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AN ORBINANE€
CLOSING PORTIONS OF MEXICO AVENUE, MISSOURI AVENUE, TODD STREET,
KING STREET, FULTON STREET, MILLER STREET, MITCHELL STREET,
VICTORIA STREET, EL PASO STREET, TRINIDAD STREET, PUEBLO STREET,
WACO STREET, FORT WORTH STREET AND DALLAS STREET, BEING THAT
PORTION OF THOSE STREETS AND ALL OF THE STREETS WITHIN THE AREA
BOUNDED ON THE WEST BY SOUTH STAPLES STREET, ON THE NORTH BY
POPE PLACE, ON THE EAST BY ALAMEDA STREET, AND ON THE SOUTH BY
EVERHARDT ROAD AND MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED HEREIN; AND DE-
CLARING AN AMERGENCY.
WHEREAS, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI HAS BEEN
PETITIONED TO CLOSE PORTIONS OF MEXICO AVENUE, MISSOURI AVENUE, TODD STREET,
KING STREET, FULTON STREET, MILLER STREET, MITCHELL STREET, VICTORIA STREET,
EL PASO STREET, TRINIDAD STREET, PUEBLO STREET, WACO STREET, FORT WORTH STREET
AND DALLAS STREET HEREINAFTER DESCRIBED; AND
WHEREAS, NOTICE OF THE PROPOSED STREET CLOSING HAS BEEN GIVEN BY
PUBLICATION, AND BY WAILING TO THE LAST KNOWN ADDRESS OF ALL OWNERS OF PROPER-
TY 'ABUTTING SAID STREET AND WITHIN 450 FEET THEREFROM IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE
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CITY CHARTER AS PROVIDED BY ARTICLE 21 SECTION 6 THEREOF; AND
WHEREAS, SAID NOTICE HAVING BEEN GIVEN, HEARING WAS HELD ON THE 12TH
DAY OF MAY, 1953, AT 7:30 O'CLOCK P. M., IN THE CITY COUNCIL CHAMBER OF THE
CITY HALL, AT WHICH TIME AND PLACE ALL PERSONS AND PARTIES INTERESTED AND
WISHING TO APPEAR WERE HEARD; AND
WHEREAS, THE PUBLIC WELFARE, SAFETY, CONVENIENCE AND NECESSITY WOULD
BE BETTER SERVED BY THE CLOSING OF CERTAIN PORTIONS OF SAID STREETS:
NOW, THEREFORE, BE 13 ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS:
SECETIBN 1. THAT THE FOLLOWING STREETS AND PORTIONS THEREOF BE
. REVISED AND CLOSED AS FOLLOWS:
ALL STREETS WITHIN THE AREA BOUNDED ON THE WEST BY SOUTH STAPLES
STREET, ON THE NORTH BY POPE PLACE, ON THE EAST BY ALAMEDA STREET.
AND ON THE SOUTH BY EVERHARDT ROAD, BEING A PORTION OF SUDDIV15ION
"D" OF THE W. E. POPE RESUBDIVISION OF PORT ARANSAS CLIFFS RECORDED
IN VOLUME 4, PAGE 57 OF THE MAP RECORDS OF NUECES COUNTY, TEXAS,
SAID AREA BEING MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS:
BEGINNING AT A POINT, THE MOST EASTERLY CORNER OF POPE PLACE UNIT 1
AS SHOWN BY MAP OF RECORD IN VOLUME 14, PAGE p43 OF THE MAP RECORDS
OF NUECES COUNTY, TEXAS, SAID POINT BEARS S 5a` - 54' W 50 FEET FROM
THE INTERSECTION OF THE CENTER LINE OF ALAMEDA STREET WITH THE EX-
TENSION OF THE SOUTHEAST BOUNDARY LINE OF SAID POPE PLACE UNIT 1;
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THENCE S 31° - OC' E PARALLEL TO AND 50 FEET NORTHWEST OF THE
CENTER LINE OF ALAMEDA STREET TO ITS INTERSECTION WITH THE
NORTHWEST BOUNDARY LINE OF EVERHARDT ROAD, SAID NORTHWEST BOUNDARY
LINE BEING 40 FEET AT RIGHT ANGLES FROM THE CENTER LINE OF EVERHARDT
ROAD,
THENCE S 28° - 50' W PARALLEL TO AND 40 FEET NORTHWEST OF THE CENTER
LINE OF EVERHARDT ROAD TO ITS INTERSECTION WITH A LINE THAT IS
PARALLEL TO AND 50 FEET SOUTHEAST OF THE CENTER LINE OF SOUTH
STAPLES STREET;
THENCE N 31" - O4, W PARALLEL TO AND 50 FEET SOUTHEAST 0 THE
CENTER LINE OF SOUTH STAPLES STREET TO A POINT, SAID POINT BEING
THE MOST SOUTHERLY CORNER OF SAID POPE PLACE UNIT 1;
THENCE N 58° - 54' E WITH THE SOUTHEAST BOUNDARY LINE OF SAID
POPE PLACE UNIT 1 A DISTANCE OF 2557.02 FEET TO THE PLACE OF BE-
GINNING
BE, AND THE SAME IS HEREBY, CLOSEO, AND THE DEDICATION THEREOF IS HEREBY
VACATED.
SECTION 2. THAT THE FACT THAT PUBLIC CONVENIENCE AND NECESSITY WILL
BE BETTER SERVED BY THE CLOSING OF SAID PORTIONS OF SAID STREETS,SET OUT IN
SECTION 1,ABOVE CREATES A PUBLIC EMERGENCY AND AN IMPERATIVE PUBLIC NECESSITY
REQUIRING THE SUSPENSION OF SUCH 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, HAVING RE-
QUESTED THE SUSPENSION 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 SO ORDAINED.
PASSED AND APPROVED, THIS THE // D DAY OF MAY, 1953•
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MAYOR /°.P u T nn
ATTEST: THE CITY OF CO PUS CHRIST , TEXAS
CITY SECRETARY,
APPROVED /N TOE EGAL,.,FORM:•
ITY ATTORNEY
CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS
Q, 1953
TO THE MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL
CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS
GENTLEMEN:
FOR THE REASONS SET FORTH IN THE EMERGENCY CLAUSE OF
THE FOREGOING ORDINANCES 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 15
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 INTRODUCED1 OR AT THE PRESENT
MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL.
RESPECTFULLY,
MAYOR
CITY OF CORPUS RISTI, TEXA
THE CHARTER RULE WAS SUSPENDED BY THE
FOLLOWING VOTE:
A. A. LICHTENSTEIN
ELLROY KING
P. C. CALLAWAY
.JAMES A. NAISMITH
W. .JAMES BRACE
THE ABOVE ORDINANCE WAS PASSED BY THE
FOLL ING VOTE:
A. A. LICHTENSTEIN
ILAp
ELLRO.Y KING owo
P. Co CALLAWAY
JAMES A. NAISMITH
W. JAMES BRACE
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