HomeMy WebLinkAbout03363 ORD - 12/09/1952A RESOLUTION -57,4Z- �
EXPRESSING THE POSITION -OF THE CITY AS BEING
IN AGREEMENT WITH THE CONTENTION OF THE NUECES
COUNTY NAVIGATION DISTRICT THAT UNDER PRESENT
CONDITIONS THE BASCULE BRIDGE IS UNREASONABLY
OBSTRUCTIVE TO NAVIGATION AND THAT PROCEEDINGS
PRESCRIBED BY TRUMAN -HOBBS ACT SHOULD BE APPLIED
IN THE SOLUTION OF THE PROBLEM; ADOPTING THE
CITY'S PLAN AS HEREIN SET OUT AS BEING THE MOST
SATISFACTORY PLAN FOR THE SOLUTION OF ALL THE
PROBLEMS; AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY
WHEREAS, BY RESOLUTION NO. 2817 THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI,
BY AND THROUGH ITS CITY COUNCIL EXPRESSED THE INTENTION OF THE CITY
TO JOIN WITH NUECES COUNTY NAVIGATION DISTRICT N0. 1 IN REQUESTING
THE CORPS OF ENGINEERS, DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY, TO MAKE INVESTIGA-
TION AND STUDY OF THE BASCULE BRIDGE CROSSING AT THE HARBOR ENTRANCE
TO THE PORT OF CORPUS CHRISTI, WHICH BRIDGE IS OWNED BY THE CITY OF
CORPUS CHRISTI, AND RECOMMENDATION CONCERNING SAME; AND
WHEREAS, BY RESOLUTION NO. 2871 THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI,
BY AND THROUGH ITS CITY COUNCIL, REQUESTED THE AREA DEVELOPMENT COM-
MITTEE OF THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE TO GIVE PRIOR -ITY TO THE OVER -ALL +
STUDY OF THE PORT OF CORPUS CHRISTI, SUCH STUDY TO BE FROM THE MARINE
AS WELL AS FROM VEHICULAR TRAFFIC STANDPOINT; AND
WHEREAS, ON WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 3, 1952, THE AREA DEVELOPMENT
COMMITTEE OF THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI ADOPT-
ED THE MODIFIED PLAN FOR THE REMOVAL OF THE BASCULE BRIDGE BOTTLENECK,
A MODIFICATION OF THE AREA DEVELOPMENT PLAN ENTITLED MAJOR STREETS,
HIGHWAY AND TRANSPORTATION, PROPOSED BY HARLAND BARTHOLOMEW AND ASSOCIATES;
AND
WHEREAS, A HEARING IS TO BE HELD BY THE UNITED STATES CORPS OF
ENGINEERS ON DECEMBER 10, 1952, RELATIVE TO THE QUESTION OF WHETHER OR
NOT THE PRESENT BASCULE BRIDGE UNREASONABLY OBSTRUCTS NAVIGATION; AND
WHEREAS, ALL OF THE FOREGOING HAVING BEEN CONSIDERED, AND
THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, ACTING BY AND THROUGH ITS CITY COUNCIL DESIRES
TO STATE THE POSITION OF THE CITY IN REGARD TO SAID PROBLEM:
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS:
SECTION 1. THAT THE CITY AGREES WITH NUECES COUNTY NAVI-
GATION DISTRICT THAT UNDER PRESENT CONDITIONS THE BASCULE BRIDGE IS
UNREASONABLY OBSTRUCTIVE TO NAVIGATION. THAT THE TERMS OF THE TRUMAN-
HOBBS ACT, AS AMENDED, SHOULD APPLY TO THE EFFECT THAT THE SECRETARY
OF THE ARMY MAY AUTHORIZE NEGOTIATIONS FOR THE REMOVAL OF SUCH OBSTRUC-
TION UNDER THE PROIVISIONS OF SECTION 13 OF SUCH ACT. THAT CONSIDERA-
TION BE GIVEN TO THE PROPOSED PLAN OF RELOCATION OF THE BASCULE BRIDGE
BY THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY, AND THAT A RELOCATION PROJECT BE APPROVED
WHICH WOULD INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING CHANGES AND IMPROVEMENTS:
- 1. CONSTRUCT A COMBINATION RAILROAD AND HIGHWAY
BRIDGE IN THE VICINITY OF SAVAGE LANE EXTENDED TO
REPLACE THE PRESENT BASCULE BRIDGE.. THIS BRIDGE TO
BE A LOW LEVEL LIFT SPAN BRIDGE WITH A CLEAR CHANNEL
WIDTH OF 200 FEET TO CARRY A SINGLE TRACT RAILROAD,
A 26 FOOT ROADWAY AND A 5 FOOT PEDESTRIAN WALKWAY.
