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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
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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
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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
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Jack DeForrest
Sydney E. Herndon
George L, Lowman
Frank E. Williamson
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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