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A RESOLUTION
PROVIDING FOR FULL UNLIMITED ACCESS AND USE OF
THE TOTAL IMPROVEMENTS TO THE PUBLIC OF THE
BEACH PRESERVED AND RESTORED BY THE CORPUS
CHRISTI BEACH RESTORATION PROJECT, AS MORE
FULLY DESCRIBED HEREIN; PROVIDING FOR MAINTAINING
SAID BEACH AS A PUBLIC BEACH; AND DECLARING AN
EMERGENCY.
WHEREAS, the City of Corpus Christi, Texas, and the
United States Army Corps of Engineers have proposed the preser-
vation and restoration of Corpus Christi Beach as a public
beach; and
WHEREAS, said restoration is to be financed by City
Bond Funds with matching Federal funds expended; and
WHEREAS, the letter dated February 9, 1970, from Lt.
General William F. Cassidy, Chairman, Board of Engineers for
Rivers and Harbors, Washington, D. C., found in House Document
No. 91 -415, dated November 16, 1970, 91st Congress, 2d Session,
which recommends the restoration of Corpus Christi Beach,
requires as a condition precedent, at 14.e.,that the City:
and
"e. Provide without cost to the United States
access and facilities necessary for realization
of the public benefits upon which Federal partici-
pation is based and maintain continued.public
ownership of the beach and administer it for public
use during the life of the project; ";
WHEREAS, the Report of the District Engineer found in
the aforementioned House Document No. 91 -415, provides in para-
graph 9. that the City assure the continued ownership and
administration of the beach for public use; and
WHEREAS, the aforementioned Report provides for local
cooperation at paragraph 46. and said cooperation requires the
City at subparagraph e. to:
"e. Provide, without cost to the United States, an
adequate width of beach in public ownership fronting
the private development with acceptable access and
facilities necessary for realization of the public
benefits upon which Federal participation is based,
and maintain continued public ownership of the beach
and its administration for public use during the
economic life of the project; ";
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WHEREAS, based on the foregoing, the City Council and
the Army Corps of Engineers require that said Beach Restoration
Project is to be a public beach and all citizens are to have full,
unlimited access and use of the total improvements of said Project:
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF
THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS:
SECTION 1. That in the Corpus Christi Beach Restoration
Project as contemplated and described in the survey report on
Corpus Christi Beach, Texas, dated May 16, 1969, Serial No. 153,
by the United States Army Corps of Engineers, and as printed in
House Document No. 91 -415, 91st Congress, 2d Session, the public
shall at all times have full, unlimited access and use of the
total improvements described in said survey report for the public
and all citizens. The City of Corpus Christi will at all times
maintain said project as a public beach with free and open access
to all citizens during the economic life of said project.
SECTION 2. The necessity to insure that the aforementioned
Corpus Christi Beach Restoration Project be and remain open to the
general public with full, unlimited access and use of the total
improvements to the public, 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 neces-
sity to exist, and having requested the suspension of the Charter
rule and that this Resolution 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 .2Z_ day of November, 19
ATTEST•
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City Secre a MAYOR
THE CIT OF US CHRISTI, TEXAS
APPROVED:
22ND DAY OF N. OVEMBER, 1972:
4 City Att rney
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CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS
DAY OF a 19 7Z
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.
ESPECTFUL Y, -
MAYOR
THE CITY OF CO RISTI, 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
GAGE LOZANO, SR. '
J. HOWARD STARK
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