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A RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, boaters and fishermen from throughout Texas and the nation
come to Corpus Christi to enjoy the Laguna Madre and adjoining bodies of
water; and
WHEREAS, the John F. Kennedy Causeway is the most popular launch
point for these tourists, especially at the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway
crossing where two Texas Parks and Wildlife Department public boat ramps
are heavily used; and
WHEREAS, the land on and adjacent to the John F. Kennedy Causeway,
where bait supplies, food service, public restrooms, and vehicle parking
facilities must be located to serve the large numbers of visiting boaters
and fishermen, is under the jurisdiction of the State Department of Highways
and Public Transportation and the School Land Board; and
WHEREAS, these tourists should not continue to be exposed to the
substandard and unsanitary conditions which have existed in the past; and
WHEREAS, the City of Corpus Christi recognizes the unique physical
features of the causeway and the importance of wetland maintenance, traffic
safety and flood plain management concerns of both State agencies; and
WHEREAS, restrooms previously operated by the Department of Highways
and Public Transportation have been abandoned and are closed; and
WHEREAS, there are no facilities to provide for orderly parking, to
dispose of waste and debris, or to provide water and other minimum necessities:
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS:
SECTION 1. That the State Department of Highways and Public
Transportation and the School Land Board are hereby urged to grant the
City of Corpus Christi the maximum term of approval, such as 25-30 years,
to use lands on and adjacent to the John F. Kennedy Causeway so that
adequate improvements can be constructed thereon to serve boaters and fisher-
men from throughtout Texas and the nation.
SECTION 2. That the State Department of Highways and Public
Transportation and the School Land Board are hereby urged to resolve any
conflicting regulations and to provide the City with the maximum feasible
discretion so that the City can be in a position to make and authorize
permanent improvements. MICROFILMED
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SECTION 3. That the City of Corpus Christi is prepared to proceed
with the issuance of voter approved bonds for the construction of sanitary
sewer lift station, force main and gravity lines, public restrooms, and
parking improvements upon receipt of such approval from the State Department
of Highways and Public Transportation and the School Land Board.
SECTION 4. The necessity to provide safe, clean facilities,
adequate parking and other minimum necessities in order to encourage boaters,
fishermen and tourists as well as local citizens to use the facilities along
the John F. Kennedy Causeway, the Laguna Madre and adjoining bodies of water
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 Charter rule and that this resolution 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
RESOLVED, this the -2/ day of February, 1979.
ATTEST:
APPROVED:
21 DAY OF FEBRUARY, 1979
J. BRUCE AYCOCK, CITY ATTORNEY
By
Assistant Ci �'A 7 orney
MAYOR
THE ITY OF C
CHRISTI, TEXAS
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Corpus Christi, Tex
a/ day of Lu. 79 7`f
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.
Respectfully,
OR
THE CITY OF CCHRISTI, TEXAS
The Charter rule was suspended byhe foTiowing vote:
Gabe Lozano, Sr.
Bob Gulley
David Diaz
Ruth Gill
Joe Holt
Tony Juarez, Jr.
Edward L. Sample
The above ordinance was passed by the following
Gabe Lozano, Sr.
Bob Gulley
David Diaz
Ruth Gill
Joe Holt
Tony Juarez, Jr.
Edward L. Sample
vote:
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