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HomeMy WebLinkAbout14204 ORD - 03/01/1978• 3/1/78 r • AN ORDINANCE FINDING THAT A PUBLIC STREET DANCE ON SATURDAY, MARCH 18, 1978 IS IN THE INTEREST OF THE PUBLIC WELFARE; CLOSING THE 400 BLOCK OF LAGUNA STREET AND THE 100 AND 200 BLOCKS OF NORTH MESQUITE STREET TO VEHICULAR TRAFFIC FROM 8:00 P.M. TO 11:30 P.M., SATURDAY, MARCH 18, 1978 FOR SAID STREET DANCE SPONSORED BY KEYS RADIO; PROVIDING FOR BARRICADES AND EMERGENCY VEHICLE ENTRANCE, LIABILITY INSURANCE, RESTORATION OF DAMAGED CITY PROPERTY, CROWD SECURITY, AND PUBLIC RESTROOMS; PROHIBITING THE SALE OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES, AND THE DEFACEMENT OF PUBLIC PROPERTY; REQUIRING THE SPONSOR TO RESTORE THE AREA FOR USE BY VEHICULAR TRAFFIC; AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE THE ATTACHED APPLICATION PERMIT; PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE; PROVIDING FOR PUBLICATION; PROVIDING FOR SEVERANCE; AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY. WHEREAS, KEYS Radio has formulated plans for a public street dance to be held on Saturday, March 18, 1978; and WHEREAS, the purpose of said public street dance is to provide public recreation to the youth of Corpus Christi and develop positive contact with that group; and WHEREAS, KEYS Radio has requested that from 8:00 p.m. until 11:30 p.m. Saturday, ?March 18, 1978, the 400 block of Laguna Street and the 100 and 200 blocks of North Mesquite Street be closed to vehicular traffic; and WHEREAS, the City Council finds that the proposed public street dance will be in the interest of the public welfare; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS: SECTION 1. That vehicular traffic be barred from the 400 block of Laguna Street and the 100 and 200 blocks of North Mesquite Street from 8:00 p.m. until.11:30 p.m. Saturday, March 18, 1978, so that KEYS Radio can sponsor a public street dance, and that said areas be barricaded to through traffic. It is directed that said areas be barricaded so as to allow emergency vehicles, such as fire, police and ambulance vehicles to enter said areas in case of an emergency. It is further provided that vehicles of the City or utility companies furnishing public utilities, such as electrical, gas, water and telephone service to said areas be permitted to enter said areas in case of emergency. SECTION 2. That in maintaining the streets closed by this ordinance, the following regulations shall be observed; M1CR0FILc. ,L JUL 0 71980 14201 A. Liability insurance shall be furnished free of cost to the city, protecting against liability to the public. Such insurance shall have policy limits of at least $100,000 personal injury up to $300,000 per accident, and $50,000 property damage, and shall name the City of Corpus Christi, Texas and KEYS Radio as insureds. A Certificate of Insurance in the above amounts shall be furnished the City Secretary and approved by the City Attorney with the application and permit provided for hereinafter. B. Any damages to city property will be restored by the sponsor of the said public street dance promptly after the close of said dance. C. No alcoholic beverages will be sold or provided at said public. street dance. D. Restrooms will be provided by KEYS Radio. E. No paint or markings shall be permitted which in any way obliterate or deface any pavement markings or traffic control devices heretofore existing for the guidance and direction of motor vehicles and pedestrian traffic. F. Sponsor shall provide and erect street barricades in accordance with a barricade plan as determined and approved by the Director of Traffic and Transit. Such barricades, except for periods of emergency, shall be so maintained during the full period of the public street dance described herein. G. Sponsor shall provide adequate security forces for crowd control and the protection of persons and property. H. After the public street dance ends, the Sponsor will see that the streets are cleaned and restored to a condition to allow vehicular traffic to return to the streets at the expiration of the public street dance. SECTION 3. The City Manager is authorized to execute the attached application /permit for and on behalf of the City, which shall be filed for record in the office of the City Secretary. SECTION 4. The provisions of this ordinance relating to closing of the aforementioned streets are effective for the period beginning at 8:00 p.m. to 11:30 p.m. Saturday, March 18, 1978. The other provisions of this ordinance are effective from and after the date of publication of the caption of this ordinance in the official publication of the City one time. However, no part of this ordinance shall be effective until the City Manager and the authorized representative of the sponsoring organization execute the aforementioned application /permit, and the Certificate of Insurance is approved and filed. - 2 - SECTION 5. 