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HomeMy WebLinkAbout03284 ORD - 06/24/19526/20/52 (5) �» 3a 1 � AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING AND DIRECTING THE CITY MANAGER FOR AND ON BEHALF OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI TO EXECUTE A CON - TRACT WITH MCKENZIE CONSTRUCTION COMPANY FOR THE CON- STRUCTION OF STORM SEWER IMPROVEMENTS - STATE HIGHWAY NO. 9 AND VILLA DRIVE - IN THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS, A COPY OF WHICH CONTRACT DOCUMENTS ARE ON FILE IN THE OFFICE OF THE CITY SECRETARY AND MADE A PART HEREOF BY REFERENCE; APPROPRIATING $151,079.94 FROM NO. 297 IMPROVEMENT BONDS 1P51 CONSTRUCTION FUND (STORM SEWER IMPROVEMENTS), $137,345.40 BEING THE CONTRACT PRICE, WITH THE BALANCE OF $13,734.54 TO COVER ENGINEER- ING AND CONTINGENCIES; AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY. WHEREAS, CERTAIN IMPROVEMENTS HAVE BEEN DEEMED NECESSARY, AND THERE ARE SUFFICIENT FUNDS IN No. 297 IMPROVEMENT BONDS 1951 CONSTRUCTION FUND (STORM SEWER IMPROVEMENTS) WITH WHICH TO PAY THE COST OF CONSTRUCTION OF SUCH IMPROVEMENTS; -AND WHEREAS, BIDS HAVE BEEN RECEIVED, CONSIDERED AND AN AWARD MADE FOR THE LOWEST AND MOST ADVANTAGEOUS BID TO THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, AND IT IS NOW NECESSARY TO AUTHORIZE THE EXECUTION OF A CONTRACT IN ACCORDANCE WITH SAID AWARD AND TO APPROPRIATE THE 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 MCKENZIE CONSTRUCTION COMPANY FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF STORM SEWER IMPROVEMENTS TO PROVIDE DRAINAGE FOR HIGHWAY NO. 9 AT ELMORE DRIVE AND ALONG SAID HIGHWAY TO VILLA DRIVE, THEN ALONG VILLA DRIVE TO QUAILE DRIVE IN THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS, WHICH CONTRACT HAS BEEN AWARDED SAID MCKENZIE CONSTRUCTION COMPANY IN ACCORDANCE WITH PLANS AND SPECIFICA- TIONS AND CONTRACT DOCUMENTS ON FILE IN THE OFFICE OF THE CITY SECRETARY, INCORPORATED HEREIN AND MADE A PART HEREOF BY REFERENCE, ACCORDING TO THE BID OF MCKENZIE CONSTRUCTION COMPANY OPENED ON JUNE 171 1952, SAID BID BE- ING THE LOWEST AND MOST ADVANTAGEOUS TO THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS. SECTION 2. THAT THERE IS HEREBY APPROPRIATED FROM No. 297 IMPROVE- MENT BONDS 1951 CONSTRUCTION FUND (STORM SEWER IMPROVEMENTS) THE SUM OF $151,079.94, OF WHICH AMOUNT $17,345.40 REPRESENTS THE CONTRACT PRICE OF 3a�� SAID CONSTRUCTION TO BE PAID IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT DESCRIBED IN SECTION 1 HEREOF, AND OF WHICH AMOUNT 13,734.54, BEING THE ' EQUIVALENT OF TEN PERCENT OF THE CONTRACT PRICE, IS TO COVER THE COST OF ENGINEERING AND CONTINGENCIES. SECTION 3. THAT THE NECESSITY FOR BETTER DRAINAGE IN THE AREA MEN- T I ONED, BEING OF THE GREATEST I MPORTANCE TO THE PUBLIC HEALTH, SAFETY AND GENERAL WELFARE, NECESSITATING THE IMMEDIATE EXECUTION AND APPROPRIATION AS AFORESAID CREATES A PUBLIC EMERGENCY AND AN IMPERATIVE PUBLIC NECESSITY REQUIRING THE SUSPENSION OF THE CHARTER RULE THAT NO ORDINANCE OR RESOLU- TION 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, HAVING DECLARED SUCH EMERGENCY AND NECESSITY TO EXIST, REQUESTING THE SUSPENSION OF SAID CHARTER RULE AND THAT THIS ORDI- NANCE SHALL BE PASSED FINALLY ON THE DATE OF ITS INTRODUCTION AND TAKE EF- FECT AND BE IN FULL FORCE AND EFFECT FROM AND AFTER ITS PASSAGE, IT IS AC- CORDINGLY SO PASSED AND APPROVED THIS TH� � DAY OF JUNE, A.D. 1952- MAYOR THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS TTEST: CITY SECRETARY APPROVED AS TO LEGAL FORM: CITY ATTORNEY -2- I` 0 Corpus Christ}, Texas JUNE 24 1952 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.r�_ Frank E. Williamson The above ordinance was passed by the following vote: Leslie Wasserman Lc Jack DeForrest Sydney E. Herndon George L, Lowman Frank E. Williamson �I N � JUNE 23, 1952 I 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 IMPROVEMENT BONDS 1951 CONSTRUCTION FUND (S ORM SEWER IMPROVEMENTS),IN THE AMOONT OF $151,079.94, FUND hmd from which /it is proposed to be drawn, and such money is not appropriated for any other purpose. Director of Finance