HomeMy WebLinkAbout03266 ORD - 05/20/1952AN ORDINANCE
AUTHORIZING AND DIRECTING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE
FOR AND ON BEHALF OF THE CITY A CONTRACT WITH HELDENFELS
BROTHERS FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE BLUCHER ARROYO
STORM SEWER IMPROVEMENTS FROM TANCAHUA STREET ALONG
LAREDO, CARRIZO, THE PROJECTION OF AGNES STREET, AND
KING STREET TO MARGUERITE STREET IN THE CITY OF CORPUS
CHRISTI, A COPY OF WHICH CONTRACT AND DOCUMENTS ARE
MADE A PART HEREOF BY REFERENCE AND ON FILE IN THE
OFFICE OF THE CITY SECRETARY; APPROPRIATING $47,064.41
FROM NO. 297 STORM SEWER IMPROVEMENT BOND FUNDS,
$42,785.83 BEING THE CONTRACT PRICE WITH THE BALANCE
OF $4,278.58 TO COVER ENGINEERING AND CONTINGENCIES;
AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.
WHEREAS, CERTAIN IMPROVEMENTS HAVE BEEN DEEMED NECESSARY, AND
THERE ARE SUFFICIENT FUNDS IN NO. 297 STORM SEWER IMPROVEMENT BONDS FUND WITH
WHICH TO PAY THE COST OF CONSTRUCTION OF SUCH IMPROVEMENTS; AND
WHEREAS, BIDS HAVE BEEN RECEIVED, CONSIDERED AND AN AWARD MADE
FOR THE MOST ADVANTAGEOUS BID TO THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS, AND IT IS
NOW NECESSARY TO AUTHORIZE THE EXECUTION OF A CONTRACT IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUCH
AWARD AND TO APPROPRIATE SAID MONEY;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS:
SECTION 1. THAT THE CITY MANAGER OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI
FOR AND ON BEHALF OF THE CITY BE, AND HE IS HEREBY AUTHORIZED AND DIRECTED TO
EXECUTE A CONTRACT WITH HELDENFELS BROTHERS FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF STORM SEWER
IMPROVEMENTS IN BLUCHER ARROYO FROM TANCAHUA STREET ALONG LAREDO, CARRIZO, THE
PROJECTION OF AGNES STREET, AND KING STREET TO MARGUERITE STREET IN THE CITY OF
CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS, WHICH CONTRACT HAS BEEN AWARDED SAID HELDENFELS BROTHERS
IN ACCORDANCE WITH PLANS AND SPECIFICATIONS AND CONTRACT DOCUMENTS ON FILE IN
THE OFFICE OF THE CITY SECRETARY, ALL INCORPORATED HEREIN AND MADE A PART HEREOF
BY REFERENCE, AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE SAID BID OF SAID HELDENFELS BROTHERS
OPENED MAY 13, 19522 THE SAID BID BEING THE LOWEST AND MOST ADVANTAGEOUS BID TO
THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS.
SECTION 2. THAT THERE IS HEREBY APPROPRIATED OUT OF NO. 297
STORM SEWER IMPROVEMENT BOND FUNDS $42,785.83 AS THE CONTRACT PRICE OF SAID
CONSTRUCTION TO BE PAID IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONTRACT DESCRIBED IN SECTION 1
HEREOF AND THE SUM OF $4,278.58, BEING THE EQUIVALENT TO TEN PERCENT OF THE
CONTRACT PRICE, TO COVER ENGINEERING AND CONTINGENCIES, A TOTAL APPROPRIATION
OF $47,064.41.
SECTION 3. THAT THE NECESSITY FOR BETTER DRAINAGE IN THE AREA
CONCERNED, BEING OF THE GREATEST IMPORTANCE TO THE PUBLIC HEALTH, SAFETY AND
GENERAL WELFARE CREATES A PUBLIC EMERGENCY AND AN IMPERATIVE PUBLIC NECESSITY
REQUIRING THE SUSPENSION OF THE 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 MAYORS DECLARING SUCH EMERGENCY 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 EFFEC T FROM AND
AFTER ITS PASSAGE, IT IS ACCORDINGLY SO PASSED AND APPROVED THIS THE"?/)— DAY
OF MAY, 1952•
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CITY SECRETARY
APPROVED AS TO LEGAL FORM:
CITY ATTORNEY /
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MAY 20, 1952
2 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 STORM SEWER IMPROVEMENT
BOND FUNDS
Fund from which it is proposed to be drawn, and such money is not
appropriated for any other purpose.
Director of Finance
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,
AYOR 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 it
The above ordinance was passed by the following vote:
Leslie Wasserman
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Jack DeForrest
Sydney E. Herndon
George L. Lowman
Frank E. Williamson
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