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Home My WebLink About03257 ORD - 04/29/1952J,7 J- ' AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING AND DIRECTING THE CITY MANAGER FOR AND ON BEHALF OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI TO EXECUTE A RELEASE OF SPECIAL ASSESSMENT AGAINST ALL,OF LOTS 13 TO lb, INCLUSIVE, BLOCK 1305, MERCHANT'S ADDITION TO THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI AND AGAINST THE REAL AND TRUE OWNER THEREOF, MRS. H. I. WHITLEY, FOR STREET IMPROVEMENTS ON SOUTH STAPLES STREET COLORADO AVENUE) FOR AND IN CONSIDERATION OF THE FULL PAYMENT OF Ste, A COPY OF WHICH RELEASE IS ATTACHED HERETO AND MADE A PART HEREOF; AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY. NOW THEREFORE, 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 BE AND HE IS HEREBY AUTHORIZED AND DIRECTED TO EXECUTE A RELEASE OF SPECIAL ASSESSMENT FOR STREET IMPROVEMENTS ON SOUTH STAPLES STREET COLORADO AVENUE) AGAINST ALL OF LOTS 13 TO 16, INCLUSIVE, BLOCK 1305, MERCHANT'S ADDITION TO THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS, AND AGAINST THE REAL AND TRUE OWNER THEREOF, MRS. H. 1. WHITLEY, FOR AND IN CONSIDERATION OF THE FULL PAYMENT OF SAME, A COPY OF WHICH RELEASE IS ATTACHED HERETO AND MADE A PART HEREOF. SECTION 2: THAT THE IMMEDIATE NECESSITY OF CLEARING THE TITLE TO SAID LAND BY EXECUTING SUCH RELEASE CREATES A PUBLIC EMERGENCY AND AN IMPERATIVE PUBLIC NECESSITY REQUIRING THE SUSPENSION OF SUCH 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 MEETINGS OF THE CITY COUNCIL, AND THE MAYOR, DECLARING SUCH EMERGENCY AND NECESSITY TO EXIST, HAVING REQUESTED THE SUSPENSION OF SAID CHARTER RULE THAT THIS ORDINANCE BE PASSED FINALLY ON THE DATE OF ITS INTRODUCTION AND THAT SUCH ORDINANCE TAKE EFFECT AND BE IN FULL FORCE AND EFFECT FROM AND AFTER ITS PASSAGE, IT IS ACCORDINGLY SO ORDAINED. PASSED AND APPROVED THIS THE DAY OF APRIL, A. D. 1952• i YOR .2. jL,w LITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS cla ST: CITY SECRETARY APPROVED AS TO LEGAL FORM: CITY ATTORNEY 3 R51 THE STATE OF TEXAS I KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS: THAT COUNTY OF NUECES [ WHEREAS, BY ORDINANCE ADOPTED ON THE 8TH DAY OF APRIL, 1942, AND RECORDED IN VOLUME 12, PAGES 643 AND 644 OF THE ORDINANCE AND RESOLUTION RECORDS OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, THERE WAS ORDERED THE IMPROVEMENT OF A CERTAIN PORTION OF SOUTH STAPLES STREET (COLORADO AVENUE) IN THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI; AND WHEREAS, BY VIRTUE OF AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI DULY ENACTED ON THE LOTH DAY OF APRIL, 1942, AND RECORDED IN VOLUME 13, PAGES 8 AND 9 OF THE ORDINANCE AND RESOLUTION RECORDS OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, THERE WAS LEVIED AN ASSESSMENT IN THE SUM OF THREE HUNDRED AND ELEVEN DOLLARS AND FIFTY Two CENTS 0311.52 AGAINST PROPERTY SITUATED IN SAID CITY, FRONTING 140.85 FEET ON THE WEST SIDE OF SOUTH STAPLES STREET (COLORADO AVENUE), MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED AS ALL OF LOTS 13 TO 16 INCLUSIVE, BLOCK 1305, MERCHANTS ADDITION TO THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, NUECES COUNTY, TEXAS, AND THE REAL AND TRUE OWNER THEREOF, NAMED AS FOLLOWS: MRS. H. 1. WHITLEY; AND WHEREAS, SAID SPECIAL ASSESSMENT WAS EVIDENCED BY SUCH ASSESSMENT CERTIFICATE N0. 38, ISSUED BY THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS, ON THE 22ND DAY OF DECEMBER, 1944, AND WHEREAS, SAID SPECIAL ASSESSMENT CERTIFICATE, TOGETHER WITH INTEREST IN THE AMOUNT OF ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTY FOUR DOLLARS AND TEN CENTS ($134.10 , HAS BEEN FULLY PAID OFF AND SATISFIED AND AT THE TIME OF ITS PAYMENT THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI WAS THE OWNER AND HOLDER OF SAID CERTIFICATE AND OF ALL LIENS SECURING ITS PAYMENT: NOW THEREFORE, THE CUTY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS, A MUNICIPAL CORPORATION, FOR AND IN THE CONSIDERATION OF SAID PAYMENT OF SAID SPECIAL ASSESSMENT, DOES HEREBY RLEASE SAIP PROPERTY FROM ALL LIENS SECURING THE PAYMENT OF SAID ASSESSMENT AND THE OWNER OF SAID PROPERTY FROM ALL PERSONAL LIABILITY CREATED BY THE ISSUANCE OF SAID CERTIFICATE AND THE OTHER PROCEEDINGS OF SAID CITY ABOVE REFERRED TO, AND DECLARE SAID SPECIAL ASSESSMENT FULLY SATISFIED AND DISCHARGED. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, THIS INSTRUMENT IS EXECUTED BY THE PROPER CITY OFFIC.I.ALS OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, AND THE CORPORATE SEAL AFFIXED THIS THE DAY OF , A. D. 1952. ATTEST: CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS BY CITY SECRETARY APPROVED AS TO LEGAL FORM: CITY ATTORNEY ti,' THE STATE OF TEXAS CONY OF NUECES BEFORE ME, THE UNDERSIGNED AUTHORITY, ON THIS DAY PERSONALLY APPEARED W. B. COLLIER, CITY MANAGER OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS, A MUNICIPAL CORPORATION, KNOWN TO ME TO BE THE PERSON AND OFFICIAL WHOSE NAME IS SUBSCRIBED TO THE FOREGOING INSTRUMENT, AND ACKNOWLEDGED TO ME THAT SAID INSTRUMENT IS THE ACT AND DEED OF SAID CITY AND THAT HE EXECUTED THE SAME FOR THE PURPOSES AND CONSIDERATION THEREIN EXPRESSED AS THE ACT AND DEED OF SAID CITY AND IN THE CAPACITY THEREIN STATED. GIVEN UNDER MY BAND AND SEAL OF OFFICE, THIS THE DAY OF MAY, A. D. 1952. -' NOTARY PUBLIC IN AND FOR NUECES COUNTY, TEXAS 3as� Corpus Christi, Texas TO T11E 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, JAYOR • "Cl, ty 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 l� Frank E. Williamson