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Home My WebLink About08901 ORD - 06/12/1968AN ORDINANCE DIVIDING THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS, INTO EIGHTY -FOUR (84) ELECTION PRECINCTS FOR AND IN WHICH ALL MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS SHALL HEREAFTER BE HELD !N AND FOR SAID CITY AND SAME SHALL -BE KNOWN AS ELECTION PRECINCTS WITH THE RESPECTIVE NUMBERS; REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT HEREWITH; AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY. WHEREAS, THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI IS CONTEMPLATING HOLDING A SPECIAL ELECTION ON JULY 13, 1968; AND 13 WHEREAS, BY VIRTUE OF THE CITY CHARTER AND THE GENERAL LAWS OF THE STATE OF TEXAS, THE CITY COUNCIL IS AUTHORIZED TO PRESCRIBE THE PROCEDURE FOR CALLING AND HOLDING ELECTIONS AND DEFINING VOTING PRECINCTS; AND WHEREAS, THE CITY COUNCIL DID ON THE 12TH DAY OF .JUNE, 1968, BY ORDINANCE' ND. CREATE AND DIVIDE THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI INTO EIGHTY-FOUR (84) WARDS, AND SINCE THE PASSAGE OF SAID ORDINANCE THERE HAS BEEN NO ACTION BY THE CITY COUNCIL TO DIVIDE THE CITY INTO CORRESPONDING ELECTION PRECINCTS: NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS: SECTION I. THAT THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI IS HEREBY DIVIDED INTO THIRTY -TWO ELECTION PRECINCTS WITHIN SAID CITY, WITHIN WHICH RESPECTIVE PRECINCTS THE LEGALLY QUALIFIED BOTERS RESIDING IN SAID ELECTION PRECINCTS SHALL VOTE IN ALL ELECTIONS AS PROVIDED BY LAW AND THAT SAID ELECTION PRECINCTS SHALL BE DEFINED, DESCRIBED AND BOUNDED AS FOLLOWS: (1) ELECTION PRECINCT NUMBER ONE (1) SHALL BE COMPOSED OF THE FIRST WARD OF THE SAID CITY. (2) ELECTION PRECINCT NUMBER TWO (2) SHALL BE COMPOSED OF THE SECOND WARD OF THE SAID CITY. (3) ELECTION PRECINCT NUI4BER THREE (3) SHALL BE COMPOSED OF THE THIRD WARD OF THE SAID CITY. (4) ELECTION PRECINCT NUMBER FOUR (4) SHALL BE COMPOSED OF THE FOURTH WARD OF THE SAID CITY. (5) ELECTION PRECINCT NUMBER FIVE (5) SHALL BE COMPOSED OF THE FIFTH WARD OF THE SAID CITY. 8901 (6) ELECTION PRECINCT NUMBER SIX (6) SHALL BE COMPOSED OF THE SIXTH WARD OF THE SAID CITY. (7) ELECTION PRECINCT NUMBER SEVEN (7) SHALL BE COM- POSED OF THE SEVENTH WARD OF THEE SAID CITY. (8) ELECTION PRECINCT NUMBER EIGHT (8) SHALL BE COM- POSED OF THE EIGHTH WARD OF THE SAID CITY. (9) ELECTION PRECINCT NUMBER NINE (9) SHALL BE COM- POSED OF THE NINTH WARD OF THE SAID CITY. (17) ELECTION PRECINCT NUMBER SEVENTEEN (17) SHALL BE COMPOSED OF THE SEVENTEENTH WARD OF THE SAID CITY. (18) ELECTION PRECINCT NUMBER EIGHTEEN (18) SHALL BE COMPOSED OF THE EIGHTEENTH WARD OF THE SAID CITY. (20) ELECTION PRECINCT NUMBER TWENTY (20) SHALL BE COMPOSED OF THE TWENTIETH WARD OF THE SAID CITY, (21) ELECTION PRECINCT NUMBER TWENTY -ONE SHALL BE 1' COMPOSED OF THE TWENTY -FIRST WARD OF THE SAID CITY. (24) ELECTION PRECINCT NUMBER TWENTY -FOUR SHALL BE COMPOSED OF THE TWENTY- FOURTH WARD OF THE SAID CITY. (29) ELECTION PRECINCT NUMBER TWENTY -NINE SHALL BE COM- POSED OF THE TWENTY -NINTH WARD OF THE SAID CITY. (30) ELECTION PRECINCT