HomeMy WebLinkAbout03343 ORD - 10/28/1952AN ORDINANCE 3
AUTHORIZING AND DIRECTING THE CITY MANAGER FOR AND
ON BEHALF OF THE CITY TO EXECUTE A CONTRACT WITH THE
GOLDSTON COMPANY FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF ADDITIONAL
PIERS AND BOAT SLIP IMPROVEMENTS FOR THE L —HEAD, THE
T —HEADS AND BARGE DOCK IN THE CORPUS CHRISTI YACHT
BAS N; APPROPRIAT NG FROM NO. 2 SEAD5 WALL AND BREAKWATER
CONSTRUCTION FUND THE SUM OF $14,1499•27a $13,101-15 OF
WHICH IS TO BE PAID AS THE CONTRACT PRICE AND THE BALANCE
THEREOF, $1,315.12, TO COVER THE COST OF ENGINEERING AND
CONTINGENCIES; AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY
WHEREAS, CERTAIN IMPROVEMENTS HAVE BEEN DEEMED NECESSARY AND
NEEDED AS A PART OF THE BAYFRONT IMPROVEMENTS, AND SUCH IMPROVEMENTS
WILL PROTECT THE EXISTING IMPROVEMENTS FROM STORMS AND OTHER DAMAGE,
AND ARE A PART OF THE SEAWALL AND STORM PROTECTION IMPROVEMENTS; AND
WHEREAS, THERE ARE SUFFICIENT FUNDS UNAPPROPRIATED IN NO. 255
SEAWALL AND BREAKWATER CONSTRUCTION FUND TO COVER THE COST OF SAME; AND
WHEREAS, BIDS HAVE BEEN-CONSIDERED AND AN AWARD MADE FOR THE LOW-
EST AND MOST ADVANTAGEOUS BID TO THE CITY, AND IT IS NOW NECESSARY TO EN-
TER INTO A CONTRACT FOR SUCH IMPROVEMENTS AND TO MAKE THE NECESSARY APPRO-
PRIATION THEREFOR;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS:
SECTION 1. THAT THERE IS HEREBY APPROPRIATED FROM NO. 258 SEAWALL
AND CONSTRUCTION FUND THE SUM OF $14,499.27, $13,151.15 OF WHICH IS TO BE
PAID IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TERMS OF THE CONTRACT, DOCUMENTS,SPECIFICATIONS
AND PLANS DESCRIBED HEREIN AS THE CONTRACT PRICE THEREFOR, AND,THE BALANCE
THEREOF IS THE AMOUNT EQUIVALENT TO TEN PER CENT OF SAID CONTRACT PRICE AP-
PROPRIATED to COVER THE COST OF ENGINEERING AND CONTINGENCIES OF SUCH PRO-
JECT.
SECTION 2. THAT THE CITY MANAGER IS HEREBY AUTHORIZED AND DIRECTED
TO EXECUTE FOR AND ON BEHALF OF THE CITY A CONTRACT WITH THE GOLDSTON COMPANY
FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF ADDITIONAL PIERS, MOORING PILE AND MOORING BITS FOR
THE L -HEAD, T -HEADS AND BARGE DOCK IN THE CORPUS CHRISTI YACHT BASIN AS MORE
FULLY DESCRIBED IN SAID CONTRACT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PLANS AND SPECIFICA-
TIONS, AND CONTRACT DOCUMENTS ON FILE IN THE OFFICE OF THE CITY SECRETARY,
ALL INCORPORATED HEREIN`'AND MADE A PART HEREOF BY REFERENCE, ACCORDING TO
THE BID OF SAID THE GOLDSTON COMPANY, OPENED ON THE 21ST DAY OF OCTOBER, 1952,
WHICH BID WAS THE LOWEST AND MOST ADVANTAGEOUS TO THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI.
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SECTION 3• THAT THE FACT THAT IT IS TO THE GREAT AND BENEFICIAL
INTEREST OF THE CITY THAT SUCH IMPROVEMENTS BE IMMEDIATELY BEGUN, AND THAT
THE FACT SUCH IMPROVEMENTS WILL PROTECT THE BAYFRONT OF THE CITY OF CORPUS
CHRISTI FROM STORMS AND OTHER DAMAGE AND THAT SUCH ARE NEEDED AS A PART OF
THE SEAWALL AND STORM PROTECTION IMPROVEMENTS OF THE CITY, 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 MAYOR, HAVING
DECLARED SUCH EMERGENCY AND NECESSITY TO EIXST, HAVING REQUESTED THE SUS-
PENSION 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 EFFECT
FROM AND AFTER ITS PASSAGE, IT IS ACCORDINGLY PASSED AND APPROVED, THIS THE
pZ a DAY OF OCTOBER, A.D. 1952•
MA OR
THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI
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CITY SECRETARY
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CITY ATTORNEY
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Corpus Christi, Texas
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TO TIM 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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MA OR
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 cl
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Jack DeForrest
Sydney E. Herndon C.
George L. Lowman
Frank E. Williamson1
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OCTOBER 28, 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 pin the Treasury of the City
of Corpus Christi to the credit of No.25U SEAWALL AND BREAKWATER CON-
STRUCTION FUND '
Fund from which it is proposed to be drawn, and such money is not
appropriated for any other purpose.
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