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AN ORDINANCE
AUTHORIZING AND DIRECTING THE CITY MANAGER, FOR AND
ON BEHALF OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TO EXECUTE
A CONTRACT WITH FOWCO CONSTRUCTION COMPANY FOR
STREET IMPROVEMENTS ON UP RIVER ROAD, FROM LEOPARD
STREET TO I.H. 37, PROJECT NO. 220- 53 -4.2; APPRO-
PRIATING OUT OF NO. 220 STREET BOND FUND THE SUM OF
S 2, 1 IONTIC
CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT AND $918 1SFORCON-
GENCIES AND INCIDENTAL EXPENSES; AND DECLARING AN
EMERGENCY.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI,
TEXAS:
SECTION 1. THAT THE CITY MANAGER BE, AND HE IS HEREBY, AUTHORIZED
AND DIRECTED, FOR AND ON BEHALF OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TO EXECUTE
A CONTRACT WITH FOWCO CONSTRUCTION COMPANY FOR STREET IMPROVEMENTS ON UPRIVER
ROAD, FROM LEOPARD STREET TO I.H. 37, SAID CONSTRUCTION TO CONSIST OF EXCAVA-
TIONS, BASE WORK, HOT MIX ASPHALTIC CONCRETE SURFACING FOR A PAVEMENT WIDTH
OF 45 FEET BACK TO BACK OF CURB EXCEPT THE RESIDENTIAL AREA WHICH WILL BE
54 FEET WIDE FOR A PARKING LANE, CURBS, GUTTERS, SIDEWALKS AND STORM SEWER
FACILITIES ON UPRIVER ROAD, LEOPARD TO I.H. 37, DESIGNATED AS PROJECT
No. 220- 53 -4.2, SAID CONSTRUCTION BEING MORE FULLY SET OUT IN THE PLANS AND
SPECIFICATIONS AND CONTRACT DOCUMENTS ON FILE IN THE OFFICE OF THE CITY
SECRETARY, ALL OF WHICH ARE MADE A PART HEREOF BY REFERENCE, AND ACCORDING
TO THE BID OF FOWCO CONSTRUCTION COMPANY OPENED ON THE 19TH DAY OF JUNE,1968,
THE SAID BID OF FOWCO CONSTRUCTION BEING THE LOWEST AND MOST ADVANTAGEOUS
TO THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS.
SECTION 2. THERE IS HEREBY APPROPRIATED OUT OF NO. 220 STREET
BOND FUND THE SUM OF $135,000, OF WHICH AMOUNT $125,118.17 IS FOR THE CON-
STRUCTION CONTRACT AND $9,881.83 IS FOR THE CONTINGENCIES AND INCIDENTAL
EXPENSES.
SECTION 3. THE NECESSITY TO AUTHORIZE THE EXECUTION OF THE AFORE-
SAID CONTRACT AND THE APPROPRIATION OF THE NECESSARY FUNDS TO PROVIDE STREET
IMPROVEMENTS BADLY NEEDED IN THE AREA ABOVE DESCRIBED CREATES A PUBLIC
EMERGENCY AND 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
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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 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, I IS ACCORDINGLY SO ORDAINED, THIS THE
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DAY OF AUGUST, 1968. '
ATTEST:
G1TY SECRETARY- k-- / Y °^
APPROVED:
(/ THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS
DAY OF AUGUST, 1968:
CITY AT16RNEilf
August 14, 1968
I certify to the City Council that the money required for the
contract, agreement, obligation, or expenditure contemplated in the above
and foregoing ordinance is in the Treasury of the City of Corpus Christi
to the credit of No. 220 Street Bond
Proiect No. 220- 53 -4.2,, 1135.000.
Fund from which it is proposed to be drawn, and such money is not
appropriated for any other purpose.
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Director F nce
CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS
DAY OF9�� _
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TO THE MEMEIERS 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,
Y
THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS
THE CHARTER RULE WAS SUSPENDED BY THE FOLLOWING VOTE:
JACK R. BLACKMON �QJ
RONN I E S I ZEMORE
V. A. "DICK" BRADLEY, JR.
P. JIMENEZ, JR., M.D. �^ 1
' GABE LOZAN O, SR.
KEN MCDANIEL
W. J. "WRANGLER" ROBERTS - -��
THE ABOVE ORDINANCE WAS PASSED BY THE FOLLOWING VOTE:
JACK R. BLACKMON
RONNIE SIZEMORE
V. A. "DICK" BRADLEY, JR.
P. JIMENEZ, JR., M.D.
GABE LOZANO, SR.
KEN MCDANIEL �n '
W. J. "WRANGLER" ROBERTS - -