HomeMy WebLinkAbout02503 RES - 04/07/1949A RESOLUTION
BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CORPUS
CHRISTI, WHEREBY THE CITY ACCEPTS THE TERMS
AND STIPULATIONS SET OUT IN THE MINUTES
PASSED BY THE STATE HIGHWAY COMMISSION ON
MARCH 29, 1949, WHEREIN CONSTRUCTION OF
IMPROVEMENTS OF A PORTION OF PORT AVENUE
WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS WAS AUTHORIZED; AND
FURTHER AGREEING THAT THE CITY WILL nIN-
TAIN THAT PORTION OF THE WORK WHICH IS ITS
CONSTRUCTION RESPONSIBILITY AND SBALL DO
ALL THINGS REQUIRED IN SAID MINUTES ABOVE
DESCRIBED; AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.
WHEREAS, the State Highway Commission passed the following order
as reflected in the minutes of said Highway Commission on March 29, 1949,
to -wit:
"WHEREAS, in NUECES COUNTY in the City of Corpus
Christi, the proper City officials have requested the
designation of a State route along Port Avenue from
State Highway 9 at Leopard Street to U. S. Highway 181
at or near Mesquite Street, a distance of approximately
1.58 miles, which would be an extension of the route of
State Highway 286, and the improvement of the route from
Morgan Street to Mesquite Street, a distance of approxi-
mately 3.00 miles, under the provisions of the Municipal
Policy of the Department, and
WHEREAS, the studies made by the Department indicate
the desirability of extending the designation to provide
adequate highway traffic service in the area and to make
the requested improvements;
NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS ORDERED that the designation
along Port Avenue from State Highway 9 to U. S. Highway
181 be and is hereby made, and upon acceptance of the
provisions of this Order by the proper officials of the
City of Corpus Christi, the State Highway Engineer is
directed to proceed in the most feasible and economical
manner with improvements from Morgan Street to Mesquite
Street.
The City of Corpus Christi will provide all necessary
right- o.?vway clear of obstructions and free of property
damage and will provide for the immediate construction of
continuous curb and gutter, utility adjustments, storm
sewers, etc., all as may be necessary for a complete project
with the exception of pavement and its support, and will
assume responsibility for the construction of driveways and
sidewalks should they be deemed necessary now or in the
future.
The Texas Highway Department will provide for widening
and improvement of the pavement and its support at en esti-
mated cost of $164,000.00.
It is understood that the responsibility of the Texas
Highway Department is confined to the pavement and its support
and all other features necessary now or in the future to pro-
vide an adequate travel facility shall be the responsibility of
the City of Corpus Christi.
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It is further agreed that the City of Corpus Christi
will maintain that portion of the work which is its con-
struction responsibility and will pass such resolutions,
and ordinances in accordance with standard forms of the
Highway Department to indemnify the State during and
after construction against any and all liability or damage
growing out of such construction, to regulate traffic, to
provide for parallel parking and to prevent encroachment
on the right -of- way. ";
and,
MMREAS, it is deemed necessary that the terms set out in said
minutes be accepted by the City of Corpus Christi;
RCPT, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF CORPUS OFRIST2. TEXAS;
SECTION 1. That the terms of said minutes above quoted, passed
by the State Highway Commission on March 29, 1949, are hereby in all res-
pects accepted and approved, and the City will maintain that portion of
the work which is its construction responsibility and will pass such
resolutions and ordinances in accordance with standard forms of the High-
way Department to indemnify the State during and after construction against
any and all liability or damage growing out of such construction, to regu-
late traffic, to provide for parallel parking and to prevent encroachment
on the right -of -way.
SECTION 2. That the City Manager is hereby authorised and directed
to do any and all things requisite to comply with the terms set out in said
minutes hereinbefore mentioned of March 29, 1949.
SECTION 3. The necessity for improving Port Avenue and the
necessity for proper by -pass routes within the City 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 shell 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 resolu-
tion 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 RESOLVED.
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A RESOLUTION NO.
PASSED AND APPROVED this day of April, A. D. 1949• '
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AS TO LEGAL POMI
CC Attor y
Corpus Christi, Texas
April, 1949
TO THE MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL
Corpus Christi, Texas
Gentlemen:
For the reasons set forth in the emergency clause of the foregoing
resolution, a public emergency and imperative necessity exist for the sus-
pension of the Charter rule or requirement that no ordinance or resolution
shall be passed finally an the date it is introduced, and that such ordinance
or resolution shall be read at three meetings of the City Council, I, there-
fore, hereby request that you suspend said Charter rule or requirement and
pass this resolution finally on the date it is introduced, or at the present
meeting of the City Council.
Respectfully,
x MAXOR
City of Corpus Christi, Texas
The Charter rule was suspended by the following vote:
Wesley E. Seale
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Geororgge R. Clark, Jr.
John A. Ferris
R. R. Henry
Joe T. Dawson
The above resolution was passed by the following vote:
Wesley E. Seale �.
George E. Clark, Jr,
John A. Ferris �.
R. R. Henry
Joe T. Dawson
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