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Home My WebLink About09645 ORD - 02/18/1970BJW,2 /17/70 AN ORDINANCE CANVASSING RETURNS AND DECLARING THE RESULTS OF AN ELECTION HELD IN _THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS, ON FEBRUARY 14, 1970, ON THE QUESTION OF THE PRE- FERENCE OF THE QUALIFIED VOTERS CONCERNING THE LOCA- TION OF DAM AT EITHER THE R & M SITE OR THE CHOKE CANYON SITE; AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY. WHEREAS, HERETOFORE ON THE 21ST DAY OF JANUARY, 1970, AT A REGULAR MEETING, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS, PASSED AN ORDINANCE CALLING AN ELECTION TO BE HELD IN SAID CITY ON THE 14TH DAY OF FEBRUARY, 1970, ON THE FOLLOWING PROPOSITION: PROPOSITION "A" THE CITY COUNCIL RECOMMENDS THAT ANOTHER DAM BE CONSTRUCTED ON THE NUECES WATERSHED TO BE COMPLETED BETWEEN 1975 AND 1980. THE COUNCIL HAS CAREFULLY STUDIED ALTERNATIVE FINANC- AND ING AND CONSTRUCTION METHODS AND HAS CONCLUDED THAT THE FEDERAL BUREAU OF RECLAMATION SHOULD BE ASKED TO CONSTRUCT THE DAM AND TO ALLOW THE CITY TO REPAY THE COST OVER FIFTY (50) YEARS. THE CITY HAS ASKED THE BUREAU TO STUDY ALL FEASIBLE RESERVOIR SITES. THESE STUDIES CONCLUDE THAT THE TWO BEST SITES ARE THE LOWER DR 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 $37,460,000 FOR AN ANNUAL WATER YIELD OF 45 BILLION GALLONS AND AT R & M AT $85,386,000 FOR AN ANNUAL WATER YIELD OF 54 BILLION GALLONS. IT IS, THEREFORE, SUBMITTED FOR THE CHOICE OF THE VOTERS TO INDICATE THEIR PREFERENCE BY THEIR VOTE AS TO WHETHER THE PROPOSED DAM SHALL BE LOCATED AT CHOKE CANYON SITE OR THE R & M SITE. WHEREAS, NOTICE OF SAID ELECTION WAS ACTUALLY GIVEN AS REQUIRED BY LAW AND AS DIRECTED IN THE ORDINANCE CALLING THE ELECTION, AS IS SHOWN BY AFFIDAVITS PROPERLY FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE CITY SECRETARY; AND WHEREAS, SAID ELECTION WAS DULY AND LEGALLY HELD ON THE 14TH DAY OF FEBRUARY, 1J70, IN CONFORMITY WITH THE ELECTION ORDINANCE HERETOFORE PASSED BY THIS CITY COUNCIL AND THE RESULT OF SAID ELECTION HAS BEEN CERTI- FIED AND RETURNED TO THIS COUNCIL BY THE PROPER JUDGES AND CLERKS THEREOF AND WHEREAS, THIS COUNCIL HAS TODAY CONSIDERED THE RETURNS OF SAID ELECTION ON THE PROPOSITION HEREINABOVE STATED, WHICH WAS HELD ON THE 14TH DAY OF FEBRUARY, 1970; AND WHEREAS, IT APPEARS TO THE COUNCIL, AND THE COUNCIL 30 FINDS, THAT SAID ELECTION WAS IN ALL RESPECTS LAWFULLY HELD AND SAID RETURNS DULY AND LEGALLY MADE AND THAT THERE WERE CAST AT SAID ELECTION THE FOLLOWING VOTES: PROPOSITION "A" TOTAL VOTES "I PREFER THE CHOKE CANYON SITE, ESTIMATED TO COST tl�.�I 0.000 WITH AN ANNUAL WATER ,p� SUPPLY OF S BILLION GALLONS " . . . . . . . . . . . . . . / 49 "I PREFER THE R & M SITE, ESTIMATED TO COST $§5,386 ,000 WITH AN ANNUAL WATER SUPPLY OF p n 54 BILLION GALLONS .... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . al a[ AND WHEREAS, THE COUNCIL, HAVING FULLY CHECKED ALL OF THE PROCEDURE RELATIVE TO SUCH ELECTION, AND IT APPEARING TO THE COUNCIL, AND THE COUNCIL SO FINDS, THAT A MAJORITY OF THE LEGALLY QUALIFIED VOTERS OF AND WITHIN THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI VOTING AT SAID ELECTION EXPRESSED THEIR PREFERENCE FOR THE R & M SITE: NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS: SECTION 1. THAT THE RETURNS OF THE ELECTION HELD ON THE 14TH DAY OF FEBRUARY, 1970, AT THE VARIOUS PRECINCT VOTING PLACES AS PROVIDED IN THE ORDINANCE ORDERING THE ELECTION, WHICH ORDINANCE WAS PASSED ON JANUARY 21, 1970, AT A REGULAR MEETING, AND ALL OF SAID VOTING PRECINCTS AND VOTING PLACES BEING IN THE CITY LIMITS OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS, AND ALL BEING CONVENIENT PLACES WITHIN THE SAID CITY LIMITS, ARE HEREBY RECEIVED AND HEREBY CANVASSED AND THE RESULTS THEREOF ARE HEREBY DECLARED AS FOLLOWS: -2- IT APPEARING FROM SAID CANVASS OF SAID VOTES THAT THE PROPOSITION SO SUB- MITTED OF PREFERENCE OF THE R & M SITE IS CARRIED BY A MAJORITY OF 13,231E TO 10,381. SECTION 2. THE FACT THAT IT 13 OF PUBLIC IMPORTANCE TO THE RESI- DENTS OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI TO MAKE AN IMMEDIATE RECORD OF THE RESULTS OF THE ELECTION HELD ON FEBRUARY 14, 1970, 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 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 DAY OF FEBRUARY, 1970. ATTES CITY SECRETAdY APPROVED: ___L7 DAY OF FEBRUARY, 1970: CITY ATTOIPNEY Corpus Christi, Texas day of 15 "0 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. Respectful MAYOR CHRISTI, TEXAS The Charter rule was suspended by the follow in ote: 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. 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