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AN ORDINANCE
AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE AN AGREEMENT
BETWEEN THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, THE STATE OF TEXAS,
THE COUNTY OF NUECES, SAN PATRICIO COUNTY, AND PORTLAND,
TEXAS FOR A CONTINUING, COMPREHENSIVE, TRANSPORTATION
STUDY FOR THE URBAN AREAS OF CORPUS CHRISTI AND NUECES
COUNTY, AND PORTLAND, TEXAS AND SAN PATRICIO COUNTY, ALL
AS MORE FULLY SET FORTH IN THE AGREEMENT, A COPY OF WHICH
IS ATTACHED HERETO AND MADE A PART HEREOF; AND DECLARING
AN EMERGENCY.
WHEREAS, THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI AND NUECES COUNTY ENTERED INTO
A CONTINUING PHASE AGREEMENT AND THE CORPUS CHRISTI URBAN TRANSPORTATION
STUDY DATED JUNE 25, 1965; AND
WHEREAS, THE GENERAL STUDY AREA HAS BEEN EXPANDED TO INCLUDE ALL OF
NUECES AND SAN PATRICIO COUNTIES WHICH ARE THE SAME AS THE SMSA AND WHICH
EXPANSION PROVIDES FOR THE INCLUSION OF PORTLAND IN THE INTENSIVE STUDY AREA;
AND
WHEREAS, SAID AGREEMENT HAS BEEN EXPANDED TO INCLUDE ONE (1) REPRE-
SENTATIVE OF THE COASTAL BEND COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS ON THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE:
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS:
SECTION 1. THAT THE CITY MANAGER OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI BE
AND HE IS HEREBY AUTHORIZED TO EXECUTE AN AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF CORPUS
CHRISTI, THE STATE OF TEXAS, THE COUNTY OF NUECES, SAN PATRICIO COUNTY AND
PORTLAND, TEXAS FOR A CONTINUING, COMPREHENSIVE, COOPERATIVE TRANSPORTATION
STUDY FOR THE URBAN AREAS OF CORPUS CHRISTI AND NUECES COUNTY, AND PORTLAND,
TEXAS AND SAN PATRICIO COUNTY, ALL AS MORE FULLY SET FORTH IN THE AGREEMENT,
A COPY OF WHICH, MARKED EXHIBIT "AP, IS ATTACHED HERETO AND MADE A PART HEREOF.
SECTION 2. THE NECESSITY TO IMMEDIATELY AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER
TO EXECUTE THE AFOREMENTIONED AGREEMENT IN ORDER TO ACCOMPLISH THE INTENT OF
THE SAID AGREEMENT CREATES A PUBLIC EMERGENCY AND 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 SUCH EMERGENCY AND NECESSITY TO EXIST, AND HAVING
REQUESTED THE SUSPENSION OF THE CHARTER RULE AND THAT THIS ORDINANCE BE PASSED
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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 L,;YLPAY OF APRIL, 1972.
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CITY SECRE ARY MAYOR
THE CITY OF CORPU C ISTI, TEXAS
APPROVED:
jTLiDAY OF APRIL, 1972:
.CI�T RNEY
CORPUS CHRISTI URBAN TRANSPORTATION`STUDY
1972' CONTINUING PHASE ACREDIENT '
STATE OF TEXAS X
COUNTY OF TRAVIS X
THIS AGREEMENT made this day of A.D., 1972
by and between the State of Texas, the City of Corpus Christi, The City of Portland,
the County of Nueces, and the County of San Patricio.
WHEREAS, subsequent to the passage of the Federal -Aid Highway Act of 1962,
the State of Texas, the City of Corpus Christi and the County of Nueces did enter into
a Continuing Phase Agreement on June 25, 1965, A.D., to provide for a continuing
comprehensive and cooperative Urban Transportation Study for the area in and around
Corpus Christi, and
WHEREAS, the growth of the region within the last decade now necessitates-an
increase in the size of the study area, and
WHEREAS, it is the desire of the State of Texas, acting by and through its
State Highway Engineer, the City of Corpus Christi, the City of Portland, the County
;of Nueces and the County of San Patricio acting by and .through the proper officials
as authorized by ordinances and resolutions, to enter into another agreement for the
continuing phase of the Corpus Christi Urban Transportation Study and to expand the
study area to include all of Nueces and San Patricio Counties with an intensive study
as shown on the map attached hereto and marked Exhibit A.
