HomeMy WebLinkAbout04760 ORD - 03/04/1957AN ORDINANCE
CALLING A SPECIAL ELECTION IN THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI
TO BE HELD ON THE FIRST TUESDAY IN APRIL, 1957, ON THE
QUESTIONS. (1) OF GRANTING A THIRTY (30) YEAR LEASE TO THE
STATE PARK BOARD OF THE STATE OF TEXAS OF APPROXIMATELY
400 ACRES OF LAND NEAR LAKE MATHIS; (2) OF GRANTING A THIRTY
(30) YEAR LEASE TO THE GULF COAST COUNCIL OF THE BOY SCOUTS
OF AMERICA OF APPROXIMATELY 115 ACRES OF LAND NEAR LAKE
MATHIS; (3) OF GRANTING A THIRTY (30) YEAR LEASE TO THE
CORPUS CHRISTI GIRL SCOUT COUNCIL, INC., OF APPROXIMATELY
41 ACRES OF LAND NEAR LAKE MATHIS; AND (4) OF GRANTING
A THIRTY (30) YEAR LEASE TO THE CAMP FIRE GIRLS, INC., OF
APPROXIMATELY 21,8 ACRES OF LAND NEAR LAKE MATHIS; EACH
OF SAID LEASES TO BE SUBORDINATE TO THE USE OF THE CITY OF
THE SAID WATER RESERVOIR SITE AS A PART OF THE WATER WORKS
SYSTEM OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI; DESIGNATING PLACES OF
HOLDING SUCH ELECTION; NAMING THE OFFICERS THEREFOR; PRE-
SCRIBING THE FORM OF NOTICE OF ELECTION AND ENACTING PROVISIONS
INCIDENT AND RELATING TO THE SUBJECT AND PURPOSE OF THIS
ORDINANCE; AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY,
WHEREAS, THE CITY CHARTER PROVIDES THAT NO LEASE OF CITY PROPERTY
MAY BE MADE FOR A TERM LONGER THAN FIVE (5) YEARS WITHOUT SUBMITTING THE QUESTION
OF MAKING SUCH LEASE TO THE QUALIFIED VOTERS OF THE CITY; AND
WHEREAS, THE CITY 15 CONTEMPLATING THE MAKING OF THE FOLLOWING
LEASES.
(1) A LEASE TO BE SUBMITTED AS PROPOSITION NUMBER 1;
A LEASE AGREEMENT TO THE STATE PARK BOARD OF THE STATE OF TEXAS FOR
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A TERM OF THIRTY (30) YEARS CONCERNING APPROXIMATELY 400 ACRES OF LAND, INCLUDING
LANDS NOW UNDER LEASE TO SAID BOARD, LOCATED ADJACENT TO THE WATER RESERVOIR OF THE
CITY SOUTH OF THE CITY OF MATHIS ON THE NORTHERN SIDE OF LAKE MATHIS IN SAN PAT®
TICIO COUNTY, TEXAS,
(2) A LEASE TO BE SUBMITTED AS PROPOSITION NUMBER 2.
A,LEASE AGREEMENT TO THE GULF COAST COUNCIL OF THE BOY SCOUTS OF
AMERICA FOR A TERM OF THIRTY (30) YEARS CONCERNING APPROXIMATELY 115ACRES OF
LAND, INCLUDING LANDS NOW UNDER LEASE TO SAID COUNCIL, LOCATED ON THE NORTH SIDE
OF THE CITY WATER RESERVOIR GENERALLY KNOWN AS LAKE MATHIS, IN SAN PATRICIO COUNTY,
TEXAS,
(3) A LEASE TO BE SUBMITTED AS PROPOSITION NUMBER 3;
A LEASE AGREEMENT TO THE CORPUS CHRISTI GIRL SCOUT COUNCIL, INC„
FOR A TERM OF THIRTY (30) YEARS CONCERNING APPROXIMATELY 41 ACRES OF LAND LOCATED
ON THE NORTH SIDE OF CITY WATER RESERVOIR SOUTH OF MATHIS, GENERALLY KNOWN AS
LAKE MATHIS, IN SAN PATRICIO COUNTY, TEXAS,
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(4) A LEASE TO BE SUBMITTED AS PROPOSITION NUMBER 4*
A LEASE AGREEMENT TO THE CAMP FIRE GIRLS, INC., FOR A TERM OF
THIRTY (30) YEARS CONCERNING APPROXIMATELY 21,8 ACRES OF LAND LOCATED SOUTH
OF AND ADJACENT TO THE CITY WATER RESERVOIR, GENERALLY KNOWN AS LAKE MATHIS,
IN JIM WELLS COUNTY, TEXAS; AND
WHEREAS, IT IS DESIRED THAT AN ELECTION UPON THE QUESTION OF
AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION OF SUCH LEASES FOR AND ON BEHALF OF THE CITY BE
SUBMITTED TO THE QUALIFIED VOTERS ON THE FIRST TUESDAY IN APRIL, 1957*
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS*
SECTION 1, THAT A SPECIAL CITY ELECTION BE HELD IN THE CITY OF
CORPUS CHRISTI ON THE 2ND DAY OF APRIL., 1957, ON THE QUESTION OF WHETHER OR NOT
THE CITY COUNCIL SHOULD ENACT AN ORDINANCE GRANTING A LEASE FOR THE TERM OF
THIRTY (30) YEARS, AND THAT THERE BE SUBMITTED AT SAND ELECTION THE FOLLOW-
ING PROPOSITIONS*
PROPOSITION NO, 1, SHALL THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CORPUS
CHRISTI BE AUTHORIZED TO ENACT AN ORDINANCE GRANTING A THIRTY (30) YEAR LEASE
AGREEMENT FOR AND ON BEHALF OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, CONCERNING APPROXIw
MATELY 400 ACRES OF LAND LOCATED ADJACENT TO THE WATER RESERVOIR OF THE CITY OF
CORPUS CHRISTI, SOUTH OF THE CITY OF MATHIS, WITH THE STATE PARK BOARD OF THE
STATE OF TEXAS, COVERING ALL OF THAT LAND AND PREMISES LOCATED ON THE NORTHERN
SIDE OF LAKE MATHIS IN SAN PATRICIO COUNTY, TEXAS, AND BEING MORE PARTICULARLY
DESCRIBED AS ALL OF THAT LAND LYING WEST OF THE PUBLIC ROAD EXTENDING WESTWARD
TO THE TRACT PROPOSED TO BE LEASED TO THE GULF COAST COUNCIL OF THE BOY SCOUTS
OF AMERICA AND REFERRED TO AS THE BOY SCOUTS AREA; SAVE AND EXCEPT THE FOLLOW-
ING THREE TRACTS OF LAND*
A. ALL OF THAT LAND ACQUIRED BY THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI'
FROM MRS. KATE GRIMES JONES, BY DEED RECORDED IN VOLUME 105,
PAGE 153, OF THE DEED RECORDS OF SAN PATRECI0 COUNTY, TEXAS.
