HomeMy WebLinkAbout03372 ORD - 12/23/1952AN ORDINANCE
AUTHORIZING AND DIRECTING THE CITY MANAGER FOR
AND ON BEHALF OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI TO
EXECUTE A CONTRACT WITH HELDENFELS BROTHERS FOR
THE PAVING OF OCEAN DRIVE FROM CRAIG STREET TO
THE SOUTH SIDE OF LOUISIANA AVENUE, IN THE CITY
OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS, A COPY OF WHICH CON-
TRACT DOCUMENTS ARE ON FILE IN THE OFFICE OF THE
CITY SECRETARY AND MADE A PART HEREOF BY REFERENCE:
APPROPRIATING x;114.770.29 FROM NO. 258 SEWALL AND
BREAKWATER CONSTRUCTION FUND, �1o4.336.6 BEING
THE CONTRACT PRICE, WITH THE BALANCE OF 10.433.66
TO COVER ENGINEERING AND CONTINGENCIES; AND DE-
CLARING AN EMERGENCY.
WHEREAS, THE PAVING OF OCEAN DRIVE BETWEEN THE LIMITS DESCRIBED
15 CONTEMPLATED AS A PART OF THE SEAWALL AND STORM PROTECTION IMPROVE-
MENTS, AND IS NEEDED TO PROTECT THAT CERTAIN PORTION OF THE BLUFF FRONT-
ING ON THE CORPUS CHRISTI BAY FROM WIDS, RAINS AND OTHER ELEMENT, AND
TO FURTHER PROTECT EXISTING BAY FRONT IMPROVEMENTS; AND
WHEREAS, CERTAIN IMPROVEMENTS HAVE BEEN DEEMED NECESSARY, AND THERE
ARE SUFFICIENT FUNDS IN NO. 258 SEAWALL AND BREAKWATER CONSTRUCTION FUND,
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 T5 THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, AND
IT IS NOW NECESSARY TO AUTHORIZE THE EXECUTIEN 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 15 HEREBY, AUTHORIZED AND DIRECTED
TO EXECUTE A CONTRACT WITH HELDENFELS BROTHERS FOR THE PAVING OF OCEAN
DRIVE FROM CRAIG STREET TO THE SOUTH SIDE OF LOUISIANA AVENUE IN THE CITY
OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS, WHICH CONTRACT HAS BEEN AWARDED SAID HELDENFELS
BROTHERS IN ACCORDANCE WITH PLANS AND SPECIFICATIONS 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 HELDENFELS BROTHERS
OPENED ON DECEMBER 16, 1952, SAID BID BEING THE LOWEST AND MOST ADVANTAGEOUS
TO THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS.
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SECTION 2. THAT THERE IS HEREBY APPROPRIATED FROM NO. 258
SEAWALL AND BREAKWATER CONSTRUCTION FUND, THE SUM OF $114.770,29, OF
WHICH AMOUNT �s104,336.63 REPRESENTS THE CONTRACT PRICE OF SAID CON-
STRUCTION TO BE PAID IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT DE-
SCRIBED IN SECTION 1 HEREOF, AND OF WHICH AMOUNT OF $10.433.66 BEING
THE EQUIVALENT OF TEN PERCENT OF THE CONTRACT PRICE, 15 TO COVER THE
COST OF ENGINEERING AND CONTINGENCIES.
SECTION 3. THAT THE NECESSITY FOR PROTECTING THE BAYFRONT IM-
PROVEMENTS AS A PART OF THE SEAWALL AND BREAKWATER STORM PROTECTION
IMPROVEMENTS OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI TEXAS AT ALL TIMES
NECESSITATING THE IMMEDIATE EXECUTION AND APPROPRIATION AS AFORESAID
CREATES A PUBLIC EMERGENCY AND AN IMPERATIVE PUBLIC NECESSITY REQUIR-
ING 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 EXIST, REQUESTING THE SUSPENSION OF SAID CHARTER RULE AND
THAT THIS ORDINANCE SHALL BE PASSED FINALLY ON THE DATE OF ITS 1NTRO-
RUCTION AND TAKE EFFECT AND BE IN FULL FORCE AND EFFECT FROM AND AFTER
ITS PASSAGE, IT IS ACCORDINGLY SO PASSED AND APPROVED THIS THE of
DAY OF DECEMBER, A. D. M2.
MAYOR
THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS
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CITY SECRETARY
APPROVED AS TO LEGAL FORM:
CITY A TOR EY
Corpus Christi, Texas
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TO T[;E 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,
Respect fu ly,
MAYOR
City of Corpus Christi, Texas
The Charter rule was suspended by the following vote:
Leslie Wasserman
FRANK E. WILLIAMSBN
ACFCxaest
JACK DE DEFBrtREST
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George L. Lowman
MIKE Q. NEaDHAM .IR
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The above ordinance was passed by the following vote.
Leslie Wasserman
FRANK E. WILLIAMSBN
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JACK DEFBRREST
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George L. Lowman
MIKE A. NEEDHAM JR.
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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
of Corpus Christi to the credit of No._ 258 SEAWALL AND 8 AK-
WATER CONSTRUCTI&N FUND.
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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