HomeMy WebLinkAbout09549 ORD - 11/12/1969AN ORDINANCE
CLOSING THAT PORTION OF LAKE STREET BETWEEN NORTH
ALAMEDA STREET AND SAM RANKIN STREET, IN THE CITY
OF CORPUS CHRISTI, NUECES COUNTY, TEXAS; RESERVING,
HOWEVER, UTILITY EASEMENT TO THE CITY FOR ALL
UTILITIES; AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.
WHEREAS, NOTICE OF THE TIME AND PLACE FOR HOLDING A HEARING
CONCERNING THE CLOSING OF A PORTION OF LAKE STREET, LOCATED BETWEEN
NORTH ALAMEDA STREET AND SAM RANKIN STREET, WAS GIVEN BY PUBLICATION
AND REGISTERED MAIL TO THE LAST KNOWN ADDRESSES OF THE OWNERS OF PROPERTY
ABUTTING SAID PORTION OF LAKE STREET AND WITHIN 450 FEET OF THE AREA TO
BE CLOSED, AND THEREAFTER, PURSUANT TO SAID NOTICE, PUBLIC HEARING WAS
HELD AT REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI
ON WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 51 1969, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THE
CITY CHARTER; AND
WHEREAS, IT WAS DETERMINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL AFTER SUCH HEAR-
ING THAT THE PORTION OF LAKE STREET ABOVE DESCRIBED IS NOT NOW NEEDED
FOR STREET PURPOSES (BUT WILL BE NEEDED FOR UTILITY PURPOSES) NOR WILL
IT BE WITHIN THE FORESEEABLE FUTURE NEEDED AS A PUBLIC STREET; AND
WHEREAS, IT HAS BEEN DETERMINED THAT IT IS TO THE ADVANTAGE OF
THE CITY TO ABANDON THE SAID PORTION OF LAKE STREET FOR STREET PURPOSES
SO THAT THE SAME MAY BE USED BY THE ABUTTING PROPERTY OWNERS FOR OTHER
PURPOSES; HOWEVER, THE CITY COUNCIL HAS DETERMINED TO RETAIN ALL OF THE
UTILITY EASEMENT IN EXISTENCE AT THE PRESENT TIME:
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS:
SECTION 1. THAT THAT PORTION OF LAKE STREET, BETWEEN NORTH
ALAMEDA STREET AND SAM RANKIN STREET, IN THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI,
NUECES COUNTY, TEXAS, IS HEREBY CLOSED FOR PUBLIC STREET USE AND ABANDONED
TO THE OWNERS OF THE ABUTTING PROPERTY; HOWEVER, THERE IS EXCEPTED FROM
SAID ABANDONMENT, THE RIGHT OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI TO RETAIN THE 7
UTILITY EASEMENTS LOCATED IN SAID LAKE STREET. ,
SECTION 2. THE FACT THAT THE PUBLIC CONVENIENCE AND NECESSITY
WOULD BE BETTER SERVED BY THE CLOSING OF THE AFORESAID STREET CREATES A
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PUBLIC EMERGENCY AND AN IMPERATIVE PUBLIC NECESSITY REQUIRING THE SUSPEN-
SION 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 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,
IT IS ACCORDINGLY SO ORDAINED, THIS THE �o�;C' ,,,,�� -AY OF NOVEMBER, 1969.
ATTEST:
�TYSECRETARY MAY R
THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS
APPROV ;D:
Lz-f'f DAY OF NOVEMBER, 1969:
�SSTr CITY ATTORNEY
Corpus Christi, Texas //
of o-1111 �.�.�, 1967
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 jaid 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,
MAYOR
THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS
The Charter rule was suspended by the following vote:
Jack R. Blackmon
Gabe Lozano, Sr.
V. A. "Dick"Bradley, Jr.
Eduardo E. de Ases
Ken McDaniel
W. J. "Wrangler" Roberts
Ronnie Sizemore
The above ordinance was passed by the following vote:
Jack R. Blackmon
Gabe Lozano, Sr.
V. A. "Dick" Bradley, Jr. ,
Eduardo E. de Ases
Ken McDaniel
W. J. ','Wrangler" Roberts
Ronnie Sizemore