES DATED AUGUST 14, 1962: CITY WARD N0. 24 SHALL COMPRISE AND INCLUDE ALL OF THE AREA WITHIN THE BOUNDARIES OF COUNTY VOTING PRECINCTS. NOS. 5, 64 AND -93 AS FIXED BY THE ORDER OF THE COMMISSIONERS' COURT FIXING PRECINCT BOUNDARIES RECORDED IN VOLUME 11, PAGES 510 TO 522, COMMISSIONERS' COURT MINUTES DATED AUGUST 14, 1962. *THAT PORTION LYING WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS: -3- CITY WARD N0. 25 SHALL COMPRISE AND INCLUDE ALL OF THE' AREA WITHIN THE BOUNDARIES OF COUNTY VOTING PRECINCTS NOS. 48 AND 94 AS FIXED BY THE ORDER OF THE COMMISSIONERS' COURT FIXING PRECINCT BOUNDARIES RECORDED IN VOLUME 11, PAGES 510 TO 522, COMMISSIONERS' COURT MINUTES DATED AUGUST 14, 1962. CITY WARD NO. 26 SHALL COMPRISE AND INCLUDE ALL OF THE AREA WITHIN THE BOUNDARIES OF COUNTY VOTING PRECINCTS NOS. 70X', 84 AND 89 AS FIXED BY THE ORDER OF THE COMMIS - SIONERS' COURT FIXING,PRECINCT BOUNDARIES RECORDED IN VOLUME 11, AGES 510 TO 522, COMMISSIONERS' COURT MINUTES DATED AUGUST 14, 1962. _ CITY,WARD N0. 27 SHALL COMPRISE AND INCLUDE ALL OF THE AREA WITHIN THE BOUNDARIES OF COUNTY VOTING PRECINCT N0. 2 AS FIXED BY THE ORDER OF THE COMMISSIONERS' COURT FIXING PRECINCT BOUNDARIES RECORDED IN VOLUME 11, PAGES 510 To 522, COMMISSIONERS' COURT MINUTES DATED AUGUST 14, 1962. CITY WARD N0. 28 SHALL COMPRISE AND INCLUDE ALL OF THE AREA WITHIN THE BOUNDARIES OF COUNTY VOTING PRECINCT No. 65 AS FIXED BY THE ORDER OF THE COMMISSIONERS' COURT FIXING PRECINCT BOUNDARIES RECORDED IN VOLUME 11, PAGES 510 TO 522, COMMISSIONERS' COURT MINUTES DATED AUGUST 14, 1962. CITY WARD NO. 29 SHALL COMPRISE AND INCLUDE ALL OF THE AREA WITHIN THE BOUNDARIES OF COUNTY VOTING PRECINCTS NOS. -90-AND 92 AS FIXED BY THE ORDER OF THE COMMISSIONERS' COURT FIXING PRECINCT BOUNDARIES RECORDED IN VOLUME 11, PAGES 510 TO 522, COMMISSIONERS' COURT MINUTES DATED AUGUST 14, 1962. CITY WARD NO. 30 SHALL COMPRISE AND INCLUDE ALL OF THE AREA WITHIN THE BOUNDARIES OF COUNTY VOTING PRECINCTS NOS. 17* AND 91 AS FIXED BY THE ORDER OF THE COMMISSIONERS' COURT FIXING PRECINCT BOUNDARIES RECORDED IN VOLUME 11,+ PAGES 510 TO 522, COMMISSIONERS' COURT MINUTES DATED AUGUST.14, 1962. . CITY.WARD NO. 31 SHALL COMPRISE AND INCLUDE ALL OF THE AREA WITHIN THE BOUNDARIES OF COUNTY VOTING PRECINCT NO. 18j* AS FIXED BY THE ORDER OF THE COMMISSIONERS' COURT FIXING PRECINCT BOUNDARIES RECORDED IN VOLUME 11, PAGES 510 TO 522, COMMISSIONERS' COURT MINUTES DATED AUGUST 14, 1962. CITY WARD N0. 32 SHALL COMPRISE AND INCLUDE ALL OF THE AREA WITHIN THE BOUNDARIES OF COUNTY VOTING PRECINCTS NOS. 9; AND 101* AS FIXED BY THE ORDER OF THE COMMISSIONERS' COURT FIXING PRECINCT BOUNDARIES RECORDED IN VOLUME 11,E PAGES 510 TO 522, COMMISSIONERS' COURT MINUTES DATED AUGUST 14, 1962. . SECTION 2. THAT ALL ORDINANCES OR PARTS OF ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT HEREWITH ARE HEREBY EXPRESSLY REPEALED. *THAT PORTION LYING WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS. -4- SECTION 3. THE FACT THAT A NEW DIVISION OF WARDS IS REQUIRED FOR THE CITY IN ORDER TO CONFORM WITH THE VOTING PRECINCTS ESTABLISHED BY THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS' COURT, MAKE A FAIR AND IMPARTIAL GROUPING OF COUNTY ELECTION PRECINCTS TO ELIMINATE UNNECESSARY ELECTION EXPENSES, AND SIMPLIFY THE NUMBERING OF SAID WARDS FOR THE INFORMATION OF THE VOTERS CREATES A PUBLIC EMERGENCY AND AN IMPERATIVE PUBLIC NECESSITY REQUIRING THE SUSPENSION OF THE CHARTER RULE THAT NO ORDINANCE 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 SUCH EMERGENCY AND NECESSITY TO EXIST, HAVING REQUESTED THE SUSPENSION OF SAID CHARTER RULE AND THAT THIS ORDINANCE 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 5TH DAY OF JUNE, 1968. ATTEST: CIT SECRET RY APPROVED: . U --5TH AY OF JUNE, 1968: ITY ATTORNEY Mfg- THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS CORPUS CHRISTI, S DAY OF TO THE MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL fff - CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS FOR THE REASONS SET FORTH IN THE EMERGENCY CLAUSE OF THE FOREGOING ORDINANCE, 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; 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, R 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 FOLLOWd VOTE; JACK R. BLACKMON RONNIE SIZEMORE V. A. "DICK" BRADLEY, JR. P. JIMENEZ, JR., M.D. GABE LOZANO, SR. KEN MCDANIEL mt W. J. "WRANGLER" ROBERTS