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A RESOLUTION
EXPRESSING THE POSITION OF THE CITY AS BEING IN
AGREEMENT IN PRINCIPLE WITH THE MODIFIED PLAN OF
THE AREA DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE OF THE CHAMBER OF
COMMERCE OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI;APPROVING
AND REAPPROVING SUCH MODIFIED PLAN AS BEING THE
PLAN MOST SATISFACTORY FOR THE SOLUTION OF ALL OF
THE PROBLEMS INVOLVED IN THE MATTER OF THE BASCULE
BRIDGE BOTTLENECK; AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.
WHEREAS, BY RESOLUTION No. 3363, PASSED AND APPROVED THE 9TH DAY OF
DECEMBER, A.D. 1952, THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, ACTING BY AND THROUGH ITS CITY
COUNCIL, RECOMMENDED THAT CONSIDERATION BE GIVEN TO A PROPOSED PLAN OF RE-
LOCATION OF THE BASCULE BRIDGE AND APPROVING THE PRINCIPLE OF SAID PLAN FOR
AND ON BEHALF OF THE CITY AS BEING THE PLAN MOST SATISFACTORY FOR THE SOLUTION
OF ALL PROBLEMS INVOLVED; AND
WHEREAS, A RECONSIDERATION OF THE PROBLEM HAS BEEN UNDERTAKEN AND IT
HAS BEEN RECOMMENDED TO THE CITY COUNCIL THAT SAID PLAN BE READOPTED; AND
WHEREAS, ALL OF THE FOREGOING HAVING BEEN CONSIDERED, AND THE CITY OF
CORPUS CHRISTI, ACTING BY AND THROUGH ITS CITY COUNCIL, DESIRES TO STATE THE
POSITION OF THE CITY IN REGARD TO SAID PROBLEM:
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CORPUS
CHRISTI, TEXAS:
SECTION 1. THAT THE ACTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL SETTING FORTH THE CITY
PLAN IN RESOLUTION No. 3363 BE, AND THE SAME IS HEREBY READOPTED.
SECTION 2. THAT THE PLAN FOR THE SOLUTION OF THE BASCULE BRIDGE PROBLEM
AS MODIFIED BY THE AREA DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE OF THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE
CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, BE, AND THE SAME IS HEREBY APPROVED AND ADOPTED IN PRIN-
CIPLE,INCLUDING THE CHANGES AND IMPROVEMENTS SET FORTH IN SAID PLAN,AS THE SAME WAS
PRESENTED BEFORE THE U. S. ARMY ENGINEERS AT A PUBLIC HEARING HELD DECEMBER 10,
1952 AT CORPUS CHRISTI. THE SAID RECOMMENDATIONS AND CONCLUSIONS AS SET FORTH IN
SAID PLAN ARE HEREBY APPROVED AS THE PLAN MOST SATISFACTORY FOR THE SOLUTION OF
ALL OF THE PROBLEMS INVOLVED.
SECTION 3. THAT IT BEING OF GREAT PUBLIC INTEREST THAT THE PROPOSED PLAN
BE STUDIED, PERFECTED AND EXECUTED, SO AS TO PERMIT THE FREE USE OF THECORPUS
CHRISTI SHIP CHANNEL BY OCEAN -GOING TRAFFIC AT THE EARLIEST PRACTICAL 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
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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 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 /DAY OF JULY, 1953.
MAYOR
THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI,,TEXAS
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APPROVED AS TO ;LEGAL FORM: '
CITY ATTORNEY
CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS
1953
TO THE MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL
CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS
GENTLEMEN:
F R THE SET FORTH IN THE EMERGENCY CLAUSE OF
THE FOREGOING 0�' I!, 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
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 PA55 THIS
ORDINANCE FINALLY ON THE DATE IT IS INTRODUCED, OR AT THE PRESENT
MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL.
RESPECTFULLY,
MAYOR CITY OF OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS
THE CHARTER RULE WAS SUSPENDED BY THE
FOLLOWING VOTE;
A. A. LICHTENSTEIN
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ELLROY KING
P. C. CALLAWAY
JAMES A. NAISMITH
W. JAMES BRACE
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THE ABOVE OR B-CE WAS PASSED BY THE
FOLLOWING VOTE:
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ELI-ROY KING
P. C. CALLAWAY
. JAMES A. NAISMITH
W. JAMES BRACE.e'"
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