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A RESOLUTION
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INVITING THE CITY OF TAMPICO, MEXICO TO BECOME A
SISTER -CITY OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS,
AND CONVEYING THE WARMEST REGARDS AND DEEPEST
FRATERNAL SENTIMENT OF THE PEOPLE OF CORPUS CHRISTI
TO THE PEOPLE OF TAMPICO; AND DISPENSING WITH THE
CHARTER RULE OF THREE READINGS OF A RESOLUTION.
WHEREAS, PRESIDENT DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER, PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY,
AND PRESIDENT LYNDON B. JOHNSON INSTITUTED AND ENCOUPAGED THE "PEOPLE-TO-
PEOPLE PROGRAM'S OF THE UNITED STATES TO ACHIEVE GREATER FRIENDSHIP AND UNDER-
STANDING AMONG THE PEOPLE OF THE UNITED STATES AND THOSE OF OTHER COUNTRIES;
AND
WHEREAS, TO IMPLEMENT THIS PROGRAM THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI,
AMONG OTHERS, HAS BEEN REQUESTED, THROUGH THE AMERICAN MUNICIPAL ASSOCIATION,
TO AFFILIATE, AS A SISTER -CITY, WITH A CITY OF SIMILAR CHARACTERISTICS AND
MUTUAL INTERESTS IN ANOTHER NATION; AND ,
WHEREAS, IT IS THE FINDING OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
CORPUS CHRISTI THAT THE GREAT CITY OF TAMPICO IS A CITY OF SIMILAR CHARACTER-
ISTICS AND MUTUAL INTERESTS RELATIVE TO CORPUS CHRISTI; AND
WHEREAS, IT IS THE FINDING OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF CORPUS CHRISTI
THAT THE PEOPLES OF TAMPICO AND CORPUS CHRISTI CHERISH THE TRADITION OF FREE-
DOM, SHARE A GLORIOUS COMMON HERITAGE, HOLD THE WARMEST MUTUAL REGARDS AND
THE DEEPEST FRATERNAL SENTIMENT ONE TO ANOTHER, AND ASPIRE TO PERMANENT,
WIDESPREAD FRIENDSHIP, AND
WHEREAS, IT IS THE FINDING OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF CORPUS CHRISTI
THAT ENDURING FRIENDSHIP AND GOODWILL WILL BE BEST PROMOTED BETWEEN CORPUS
CHRISTI AND TAMPICO BY ESTABLISHMENT OF A JOINT SISTER -CITY PROGRAM:
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS, AS FOLLOWS: -
SECTION 1. ON BEHALF OF THE PEOPLE OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI
THE CITY COUNCIL OF CORPUS,CHRISTI, WITH GREAT PLEASURE, HEREBY CORDIALLY
INVITES THE GOVERNMENT OF THE CITY OF TAMPICO, MEXICO, AND THE PEOPLE OF
TAMPICO, TO BECOME A SISTER -CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI AND CULTIVATE AND MAIN-
TAIN THE VISITS, COMMUNICATIONS, AND EXCHANGES THAT WILL BUILD CONTINUING
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GOODWILL, FRIENDSHIPS, AND RESPECT BETWEEN THE PEOPLES AND THEIR GOVERN-
MENTS.
SECTION 2. ON BEHALF OF THE PEOPLE OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI,
THE CITY COUNCIL OF CORPUS CHRISTI HEREBY CONVEYS TO THE GOVERNMENT OF THE
CITY OF TAMPICO, AND ITS PEOPLE, THE WARMEST REGARDS AND THE DEEPEST
FRATERNAL SENTIMENT OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI AND ITS PEOPLE.
SECTION 3. UPON RECEIPT BY THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI OF THE
ACCEPTANCE BY THE GOVERNMENT OF THE CITY OF TAMPICO OF THIS INVITATION OF
SISTER - CITYSHIP, THE CITY COUNCIL OF CORPUS CHRISTI SHALL PROMPTLY SELECT
ITS OFFICIAL REPRESENTATIVE TO THE CITY OF TAMPICO FOR THE PEOPLE -TO- PEOPLE
PROGRAM AND NOTIFY THE GOVERNMENT OF THE CITY OF TAMPICO OF THE REPRESENTA-
TIVE SELECTED.
SECTION 4. COPIES OF THIS RESOLUTION SHALL BE CONVEYED TO THE
MAYOR AND COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF TAMPICO, THE AMERICAN MUNICIPAL ASSOCIATION,
THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF STATE, AND THE EMBASSY OF MEXICO.
SECTION 5. THE NECESSITY OF COMMUNICATING THE FINDINGS AND RESOLU-
TION FOR SISTER - CITYSHIP WITH THE CITY OF TAMPICO AT THE EARLIEST DATE IN
ORDER TO DEVELOP FULLY THE PEOPLE -TO- PEOPLE PROGRAM OF THE CITY OF CORPUS
CHRISTI CREATES A PUBLIC EMERGENCY AND AN IMPERATIVE PUBLIC NECESSITY REQUIR-
ING 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, HAVING
REQUESTED THE SUSPENSION OF SAID CHARTER RULE AND THAT THIS RESOLUTION BE
PASSED FINALLY ON THE DATE OF ITS INTRODUCTION AND THAT SUCH RESOLUTION TAKE
EFFECT AND BE IN FULL FORCE AND EFFECT FROM AND AFTER ITS PASSAGE, IT IS
ACCORDINGLY SO RESOLVED, THIS THE /`/,V DAY OF MARCH,A 971.
ATTEST:
CITY SECRE A�/ MAYOR/,et fL
THE C�TY 0 S CHRISTI, TEXAS
APPROyED:
DAY OF MARCH, 1971:
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CIT ATTORNEY
Corpus Christi, Texas
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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,
MAYOR HE T CITY /OF THE F C US HRISTI, TEXAS
The Charter rule was suspended by the following vote:
Jack R. Blackmon
Gabe Lozano, Sr.
V. A. "Dick" Bradley, Jr.� —�ye�
Eduardo E.•de Ases
Ken McDaniel
W. J. "Wrangler" Roberts CL�Gt -Q�Ci
Ronnie Sizemore G C
The above ordinance was passed by the following vote:
Jack R. Blackmon e5i�Frct
Gabe Lozano, Sr. w�
V. A. "Dick" Bradley, Jr.
Eduardo E. de Ases
Ken McDanielGCC�
W. J. "Wrangler" Roberts _ e2u t-d s�
Ronnie Sizemore C �¢/