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A RESOLUTION
NAMING AND DESIGNATING CERTAIN PARRS WITHIN
THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI; AND DECLARING
AN EMERGENCY.
WHEREAS, various citizens and citizen groups have
from time to time recommended to the Park and Recreation Board
names for parks within the City of Corpus Christi deemed
appropriate for the particular area or designated in honor of
certain individuals who have promoted adequate parks and play-
grounds for the inhabitants of the City as well as visitors to
the City of Corpus Christi; and
WHEREAS, the Park and Recreation Board, meeting in
regular session, voted to accept the recommendations and forward
such recommendation to the City Council of the City of Corpus
Christi for its consideration:
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF
THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, .TEXAS:
SECTION 1. That the following names be established
for the Bayfront Open Space Parks:
NAME AREA
Cole Park Cole Park Extension
Ropes Park Sinclair Street to Ropes Street
Doddridge Park Doddridge Street South
Swantner Park South Shores Area
Palmetto Park Area near Palmetto
SECTION 2. The necessity to officially designate the
public parks hereinabove described 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 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
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Charter rule and that this resolution take effect and be in full
force and effect from and after its passage, IT IS ACCORDINGLY
SO RESOLVED, this the 31 Lr day of July, 1974.
ATTEST:
6lty Secre� MAYOR
THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI,
A�ROVED : TEXAS
DAY OF JULY, 1974:
City Att rney
EXEC. ASST.
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Corpus Christi, Texas
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31 day of , 19711/_
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
THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS
The Charter rule was suspended by the following vote:
Jason Luby A YE
James T. Acuff _M YE
Rev. Harold T. Branch F1 yF
Thomas V. Gonzales A Ys
Ricardo Gonzalez _ 8 YE
Gabe Lozano, Sr. R YE
J. Howard Stark Ayr
The above ordinance was passed by the following vote:
Jason Luby
James T. Acuff AYE-
Rev. Harold T. Branch A YE
Thomas V. Gonzales _4yr
Ricardo Gonzalez _A Yr
Gabe Lozano, Sr. P}Ye
J. Howard Stark A YF