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AN ORDINANCE
AUTHORIZING APPLICATION FOR FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE
FROM THE HERITAGE CONSERVATION AND RECREATION
SERVICE THROUGH THE TEXAS PARKS AND WILDLIFE COM-
MISSION FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF BILL WITT PARK (THE
RODD FIELD ACQUISITION) FOR PUBLIC OUTDOOR RECREAn
TION PURPOSES; CERTIFYING THE ELIGIBILITY OF THE
CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI TO RECEIVE FINANCIAL ASSIST-
ANCE; DESIGNATING THE CITY MANAGER AS RESPONSIBLE
OFFICER FOR THE PROJECT AND AUTHORIZING HIM TO
EXECUTE ALL DOCUMENTS NECESSARY TO APPLY FOR THE
GRANT AND TO IMPLEMENT THE PROJECT, PENDING GRANT
APPROVAL; AND DESIGNATING THE FINANCE DIRECTOR AS
FISCAL OFFICER FOR THE PROJECT; AND DECLARING AN
EMERGENCY.
WHEREAS, the City of Corpus Christi is a municipal corporation,
home rule city and a political subdivision of the State of Texas, and is
authorized by Article 6081r, V.A.C.S., Heritage Conservation and Recreation
Service through the Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission for financial assist-
ance in developing public outdoor recreation areas; and
WHEREAS, the City Council desires to designate the City Manager
as the responsible officer for the City for the project, and authorize him
to execute all documents necessary to apply for financial assistance and to
implement the project, pending grant approval; and
WHEREAS, the City Council desires to designate the Director of
Finance of the City of Corpus Christi as the fiscal -officer for the project;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS:
SECTION 1. That it is hereby determined that the City of Corpus
Christi is eligible to receive Federal financial assistance from the Heritage
Conservation and Recreation Service through the Texas Parks and Wildlife Com-
mission for the development of Bill Witt Park (the Rodd Field acquisition)
for public outdoor recreation purposes.
SECTION 2. That the City Manager of the City of Corpus Christi is
hereby designated as the responsible officer for the City for the aforesaid
project, said office now being held by R. Marvin Townsend, and said City
Manager is hereby authorized and directed to submit such application for
financial assistance in said project, and said City Manager is hereby authorized
to execute all documents necessary to implement said project, pending grant
approval.
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SECTION 3, There is hereby designated as fiscal officer for the
City for the said project the Director of Finance of the City of Corpus
Christi, which office is presently held by Harold F. Zick.
SECTION 4. The necessity and urgency for immediate application
for Federal financial assistance from the Heritage Conservation:and Recrea-
tion Service through the Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission as authorized
by Article 6081r, V.A.C.S., as promptly as possible, creates a public emer-
• gency 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 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 )1e? day
of December , 1979.
AiIEST:
£ity'Secretary
APPROVED:
DAY 0;_e ,,,A.,, 1979
J, BRUCE AYCOCK, CITY ATTORNEY
BY f
Assistant City
MAYOJ�THE/CI /
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Corpus Christi, Teas
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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.
The Charter rule was
Luther Jones
Edward L. Sample
Dr. Jack Best
David Diaz
Jack K. Dumphy
Betty N. Turner
Cliff Zarsky -
Respectfully,
MAYO(//" "7/
:,T/HE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS
suspended by the following vote:
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The above ordinance was passed by the following vote:
Luther Jones
Edward L. Sample
Dr. Jack Best
David Diaz
Jack K. Dumphy
Betty N. Turner
Cliff Zarsky
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