B. A TRACT OF LAND BOUNDED ON THE WEST BY AN EXTENSION OF
THE WESTERN BOUNDARY OF THE KATE JONES LAND HEREINABOVE MEN-
TIONED, SAID EXTENSION BEING 960 FEET BEGINNING AT THE NORTH-
WEST CORNER OF THE SAID KATE JONES PROPERTY TO A POINT;
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THENCE AT RIGHT ANGLES IN A SOUTHEASTERLY DIRECTION PARALLEL
TO THE NORTHERN LINE OF THE SAID KATE JONES TRACT TO THE
EDGE Of THE RIGHT OF WAY OF THE PUBLIC ROAD, A DISTANCE OF
APPROXIMATELY 760 FEET FOR THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF THIS TRACT
B; THENCE IN A SOUTHWESTERLY DIRECTION WITH THE BOUNDARY OF
SAID PUBLIC ROAD APPROXIMATELY 960 FEET TO THE NORTHEASTERN CORNER OF
THE SAID KATE JONES PROPERTY; THENCE ALONG THE NORTHERN LINE OF SAID
KATE JONES PROPERTY TO THE PLACE OF BEGINNING,
C. ALL OF THAT PROPERTY LOCATED WEST OF THE ABOVE DESCRIBED
TRACTS A AND B AND CONTAINING APPROXIMATELY 41 ACRES, HAVING ITS
NORTHEAST CORNER APPROXIMATELY 200 FEET FROM THE NORTHWEST
CORNER OF THE SAID KATE JONES TRACT A, ABOVE DESCRIBED ON THE
SAID NORTHERLY EXTENSION OF THE WESTERN BOUNDARY OF SAID
KATE JONES TRACT AND HAVING THE NORTHERN LINE EXTENDING IN A
WESTERLY DIRECTION AT RIGHT ANGLES TO THE SAID WESTERN LINE OF
SAID TRACTS A AND B ABOVE DESCRIBED APPROXIMATELY 1,800 FEET
FOR THE MOST NORTHERN CORNER OF THIS TRACT C; THENCE IN A SOUTH-
WESTERLY DIRECTION AT RIGHT ANGLES FOR THE WESTERN LINE OF THIS
TRACT C APPROXIMATELY 570 FEET TO A POINT FOR THE SOUTHWEST CORNER,
SAID POINT BEING IN THE NORTHERN LINE OF A TRACT GENERALLY REFERRED
TO AS THE CENTRAL POWER & LIGHT COMPANY PROPERTY AND ACQUIRED BY THE
CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI BV DEED RECORDED IN VOLUME 127, PAGE 6130 OF
THE DEED RECORDS OF SAN PATRICIO COUNTY, TEXAS; THENCE ALONG SAID
NORTHERN LINE OF SAID CENTRAL POWER & LIGHT COMPANY TRACT TO THE 94:
FOOT CONTOUR LINE OF SAID LAKE NATHIS AND CONTINUING TO THE LEFT
ALONG THE MEANDERS OF SAID 94 FOOT CONTOUR LINE TO THE POINT
WHERE THE SAID EASTERN BOUNDARY OF THOS TRACT C, HEREINABOVE REFERRED
TO, AND THE WESTERN BOUNDARY OF SAID TRACT A, HEREINABOVE MENTIONED,
INTERSECTS SAID 94 FOOT CONTOUR LINE ON THE BANK OF SAID LAKE MATHIS.
THE LANDS COVERED BY THIS LEASE, IN GENERAL, ARE THE SAME LANDS COVERED BY A
PREVIOUS LEASE TO THE STATE PARK BOARD WITH THE ADDITOON OF AN AREA OF APPROXI-
MATELY 39 ACRES HERETOFORE UNDER LEASE AS THE CAMP SITE FOR THE GIRL SCOUTS,
AND AN AREA OF APPROXIMATELY 38 ACRES LYING ADJACENT TO AND NORTH OF THE NEW
GIRL SCOUTS AREA HEREtNABOVE MENTIONED AS TRACT C. SAID LANDS, HOWEVER, SHALL
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BE SUBJECT TO THE RIGHT OF THE CITY TO USE THE SAME AS A PART OF ITS WATER WORKS
SYSTEM AND TO FLOOD SAID LANDS OR PARTS THEREOF BY ITS PRESENT DAM, AND THE NEW DAM
UNDER CONSTRUCTION TO BE KNOWN AS THE WESLEY SEAL DAM, AND ANY IMPROVEMENTS, ENLARGE-
MENTS, RECONSTRUCTIONS OR REPLACEMENTS OF SAID WESLEY SEALE DAM,
THE PROPOSED LEASE SHALL BE IN SUBSTANTIALLY THE FORM ATTACHED HERETO AND
MARKED - EXHIBIT A -, WITH SUCH OTHER DELETIONS AND/OR ADDITIONS AS MAY BE APPROVED BY
THE CITY COUNCIL OR THE LOWER NUECES RIVER WATER SUPPLY DISTRBCT.
