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CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS
RECESSED SPECIAL COUNCIL MEETING
July 18, 1972
10:00 A.M.
PRESENT:
Mayor Ronnie Sizemore
*Mayor Pro Tem Chas. A. Bonniwell
Commissioners:
Thomas V. Gonzales
Gabe Lozano, Sr.
J. Howard Stark
City Manager R. Marvin Townsend
City Attorney James R. Riggs
City Secretary T. Ray Kring
Mayor Sizemore called to order and reconvened the recessed Meeting
of July 17, 1972, in the Council Chamber of City Hall.
City Secretary T. Ray Kring called the roll of those in attendance.
Mayor Sizemore asked that it be noted that a quorum of the Council
was present to conduct a valid meeting.
Mayor Sizemore read the following statement:
"Corpus Christi has conscientiously pursued a course of
preserving and guaranteeing a safe water supply of high quality
for its neighbors and its own citizens.
"The annexation today continues that policy and it is a policy
that this City Council will pursue and a policy I hope every
city council in the future will pursue regardless of the
objections and the problems.
"The Nueces River is our fresh water supply line and has been
so approved for many years by the Texas Water Rights Commission.
The City does not object to development along the River but,
because it is a water transmission line, development must be
controlled.
"We seek the support of every county and every city along the
River to safeguard the area's water supply by positive actions.
It is unfortunate that there have been very few actions taken
by other governmental agencies. If they had pursued a positive
program of regulation then the action today would not have been
necessary. We continue to ask that each and every county and
city along the River pursue a positive program of pollution
control and development regulation and we hope the standards
they set will be more severe than our standards so that it will
become unnecessary for Corpus Christi to directly regulate the
area along the River.
"We look forward to working together with our neighboring govern-
mental agencies for the betterment of the area.
"But, let there be no misunderstanding or doubt, Corpus Christi
is going to take the positive actions necessary to protect the
area's water supply and to regulate development in the flood
plain and along the River, whatever those actions might be."
City Manager Townsend presented the following ordinance.
ORDINANCE NO. 10968
ANNEXING TO THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI CERTAIN PUBLIC LANDS AND
TERRITORY WITHIN THE NUECES RIVER, CONSISTING OF 30.5 ACRES OF
LAND AND WATER CONTIGUOUS AND ADJACENT TO THE PRESENT CITY
LIMITS, EXTENDING APPROXIMATELY FIVE (5) AIR MILES UPSTREAM ON
SAID RIVER FROM THE PRESENT CITY LIMITS; PROVIDING SEVERABILITY;
AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.
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Minutes
Recessed Special Council Meeting
July 18, 1972
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The Charter Rule was suspended and the foregoing ordinance was
passed by the following vote: Sizemore, Gonzales, Lozano and Stark, present
and voting "Aye."
Motion by Gonzales, seconded by Lozano and passed, that the meeting
be adjourned.
*Mayor Pro Tem Bonniwell reported at the meeting at this time.
Motion by Gonzales, seconded by Stark and passed, that the meeting
be reconvened.
Mayor Pro Tem Bonniwell requested that the record show that he voted
"Aye" on the ordinance (No. 10968) annexing to the City certain public lands
within the Nueces River.
Mayor Sizemore requested that the record reflect that the absent members
of the Council concurred in this action and agreement was unanimous.
There being no further business to come before the Council, motion by
Gonzales, seconded by Lozano and passed, that the meeting be adjourned at 10:40 a.m.,
July 18, 1972.