HomeMy WebLinkAbout0791 RES - 11/30/193731.
A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING AND DIRECTING THE MAYOR
OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI TO EXECUTE AND ACCEPT
THE PROPOSAL OF THE ATLANTIC, GULF & PACIFIC COMPANY
OF TEXAS IN REMOVING A PORTION OF THE THIRTY-SIX INCH
SEWER CROSSING THE INDUSTRIAL CHANNEL, AND DECLARING
AN EMERGENCY.
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CORPUS C=?RISTI:
SECTION 1: That the Mayor of said City of Corpus Christi be, and he is hereby
authorized and directed to execute and accept the Proposal of the Atlantic, Gulf & Pacific
Company of Texas, a copy of which Proposal is as follows, to -wit:
Houston, Texas
November 30, 1937
The Honorable Mayor & City Commissioners
Corpus Christi, Texas
Gentlemen:
We submit to you the following proposal for the removal and
disposal on the bank, near the site of the sewer, of that portion of
the 361I sewer crossing the industrial channel that is in the way of
the proposed dredging for the General American Tr nsportation Corpor-
ation.
We will rent you our floatinrg derrick #37 for $50.00 per day
of eight hours. This includes our furnishing one operator per shift and
the fuel and lubricatinu oil.
We will furnish all other labor, material and tools, including
a diver and his equipment, at cost, plus ten per cent. This cost will
not include supervision other than foremen on the work, but will in-
clude compensation insurance.
We estimate that this work will take about five days, but we
do not in any way bind ourselves to this time limit or to any cost limit.
Full payment for the performance of these obligations on our part shall
be made by you within ten days after completion of work. We are not to
be responsible for any damage to the pipe and equipment removed nor to
that remaining in place.
This proposal is submitted on the condition that, if it is
accepted by you, we will he permitted to proceed immediately.
tract.
your acceptance of this letter is sufficient to us as a con -
Respectfully,
ATLANTIC, GULF & PACIFIC COMPANY OF TEXA5.
BY: Sgd. S. H. Ware
Assistant Secretary.
ACCEPTED:
SECTION 2: The public importance of this Resolution creates a public emergency
and a public imperative necessity requiring the suspension of the Charter Rule providing
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, and
that the Mayor having declared that such public emergency and imperative necessity exists.,
and requests that said Charter Rule be suspended, and that this Resolution take effect and
be in full force and effect from and after its passage, and IT IS ACCORDINGLY SO ORDAINED,
PASSED AND APPROVED, THIS 30th day of November, A. D. 1937.
Sgd. A. C. McCaughan,
Mayor, City of Corpus Christi, Texas
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ATTEST:
T. R. Kring (Sgd.)
City Secretary
APPROVED AS TO LEGAL FORM:
R. Briscoe King (Sgd.)
City Attorney
Corpus Christi, Texas
November 30, 1937
TO THE MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL
OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI
Corpus pristi, Texas
Gentlemen:
For the reasons set forth in the emergency clause of the foregoing Resolution,
a public emergency and an imperative public necessity exists 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 several
meetings of the City Council, I, therefore, hereby request that you suspend said Charter
Rule or requirement and pass this Resolution finally on the date it in introduced, or at
the present meeting of the City Council.