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Home My WebLink About03370 ORD - 12/16/1952AN ORDINANCE CANVASSING RETURNS AND DECLARING THE RESULTS OF AN ELECTION ON THE QUESTION OF WHETHER OR NOT A CONTRACT SHALL BE APPROVED AND THE CITY COUNCIL BE AUTHORIZED TO CAUSE SAID CONTRACT TO BE EXECUTED BY AND ON BE- HALF'OF THE CITY AND BETWEEN THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI AND LOWER NUECES RIVER WATER SUPPLY DISTRICT, 4`HEREIN THE DISTRICT SHOULD BE OBLIGATED TO SUPPLY AND THE CITY BE OBLIGATED TO PURCHASE WATER TO BE IMPOUNDED BY THE RESERVOIR FACILITIES OF SAID DISTRICT; AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY WHEREAS, HERETOFORE ON THE 18TH DAY OF NOVEMBERS 1952, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS, PASSED AN ORDI- NANCE, BEING ORDINANCE No. 3354, CALLING AN ELECTION TO BE HELD IN SAID CITY ON THE 13TH DAY OF DECEMBER, 1952, ON THE FOLLOWING FROPOSI- T ION: "SHALL THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI BE AUTHORIZED TO MAKE AND CAUSE TO BE EXECUTED A 'WATER CON- . TRACT' WITH LOWER NUECES RIVER WATER SUPPLY DISTRICT PROVID- ING FOR THE PURCHASE OF WATER IMPOUNDED BY THE DISTRICT'S RESERVOIR FACILITIES, SUCH PROPOSED CONTRACT BEING SET FORTH IN THE NOTICE OF THIS ELECTION." AND, WHEREAS, NOTICE OF SAID ELECTION WAS ACTUALLY GIVEN AS REQUIRED BY BY LAW AND AS DIRECTED IN SAID ORDINANCE, AS IS SHOWN BY AFFIDAVIT PROPERLY FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE CITY SECRETARY; AND WHEREAS, SAID ELECTION WAS DULY AND LEGALLY HELD ON THE 13TH DAY OF DECEMBER, A.D. 1952, IN CONFORMITY WITH THE ELECTION LAWS OF THE STATE OF TEXAS, AND THE RESULTS OF SAID ELECTION HAS BEEN CERTIFIED AND RETURNED BY THE PROPER JUDGES AND CLERKS THEREOF, AND WHEREAS, THIS COUNCIL HAS TODAY CONSIDERED THE RETURNED OF SAID ELECTION HELD ON THE 13TH DAY OF DECEMBER, A.D. 1952, AND WHEREAS, IT APPEARS TO THE COUNCIL AND THE COUNCIL SO FINDS THAT SAID ELECTION WAS IN ALL RESPECTS LAWFULLY HELD; AND WHEREAS, IT APPEARS TO THE COUNCIL AND THE COUNCIL SO FINDS THAT THE CITY SECRETARY HAS TABULATED THE RESULTS OF SAID ELECTION .AND CERTIFIED SUCH TABULATION TO THE COUNCIL, AND THAT SUCH TABULATION IS CORRECT: ' IT IS, THEREFORE, ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS: SECTION 1. THAT THE TABULATION OF VOTES CAST IN THE ELECTION ON THE QUESTION OF WHETHER OR NOT THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI SHALL BE AUTHORIZED TO MAKE AND CAUSE TO BE EXECUTED A 'WATER CONTRACT' WITH LOWER NUECES RIVER WATER SUPPLY DISTRICT PROVIDING FOR THE PURCHASE OF WATER IMPOUNDED BY THE DISTRICTS RESERVOIR FACILI- TIES, DESIGNATED, AS PROPOSITION 2 AT SAID ELECTION HELD ON THE 13TH DAY OF DECEMBER, A.D. 1952, MADE AND CERTIFIED TO BY THE CITY SECRE- TARY OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI 1S AS FOLLOWS: SPECIAL CITY ELECTION PROPOSITION FOR OR AGAINST AU1MUZATION AND APPROVAL OF THE WATER CONTRACT UTMM THE CITY OF CORPUS CBEISTI AND THE LO WR PRECINCT NUMBER AND , NO�PS RIVER WATER SUPPLY D,IERrCr VOTING PLACE FOR AGAINST T0M Absentee — City hall 268 14 282 No. 1 — County Court House 1I 1 12 No. 2 — Artesian 'Park Recreation Bldg. 14 1 15 No. 3 — Beacon Printing Company 31 3 34 No. 4 — Cheston Helath School 21 1 22 Noy 5 — Solomon Coles School 26 1 27 No, 6 = Civic Center 49 4 53 No. 7 — Fire Station No. 5 91 14 105 No. 8 — Oak Park Methodist Church 93 10 103 No. 17 — Windsor Park School 115 3 118 No. 20 —Fannin School 312 29 341 No. 21 — Breakers Hotel 38 0 38 No. 30 — Holy Cross School 11 0 11 No. 31 — Edward Furman School 36 0 36 No. 32 — D W e Service Station 3 1 4 No. 33 — George Evans School 8 0 6 No. 38 — Crossley School 75 15 90 No. 39 — South Bluff Methodist Church 73 2 75 No. 40 — Central Church of Christ 131 6 137 No. 41 — Rorgan Fire Station, No. 3 129 8 137 MWNCT NMER AND WTING HAM PROP'OSMON FOR OR AGAINST AMBO8IZATION AND APPROVAL OF ME KATb8 GUMIRACT BEMM THE CITY OF COWM =ISIT AM THE LOO {�E}F.CCS RIVER MTER SlTPL3LY P=CT. FqR AGAINST TOTAL No. 42 — R, a. Fisher School 399 19 418 No. 43 — Travis :`school 197 4 201 No.'44 — DeUvalla School 44 5 49 No. 45 — George ?tiggins Homes 36 1 37 No. 46 — Lexar school 32 0 32 No. 47 — Ho. 2 Fire Station 10 1 11 No. 48 — Community House T 1 8 No. 49 — Cantu Grocery 23 1 24 No. 60 — Lindale Conrsunity Center 420 n •120 No. 52 — Robert Dtisooll Junior High 219 33 252 No. 53 — San Houston School 355 25 38O No. 54 — LaArmada Recreation doom 69 7 76 No. 57 - ttestktaster Presbyterian Church 185 11 196 No. 58 — Monger School 102 109 No. 59 — Incarnate fiord Convent 88 2 90 No. 60 — Stephen Austin School 38 5 43 No. 61 — David Crockett School 80 i 87 No. 62 — myna Seale Junior High School 84 •6 90 TOTAL 3.923 256 4.179 STATE OF TEXAS X COUNTY OF NIICCES X I. C. W. Petters, City Secretary of the City of Corpus Christi. Texas, do hereby certify that the foregoing is a true and correct copy of the tabulation:of returns made of the election held December 13. 1452, for the purpose of deciding whether or not the City Council of the City of Corpus Christi shall be authorized to make and cause to be executed a Plater Contract with the Lower Nueces River Nater Supply District providing for the purchase of water impounded by the District's reservoir facilities. EXECUTED This 16th day of December. 1952. City Secretary City of Corpus Christi, Texas SECTION 2. THAT THE PROPOSITION TO AUTHORIZE AND APPROVE A CONTRACT BETWEEN THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI AND THE LOWERE NUECES RIVER WATER SUPPLY DISTRICT PROVIDING FOR THE PURCHASE OF WATER IM- POUNDED BY THE DI.STRICT'S RESERVOIR FACILITIES, AND TO AUTHORIZE THE CITY COUNCIL TO CAUSE SAID CONTRACT TO BE EXECUTED, AS DESCRIBED IN SECTION 'I HEREOF AND SAID ORDINANCE NO. 335+, PASSED AND APPROVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL ON THE 18TH DAY OF NOVEMBER) 1952, WAS SUSTAINED BY A MAJORITY OF THE QUALIFIED ELECTORS VOTING AT SAID ELECTION IN THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTIo AND THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI IS AUTHORIZED TO CAUSE TO BE EXECUTED SAID CONTRACT WITH THE LOWER NUECES RIVER WATER SUPPLY DISTRICT. SECTION 3. THAT THE NECESSITY OF PROMPTLY PUTTING INTO EFFECT THE WISHES OF THE QUALIFIED ELECTORS OF THE CITY AS EXPRESSED IN THE AFORESAID ELECTION BY AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION OF SAID CONTRACT WITH THE LOWER NUECES RIVER WATER SUPPLY DISTRICT AND TO MAKE AN OFFICIAL CANVASS OF VOTES CAST IN THE AFORESAID ELECTION AND DECLARE THE SAID RESULTS OF SAID ELECTION 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 IN- TRODUCTION AND THAT SUCH ORDINANCE OR RESOLUTION SHALL BE READ AT THREE ` SEVERAL MEETINGS OF THE CITY COUNCILS AND THE MAYOR, HAVING DECLARED i SUCH EMERGENCY AND NECESSITY TO EXIST, REQUESTING THE SUSPENSION 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 SO APPROVED AND PASSED THIS THE —DAY OF DECEMBER, A.D. 1952• YOR PRO TEM F. E. WILLIAMSON CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS TTEST: CITY SECRETARY APPROVED AS TO EGAL FORM: CITY ATTOR 'Y Corpus Christi, Texas 411 /G 19'a 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 20� City of Corpus Christi, Texas The Charter rule was suspended by the following vote: Leslie Wasserman FRANK E. WILLIAMSON JWd9t«Xt .JACK DEFORREST S %W>liVO4YwW'd" "George L. Lowman M. A. NEEDHAM JR. oft,N)hQc)QUSQg(t'C Mu _r_ The above ordinance was passed by the following vote: Leslie Wasserman J FRANK E. WILLIAMSON HACK DEFORREST gWq%U6`yLKtx George L. Lowman M. A. NEEDHAM JR. 33'70