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AN ORDINANCE'
AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANACg_R TO EXECUTE A CONTRACT
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PATRICIO COUNTIES, AND THF.'CITY'OF PORTLAND FOR
THE CONTINUING TRANSPORTATION PLAN, A COPY OF WHICH
CONTRACT IS ATTACHED HERETO, MARKED EXHIBIT "A ",
:'AND MADE A PART HEREOF; 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
to execute a contract with the Texas Highway Department, Nueces and San
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Patricio Counties, and the City of Portland for the continuing transportation
plan, all as more fully set forth in the contract, a copy of which is attached
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hereto, marked Exhibit "A ", and made a part hereof.
SECTION 2. The necessity to authorize the execution of the afore -
said contract, for and on behalf of the City of Corpus Christi, in order that
the said continuing transportation plan may be continued without delay 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 and that such ordinance or resolution shall
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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 day of July, 1973.
ATTEST:
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Ci y se'cretiry MAYOR'T—
THE CITY- OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS 1
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STATE OF TEXAS j
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THIS AGREEMENT made this day of , A.D., 1973,
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by and between the State of Texas, acting by and through its Highway
-Engineer, Party of the First Part, hereinafter referred to as the State,
and the Cities of Corpus Christi and Portland, municipal corporations,
hereinafter referred to as the Cities, and the Counties of Nueces and
San Patricio, hereinafter referred to as the Counties, Parties of the
Second Part:
WITNESSETH
WHEREAS, the above mentioned agencies on May 12, 1972, did agree to
participate in a continuing, comprehensive, cooperative transportation
planning process for the Corpus Christi Urban Transportation'Study Area
as provided in the Federal -Aid Highway Act of 1962; and,
WHEREAS, the Corpus Christi Urban Transportation Study Area is
defined as encompassing the Corpus Christi Urbanized Area as devised by
the Bureau of the Census and other adjacent areas as determined by the
Policy Advisory Committee with a total data base for the study consisting
of the Corpus Christi Standard Metropolitan Statistical Area; and,
WHEREAS, it is the desire of the parties hereto that the Study
organization be revised to provide a top committee for guiding the Study
to be composed of all elected officials; �:
NOW, THEREFORE, it is hereby agreed that the aforementioned agree-
ment of May 12, 1972, shall be considered null and void and said document
shall be replaced in its entirety by this agreement with the organization
and responsibilities as set out in the following paragraphs:
I. Organization
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A. A Policy Advisory Committee will furnish policy C
guidance and direction for the continuing
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transportation study. This Committee will consist
of an elected official who will represent the City
of Corpus Christi, an elected official who will
represent the City of Portland, an elected official
who will represent the County of Nueces, and an
elected official who will represent the County of
San Patricio. All State Senators and State Repre-
sentatives whose areas include the Corpus Christi
Study Area and the U. S. Congressman serving the
Study Area shall be invited to serve as Committee
members.
The functions of this Committee shall be as follows:
1. Provide general policy guidance for the
transportation planning process.
2. Review annually the transportation plan
(revised as necessary) and recommend its
adoption and implementation by local govern-
ments and agencies.
3. Take appropriate action on the recommendations
of the Steering Committee including those
relative to certification and recertification
action for the study.
4. Meet at intervals as necessary to perform its
functions.
5. FIold a public meeting to discuss the status
of planning at least once a year.
E. A Steering Committee composed principally of elected
city.and county officials or their designated repre-
centatives and locally elected State officials shall
be formed. The voting members of this Committee shall
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be represcntativos of the Cities, Counties,
elected State officials as appropriate, and
representatives of the Texas Highway Department
including those for the District Engineer and the
Chief Engineer of Highway Design. The voting
membership shall be as indicated in the following
table:
VOTING MEMBERSHIP 4
City of Corpus Christi 3
City of Portland 1
County of Nueces 1
County of San Patricio 1
Texas Highway Department 2
Locally Elected State Officials 5
(Those desiring to serve)
The Coastal Bend Council of Governments and the
Federal Highway Administration shall each be repre-
sented by a non - voting member.
The functions of this Committee shall be as follows:
I. Provide routine guidance to the planning process.
2. Examine the adequacy of the continuing planning
process at appropriate intervals and at least
annually have each agency assigned responsibility
for updating various study elements make a progress
report from which an annual written progress report
will be prepared.
3. Recommend to the Policy Advisory Committee any
revisions to the Plan found necessary.
4. Determine if the current transportation data
is in accord with previous projections and
reconwiendations or if there are discrepancice
of a nature that would require significant
changes in the Plan. A complete review and,
if necessary, revision of all elements of the
Plan shall be made at approximately five year
intervals.
5. Review this agreement annually and determine
if it should be supplemented or renegotiated
and recommend action to the Policy Advisory
Committee.
6. Review the operation plan annually and recommend
revisions if necessary.
7. Review the limits of the Study Area and, if
necessary, make recommendations to the Policy
Advisory Committee for minor revisions.
