HomeMy WebLinkAbout03450 RES - 04/29/1953A RESOLUTION
EXPRESSING THE POSITION OF THE CITY AS BEING
FAVORABLE TO THE ADOPTION OF CERTAIN LEGISLATION
BY THE TEXAS LEGISLATURE, BEING A BILL ENTITLED
AN ACT CREATING "NUECES BRIDGE AND TUNNEL AUTHORITY"
AND BEING ALSO DESIGNATED AS SENATE BILL 318; AND
DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.
WHEREAS, THE PROBLEM OF SOLVING THE PRESENT CONJESTED CONDITION OF
LAND TRAFFIC AND NAVIGATION TRAFFIC AT THE SITE OF THE PRESENT BASCULE
BRIDGE IN CORPUS CHRISTI, NUECES COUNTY, TEXAS, HAS BEEN STUDIED BY VARIOUS
BODIES AND AUTHORITIES AND CONSIDERED AT SEVERAL PUBLIC HEARINGS; AND
WHEREAS, A PLAN FOR SOLUTION OF SUCH PROBLEM HAS BEEN FAVORABLY
CONSIDERED BY MANY OF SUCH AUTHORITIES AND BODIES, WHICH SOLUTION INCLUDES
OF RELOCATION
THE POSSIBILITY /OF BASCULE BRIDGE AND CONSTRUCTION OF A HIGHWAY TUNNEL AND
OTHER RELATED CONSTRUCTION; AND
WHEREAS, IT IS NECESSARY TO SECURE THE LEGISLATION IN AID OF SUCH
SOLUTION TO SAID PROBLEM BY THE CREATION OF A BRIDGE AND TUNNEL AUTHORITY;
AND
WHEREAS, THE SAID LEGISLATION DESIGNATED AS SENATE BILL 318 HAS BEEN
READ AND CONSIDERED AND DETERMINED TO BE DESIRABLE AND ADVANTAGEOUS TO THE
CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI AND THE CITY COUNCIL DESIRES TO STATE THE POSITION OF
THE CITY IN REGARD TO SAID LEGISLATION:
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CORPUS
CHRISTI, TEXAS:
SECTION 1. THAT THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI DESIRES AND URGES THE
ADOPTION BY THE LEGISLATURE OF TEXAS OF A BILL ENTITLED A ACT CREATING "NUECES
BRIDGE AND TUNNEL AUTHORITY" COMPRISING ALL THE TERRITORY SITUATED IN
FOR R
NUECES COUNTY, ETC., AND SAID AC TIS HEREBY RECOMMENDED FOR ADOPTION BY THE
LEGISLATURE OF TEXAS AS A PART OF A PLAN FOR THE SOLUTION OF LOCAL LAND TRAFFIC
AND NAVIGATION TRAFFIC PROBLEM EXISTING IN NUECES COUNTY, TEXAS.
SECTION 2. THAT IT BEING OF GREAT P UBLIC INTEREST THAT SAID LEGISLATION
BE ADOPTED BY THE PRESENT LEGISLATURE OF TEXAS AT THE EARLIEST PRACTICABLE TIME
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 RESO-
LUTION SHALL BE READ AT THREE SEVERAL MEETINGS OF THE ,CITY COUNCIL, AND
THE MAYORS DECLARING SUCH EMERGENCY AND NECESSITY TO EXIST, HAVING REQUESTED
THE SUSPENSION OF THE CHARTER RULE AND THAT THIS RESOLUTION 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 �Q - DAY OF APRIL, 1953•
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TEST: MAYOR THE OF CORPUS CHRISTI
CITY SECRETARY
APPROVED AS
211�Al'FORM:
LiITY ATTORNEY
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CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS
TO THE MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL
CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS
GENTLEMEN:
1953
FOR THE REASONS SET FORTH �N THE EMERGENCY CLAUSE OF
THE FOREGOING ORDINANCE, A PUBLIC EMERGENCY AND IMPERATIVE NECESSITY
EXIST FOR THE SUSPENSION OF THE CHARTER RULE OR REQUIREMENT THAT NO
ORDINANCE OR RESOLUTION SHALL BE PASSED FINALLY ON THE DATE IT IS
INTRODUCED1 AND THAT SUCH ORDINANCE OR RESOLUTION SHALL BE READ AT
THREE MEETINGS OF THE CITY COUNCIL; Iy 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 CO S CHRISTI, TEXAS
THE CHARTER RULE WAS SUSPENDED BY THE FOLLOWING VOTE:
A. A. LI CHTENSTEIN
AMJ
ELI-Roy KING
P. C. CALLAWAY A
JAMES A. NAISMITH
7V
W. .TAMES BRACE
THE ABOVE ORDINANCE WAS PASSED BY THE FOLLOWING VOTE:
A. A. LICHTENSTEIN
ELLRO.Y KING
P. C. CALLAWAY ^^'.
JAMES A. NAISMITH
W. JAMES BRACE
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