HomeMy WebLinkAbout03426 RES - 02/17/1953A RESOLUTION
DESIGNATING AND NAMING THAT AREA
DESCRIBED AND SET ASIDE AS PARK
AREA IN ORDINANCE N0. 3422 BEING
THAT AREA OF EIGHT AND ONE -HALF
(8 1/2) ACRES LOCATED IN PINEDA PARK
IN THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS)
H. E. BUTT PARK; AND DECLARING AN
EMERGENCY.
WHEREAS, THE H. E. BUTT FOUNDATION AND H. E. BUTT HAVE AGREED
TO DONATE TO THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI SOME EIGHT AND ONE -HALF (8 1/2)
ACRES OF LAND LOCATED IN PINEDA PARK IN THECITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI TO BE
USED AS A PARK AND HAVE AGREED TO FINANCE A SWIMMING POOL TO BE LOCATED
UPON SUCH LAND; AND
WHEREAS, IT IS ONLY FITTING AND PROPER THAT SUITABLE RECOGNITION
BE GIVEN MR. H. E. BUTT FOR HIS GENEROUS CONTRIBUTION OF BOTH LAND AND FUNDS
NECESSARY FOR THIS PARK AND SWIMMING POOL; AND
WHEREAS, THE AREA OF EIGHT AND ONE-HALF
1 (8 1/2) ACRES OF LAND
LOCATED IN PINEDA PARK HAS BEEN BY ORDINANCE NO. 3422 DESIGNATED AS PARK
AREA, AND SAID AREA IS AS YET UNNAMED -, AND THE RECOMMENDATION OF MANY CITI-
ZENS OF CORPUS CHRISTI, INCLUDING THE PARK AND RECREATION BOARD OF THE CITY
OFCORPUS CHRISTI, HAS BEEN EXPRESSED AS BEING FAVORABLE TO THE NAMING OF
SAID PARK AREA AS "H• E. BUTT PARK ":
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS:
SECTION 1. THAT THE AREA DESIGNATED AND DESCRIBED IN ORDINANCE
N0. 3422 AS PARK AND RECREATION AREA OF THE CITY OF CORPUSCHRISTI, TEXAS,
BE AND THE SAME IS HEREBY DESIGNATED AS "H. E. BUTT PARK" AND SHALL HEREAFTER
BE KNOWN AS "H. E. BUTT PARK ".
SECTION 11. THE FACT THAT THE SAID PARK AREA IS NOW UNNAMED AND
THAT THE NAMING OF THE SAME AS HEREIN PROVIDED 15 A MATTER OF IMMEDIATE PUBLIC
INTEREST CREATES A PUBLIC EMERGENCY AND AN IMPERATIVE PUBLIC NECESSITY RE-
QUIRING THE SUSPENSION OF THE CHARTER RULE THAT NO ORDINANCE OR RESOLUTION
SHALL BE PASSED FINALLY ON THE DATE IT IS INTRODUCED AND THAT SPCH ORDINANCE
OR RESOLUTION SHALL BE READ AT THREE SEVERAL MEITINGS OF THE CITY COUNCIL,
AND THE MAYOR, HAVING DECLARED SUCH EMERGENCY AND NECESSITY TO EXIST, HAVING
REQUESTED SAID CHARTER RULE BE SUSPENDED, AND THAT THIS RESOLUTION BE PASSED u
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FINALLY ON THE DATE OF ITS INTRODUCTION, AND THAT THIS RESOLUTION TAKE
EFFECT AND BE IN FULL FORCE AND EFFECT FROM AND AFTER ITS PASSAGES IT
IS ACCORDINGLY SO ORDAINED.
PASSED AND APPROVED, THIS THE / 7 DAY OFFEBRUARY, A.D.
1953-
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THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS
EST:
ITY SECRETARY
ITY ATTORNEY
CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS
TO THE MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL
CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS
GENTL9MEN:
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 15 INTRODUCEDo AND THAT SUCH ORO INANCE OR-RE-
SOLUTION 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;
1, 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 COUNC -IL.
RESPECTFULLY,
MAYOR
CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS
THE CHARTER RULE WAS SUSPENDED BY THE FOLLOWING VOTE:
LESLIE WASSERMAN
FRANK E. WILLIAMSON
JACK DEFORREST
GEORGE L. Low MAN
MIKE A. NEEDHAM� JR
THE ABOVE ORDINANCE WAS PASSED BY THE FOLLOWING VOTE:
LESLIE WASSERMAN
FRANK E. WILLI.AMSON
JACK DEFORREST
GEORGE L. LOWMAN
MIKE A. NEEDHAM, JR C/
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