HomeMy WebLinkAbout10257 RES - 05/12/1971A RESOLUTION
SUPPORTING AMENDMENT NO. 4 AND URGING THE VOTERS OF
CORPUS CHRISTI TO CAST BALLOTS AS TO ALL CONSTITUTIONAL
AMENDMENTS AND T}iE MIXED DRINK PROPOSITION ON MAY 18,
'1971; AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY,
WHEREAS, THE 62ND TEXAS LEGISLATURE, AT ITS REGULAR SESSION, 1971,
HAS PASSED SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION N0. 17, A PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO ADD A
NEW SECTION 49 -D -1 TO ARTICLE III OF THE TEXAS CONSTITUTION; AND
WHEREAS, SAID PROPOSED AMENDMENT WILL APPEAR ON THE BALLOT AT A
SPECIAL ELECTION TO BE HELD ON MAY 182 1971, AS AMENDMENT N0. 4; AND
WHEREAS, -PROPOSED'AMENDMENT ND. 4 WILL PERMIT THE TEXAS WATER
DEVELOPMENT BOARD, ON DIRECTION OF THE TEXAS WATER QUALITY BOARD, TO ISSUE
ADDITIONAL WATER DEVELOPMENT BONDS UP TO $100 MILLION FOR USE IN PROVIDING
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GRANTS, - LOANS, OR COMBINATIONS THEREOF, TO CITIES, TOWNS, AND POLITICAL
SUBDIVISIONS, SO THAT THESE ENTITLES MAY QUALIFY FOR FEDERAL MATCHING FUNDS '•, �' ,,•
FOR WATER QUALITY ENHANCEMENT PROGRAMS; AND
WHEREAS, [HE ADOPTION BY THE PEOPLE OF PROPOSED AMENDMENT NO. 4
WOULD MAKE IT POSSIBLE FOR THE STATE OF TEXAS TO REALIZE A GREATER RETURN ON
TAX DOLLARS NOW GOING TO WASHINGTON, SINCE THE FEDERAL MATCHING SHARE OF COSTS `
WOULD INCREASE FROM A MAXIMUM OF 33% TO 55 %, AS THE STATE ENTERS THE PROGRAM .
WITH GRANTS AND LOANS; AND
WHEREAS, THE PASSAGE OF THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT NO. 4 WOULD MAKE
MORE FUNDS AVAILABLE TO'ASSIST LOCAL GOVERNMENT IN PROVIDING FACILITIES TO
ADEQUATELY TREAT AND DISPOSE OF THEIR WASTES, THEREBY ENHANCING THE QUALITY
AND QUANTITY OF THE STATE'S WATER, AND LIFTING SOME OF THE TAX LOAD FROM
ALREADY OVERBURDENED CITY TAXPAYERS; AND
WHEREAS, THE BALLOT FOR THE MAY 18, 1971 ELECTION ALSO CONTAINS
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT PROPOSITIONS ONE, TWO AND THREE; AND
WHEREAS, THE BALLOT FOR THE MAY 181 1971 ELECTION, IN SOME PRECINCTS,
ALSO CONTAINS THE MIXED DRINK PROPOSITION,
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS:
SECTION 1. THAT THE SAID CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CORPUS
CHRISTI ENDORSES'AMENDMENT NO. 4 ON THE BALLOT AT THE SPECIAL ELECTION TO
DE HELD ON MAY 18,. 1971-
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BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT THE CITY COUNCIL URGES THE CITIZENS ,.
TO GO TO THE POLLS ON MAY 18, 1971, AND VOTE FOR THE PASSAGE OF AMENDMENT
No. 4.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT THE CITY COUNCIL URGES ALL VOTERS TO
CAST THEIR BALLOTS AS TO PROPOSED CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS ONE, TWO, AND
THREE AND, WHERE APPLICABLE, THE MIXED DRINK PROPOSITION ON TUESDAY, MAY 18,
1971-
PASSED AND APPROVED THIS THE ,(z-DAY OF MAY, 1971.
ATTEST:
CITY SECRET 7
APPROVED:
1- DAY OF M Y, 19 1:
CI ATTORNEY I
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THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS
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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,
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THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS
The Charter rule was suspended by the following vote:
Jack R. Blackmon c
Gabe Lozano, Sr.
V. A. "Dick" Bradley, J}_
Eduardo E. de Ases /
Ken McDaniel
W. J. "Wrangler" Roberts/ x
Ronnie Sizemore
The above ordinance was passed by the following vote:
Jack R. Blackmon
Gabe Lozano, Sr.
V. A. "Dick" Bradley, /Jr. �c
Eduardo E. de Ases l�
Ken McDaniel
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W. J. "Wrangler" Roberts
Ronnie Sizemore �(
May 19, 1971
Mr. Richard D. Brown, Executive Director
Tome Municipal League
City of Austin
Austin, Texas
Dear Mr. Brmms
Mayor Blackmon directed that I furnish you a copy of the
Resolution No. 10257, passed and approved by the City
Council May 12, 1971, supporting Amendment No. 4 to be
voted upon at the statewide election May 18, 1971.
Very truly yours,
T. Ray Kring
City Secretary
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