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Home My WebLink About03416 ORD - 02/03/1953AN ORDINANCE APPROPRIATING THE SUM OF $41,000.00 FROM NO. 291 IMPROVEMENT BONDS 1952 CONSTRUCTION FUND (PARK IMPROVEMENTS AND CONSTRUCTION) FOR CONSTRUCTION OF A COMBINATION NAVY RECREATION CENTER AND LOCKER CLUB AND ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICES FOR THE PARK AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT TO BE BUILT ON LDTS 1, 2, 3, and 4, of BLACK 12, WATER —BEACH ADDITION TO THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, ON WATER STREET DIRECT- LY BEHIND THE CHAMBER OF C0MMERCE BUILDING, SAME BEING CITY PROPERTY, SAID $41,000.00 TO BE SUPPLE- MENTED BY NOT MORE THAN $40,000.00 BY THE CITIZENS* COMMITTEE AS VERIFIED By LETTER OF MR. T. S. SCIBIENSKI DATED FEBRUARY 2, 1953 TO THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI; AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY. WHEREAS, The Park and Recreation Board of the City of Corpus Christi at its meetings on April 4 and July 25, 1952, recommended that the sum of $44000 be appropriated to be used for erection of a combination Navy Recreation Center and Locker Club and Administrative Offices of the Park and Recreation Department to be built on Lots 1, 2, 3, and 4, of Block 12, Water —Beach Addition to the City of Corpus Christi, on Water Street, directly behind the Chamber of Commerce buildings, same being city property; and WHEREAS, The Citizens" Committee, represented by Mr. T. S. Scibienski, by letter dated February 2, 1953 pledged their support in the amount not to exceed $40,000.00 toward the erection of this mutually beneficial building; and WHEREAS, It is the desire of the citizens of Corpus Christi to supply facilities for the comfort and enjoyment of the enlisted personnel of the naval establishments located in the Corpus Christi area; and WHEREAS, permanent quarters for the housing of the Park and Recreation Department are necessary for the proper administration of this department; and WHEREAS, there is available in No. 291 Improvement Bonds 1952 Con- struction Fund (Park Improvements and Construction) the amount of $41,000.00; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS: SECTION 1. That the sum of Forty One Thousand Dollars ($41,000,00) is hereby appropriated from No. 291 Improvement Bonds 1952 Construction Fund 3 g1(P (Park Improvements and Construction) to be supplemented by not more than $40,000.00 by the Citizens' Committee as verified by letter of Mr. T. S. Scibienski dated February 2, 1953, a copy of which is attached hereto and made a part hereof, for the purpose of constructing a structure on Lots 1, 29 3, and 4, of Block 12, Water -Beach Addition to the City of Corpus Christi, on Water Street directly behind the Chamber of Commerce building, same being City property, said structure to be built of steel and concrete frame with masonry walls and a builtmup roof, the first floor of which will contain approximately 3,500 square feet for use of enlisted naval personnel as a recreation center and locker club and the second floor of which will contain approximately 2.400 square feet of floor space for use by the Park and Recreation Department for their administrative offices, which building and specifications are more particularly described in a letter from E. Dexter Hamon, Architect, dated February 3, 1953, a copy of which is attached hereto and made a part hereof. An estimate of the probable cost of this structure as reported by Mr. Hamon in the above — referred to letter in October of 1952 was approximately $80.000.00, not including Architect's fees, furniture or locker room equipment. SECTION 2. That the necessity for providing a downtown recreational center for the enlisted personnel of the naval establishments located in the Corpus Christi area and the necessity for providing adequate permanent quarters for the housing of the Park and Recreation Departments administrative staff, creates a public emergency and imperative public necessity requiring the sus- pension of the Charter rule or requirement that no ordinance or resolution shall be passed finally on the date it is introduced, and that such ordinance or resolution shall be read at three several meetings of the City Council, and the Mayor, having declared that such public emergency and imperative public necessity exist, and having requested that said Charter rule be suspended and that this ordinance be passed finally on the date of its introduction, and take effect and be in full force and effect from and after its passage, IT IS ACCORDINGLY SO ORDAINED. PASSED AND APPROVED this the$_ULytay of February, A. D. 1953. MAYOR CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS 'EST: I ity Secretary APPRAS TO,LEGAL FORM: City At orney T. S. SCIBIENSKI The Driscoll Buih ng Corpus Christi, Texas February 2, 1953 The Honorable Mayor Leslie Wasserman and Members of the City Council of Corpus Christi Corpus Christi, Texas Gentlemen: You are aware of the fact that the Citizens' Committee has spent many months working on a downtown recreational center for the enlisted personnel of the naval establishments located in the Corpus Christi area. In the last few months we have been working with the City Park and Recreation Board on a plan by which a building would be built jointly by the Citizens' Committee and the City, the