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Home My WebLink About09614 ORD - 01/21/1970IMS : JKN:1 -20 -70 TEXAS: AN ORDINANCE BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS, CALLING AN ELECTION ON THE QUESTION OF LOCATION OF ANOTHER DAM ON THE NUECES WATERSHED; AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, SECTION 1. THAT AN ELECTION SHALL BE HELD IN SAID CITY ON THE ATH DAY OF FEBRUARY, 1970, IN THE SEVERAL REGULAR ELECTION PRECINCTS OF SAID CITY, AND AT THE POLLING PLACES, AS FOLLOWS: 9614 ELECTION PRECINCT POLLING NUMBER PLACE 1 Judge Flores' Courtroom Court House 2 Crossley School 2512 Koepke 3 Oak Park School 3701 Mueller 4 Union Building 801 Omaha 5 Weldon Gibson School 5723 Hampshire 6 Tuloso- Midway High School Home Economics Building 9760 LaBranch 7 Robt. Driscoll Jr. High School 261 Weil Place 8 South Gate School 312 North 19th 9 Austin School 3902 Morgan 10 Lozano School 650 Osage 11 2824 Ruth 12 Lamar School 2212 Morris 13 Furman School 1115 S. Alameda 14 South Bluff Me. Church Church Youth Center 1501 7th 15 Menger School 2209 S. Alameda 16 Wynn Seale Jr. High School 1800 Blk. S. Staples 17 Wm. B. Travis School 1645 Tarlton 18 David Crockett School 3302 Greenwood ELECTION PRECINCT POLLING NUMBER PLACE 19 Rose Shaw School Annex 3109 Carver 20 Skinner Elementary School 1001 Bloomington 21 Cunningham Junior High 4321 Prescott 22 Del Mar College Auditorium Parlor B Ayers Street Entrance 23 Sam Houston School Cafe 363 Norton 24 Incarnate Word Convent Utilities Room 2917 Austin 25 Li11ualu RCLLtlaLiva 4CLLLeL 3133 Swantner 26 Garage at 3013 Brawner Pky. 27 Fannin School 2730 Gollihar 28 Prescott School 1945 Gollihar 29 Lexington School 2901 McArdle 30 Kostoryz School 3602 Panama 31 Central Park School 3602 McArdle 32 Baker Junior High 3445 Pecan 33 Carroll Lane School 4120 Carroll Lane 34 R. B. Fisher School 601 Minnesota 35 Boy Scout Hut -Pkwy. Pres. Church 3707 Santa Fe 36 Santa Fe Swimming Club 4100 Santa Fe ELECTION PRECINCT NUMBER 37 38 POLLING PLACE Wilson Elementary School 3925 Fort Worth Wm. C. Caulk Elementary 4621 Marie 39 Parkdale Elementary School 4801 Everhart 40 Windsor Park School 4525 South Alameda 41 Montclair School 5241 Kentner 42 Cullen Junior High 5225 Greely 43 Fraser Elementary McArdle and Airline 44 Woodlawn Elementary liiu woodia -w —Drive 45 Johnny Roberts Court Room 10808 S. Padre Island 46 Clarkwood School Gymnasium 47 County Building, Annaville 11000 Block Leopard 48 Tom Browne Junior High 4301 Schanen THE MAYOR OF SAID CITY SHALL APPOINT THE ELECTION OFFICERS TO HOLD SAID ELECTIONp IN ACCORDANCE WITH LAW. 2• THAT AT SAID ELECTION THE FOLLOWING PROPOSITION SHALL BE SUBMITTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH LAW: PROPOSITION "A" THE CITY COUNCIL RECOMMENDS THAT ANOTHER DAM BE CONSTRUCTED ON THE NUECES WATERSHED TO BE COMPLETED BETWEEN 1975 AND 1950. THE COUNCIL HAS CAREFULLY STUDIED ALTERNATIVE FINANC- ING AND CONSTRUCTION METHODS AND HAS CONCLUDED THAT THE FEDERAL BUREAU OF RECLAMATION SHOULD BE ASKED TO CONSTRUCT THE DAM AND10 ALLOW THE CITY TO REPAY THE COST OVER FIFTY i (50) YEARS. THE CITY HAS ASKED THE BUREAU TO STUDY ALL I FEASIBLE RESERVOIR SITES. THESE STUDIES CONCLUDE THAT THE TWO BEST SITES ARE THE LOWER OR R & M SITE FIVE MILES NORTH OF CALALLEN AND THE UPPER OR CHOKE CANYON SITE WEST OF THREE RIVERS. THE BUREAU HAS ESTIMATED THE COST AT CHOKE CANYON AT $37,46o,000 FOR AN ANNUAL WATER YIELD OF 45 BILLION GALLONS AND AT R & M AT $85,386,000 FOR AN ANNUAL WATER YIELD OF 54 I BILLION GALLONS. IT ISM THEREFORE, SUBMITTED FOR THE CHOICE OF THE VOTERS TO INDICATE THEIR PREFERENCE BY THEIR VOTE AS I1 TO WHETHER THE PROPOSED DAM SHALL BE LOCATED AT CHOKE CANYON SITE OR THE R & M SITE. 3. THAT SAID ELECTION SHALL BE HELD IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVI- SIONS OF THE CITY CHARTER OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS. II. THAT THE OFFICIAL BALLOTS FOR SAID ELECTION SHALL BE PREPARED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TEXAS ELECTION CODE SO AS TO PERMIT THOSE VOTERS DESIRING TO PREFER THE CHOKE CANYON SITE TO HAVE WRITTEN OR PRINTED ON THEIR BALLOTS THE FOLLOWING WORDS: °I PREFER THE CHOKE CANYON SITE, ESTIMATED T5O1 COST {1\ `+60,000 WITH AN ANNUAL WATER SUPPLY OF 4 BILLION GALLONS. AND THOSE VOTERS DESIRING TO PREFER THE R & M SITE TO HAVE WRITTEN OR PRINTED ON THEIR BALLOTS THE FOLLOWING WORDS: "I PREFER THE R & M SITES ESTIMATED TO COST 56 000 WITH AN ANNUAL WATER SUPPLY OF 54 BILLION GALLONS. 