ALL VOTERS DESIRING TO SUPPORT THE PROPOSITION AUTHORIZING AND APPROVING
THE ENACTMENT OF AN ORDINANCE GRANTING A LEASE, AND AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION THEREOF,
SHALL HAVE WRITTEN OR PRINTED ON THEIR BALLOTS THE FOLLOWING WORDS:
-FOR THE AUTHORIZATION OF A THIRTY (30) YEAR LEASE OF APPROXIMATELY
400 ACRES OF LAND IN SAN PATRICIO COUNTY, TEXAS, ADJACENT TO LAKE
MATHIS, TO THE STATE PARK BOARD OF TEXAS.0'
AND ALL THOSE OPPOSED TO THE PROPOSITION AUTHORIZING AND APPROVING THE ENACTMENT OF
AN ORDINANCE GRANTING A LEASE, AND AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION THEREOF, SHALL HAVE
WRITTEN OR PRINTED ON THEIR BALLOTS THE FOLLOWING WORDS:
- AGAINST THE AUTHORIZATION OF A THIRTY (30) YEAR LEASE OF APPROXI-
MATELY 400 ACRES OF LAND IN SAN PATRICIO COUNTY. TEXAS,'ADJACENT TO
LAKE MATHIS, TO THE STATE PARK BOARD OF TEXAS."
PROPOSITION N0, 2, SHALL THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI BE
AUTHORIZED TO ENACT AN ORDINANCE GRANTING A THIRTY (30) YEAR LEASE AGREEMENT FOR AND
ON BEHALF OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, CONCERNCNG APPROXIMATELY 115 ACRES OF LAND
LOCATED ADJACENT TO THE WATER RESERVOIR OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, SOUTH OF THE
CITY OF MATHIS, WITH THE GULF COAST COUNCIL OF THE BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA, COVERING ALL
THAT TRACT OF LAND LYING ABOVE THE 94 FOOT CONTOUR LINE OF LAKE MATHIS DESCRIBED IN A
LEASE HERETOFORE EXISTING BETWEEN THE CITY, THE STATE PARK BOARD AND THE GULF COAST
COUNCIL OF THE BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA, DATED NOVEMBER 1944, PLUS A STRIP OF LAND APPROXI-
MATELY 150 FEET IN WIDTH LYING EAST OF AND ADJACENT TO THE EAST LINE SET OUT IN SAID
1944 LEASE, OR SUCH PORTION OF SUCH STRIP AS IS AGREED UPON BY THE CITY AND SAID LESSEE,
THE LANDS HEREBY LEASED BEING MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS:
BEGINNING AT A POINT IN THE NORTHWEST LINE OF THE SAID M. P.
DELGADO SURVEY, ABSTRACT NO, 4, WHICH POINT IS THE WEST CORNER OF
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THE LILLIAN SCHROEDER TRACT; THENCE IN A SOUTHEASTERLY DIRECTION
WITH THE LILLIAN SCHRO EDER SOUTHWEST LINE. 2,000 FEET; THENCE
IN A SOUTHWESTERLY DIRECTION AND PARALLEL WITH THE NORTHWEST
LINE OF THE SAID M. P. DELGADO SURVEY, ABSTRACT N0. 4, TO THE
WATER'S EDGE OF LAKE CORPUS CHR ISTI; THENCE IN A NORTHWESTERLY
DIRECTION WITH THE WATER °S EDGE OF LAKE CORPUS CHRISTI TO THE
POINT WHERE THE NORTHWEST LINE OF THE M. P. DELGADO SURVEY, AB-
STRACT N0. 4, INTERSECTS WITH THE WATER'S EDGE OF LAKE CORPUS
CHRISTI; THENCE IN A NORTHEASTERLY DIRECTION WITH THE NORTH-
WEST LINE OF THE M. P. DELGADO SURVEY, ABSTRACT N0, 4, TO THE
PLACE OF BEGINNING,
SAID LANDS, HOWEVER, SHALL BE SUBJECT TO THE RIGHT OF THE CITY TO USE THE SAME
AS A PART OF ITS WATER WORKS SYSTEM AND TO FLOOD SAID LANDS OR PARTS THEREOF
BY ITS PRESENT DAM, AND THE NEW DAM UNDER CONSTRUCTION TO BE KNOWN AS THE WESLEY
SEALE DAM, AND ANY IMPROVEMENTS, ENLARGEMENTS, RECONSTRUCTIONS OR REPLACEMENTS
OF SAID WESLEY SEALE DAM; AND FURTHER SUBJECT TO A RIGHT OF WAY FOR ROAD PUR-
POSES 100 FEET IN WIDTH ALONG THE NORTH PART OF THE LANDS,
THE PROPOSED LEASE SHALL BE IN SUBSTANTIALLY THE FORM ATTACHED HERE-
TO AND MARKED "EXHIBIT A ", WITH SUCH OTHER DELETIONS AND /OR ADDITIONS AS MAY
BE APPROVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL C� THE LOWER NUECES RIVER WATER SUPPLY DIS-
TRICT,
ALL VOTERS DESIRING TO SUPPORT THE PROPOSITION AUTHORIZING AND AP-
PROVING THE ENACTMENT OF AN ORDINANCE GRANTING A LEASE, AND AUTHORIZING THE EX-
ECUTION THEREOF, SHALL HAVE WRITTEN OR PRINTED ON THEIR BALLOTS THE FOLLOWING
WORDS*.
"FOR THE AUTHORIZATION OF A THIRTY (30) YEAR LEASE OF
APPROXIMATELY 115 ACRES OF LAND IN SAN PATRICIO COUNTY,
TEXAS, ADJACENT TO LAKE MATHIS, TO THE GULF COAST COUNCIL OF
THE BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA."
AND ALL THOSE OPPOSED TO THE PROPOSITION AUTHORIZING AND APPROVING THE ENACT-
MENT OF AN ORDINANCE GRANTING A LEASE, AND AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION THEREOF,
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SHALL HAVE WRITTEN OR PRINTED ON THEIR BALLOTS THE FOLLOWING WORDS:
"AGAINST THE AUTHORIZATION OF A THIRTY (30) YEAR LEASE OF
APPROXIMATELY Y15 ACRES OF LAND IN SAN PATRICIO COUNTY,
TEXAS, ADJACENT TO LAKE MATHIS, TO THE GULF COAST COUNCIL
OF THE DOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA."
