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AN ORDINANCE
CANVASSING RETURNS AND DECLARING THE RESULTS OF AN
ELECTION HELD ON THE 9TH DAY OF DECEMBER, 1972,
FOR THE PURPOSE OF DETERMINING WHETHER OR NOT THE
TERRITORY ADJACENT TO THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI,
DESCRIBED IN ORDINANCE NO. 11179, ORDERING SUCH
ELECTION, SHOULD BE ANNEXED TO THE CITY OF CORPUS
CHRISTI, TEXAS, AND DECLARING THE RESULTS OF SUCH
ELECTION; AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.
WHEREAS, on the 22nd day of November, 1972, the City Council of
the City of Corpus Christi, Texas, passed Ordinance No. 11,179, calling an
election to be held within the City of Corpus Christi, Texas, on the 9th
day of December, 1972, and such election was ordered and submitted to the
qualified voters of said City the question of whether or not certain terri-
tory should be annexed to the City of Corpus Christi, said territory to be
annexed consisting of all of the area lying between the present boundaries
of the City of Corpus Christi and a new proposed boundary as set forth in said
ordinance and located wholly within said new boundary line; and
WHEREAS, on December 6, 1972, the City Council delineated City
voting precincts, showing corresponding county precinct numbers, designating
polling place locations, designating election judges and alternates at the
December 9, 1972 annexation election, but otherwise making no change in said
Ordinance No. 11,179 in which the new proposed boundary line of the City was
more particularly described as follows:
All that area between the present city limits and a line hereinafter described;
Beginning at a point in the present city limits of the
City of Corpus Christi, said point being the most easterly
corner of State Tract No. 417;
Thence in a southerly direction with the east line of the
city limits of the City of Corpus Christi as described by
Ordinance No. 8080 to its intersection with the south-
westerly extension of the present southern city limit line
of the City of Aransas Pass;
Thence in a northeasterly direction with the southwesterly
extension of the present south city limit line of the City
of Aransas Pass and continuing in a northeasterly direc-
tion with the present south city limit line of the City of
Aransas Pass and its northeasterly extension to its inter-
section with the northeast boundary line of State Tract
No. 344;
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Thence in a southeasterly direction with the northeast
boundary line of State Tracts Nos. 344, 345, 346, 347,
and 384, to the most easterly corner of said State Tract
No. 3841
Thence in a southerly direction along a line parallel to
and five (5) miles east measured at right angle from the
east city limit line of the City of Corpus Christi, accord-
ing to Ordinance No. 8080, to its intersection with the
southeast boundary of State Tract No. 3881
Thence in a southwesterly direction with the southeast
boundary line of said State Tract No. 388 to the common
corner of State Tracts 388, 387, 403, and 4041
Thence in a southerly direction across said State Tract
No. 404 to the most westerly corner of the Samuel Ward
Survey, Abstract No. 4071
Thence in a southerly direction still crossing a portion
of State Tract No. 404 to the most easterly corner of
State Tract No. 405 in the northwest boundary of the Wm.
Little Survey, Abstract No. 2121
Thence in a southwesterly direction with the northwest
boundary line of Sam Wilson, Jr.'s 1280 acre tract, Wm.
Little Surveys, Abstract Nos. 212, 211, 210, and 213, to
the most westerly corner of the said Little Survey Abstract
No. 2131
Thence in a northwesterly direction with the northeast
boundary line of the Sam Wilson, Jr. 640 acre tract, James
M. Waterberry Survey, Abstract No. 408, to its most
northerly corner thereof;
Thence in a southwesterly direction with the northwest
boundary line of said Waterberry Survey to its intersec-
tion with the most easterly corner of the Wm. Little Survey,
Abstract No. 2161
Thence in a northwesterly direction with the northeast
boundary line of said Wm. Little Survey, Abstract No. 216,
to the most northerly corner thereof, said corner being
on the eastern shoreline of Corpus Christi Bay;
Thence in a southwesterly direction with the meanders of
said shoreline to its intersection with the most westerly
corner of the A. B. Davis Survey, Abstract No. 944;
Thence in a southeasterly direction with the southwest
boundary line of said A. B. Davis Survey and with the
southwest boundary line of the R. S. Harvey Survey, Abstract
No. 164, to its intersection with the most northerly corner
of the Uriah Hayden Survey, Abstract No. 162.
Thence in a southwesterly direction with the northwest
boundary line of said Uriah Hayden Survey to its most west-
erly corner thereof, said corner being in the northeast
boundary line of the Uriah Hayden Survey, Abstract No. 161;
Thence in a northwesterly direction with the northeast
boundary line of said Uriah Hayden Survey, Abstract No. 161
to its most northerly corner thereof;
Thence in a general southwesterly direction with the
northwest boundary lines of said Uriah Hayden Survey,
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Abstract No. 161, Wm. Little Survey, Abstract 217,
and Wm. Bryan Survey, Abstract No. 44, and its extension
to the most southerly corner of State Tract No. 55;
Thence in a northwesterly direction with the southwest
boundary line of said State Tract No. 55 to the most
northerly corner of State Tract No. 56.