2. RELOCATE THE PRESENT SOUTHERN.PACIFIC TRAIN
YARDS TO THE NORTH SIDE OF THE HARBOR, PARALLEL TO
AND WEST OF HIGHWAY 1812 PROVIDE A CONNECTION ACROSS
SUCH BRIDGE FROM THE RELOCATED TRAIN YARD TO ITS PRESENT
INDUSTRIAL TRACKS ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE HARBOR, AND
PROVIDE INTERCHANGE FACILITIES FOR THE SbUTHERI PACIFIC,
MISSOURI PACIFIC AND THE TEXAS - MEXICAN LINES IN THE
VICINITY OF SAVAGE LANE.
3. EXTEND NAVIGATION BOULEVARD SO AS TO CROSS THE
NEW BRIDGE AND CONNECT WITH HIGHWAYS 9 AND 44 AND TO
LEXINGTON BOULEVARD.
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4. CONSTRUCT A TUNNEL AT THE MOUTH OF THE
HARBOR TO PROVIDE ACCESS FROM NORTH BEACH TO THE
SOUTH SIDE OF THE CHANNEL. THE TOP OF THE TUNNEL
TO BE 45 FEET BELOW 1MIIEAN LOW TIDE AND THE CLEAR
CHANNEL WIDTH TO BE YOO,FEET.
5. CONSTRUCT A NEW MAJOR THOROUGHFARE FROM
THE SOUTH PORTAL OF THE TUNNEL WEST ON HUGHES STREET
TO WEST BROADWAY AND PORT AVENUE.
SECTION It. THAT THE RECOMMENDATIONS AND CONCLUSIONS SET
FORTH IN SECTION I TOGETHER WITH THE PROPOSED PLAN FOR THE CONSTRUC-
TION OF AN ADEQUATE TUNNEL FOR VEHICULAR TRAFFIC BENEATH THE SAID CHANNEL
BE AND THE SAME IS HEREBY APPROVED AS THE PLAN MOST SATISFACTORY FOR
THE SOLUTION OF ALL PROBLEMS INVOLVED.
SECTION 111. THAT IT BEING OF GREAT PUBLIC INTEREST THAT
THE PROPOSED PLAN BE STUDIED, PERFECTED AND EXECUTED, SO AS TO PERMIT
THE FREE USE OF THE CORPUS CHRISTI SHIP CHANNEL BY OCEAN -GOING TRAFFIC
AT THE EARLIEST PRACTICAL TIME CREATES A PUBLIC EMERGENCY AND AN 1'M-
PERATIVE 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, DECLARING
SUCH EMERGENCY AND NECESSITY TO EXIST, HAVING REQUESTED THE SUSPENSION
OF THE CHARTER RULE AND THAT THIS RESOLUTION 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 ?,&LDAY OF DECEMBER, A.D. 1952..
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AYOR
A ST: THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI
CITY SECRETARY
APP OVED AS LEGAL FORM:
CITY TTORNEY
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Corpus Christi, Texas
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TO TUE 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:
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M. A. Needham, Jr,
The above ordinance was passed by the following vote:
Leslie Wasserman
Frank E. Williamson
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George L. Lowman
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M. A. Needham, Jr,