PROPOSITION NO. 3, SHALL THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CORPUS
CHRISTI BE AUTHORIZED TO ENACT AN ORDINANCE GRANTING A THIRTY (30) YEAR
LEASE AGREEMENT CONCERNING APPROXIMATELY 41 ACRES OF LAND LOCATED ADJACENT TO
THE WATER RESERVOIR OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, SOUTH OF THE CITY OF MATHIS,
WITH THE CORPUS CHRISTI GIRL SCOUT COUNCIL, INC., COVERING ALL THAT TRACT OF
LAND CONTAINING APPROXIMATELY 41 ACRES LOCATED IN SAN PATRICIO COUNTY, TEXAS,
AND MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS
ALL OF THAT PROPERTY CONTAINING APPROXIMATELY 41 ACRES
LOCATED WEST OF THE ABOVE DESCRIBED TRACTS A AND B
EXCEPTED FROM THE PROPOSED LEASE TO THE STATE PARK BOARD,
HAVING ITS NORTHEAST CORNER APPROXIMATELY 200 FEET FROM
THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF THE SAID KATE JONES TRACT A, ABOVE
DESCRIBED ON THE SAID NORTHERLY EXTENSOON OF THE WESTERN
BOUNDARY OF SAID KATE JONES TRACT, AND HAVING THE NORTHERN LINE
EXTENDING IN A WESTERLY DIRECTION AT RIGHT ANGLES TO THE SAID
WESTERN LINE TO THE SAID TRACTS A AND B ABOVE DESCRIBED APPROXI-
MATELY 1,800 FEET FOR THE MOST NORTHERN CORNER Of THIS TRACT;
THENCE IN A SOUTHWESTERLY DIRECTION AT RIGHT ANGLES FOR THE WESTERN
LINE OF THIS TRACT APPROXIMATELY 570 FEET TO A POINT FOR THE
SOUTHWEST CORNER, SAID POINT BEING IN THE NORTHERN LINE OF A
TRACT GENERALLY REFERRED TO AS THE CENTRAL POWER AND LIGHT COM-
PANY PROPERTY AND ACQUIRED BY THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI BY DEED
RECORDED IN VOLUME 127, PAGE 613, OF THE DEED RECORDS OF SAN
PATRICIO COUNTY, TEXAS; THENCE ALONG SAID NORTHERN LINE OF SAID
CENTRAL POWER 6 LIGHT COMPANY TRACT TO THE 94 FOOT CONTOUR LINE
OF SAID LAKE MATHIS AND CONTINUING TO THE LEFT ALONG THE MEANDERS
OF SAID 94 FOOT CONTOUR LINE TO THE POINT WHERE THE SA90 EASTERN
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BOUNDARY OF THIS TRACT HEREINABOVE REFERRED TO, AND THE WESTERN
BOUNDARY OF SAID TRACT A HEREINABOVE MENTIONED, INTERSECTS SAID
94 FOOT CONTOUR LINE ON THE BANK OF SAID LAKE MATHIS.
SAID LANDS, HOWEVER, SHALL BE SUBJECT TO THE RIGHT OF THE CITY TO USE THE SAME
AS A PART OF ITS WATER WORKS SYSTEM AND TO FLOOD SAID LANDS OR PARTS THEREOF
BY ITS PRESENT DAM, AND THE NEW DAM UNDER CONSTRUCTION TO BE KNOWN AS THE
WESLEY SEALE DAM, AND ANY IMPROVEMENTS, ENLARGEMENTS, RECONSTRUCTIONS OR RE-
PLACEMENTS OF SAID WESLEY SEALE DAM,
THE PROPOSED LEASE SHALL BE IN SUBSTANTIALLY THE FORM ATTACHED HERE-
TO AND MARKED "EXHIBIT A ", WITH SUCH OTHER DELETIONS AND /OR ADDITIONS AS MAY
BE APPROVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OR THE LOWER NUECES RIVER WATER SUPPLY DIS-
TRICT,
ALL VOTERS DESIRING TO SUPPORT THE PROPOSITION AUTHORIZING AND
APPROVING THE ENACTMENT OF AN ORDINANCE GRANTING A LEASE, AND AUTHORIZING THE
EXECUTION THEREOF, SHALL HAVE WRITTEN OR PRINTED ON THEIR BALLOTS THE FOLLOWING
WORDS:
"FOR THE AUTHORIZATION OF A THIRTY (30) YEAR LEASE OF
APPROXIMATELY 41 ACRES OF LAND 9N SAN PATR9CIO COUNTY,
TEXAS, ADJACENT TO LAKE MATHIS, TO THE CORPUS CHRISTI
GIRL SCOUT COUNCIL, INC."
AND ALL THOSE OPPOSED TO THE PROPOSITION AUTHORIZING AND APPROVING THE ENACT-
MENT OF AN ORDINANCE GRANTING A LEASE, AND AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION THEREOF,
SHALL HAVE WRITTEN OR PRINTED ON THEIR BALLOTS THE FOLLOWING WORDS:
"AGAINST THE AUTHORIZATION OF A THIRTY (30) YEAR LEASE
OF APPROXIMATELY. 41 ACRES OF LAND IN SAN PATRICIO COUNTY,
TEXAS, ADJACENT TO LAKE MATHIS, TO THE CORPUS CHRISTI
GIRL SCOUT COUNCIL, INC."
