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AN ORDINANCE
CLOSING AND ABANDONING THE 20 -FOOT STREET RIGHT
OF WAY ALONG THE NORTHEAST SIDE OF LOTS 13, 14
AND 15, SECTION 42, AND A 40 -FOOT STREET RIGHT
OF WAY BETWEEN LOTS 16, 17, AND 18, SECTION 42,
AND LOTS 2, 3, 4, AND 5, SECTION 41, ALL IN FLOUR
BLUFF AND ENCINAL FARM AND GARDEN TRACTS, SUBJECT
TO BEING REPLATTED, INCLUDING DRAINAGE EASEMENTS
WHICH IN THE OPINION OF THE DIRECTOR OF ENGINEERING
SERVICES ARE SUFFICIENT TO TAKE WATER FROM FLOUR
BLUFF DRIVE TO THE OSO; AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.
WHEREAS, notice of the time and place for holding a hearing con-
cerning the closing of the 20 -foot street right of way along the northeast
side of Lots 13, 14, and 15, Section 42, and a 40 -foot street right of way
between Lots 16, 17, and 18, Section 42, and Lots 2, 3, 4, and 5, Section
41, all in Flour Bluff and Encinal Farm and Garden Tracts, in the City of
Corpus Christi, Nueces County, Texas, was given by publication and registered
mail to the last known addresses of the owners of property abutting said
portions of street right of way proposed to be closed and within 450 feet of
the area to be closed, and thereafter, pursuant to said notice, public hear-
ing was held at Regular Council Meeting of September 6, 1972, in accordance
with the provisions of the City Charter; and
WHEREAS, it was determined by the City Council after such hearing
that the portions of street right of way proposed to be closed are not needed
now, nor will they be, within the foreseeable future, needed as public streets;
and
WHEREAS, it has been determined that it is to the advantage of the
City to close and abandon the portions of street right of way aforesaid, as
public streets so that the same may be used by the abutting property owners
for other purposes, said closing and abandoning to be subject to the replat-
ting of the area involved, including drainage easements necessary to take
water from Flour Bluff Drive to the Oso of such size and location to, in the
opinion of the Director of Engineering Services, provide for the flows con-
templated in the Master Drainage Plan:
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS:
SECTION 1. That the 20 -foot street right of way along the northeast
side of Lots 13, 15, and 16, Section 42, and the 40 -foot street right of way
between Lots 16, 17, and 18, Section 42, and Lots 2, 3, 4, and 5, Section 41,
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all in Flour Bluff & Encinal Farm and Garden Tracts in the City of Corpus
Christi, Nuedes County, Texas, be and the same is hereby closed for public
use and abandoned to the owners of the abutting property, to become effective
upon the filing of an approved replat of the area involved, including drain-
age easements necessary to take water from Flour Bluff Drive to the Oso, of
such size and in such location as to, in the opinion of the Director of
Engineering Services, provide for the flows contemplated in the Master Drain-
age Plan.
SECTION 2. The fact that the public convenience and necessity would
be better served by the closing of the portions of street right of way as
aforesaid 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 but that such ordi-
nance 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 resolu-
tion 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 r� day of February 1973.
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PROVED
THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS
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DAY OF FEBRUARY, 1973:
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CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS
DAY OF ,
TO THE MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL
CORf1S 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.OATE IT AS 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.
RESPECTFULLY,
0 ro• eBr
THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI,- TEXAS
THE CHARTER RULE WAS SUSPENDED BY THE FOLLOWING VOTE.
RONNIE SIZEMORE
CHARLES A. $ONNINELL
- - ROBERTO Bosauez, M.D. n „
REV. HAROLD T. BRANCH —°=—
- THOMAS V. GONZALES
GAGE LOZA NO, SR.
_ - D. 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
GABE LOZANO, SR..
J. HOWARD STARK