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HomeMy WebLinkAbout02847 ORD - 08/15/1950- r 971 0�50_t51 AN ORDINANCE APPROPRIATING $11,022.00 TO BE PAID FOR THE eONSTRUCTION OF BOAT SLIPS ON THE L -BEAD IN THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS, WITH THE GOLDSTON COMPANY, AND TO BE MADE OUT OF THE SEAWALL AND BREAKWATER FUND NO. 258; AUTHORIZING AND DIRECTING THE CITY MANAGER FOR AND ON BEHALF OF THE CITY TO EXECUTE A CONTRACT WITH SAID GOLD - STON COMPANY; SAID CONTRACT DOCUMENTS, PLANS AND SPECIFICATIONS BEING MADE,A A PART HEREOF BY REFERENCE; AND DE- CLARING AN EMERGENCY. WHEREAS, The piers and piling for anchorage out from the L -Head are needed as a part of the Bay - front Improvements, and such improvements will pro- tect the existing improvements from storms and other damage; said improvements being a part of the Sea- wall and Strom Protection Improvements of the City of Corpus Christi, Texas; and WHEREAS, There are sufficient funds un- appropriated in No. 258 Seawall and Breakwater'Con- struction Fund to cover the cost of such bayfront im- provements; /and ✓WHEREAS, Bids have been considered and an award made for the lowest and most advantageous bid to the City of Corpus Christi, Texas, and it is now necessary to enter into a contract for such improve- ments and to make the necessary appropriation; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS: SECTION 1. That there is hereby appro- priated out of No. 258 Seawall and Breakwater Construc- tion Fund the sum of $11,022.00, $10,020.00 of which is to be paid according to the terms of the contract docu- ments and specifications described in Section 2 hereof as the contract price therefor, and the balance of said appropriation is the amount equivalent to ten per cent of said contract price which is hereby appropriated for the payment of engineering and contingent costs. SECTION 2. That the City Manager is hereby authorized and directed to execute for and on behalf of the City a contract with Goldston Company for the con- struction of L -Head Boat Slips as described in said con- tract, in accordance with the plans and specifications and contract documents.on file in the office of the City Secretary, all incorporated herein and made a part here- in by reference, and according to the bid of said Goldston Company opened on the 8th day of August A.D. 1950, said bid being the lowest and most advantageous bid to the City of Corpus Christi, Texas. SECTION 3. The fact that it is to the great and beneficial interest of the City of Corpus Christi, that such improvements be immediately begun, and the fact that such improvements will protect the Bayfront of the City of Corpus Christi from storms and other damage and that such improvements are all badly needed as a part of the Seawall and Storm Protection Improvements of the City of Corpus Christi, create a public emergency and an imperative public necessity requiring the suspension of the Charter rule providing that no ordinance or reso- lution shall be passed finally on the date it is intro- duced and that such ordinance or resolution shall be read at three several meetings of the City Council, and the Mayor, declaring such emergency and necessity to exist, having requested that said Charter rule be suspended, and that this ordinance be passed finally on the day it is introduced and take effect and be in full force and effect from and after its passage, IT IS SO ORDAINED. PASSED AND APPROVED, This he Is day of August,1950. A TEST: MAYOR OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI City Secretary APPROVED AS TO LEGAL FORM: City Attorney Corpus Christi, Texas , 1950 TO THE °TS1MERS OF THE CITY COUIICIL 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 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, T a.YOR City of Corpus Christi, Texas The Charter rule was suspended by the following vote: Leslie Wasserman Jack DeForrest Barney Cott Sydney E. Herndon George L. L(nvman The above ordinance was passed by the following vote: Leslie Aasserruaa Jack DeForrest Barney Lott Sydney E. Herndon add, George L. Lohman Q".- �r I certify to the City Council that the money required for the contract, agreement, obligation, or expenditure contemplated in the above and foregoing Ordinance is in the Treasury of the City of Corpus Christi to the credit of Fund No. a S �ij(,(� ,�,f'f„✓__! from which it is proposed to be drawn, �9 and such money is not appropriated for any other purposed a — 1.