HomeMy WebLinkAbout02531 ORD - 05/31/1949AN ORDINANCE
PROVIDING FOR THE PURCHASE OF LOT 2,
IN BLOCK 5, OF THE EL REY SUBDIVISION,
AN ADDITICN TO TIT; CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI,
IRTECES COUNTY, TEXAS, FROM THE COMMUNITY
SETTLEMENT HOUSE, ING., FOR TEE SUM OF
ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS ($1,000.00); PROVID-
ING 'IHV PAE=T Fa; THE PURCHASE OF SALE
SHALL BE PAID FROM PARK IMPROVEI,TNT BONDS
1948 CONSTRUCTION FUND; AND DECLARING AN
EMERGENCY.
=R..AS, the City of Corpus Christi desires to acquire Lot 2, in
Block 5, o£ the E1 Rey Subdivision, an Addition to the City of Corpus Christi,
Nueces County, Texas, for municipal purposes, and there are sufficient funds
in the Park Improvement Bonds, 19+8 Construction Fund,
NOO, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS:
SECTION 1. That the City Il?anager is hereby sathorized and directed
for and on behalf of the City to purchase Lot Two (2), in Black Five (5), of
the El Rey Subdivision to the City of Corpus Christi, Nueces County, Texas,
from the Community Settlement house, Inc., for the sum of One Thousand Dol-
lars ($1,000.00); and said lot is to be used for park and municipal purposes
in the City of Corpus Christi, Texas.
SECTION 2. The fact that it is necessary to complete negotiations
for purchase without delay, that the City is in need of said property for use
with other property already maned by the City, and that said property can be
acquired at a fair price 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 %ayor having declared that such public emergency and impera-
tive 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 APPR07-M this R day of lky, A. D. 1949.
ATTEST:
ity Secretary LTAYOR
APFROVID AS TO LEGAL FORM; City of Corpus Christi, Texas
Ci A rney
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Corpus Christi, Texas
MIT&L. 1949
TO THE TESIIDERS OF THE CITY COLT�iCIL
Corpus Christi, Texas
Gentlemen:
For the reasons set forth in the emergency clause of the fore-
going 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 several 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.
Res,ctfully,
Y&Y .
of Corpus Christi, Texas
The Charter rule was suspended by the following vote:
Leslie Tasserman G t..:_
Jack DeForrest `—
Harney Cott a
Sidney E. Herndon ❑,���-
George L. Lowman �0 The above ordinance was passed by the following vote:
Leslie 101asserman
Jack De Forrest
3arney Cott
Sidney E. Nleradon
George L. Lmmman
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