NOW, THEREFORE, it is hereby agreed that the State of Texas, the City of
Corpus Christi, the City of Portland, the County of Nueces and the County of San
Patricio in cooperation with the Federal Highway Administration will participate in a
continuing, comprehensive and cooperative planning process with responsibilities and
undertakings as related in the following paragraphs.
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I. RESPONSTISTLTTTES OF T111. STATE
A. It will be the responsibility of the State of Texas to keep
current the following basic elements as studied in the initial
phase:
1. Inventory of highways and streets generally under
jurisdiction of the State.
2. Traffic Volumes and Travel Time Studies as necessary
and in cooperation with the local governments.
3. Accident Summary
4. Financial expenditures on Highways
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B. The State will also be responsible for the following items:
1. Providing traffic data developed by the study to all
agencies in the area.
2. Making additional traffic assignments, processing additional
forecast data and modifying previous assignments as needed.
3. Maintaining necessary records and making necessary
analyses of data for the study area as a whole.
4. In cooperation -with the Cities, establish survey zones for
traffic analysis.
5. Publish reports as needed.
C. The State in cooperation with the Cities and Counties shall also
periodically, or as needed by the study, review and update the
recommended transportation plan as set out in the initial phase
report.
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II. RESPONSTBIT.TTIHS OF THE CTTIES
A.
It will be the responsibility of the City of Corpus Christi and
the City of Portland to keep current or update at least once
a year the following basic elements as studied in the initial
phase.
1. Population
2. Land Use
3. Transportation Facilities
a. Inventory of highways and streets generally
under jurisdiction of the Cities
b. Traffic Signal Inventory '
c. Accident Summary
4. Financial expenditures on City streets
5. Mass Transit - Service and Coverage
B.
The Cities shall also periodically, or as needed by the study,
update the following basic studies;
1. Economic factors affecting development
2. Community Controls
3. Community Value Factors
4. Parking, Railroad, Airline, Bus and Truck
Terminal Facilities
C.
The Cities shall furnish assistance in establishing survey
zones and provide zonal forecasts.
D.
It shall also be the responsibility of the Cities to update
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population and land use forecasts by survey zones as may be
necessary and to assist in developing interim traffic forecasts.
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III. RESPONSIBTLi9TF.S OF Till?, COUNTi1:S
A. It will be the responsibility of Nueces County and San
Patricio County to keep current the following basic elements;
1. Inventory of highways and streets generally under
jurisdiction of the County.
2. Financial Expenditures on County Roads.
IV. OPI- MATIONS
A. Advisory Committee
The guidance and direction of the continuing transportation
study will be furnished by an Advisory Committee formed by
representatives as follows;
1. State of Texas (4 members)
Texas Highway Department - District 16 (2)
Texas Highway Department- Highway Design Division (1)
Texas Highway Department - Planning Survey Division (1)
2. City of Corpus Christi (3 members)
3. City of Portland (1 member)
4. County of Nueces (1 member)
5. County of San Patricia (1 member)
6. Coastal Bend Council of Governments (1 member)
7. Federal Highway Administration - United States
Department of Transportation shall be represented on
the Advisory Committee. (This representation shall be
non - voting.)
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B. Study Coordinator
The continuing phase of the study will be directed by a Study
Coordinator designated by the State (District 16).
1. Ile shall serve as Chairman of the Advisory Committee
2. Maintain liaison between the Cities, the Counties, the
Coastal Bend Council of Governments and the State Highway
Department,
3. Provide all traffic data available from the study.
Analyze such data and make it available to the agencies
involved as needed for designing, etc.
