HomeMy WebLinkAbout03246 RES - 04/08/1952A RESOLUTION
DETERMINING THE ADVISABILITY OF THE IMPROVEMENT,
ENLARGEMENT AND EXTENSION OF CLIFF MAUS MUNICIPAL
AIRPORT, INCLUDING THE ACQUISITION OF ADDITIONAL
LAND; DETERMINING THE REASONABLE AMOUNT TO BE
OFFERED FOR THE PURCHASE OF LAND NEEDED.TO:BE
ACQUIRED; AND AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER FOR AND
ON BEHALF OF THE CITY TO MAKE A FORMAL OFFER FOR
THE PURCHASE AND ACQUISITION OF ONE HUNDRED AND
SEVEN (107) ACRES MORE OR LESS, NOW DETERMINED
NECESSARY FOR THE ENLARGEMENT, IMPROVEMENTAND
EXTENSION OF SAID CLIFF MAUS MUNICIPAL AIRPORT;
AND DECLARING AN,EMERGENCY.
WHEREAS, THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI HAS FOR MORE THAN TEN (10) YEARS
BEEN OPERATING A MUNICIPAL AIRPORT KNOWN AS CLIFF MAUS MUNICIPAL AIRPORT FOR
COMMERCIAL AIRLINES AND OTHER AIRCRAFT; AND
WHEREAS, THE FACILITIES AT SAID AIRPORT ARE UNSATISFACTORY AND AN
INVESTIGATION, STUDY AND REPORT OF THE ADVISABILITY OF IMPROVING SAID AIRPORT
AS COMPARED.WITH THE ALTERNATIVE OF IMPROVING CUDDIHY FIELD OR THE ADVISABILITY
OF BUILDING A NEW AIRPORT AT SOME OTHER LOCATION ALL HAVE BEEN INVESTIGATED AND
PUBLIC HEARINGS HELD IN THE MATTER; AND
WHEREAS, ALL FACTS, FACTORS AND CIRCUMSTANCES HAVING BEEN WEIGHED AND
CONSIDERED BY THE CITY COUNCIL, THE CITY COUNCIL IS OF THE OPINION AND IN THEIR
DISCRETION DETERMINED THAT IT IS TO THE BEST INTEREST OF THE CITY TO IMPROVE
CLIFF MAUS MUNICIPAL AIRPORT BY THE ACQUISITION OF ADDITIONAL LAND, BY THE
RELOCATION OF THE PUBLIC ROAD, BY THE EXTENSION AND REBUILDING OF RUNWAYS, BY
INSTALLATION OF I.L.S. AND G.C.A., AND MAKE SUCH OTHER IMPROVEMENTS AND ENLARGE-
MENTS AS ARE PROPER FOR THE USE OF SAID AIRPORT AS A MUNICIPAL AIRPORT; AND
WHEREAS, SEVERAL COMMUNICATIONS HAVE BEEN ADDRESSED TO THE OWNERS AND
THE TRUSTEES FOR THE OWNERS OF LAND NEEDED TO BE ACQUIRED BY THE CITY FOR THE
ENLARGEMENT AND IMPROVEMENT OF SAID MUNICIPAL AIRPORT WITHOUT ARRIVING AT ANY
DEFINITE TERMS OR PROPOSITION FOR NEGOTIATIONS CONCERNING ACQUISITION OF SAID
LAND; AND
WHEREAS, IT HAS BEEN DETERMINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL THAT AN OFFER OF ONE
THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS ($1.500.00) AN ACRE FOR THE APPROXIMATELY ONE HUNDRED
AND SEVEN (107) ACRES BE OFFERED TO THE OWNERS THROUGH THEIR AGENTS OR TRUSTEES
FOR THE PURCHASE OF SAID LAND; AND
WHEREAS, THE SUM OF APPROXIMATELY TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTEEN THOUSAND
DOLLARS ($215,000.00) HAS BEEN TENTATIVELY APPROPRIATED FOR PARTICIPATION BY C.A.A.
IN THE IMPROVEMENT, ENLARGEMENT AND EXTENSION OF CLIFF MAUS MUNICIPAL AIRPORT IN
ADDITION TO PARTICIPATION IN THE COST OF INSTALLATION OF I.L.S. SYSTEM, WHICH FUNDS
WELL BE SUBJECT TO RECAPTURE BY SAID C.A.A. AND RE- ALLOCATION FOR PROJECTS ELSEWHERE
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THAN CORPUS CHRISTI, UNLESS AN APPROVED PROJECT AND PERMANENT GRANT AGREEMENT
BE ENTERED INTO WITH SAID C.A.A. ON OR BEFORE JUNE 30, 1952•
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI:
SECTION 1: THAT IT IS-DETERMINED THAT IT IS DESIRABLE AND TO THE
BEST INTEREST OF THE CITY TO IMPROVE, EXTEND AND ENLARGE CLIFF MAUS MUNICIPAL
AIRPORT AT ITS PRESENT LOCATION, INCLUDING THE ACQUISITION OF ADJACENT LAND.
SECTION 2: IT IS DETERMINED AN OFFER BE EXTENDED TO THE PRESENT
OWNERS FOR THAT CERTAIN TRACT OF LAND OF ONE HUNDRED AND SEVEN (107) ACRES,
MORE OR LESS, EXTENDING TO THE NORTHWEST FROM THE PRESENT MUNICIPAL AIRPORT,.
AND CONTEMPLATED TO BE USED FOR RUNWAY EXTENSION AND RELATED USES AS A PART OF
SAID MUNICIPAL AIRPORT, TO PURCHASE SAID LAND AT A PRICE OF ONE THOUSAND FIVE
HUNDRED DOLLARS ($1,500.00) PER ACRE, AND THE CITY MANAGER, ACTING FOR THE CITY
OF CORPUS CHRISTI, IS HEREBY AUTHORIZED TO MAKE SUCH FORMAL OFFER TO SAID LAND
OWNERS.
SECTION 3: THE FACT THAT IMPROVEMENTS SHOULD BE COMMENCED FOR THE
EXTENSION AND ENLARGEMENT OF CLIFF MAUS MUNICIPAL AIRPORT, AND AS A PRELIMINARY
STEP IT IS NECESSARY TO ACQUIRE ADDITIONAL LAND, CREATES A PUBLIC EMERGENCY AND
IMPERATIVE PUBLIC NECESSITY REQUIRING THE SUSPENSION OF THAT CERTAIN 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
MEETINS OF THE CITY COUNCIL, AND THE MAYOR, HAVING DECLARED SUCH PUBLIC EMERGENCY
AND IMPERATIVE PUBLIC NECESSITY TO EXIST, REQUESTING THE SUSPENSION OF SUCH 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 SO ORDAINED.
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PASSED AND APPROVED, THIS THE DAY of , A. D.
1952•
MAYOR
CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS
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CITY SECRETARY
APP VED AS 2 EGlI_ FORM: '
CITY A OR EY
Corpus Christi, Texas
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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
George L. Lowman
Frank E. Williamson
The above ordinance was passed by the following vote:
Leslie WassermanasC
Jack DeForrest
Sydney E. Herndon
George L. Lowman
Frank E. Williamson