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REAFFIRMING CONTRACT NO. 648, DATED APRIL 17, 1944,
BY AND BETWEEN THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS, AND
MYERS & NOYES, A COPARTNERSHIP; AND DECIARING AN
EMERGENCY.
WHEREAS, on the 17th day of April, 1944, pursuant to Ordinance
No. 1668 passed on said date, the City of Corpus Christi, Texas, entered
into a contract, No. 64B, with Ernest L. Dyers and Edward N. Noyes, a
copartnership doing business under the firm new and style of Wars &
Noyes, wherein said Dyers & Noyes agreed to render engineering services
therein described in connection with the planning and construction of a
storm sewer system as a part of the Bayfront Protection and Improvement
theretofore oonstructed; and
WHEREAS, said Myers & Noyes did submit their plans and speoi-
fioations pursuant to said contract, which were accepted and approved by
the City Council; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to Ordinance No. 1766 passed by the City
Council on the 18th day of January, 1915, the City of Corpus Christi,
Texas, after having advertised for and received bids, entered into a
contract with Brawn & Root, Inc., for the construction of the storm sewer
System contemplated and covered by the said plans and specifications of
Myers & Noyes; and
WHEREAS, by Ordinance No. 1939 passed by the City Council on
July 30, 1946, the City Council terminated said contract with Brown & Root,
Inc.; and
WHEREAS, it is desired that amended plans and specifications
be prepared and submitted on said Bayfront Improvement work, to the end
that said improvement may proceed without undue delay;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS;
SECTION 1. That the said contract by and between the City of
Corpus Christi, Texas, and the said Myers & Noyes, of date the 17th day of
April, 19Ld4, hereinabove identified, is hereby reaffirmed and declared to
be in full force and effect in all its terms and conditions.
SECTION 2. The public importance of this ordinance creates
a public emergency and public imperative necessity requiring the suspen-
sion of the Charter rule 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, 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, ACCORD-
INGLY, SO ORDAINED.
PASSED AND APPROVED this Ah day of January, A. D. 1947.
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City of Corpus Christi, Texas
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City Secretary
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APPROVED TO LEGAL TO LEGAL FOP:
Attorney
Corpus Christi, Texas
January 7, 1917
TO THE IMMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL
Corpus Christi, Texas
Gentlemen:
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, hereby 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.
Respectfully,
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MAY R
City of Corpus Christi, Texas
The Charter rule was suspended by the following vote:
Robert T. Wilson
Wesley E. Seale
John A. Ferris
George R. Clark, Jr.
R. R. Henry
The above ordinance was passed by the following vote:
Robert T. Wilson
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Wesley E. Seale
John A. Farris
George R. Clark, Jr.�
R. R. Henry