5. THAT VOTING MACHINES SHALL BE EMPLOYED AT THE ELECTION HEREIN ORDERED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF V.A.T.S. ELECTION CODE, ARTICLE 7.14. 6. THAT THE CITY SECRETARY OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI SHALL BE THE CLERK FOR ABSENTEE VOTING AT SAID ELECTION; AND THE OFFICE OF SAID CITY SECRETARY IN THE CITY HALL IS HEREBY DESIGNATED AS THE PLACE AT WHICH ABSENTEE VOTING SHALL BE CONDUCTED FOR SAID ELECTION, DURING THE REGULAR OFFICE HOURS OF SAID CITY SECRETARY. VOTING MACHINES SHALL BE USED BOTH FOR ABSENTEE VOTING BY PERSONAL APPEARANCE AND FOR VOTING AT THE REGULAR POLLING PLACES AT SAID ELECTION; BUT PAPER BALLOTS SHALL BE USED FOR ABSENTEE VOTING BY MAIL. A SPECIAL CANVASSING BOARD SHALL BE APPOINTED BY THE MAYOR, AS PROVIDED BY LAW, TO COUNT AND CANVASS ALL ABSENTEE VOTES AND BALLOTS CAST AT SAID ELECTION. 7. A SUBSTANTIAL COPY OF THIS ORDINANCE SHALL SERVE AS PROPER NOTICE OF SAID ELECTION. NOTICE SHALL BE GIVEN IN ACCORDANCE WITH ARTICLE 704, REVISED CIVIL STATUTES OF 1925, AS AMENDED. THE MAYOR IS AUTHORIZED AND DIRECTED TO HAVE A COPY OF SAID NOTICE POSTED AT THE CITY HALL IN SAID CITY AND AT EACH OF THE VOTING PLACES IN SAID CITY, NOT LESS THAN FIFTEEN DAYS PRIOR TO THE DATE FIXED FOR HOLDING SAID ELECTION. HE SHALL ALSO CAUSE SAID NOTICE TO BE PUBLISHED ON THE SAME DAY IN EACH OF TWO SUCCESSIVE WEEKS IN A NEWSPAPER OF GENERAL CIRCULATION PUBLISHED WITHIN SAID CITY, THE DATE OF THE FIRST PUBLICATION TO BE NOT LESS THAN FOURTEEN DAYS PRIOR TO THE DATE SET FOR SAID ELECTION. EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE PROVIDED IN SAID ARTICLE 704, AS AMENDED, THE MANNER OF HOLDING SAID ELECTION SHALL BE GOVERNED BY THE LAWS GOVERNING GENERAL ELECTIONS. 8. THAT THE PUBLIC IMPORTANCE AND PRESSING NEED FOR SUBMISSION TO THE PUBLIC OF THE PROPOSITION HEREIN CONTAINED CREATES A PUBLIC EMERGENCY AND AN IMPERATIVE PUBLIC NECESSITY REQUIRING THE SUSPENSION OF RULES AND CHARTER PROVISIONS REQUIRING SAME TO BE CONSIDERED AND VOTED UPON AT THREE REGULAR MEETINGS, AND SUCH FACTS REQUIRE THAT THIS ORDINANCE BE PASSED AND TAKE EFFECT IMMEDIATELY AS AN EMERGENCY MEASURE, AND SUCH RULES AND PROVISIONS ARE HEREBY SUSPENDED AND THIS ORDINANCE IS PASSED AND SHALL TAKE EFFECT AS AN EMERGENCY MEASURE, AND SHALL BE IN FULL FORCE AND EFFECT IMMEDIATELY UPON ITS PASSAGE. 9. IT IS HEREBY OFFICIALLY FOUND AND DETERMINED THAT THE MEETING AT WHICH SAID ELECTION WAS CALLED WAS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC AS REQUIRED BY LAW AND PUBLIC NOTICE OF THE TIME, PLACE, AND PURPOSE OF SAID MEETING WAS GIVEN AS REQUIRED BY CHAPTER 227, ACTS OF THE 61ST LEGISLATURE, REGULAR SESSION, 1969. PASSED AND APPROVED THIS THE 21ST DAY OF JANUARY, 1970. ATTEST: 4 Y THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS CITY SECRETARY THE FOREGOING ORDINANCE WAS APPROVED PRIOR TO PASSAGE AS TO FORM AND CORRECTNESS THIS THE 21ST DAY OF JANUARY, 1970- CITY ATTOI NE Corpus Christi Texas I' Z day of , 19Z TO THE MMBERS OR TILE 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; 1, therefore, request that you suspend laid 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, I j4AY0P THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS The Charter rule was suspended by the following vote: Jack R. Blackmon Gabe Lozano, Sr. ✓'(/�i ---- 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. r Eduardo E. de Ases Ken McDaniel W. J. 'Wrangler." Roberts Ronnie Sizemore Y: