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AN ORDINANCE
AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE A CONTRACT WITH
ACORN, INC., AND A CONTRACT WITH CURRIE'S SEED COMPANY
FOR TREE PLANTING IN VARIOUS PARKS IN THE CITY, BEING
PROJECT NO. 291- 64 -20; APPROPRIATING OUT OF NO. 291
PARK BOND FUND $27,098.80 FOR THE AFORESAID CONTRACTS;
AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI,
TEXAS:
SECTION 1. That the City Manager be, and he is hereby, authorized
and directed to execute contracts with Acorn, Inc., and with Currie's
Seed Company for tree planting in various parks in the City, being Project
No. 291- 64 -20, all as is more fully described in the plans and specifica-
tions and contract documents on file in the office of the City Secretary,
all of which are made a part hereof by reference and according to the bids
of Acorn, Inc., and Currie's Seed Company, opened on the 5th day of
December, 1972, the said bids being the lowest and most advantageous to
the City of Corpus Christi.
SECTION 2. There is hereby appropriated out of the No. 291 Park
Bond Fund the sum of $27,098.80 for tree planting in various parks in the
City of Corpus Christi, of which amount $16,890 is for trees to be planted
by Acorn, Inc., and the amount of $10,208.80 is for trees to be planted by
Currie's Seed Company, applicable to Project No. 291- 64 -20.
SECTION 3. The necessity to execute the aforesaid contracts
and to appropriate the sums hereinabove set out at the earliest possible
date so that the project may proceed without delay creates a public
emergency and an imperative public necessity requiring the suspension of
the Charter rule and 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 ordi-
nance be passed finally on the date of its introduction and take effect
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and be in full force and effect from and after its passage, IT IS ACCORDINGLY
SO ORDAINED, this the_2 -�it day of February, 1973.
ATTEST:
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City Secretary MAYOR Flo -Tem
THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS
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CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS
CERTIFICATION OF FUNDS
(City Charter Article IV Section 21)
February 16, 197
I certify to the City Council that $ 27,098.80 , the amount required
for the contract, agreement, obligation or expenditures contemplated in the
above and foregoing ordinance is in the Treasury of the City of Corpus Christi
to the credit of:
Fund No. and Name No. 291 Park Bond Fund
Project No. 291 -64 -20
Project Name Tree Planting in Various Parks
from which it is proposed to be drawn, and such money is not appropriated for
any other purpose.
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Director of F' ce
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CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS
DAY OF
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. -
RESPEC FULLY,
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YOR Pro -iem
THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS
THE CHARTER RULE WAS-SUSPENDED BY THE FOLLOWING VOTE:
RONNIE SIZEMOREy,
_ CHARLES A. BONNIWELL
ROBERTO BOSQUEZ, M.D.
REV. HAROLD T. BRANCH '
THOMAS V. GONZALES 'I�
• _ GAGE LO2ANO, $R. .
J. HOWARD STARK
THE ABOVE ORDINANCE WAS PASSED BY THE FOLLOWING VOTE: - -
RONNIE SIZEMORE /,�PryGyvt
CHARLES A. BONNIWELL
ROBERTO BOSQUEZ, M.D. _ --_-IaGk ✓^^-
. 'REV. HAROLD T. BRANCH
THOMAS V. GONZALES
GABE LOZANO, SR.
J. HOWARD STARK (�j 2tiyt