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A RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, proceedings before the Texas Railroad Commission
relating to the allocation and supply of natural gas supplied by -Lo Vaca
Gathering Company have been continuing since 1972, and
WHEREAS, voluminous testimony has been introduced in evidence
over a lengthy period, and ++
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Corpus Christi
desires a speedy resolution of the issues now pending before the Railroad
Commission,
NOW, THEREFORE,
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CORPUS
CHRISTI, TEXAS:
SECTION 1. The City Council of the City of Corpus Christi
hereby urges the Governor of the State of Texas to urge the Railroad
Commission to proceed as expeditiously as possible to reach a decision
on the matters pending before it, and particularly the matters pertaining
to the cost and allocation of the supply of natural gas furnished by
Lo -Vaca Gathering Company.
SECTION 2. The City Secretary of the City of Corpus Christi
is hereby instructed to furnish a certified copy of this resolution to
the Governor of the State of Texas, the Honorable Dolph Briscoe.
SECTION 3. The City Secretary of the City of Corpus Christi
is hereby instructed to furnish a certified copy of this resolution to
each member of the Texas Railroad Commission.
SECTION 4. The fact that the City Council ,wishes to make
known its desire that this issue now pending before the Railroad Commission
be resolved at the earliest possible date 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 Council, and the Mayor, having
declared such emergency and necessity to exist, having requested the
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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 0 day of January, 1975.
ATTEST:
C t Secretary MAYOR
THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS
APPROVED:
-_DAY OF JANUARY, 1975:
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EXEC. ASST„ City Attorney
Corpus Christi, Texas
_ day of 19 7S
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.
Respectful ,
MAYOR
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 Lehy
Jones T. Acuff
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Rev. Harold T. Branch
Thomas V. Gonzales
Ricardo Gonzalez
Gabe Lozano, Sr.
J. Howard Stark