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HomeMy WebLinkAbout03137 ORD - 09/18/1951AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING AND DIRECTING THE CITY MANAGER TO ACQUIRE 1.022 ACRES CF LAND IN THREE TRACTS, BEING A STRIP OF LAND 60 FEET IN WIDTH ACROSS THE H. G. HEANEY TRACT FOR THE WESTWARD EXTEN- SION CF ANTELOPE STREET IN THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS, FROM H. G. HEANEY- AND WIFE, WINIFRED HEANEY, FOR AND IN CONSIDERATION OF FIVE THOUSAND SIX HUNDRED,TWENTY -NINE ($5,629) DOLLARS; AUTHORIZING AND_DIBECTING.THE,CITY _ MANAGER TO DO AU THINGS NECESSARY AND REQUIS- ITE TO AND IN CONNECTION WITH SAID ACQUISITION; APPROPRIATING FROM NO. 297 IMPROVEMENT BONDS 1951 CONSTRUCTION FUND (STREET IMPROVEMENTS) SAID FIVE THOUSAND SIX'HUNDRED TWENTY -NINE DOLLARS TO BE PAID FO$ SUCH. CONVEYANCE; AND DECLARING AN EM- ERGENCY. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS: SECTION 1. That the City Manager, for and on behalf of the City of Corpus Christi, Texas, be and he is hereby author- ized and directed to acquire 1.022 acres of land in three tracts being a strip of land 60 feet in width across the H. G• Heaney Tract for the westward extension of Antelope Street in the City Of Corpus Christi, Texas, as described by metes and bounds in the warranty deed to convey said land, a copy of which is at- tacked hereto and made a part hereof, from H. G. Heaney and wife, Winifred Heaney, for and in consideration of Five Thousand Six Hundred Twenty -Nine 05,629) Dollars. SECTION 2. That the City Manager be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to do all things necessary and requisite in connection with the acquisition described in Section 1 hereof. SECTION 3. That there is hereby appropriated from No. 297 Improvement Bonds 1951 Construction Fund (Street Improvements) Five Thousand Six Hundred Twenty -Nine ($5,629) Dollars to be paid as consideration for said conveyance described in Section 1 hereof. SECTION 4* That the necessity for the prompt acquisition of said land for the extension of Antelope Street, such improve+ 31.3"1 ments of streets being made to protect the health, safety and general welfare of the Public and being needed immediate - ly., creates a public emergency and an imperative public neces- sity requiring the suspension of the Charter rule and regula- tion that no ordinance or resolution shall be passed finally on the date of its introduction and that such ordinance or resolution shall be read at three several meetings of the City Council$ and the Mayor, having declared such emergency and necessity to exist, having requested the suspension of said 'Charter role and that this ordinance be passed finally on the date of its introduction and take effect and be in full force and effect from after the date of its passage, IT IS PASSED AND APPROVED, This the / /� of Septembers A.D. 1951.. MA "TEST: CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI C Sec ' .APP OVED AS TO LEGAL FORM: city A to raey , Corpus Christi, Texas TO THE MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL Corpus Christi, Texas Gentlemens j`., .• 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, &/J7 4 MAYOR City of Corpus Christi, Texas The Charter rule was suspended by the following votes Leslie Wasserman Jack DeForrest/} . Barney Cott l.le Sydney Ea Herndon George Le Lowman The above ordinance was passed by the following votes Leslie Wasserman Jack DeForrest Barney Cott r Sydney E. Herndon George Le Lawman zr &/J7 September 18, 19$1 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 No. 297 Improvement Bonds 1951 Consturction Fund 1951(Street Improvements) Fund from which it is proposed to be drawn, and such money is not appropriated for any other purpose. Director of Finance INTER - OFFICE COMMUNICATION Dept. Public Works To Mr. R. W. McCany, Acting City 1tager From H. H. Stirman, Director of Public Works Date GeptemhAr 1 ?, 1953 Subject, Purchase of property on Antelope Street Authority is requested to purchase 1.022 acres of land for the extension of Antelope Street from Harry G. Heaney and ld.fe, Winifred Heaney at a cost of $5,629.00 to be paid for from Street Improvement Bond Funds. HHS/bpr H. H. Stirman