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AN ORDINANCE
AUTHORIZING AND DIRECTING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE A
CONTRACT WITH CHICAGO BRIDGE & IRON COMPANY FOR CONSTRUC-
TION OF THE ELEVATED WATER TANK, FLOUR BLUFF, PROJECT
NO. 202 -68 -29.2, EDA PROJECT NO. 08-i- 00747, SUBJECT TO
FINAL APPROVAL FROM THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ADMINISTRATION;
APPROPRIATING FROM THE NO. 202 WATER SYSTEM BOND FUND THE
SUM OF $244,659, OF WHICH $235,600 IS FOR THE CONSTRUCTION
CONTRACT AND $9,059 IS FOR CONTINGENCIES, INCLUDING
ENGINEERING FEES, INSPECTION, STAKING, RADIOGRAPHIC TEST,
LABORATORY TESTING, AND OTHER 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 TO EXECUTE, FOR AND ON BEHALF OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI,
A CONTRACT WITH CHICAGO BRIDGE & IRON COMPANY FOR CONSTRUCTION OF THE
ELEVATED WATER TANK, FLOUR BLUFF, PROJECT N0. 202 -68 -29.2, EDA PROJECT
NO. 08-1- 00747, SAID CONSTRUCTION TO CONSIST OF PROVIDING OF ALL MATERIALS,
LABOR, EQUIPMENT, TOOLS, SUPERVISIDN AND APPURTENANCES NECESSARY FOR THE
FABRICATION AND CONSTRUCTION OF A ONE - MILLION GALLON ELEVATED STEEL WATER
STORAGE TANK AS IS MORE CLEARLY DESCRIBED INTHE PLANS AND SPECIFICATIONS
AND CONTRACT DOCUMENTS ON FILE IN THE OFFICE OF THE CITY SECRETARY, SAID
CONSTRUCTION TO BE IN THE FLOUR BLUFF AREA NEAR FLOUR BLUFF DRIVE, SUBJECT
TO FINAL APPROVAL FROM THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ADMINISTRATION, ALL AS
MORE FULLY SET FORTH IN THE PLANS AND SPECIFICATIONS AND CONTRACT DOCUMENTS
-ON FILE IN THE OFFICE OF THE CITY SECRETARRY, ALL OF WHICH ARE MADE A PART
HEREOF BY REFERENCE, AND ACCORDING TO THE BID OF CHICAGO BRIDGE & IRON
COMPANY OPENED ON THE 15TH DAY OF JULY, 1970, THE SAID BID OF CHICAGO
BRIDGE & IRON COMPANY BEING THE LOWEST AND MOST ADVANTAGEOUS TO THE CITY
OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS.
SECTION 2. THERE IS HEREBY APPROPRIATED OUT OF NO. 202 WATER
SYSTEM BOND FUND THE SUM OF $244,659, OF WHICH $2352600 IS FOR THE
CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT AND $9,059 IS FOR CONTINGENCIES, INCLUDING ENGINEER-
ING FEES, INSPECTION, STAKING, RADIOGRAPHIC TEST, LABORATORY TESTING, AND
OTHER INCIDENTAL EXPENSES. '
SECTION 3. THE NECESSITY TO PROVIDE A WATER STORAGE FACILITY
IN THE FLOUR BLUFF AREA OF THE CITY TO SERVE THE FLOUR BLUFF AREA, U. S.
NAVAL AIR STATION, AND PADRE ISLAND AS GROWTH CONTINUES IN THESE AREAS,
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 BUT THAT SUCH
ORDINANCE OR RESOLUTION SHALL BE READ AT THREE SEVERAL MEETINGS OF THE
CITY COUNCIL, AND THE MAYOR HAVING DECLARED THAT SUCH EMERGENCY AND
NECESSITY EXIST, HAVING REQUESTED THAT SUCH CHARTER RULE BE SUSPENDED
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 29TH DAY OF JULY, 1970.
ATTEST:
ITY SECRE ARY % AY R
THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS
APP OVED:
L DAY OF JU , 1970:
TINE CITY AT Q NEY
CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS
CERTIFICATION OF FUNDS
(City Charter Article IV Section 21)
July 29 1970
I certify to the City Council that $ 244,659.00 , the amount required
for the contract, agreement, obligation or expenditures contemplated in the
alh,ye and foregoing ordinance is in the Treasury of the City of Corpus Christi
to the credit of:
Fund No. and Name 202 Water System Bond
Project No. 202 -68 -29.2
Project Name Elevated Water Tank - 1 M.G.
Flour Bluff
from which it is proposed to be drawn, and such money is not appropriated for
any other purpose.
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TO THE IJEPJBERS 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,
IAYOR
THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS
The Charter rule was suspended by the following vote:
Jack R. Blackmon
Cabe Lozano, Sr.
V. A. "DicV'Bradley, Jr. OL
Eduardo E. de Ases
Ken McDaniel
W. J. "Wrangler" Roberts
Ronnie Sizemore
The above ordinance was passed by the follow" g vote:
Jack R. Blackmon
Gabe Lozano, Sr.
V. A. "Dick" Bradley, Jr.
Eduardo E. de Ases
Ken McDaniel oz
W. J. 'Wrangler" Roberts
Ronnie Sizemore