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AN ORDINANCE
CLOSING AND ABANDONING A UTILITY EASEMENT
tWHICH IS LOCATED IN LOT 13, GLENOAK SUB-
DIVISION IN THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI,
NUECES COUNTY, TEXAS, WHICH EASEMENT IS
DESCRIBED HEREIN; PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY;
AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.
WHEREAS, there exists a utility easement in Lot 13,
Glenoak Subdivision, in the City of Corpus Christi, Nueces County,
Texas, which easement is that easement granted by Jessie E. Johnson
and wife, Louie E. Johnson, to Houston Natural Gas Corporation,
dated November 20, 1956, recorded in Volume 755, page 589, of the
Deed Records of Nueces County, Texas; and
WHEREAS, the City of Corpus Christi is the successor in
interest of the above described easement; and
WHEREAS, provisions have been made for the relocation of
the utility lines located in said easement and it has been deter-
mined that it is feasible and advantageous to the City to abandon
the easement to the abutting property owners as it is not now
needed by the City, nor will it within the foreseeable future be
needed by the City for any purpose whatsoever; and
WHEREAS, said easement is not necessary for municipal
purposes and is surplus to municipal needs due to the aforesaid
relocation of the utility lines contained therein:
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF
THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS:
SECTION 1. That the utility easement located in Lot 13,
Glenoak Subdivision of the City of Corpus Christi, Nueces County,
Texas, being that easement granted by Jessie E. Johnsor} and wife,
Louie E. Johnson, to Houston Natural Gas Corporation, dated
November 20, 1956, recorded in Volume 755, page 589, of the Deed
Records of Nueces County, Texas, and more particularly described
as being 177 feet northwest of and parallel to the northwest right
of way line of Debra Lane and being 180 feet in length, which ease-
ment is now owned by the City of Corpus Christi, Texas, be and the
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same is hereby closed for public use and every municipal purpose
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and abandoned to the owners of the abutting property, in accordance
with the laws of the State of Texas, and for the service and interest
of the inhabitants of the City of Corpus Christi, Texas.
SECTION 2. If for any reason any section, paragraph,
subdivision, clause, phrase, word, or provision of this ordinance
shall be held invalid or unconstitutional by final judgment of a
court of competent jurisdiction it shall not affect any other
section, paragraph, subdivision, clause, phrase, word, or provision
of this ordinance, for it is the definite intent of this City Council
that every section, paragraph, subdivision, clause, phrase, word or
provision hereof be given full force and effect for its purpose.
SECTION 3. The fact that the public convenience and
necessity would be better served by the closing of the aforesaid
easement creates a public emergency and imperative public neces-
sity requiring the suspension of the Charter rule that no ordi-
nance 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 13th day of June, 1973.
ATTEST:
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APPROVED:
13TH DAY OF JUNE, 1973:
Ac
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THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS
Corpus Christi, Texas
1R,6, day of ak:L___ , 19,2
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.
Respectfully,
MAYOR,-'- ° I
THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS
The Charter rule was suspended by the following vote:
Jason Luby
James T. Acuff
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Rev. Harold T. Branch
Thomas V. Gonzales
Ricardo Gonzalez
Gabe Lozano, Sr.
J. Howard Stark
The above ordinance was passed by the following vote:
Jason Luby
James T. Acuff
Rev. Harold T. Branch
Thomas V. Gonzales
Ricardo Gonzalez
Gabe Lozano, Sr.
J. Howard Stark