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AN ORDINANCE
BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS,
RECEIVING INTO AND ANNEXING TO THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI,
CERTAIN ADDITIONAL TERRITORY, AND FIXING NEW BOUNDARIES
FOR THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, FULLY DESCRIBING SAID
TERRITORY AND SAID NEW BOUNDARIES, AND DECLARING SAID
NEW TERRITORY AN INTEGRAL PART OF THE CITY OF CORPUS
CHRISTI, AND DECLARING THE SAID NEW TERRITORY AS ANNEXED
TO AND MADE A PART OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS,
SUBJECT TO THE GENERAL LAWS OF THE STATE OF TEXAS, THE
CITY CHARTER OF THE SAID CITY AND THE ORDINANCES, RESOLU-
TIONS AND LAWS OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI AND ENTITLED
TO ALL THE SAME RIGHTS, PRIVILEGES AND BURDENS THEREOF;
AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.
WHEREAS, ON THE 22ND DAY OF NOVEMBER, 1972, THERE WAS PRESENTED TO
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS, AN ORDINANCE ORDERING
AN ELECTION TO BE HELD IN THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI FOR THE PURPOSE OF DETER-
MINING WHETHER OR NOT CERTAIN TERRITORY ADJACENT TO THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI
SHOULD BE ANNEXED TO THE CITY, WHICH ORDINANCE WAS DULY PASSED; AND
WHEREAS, AN ELECTION WAS HELD ON THE 9TH DAY OF DECEMBER, 1972, N
ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF SAID ORDINANCE AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH YH:
ORDINANCES AND CHARTER OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI AND IN ACCORDANCE WITI
THE STATUTES OF THE STATE OF TEXAS REGARDING SUCH ELECTIONS, AND THE QUESTION
OF SUCH ANNEXATION OF SUCH ADDITIONAL TERRITORY WAS SUBMITTED TO THE QUALIFIED
VOTERS OF THE CITY BY THE SUBMISSION OF THE FOLLOWING PROPOSITION:
"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
TILE PRESENT SOUTH ARANSAS PASS CITY LIMITS AND A LINE
APPROXIMATELY ONE MILE SOUTH OF THE NUECES- KLEBERG COUNTY
.LINE."
WHICH SAID AREA TO BE ANNEXED WAS FULLY DESCRIBED IN THE ORDINANCE PASSED ON
NOVEMBER 22, 1972 AND RETURNS OF SUCH ELECTION WERE DULY MADE TO THIS COUNCIL;
AND
WHEREAS, ON THE 13TH DAY OF DECEMBER, 1972, AT A REGULAR MEETING OF
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI CAME ON THE MATTER OF CANVASSING
RETURNS OF SAID ELECTION AND AT SAID MEETING, IT WAS FOUND AND DETERMINED THAT
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A MAJORITY OF THE LEGALLY QUALIFIED VOTERS VOTED IN FAVOR OF ANNEXATION TO THE
CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI OF THE SAID TERRITORY, AND THE CITY COUNCIL THEREUPON
DECLARED THE RESULTS OF SAID ELECTION TO BE THAT A MAJORITY OF THE LEGALLY
QUALIFIED VOTERS OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI VOTING AT SAID ELECTION VOTED
IN FAVOR OF ANNEXATION TO THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI OF ALL OF THE TERRITORY
BETWEEN THE CITY LIMITS OF THE CITY AS IT EXISTED PRIOR TO SAID ELECTION AND
THE CITY LIMITS AS DESCRIBED AND SET FORTH IN SAID ORDINANCE N0. 11,179, PASSED
ON NOVEMBER 22, 1972, ORDERING SAID ELECTION AND AS HEREINAFTER DESCRIBED; AND
WHEREAS, IN ORDER TO COMPLY WITH SECTION 2 or ARTICLE 1 OF THE CHARTER
OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS, AS AMENDED, IT IS NECESSARY AFTER THE
ELECTION HAS BEEN HELD AND THE VOTE IS FAVORABLE FOR ANNEXATION, THAT THE CITY
COUNCIL SHALL BY ORDINANCE ANNEX THE AREA SO VOTED UPON AND
WHEREAS, THE CITY COUNCIL DEEMS IT TO THE BEST INTERESTS OF THE CITY
OF CORPUS CHRISTI THAT SAID TERRITORY AS HEFEINAFTER DESCRIBED AND WHICH THE
VOTERS OF THE CITY BY A MAJORITY VOTE DECLARED SHOULD BE ANNEXED TO THE CITY OF
CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS, BE ANNEXED TO AND RECEIVED INTO AND INCLUDED WITHIN THE
TERRITORIAL LIMITS OF SAID CITY TO BECOME AD INTEGRAL PART THEREOF, AND SUBJECT
TO THE RULES, REGULATIONS, ORDINANCES, RESOLUTIONS AND THE CHARTER OF SAID
CITY AS WELL At BECOMING CHARGED WITH THE BURDENS OF OTHER PERSONS AND PROPERTY
WITHIN SAID CITY AND THAT THE BOUNDARY LIMITS or THE CITY BE FIXED AS HEREINAFTER
DESCRIBED, INCLUDING SAID AREA:
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS:
SECTION 1. THAT ALL OF THE AREA LYING BETWEEN THE BOUNDARY LINE OF
THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS, AS IT EXISTED PRIOR TO THIS DATE AND THE
NEW BOUNDARW AS PROPOSED TO BE FIXED BY ORDINANCE NO. 11,179 PASSED ON NOVEMBER