NUMBER THIRTY SHALL BE COMPOSED OF THE THIRTIETH WARD OF THE SAID CITY. (31) ELECTION PRECINCT NUMBER THIRTY -ONE SHALL BE COM- POSED OF THE THIRTY -FIRST WARD OF THE SAID CITY. (32) ELECTION PRECINCT NUMBER THIRTY -TWO SHALL BE COM- POSED OF THE THIRTY- SECOND WARD OF THE SAID CITY. (33) ELECTION PRECINCT NUMBER THIRTY -THREE SHALL BE COM- POSED OF THE THIRTY -THIRD WARD OF THE SAID CITY. (34) ELECTION PRECINCT NUMBER THIRTY -FOUR SHALL BE COM- POSED OF THE THIRTY - FOURTH WARD OF THE SAID CITY. (38) ELECTION PRECINCT NUMBER THIRTY -EIGHT SHALL BE COM- POSED OF THE THIRTY-EIGHTH 'WARD OF THE SAID CITY. (39) ELECTION PRECINCT NUMBER THIRTY -NINE SHALL BE COM- POSED OF THE THIRTY-NINTH WARD OF THE SAID CITY. (4O) ELECTION PRECINCT NUMBER FORTY SHALL BE COMPOSED 11 OF THE FORTIETH WARD OF THE SAID CITY. (Y1) ELECTION PRECINCT NUMBER FORTY -ONE SHALL BE COMPOSED OF THE FORTY -FIRST WARD OF THE SAID CITY. (42) .ELECTION PRECINCT NUMBER FORTY -TWO SHALL BE COMPOSED. 1� OF THE FORTY- SECOND WARD OF THE.SAID CITY. (43) ,ELECTION PRECINCT NUMBER FORTY -THREE SHALL BE COM- POSED OF THE FORTY -THIRD WARD OF THE SAID CITY. (44) ELECTION PRECINCT NUMBER FORTY -FOUR SHALL BE COM- POSED OF THE FORTY- FOURTH WARD OF THE SAID CITY. -2- (45) ELECTION PRECINCT NUMBER FORTY -FIVE (45) SHALL BE, COMPOSED OF THE FORTY -FIFTH WARD OF THE SAID CITY. (46) ELECTION PRECINCT NUMBER FORTY -SIX (116) SHALL BE COMPOSED OF THE FORTY -SIXTH WARD OF THE SAID CITY. (47) ELECTION PRECINCT NUMBER FORTY -SEVEN (47) SHALL BE COMPOSED'OF THE FORTY - SEVENTH WARD OF THE SAID CITY. (48) ELECTION PRECINCT NUMBER FORTY -EIGHT (48) SHALL BE COMPOSED OF THE FORTY- EIGHTH WARD OF THE SAID CITY. (49) ELECTION PRECINCT NUMBER FORTY-NINE (49) SHALL BE COMPOSED OF THE FORTY -NINTH WARD OF THE SAID CITY. (50) ELECTION PRECINCT NUMBER FIFTY (50) SHALL BE COMPOSED OF THE FIFTIETH WARD OF THE SAID CITY. (51) ELECTION PRECINCT NUMBER FIFTY -ONE (51) SHALL BE COMPOSED OF THE FIFTY -FIRST WARD OF THE SAID CITY. (52) ELECTION PRECINCT NUMBER FIFTY -TWO (52) SHALL BE C014POSED OF THE FIFTY- SECOND WARD OF THE SAID CITY. (53) ELECTION PRECINCT NUMBER FIFTY -THREE (53) SHALL BE COMPOSED�OF THE FIFTY -THIRD WARD OF THE SAID CITY. (54) ELECTION PRECINCT NUMBER FIFTY -FOUR (54) SHALL BE COMPOSED OF THE FIFTY - FOURTH WARD OF THE SAID CITY. (55) ELECTION PRECINCT NUMBER FIFTY -FIVE (55) SHALL BE COMPOSED OF THE FIFTY -FIFTH WARD OF THE SAID CITY. (56) ELECTION PRECINCT NUMBER FIFTY -SIX (56) SHALL BE COMPOSED OF THE FIFTY -SIXTH (56) WARD OF THE SAID CITY. (57) ELECTION PRECINCT NUMBER FIFTY -SEVEN (57) SHALL BE COMPOSED OF THE FIFTY - SEVENTH (57) WARD OF THE SAID CITY. (58) ELECTION PRECINCT NUMBER FIFTY -EIGHT (58) SHALL BE COMPOSED OF THE FIFTY - EIGHTH (58) WARD OF THE SAID CITY. (59) ELECTION PRECINCT NUMBER FIFTY -NINE (59) SHALL BE COMPOSED OF THE FIFTY -NINTH (59) WARD OF THE SAID CITY. (6O) ELECTION PRECINCT NUMBER SIXTY (60) SHALL BE C014POSED OF THE SIXTIETH -(60) WARD OF THE SAID CITY. (61) ELECTION PRECINCT NUMBER SIXTY -ONE (61) SHALL BE COMPOSED OF THE SIXTY- FIRST(61) WARD OF THE SAID CITY. (62) ELECTION PRECINCT NUMBER SIXTY -TWO (62) SHALL BE COI;7POSED OF THE SIXTY- SECOND (62) WARD OF THE SAID CITY. (63) ELECTION PRECINCT NUMBER SIXTY-THREE (63) SHALL,BE COMPOSED OF THE SIXTY-THIRD (63) WARD OF THE SAID CITY. (64) ELECTION PRECINCT NUMBER SIXTY -FOUR (64) SHALL BE COMPOSED OF THE SIXTY- FOURTH (64) WARD OF THE SAID CITY. (65) ELECTION PRECINCT NUMBER SIXTY -FIVE (65) SHALL BE COIPOSED OF THE SIXTY -FIFTH (65) WARD OF THE SAID CITY. - 3 - (66) ELECTION PRECINCT NUMBER SIXTY -SIX (66) SHALL BE COMPOSED OF THE SIXTY -SIXTH (66) WARD OF THE SAID CITY. (67) ELECTION PRECINCT NUMBER SIXTY -SEVEN (67) SHALL BE COMPOSED OF THE SIXTY- SEVENTH (67) WARD OF THE SAID CITY. (68) ELECTION PRECINCT NUMBER SIXTY -EIGHT (68) SHALL BE COMPOSED OF THE SIXTY- EIGHTH (68) WARD Of- THE SAID CITY. (69) ELECTION PRECINCT NUMBER SIXTY -NINE (69) SHALL BE COMPOSED OF THE SIXTY -NINTH (69) WARD OF THE SAID CITY. (70) ELECTION PRECINCT NUMBER SEVENTY (70) SHALL BE COMPOSED OF THE SEVENTIETH (70) WARD OF THE SAID CITY. (71) ELECTION PRECINCT NUMBER SEVENTY -ONE (71) SHALL BE COMPOSED OF THE SEVENTY -FIRST (71) WARD OF THE SAID CITY. (72) ELECTION PRECFNCT NUMBER SEVENTY -TWO (72) SHALL BE COMPOSED OF THE SEVENTY- SECOND (72) WARD OF THE SAID CITY. (73) ELECTION PRECINCT NUMBER SEVENTY-THREE (73) SHALL BE COMPOSED OF THE SEVENTY -THIRD (73) WARD OF THE SAID CITY. (74) ELECTION PRECINCT NUMBER SEVENTY -FOUR (711) SHALL BE COMPOSED OF THE SEVENTY- FOURTH (74) WARD OF THE SAID CITY. (75) ELECTION PRECINCT NUMBER SEVENTY -FIVE (75) SHALL BE COMPOSED OF THE SEVENTY -FIFTH (75) WARD OF THE SAID CITY. (76) ELECTION PRECINCT NUMBER SEVENTY -SIX (76) SHALL BE COMPOSED OF THE SEVENTY -SIXTH (76) WARD OF THE SAID CITY. (77) ELECTION PRECINCT NUMBER SEVENTY -SEVEN (77) SHALL BE COMPOSED OF THE SEVENTY- SEVENTH (77) WARD OF THE SAID CITY. (78) ELECTION PRECINCT NUMBER SEVENTY -EIGHT (78) SHALL BE COMPOSED OF THE SEVENTY- EIGHTH (78) WAkD OF THE SAID CITY. (79) ELECTION PRECINCT NUMBER SEVENTY -NINE (79) SHALL BE COMPOSED OF THE SEVENTY -NINTH (79) WAA,R,D OF THE SAID CITY. (80) ELECTION PRECINCT NUMBER EIGHTY (8O) SHALL BE COMPOSED OF THE EIGHTIETH (8O) WARD OF THE SAID CITY. (81) ELECTION PRECINCT NUMBER EIGHTY -ONE (81) SHALL BE COMPOSED OF THE EIGHTY -FIRST (81) WARD OF THE SAID CITY. (82) ELECTION PRECINCT NUMBER EIGHTY -TWO (82) SHALL BE COMPOSED OF THE EIGHTY- SECOND (82) WARD OF THE SAID CITY. (83) ELECTION PRECINCT NUMBER EIGHTY -THREE (83) SHALL BE 11 COMPOSED OF THE EIGHTY -THIRD (83) WARD OF THE SAID CITY. (84) ELECTION PRECINCT NUMBER EIGHTY -FOUR (84) SHALL BE COMPOSED OF THE EIGHTY- FOURTH (84) WARD OF THE SAID CITY. (85) ELECTION PRECINCT NUMBER EIGHTY -FIVE (85) SHALL BE COMPOSED OF THE EIGHTY -FIFTH (85) WARD OF THE SAID CITY. (86) ELECTION PRECINCT NUMBER EIGHTY-SIX (86) SHALL BE COMPOSED OF THE EIGHTY -SIXTH (86) WARD OF THE SAID CITY. -4- (87) ELECTION PRECINCT NUMBER EIGHTY -SEVEN (87) SHALL BE COMPOSED OF THE EIGHTY- SEVENTH WARD OF THE SAID CITY. (88) ELECTION PRECINCT NUMBER EIGHTY -EIGHT (88) SHALL BE COMPOSED OF THE EIGHTY- EIGHTH WARD OF THE SAID CITY. (89) ELECTION PRECINCT NUMBER EIGHTY -NINE (89) SHALL BE COMPOSED