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HomeMy WebLinkAbout10231 RES - 03/31/19713- 31- 71:mvl '« sx A RESOLUTION INVITING THE CITY OF TAMP ICO, MEXICO TO BECOME A SISTER -CITY OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS, AND CONVEYING THE WARMEST REGARDS AND DEEPEST FRATERNAL SENTI14ENT 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 instituted, and Presidents John F. Kennedy, Lyndon B. Johnson and Richard M. Nixon encourage the "People - to- People Program" of the United States to achieve greater frieniship 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 other;, has been urged by the Town Affiliation Association, to affiliate, as a sister -city, with a city or cities 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, Tamaulipas, Mexico, and the people of Tampico, to become a Sister -City of Corpus Christi and cultivate and maintain the visits, communications, and exchanges that will build 10231 v� f s , 7 •i le - continuing goodwill, friendships, and respect between the peoples and their governments. 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 Town Affiliation 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 hhfrom and after its passage, IT IS ACCORDINGLY SO RESOLVED, this the --I/A day of March, 1971. Ay Secreta ;y /y^ BYO J / / THE CITY of CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS �VED: D OF MAR t 1971. 1! , City ttorney Corpus Christi, Texas - /A-t day of 4 v � xa�-�"`�''�' , 197/ 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, Gil W nl____!��n`'3��ItM►.J R 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 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 Ken McDaniel W. J. "Wrangler" Roberts Ronnie Sizemore 0