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AN ORDINANCE
CLOSING THE PORTION OF GATEWAY DRIVE ABUTTING LOTS 1 AND
12, BLOCK 3, AND LOTS 15 AND 16, BLOCK 4, GATEWAY PARK
SUBDIVISION, LYING BETWEEN CLINE AND O'CONNELL STREETS,
BEING SITUATED IN NUECES COUNTY, TEXAS; RESERVING THE
NECESSARY EASEMENTS FOR DRAINAGE FACILITY; AND DECLARING
AN EMERGENCY.
WHEREAS, notice of the time and place for holding a hearing
concerning the closing of portion of Gateway Drive abutting Lots 1
and 12,,Block 3, and Lots 15 and 16, Block 4, Gateway Park Subdivision,
lying between Cline and O'Connell Streets, being situated in Nueces
County, Texas, was given by publication and registered mail to the last
known addresses of the owners of property abutting said portion of Gateway
Drive and within 450 feet of the area to be closed and thereafter, pursuant
to said notice, public hearing was held at Regular Meeting of the City Council
of the City of Corpus Christi on Wednesday, April 19, 1972, in accordance with
the provisions of the City Charter; and
WHEREAS, it was determined by the City Council after such hearing
that it would best serve the public convenience and necessity to close that
portion of Gateway Drive hereinabove described for use as a public street;
and
WHEREAS, it has been determined that it is to the advantage of
the City to close-that portion of Gateway Drive described hereinabove so
that the same may be used by the owners of abutting property for other
purposes; however, the City Council has determined it is necessary to
retain easements for a drainage facility:
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS:
SECTION 1. That Gateway Drive abutting Lots 1 and 12, Block 3,
and Lots 15 and 16, Block 4, Gateway Park Subdivision, lying between Cline
-and O'Connell Streets, situated in Nueces County, Texas, is hereby closed
for public use as a public street and abandoned to the owners of the abutting
property, subject, however, to retention and reservation by the City of an
easement for a drainage facility:
In the event any reservation of easement herein made by this
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closing is nullified, invalidated or revoked by any legal authority or
by final judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction, this closure is
thereby voided of the extent of such revocation or invalidation of ease-
ment.
SECTION 2. The fact that the public convenience and necessity
would be better served by the closing of the hereinabove described portion
of Gateway Drive 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 ordinance be passed finally on the date of its intro-
duction and take effect and be in full force and effect from and after
its passage and publication, IT IS ACCORDINGLY SO ORDAINED, this the
c 6 VR--) day of April, 1972.
ATTEST:
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City Se a ry MAYOR
THE CITY OF CORPUS C IS , TEXAS
APPR OVED:
Z MR/AY OF APRIL, 1972:
City Attorney
CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS
46V,j..)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. _
RESPECTFNLLY,
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THE CITY OF CORPUVCHRI)STI, TEXAS
THE CHARTER RULE WAS SUSPENDED BY THE FOLLOWING VOTE:
BONNIE SIZEMORE
CHARLES A. BONNIWELL
ROBERTO BOSQUEZ, M.D.
REV. HAROLD T. BRANCH
THOMAS V. GONZALESC��
GABE LOZANO, SR. iT
J. HOWARD STARK
THE ABOVE ORDINANCE WAS PASSED BY THE FOLLOWI G VOTE:
RONNIE SIZEMORE
CHARLES A. BONNIWELL
ROBERTO BOSQUEZ, M.D.
REV. HAROLD T. BRANCH
THOMAS V. GONZALES
GABE LOZANO, SR.
J. HOWARD STARK