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AN ORDINANCE
APPROPRIATING FROM NO. 291 IMPROVEMENT BONDS 1952
CONSTRUCTION FUND (PARK IMPROVEMENTS AND CONSTRUC-
TION) THE SUM OF THREE THOUSAND SEVEN HUNDRED FIFTY
DOLLARS ($3,750) TO BE PAID AS THE PURCHASE PRICE
FOR TWO AND ONE -HALF ACRES OF LAND AS HEREIN DESCRIB-
ED; AUTHORIZING AND DIRECTING THE CITY MANAGER FOR AND
ON BEHALF OF THE CITY TO ACQUIRE SUCH PROPERTY, BEING
BLOCKS 5, 6, 7, AND 8, OF TRACT B IN LEXINGTON PLACE,
IN THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS, BY GENERAL WAR-
RANTY DEED FROM F. M. MYERS, OWNER, FOR THE PURPOSE OF
DEVELOPING A PUBLIC PARK AND PLAYGROUND TO SERVE SOUTH-
SIDE SUBDIVISION AND THE GENERAL PUBLIC; AND AUTHORIZING
AND DIRECTING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE ALL INSTRUMENTS
AND TO DO ALL THINGS NECESSARY AND REQUISITE TO SUCH PUR-
CHASE; AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.
WHEREAS, IT HAS BEEN RECOMMENDED BY THE PARK AND RECREATION
BOARD OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS, AS REFLECTED BY THE MINUTES
OF ITS MEETING HELD ON OCTOBER 3, 1952, THAT NEGOTIATIONS BE MADE TO AC-
QUIRE ALL OF BLOCKS A, B, C, AND D IN LEXINGTON PLACE, IN THE CITY OF
CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS, AS A PART OF THE PERMANENT PARK IMPROVEMENTS OF
SAID CITY; AND
WHEREAS, F. M. MYERS IS THE OWNER OF A PORTION.OF BLOCK B CON-
SISTING OF 2 1/2 ACRES OF LAND AND HAS INDICATED THAT HE IS WILLING TO
CONVEY THE SAME TO THE CITY AT $1500 AN ACRE; AND
WHEREAS, IT IS DETERMINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
CORPUS CHRISTI THAT THE PURCHASE OF SAME IS PROPER AND DESIRABLE;'
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS: t
SECTION I. THAT THERE IS HEREBY APPROPRIATED FROM N0. 291 IM-
PROVEMENT BONDS 1952 CONSTRUCTION FUND (PARK IMPROVEMENTS AND CONSTRUC-
TION) THE SUM OF THREE THOUSAND SEVEN HUNDRED FIFTY DOLLARS ($3,750 TO
BE PAID AS THE PURCHASE PRICE OF THAT CERTAIN LAND HEREINAFTER DESCRIBED
IN SECTION 2 HEREOF.
SECTION 2. THAT THE CITY MANAGER, BE AND HE IS•HEREBY, AUTHORIZ-
ED AND DIRECTED FOR AND ON BEHALF -OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS, TO
ACQUIRE FOR THE PURPOSE OF DEVELOPING THEREON A PUBLIC PARK AND PLAYGROUND
TO SERVE SOUTHSIDE SUBDIVISION AND THE GENERAL PUBLIC, THE FOLLOWING DESCRIB-
ED TRACT OF LAND, TO -WIT:
BLOCKS 5, 6, 7, AND 8 OF TRACT B IN LEXINGTON PLACE
AN ADDITION TO THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS, AND
COMPOSING 2 1/2 ACRES OF LAND,
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BY GENERAL WARRANTY DEED FROM THE OWNER THEREOF, F. M. MYERS, AND TO
DELIVER TO SAID F. M. MYERS UPON HIS CONVEYANCE OF SAME THE SUM OF
$3,750 AS HERETOFORE APPROPRIATED TO BE PAID FOR THAT PURPOSE IN SEC-
TION 1 HEREOF.
SECTION 3. THAT THE CITY MANAGER BED AND HE IS HEREBY, AUTHOR-
IZED AND DIRECTED TO EXECUTE ALL INSTRUMENTS AND TO DO ALL THINGS NECES-
SARY AND REQUISITE TO SUCH ACQUISITION. `
SECTION 4. THAT THE NECESSITY OF ENLARGING THE PARK SYSTEM OF
THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS, BY THE AFORESAID ACQUISITION AS A PART
OF THE PERMANENT PARK IMPROVEMENTS OF SAID CITY IMMEDIATELY, AND IN CON-
FORMITY WITH THE GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT OF SUCH CITY TO THE BENEFIT OF
THE PUBLIC HEALTH, SAFETY AND GENERAL WELFARE OF ITS CITIZENS, CREATES
A PUBLIC EMERGENCY AND AN IMPERATIVE PUBLIC NECESSITY, REQUIRING THE SUS-
PENSION OF THE CHARTER RULE THAT NO ORDINANCE OR RESOLUTION SHALL BE PASS-
ED FINALLY ON THE DATE OF ITS INTRODUCTION AND THAT SUCH ORDINANCE OR RESO-
LUTION SHALL BE READ AT THREE SEVERAL MEETINGS OF THE CITY COUNCIL, AND THE
MAYOR, HAVING DECLARED.SUCH EMERGENCY AND NECESSITY TO EXIST, HAVING REQUEST-
ED THE SUSPENSION OF SAID CHARTER RULE AND THAT THIS ORDINANCE BE PASSED FIN-
NALLY 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/ 2 DAY OF OCTOBER, A.D. 1952•
TEST:
CITY S£LRETARY
APP OVED AS LEGAL FORM:
CITY ATTORNEY
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CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS
Corpus Christi, Texas
TO TfiE 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,
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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
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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
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of Corpus Christi to the credit of No. a2 / �l
Fund from which it is proposed to be drawn, and such money is not
appropriated for any other purpose.
Director of Finance
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