PROPOSITION NO.4. SHALL THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI
BE AUTHORIZED TO ENACT AN ORDINANCE GRANTING A THIRTY (30) YEAR LEASE AGREEMENT
CONCERNING APPROXIMATELY 21.8 ACRES OF LAND LOCATED ADJACENT TO THE WATER RESER-
VOIR OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, SOUTH OF THE CITY OF MATHIS, WITH THE CAMP
FIRE GIRLS, INC., COVERING ALL THAT PORTION OF THAT CERTAIN 21.8 ACRES OF LAND
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DESCRIBED IN A LEASE FROM THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI TO THE CORPUS CHRISTI
COUNCIL OF CAMP FIRE GIRLS, INC„ DATED OCTOBER 10, 1939, LYING ABOVE THE
94 FOOT CONTOUR LINE OF THE SAID LAKE MATHIS AND, IN ADDITION THERETO, A TRACT
OF APPROXIMATELY 11 ACRES ADJACENT TO THE SOUTHEAST LINE OF SAID ORIGINAL
21,8 ACRE TRACT AND LYING SOUTH OF A NEW 60 FOOT ROAD RIGHT OF WAY EXTEND-
ING EASTWARD FROM THE MOST NORTHERN POINT OF SAID ORIGINAL SOUTHEASTERN LINE
OF SAID ORIGINAL 21,8 ACRE TRACT, AND EXTENDING EASTWARD .ALONG THE SOUTH
BOUNDARY OF SAND ROAD APPROXIMATELY 700 FEET TO A POINT ON A LONE BEARING
APPROXIMATELY 540 FEET NORTH, 220 - 30° EAST FROM A POINI ON A LINE EXTENDING
FROM THE ORIGINAL SOUTHERN POINT OF SAID ORIGINAL 21,8 ACRE TRACT, SOUTH 670 -
301 EAST, 1300 FEET FOR THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF THIS 11 ACRES, ALL IN JNM WELLS
COUNTY, TEXAS, SAID LANDS, HOWEVER, SHALL BE SUBJECT TO THE RIGHT OF THE CITY
TO USE THE SAME AS A PART OF ITS WATER WORKS SYSTEM AND TO FLOOD SAID LANDS OR
PARTS THEREOF BY ITS PRESENT DAM, AND THE NEW DAM UNDER CONSTRUCTION TO BE
KNOWN AS THE WESLEY SEALE DAM, AND ANY IMPROVEMENTS, ENLARGEMENTS, RECONSTRUC-
TIONS OR REPLACEMENTS OF SAID WESLEY SEALE DAM.
THE PROPOSED LEASE SHALL BE IN SUBSTANTIALLY THE FORM ATTACHED HERE-
TO AND MARKED 01EXHIBIT A-, WITH SUCH OTHER DELETIONS AND/OR ADDiTION5 AS MAY BE
APPROVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OR THE LOWER NUECES RIVER WATER SUPPLY D15TRICT.
ALL VOTERS DESIRING TO SUPPORT THE PROPOSITION AUTHORIZING AND AP-
PROVING THE ENACTMENT OF AN ORDINANCE GRANTING A LEASE, AND AUTHORIZING THE
EXECUTION THEREOF, SHALL HAVE WRITTEN OR PRINTED ON THEIR BALLOTS THE FOLLOWING
WORDS*
"FOR THE AUTHORIZATION OF A THIRTY (30) YEAR LEASE OF
APPROXIMATELY 21,8 ACRES OF LAND IN JIM WELLS COUNTY, TEXAS,
ADJACENT TO LAKE MATHIS, TO THE CAMP FIRE GIRLS, INC,-
AND ALL THOSE OPPOSED TO THE PROPOSITION AUTHORIZING AND APPROVGNG THE ENACT-
MENT OF AN ORDINANCE GRANTING A LEASE, AND AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION THEREOF,
SHALL HAVE WRITTEN OR PRINTED ON THEIR BALLOTS THE FOLLOWING WORDS*
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"AGAINST THE AUTHORIZATION OF A THIRTY (30) YEAR LEASE OF
APPROXIMATELY 21.8 ACRES OF LAND IN JIM WELLS COUNTY,
TEXAS, ADJACENT TO CAKE MATHIS, TO THE CAMP FIRE GIRLS, INC.-
SECTION 2. THAT AT SAID ELECTION HEREIN ORDERED ALL THE QUALIFIED
VOTERS OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI SHALL BE PERMITTED TO VOTE,
SECTION 3, THAT VOTING MACHINES SHALL BE EMPLOYED AT THE ELECTION
HEREIN ORDERED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF REVISED CIVIL STATUTES OF
TEXAS ELECTION CODE, ARTICLE 7,14, AND SAID ELECTION SHALL BE HELD AT THE
POLLING PLACES IN THE REGULARLY PRESCRIBED VOTING PRECINCTS OF THE CITY OF
CORPUS CHRISTI, SUCH VOTING PRECINCTS, POLLING PLACES, AND THE OFFICERS HEREBY
APPOINTED TO CONDUCT THE ELECTION THEREAT BEING AS FOLLOWSe
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PRECINCT NUMBER
VOTING PLACE
ELECTION OFFICERS
1.
COURT HOUSE
O. T. RUSSELL
PRESIDING JUDGE
P. T. MOORE
ASSISTANT JUDGE
MRS. TON MURPHREY
CLERK
MR. TON MURPHREY
CLERK
2.
BAND STAND
ARTESIAN PARK
FRED LUTZ
PRESIDING JUDGE
AGNES KONISKOSVKY
ASSISTANT JUDGE
ADDIE RUTH TUTTLE
CLERK
C. L. TUTTLE,
CLERK
3.
ASSEMBLY HALL
1ST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
MRS. A. R. YEARGAN
PRESIDING JUDGE
MRS. C. J. PEEL
ASSISTANT JUDGE
M. H. HOLLINGSWORTH
CLERK
MRS. M. H. HOLLINGSWORTH
CLERK
4.
CHESTON HEATH SCHOOL
MRS. CONCEPCION SIERRA
PRESIDING JUDGE
JOE PONS
ASSISTANT JUDGE
MRS. E. L. ORCHARD
CLERK
MR. FRANK ALLEN, SR.
CLERK
5•
LITTLE MEXICAN INN
M. M. STEVENS
PRESIDING JUDGE
W. L. HILLIARD
ASSISTANT JUDGE
MRS. EARL WILSON
CLERK
MRS. GEO. LIGHT
CLERK
PRECINCT NUMBER
VOTING PLACE
ELECTION OFFICERS
6.
