HomeMy WebLinkAbout03247 ORD - 04/08/1952-?"? �6;
AN ORDINANCE
OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS, DE-
TERMINING THAT CERTAIN STEPS HAVE HERETO-
FORE BEEN TAKEN IN RELATION WITH THE MAT-
TER OF PERMANENTLY PAVING AND IMPROVING
ANTELOPE STREET IN THE CITY OF CORPUS
CHRISTI, TEXAS WITHIN THE LIMITS HEREIN
REFERRED TO; ACCEPTING THE BID PROPOSAL
OF BROWN & ROOT, INC. FOR THE CONSTRUCTION
OF SAID IMPROVEMENTS AS THE BEST AND MOST
ADVANTAGEOUS BID PROPOSAL FOR SAME; AWARD-
ING CONTRACT TO SAID BROWN & ROOT, INO.
UPON SAID PROPOSAL FOR SAID IMPROVEMENTS;
AUTHORIZING THE �iPX 2S�FAGE& _
TO EXECUTE SAID CONTRACT FOR AND ON BEHALF
OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS; AP-
PROVING THE PERFORMANCE AND MAINTENANOE BONDS
HERETOFORE APPROVED BY THE CITY ATTORNEY
AND EXECUTED BY SAID CONTRACTOR AND ITS
SURETY FOR THE DOING OF SAID WORK; MAKING .
APPROPRIATION OF FUNDS FOR PAYMENT OF SAID
CITYIS SHARE OF THE COST OF SUCH IMPROVE-
MENTS; AND DECLARING AND EMERGENCY.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CORPUS
CHRISTI, TEXAS, IN REGULAR SESSION, DULY ASSEMBLED:
SECTION „l: The City Council of the City of Corpus Chris-
ti, Texas, hereby finds and determines:
(a) That by Ordinance duly adopted and approved
on April 8th, 1952, the City Council of the City of
Corpus Christi, Texas, did determine the necessity for
and order the permanent improvement of ANTELOPE
STREET in such City within the limits therein defined.
(b) That a duly executed notice of such action
by the City Council has heretofore been filed with the
Clerk of Nueoes County, Texas.
(o) That pursuant to the invitation of said City
Council, Brown & Root, Inc. of Houston, Texas, did sub-
mit to said City Council its proposal for the oonstrno-
tion of said improvements in accordance with the plans
and specifications heretofore approved and adopted by
said City Council,and said proposal having been receiv-
ed and duly considered, same was found and determined
by said City Council to be the best and most advantage-
ous bid proposal for the construction of said improve-
ments and that said proposal was accepted by said City
Council.
(d) That the Director of Finance has advised
the City Council that the City Treasurer�of the City
of Corpus Christi has on deposit the necessary and
proper funds which have not been appropriated for any
other purpose, and which are available for the pay-
ment of the City's proportionate share of the cost of
the contemplated improvements on Antelope Street.
SECTION 2; That the action of the City Council hereto-
fore taken in approving and adopting the plans and specifications
of said improvements heretofore prepared by the Director of Public
Works and filed with the City* Council be, and the same is, in all
things hereby confirmed.
SECTION 3: The City Council of the City of Corpus Chris-
ti, Texas has accepted, and does hereby accept, the bid proposal of
said Brown & Root, Inc., heretofore filed with said City Council
for the construction of paving and improvements on Antelope Street
as contemplated1for the unit prices for said work set out in said
proposal, aggregating the sum of $174,726.03, and a contract for
the construction of said work and improvements is hereby awarded
to the said Brown & Root, Inc.
SECTION 4: The City;: MW=E4k1 'ilk ° hereby auth-
orized, empowered and directed to execute a contract with the said
Brown & Root, Inc. in the name of said City on a form•approved by
the City Attorney, signing and attesting said contract in the prop-
er form with the seal of the City of Corpus Christi, Texas.
SECTION b: That the said Brown & Root, Inc., having al-
ready executed and submitted to the City Council for its approval
the performance and maintenance bonds, such bonds having hereto-
fore been approved by the City Attorney, they are hereby approved
and accepted as such and as in full compliance with all require-
ments of the law and of the specifications and bid for said work,
and that the surety on said performance and maintenance bonds be,
and the same are hereby, approved and accepted as valid and suffi-
cient for the amounts stated therein.
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SECTION 6: That. there is hereby appropriated from jTb.,
Improvement
/�ondrT -ig gtreet mp ovements), the sum of $89,781.54 to pay the
City's portion of the cost of said improvements on Antelope Street
within the limits above referred to, or so much thereof as may be
necessary to pay and discharge the obligation of the City of Corpus
Christi on said contract.
SECTION 7: That the fact that the aforesaid improvements
and the construction of same immediately are necessary to the health,
safety and general welfare of the Public because of the heavy traffic
along said street 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 date of its intro-
duction 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 the suspension of
the 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 0 day of April, A. „ 1952.
TEST2 City of Corpus Christi, Texas
ity Secretary
APPROVED AS TO LEGAL FORM:
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City A for
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Corrppuusr 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
George L. Lowman
Frank E. Williamson
The above ordinance was passed by the following vote:
Leslie Wasserman
Jack DeForrest
Sydney E. Herndon
George L. Lowman
Frank E. Williamson