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 6. If for any reason any section, paragraph, subdivision, clause, phrase, word, or provision of this ordinance shall be held invalid or unconstitutional by final judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction it shall not affect any other section, paragraph, subdivision, clause, phrase, word, or provision of this ordinance, for it is the definite intent of this City Council that every section, paragraph, subdivision, clause, phrase, word, or provision hereof be given full force and effect for its purpose. SECTION 7. The necessity to close the 400 block of Laguna Street and the 100 and 200 blocks of North Mesquite Street, for a street dance sponsored by KEYS Radio 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 such emergency and necessity to exist, and having requested the suspension of the Charter rule and that this ordinance be passed finally on the date of its intro- duction and take effect and be in full force and effect from and after its passage, IT IS ACCORDINGLY SO ORDAINED, this the _day of March, 1978. ATTEST: City Secretary MAYOR/ APPROVED: ' E CITY US CHRISTI, TEXAS DAY OF MARCH, 1978: J. BRUCE AYCOCK, CITY ATTORNEY By Assistan*Cit,-rn--e'y I APPLICATION /PERMIT THE STATE OF TEXAS I KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS: COUNTY OF NUECES I Application KEYS Radio, in order to provide public recreation to the youth of Corpus Christi and develop positive contact with that group, hereby makes application, acting by and through Mr. Ed Stern, General Manager, KEYS Radio, to the City of Corpus Christi, acting by and through R. Marvin Townsend, City Manager, for the closing to vehicular traffic of the 400 block of Laguna Street and the 100 and 200 blocks of North Mesquite Street on Saturday, March 18, 1978 between the hours of 8:00 and 11:30 p.m. for the purpose of sponsoring an old fashioned publiclstreet dance. In consideration of the closing of said streets, KEYS Radio agrees to perform the following conditions: 1. No alcoholic beverages will be provided. 2. To be responsible for clean up of the area and returning the streets and sidewalks tolpre -event condition by 1:00 a.m., Sunday, March 19, 1978. 3. To not obliterate or deface any pavement markings or traffic control devices heretofore existing for the guidance and direction of motor vehicles and pedestrian traffic. 4. To provide public restrooms. 5. To file) with the City Secretary, at KEYS Radio sole expense, a certificate of public liability insurance in a form to be approved by the City Attorney and naming the City as an insured, and providing coverage for personal injury of $100,000 personal injury up to $300,000 for each accident and $50,000 property damage. 6. To proviide for the control of traffic to and around the above described area. 1 7. To allow emergency vehicles to use such areas as may be required during the event. B. To provide adequate control of parking in the area. 9. To insure sound level control suitable to the area. 10. To provide street barricades in accordance with a barricade plan adopted and approved by the Director of the Department of Traffic & Transit. 11. To provide adequate security forces for crowd control and the pro- tection of persons and property. KEYS RADIO By Ed Stern, General Manager - 2 - PERMIT In consideration of the foregoing representation and commitments, the City of Corpus Christi agrees: 1. To close to vehicular traffic the 400 block of Laguna Street and the 100 and 200 blocks of North Mesquite Street from 8:00 p.m. to 11:30 p.m. Saturday, March 18, 1978. 2. To allow the use of these streets for an old fashioned public street dance as described in the Application for Permit submitted by KEYS Radio, and in accordance with the terms and conditions of City Ordinance N0. as adopted by the City Council on the day of March, 1978. CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS By R. Marvin Townsend, City Manager Corpus Christi, TT s _ L_ ay of //r.(� 19A 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 suspension 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 ordinance finally on the date it is introduced, or at the present meeting of the City Council. RespaL E CITY RPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS The Charter Rule was suspended Gabe Lozano, Sr. Bob Gulley David Diaz Ruth Gill Joe Holt Tony Juarez, Jr. Edward L. Sample to : The above ordinance was passed by he following vote: Gabe Lozano, Sr. Bob Gulley David Diaz Ruth Gill Joe Holt v Tony Juarez, Jr. Edward L. Sample J-42®1 PUBLISHER'S AFFIDAVIT STATE OF TEXAS, ss: County of Nueces. Before me. the undersigned, a Notary Public, this day personally came ........ --.. Diving Pulido ... ...... . ..................... . . . .......... - who being first duly sworn, according to law, says that he is the —A-C=1Antan& ............ . ..... . ....... . . ...... ...... 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 pAl5.1QLQkD N&NcE L Q F that a public s treet dance on Saturday... of which the annexed is a true copy, was published in on the A...— day Subscribed and sworn to before me ......... . ..... . ......... 19-78 Maria Elizabeth Rodarte Notary ueces C-- nntyl.-Tlexas NOTICE OF PASSAGE OF ORDINANCE NO, 14204 FINDING THAT A PUBLIC STREET-DANCE ON SATURa DAY, MARCH I8, 1978 IS IN, THE INTEREST OF THE PUBLIC WELFARE; CLOS -, ING THE 40D BLOCK OF LA -', GUNA STREET AND THE 100 AND 2D0 BLOCKS OF NORTH MESQUITE STEM TO VE HICULAR TRAFFIC FROM 8A0 P.11L to 11:3D P.M., SAT- URDAY, MARCH 18, IM FOR SAID STREET DANCE SPOW j SORED BY KEYS RADIO;' PROVIDING FOR BARRI- CADES AND EMERGEYCY1 VEHICLE ENTRANCE, LIA- 1 BILITY INSURANCE, RES- TORATION OF DAMAGED. CITY. .PROPERTY, CROWD SECURITY, AND PUBLIC RESTROOMS; PROHIBITING, THE SALE OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES, AND THE DE• FACEMENT OF PUBLIC, PROPERTY; REQUIRING THE SPONSOR TO RESTORE THE AREA FOR USE BY VE- HICULAR TRAFFIC; AU- THORIZING THE CITY MAN- AGER TO EXECUTE THE ATTACHED APPLICATION PERMIT; PROVIDING AN t. EFFECTIVE DATE; PRD- VIDING FOR PUBLICATION; 'PROVIDING FOR SEVER- ANCE; AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY, WAS PASSED AND APPROV- ED by the City CwwiI of the City aI Carpus Christi, Texas ,during the Regular Council Meeting held an March 1, 1978., at 2:00 pm and provides that B shall be In full farce and effect from and after its passage and Publication mm time In the offh dal publication of the City of Corpus Christi, Texas. ISSUED UNDER MY HAND AND SEAL of the City of Car -. Pus Christi, Terms this 2ad tray of Mardi, 1978. 3 -BIII G. READ, City Secretary Carpus Christt Texas.'