F.Oawto;t,, FI:LLlftGi SLZATTON
J. W. SHELDON,
602 HANCOCK
PRESIDING JUDGE
MRS. J. W. SHELDON,
ASSISTANT JUDGE
MRS. CUBAN BURBANK,
CLERK
MR. CUBAN BURBANK,
CLERK
7.
OAK PARK SCHOOL
MRS. H. A. TYCER,
PRESIDING JUDGE
MRS. W. H. DAVIS
ASSISTANT JUDGE
MRS. OWEN ROGERS
CLERK
MRS. C. C. CAROLL
CLERK
8o
RECREATION BLDG.
BRYAN WINGO,
OAK PARK METHODIST CHURCH
PRESIDING JUDGE
MRS. E. A. NORRIS,
ASSISTANT JUDGE
B. C. KENNEDY
CLERK
MRS. HELEN A. GUYER,
CLERK
SUNDEEN HIGH SCHOOL
W. C. GONN,
PRESIDING JUDGE
JOHN BROOK,
ASSISTANT JUDGE
MARY WALKER,
CLERK
MRS. R. 0. WALKER,
CLERK
19 °•
COAST GUARD
MI55 GERTRUDE DREYER,
AUKILIARY BUILDING
PRESIDING JUDGE
LAWRENCE ST. T —HEAD
MRS. ROSA STEPHENSON,
ASSISTANT JUDGE
2O °•
SOKOL HALL
JOE .Ko SAREK,
KOSTORYZ ROAD
PRESIDING JUDGE
CHAS. FOYT
ASSISTANT JUDGE
LORAINE H. NAIL,
CLERK
MRS. A. 0. PULLIN,
CLERK
PRECINCT NUMBER
VOTING PLACE
ELECTION OFFICERS
21r
BREAKERS HOTEL
J. M, HAIGLER,
PRESIDING JUDGE
MRS, M. L. NORVELL,
ASSISTANT JUDGE
KATHERINE H. SWAN,
CLERK
WILLIAM DE BOCKLER -
CLERK
24,
HAMMONDS LUMBER COMPANY
PAT MCDONOUGH,
HIGHWAY 44
PRESIDING JUDGE
JOHN REGMUND,
ASSISTANT JUDGE
A.. 0.'THORNTON,
CLERK
MRS, C.W. ALTMAN
CLERK
30-
AYERS RECREATION CENTER
MRS. WALTER L. FUCALS,
PRESIDING JUDGE
MRS. BERNICE C. SMITH,
ASSISTANT JUDGE
OVEAL WILLIAMS,
CLERK
'MRS. ANDREW D. DUNCAN,
CLERK
31.
EDWARD FURMAN SCHOOL
LAMAR FOLDA,
PRESIDING JUDGE
MRS. VELMA LANE,
ASSISTANT JUDGE
MRS. CHAS. A. BUDD,
CLERK
MRS. JOE K. STEPHENS,
CLERK
32.
RED CROSS HEADQUARTERS
GABE GARRETT
1116 LAREDO_A4E.
PRESIDING JUDGE
MRS. T. G. CARSON
ASSISTANT JUDGE
•
0. G. DEPUTY
CLERK
MRS. DORA K. DEPUTY
CLERK
PRECINCT NUMBER
33.
38.
39.
40.
41.
VOTING PLACE
SACRED HEART HALL
EDUCATION BLDG.
CHURCH OF CHRIST
2604 BUFFALO
SO, BLUFF METHODIST
CHURCH
CHURCH OF CHRIST
1610 LAWNVIEW
TRINITY METHODIST CHURCH
2308 HEADLEY
EL EC T I ONb- OFFICERS
JOE S. STILLMAN,
PRESIDING JUDGE
ROSE STEVENS,
ASSISTANT JUDGE
ROSA GILLEN
CLERK
MRS. EMMA JACKSON,
CLERK
MRS. J. H. VETTERS,
PRESIDING JUDGE
MRS. GEO J. STEIN,
ASSISTANT JUDGE
IVER BAKKEN
CLERK
C. F. JAMES,
CLERK
J. R. WEATHERFORD,
JUDGE PRESIDING
MRS. E. TANKERSLEY,
ASSISTANT JUDGE
FRANCES SASSERMAN,
CLERK
MAJORI -E PAUL,
CLERK
JOE B. BRAME,
PRESIDING JUDGE
MRS. F. E. PECKENPAUGH,
ASSISTANT JUDGE
W. D. TEETER,
CLERK
MRS. WESLEY MILLER
CLERK
MRS. HENRY H. EVANS
PRESIDING JUDGE
BRYAN SCOTT,
ASSISTANT JUDGE
MRS. BRYAN SCOTT,
CLERK
MRS. NEVA LOHEY,
CLERK
PRECINCT NUMBER
VOTING PLACE
ELECTION OFFICERS
42.
ANNEX TO FIRST BAPTIST
E. E. BOBYS,
CHURCH, OCEAN DRIVE
PRESIDING JUDGE
MRS. DOLLY CARROLL,
ASSISTANT JUDGE
MRS. JOAN HILL FITZPATR,ICK,
CLERK
MRS. JOHN CRUTCHFIELD,
CLERK
43.
WM. TRAVIS SCHOOL
LOU15 ADERHOLT.
PRESIDING JUDGE
MRS. LLOYD CLARKSON,
ASSISTANT JUDGE
J. F. STICHTER, SR.
CLERK
MRS. J. F. .STICHTER. SR.
CLERK
44.
DEZAVALLA SCHOOL
MRS. MINNIE 01UNNELL,
PRESIDING JUDGE
ISMAEL URIVE,
ASSISTANT JUDGE
MRS. LON HOLLAND,
CLERK
MRS. CLEO FULTON,
CLERK
45.
RECREATION CENTER
MRS. ADELA TANIS,
GEO. WIGGINS HOMES
PRESIDING JUDGE
2320 BUFORD
MRS. GEO. WARREN
ASSISTANT JUDGE
MRS. ALBERT REGMUND
CLERK
MRS. T. N. TYKA,
CLERK
46.
