HomeMy WebLinkAbout02015 ORD - 01/07/1947AN ORDINANCE N 6 - ;- O ) S
TERMINATING A CONTRACT BETWEEN THE CITY OF CORPUS
CHRISTI, TERAS, AND BROWN AND ROOT, INC., CONCERNING
THE PAVING OF CERTAIN STREETS BETWEEN THE EAST
PROPERTY LINE OF WATER STREET AND THE WEST PROPERTY
LINE OF SHORELINE BOULEVARD; AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.
WHEREAS, on the 28th day of November, 1944, a contract was
entered into between the City of Corpus Christi, Texas, and Brown and
Root, Inc., for the paving of certain streets between the east property
line of Water Street and the west property line of Shoreline Boulevard
and it was agreed in the contract that no assessment liens would be
fixed by the City but the City would pay approximately one -third (113)
of the cost of the pavement in front of each abutting property, provided
the property owner would pay the remaining two- thirds (F^ 13) and it was
the obligation of Brown and Root, Inc., to get the property owners to
agree to pay said two- thirds (2/3) and fix a lien against their property
to secure such payment; and
WHEREAS, all of the streets in said contract, with the excep-
tion of those which are hereinafter named, have either been paved and paid
for or the property owners have agreed to pay their respective shares and
the City has ordered the contractor to proceed; and
WHEREAS, there remains in said contract certain streets upon
which the abutting property owners have refused to pay their proportionate
share of the cost of the paving and have refused to fix liens on their
property for the payment of their share of the cost of the paving and
those streets are as followst
Furman Street,
Broadway Court,
Twigg Street,
Palo Alto Street,
Dan Reid Street,
Mann Street; and,
WHEREAS, it has been agreed between the City and the contractor
Brown and Root, Inc., that said contract shall be canceled insofar as it
covers the above specifically named streets so that the City of Corpus
Christi can again contract for the paving of such streets under R.C.S.,
1925, Art. 1105 -b, as amended, which permits the City to assess paving
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liens against property for the cost of streets upon which said property
abuts;
HOPI, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS:
SECTION I. The above mentioned and referred to contract, inso-
far as it covers the paving on the following streets, towit:
Furman Street,
Broadway Court,
Twigg Street,
Palo Alto Street,
Dan Reid Street,
Mann Street,
all of which streets extend from the east property line of Water Street
to the west property line of Shoreline Boulevard within the City Limits
of the City of Corpus Christi, Texas, is hereby declared to be terminated
and of no further force or effect and it is hereby declared that the
City is not obligated to proceed under said contract or to accept performance
under said contract by the said Brown and Root, Inc.
SECTION II. The fact that the immediate passage of this
ordinance is necessary so that the City can forthwith take the necessary
steps to commence paving assessment proceedings looking toward the early
commencement of paving construction on the streets above mentioned creates
a public emergency and public imperative necessity requiring the suspension
of the Charter rule that no ordinance or resolution shall be passed finally
on the date it is introduced and that ouch 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 data of its introduction and take
effect and be in full force and effect from and after its passage, IT IS,
ACCORDINGLY, SO ORDAINED.
PASSED and APPROVED this 7d' day of 4 A. D. 1947•
City of Corpus Christi, Texas
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City ty Secretary
APPROVED:
&46� Attorney
Corpus Christi, Texas
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TO THE MMOERS 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.
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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
Wesley E. Seale
John A. Ferris
George R. Clark, Jr.
R. R. Henry
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