HomeMy WebLinkAbout03591 ORD - 11/11/1953AN ORDINANCE NO. 3591
EXPRESSLY REPEALING IN ITS ENTIRETY ORDINANCE NO. 3559, PASSED
ON THE IOTWDAY OF OCTOBER, 1953, OF RECORD IN VOLUME 21, PAGE
299, OF THE ORDINANCE AND RESOLUTION RECORDS OF THE CITY OF
CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS, SAID ORDINANCE NO. 3559 HAVING AUTHOR-
IZED AND DIRECTED THE CITY MANAGER FOR AND ON BEHALF OF THE CITY
OF CORPUS CHRISTI TO EXECUTE AN AGREEMENT WITH DEWAR, ROBERTSON
AND PANCOAST AGREEING TO PURCHASE CERTAIN OUTSTANDING SEWER
REVENUE BONDS AND SELL, UNDER CERTAIN CONDITIONS, PART OF AN
ISSUE OF WATER WORKS AND SEWER SYSTEMS REVENUE BONDS, A COPY
OF WHICH AGREEMENT WAS ATTACHED THERETO AND MADE A PART THEREOF;
AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.
WHEREAS, ON THE 10TH DAY OF OCTOBER, 1953, BY ORDINANCE N0. 3559, OF
RECORD IN VOLUME 21, PAGE 299, OF THE ORDINANCE AND RESOLUTION RECORDS OF THE
CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS, SAID ORDINANCE No. 3559 HAVING AUTHORIZED AND
DIRECTED THE CITY MANAGER FOR AND ON BEHALF OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI TO
EXECUTE AN AGREEMENT WITH DEWAR, ROBERTSON AND PANCOAST AGREEING TO PURCHASE
CERTAIN OUTSTANDING SEWER REVENUE BONDS AND SELL, UNDER CERTAIN CONDITIONS, PART
OF AN ISSUE OF WATER WORKS AND SEWER SYSTEMS REVENUE BONDS, A COPY OF WHICH AGREE-
MENT WAS ATTACHED THERETO AND MADE A PART THEREOF; AND
WHEREAS, SAID AGREEMENT WAS NEVER EXECUTED NOR AGREED TO BETWEEN THE
CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI AND DEWAR, ROBERTSON AND PANCOAST, AND IT IS THE DESIRE
OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI TO CANCEL AND ANNUL THE AUTHORIZATION TO EXECUTE
SUCH AGREEMENT;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS:
SECTION 1. THAT THERE IS HEREBY EXPRESSLY REPEALED IN ITS ENTIRETY
ORDINANCE No. 3559, PASSED THE 10TH DAY OF OCTOBER, 1953, OF RECORD IN VOLUME 21,
PAGE 299, OF THE ORDINANCE AND RESOLUTION RECORDS OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI,
TEXAS, AND THAT THE AUTHORIZATION THEREIN GRANTED IS HEREBY DECLARED NULL AND VOID
AND OF NO FURTHER FORCE AND EFFECT.
SECTION 2. THE CANCELLATION OF THE HEREINABOVE AGREEMENT BEING NECESSARY
FOR THE SALE OF CERTAIN SEWER REVENUE BONDS CREATES A PUBLIC EMERGENCY AND AN IM-
PERATIVE 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, HAVING DECLARED SUCH EMERGENCY AND NECESSITY TO
EXIST, HAVING REQUESTED THE SUSPENSION OF SAID CHARTER RULE AND THAT THIS ORDINANCE
BE PASSED FINALLY ON THE DATE OF ITS INTRODUCTION AND THAT SUCH ORDINANCE TAKE EFFECT
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AND BE IN FULL FORCE AND EFFECT FROM AND AFTER ITS PASSAGES IT IS ACCORDINGLY
PASSED AND APPROVED, THIS THE DAY OF NOVEMBERS i 53•
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:
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 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 CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS
THE CHARTER RULE WAS SUSPENDED BY THE FOLLOWING VOTE:
A. A. LICHTENSTEIN
ELLROY KING
P. C. CALLAWAY
JAMES JS. NAISMITH
W. JAMES BRACE _
THE ABOVE ORDINANCE WAS PASSED BY THE FOLLOWING VOTE:
A. A. LICHTENSTEIN
ELLROY KING
P. C. CALLAWAY
JAMES A. NAISMITH
W. JAMES BRACE / s,
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