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A RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, the Coastal States Crude Gathering Company has applied
to the U. S. Army Corps of Engineers for a permit to construct pipelines under
the water crossings of Redfish Bay between Harbor Island and the mainland near
Aransas Pass, Texas, including the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway; and across
Nueces Bay at the entrance to Corpus Christi Bay; and under the Tule Lake
Channel; and,
WHEREAS, the pipelines to be constructed are related and necessary
to the multipurpose deep draft inshore port at Harbor Island proposed by the
Nueces County Navigation District No. 1; and
WHEREAS, the City Council adopted Resolution No. 11539 on June
30, 1973, supporting the construction of the multipurpose deep draft inshore
port at Harbor Island; Resolution No. 14019 on November 9, 1977, reaffirming
its support of the project; and Resolution No. 14502 on September 13, 1978,
concurring with the findings of the draft environmental impact statement,
again reaffirming support of the project, and urging the U. S. Army Corps of
Engineers to issue a permit to allow construction of the project without
further delay;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS:
SECTION 1. That the City Council again reaffirms its support of
the plan for development of a multipurpose deep draft inshore port at Harbor
Island, Texas, by the Nueces County Navigation District No. 1, including the
related and necessary pipeline construction proposed by the Coastal States
Crude Gathering Company permit application number 13198 to the U. S. Army
Corps of Engineers.
SECTION 2. That the City Council urges the U. S. Army Corps of
Engineers to promptly issue a permit to allow construction of said pipelines.
SECTION 3. The necessity for the City of Corpus Christi to express,
through the City Council, its support of the plan for development of a multi-
purpose deep draft inshore port at Harbor Island, Texas, by the Nueces County
MICROFILMED
JUL 0 81980
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Navigation District No. 1 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, 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 I day of March, 1979.
ATTEST:
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APP(3OD:
DAY OF MARCH, 1979:
J. BRUCE AYCOCK, CITY ATTORNEY
MAYOR Pro-Tem(Xl• ‘'A ://
THE CITY OF CORPUS CH STI, TEXAS
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Corpus Christi, Texal
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70 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,
MAYOR No4 _
THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRI
The Charter rule was suspended by the following 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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