4. Prepare and present annual reports to the Advisory
Committee and to participating agencies concerning the
status and progress of the various studies.
5. Stay abreast of developments in techniques of transpor-
tation planning.
6. Recommend revision of the transportation plan, special
studies, or renegotiation of this agreement when considered
appropriate.
7. Continually review the study and make recommendations to
the Advisory Committee on the advisability of changing the
Study Area boundary.
C. Planning Coordinator
A Planning Coordinator shall be assigned by the Cities to work
in cooperation with the Study Coordinator on the transportation
study.
1. The Planning Coordinator shall be a member of the Advisory
Committee.
2. He shall coordinate the various Cities' Departments activities
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IT IS UNDERSTOOD by all parties that this agreement may be supplemented or
renegotiated as recommended by the Advisory Committee to meet changing conditions.
Also, by mutual agreement, the parties hereto may terminate this agreement.
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with Lhe- TransportaLion Plan and in kce.ping data and records
up to date.
3. lie shall recommend to the Study Coordinator special studies,
revision of the transportation plan or additional surveys
when considered appropriate by the Cities.
D.
Procedures for maintaining current and /or updating data for
each of the various study elements listed above will be
prepared by the agency bearing primary responsibility for
said elements. Such procedures shall be subject to modification
by the Advisory Committee dependent upon the needs and cap-
abilities of the various agencies during the continuing phase.
V. FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITIES
A.
The full cost of items assigned to each City will be borne by
that City.
B.
The full cost of items assigned to each County will be borne by
that County.
C.
The full cost of items assigned to the State will be borne by the
State. For special studies involving the collection and analysis
of socio- economic factors and other data required for use in
traffic generation and trip distribution, and which data is not
needed by the local governments, and which is needed only for the
transportation study,'the Texas Highway Department will assume
the responsibility for such studies.
IT IS UNDERSTOOD by all parties that this agreement may be supplemented or
renegotiated as recommended by the Advisory Committee to meet changing conditions.
Also, by mutual agreement, the parties hereto may terminate this agreement.
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IN 14ITNESS 14IIEREOF, the parties have hereunto affixed their signatures c
L,,e dates indicated.
STATE OF TEXAS CITY OF PORTLAND
Certified as being executed for the By
purpose and effect of activating and/ City Manager
or carrying out the orders, established
policies, or work programs heretofore
approved and authorized by the State Date
Highway Commission ATTEST:
City Clerk
By
State Highway Engineer Under Authority APPROVED AS TO FORM:
of Commission Minute No. 60394
Date City Attorney
RECOMMENDED FOR EXECUTION: COUNTY OF NUECES
By
District Engineer - District 16 County Judge
Date
Chief Engineer of Highway Design ATTEST:
Director of Planning Survey County Clerk
.CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI APPROVED AS TO FORM:
By
City Manager County Attorney
COUNTY OF SAN PATRICIO
Date
By
ATTEST:' County Judge
Date
ATTEST:
City Clerk
County Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM: APPROVED AS TO FORM:
City Attorney County Attorney
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71972 Corpus Christi Transportation Study Intensive Study Area_.
EXHIBIT A
CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS
/Aa -)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.
SPECTFUL Y�
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MAYOR
THE CITY OF CORPS C ISTI, TEXAS
THE CHARTER RULE WAS SUSPENDED BY THE FOLLOWING VOTE:
RONNIE SIZEMORE
CHARLES A. BONNIWELL
ROBERTO BOSQUEZ, M.D.
REV. HAROLD T. BRANCH
THOMAS V. GONZALES
GABE LOZANO, SR.
J. HOWARD STARK
THE ABOVE ORDINANCE WAS PASSED BY THE FOLLOWING VOTE:
BONNIE SIZEMORE 'p ,
CHARLES A. BONNIWELL
ROBERTO BOSQUEZ, M.D.
REV. HAROLD T. BRANCH
THOMAS V. GONZALES
GABE LOZANO, SR.
J. HOWARD STARK