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AN ORDINANCE
CLOSING THAT PORTION OF ELGIN STREET LOCATED BETWEEN
BLOCKS 2 AND 5 OF EL REY ADDITION, EXTENDING FROM
DUNBAR STREET TO EASLEY STREET, IN THE CITY OF CORPUS
CHRISTI, NUECES COUNTY, TEXAS; AND DECLARING AN
EMERGENCY.
WHEREAS, NOTICE OF THE TIME AND PLACE FOR HOLDING A HEARING CON-
CERNING THE CLOSING OF THE PORTION OF ELGIN STREET BETWEEN BLOCKS 2 AND 5
OF EL REY ADDITION, EXTENDING FROM DUNBAR STREET TO EASLEY STREET, IN THE
CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, NUECES COUNTY, TEXAS, WAS GIVEN BY PUBLICATION AND
REGISTERED MAIL TO THE LAST KNOWN ADDRESSES OF THE OWNERS OF PROPERTY ABUT-
TING SAID PORTION OF ELGIN 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,
JULY 8, 1970, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THE CITY CHARTER; AND
WHEREAS, IT WAS DETERMINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL AFTER SUCH HEARING
THAT THE PORTION OF THE STREET ABOVE DESCRIBED IS NOT NOW NEEDED FOR STREET
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 AFORESAID PORTION OF ELGIN STREET FOR STREET PURPOSES SO
THAT THE SAME MAY BE USED FOR OTHER PURPOSES:
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS:
SECTION 1. THAT THE PORTION OF ELGIN STREET LOCATED BETWEEN BLOCKS
2 AND 5 OF EL REY ADDITION, EXTENDING FROM DUNBAR STREET TO EASLEY STREET, IN
THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, NUECES COUNTY, TEXAS, AS MORE FULLY DESCRIBED ON
THE ATTACHED PLAT, IS HEREBY CLOSED FOR PUBLIC STREET USE AND ABANDONED TO
THE OWNERS OF THE ABUTTING PROPERTY.
SECTION 2. THE FACT THAT THE PUBLIC CONVENIENCE AND NECESSITY
WOULD BE BETTER SERVED BY THE CLOSING OF THE AFORESAID PORTION OF ELGIN
STREET CREATES A PUBLIC EMERGENCY AND AN IMPERATIVE PUBLIC NECESSITY REQUIRING
THE SUSPENSION OF THE CHARTER RULE THAT NO ORDINANCE OR RESOLUTION SHALL BE
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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 `EFFFEECgT FROM AND AFTER ITS PASSAGE, IT IS ACCORDINGLY SO ORDAINED,
TH 1 S THE !o' x4/✓ DAY OF JULY, 1970.
ATTEST:
CITY SECRETARY Y
APPROVED: THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS
DAY OF JULY, 1970:
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TO THE IJENBERS 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,
Gee.► .�e�.+.2.�
IAYOR
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
ting, Ken McDaniel
W. J. "Wrangler" Roberts
Ronnie Sizemore
The above ordinance was passed by the :
Jack R. Blackmon
Gabe Lozano, Sr.
V. A. "Dick" Bradley, Jr. e
Eduardo E. de Ases
Ken McDaniel
W. J. ''Wrangler" Roberts
Ronnie Sizemore �Q�fs
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