HomeMy WebLinkAbout01771 ORD - 01/26/1945HT/ba 1 -25 -45
AN ORDINANCE
AUTHORIZING AND DIRECTING THE CITY
SEORETARY OF THE CITY. OF CORPUS
CHRISTI, TEARS, TO ADVERTISE FOR
BIDS, IN THE IWMER REQUIR D HY LAT-,
FOR 4 ONE -STORY BUILDING, _TO
BE 34 FEET CMDE ;.Y 212 FEET .LONG, OF
SOUND CONSTRUCTION OF 2 "4" STUD WALLS,
16" ON CENTERS; 2 "xB" FLOOR JOISTS,
16" ON CENTERS, 2 ".4" ROOF RdFTERS
AND JOISTS; INTERIOR. FINISH 1/2" THICE
IN$U1,kTICN BOARD; EXTERIOR OF 1" SHEATH -
ING, COVERED WITH 1/2 "xl -1/2" BATT ?IS;
ROOF OF 1" SPJ;.4THING COVERED WITH BUILD-
ING FELT SECURED BY BATTENS, WITH DOUBLE -
HUJG WOOD WINDOM, WOOD DOORS, AND A 1"
WOOD FLOOR; SAID BUILDING NOT TO HAVE
BEEN CONSTRUCTED PRIOR TO 1939, FOR USE
AS APART OF AN E&ERGENCY DISASTER CENTER;
AJm DECLARING AN ENERGENCY.
-=mS, there are nova _ °uraia on nand which are the
proceeds of the certain band issue, :mower as Civilian Deteuse
:ergeacy Bonds, Series 1912, and the City of Corpus Christi has
inadequate facilities for hospitalization and inadequate facilities
Per oaring for the equipment of the local organization of the
Texas Defense Guard; and
i,rz:'REkS, it is deemed and found necessary by the City
Council of the City of Corpus Christi that a one -story frame
building, 34 feet wide by 212 feet long, constructed as set out
hereinafter in detail, be acquired by the City of Corpus Christi
for use as a part of an Emergency Disaster Center and the City
Council finding that such building will help meet the present lack
of facilities set out hareirbefore, and that said building will
also be of use to the general public of the City of Corpus Christi
for use as an emergency recreational center;
THEREFORE, BE IT ORD$I:1uD BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, =—ASx
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Section 1. Thatthe City Secretly Of the City of Corpus
Christi is hereby authorized and directed to advertise immediately
in the meaner prescribed by the City Charter of the City of Corpus
Christi for bide on a one -story frame building of the hereinafter
set out dimensions and mnactmetion to be purchased by the City
Of Corpus Christi for use as a part of an emergency diaaster center
which also may be used as an emergency recreation center, tom -t:
A one -story frame building, 34 feet wide by
212 feet 1ong; 211,4- stud walls, 16" on centers;
2 "x8" floor Joists-161- on centers; -2 "xµ" roof
rafters and ods e, 2
t4" on canters; the interior
finish is 1�" thick insulation board; the ex-
terior is 1" sheathing covered with 15 -pound
building felt -scored with 1/2" x 1 -1/2" battens;
The roof is also 1" sheathing covered with build-
ing felt secured with 1/2" x 1 -1�2" battens.
The building has doublo -hung wood windows, wood
doors and a 1" wood floor.
which said building is not to have been constructed prior to 1939,
and which said building will be available for removal to a location
within. the City limits of the City of Corpus Christi, Texas, by
February 15, 1945s or soon thereafter.
Section 2, The fact that the City o£ Corpus Christi does
not have adequate facilities for hospitalisation and the provisions
for caring for the equipment of the local organization of the Texas
Defense Guard are inadequate, and the further fact that there is a
pressing need for an emergency recreation center, and it is essential
to the protection and safety of the inhabitants of the City of
Corpus Christi that such facilities be provided, create a public
emergency and an imperative public necessity requiring the suspension
of the Charter rule that no Ordinance or R9- Olutien 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, and the Mayor having declared that such public emergency
and imperative necessity exist, and having requested that such
Charter rule be suspended 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, ACCORDNGIZ,
SO 91"Irm.
PASSED LND APPROVED this 44 day of January, A. D.
1945- /
Ci j of orpus Christi, T. xas
ATTEST
Cu. Sacre ary /
APPROVED AS TO ISGAL FORM2
ActingWity Atmornsy
Corpus Christi, Texae
1945
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TO THE MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL
OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI
Corpus Christi, Texas
Gentle men:
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 several meetings of the City Council; I, therefore,
hereby request that you suspend such Charter rule or requirement
and pass this Crdinance finally on the date it is introduced, or
at the present meeting of the City Council.
Respectfully,
M&YOR, City of orpue Christi, Texas
The Charter rule was suspended by the following vote:
A. C. ?..oCaughaa
Jos. Mdreur /
Ed. P. Williams
D. A. Segrest
B. G. Moffett
The above Ordinance wee passed by the following vote:
A. C. McCaughan
Joe. P. Will
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Ed. P. '�7illi ama
D. A. Segreat
B. G. Moffett