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HomeMy WebLinkAbout02870 ORD - 09/19/1950A RESOLUTION EXPRESSING THE INTENTION OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI TO ACCEPT TN PRINCIPLE THE PROPOSAL OF THE STATE HIGHWAY COMISSION TO CONTRIBUTE FIFTY PERCENT OF THE CON- STRUCTION COST OF A REPLACEMENT OF THE PRESENT BASCULE BRIDGE ON U. S. HIGHWAY 181 OVER THE CORPUS CHRISTI SHIP CHANNEL WITH A MORE ADEQUATE FACILITY AND DIRECT- ING COPIES OF THIS RESOLUTION TO BE FOR- WARDED TO THE STATE HIGHWAY COMMISSION, NUECES COUNTY COMMISSIONERS COURT AND THE NUECES COUNTY NAVIGATION DISTRICT NO. 1; AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY. WHEREAS, on August 23, 1950, State Highway Commission of the State of Texas passed minute number 28990 which said minutes directed the State Highway Engineer to tender to Nueces County and to the City of Corpus Christi a proposal in connection with the replacement of the present bascule bridge on U. S. Highway 181 over the Corpus Christi Ship Channel with a more adequate facility; and WHEREAS, on September 14, 1950, at a special meet. ing called and held in the Council Chamber of the City of Corpus Christi, the City Council of the City of Corpus Christi together with the County Commissioners Court of Nueces County and repre- sentatives of the Nueces County Navigation District No. 1 held a joint meeting for the purpose of discussing the said proposal of said State Highway commissions and it was agreed by a motion made and seconded and passed that the said Nueces County Commis- sioners Court and the City Council of the City of corpus Christi in principle to the offer made by the State Highway Commission: NOW, THEREFORE, EE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS. SECTION 1. That the City of Corpus Christi hereby accepts in principle the proposal of the State Highway Commis- sion as stated in said Minutes No. 28990, and it is understood in connection with this resolution that the exact mode of re- placement of said bascule bridge has not been determined, and that the same will be determined as a result of more complete study and survey than has been made at the present time, and that the proposal of the said order of the State Highway Com- mission as reflected by said Minutes was to establish a principle under which the cost is to be shared, ifs asp and when the work is undertaken. SECTION 2. That 'if. B. Collier, the duly authorized City �anager, be and he is hereby authorized anddirected to for. ward certified copies of this resolution to the State Highway Commission of the State of Texas, together with the appreciation of the City of Corpus Christi for the interest and cooperatio n manifested by the State Highway Commission in the traffic problems of the City of Corpus Christi in regard to the present bascule bridge facilities and that this resolution shall constitute a formal request for the State Highway Commission to proceed with engineering study and negotiations in connection with said pro- ject. SECTION 3. That W. B. Collier, the du]grauthorized City'aanager of the City of Corpus Christi, Texas, be and he is hereby authorized and directed to forward a certified copy of this resolution to the Commissioners Court of Nueces County, Texas, and the Board of Directors of the Nueces County Navigation District No. 1. SECTION 4. That it being og great aublic interest that there be undertaken certain improvements to the bascule bridge crossing at the harbor entrance to the City of Corpus Christi so as to permit free use of the corpus Christi ship Channel by ocean going traffic and to promote better facilities for vehicular traffic over said ship channel, and it being im. perative that engineering study be obtained in order that the correct, proper and best facility shall be chosen for such re- creates a public emergency and an imperative public necessity requiring the suspension of the Charter rule that no ordin- ance or resolution shall be passed finally on the day 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 such emergency and necessity to exist, and having requested that such Charter rule be suspended and that that this ordinance be passed finally on the day it is intro- duced and that it take effect and be in full force and effect from and after its passage, IT IS ACCORDINGLY SO ORDAINED, PASSED AND APPROVED, This the 19th day of September 1950. MAYOR The City of Corpus Christi, Texas A T: ity Secretary APPROVED TO GAL FORM: Assist. i y Attorn Co ue Christi, Texas . 1949 TO ZZ XOMERS OF ME CITY CONCIL 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 Councils 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, MA XUR City of Corpus Christi, Texas The Charter rule was suspended by the following votes Leslie 1kaserman Jack DeForrest Barney Cott Sydney R. 8. Herndon George L. Lowman The above ordinance was.passed by the following votes Leslie Wasserigga' Jack De7orrest Barney Cott Sydney E. Herndon George L. Lowman 2-87®