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HomeMy WebLinkAbout01783 ORD - 03/13/1945BT/68, 3- 13-15 AN ORDINANCE AUMMI=G THE MAYOR Affil CITY CCH- TROUJM OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS, TO E MUTE A IRESENTAMON TO THE BOARD OF WATER ENGINEERS OF THE STATE OF TEXW TO INVESTIGATE THE FEASIBILITY OF RMIDING A SECOND DAM ON TEE BOECES RIVER NEAR 1A s. TEZASj AND DECLARING AN EMMGENCY. BE IT CRDA'= BY TEE CITY COUNCIL OF TEE CITY OF CORPOS CHRISTI, TEXAS. SECTION 1. That the Mayor and City Controller of the City oP COMUO Dbrlsti.- Tease. be, and they are hereby, authorized to eae- oute a presentation to the Board of WA;er Engineers of the State of Teals to secure the per- dBsion from said Board to investigate the feasibility of building a second dam on the Nueose River near Mathis. Texas, a copy of sash presentation being made s part hereof and reading as follow. to-wita N THE STATE OF TE%69 That the a= OF OOHP® MMIM represents to the Hoard of Rater Engineers for the State of Texas, that It desires to investigate the feasibility of a project here- inafter more definitely defined, having for its object the appropriation and beneficial use of water in quantities greater than twenty thousand acre - feet storage, or fifty second feet diversion, or for generation of two thousand hydro- slootric horsepower, and represents and shows that said Bite has an organized engineering force, adequate to proceed in an expeditious manner with such investigation, and has emplayed tsars sad Naps. Oaaselting Roglaeeaa. That said am OF 008PU6 ONR M further represents and shows to said Hoard that the proposed location of said proposed project is as follows: On the IN River at sass point above the Uwthan PaoMe Ry. woss- 4ag ckf Rhews Ray and the SOLLbber8 PaaMo R9. waseing of swam elver Jut dovaetresa $® the dam am the Noeses River am Hathis. A ateteh or blasprift aaoampanies this I asb am Thu& are ftsigoabd the proposed des sites to be iawstigated. ® of -ieh +dll be seleebod. We hereby make this presentation, and accompany same with a deposit Of Two hundred and fifty (8250.00) Dollars, in conformity with the require- ments of Section 16, et, seq. Chapter 88, General lawn, Regular Session of the 35th Legislature of the State of Texas, 1917, as emended by Senate Hill No. 349, passed by the 39th Legislature, State of Texas, at its Regular 8M& 1 for the purpose of protecting is priority of rights. City I 925 s amtr—ollem CST! OF OORPUS GFEISTI AT MST, 7W A. 0. Subscribed and sworn to before me/this the 13th day of March A. D. 194 -L. Notary Publio Nnecee Texas, County • SECTION 2. The fact that it grill be of great benefit to the City of Corpus Christi, Terre, that additional eater be made avail- able to the City, and that there is a need for additiowtater to be secured, and that to insane ouch additional eater supply, it will be necessary to build an additional dam across the Nueces River near Mathis, Texas, creates a public emergency and imperative public necessity requiring the suspension of the Charter rule or requirement that no Ordinance or Resolution shell be passed finally on the date it is introduced, and that such Ordinance or Resolution sball be read at three several meetings of the City Council, and the Mayor having deoiarad in writing that each public emergency and imperative necessity exist, and laving requested chat such Charter rule be suspended, and that this Ordinance be passed finally on the date of its introduction and take effect end be in full force and effect from and after its passage, IT IS, ACCORD114O18, SO OBDAIIIIISD. PASSED AM APPROVED this 13th day of March, A. D., 1945. City of orpus G&Isti, Texas City Secrutwxy ATTFS� 1` - 2 - Corpus Christi, Texas & 1445 TO THE MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, Corpus Christi, Texas Gentlement For the reasons set forth in the emergency clause of the foregoing ordinance, a public emergency and an 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 shell be read at three several meetings or the City Counoilj I, therefore. hereby request that you suspend sad Charter rule or requirement and pass this @ dinanoe finally on the date it is introduced, or at the present meeting of the City Council. Respectfully. OR, City of Corpus Christi, Tease The Charter rule was suspended by the follosdug vote& A. Lreurghan Jos. . Mix'eur P. Williams 0" D. A. Segrest B4 G. Moffett ,Q The above Ordinance was passed by the following votes A. C. LbOanghav Jos. Mrour €d. P. Williams D. A. Segrest �E B. G. Ubffett '