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AN ORDINANCE
REDECLARING, UNDER ART. 5890E, V.A.C.S., TEXAS, AND
ARTICLE 1175, V.A.C.S., TEXAS, THE STATE OF CIVIL
EMERGENCY CONTINUING IN THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI
AS A RESULT OF HURRICANE CELIA AND AUTHORIZING THE
ESTABLISHMENT BY THE CITY OF MOBILE HOME PARK
ACCOMMODATIONS FOR DISASTER HOUSING PURPOSES WITHIN
THE CITY AS HERETOFORE AUTHORIZED BY THE CITY COUNCIL,
TO CONTINUE THE SAME; PROVIDING SEVERABILITY; PROVIDING
NOTICE AND PUBLICATION; AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.
WHEREAS, IT IS THE FINDING OF THE CITY COUNCIL THAT A STATE OF
CIVIL EMERGENCY CONTINUES IN THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI AS A RESULT OF
HURRICANE CELIA; AND
WHEREAS, THERE IS A SEVERE SHORTAGE OF HOUSING FOR RESIDENTS
OF THE CITY WHO HAVE BECOME HOMELESS DUE TO THE STORM DAMAGE, AS WELL
AS FOR PERSONS ENTERING THE CITY•TO- ASSIST IN REPAIRS TO PROPERTY; AND
WHEREAS, THE CITY, IS OBLIGATED, UNDER ITS CONTRACT WITH THE
DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT, TO PROVIDE MOBILE HOME
PARK SITES'FOR THE HOUSING OF PERSONS MADE HOMELESS BY THE HURRICANE,
AND AVAILABLE DEVELOPED MOBILE HOME PARK SITES ARE WHOLLY INADEQUATE TO
SUPPLY SUCH HOUSINGS
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS:
SECTION 1. UNDER AUTHORITY OF ART. 5890E, V.A.C.S., TEXAS,
AND ART. 1175, V.A.C.S., TEXAS, JOINTLY AND SEVERALLY, THE CITY MANAGER
IS HEREBY AUTHORIZED TO ESTABLISH, AND ENTER INTO NECESSARY CONTRACTS
TO EFFECT SUCH ESTABLISHMENT, MOBILE HOME PARK ACCOMMODATIONS FOR DIS-
ASTER HOUSING PURPOSES WITHIN THE CITY AS HERETOFORE AUTHORIZED BY THE
CITY COUNCIL, TO CONTINUE THE SAME.
THERE IS EXCEPTED LEXINGTON PARK, UNIT Z, ONLY INSOFAR AS
SUCH EXCEPTION IS REQUIRED BY THE TEMPORARY RESTRAINING ORDER DATED
SEPTEMBER 141 19701 SIGNED BY JUDGE TILLMAN SMITH.
SECTION 2. IF FOR ANY REASON ANY SECTION, PARAGRAPH, PHRASE OR
PROVISIONS OF THIS ORDINANCE SHALL BE HELD INVALID, IT SHALL NOT AFFECT
ANY VALID PROVISIONS OF THIS OR ANY OTHER ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF
CORPUS CHRISTI TO WHICH THESE RULES AND REGULATIONS RELATE.
SECTION 3. NOTICE OF THE PASSAGE OF THIS ORDINANCE SHALL BE
GIVEN AS PROVIDED BY ART. 5890E, V.A.C.S., TEXAS, AND BY ONE PUBLICATION
OF A STATEMENT OF ITS SUBSTANCE IN THE OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER.
SECTION 4. THE NECESSITY FOR ESTABLISHING AND ENTERING INTO
NECESSARY CONTRACTS TO EFFECT SUCH ESTABLISHMENT OF MOBILE HOME PARK
ACCOMMODATIONS FOR DISASTER HOUSING PURPOSES AS HEREINABOVE SET FORTH
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 ORDI-
NANCE BE PASSED FINALLY ON THE DATE'OF ITS INTRODUCTION AND TAKE EFFECT
AND BE IN FULL FORCE AND EFFECT FROM AND AFTER ITS PASSAGE AND PUBLICA-
TION, IT IS ACCORDINGLY SO ORDAINED, THIS THE �a_?Lv DAY OF SEPTEMBER,
1970-
ATTEST:
CI Y SECR TAR M R
THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS
APPROVED:
DAY OF SEPTEMBER, 1970:
tvyw .CI Y A— TORNEY
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Corpus Christi, T as
a34 day of 19
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.
Respectfully,
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THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS
The Charter rule was suspended by the following vote:
Jack R. Blackmon Z
Gabe Lozano, Sr. f`
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
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Ken McDaniel
W. J. "Wrangler" Roberts
Ronnie Sizemore y�
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PUBLISHEWS AFFIDAVIT
STATE OF TEXAS,
County of Nueees.
Before me, the undersigned, a Notary Public, this day personally came ---------
who being first duly sworn, according to law, says that he is the
.—Maazi f I ad of the Corpus Christi Caller and The Corpus Christi Times,
Daily Newspapers published at Corpus Christi, Texas, in said County and State, and that the publication of
no 941
of which the annexed is a true copy, was published in
on day 19--7-G
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Subscribed and sworn to before me __.._r ._
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Louise Vick -e-,-
_---Notary Public, Nueces County, Texasr