HomeMy WebLinkAbout02235 ORD - 03/09/1948AN ORDINANCE NC. 2235
CLOSING THAT PORTION OF ELESA STREET E %TENDING
BETWEEN THE SOUTH BOUNDARY LINE OF RUTH STREET
AND THE NORTH BOUNDARY LINE OF CHIPPEWA STREET
AND UTILITY EASEMENTS THROUGH BLOCKS FOUR (4)
AND FIVE (5) OF THE KOSAR ADDITION TO THE CITY
OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS, AND QUIT - CLAIMING ALL
RIGHT, TITLE AND INTEREST IN AND THERETO; AND
DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.
WHEREAS, the CORPUS CHRISTI INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT has
petitioned the Mayor and City Council of the City of Corpus Christi,
Texas, to close that portion of Elesa Street extending between the
South boundary line of Ruth Street and the North boundary line of
Chippewa Street, and the Ten (101) foot Utility Easements through
Blocks Four (4) and Five (5) of the Kosar Addition to the.City of
Corpus Christi, Texas; and
WHEREAS, notice of the requested closing of said portion of
Elesa Street and the Utility Easements in Blocks Four (4) and Five
(5) of the Kosar Addition has, within the time required by law,
been duly given by publication, and by mail to the last known
address of all property owners abutting on said portion of Elesa
Street and said Utility Easements requested to be closed, and
- within Four Hundred Fifty (4501) feet thereof, pursuant to the
provisions of Article 2, Section 6, of the City Charter of the
City of Corpus Christi, Texas, and of the hearing to be held thereon
on the Vth day of March, 1948,at 4:00 ofclock P.M.; and
WHEREAS, in accordance with the notice given as above set
forth and under the provisions of Article 2, Section 6, of the
City Charter of the City of Corpus Christi, Texas, a public hearing
was held on said petition by the City Council of the City of Corpus
Christi, Texas, at 4:00 o'clock P.M. on the 9th day of March, 1948,.
in the Council Chamber at the City Hall; and
WHEREAS, at such public hearing it was established that the
public welfare, convenience and necessity will be better served
by closing such portion of Elesa Street above described, and the
Utility Easements in Blocks Four (4) and Five (5) of the Kosar
Addition.
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NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS:
SECTION 1. That that portion of Elesa Street extending
between the South boundary line of Ruth Street and the North boundary
line of Chippewa Street, and the Ten (10+) foot Utility Easements
through Blocks Four (4) and Five (5) of the &osar Addition to the
City of Corpus Christi, Texas, as shown by the map or plat thereof
duly recorded in Volume 9, page 36 of the Map Records of Nueces
County, Texas, be, and the same are hereby, abandoned and closed.
SECTION 2. That the City of Corpus Christi hereby quit-
claims to the Corpus Christi Independent School District, the owner
of all abutting property thereon, all right, title or interest said
City may have in and to the portion of Elesa Street and the Utility
Easements hereby closed, as described in Section 1 hereof.
SECTION 3. The fact that public convenience and necessity
will be better served by the immediate closing of that portion of
Blase. Street and the Utility Easements named and described in
Section 1 of this Ordinance, treats a public emergency and public
imperative necessity requiring the suspension of the Charter Rule
which provides 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 regular 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 ACCORDINGLY
ORDERED.
PASSED AND APPROVED this the 9th day of March, A.D. 1948.
OR, �YTO-f Cus Chri ATTEST: x a s.
J APP cretary
L RM
City Att ney
Corpus Christi, Texas
1948
TO THE MEASER8 OF THE CITY COUNCIL
Corpus Christi, Texas
Gentlemen:
For the reason. set forth in the emergency clause of the
foregoing ordinance, a public emergency and imperative necessity
'lilt For the suspension of the Charter rule o requirement that n
ordinance o r on resolution shall be passed finally the data it is o
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,
City of Corpus Christi, Texas
The Charter rule was suspended by the following vote:
'lfesley E. Seale
George R. Clark, Jr.
John A. Ferris
R. R. Henry
Joe T. Dawson
The above ordinance was passed by the ollowing vote:
Wesley E. Seale
George R. Clark, Jr.
John A. Ferris
R. R. Henry
Joe T. Dawson
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