LAMAR SCHOOL
ROBERTO MEZA,
PRESIDING JUDGE
MRS. E. M. JIMINEZ,
ASSISTANT JUDGE
EMMA LOU COLLINS
CLERK
LURENE HILTON
CLERK
PRECINCT NUMBER
VOTING PLACE
ELECTION OFFICERS
47,
LEOPARD ST. FIRE STATION
J. B. MASCORRO,
1901 LEOPARD STREET
PRESIDING JUDGE
ZENAIDA B. OCHOA,
ASSISTANT JUDGE
JAMES E. McCoy
CLERK
MRS. JAMES E. McCoy
CLERK
48.
COMMUNITY HOUSE
MRS. R. DURAN,
318 16TH STREET
PRESIDING JUDGE
MRS. HORTENSIA SANTOS,
ASSISTANT JUDGE
DREW ANDREWS,
CLERK
FRED GARNER,
CLERK
49.
HOLY CROSS CHURCH
0. L. CARSON,
PRESIDING JUDGE
MRS. MYRTLE ESTHER BELL,
ASSISTANT JUDGE
MRS. CHARLOTTE BANKS,
CLERK
MRS. ELNORA HOUSE,
CLERK
50.
LINDALE RECREATION
JIM PRICE,
CENTER
PRESIDING JUDGE
PHIL RIDGEWAY
ASSISTANT JUDGE
JOHN HYNDMAN,
CLERK
MRS. JOHN HYNDMAN,
CLERK
51.
EBONY ACRES SCHOOL
5723 HAMPSHIRE
MRS. ANNA WHELAN
PRESIDING JUDGE
MRS. J. 0. CASBEER,
ASSISTANT JUDGE
FRED TAPLIN,
CLERK
MRS. FRED TAPLIN,
CLERK
PRECINCT NO. VOTING WCCE
n. WEST HEIGHTS BAPTIST
CHURCH, 642 SCOTT DRIVE
53. SAM HOUSTON CHURCH
MORTON STREET
56. RECREATION CENTER
'LA ARMADA
57. DEL MAR COLLEGE
GYM ON BALDWIN
58. MENGER SCHOOL
ELECTION OFFICERS
R. J. HEREFORD,
PRESIDING JUDGE
B. M. ESTES,
ASSISTANT JUDGE
MRS. M. W. SHARPE.
CLERK
MR. M. W. SHARPE,
CLERK
NED W. BEAUDREAU,
PRESIDING JUDGE
ELBERT S. COX,
ASSISTANT JUDGE
MRS. CARLYLE LUTZ,
CLERK
SALLY ALLDAY,
CLERK
MRS. J. E= SHELTON,
PRESIDING JUDGE
MRS. B. M. JARRETT,
ASSISTANT JUDGE
GEORGE DICK,
CLERK
MRS. GEORGE DICK,
CLERK
MRS. E. H. ANDREW,
PRESIDING JUDGE
-IRS. P. A. Tom,
ASSISTANT JUDGE
W. K. FOSTER,
CLERK
MRS. W. K. FOSTER,
CLERK
MRS. C. E. BUCK,
PRESIDING JUDGE
MRS. E. G. WELDON,
ASSISTANT JUDGE
MRS. LEO DURAN,
CLERK
J. R. SHMOLOAS,
CLERK
PRECINCT NO,
VOTING PLACE
ELECTION OFFICERS
59.
GARAGE AT INCARNATE
WILBUR DUNLAP,
WORK CONVENT
PRESIDING JUDGE
2930 ALAMEDA STREET
T. M. JONES,
ASSISTANT JUDGE
MRS. ANNIE OGDEN,
CLERK
A. GEO. ABOUD,
CLERK
60.
STEPHEN f. AUSTIN
MRS. MARGUERITE DIEHL,
SCHOOL, 3902 AUSTIN
PRESIDING JUDGE
MRS. PAUL W. SCHRIEVER,
ASSISTANT JUDGE
MRS. R. B. MILLER,
CLERK
MRS. MARY EDENS.
CLERK
61.
CARVER SCHOOL
CAMPANA AT REDDEN
LESLIE WINTERS,
PRESIDING JUDGE
CALLIE E. JONES,
ASSISTANT JUDGE
LUZELLE PULLAM,
CLERK
MWS. JOHN SCOTT,
CLERK
62.
WYNN SEALE JR. HIGH
MRS. B. W. SCNOENFELD,
SCHOOL - 1707 AYERS
PRESIDING JUDGE
MRS. IRA LAWSON,
ASSISTANT JUDGE
MRS. FRANK PEARCE, _
CLERK
MRS. HERBERT HAAS,
CLERK
63.
PARKWAY PRESBYTERIAN
DAVE COOVER
CHURCH, COR. SANTA FE 6
PRESIDING JUDGE
BRAWNER PARKWAY
MRS. WILLARD BROWN.
ASSISTANT JUDGE
MRS. J. MARVIN ERICSON
CLERK
MRS. P. M.- WINKLER,
GI,, ERK
PRtCINCT NO.
VOTING PLACE
ELECTION OFFICERS
64.
GARAGE AT 338 WILSHIRE
C. BURTT POTTER
H. E. RICHARDS RESIDENCE
PRESIDING JUDGE
MRS. J. M. MORRIS,
ASSISTANT JUDGE
CLINTON GOODMAN,
CLERK
MRS. CLINTON GOODMAN,
CLERK
65.
ST. JOHN'S METHODIST
L. S. LEMON,
CHURCH, 5300 SO. ALAMEDA
PRESIDING JUDGE
MRS. PAUL NVE,
ASSISTANT JUDGE
MRS. F. J. GRASSBAUGH,
CLERK
MRS. TED C. GRAHAM,
CLERK
66.
ROBERT WILSON ELEMENTARY
J. P. RYBB
SCHOOL
PRESIDING JUDGE
LOTS F. BREWSTER,
ASSISTANT JUDGE
MRS. H. J. PRENDERGAST,
CLERK
MRS. S. B. SIMPSON,
CLERK
67.
GARA &E AT 501 HARRISON
MMB. EDWIN L. OLSEN,
PRESIDING JUDGE
MRS. B. A. CARTER,
ASSISTANT JUDGE
MRS. JOHN 804EY.
