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A RESOLUTION
ENDORSING PUBLIC LAW 92 -402, 192ND CONGRESS,
AUTHORIZING ANY STATE TO APPLY TO THE SECRETARY
OF COMMERCE FOR LIBERTY SHIPS TO BE SUNK FOR USE
AS AN OFFSHORE ARTIFICIAL REEF FOR CONSERVATION
OF MARINE LIFE; AUTHORIZING AND DIRECTING THE
CITY SECRETARY TO FORWARD COPIES OF THIS RESOLU-
TION TO CERTAIN ELECTED REPRESENTATIVES ; AND DE-
CLARING AN EMERGENCY.
WHEREAS, Public Law 92 -402, 92nd Congress authorizes any State
to apply to the Secretary of Commerce for Liberty Ships to be sunk for use
as an offshore artificial reef for the conservation of marine life; and
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Corpus Christi finds and
hereby determines that the creation of an offshore artificial reef by sinking
Liberty Ships would conserve marine life and be beneficial to the citizens of
the State of Texas;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVEDr,BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
CORPUS CHRISTI:
SECTION 1. That the City Council of the City of Corpus Christi
endorses Public Law 92 -402, 92nd Congress, and commends the State of Texas
to request the Secretary of Commerce for Liberty Ships to be sunk offshore
of Port Aransas, Texas, for use as an offshore artificial reef for the con-
servation of marine life for the benefit of the citizens of this State.
SECTION 2. That the City Secretary is hereby authorized and
directed to forward copies of this Resolution to the elected area representa-
tives at the State level, to the Governor and to the elected Texas representa-
tives at the National level.
SECTION 3. The necessity to conserve marine life 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 ordinance or resolution shall be
read at three meetings of the City Council, and the Mayor having declared
such emergency and necessity to exist, 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 RESOLVED, this the day of March,
1973.
ATTEST:
City Secretary MAYOR
\ THE CITY OF CORPU ISTI, TEXAS
*A�PPR'VE Y 0 MARCH , 1973 bggv ( y 11369
CORPUS CHRISTI TEXAS
C / DAY OF
TO THE MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL
- CORE JS CHRISTlj TEXAS
FOR THE REASONS SET FORTH IN THE EMERGENCY .CLAUSE OF THE FOREGOING
ORDINANCEI A PUBLIC EMERGENCY AND
IMPERATIVE NECESSITY EXIST FOR THE
SION OF THE CHARTER RULE OR REQUIREMENT THAT
SUSPEN-
NO ORDINANCE OR RESOLUTION SHALL
BE PASSED FINALLY ON THE DATE IT IS INTRODUCED, AND THAT
RESOLUTION
SUCH ORDINANCE OR
SHALL BE READ AT THREE MEETINGS OF THE CITY COUNCIL; 1, THEREFORE,
REQUEST THAT YOU SUSPEND
SAID CHARTER RULE OR REQUIREMENT AND PASS THIS
NANCE FINALLY ON THE DATE IT
ORDI-
CITY COUNCIL.
IS INTRODUCED, OR AT THE PRESENT MEETING OF THE
- R PECTF LY' ,
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MA OR
THE CITY OF RPU C RISTI,• TEXAS
THE CHARTER RULE WAS SUSPENDED BY THE FOLLOWING VOTE:
BONNIE SIZEMORE
CHARLES A. BONNIW!ELL
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. _ ROGER TO BOSQUEZ, M.D.
REV. HAROLD T. BRANCH
THOMAS V. GONZALES
- GABE LOZANO, $R,
- J. HOWARD STARK
THE ABOVE ORDINANCE WAS PASSED BY THE FOLLOWING
- - BONNIE $12EMORE
. CHARLES A. BONNIWELL
�.
ROBERTO BOSQUEZ, M.D.
-REV. HAROLD T. BRANCH
THOMAS V. GONZALES
GABE LOZANO, SR.
J. HOWARD STARK - � ,