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HomeMy WebLinkAbout04660 ORD - 10/31/1956IMS:MEM :10 /31/56 AN ORDINANCE APPROPRIATING THE SUM OF $5,109.85 FROM NO. 295 STORM SEWER. BOND IMPROVEMENT FUND TO COVER CHANGE ORDER NO. 16 - STAPLES STREET IMPROVEMENTS FROM LOUISIANA TO HAMLIN, BEING PERFORMED BY HELOENFELS BROTHERS, CONTRACTORS; AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY. WHEREAS, IT HAS BEEN DETERMINED THAT IT IS NECESSARY TO CHANGE THE PLANS AND SPECIFICATIONS FOR STAPLES STREET IMPROVEMENTS FROM LOUISIANA TO HAMLIN SO AS TO PROVIDE FOR THE REMOVAL OF CERTAIN CONCRETE PIPE CULVERTS NOW EXISTING ON THE EAST SIDE OF SOUTH STAPLES STREET EXTENDING NORTHWARD FROM THE INTERSECTION OF TEXAS STREET, AND REPLACING SAID CONCRETE PIPE WITH RE- INFORCED CONCRETE STORM SEWER DRAIN PIPE, AND THAT SUCH CHANGE WILL INVOLVE AN INCREASE IN COST OF $5,109.85; AND WHEREAS, SUFFICIENT FUNDS ARE AVAILABLE FOR THE ADDITIONAL WORK AND MATERIAL INVOLVED IN THE CHANGE ORDER ABOVE MENTIONED IN FUND NO. 295 STORM SEWER BOND IMPROVEMENT FUND: NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS: SECTION 1. THAT THERE IS HEREBY APPROPRIATED THE SUM OF $5,109.85 OUT OF N0. 295 STORM SEWER BOND IMPROVEMENT FUND TO COVER CHANGE ORDER N0. 16 FOR STAPLES STREET IMPROVEMENTS FROM LOUISIANA TO HAMLIN BEING PERFORMED BY HELDENFELS BROTHERS, CONTRACTORS, UNDER THEIR CONTRACT WITH THE CITY. SECTION 2. THE NECESSITY TO REPLACE FAULTY STORM SEWER PIPE WHICH WOULD NOT WITHSTAND PRESSURES EXERTED ON IT IN WORKING THE SUBGRADE AND CONSTRUCTING THE PAVEMENT 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 RESOLUTION SHALL BE READ AT THREE REGULAR MEETINGS OF THE - CITY COUNCIL, AND THE MAYOR. HAVING DECLARED THAT SUCH EMERGENCY AND NECESSITY EXIST, REQUESTING THAT SUCH CHARTER RULE BE SUSPENDED AND THAT THIS ORDINANCE BE PASSED ON THE DATE IT IS INTRODUCED 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 3 DAY OF OCTOBER, 1956. ATTESTT�I�y, -, � � '� MAYOR ® CITY SECRETARY THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS APPROVED AS TO LEGAL FORM _ OCTOBER '/ 1956: /l�� CITY ATC ITY AT TORNEY� l :4 . a October 30, 1956 I CERTIFY TO THE CITY COUNCIL THAT THE MONEY REQUIRED FOR THE CONTRACT, AGREEMENT, OBLIGATION, OR EXPENDITURE CONTEMPLATED IN THE ABOVE AND FOREGOING ORDINANCE IS IN THE TREASURY OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI TO THE CREDIT OF No. 295 Storm Sewer Bond Construction Puna RUND FROM WHICH IT IS PROPOSED TO BE DRAWN AND SUCH MONEY IS NOT APPROPRIATED FOR ANY OTHER PURPOSE. DIRECTOR OF FINANCE CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS .3 / 1956 TO THE MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS GENTLEMEN: FOR THE - REASONSSET 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 PASS THIS ORDINANCE FINALLY ON THE DATE IT IS INTRODUCED, OR AT THE PRESENT MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL. RESPECTFULLY, MAYOR THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS THE CHARTER RULE WAS SUSPENDED BY THE FOLLOWING VOTE: F ARRELI D. SMITH alul MINOR CULLI T W. J. ROBERTS B. E. BIGLER MANUEL P. MALDONADO THE ABOVE ORDINANCE WAS PASSED BY THE FOLLOWING VOTE: q (4 (o 0 FARRELL D. SMITH MINOR CULL] T W. J. ROBERTS B. E. BIGLER MANUEL P. MALDONADO (.ifi.•