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AN ORDINANCE
AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE AN AGREEMENT
WITH THE TEXAS OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR SO AS TO PROVIDE
FOR DESIGNATION OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI AS THE
METROPOLITAN PLANNING ORGANIZATION FOR THE CORPUS
CHRISTI URBANIZED AREA IN ORDER TO COMPLY WITH THE
FEDERAL -AID HIGHWAY ACT OF 1973, ALL AS MORE FULLY SET
FORTH IN THE AGREEMENT, A COPY OF WHICH IS ATTACHED
HERETO, MARKED EXHIBIT "A ", AND MADE A PART HEREOF;
AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.
WHEREAS, the Federal -Aid Highway Act of 1973 in Section 112 allocates,
for the first time, planning funds to Metropolitan Planning Organizations to
support the urban transportation planning process; and
WHEREAS, the Federal Highway Administration (in accordance with
Section 112 of the Federal -Aid Highway Act of 1973) and the Urban Mass
Transportation Administration (in accordance with Section 9 of the Urban
Mass Transportation Act of 1964, as amended) intend to fund a metropolitan
planning organization in each metropolitan area; and
WHEREAS, the Federal Aviation Administration intends to consider
this agency for the receipt of airport system planning funds under Section 13
of the Airport and Airway Development Act of 1970; and
WHEREAS, it is the desire of the City of Portland, the County of
Nueces and the County of San Patricio that urban transportation planning be
integrated to the maximum extent possible with the City of Corpus Christi;
and
WHEREAS, the successful implementation of urban transportation planning
requires the assistance and concurrence of all local governments in the metro-
politan area:
NOW, THEREFORE, 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 an agreement with the Texas Office of the Governor so as to provide
for designation of the City of Corpus Christi as the Metropolitan Planning
Organization for the Corpus Christi urbanized area in order to comply with
the Federal Aid Highway Act of 1973, all as more fully set forth in the
agreement, a copy of which is attached hereto and made a part hereof, marked
Exhibit "A ".
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SECTION 2, The necessity to immediately authorize the City Manager
to execute the aforesaid agreement in order to comply with the Federal -Aid
Highway Act of 1973 creates a public emergency and an imperative public neces-
sity requiring the suspension of the Charter rule providing 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 that such public emergency and
necessity exist, and having requested that such Charter rule be suspended and
that this ordinance take effect and be in full force and effect from and
after its passage, IT IS ACCORDINGLY SO ORDAINED, this the oV X4ay of May,
1974.
ATTEST-
City Secr to y MAYOR _ro
APP VED:
CITY OF CORPUS C ISTI, TEXAS
DAY OF MAY 197
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AGREEMENT
THE STATE OF TEXAS
COUNTY OF NUECES
This Agreement made this the day of 1974,
by and between the Texas Office of the Governor, acting by and through the
Director of the Division of Planning Coordination, and the City of Corpus
Christi, a municipal corporation, home rule city and body politic operating
under the home rule statutes of the State of Texas, hereinafter sometimes
called "City ":
WITNESSETH:
- WHEREAS, the Federal -Aid Highway Act of 1973 in Section 112 allocates,
for the first time, planning funds to Metropolitan Planning Organizations to
support the urban transportation planning process; and
WHEREAS, the Federal Highway Administration (in accordance with
Section 112 of the Federal -Aid Highway Act of 1973) and the Urban Mass
Transportation Administration (in accordance with Section 9 of the Urban Mass
Transportation Act of 1964, as amended) intend to fund a metropolitan planning
organization in each metropolitan area; and
WHEREAS, the Federal Aviation Administration intends to consider
this agency for the receipt of airport system planning funds under Section 13
of the Airport and Airway Development Act of 1970; and
WHEREAS, it is the desire of the City of Portland, the County of
Nueces and the County of San Patricio that urban transportation planning be
integrated to the maximum extent possible with the City of Corpus Christi; and
WHEREAS, the successful implementation of urban transportation
planning requires the assistance and concurrence of all local governments in
the metropolitan area:
NOW, THEREFORE, it is hereby agreed that the use of funds made
available under Section 112 of the Federal -Aid Highway Act of 1973 shall be
governed by the organization and responsibilities as set out in the following
paragraphs:
1. Organization:
The City of Corpus Christi shall be the Metropolitan
Planning Organization (MPO) for transportation planning
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in the Corpus Christi urbanized area consisting generally
of the City of Corpus Christi and the City of Portland,
The MPO shall:
A. Develop or assist in the development of a multi -model
transportation planning process. Prepare a unified
work program which would specify the use of Section 112
funds, and submit the unified work program or plan for
approval to the Steering Committee established pursuant
to Section 134 of Chapter 1 of Title 23, USC.
B. Insure that transportation planning in the urbanized
area is successfully coordinated and integrated with
other comprehensive planning in the State Planning
Region.
C. Use the Steering Committee established pursuant to Section
134 of Chapter 1 of Title 23, USC, as the MPO's Transporta-
tion Policy Advisory Committee.
2. Section 112 of the 1973 Federal -Aid Highway Act authorizes
additional funds for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of Section
134 of Chapter 1, Title 23 USC. Therefore, first consideration for the
distribution of Section 112 funds will be given to existing planning efforts
being conducted by cities, counties and regional councils of government who
are assigned responsibility for basic elements of the Urban Transportation
Study Agreements established by the Texas Highway Department pursuant to
Section 134 of Chapter 1, Title 23 USC.
3. This agreement shall in no way establish any activity or process
that would infringe upon or interfere with the statutory obligation of the
Texas Highway Department.
4. The MPO will contract with the Texas Highway Department for
Section 112 Planning Funds. The expense involved in urban transportation
planning will be assumed by the Metropolitan Planning Organization or agencies
with which the MPO has subcontracted to accomplish work identified in the
approved unified work program or plan for the use of Section 112 funds. Vouchers
for completed work under the annual unified work program or plan for use of
Section 112 will be audited and approved by the Texas Highway Department
according to federal and State requirements. Reimbursement will be made on
a periodic basis:
5. This agreement may be renegotiated as necessary to meet changing
conditions or terminated by either party.
6. This agreement will be subject to renegotiation one (1) year
from the date of designation, unless terminated earlier. Then by mutual
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agreement in writing this agreement may be renewed for a two (2) year period
within ninety (90) days of termination.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have hereunto affixed their signatures
on the dates indicated.
ATTEST:
City Secretary
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DAY OF MAY T 97
C' Y ttorney
TEXAS GOVERNOR'S OFFICE
By
Director, Division of Planning
Coordination
Date
CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI
By
R. Marvin Townsend
City Manager
RECOMMENDED FOR EXECUTION:
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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,
MAYO IO Tem
CITY CORPUS CHR , 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
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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