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Home My WebLink About02104 ORD - 06/17/1947AN ORDINANCE /04 AUTHORIZING AND DIRECTING THE CITY MANAGER OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS, TO EXECUTE FOR AND ON BEHALF OF SAID CITY A CONTRACT WITH HARE AND HARE, CITY PLANNERS OF KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI, FOR BAYFRONT IMPROVEMENT PLANS, AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY. WHEREAS, the Chamber of Commerce, through its Bayfront Improvement Committee, has turned over to the City of Corpus Christi the sum of Six Hundred and Fifty Dollars (650.00) to be used and applied as part payment of the contract hereinafter mentioned with Hare and Hare, City Planners of Kansas City, Missouri, for Bayfront plan and reoemsendatione; and, WHEREAS, it has been determined by the City Council, and is hereby determined, that said Council should proceed with obtaining plans and suggestions for the improvement of the Bayfront; NOff, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS: SECTICN 1. That the City Manager of the City of Corpus Christi, Texas, be and he is hereby authorised and directed to execute for and on behalf of the City of Corpus Christi, Texas, a contract with Hare and Hare, City Planners of Kansas City, Missouri; a copy of such contract is attached hereto and made a part hereof and reads as follows, to -wit: SECTION 2. The necessity for obtaining plans and recommendations from reputable planning engineers in order to continue with Bagyfront improvement in the City of Corpus Christi 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 such Ordinance or resolution shall be read at three several meetings of the City Council, and the Mayor having declared that such pub- lic 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 ACCORDINGLY SO ORDAINED. PASSED AND APPROVED this /7 day of June, A. D. 1947. City of Corpus Christi, Texas ATTESTt City Secretary APPROVED AS TO LEGAL FORMi / City - � Corpus Christi, Texas June z7 , 1947 TO THE TUEILMU OF TAS CITY COUECIL 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 Oharter rule or roquire;nent that no ordinance or resolution shall be passed finally on the date it is introduced, and that such ordinance or resolutior. shall be read at three meetinr -s of the City Council; I, therefore, hereby request that you suspend. said Chester rule or requirement and pass this ordinance Pin;lly on the date it is introduced, or at the prosent m-eting of the City Council. hospeetf ully, 7�� City of Corpus Christi, Texas The Charter rule was suspended by the following vote; desley li. Seale George It. Clark, Jr. John i,. Ferris ya.� R. R. Joe T. Dawson The above ordiriaoce was passed by the foliowin vote: ,esley Ps. Seale George R. Clark, Jr. John A. Fcrris y R. if— henry Joe T. Dawson 4/0�- K THIS AGRE;stdMT, entered into this / %9 day of 1947, between the City of Corpus Christi, Texas, Party of the First Part, and Hare and Hare, a co- partnership composed of S. Herbert Hare, Ralph R. Reinhardt and Donald ' Bush, City Planners, of Kansas City, Missouri. Party of the Second Part, s;ITN3FZrTH: 1. Party of the First Part hereby employs Party of the Second Part to pre- pare plans and recommendations for the improvement of the Bay Front as follows: a. Revision and completion of plans and recommendations covered in contract dated the lst day of Tune, 1944, between the Chamber of Commerce of Cor- pus Christi, Texas, and Mare and Fare, photostatic copy of which is at- tached hereto. 2. In preparing the above plans and recommendations, the Party of the second Part agrees that Donald ;'r. Bush will make a visit to Corpus Christi of two to three days, to check revisions in the plans, made necessary by recent construction, and that S. Herbert Hare will make two visits of one day each to discuss the revised preliminary plans. 3. For the services outlined above, Party of the First Part agrees to pay Party of the Second Part the sum of Fifteen Hundred Dollars (t1500.00), and payment of this amount will release the Chamber of Commerce from their obligation to pay Party of the Second Part Six Hundred Fifty Dollars (y650.00), being the balance due under that contract on completion of the plans and services covered therein. IN ' "IZUYSS +' =iL2.GP', we have set our hand and seal. TIE CITY OF COP.F'US CHRISTI, TZUS, Bv._ City Manager City Secretary APPROVED AS TO LWxA/L,FOFdl: 11iR''. AND ^: , City Attorney BY 7 TH1:, 91_ _red int.' t..is 41� 9' . _1:+44, trts:e___ tho iLsr c,i C_,-r G�7-, -5 G r.st�, of the t'ir:;t Fart, uncl Hare- :are, l.endsc.,_ .- .rehrteets end C:t;, (th3 .ir-, ur:d�i '.ic..- .drb.;rt 'fit ?_T' 0^-rL.t3_l, of ME 1. !'arty of t- -, r'irst .art employ: Iart of the -'eeond t,- n—<e re cor:=andations and glans and to render other services in connen, -ion with tte further development of the bay front adiacent to the city of Corgas �_,risti, Texas, tie services to be rendered being Wore SreCifically 9-e.t_9 �1oes: a. es to additiona. to be ac.;uira i, if an.v, along the vaster front adjaceet to th> centrai section of th,- city. Thin would include a study of the oessibi,-� uses �f ]and beVwer. ,r tar at and :.`.ore Front Drive for additional pars or racy-- a *icmal spices, tutlie bulldinPs, or automobile psrang. b. °tudy of tk_a extension of a shore line dri-ne or or,har shore t— atment south £rc:i t:-e e-:d o£ the -resent sea v:<.11. nlon;.- ch- 'b:: -.e of th° bluff as f -,:r as the cite limit. This would include u—estions for the a;idth of the are-- to be filed, tile, location of any drive, t_� k. land to be acs :uire^ alon- tine bluff, .:.d the e,anarai tr —tenant of tii? slope :and lover area. c. Stud,, of pos-.ible connections frc,1 ;'ie ��resent a___ aioag the bluff in tna center of the city to the'.:at�r Cront, ,i v.it.a �,ry other connections inland fro::_ the r.ropos --sd extension. d. ,'ora detailed sur,gastions as t�-� tra-a;..ei.t of the pr.r v:ac elong Jhore LiuLi Drive e-nd the present piers, witil ro!-,,ra to wal',:s, pl - -ntii 4, gardenasYua features, and architectural accessories which may be dssir�,'ole. e. Su- 3gestions for architectural control of buildings facing on cho r -c Line Drive, and recommendations for any zoning chan,F,es in this area. f. 1 written report covering the propusals shown on the drawings, ir:ri such other recommendations as may seen desirable. g. Three visits by 3. Herbert Hare, for the purpose of discussin^ ;!r plans as they develop, and checking them on the ground; and one visit about a week by one of the associates of the firm, for the purpose of as- sembling material and giving detailed study to the problem, 2. The Party of the Second Part will present the recommendations in preliminary form for discussion before the final drafting of plans, sections or other drawings. Final drawings will be in form suitable for reproduction o- ex- hibition, and will be drawn to scale but will not include working informatics as to detailed dimensions or grades, plant names, or structural design. 3. Party of the First Part agrees to furnish all available plans or other information as a basis for the work and Party of the Second Part will not be required to make any field engineering surveys. 4. For the services outlined above, Party of the First Part agrees to pay Party of the Second Part a fee of Six Hundred Fifty Dollars ($650.00) cover- ing the time of S. Herbert Hare either in Corpus Christi or in his office, this fee to be payable one half on presentation of the preliminary studies, and the remainder on completion of the final drawings. 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