22, 1972, AND WHICH NEW BOUNDARY IS MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS:
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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;
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. 384;
Thence in a southerly direction along a line parallel to
and =ive (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 Wo. 388;
Thence in a southwesterly direction with the southeast
boundary line of said State Tract .Qo. 388 to the common
corner of State Tracts 388, 387, 4J3, and 404;
Thence in a southerly direction across said State Tract
No. 404 to the most westerly corner of the Samuel Ward
Survey, Abstract No. 407;
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. 212;
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. 213;
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. 216;
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;
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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,
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. 551
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;
Th i:ce 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. 591
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 601
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 Causewayj
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;
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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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AND ALL OF WHICH AREA IS HEREBY ANNEXED TO THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS,
AND RECEIVED INTO SAID CITY AND INCLUDED WITHIN THE TERRITORY AND LIMITS OF
SAID CITY AS AN INTEGRAL PART THEREOF AND THE CITY LIMITS BOUNDARY ESTABLISHED
AS HEREINABOVE SET FORTH, INCLUDING ALL OF SAID AREA SO HEREBY ANNEXED, IT IS
HEREBY ORDAINED THAT SAID TERRITORY SHALL HEREAFTER BE A PART OF THE CITY OF
CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS, SUBJECT TO THE GENERAL LAWS OF THE STATE OF TEXAS
APPLICABLE THERETO AS A PART OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, THE CITY CHARTER
OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI AND THE ORDINANCES, RESOLUTIONS AND LAWS OF THE
CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS, TO ALL INTENTS AND PURPOSES AS WAS AND IS ALL
OF THE AREA WITHIN THE LIMITS OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS, PRIOR TO
SAID ANNEXATION ELECTION AND SUBJECT TO ALL THE SAME RIGHTS, PRIVILEGES AND
BURDENS THEREOF.
SECTION 2. THE FACT THAT SUCH ELECTION HAS BEEN HELD AND THE VOTES
COUNTED AND CI,NVASSED AND THE RESULTS OF THE ELECTION DECLARED IN FAVOR OF
ANNEXATION OF SUCH TERRITORY TO SAID CITY, AND IT IS IMPORTANT TO THE RESIDENTS
OF SUCH TERRITORY THAT ANNEXATION OF SUCH 1 "ETRITORY BE IMMEDIATELY COMPLETED,
CREATES A PUBLIC EMERGENCY AND IMPERATIVE PUBLIC NECESSITY REQUIRING THE SUS-
PENSION 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 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 13-W- DAY
OF DECEMBER, 1972.
ATTEST:
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CITY SECRETARY MAYOR
THE CITY OF CO CHRISTI, TEXAS
APPROVED:
�3 %l? DAY qF DECEMBER, 1972:
CITY RNEY
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TO THE MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL
CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS
CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS
DAY OF
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. -
RE CTFU Y,
OR
THE CITY OF Oa CHRISTI, TEXAS
THE CHARTER RULE WAS SUSPENDED BY THE FOLLOWING VOTE?
RONNIE SIZEMORE
CHARLES A. BON NIWELL -.
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 SI2EMORE
CHARLES A. BONNIWELL
ROBERTO BOSOUEZ, M.D.
'REV. HAROLD T. BRANCH
THOMAS V. GONZALES
GABE LOZANO, SR.
J. HOWARD STARK Q
ISTATE OF TEXAS, PU T
BLISHER'S AFFIDAVIT
County of Nueces.
Before me, the undersigned, a Notary Public, this day personally came
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Cla 9ACL-Mit--M-M!, . . ............ of the Corpus Christi Caller and The Corpus Christi Timm
Daily Newspapers published at Corpus Christi, Texas, in said County and State, and that the publication of
of which the annexed is a true copy, was published in ........ ..
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Subscribed and sworn to before me this
Louise Viok
--"q-0tary Public, Nueces County, Texas
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