OF THE EIGHTY -NINTH WARD OF THE SAID CITY. (90) ELECTION PRECINCT NUMBER NINETY (90) SHALL BE COM- POSED OF THE NINETIETH WARD OF THE SAID CITY. (91) ELECTION PRECINCT NUMBER NINETY -ONE SHALL BE COM- POSED OF THE NINETY -FIRST WARD OF THE SAID CITY. (92) ELECTION PRECINCT NUMBER NINETY -TWO SHALL BE COM- POSED OF THE NINETY - SECOND WARD OF THE SAID CITY. (93) ELECTION PRECINCT NUMBER NINETY -THREE (93) SHALL BE COMPOSED OF THE NINETY -THIRD WARD OF THE 1S'AID CITY. (94) ELECTION PRECINCT NUMBER NINETY -FOUR (94) SHALL BE COMPOSED OF THE NINETY - FOURTH WARD OF THE SAID CITY. (95) ELECTION PRECINCT NUMBER NINETY -FIVE (95) SHALL BE COMPOSED OF THE NINETY -FIFTH WARD OF THE SAID CITY. (96) ELECTION PRECINCT NUMBER NINETY -SIX (96) SHALL BE COMPOSED OF THE NINETY -SIXTH WARD OF THE SAID CITY. (97) ELECTION PRECINCT NUMBER NINETY -SEVEN (97) SHALL BE COMPOSED OF THE NINET.- SEVENTH WARD OF THE SAID CITY. (98) ELECTION PRECINCT NUMBER NINETY -EIGHT (98) SHALL BE COMPOSED OF THE NINETY- EIGHTH WARD OF THE SAID CITY. (99) ELECTION PRECINCT NUMBER NINETY -NINE (99) SHALL BE COMPOSED OF THE NINETH -NINTH WARD OF THE SAID CITY. (100) ELECTION PRECINCT NUMBER ONE HUNDRED (100) SHALL BE COMPOSED OF THE ONE HUNDREDTH WARD OF THE SAID CITY. (101) ELECTION PRECINCT NUMBER ONE HUNDRED ONE (101) SHALL BE COMPOSED OF THE ONE HUNDRED FIRST WARD OF THE SAID CITY. (103) ELECTION PRECINCT NUMBER ONE HUNDRED TWO (102) SHALL BE COMPOSED OF THE ONE HUNDRED SECOND WARD OF THE SAID CITY. (io6) ELECTION PRECINCT NUMBER ONE HUNDRED SIX (io6) SHALL BE COMPOSED OF THE ONE HUNDRED SIXTH WARD OF THE SAID CITY. EACH OF THE RESPECTIVE WARDS AS HEREIN REFERRED TO, ARE AS FIXED BY ORDINANCE DULY PASSED AND APPROVED ON THE 12TH DAY OF JUNE, 1968, BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS., -5- SECTION 2. ALL OTHER ORDINANCES WHICH HAVE HERETOFORE BEEN PASSED AND WHICH HAVE SET OUT AND ESTABLISHED ELECTION PRECINCTS FOR THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI ARE HEREBY REPEALED AND ORDINANCE ND. 8898 IS HEREBY EXPRESSLY REPEALED. SECTION 3. THE FACT THAT THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI DEEMS IT NECESSARY THAT THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI BE DIVIDED INTO EIGHTY -FOUR (84) ELECTION PRECINCTS IN ORDER TO PROVIDE PROPER FACILITIES FOR VOTING IN THE FORTHCOMING SPECIAL ELECTION AND OTHER ELECTIONS TO BE HELD IN THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI 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, AND HAVING REQUESTED THAT SUCH CHARTER RULE BE SUSPENSED, 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 12TH DAY OF JUNE, 1968. >ATTEST: CITY SECRE ARY M Y APPROVED: THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS 1,1 _DAY OF JUNE, 1968: CITY ATTORNEY , CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS DAY OFG�' '9.�/y TO THE MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL 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; 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, 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 FOLLO 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