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Home My WebLink About12568 ORD - 04/02/1975MLM:jkh:hb:3 /25/75:lst AN ORDINANCE GRANTING AN EXTENSION OF 90 DAYS TIME TO COMPLETE TRANSFER OF THE CABLE TELEVISION FRANCHISE FROM ATHENA CABLEVISION, INC. TO CABLEVISION CORPORATION OF CORPUS CHRISTI, INC., WHICH TRANSFER WAS AUTHORIZED BY ORDINANCE NO. 11914, PASSED AND APPROVED ON FEB- RUARY 13, 1974, AND EXTENDED BY ORDINANCE NO. 12239 FOR ANOTHER PERIOD OF 180 DAYS, AND FURTHER EXTENDED BY ORDINANCE NO. 12505 FOR ANOTHER PERIOD OF 30 DAYS; PROVIDING FOR PUBLICATIONS AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY. WHEREAS, Athena Cablevision of Corpus Christi, Inc. (herein- after referred to as ATHENA)is the present holder of the cable television franchise granteiby the City of Corpus Christi under Ordinance No. 9470, for the construction and operation of a cable television system in Corpus Christi; and WHEREAS, the City Council, by Ordinance No. 11914, passed and approved on February 13, 1974, authorized, approved and consented to a change of ownership of the system and franchise and allowed 180 days in which to effectuate the transfer of ownership; and WHEREAS, Athena and the proposed transferee requested an extension of time in which to effectuate this transfer and the City Council, by Ordinance No. 12239, passed and approved on August 28, 1974, granted an extension of 180 days, and by Ordinance No. 12505, passed and approved on February 26, 1975, granted an extension of 30 days to complete this transfer of ownership, which extension will expire on March 28, 1975; and WHEREAS, the parties involved in this transfer have requested an additional extension of 90 days to complete this transfer: NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS: SECTION 1. That the City of Corpus Christi does hereby grant a 90 -day extension of time to Athena Cablevision, Inc., and Cablevision Corporation of Corpus Christi, Inc., to complete the transfer of the subject cable television system and franchise from Athena to Cablevision Corporation of Corpus Christi, Inc., to complete the transfer of the 12568 subject cable television system and franchise from Athena to Cablevision Corporation of Corpus Christi, which transfer was originally authorized by Ordinance No. 11914, passed and approved on February 13, 1974, and extended by Ordinance No. 12239, passed and approved on August 28, 1974, and Ordinance No. 12505, passed and approved on February 26, 1975. SECTION 2. Publication shall be made one time in the official publication of the City of Corpus Christi by publishing the caption of this ordinance, stating in substance the purpose of the ordinance. SECTION 3. The necessity to immediately grant the extension of 90 days time to complete transfer of the cable television franchise as hereinabove set forth 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 intro- duction but that such ordinance or resolution shall be read at three several meetings of the City Council, and the Mayor having declared that such emergency and necessity exist, and having requested the suspen- sion 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 the day of April, 1975. ATTEST: City Secretary MAYOR THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS APPROVED: 26th DAY OF MARCH, 1975: Acting City Attorney Corpus Christi, Texas �2-_PLkday of , 19 7� 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 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 L +_,hy James T. Acuff Rev. Harold T. Branch Thomas V. Gonzales Ricardo Gonzalez Gabe Lozano, Sr. J. Howard Stark That the foregoing ordinance was read fo t77he -- firs //t time an passed to its second reading on this the day of_L`� by the following vote: Jason Luby James T. Acuff Rev. Harold T. Branch Thomas V. Gonzales Ricardo Gonzalez Gabe Lozano, Sr. J. Howard Stark That the foregoing ordinance was read fo the second time and passed to its third reading on this the -t--"L4day of 19�� by the following vote: Jason Luby James T. Acuff Rev. Harold T. Branch Thomas V. Gonzales Ricardo Gonzalez Gabe Lozano, Sr. J. Howard Stark That the foregoing ordinance was read for t e third time and passed finally on this the day of , 19 , by the following vote: Jason Luby James T. Acuff Rev. Harold T. Branch Thomas V. Gonzales Ricardo Gonzalez Gabe Lozano, Sr. J.: Howard Stark PASSED AND APPROVED, this the day of 19 ATTEST: A retary MAYO THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS APPROVED- DAY D,� r/ DAY OF�'!� 195 41i City Attorney PUBLISHER'S AFFIDAVIT STATE OF TEXAS, lss: County of Nueces. 1 ft Before me, the undersigned, a Notary Public, this day personally came ... ........................... . ... B 1 . Horton............................................. who being first duly sworn, according to law, says that he is the ......... .. ............... of the Corpus Christi Caller and The Corpus Christi Times, i Daily Newspapers published at Corpus Christi, Texas, in said County and State, and that the publication of nc QE ... P. ASS. AGE.. Ok�. Q1iP.. INANCE- �-,. r-- ,-- .from•_Athena- _Cablevis•_on, .._... of which the annexed is a true copy, was published in ....................... Ti Me. a ..................................................... _. —•- on the- 1 ....... day of....+ : RZ' i.7 .. ....... ...............19 .................. 8 r&l X3& ............ ................ 1 ................. .Times. IQ ............. r rySF�ryF �® c„ "Bii1.' fiSr'£o "n' .......... C1 a3 � :' Ati nt3 Pty s Yng.. Subscribed and n to re me t ........1 a .........day of.......... AP. IA 1 .............................. 19....Z r1 /t /2� - . ................_. .: ers _. ............. ..... Notary Pu lic, Nue County, Texas a�. .��.. F PUBLISHER'S AFFIDAVIT STATE OF TEXAS, !ss c County of Nueces. Before me, the undersigned a Notary Public, this day personally came ................. _............... Bi " ,•--- ,1J,.. Holton .............. .............................. who being first duly sworn, according to law, says that he is the C �„9 9. A yQ•xt j . iAg ..... ............................... of the Corpus Christi Caller and The Corpus Christi Times, Daily Newspapers published at Corpus Christi, Texas, in said County and State, and that the publication of a ..ND..... 12568....... transiar ...nf.._th.e...aable...Te1eV iaian..Fr.anc -b J q . A of which the annexed is a true copy, was published in ................... T1)0. a ........................................................ on the ... day of . ....April ...................... 19...2.5, ate..................... f ... lUexamffierdsrc .........- .....----- -_ - - -- NUMUA& ........................ ............................... 1 Q. O.Q- ......... ---------------------- - --- $ ............. Bill Horton Class. Adv, Subscribed and sworn to before me this........ 9 ........ day of. ........... A ril ............................ 19.... ...7.5... BettyMyers _. ............... ............................. _. N04 tia . Nueces unty, Texas -, t -, -r.r,j x!