HomeMy WebLinkAbout03184 ORD - 12/14/1951DECEMBER_ 14, 1951
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AN ORDINANCE
APPROPRIATING FROM NO. 296 IMPROVEMENT BONDS
1950 CONSTRUCTION FUND (STREET TRAFFIC CONTROL)
.THE SUM OF SIX HUNDRED SIXTY AND 50/100 DOLLARS
($660.50) TO REIMBURSE NO. 102 CURRENT FUND AND
DEPOSITED TO THE CREDIT OF POLICE DIVISION CODE
XL TO COVER EXPENDITURES FOR THE INSTALLATION OF
TRAFFIC CONTROL SIGNALS (PEDESTRIAN ACTUATED) FOR
THE PURPOSE OF PROTECTING AND FOR THE
USE OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC, PARTICULARLY SCHOOL
CHILDREN, IN THE 4400 BLOCK OF SOUTH ALAMEDA DI-
RECTLY IN FRONT OF WINDSOR PARK SCHOOL, SAID IN-
STALLATION HAVING BEEN MADE BY CITY FORCES; AND
DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.
WHEREAS, TRAFFIC SPEED AND VOLUME ON SOUTH ALAMEDA STREET,
PARTICULARLY IN THE VICINITY OF THE WINDSOR PARK SCHOOL, WARRANT
THE INSTALLATION OF A PEDESTRIAN ACTUATED SIGNAL IN THE 4400 BLOCK
OF SOUTH ALAMEDA STREET TO PROTECT AND FOR THE USE OF THE GENERAL
PUBLIC, PARTICULARLY SCHOOL CHILDREN; AND
WHEREAS, SUCH SIGNAL HAS BEEN INSTALLED WITH FORCE ACCOUNT LA-
BOR AND MATERIAL BY THE TRAFFIC DIVISION OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT,
AND THERE IS NEEDED SIX HUNDRED SIXTY AND 50/I00 DOLLARS ($660.50)
TO COVER THE COST OF MATERIALS AND LABOR USED IN SUCH INSTALLATION,
EXPENDED BY SAID POLICE DEPARTMENT; AND
WHEREAS, THERE ARE SUFFICIENT FUNDS AVAILABLE AND UNAPPROPRIATED
IN NO. 296 IMPROVEMENT BONDS 1950 CONSTRUCTION FUND (STREET TRAFFIC +
CONTROL) TO MAKE SUCH REIMBURSEMENT TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT:
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS:
SECTION I. THAT THERE IS HEREBY APPROPRIATED FROM N0. 296 IM-
PROVEMENT BONDS 1950 CONSTRUCTION FUND (STREET TRAFFIC CONTROL) THE
SUM OF $660.50 FOR PAYMENT TO N0. 102 CURRENT FUND TO THE CREDIT OF
POLICE DIVISION CODE XL FOR EXPENDITURES IN THE INSTALLATION OF A
TRAFFIC CONTROL SIGNAL, PEDESTRIAN ACTUATED, IN THE 4400 BLOCK OF
SOUTH ALAMEDA DIRECTLY IN FRONT OF WINDSOR PARK SCHOOL, FOR THE PUR-
POSE OF PROTECTING AND FOR THE USE OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC, PARTICU-
LARLY SCHOOL CHILDREN, WHICH PROJECT HAS BEEN INSTALLED WITH FORCE
ACCOUNT LABOR AND MATERIAL IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE ATTACHED REQUEST
FOR REI- MBUR�, WHICH IS MADE A PART HEREOF.
SECTION 2. THAT THE NECESSITY FOR REIMBURSING THE TRAFFIC
DIVISION OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT FOR SAID EXPENDITURES IMMEDIATE-
LY AND THE IMPORTANCE OF SAID PROJECT TO PUBLIC SAFETY CREATE A
PUBLIC EMERGENCY AND AN IMPERATIVE PUBLIC NECESSITY REQUIRING THE
SUSPENSION OF SAID CHARTER RULE 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 MEET-
INGS OF THE CITY COUNCIL, AND THE MAYOR, HAVING DECLARED SUCH EM-
ERGENCY AND NECESSITY TO EXIST, HAVING REQUESTED THE SUSPENSION
OF SAID CHARTER RULE 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 PASSED
AND APPROVED THIS THE /L DAY orDECEMBER, A.D. L951•
MAYOR
THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS
TTES T:
CITY SECRETARY
APMVED S GAL FOR
AP C -Y AT
Corpus Christi, Texas
TO THE MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL
Corpus Christi, Texas
Gentlemen:
For the reasons set forth in the emergency clause of the foregoing
ordinance, a public emergency and imperative necessity exist for the suspen-
sion 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,
MAYOR
City of Corpus Christi, Texas
The Charter rule was suspended by
the following vote:
Leslie Wasserman
Jack DeForrest
Sydney E. Herndon
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George L. Lowman
Frank E. Williamson
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The above ordinance was passed by
tqe following votes
Leslie Wasserman
Jack DeForrest
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Sydney E. Herndon..AWL-
George L. Lowman
Frank E. Williamson
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DECEMBER L7, 1951
I certify to the City Council that the money required
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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. 296 IMPROVEMENT BONDS L950
CONSTRUCTION FUND (STREET TRAFFIC CONTROL)
Fund from which it is proposed to be drawn, and such money is not
appropriated for any other purpose.
Director
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INTER - OFFICE COMMUNICATION
0 Dept. Police
Mr. W. B. Collier, City Manager
W. L. Baskett, Traffic Coordinator
Date October 3. 1951 _
Traffic signal installation
This Department recommends the immediate installation of a traffic control
device in the 4400 block of South Alameda Street. This signal will be used for
the protection of school children attending Windsor Park School. We have on
hand a Crown Pedestrian Actuated Signal that would be ideal for this location.
There are no cross streets near the school and it is recommended that this signal
be placed directly in front of the school. The primary purpose of this signal
would be for the protection of seventy -nine (79) children, of elementary school
F age, to have to cross Alameda Street going to and from school.
This signal can be set to operate only during school hours and on school
days and it is fool proof as far as pedestrians haulting traffic unnecessarily
as the controller has to make a complete cycle even if the push button is pushed
immediately after the traffic is stopped.
The aforementioned signals were loaned to this Department on a trial basis
last year but proved ineffective because of the poor relays on the controller.
The Crown Signal Company has supplied us with a brand new controller and cabinet
with heavier relays and the Electrical Superintendent has approved the new relay.
The price for the total signal in 1950, when loaned to this Department, was
$475.00. I contacted the factory and, although their price is $525.00 now, we
can still purchase this signal set for $475.00. The total installation price
will be as follows:
One complete Crown Pedestrian Actuated School Signal ai 475.00
Drilling four (4) inch hole under Alameda Street - 22'
@ 01.25 per foot 27.50
Concrete for pedestal, excavation for underground duct,
miscellaneous hardware and labor 158.00
Total of installation $660.50
Traffic speed and volume, 5,198 vehicles annual twenty -four hour average
and 30th.peak -hour 727 vehicles warrant this installation.
Respectfully submitted,
Sgt. W. L. Baskett
Traffic Coordinator
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