HomeMy WebLinkAbout03509 RES - 07/08/1953w
A RESOLUTION
NAMING AND DESIGNATING THE EXISTING
WATER FILTRATION PLANT LOCATED NEAR
AND NORTH OF CALALLEN, NOW OPERATED
AS A PART OF THE CITY WATER DEPART-
MENT OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI,
AS'JOHN W. CUNNINGHAM WATER FILTRATION
PLANE; ANDEECLARING AN EMERGENCY.
WHEREAS, THE CITY NOW OWNS AND IS OPERATING A WATER FILTRATION PLANT
AS A PART OF THE WATER WORKS SYSTEM OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, WHICH
PLANT IS LOCATED NEAR AND NORTH OF CALALLEN ON THE BANK OF THE NUECES RIVER
IN NUECES COUNTY, TEXAS; AND
WHEREAS, JOHN W. CUNNINGHAM HAS DEVOTED HIS LIFE TO PUBLIC SERVICE
IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE WATER WORKS SYSTEM OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRIST[,
AND IT IS FITTING AND PROPER THAT SUITABLE RECOGNITION BE GIVEN FOR HIS DEVOTION
TO DUTY AND CONTRIBUTION TO THE WELFARE OF THE CITIZENS OF CORPUS CHRISTI AND
VICINITY; AND
WHEREAS, IT HAS BEEN RECOMMENDED THAT SUITABLE RECOGNITION OF THE SER-
VICES OF SAID JOHN W. CUNNINGHAM BE GIVEN BY THE NAMING OF SAID FILTRATION
PLANT AS THE 'JOHN W. CUNNINGHAM WATER FILTRATION PLANT":
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS:
SECTION 1• THAT THE AREA, PLANT AND SITE OF THE FILTRATION PLANT LO-
GATED NEAR AND NORTH OF CALALLEN ON THE BANK OF THE NUECES RIVER BE, AND THE
SAME IS HEREBY, DESIGNATED AND NAMED AS THE "JOHN W. CUNNINGHAM WATER FILTRATION
PLANT ", AND SHALL HEREAFTER BE KNOWN BY SUCH NAME.
SECTION 2. THE FACT THAT SAID FILTRATION PLANT, AREA AND SITE IS NOW
UNNAMED AND THAT THE NAMING OF THE SAME AS HEREIN PROVIDED IS 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 SUCH ORDINANCE OR RESO-
LUTION SHALL BE READ AT THREE SEVERAL MEETINGS 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 FINALLY ON THE DATE
OF ITS INTRODUCTION, AND THAT THIS RESOLUTION TAKE EFFECT AND BE IN FULL FORCE AND
EFFECT FROM AND AFTER ITS PASSAGE, IT IS ACCORDINGLY SO RESOLVED.
.3509
I I
PASSED AND APPROVED, THIS THE SAY of JULY 1953. I
MAYOR.,
THE CITY 6F COR S CHRISTI, T XAS
ATTEST:
r �
CITY SECRETARY
APPR VED AS T,O LEGAL FORM:
r '
CITY ATTORNEY
-2-
CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS
41- f -=, 1953
if ry
TO THE MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL
CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS _
GENTLEMEN:
FOR THE REASONS SET FORTH IN 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 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 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:
A. A. LICHTENSTEIN.
ELLROY KING
C
P. C. CALLAWAY
JAMES A. NAISMITH
1 W. JAMES BRACE?,
THE ABOVE ..-ANLE WAS PASSED BY THE
FOLLOWING VOTE:
A. A. LICHTENSTEIN��
f
ELLROY KING
P. C. CALLAWAY
7
{ %.
JAMES A. NAISMITH
W. JAMES BRACE
�509