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TEXAS:
A RESOLUTION
AUTHORIZING AND DIRECTING THE CITY MANAGER TO SIGN AND
EXECUTE THE APPLICATION OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI,
TEXAS, FOR DESIGNATION AS COOPERATING LOCAL SPONSOR ON
NUECES RIVER PROJECT, TEXAS, AS PROPOSED BY BUREAU OF
RECLAMATION, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF INTERIOR, BEFORE THE
TEXAS WATER RIGHTS COMMISSION, ALL IN ACCORDANCE WITH
THE ATTACHED APPLICATION WHICH IS MADE A PART HEREOF
THE SAME AS IF WRITTEN HEREIN; AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI,
SECTION 1. THAT THE CITY MANAGER BE AND HEREBY IS AUTHORIZED AND
DIRECTED TO SIGN AND EXECUTE THE APPLICATION OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI,
TEXAS, FOR DESIGNATION AS COOPERATING LOCAL SPONSOR ON NUECES RIVER PROJECT,
TEXAS, AS PROPOSED BY BUREAU OF RECLAMATION, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF INTERIOR,
BEFORE THE TEXAS WATER RIGHTS COMMISSION, AUL IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE ATTACHED
APPLICATION WHICH IS MADE A PART HEREOF THE SAME AS IF WRITTEN HEREIN;
SECTION 2. THE NECESSITY TO EXECUTE THE FOREGOING APPLICATION
CREATES A PUBLIC EMERGENCY AND IMPERATIVE PUBLIC NECESSITY REQUIRING THE
SUSPENSION OF THE CHARTER RULE THAT NO ORDINANCE OR RESOLUTION SHALL BE PAS. SED
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 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
p<4qj DAY OF MAY, 1972.
A C ITARY / MAYOR
THE CITY OF CORPU RISTI, TEXAS
APPROVED:
2— 1 Y F MAY, 1972:
CITY ATTORNEY
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BEFORE THE TEXAS WATER RIGHTS COMISSION
APPLICATION OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS, FOR DESIGNATION AS
COOPERATING LOCAL SPONSOR ON NUECES RIVER PM=, TEXAS,
AS PROPOSED BY
BUREAU OF RECLAMATION, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
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TO THE HONORABLE TEXAS WATER RIGHTS COMMISSION:•
Now comes the City of Corpus Christi, Texas, and presents this
application pursuant to Section 11.252, Texas Water Code, and Rule 660.1,
Rules, Regulations and Modes of Procedure of the Texas Water Rights Can-
mission, for designation as the cooperating local sponsor for the develop-
ment of the Nueces River Project, Texas, as proposed by the Bureau of
Reclamation, U. S. Departwnt of the Interior, in its Feasibility Report
on the project, dated July, 1971.
I.
Purposes of the Project
The Nueces River Project, Texas, will be a multiple- purpose reservoir
on the Nueces River, Nueces River Basin, in Nueces, San Patricio and Jim
Wells Counties. The purposes of the project will be primarily to provide a
regional municipal and industrial water supply for the Coastal Bend Area of
_ Texas, centering around Corpus Christi, Texas. Additional purposes which
the project will serve are public recreation and sport- fishing.
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Reasons for the Application
The reasons the City of Corpus Christi makes this application are:
1. There is an urgent need for the project to move forward as
expeditiously as possible, and the early designation of the City as the local
sponsor would serve that end. The City will not object to the concurrent
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designation of the Texas Water Development Board as a joint - cooperating
local sponsor with the City should the Texas Water Development Board desire
to be so designated.
2. The City has the necessary legal authority to participate in the
construction and operation of the project as proposed in the Feasibility
Report and to assume the obligations and responsibilities imposed by Federal
and State laws and regulations on a local sponsor.
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3., The City has been intimately involved in the developments of this
project since its inception and will act for all project water users in ob-
taining the necessary water rights and in executing the necessary repaynent
contracts. The City will contract with other project water users to assure
them of equitable and appropriate shares of the project water supply under
the supervision of the Texas Water Rights Commission. -
Contemplated Use of Water
The proposed reservoir will impound 986,600 acre -feet of water.
There will be no flood control storage. The estimated dependable yield
of the conservation storage in the reservoir is 173,000 acre -feet per year.
The City will make application to the Texas Water Rights Ccnaission at the
, IF NECESSARY
appropriate time for a permit /to appropriate the full 175,000 acre -feet of
yield a year for municipal and industrial purposes. In addition, the water
will be used in place in the reservoir for recreational purposes under a :
recreational development program explained in the Feasibility Report.
IV.
Applicant's Contributions to the Project ~+
The City has made and will continue to make contributions of its
personnel, facilities, finances, and other resources available to it to further
the planning and development of the project: Specifically, the City will:
1. Take the necessary actions for all project water users to
obtain in the City's name the water rights required for project operation.
2. Execute contracts with other project water users to assure them of
equitable and appropriate shares of the project water supply under the super-
vision of the Texas Water Rights Commission.
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3. To call an election to authorize and to execute a contract, if
so authorized at said election, obligating itself to repay to the"Uni.ted States
reimbursable water supply costs of the Nueces River Project and to assume
responsibility for operation and maintenance of the project after completion
of construction, including payment of operation, maintenance, and replacement
costs allocated to water supply.
4. 9b call an election to authorize and to execute a contract, if so
authorized at said election, obligating itself to repay to the United States
reimbursable recreation and fish and wildlife costs of the Nueces River Pro-
ject recreation and sport- fishing facilities, including payment of operation,
maintenance, and replacement costs of those facilities.
5. provide any other services and take any other actions required by
appropriate Federal and State laws and regulations to accmTplish the project.
In addition, the City will participate and cooperate with all Federal,
State and local agencies having any interest in or responsibility for the project.
Prayer
The City requests that this application be set for consideration by the
Texas Water Rights Commission at the earliest appropriate time. The City
requests that upon hearing, the Commission designate the City of Corpus Christi,
Texas, as the cooperating local sponsor for the development of the Nueces River
Project, Texas, and enter such order or orders as may be appropriate.
Respectfully submitted,
CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS
By
Date:
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CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS
DAY OF 19_7-_2L
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; 1, 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.
SPEC FULLY,
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MAYOR
THE CITY F CO. U CHRISTI, 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. GONZALES
' ' •' ' ` GABE LO ZA NOS SR.
J. HOWARD STARK /�JE✓_A-
_ THE ABOVE ORDINANCE WAS PASSED BY THE FOLLOWING VOTE:
RONNIE SIZEMORE
CHARLES A. BONNIWELL /
ROBERTO BOSQUEZ, M.D.
'REV. HAROLD T. BRANCH
THOMAS V. GONZALES
GAGE LOZANO, SR.
J. HOWARD STARK