first floor to be used as a navy recreation center and locker club, and the second floor to be used as the Park and Recreation Board's headquarters. As Chairman of the 6itizens'Committee, I have been endeavoring to raise the necessary funds on the part of the citizens of Corpus Christi to put this project into effect and make Corpus Christi again a "good Navy town ", as was its reputation during World War 1I. It is my understanding that the City has appropriated or earmarked $91,000 for Park and Recreation Board headquarters, and that the Park and Recreation Board is willing to join the Citizens' Committee in constructing and using such a building, which is to be located on city property. The purpose of this letter is to inform you that the Citizens' Committee is ready to embark on the project together with the Park and Recreation Board; that the Citizens' Committee is prepared to pay for one —half of the cost of the building, up to $90,000. V e earnestly request you appropriate the necessary funds for the Park and Recreation Board's portion of the cost and make arrangements for the use of the land as soon as possible. Yours very truly, /S/ T. S. Scibienski TSS:CL T. S. Scibienski FEBRUARY 3, 1953 HDNORAOLZ MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL CiTYV OF CORPUS CHRISTI CITY MALL CORPUS CHRiDTI} TEXAS L"ENTLEMEN; I'VE HAVE UEEN REQUESTED TO GIVE YQU 'INFOAUATJ*q CONCERNING THE CONSTRUCTION AND PROBABLE COST Of A STRUCTURE TO BE USED BY ENLISTED NAVAL PERSONNEL ON THE FIRST FLOOR AND THE CITY PARK DEPARTMENT ON THE SECOND FLOOR. THE STRUCTURE IS TO PE BUILT 00 LOTS '1- I -2,-3, AND 4, OF BLOCK 12, 'xATER -3EACH ADDITION TO THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, ON �4ATER STREET DIRECTLY VEHIND THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE BUILDING. THE PROPOSED STRUCTURE IS TO BE BUILTr"of STEEL iND CONCRETE FRAME WITH MASONRY WALLS AND A BUILT —UP Roof'. THE ROOF WILL 3E INSULATED. INTERIOR PARTITIONS ARE OF WOOD 'STUDS iVjfH PLYWOOD AND/OR GYPSUM 00ARD FINISH. " "INDOWS ARIA -TO BE OF WOOD,.._A9eY1IM TYPE. FLOORS ARE TO BE COVERED VITH ASPRALT- tIL €. THE FIRST FLOOR Witt BONTAIN APPROXIMATELY 3,500 SQUARE FEET OF FLOOR SPACE, DIVIDED INTO A RECREATION AREA, KITCHENy TOILET FACILITIES, STORAGE ROOM, FORINACE RDOM AND SHOWERS AND LOCKERS. THE SECOND FLOOR WILL CONTAIN APPROXIMATELY 2,400 SQUARE FEET OF FLOOR SPACE, DIVIDED INTO A R OEPTION ROW, SEVEN OFFICES, DRAFTING ROOM, LADIE'b ANn UMNIS TOILET ROOMS AND A MECHANICAL ROM. THE SECOND FLOOR WILL BE COMPLETELY AIR CONDITIONED. "t 001TAINED AN ESTIMATE OF THE PR09ABLC COST OF THIS STRUCTURE IN OCTOBER 1952. THE COST AT THAT TIME WAS APPROXIMATELY w 000.00, NOT INCLUDING ARCHITECTIS FEED, FURNITURE OR LOCKER ROOM E4IUIPM €NT. IF ADDITIONAL,INFORI:IATiON IS REQUIRED, WE WILL BE HAPPY TO FURNISH IT FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION. FxrSPECTFUL =,.Y YOURS, E. DEXTER HAMON, AlA {/r' -JC PARK AND RECREATION SOAR) CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS February 2, 1953 Mr. W. P. Collier, City jer City IIall Corpns Christi, Texas Dear '11r. Collier: In accordance with actions previously taken by the Park anc! Recreation Board at the April 4th and July 25th. 1952 meetinns, it is recommended to you that the sum of ,41,000 he appropriated from Park Bond Fund Dlo. 291 (297) to he used for the erection of a joint acLainistrat_ive office for the Park C ec,reation Departments and a Locker Cluh for enlisted military personnel, as proposed by fIr. Ted Scibienski representing; the Citizens Committee who have anree to provide an equal sum of money and suitable building plans for this building. On. completion, this buildinq will serve to provide office space for the Park F- Recreation Departments on the second floor withlocker and recreational facilities on the first floor for enlisted military personnel. Yours very truly, /S/ Gus F?einemann Gus `?einema nn, Chairman Park C Pecreation Poard (',!!-,Jr cc: r,_r. 4'!. P. Witt CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS TO THE MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS GENTLtMEN. FOR THE REASONS SET FORTH IN THE EMERGENCY CLAUSE OF THE FOREGOING ORDINARCE, 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 15 INTRODUCED, AND THAT SUCH ORDINANCE OR RESOLUTION SHALL BE READ AT THREE MEETINGS OF THE CITY COUNCIL; 1, THEREFORE, HEREBY REQUEST THAT YOU SUSPEND SAID CHARTER RULE OR REQUIREMENT AND PASS THIS ORDINANCE FINALLY ON THE DATE IT 15 INTRODUCED, OR AT THE PRESENT MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL. RESPECTFULLY, MA OR CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS THE CHARTER RULE WAS SUSPENDED BY THE FOLLOWING VOTE. LESLIE WASSERMAN FRANK E. WILLIAMSON JACK DEFORREST GEORGE L. LOWMAN MIKE A. NEED HA M, JR (�(L17 THE ABOVE ORDINANCE WAS PASSED BY THE FOLLOWING VOTE. LESLIE WASSERMAN FRANK E. WILLIAMSON JACK DEFORREST GEORGE L. LOWMAN MIKE A. NEEDHAM, JR �3HI6 I CERTIFY TO THE CITY COUNCIL THAT THE MONEY REQUIRED FOR THE CONTRACT, AGREEMENT, OBLIGATION, OR EXPENDITURE CONTEMPLATED IN THE ABOVE AND FOREGOING ORDINANCE 15 IN THE TREASURY OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI TO THE CREDIT OF No. 291 Improvement Bonds 1952 Construction Fund FUND FROM WHICH IT IS PROPOSED TO BE DRAWN, AND SUCH MONEY IS NOT APPROPRIATED FOR ANY OTHER PURPOSE. DIRECTOR OF FINANCE 41