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HomeMy WebLinkAbout11570 ORD - 07/11/1973JRR:jkh:7- 10 -73; 1st +" v Y AN ORDINANCE' AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANACg_R TO EXECUTE A CONTRACT y WITH THE TEXAS HIGHWAY DErARTMENT, NUECES AND SAN 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 ` 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 " 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 rya ' 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: ' Ci y se'cretiry MAYOR'T— THE CITY- OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS 1 +i APPRO D: ( D Y OF JULY, 1973: CA rney 11570 a ,. �, y i• _ i AGREEMENT STATE OF TEXAS j COUNTY OF TRAVIS X ,a THIS AGREEMENT made this day of , A.D., 1973, u 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 a A. A Policy Advisory Committee will furnish policy C guidance and direction for the continuing W M 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 -2- 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.. -5- 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. O 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 y, 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 L2f, OVZD f.S TO FORM: APPROVED AS TO FORM: 7 - #7 73 XAe_'� — / City Attorney City Attorney COUNTY OF NUECES COUNTY OF SAN PATRICIO r Bv: By: County Judge County Judge Date: Date - ATTEST: ATTEST: County Clerk APPROVED AS TO FORM: County Attorney -8- 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 O 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 4 James T. Acuff TO THE MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL Corpus Christi, Texas Corpus Christi, Texas �Xl day of �c , 19 7-1 O 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 � R- James T. Acuff Rev. Harold T. Branch �, L Thomas V. Gonzales Ricardo Gonzalez U Gabe Lozano, Sr. J. Howard Stark U The above ordinance was passed by the following vote: Jason Luby Q -;X U James T. Acuff Rev. Harold T. Branch �6 Thomas V. Gonzales ,_ Ricardo Gonzalez �� L Gabe Lozano, Sr. QciC o J. Howard Stark 3