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HomeMy WebLinkAbout11852 ORD - 12/26/1973• JRR:jkh:12- 21-73; let - AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO.EBECUTE A COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT WITH THE TEXAS WATER DEVELOPMENT BOARD AND THE UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY FOR THE OPERATION OF A STREAMFLOW STATION AT THE TILDEN CROSSING ON THE NOECES RIVER WEST OF THREE RIVERS, TEXAS, AT A COST OF $1,066, ALL AS MORE FULLY SET FORTH IN THE CONTRACT, A COPY OF WHICH IS ATTACHED HERETO, MARKED EXHIBIT "A "; AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY. • BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRRISTI, SECTION 1. That the City Manager be and he is hereby authorized to execute a Cooperative Contract with the Texas Water Development Board and the United States Geological Survey for the operation of a streamflow station at Tilden crossing on the Nueces River West of Three Rivers, Texas, at a cost of $1,066, all as more fully set forth in the contract, a copy of which is attached hereto and made a part hereof, marked Exhibit "A ". SECTION 2. The necessity to execute the aforesaid contract for the operation and maintenance of the sueam€ low station described above creates a public emergency and an imperative public necessity requir- ing 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 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 thegAday of Ado. 1 ATTEST• C y secretary MAYOR THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS APPROVED: C. 11852 o S- STATE OF TEXAS [ ` �" ` "�-' -- -- -- - -. - - - - -- - - - - - ,.__ Texas Water Development Board COUNTY OF TRAVIS i Contract No. SW -37 -74 The Texas Water Development Board, hereinafter referred to as the Board, and City of Corpus Christi a duly organized political subdivision of the State of Texas, hereinafter referred to as Cooperator, as participants in a Cooperative Water Resources Investigation Program sponsored by the Geological Survey of the United States Department of the Interior, hereinafter referred to as the Survey, hereby make the following contract and agreement: 1. The Board, or the Survey at the instance of the Board, shall perform the investigations listed in Attachment No. 1, which is made a part hereof, pursuant to the master agreement covering same between the Board and the Survey entitled " 1974 COOPERA TIVE MASTER AGREEMENT FOR INVESTIGATION OF WATER RESOURCES IN TEXAS" and the Memorandum, a copy of which the Cooperator acknowledges having received, dated August 21, 1973 from I. D. Yost, District Chief, Water Resources Division of the Survey, to the Board. 2. The estimated cost of the listed investigations is $2,600.00 of which the Cooperator shall remit to the Board the sum of $1,066.00 on demand after the 1st day of September, 1973. . 3. In the event the funds are not available for the Board's share of the costs, this agreement shall be null and void, and any funds contributed by the Cooperator shall be refunded in full. 4. In the event of major damage to any of the stations listed in Attachment No. 1 by floods or other causes, or in case it becomes desirable to move a station or stations to a new location, the cost of repairing such damage or moving such station will be mutually agreed upon by the parties hereto, and the Cooperator, if sufficient funds are available, shall contribute on the same basis as for other work provided herein. 5. The Board may cancel and terminate this agreement by written notice if the Cooperator fails to remit its share of the costs. If this agreement is terminated prior to the time of full performance, the Cooperator shall be obligated to pay to the Board for work already performed hereunder, or, as appropriate, the Board shall refund the unexpended portion of the Cooperator's contribution or the portion thereof which the Board is not obligated to expend on work performed up to the date of termination. 6. This agreement may be amended as to work to be performed and consideration to be paid by advance written agreement of the parties. 7. This agreement supersedes every previous cooperative contract between the Board and the Cooperator. In Witness Whereof, the parties have caused this contract and agreement to be duly executed in triplicate, this the 31st day of August, 1973. CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI TEXAS WATER DEVELOPMENT BOARD COOPERATOR / B y By. ,�-- --� Harry P. Durleigh Executive Director ATTEST: J •• ,`f • =°= United States Department of the' Interior GEOLOGICAL SI RU"EY WATER RESOURCES DIVISION FEDERAL BUILDING 300 EAST 9TH STREET AUSTIN. TEXAS 79701 August 21, 1973 ATPAMIMT NO. 1 Cooperative agreement between CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas Water Development Board, and U.S. Geological Survey for the State fiscal year ending August 31, 1974. Program Description I. Surface -Water Investigations A. Operation and maintenance of the following streamflow station: 08194500 Nueces River near Tilden, Tex. Total annual cost ------------------------ $2,600 City of Corpus Christi share---- $1,o66 TWDB share--- -- ---------- - - -- --- 234 USGS share ------------------- --- 1,300 0 • Corpus Christi, Texas • day of 19,a 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 gel THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS The Charter rule was suspended by the following vote: Jason Luby James T. Acuff 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