HomeMy WebLinkAbout03429 ORD - 03/10/1953AN ORDINANCE
ADOPTING THE OFFICIAL FLAG OF THE
CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI; AND DECLARING
AND EMERGENCY.
WHEREAS, MISS.BARBARA HESSE WAS THE DESIGN WINNER OF A CONTEST
HELD IN ALL JUNIOR AND SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLS IN THE CITY OF CORPUS
CHRISTI FOR THE DESIGN OF A FLAG FOR THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI; AND,
WHEREAS, SUCH,/FLAG IS SIMPLE BUT SYMBOLIC OF THE CITY OF
CORPUS CHRISTI IN THAT IT IS A TWO -COLOR BANNER WITH A WHITE SEAGULL
AND WHITE STARS IMPOSED ON A SKY BLUE BACKGROUND; AND,
WHEREAS, THE SKY BLUE FIELD, OR BACKGROUND, IN SUCH FLAG RE-
PRESENTS THE CORPUS CHRISTI BAY ON WHICH THE WORLDS LARGEST NAVAL AIR
STATION IS LOCATED, AND THE SEA GULL SUPERIMPOSED THEREON REPRESENTS
THE PEOPLE OF CORPUS CHRISTI, BOTH THOSE WHO WERE BORN AND RAISED HERE
AND THOSE WHO HAVE COME .AS VISITORS AND FRIENDS TO BECOME RESIDENTS, AND
THE EIGHT (8) STARS SUPERIMPOSED THEREON AND SURROUNDING THE WHITE SEA-
GULL SYMBOLIZE THE EIGHT MAJOR INDUSTRIES OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI,
BEING THAT OF AGRICULTURE, COMMERCE, OIL, CHEMICALS, GRAINS, SEA FOODS,
METALS AND ORE REFINING, AND TOURIST TRADE.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED B THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF CORPUS CHRISTI:
SECTION 1. THAT THE OFFICIAL FLAG OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI
IS HEREBY DESIGNATED AS SHOWN BY THE DIAGRAM ATTACHED HERETO AND MADE A
PART OF THIS ORDINANCE, WITH SAID BACKGROUND, OR FIELD, TO BE REPRODUCED
IN SKY BLUE AND THE STARS AND SEAGULLS SUPERIMPOSED TO BE REPRODUCED IN
WHITE. SUCH FLAG SHALL BE FLOWN WITH THE SEAGULL FLYING AWAY FROM THE
STAFF.
SECTION 2. THAT THE NECESSITY FOR AN OFFICIAL FLAG FOR THE
CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, BEING OF THE GREATEST IMPORTANCE TO PUBLIC
SAFETY, HEALTH AND GENERAL WELFARE, 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 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 SUSPEN-
SION 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 PASSED AND
APPROVED THIS THE /1/1,,e44, DAY OF MARCH, 1953.
MAYOR
THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS
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TO THE MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL
CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS
GENTLEMEN:
CORPUS CHRiSTIy TEXAS
Fon 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 INTRODUCED AND THAT SUCH ORDINANCE DR-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 COUNCIL.
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. LOWMAN
MIKE A. NEEDHAM, JR
THE ABOVE ORDINANCE WAS PASSED BY THE FOLLOWING VOTE:
LESLIE WASSERMAN
FRANK E. WILLIAMSON
JACK DEFORREST
GEORGE L. LOWMAN
MIKE A. NEEDHAM, JR
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