8. Designate such technical committees or task
forces as found necessary to carry out the
planning process.
II. The' study elements involved in the first phase of the
Corpus Christi Urban Transportation Study and presented
in the report entitled the Corpus Christi Transportation
Plan shall continue to provide the basic data for the
continuing planning process and shall be maintained
current or updated as necessary. Forecasts shall be
reevaluated as necessary and at approximate five year
intervals with new forecasts-made for the succeeding
five and twenty year periods.
III. The primary responsibility for maintaining current or
updating the basic study elements shall be vested in the
agency whose routine operations normally involve maintenance
of
records relative to tho study elements and as indicated
in
the following list:
A.
Economic Factors
Cities
B.
Population
Cities
C.
Land Uso
Cities
D.
Transportation Facilities
1. Functional Classification
Cities - Counties -State
of Streets
2. Traffic Volumes
Cities -State
3. Capacity Study
Cities -State
4. Travel Time
Cities -State
5. Accident Study
Cities -State
6. Mass Transit
Cities
E.
Travel Patterns
State
F.
Terminal and Transfer Facilities
Cities
G.
Traffic Engineering Features
Cities -State
H.
Financial Resources
Cities - Counties -State
I.
Community Controls
Cities
J.
Community Value Factors
Cities
IV. A Planning Coordinator will be assigned by the State to
work in close cooperation with the Cities and Counties.
His principal duties will be as follows:
A. Arrange for meetings of the Policy.Advisory Committee
when appropriate or at least once a•year.
B. Arrange for meetings of the Steering Committee as
necessary.
C. Maintain liaison and act in an advisory capacity
to both committees.
D. Coordinate the continuing planning process with
the Cities and Counties and maintain liaison between
the Cities, Counties and State..
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E. Make available to participating agoncioa all
projoctcd traffic and other data relative to the
Study Area.
F. Feconmiend to the Policy Advisory Committee and /or
the Steering Committee special studies, revision
of the Transportation Plan, or renegotiation of
this agreement when considered appropriate.
G. Maintain file of annual summaries of all study
elements involved in the continuing planning
process and prepare an annual progress report
to reflect general development and plan implementa-
tion within the area.
H._ Arrange for additional or modified traffic assign-
ments and assist in the procurement of additional
data for zonal traffic forecasts.-
I. Maintain current record of expenditures by the
State and the Federal Highway Administration for
transportation facilities within the Study Area.
It,ds further agreed that:
A. The existing operations Plan shall be-updated as
necessary by the parties hereto in order to currently
outline the conduct of the continuing Study, the
assignment of responsibilities and the methods to
be used in the surveillance and reappraisal of the
various elements.
L. The expense involved in the continuing planning
process, data gathering, review, and updating the
various study elements will be assumed by the
participating agency assigned responsibility as
listed in this agreement.
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C. This agreement may be supplemented or renegotiated
as necessary to moot changing conditions and as
recommended by the Policy Advisory Committee.
D. By mutual agreement, the parties hereto may terminate
this agreement.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties have hereunto affixed their signa-
tures on the dates indicated.
PARTY OF THE FIRST PART
STATE OF TEXAS
Certified as being executed for RECOMMENDED FOR EXECUTION:
she purpose and effect of acti-
vating and /or carrying out the
orders, established policies, or
work programs heretofore approved District Engineer - District 16
and authorized by the State
Highway Commission:
Engineer of Urban Planning
By:
State Highway Engineer
under Authority of
Commission Minute 67022 Chief Engineer of Highway Design
Date:
By:
Director of Planning Survey
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Assistant State Highway Engineer
PARTIES OF THE SECOND PART
CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI CITY OF PORTLAND
By:
City Manager City Manager
Date- Date:
ATTEST: ATTEST:
City Secretary City Secretary
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/ City Attorney City Attorney
COUNTY OF NUECES COUNTY OF SAN PATRICIO
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Bv: By:
County Judge County Judge
Date: Date -
ATTEST: ATTEST:
County Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
County Attorney
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County Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
County Attorney
TO THE MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL
Corpus Christi, Texas
Corpus Christi, Texas
�Xl day of �c , 19 7-1
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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,
MAYO
THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS
The Charter rule was suspended by the following vote:
Jason Luby
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James T. Acuff
TO THE MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL
Corpus Christi, Texas
Corpus Christi, Texas
�Xl day of �c , 19 7-1
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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,
MAYO
THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS
The Charter rule was suspended by the following vote:
Jason Luby
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James T. Acuff
Rev. Harold T. Branch
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Thomas V. Gonzales
Ricardo Gonzalez
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Gabe Lozano, Sr.
J. Howard Stark
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The above ordinance was passed by the following vote:
Jason Luby
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James T. Acuff
Rev. Harold T. Branch
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Thomas V. Gonzales
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Ricardo Gonzalez
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Gabe Lozano, Sr.
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J. Howard Stark
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