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A RESOLUTION
CONGRATULATING MRS. FRANK CERVERA FOR SPONSORING
AND PRESENTING A COLORFUL PROGRAM DIEZ y SEIS de
SEPTIEMBRE, HONORING MEXICAN INDEPENDENCE DAY ON
SEPTEMBER 16, 1974 AT THE PEOPLES STREET T -HEAD;
AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.
WHEREAS, September 16 has been established as national
independence day of our neighbor to the south, Mexico; and
WHEREAS each year on September 16, people all over-the great
country of Mexico celebrate this great event; and
WHEREAS this rich cultural heritage is much to be admired
and celebrated by citizens of this country; and
WHEREAS in Corpus Christi Mrs. Frank Cervera presented a
colorful program honoring this great day; and
WHEREAS the citizens of the City of Corpus Christi were shown
the talented Cervera Dancers who performed Mexican regional dances as
well as a full colorful pageant; and
WHEREAS this colorful program was a great benefit and joy to
the citizens of the City of Corpus Christi.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS:
SECTION 1. That Mrs. Frank Cervera is hereby honored and
congratulated for sponsoring the Mexican independence day celebration,
Diez y Seis de Septiembre, on September 16, 1974, at the Peoples Street
T -Head. The City Council and the citizens are grateful for the opportunity
to participate in celebrating the Mexican national- independence day and
enjoyed the performance by the talented Cervera Dancers who performed
Mexican regional dances and the accompanying colorful pageant.
SECTION 2. The necessity to congratulate and honor Mrs. Frank
Cervera 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 be read at three several meetings of the City
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Council, and the Mayor, having declared such emergency and necessity to
exist, having requested the suspension of the 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 day of
September, 1974.
ATTEST:
Ci Secretary-�" `! MAJORIPROb 7&M
UTHE CITY OF C CHRISTI, TEXAS
APPROVED:
ADAY OF SEPTEMBER, 1974:
Corpus Christi, Texas
day of 19
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 f0•
THE 6TY OF CORPU ISTI, 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