Thence in a southwesterly direction with the common
boundary line of State Tracts 56 and 57, and 59, and 58
to its intersection with the east shore of Laguna Madre
at the most westerly corner of State Tract No. 59;
Thence in a general southwesterly direction with the
meanders of said shoreline to its intersection with the
most northerly corner of State Tract No. 60;
Thence in a southwesterly direction with the common
boundary line of State Tracts 58, 60 and 60 and 61 to
its intersection with the east shore of Laguna Madre
at the most westerly corner of State Tract 60;
Thence in a southwesterly direction with the meanders
of the eastern shore of Laguna Madre to its intersection
with the southwest right of way line of the John F.
Kennedy Causeway;
Thence in a northwesterly direction with the southwest
right of way line of the John F. Kennedy Causeway, to
its intersection with the Padre Island Investment Company's
west lease line extended northeasterly;
Thence in a southwesterly direction with the Padre Island
Investment Company's West Lease Line extended and with
the Padre Island Investment Company's West Lease Line
and its meanders to its most westerly corner thereof;
Thence in a southeasterly direction with the southwest
boundary line of Padre Island Investment Company's West
Lease and with the southwest boundary line of the Padre
Island Investment Company Tract and its extension to its
intersection with the Nueces- Kleberg County Line on the
East Shore of Laguna Madre;
Thence in a southwesterly direction with the meanders of
the east shore of Laguna Madre to the most southerly
corner of State Tract No. 178;
Thence in a northwesterly direction across Laguna Madre
and in a straight line to the point of intersection of
the Nueces- Kleberg County Line and the western shore of
Laguna Madre;
Thence in a general northeasterly direction with the mean-
ders of the western shore of Laguna Madre and continuing
with the city limit line of the City of Corpus Christi,
according to city ordinance Nos. 6636 and 8080 to the point
of beginning.
Containing 72 square miles of area more or less.
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WHEREAS, said Ordinance 11179 directed that the question of
annexation of the above described territory be stated on the ballot and
submitted to the voters by proposition as follows:
and
"ANNEXATION PROPOSITION
Shall the City of Corpus Christi, by ordinance, annex to
said City certain additional territory referred to and
described in the ordinance ordering an election passed
November 22, 1972, to the City of Corpus Christi and its
corporate limits, said territory being generally described
as an area being all of that area between the present east
city limits of the City of Corpus Christi and the west
shoreline of Mustang and Padre Island and between the
present south Aransas Pass city limits and a line approxi-
mately one mile south of the NueC66- Xleberg County Line."
WHEREAS, notice of said election was actually given as directed by
law and as directed in the ordinance calling the election as is shown by
affidavits properly filed in the office of the City Secretary; and
WHEREAS, said election was duly and legally held on the 9th day of
December, 1972, in conformity with the election ordinance passed by the City
Council as aforesaid, and the result of said election has been certified and
returned to the City Secretary and to this Council by the proper judges and
clerks thereof, and the City Council this day has duly and carefully considered
the returns of this election on the proposition hereinabove stated; and
WHEREAS, it appears to the Council, and the Council so finds, that
said election was in all respects lawfully held, and said returns duly and
legally made, and that there were cast at said election the following votes:
and
ANNEXATION PROPOSITION: TOTAL VOTES
For annexation of said additional territory
referred to in the ordinance heretofore passed
an final reading by the City Council, ordering
an election, and which ordinance was passed on
November 22, 1972 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D 730
Against the annexation of such additional terri-
tory referred to in the ordinance heretofore
passed on final reading by the City Council,
ordering an election, and which ordinance was �
passed on November 22, 1972. . . . . . . . . . _zr /
WHEREAS, the Council, having fully checked all of the procedure
relative to such election, and it appearing to the Council, and the Council
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so finds, that a majority of the legally qualified voters of and within
the City of Corpus Christi voted in favor of annexation of such additional
territory as stated under said proposition:
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS:
SECTION 1. That the returns of the election held on the 9th day
of December, 1972, at the various precinct voting places as provided for
in the ordinance ordering the election, and all of said voting precincts and
voting places being in the City limits of the City of Corpus Christi, Texas,
and all being convenient places within the said city limits, the returns of
said election are hereby received and are hereby canvassed and the results
thereof are hereby declared as follows:
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SECTION 2. The fact that it is important to the residents of the
territory proposed to be annexed and to the residents of the City of Corpus
Christi that an immediate record be made of the results of the election
held December 9, 1972, so that adequate provisions may be made directed
toward the annexation of such territory, 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 it is intro-
duced and that such ordinance or resolution shall be read at three several
meetings of the City Council, and the Mayor, having declared that such public
emergency and necessity exist, and having requested that such Charter rule
be suspended, 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 13th day of December,
1972.
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ATTEST:
! MAYOR
THE CITY OF CORtt.�JMSTI, TEXAS
City SecrdtarV
APPROVED:
DAY OF DECEMBER, 1972:
City Attorney
CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS
1'5,tk— AY 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) 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.
RESPE Y,
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2 YOR
THE CITY OF-CORIIVCHRISTI, 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 I�
GAGE LOZAND, $R.
J. HOWARD STARK
THE ABOVE ORDINANCE WAS PASSED BY THE FOLLOWING 'VOTE:
. BONNIE SIZEMORE '
CHARLES A. 13ONNIWELL
. ROBERTO 8oscuEZ, M.D. _
'REV. HAROLD T. BRANCH
THOMAS V. GONZALES
GABE LOZANO, SR.
J. HOWARD STARK Q.e