CLERK
MRS. RALPH LONG,
CLERK
58.
CHURCH OF CHRIST
HARRY H. DOBBS, JR.
3001 NORTON
PRESIDING JUDGE
JOHN A. MARTIN,
ASSISTANT JUDGE
JOYCE E. DAVIS,
CLERK
"JACK- .BALSLEY
CLERK
PRECINCT NO.
69.
70.
71.
72.
73.
VOTING PLACE
ELECTION OFFICERS
CARROLL LANE SCHOOL
MRS. F. E. HORNER,
4120 CARROLL LANE
PRESIDING JUDGE
TOM HAYES, JR.
ASSISTANT JUDGE
MRS. HAROLD EASLEY,
CLERK
MRS. J. B. FALL,
CLERK
BLANCHE MOORE ELEMENTARY
STGVE MOKRY,
SCHOOL, WILLIAMS DR.
PRESIDING JUDGE
JERRY JURACH,
ASSISTANT JUDGE
MRS. H. E. AMSBAUGH,
CLERK
MR. H. E. AMSBAUGH
CLERK
LEXINGTON SCHOOL
ALBERT H. SCHLIEMAN,
MCARDLE ROAD
PRESIDING JUDGE
MRS. AUBREY H. HELMS,
ASSISTANT JUDGE
A. J. CHEATUM,
CLERK
MRS. A. J. CHEATUM,
CLERK
CENTRAL PARK SCHOOL
LEON PINN,
PRESIDING JUDGE
MRS. C. C. HOBBS, SR.,
ASSISTANT JUDGE
MRS. R. H. DENMAN,
CLERK
MRS. E. L. HOLT,
CLERK
JAS. W. FANNIN SCHOOL
MRS. DOROTHY SMITH,
2730 GOLLIHAR
PRESIDING JUDGE
MRS. GEO. R. HESTER,
ASSISTANT JUDGE
MRS. H. L. Ross,
CLERK
MRS. CHARLIE HILLE,
CLERK
PRECINCT NO.
74
75.
76.
77.
78
VOTING PLACE
ELECT'tQW; UFFLCERS
CUNNINGHAM JR.
MRS. W. T. NEWTON,
HIGH SCHOOL
PRESIDING JUDGE
MRS. HARRY E. POHL,
ASSISTANT JUDGE
MRS. CECIL OVERHOLT.
CLERK
MRS. EDWARD P. R*RRERA,
CLERK
DAVID CROCKETT SCHOOL
DR. RUDOLPH T. BARRERA
3302 RAS131T RUN ROAD
PRESIDING JUDGE
MRS. LYDIA TRUJILLO,
ASSISTANT JUDGE
MRS. JOHNNY RIOJAS,
CLERK
MRS. GUADALUPE CASTILLO,
CLERK
PORT LUMBER COMPANY OFFICE
GILOARDO A. GUERRA,
2816 HIGHLAND
PRESIDING JUDGE
JUAN LEAL,
ASSISTANT JUDGE
MRS. TERESA LEVRIER,
CLERK
ANTONIO GARZA,
CLERK
LOZANO SCHOOL
GEORGE ELIZONDO,
PRESIDING JUDGE
DAVID RANGEL.
ASSISTANT JUDGE
MRS. VALENTIN ELIZONDO
CLERK
ORS. A. E. ALEMAN,
CLERK
FORREST PARK BAPTIST
MRS. J. R. BLUNTZER,
CHURCH
PRESIDING JUDGE
MRS. C. A. SMOTHERS,
ASSISTANT JUDGE
MRS. V. B. Fox,
CLERK
MRS. R. C. MAYFIELD,
CLERK
PRECINCT NO.
VOTING PLACE
ELECTION OFFICERS
79.
ROBERT DRISCOLL Jka!HIGH
A. B. PRIOR.
SCHOOL
PRESIDING JUDGE
MRS, PAULINE EMMERT,
ASSISTANT JUDGE
MRS. JOE JOHNSON,
CLERK
MRS. CHARLES FRANKS,
CLERK
80.
HELLMAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
VALENTINE GON ;ALES, JR.
PRESIDING JUDGE
MAURICIO JIMENEZ,
ASSISTANT JUDGE
MRS. ADA G. BURFORD.
CLERK
MRS. ORA MAY BOLDEN.
CLERK
81.
ALICE SAVAGE SCHOOL
Tom PRICE
PRESIDING JUDGE
MRS. TON PRICE,
ASSISTANT JUDGE
MRS. H. H. PORTER
CLERK
MRS. R. E. BRENNAN,
CLERK
82.
OMAHA LABOR UNIQN HALL
R. D. DICKSON,
PRESIDING JUDGE
JOHN KENNETH MORROW
ASSISTANT JUDGE
HARRY BLAIR,
CLERK
MRS. PAUL VOGLER,
CLERK
83.
CHURCH OF CHRIST
J. H. REGISTER,
NIAGARA i BALDWIN
PRESIDING JUDGE
MRS. E. D. GREEN,
ASSISTANT JUDGE
MRS. THANE W. WILLSON,
CLERK
MR. THANE W. WILLSON,
CLERK
PRECIMCT.NO.
VOTING PLACE
ELECTION JUDGES
84.
WINDSOR PARK SCHOOL
MRS. JOHN LINGENFELDER
4525 S. ALAMEDA
PRESIDING JUDGE
THOMAS N. HATFIELD
ASSASTANT JUDGE
JOHN 0. WINTERS
CLERK
MRS. JOHN 0. WINTERS,
CLERK
85.
ELIZABETH STREET SCHOOL
P. E. GNEGY,
PRESIDING JUDGE
ADRIAN SOSA
ASSISTANT JUDGE
H. MASKEY,
CLERK
MRS. JOHN LOPEZ,
CLERK
86.
ST. MARK'S UNITED LUTMERAN
G. W. PERRY
CHURCH — 3106 S. ALAMEDA
PRESIDING JUDGE
MRS. C. A. GREGG,
ASSISTANT JUDGE
JAMES KAUPMAN,
CLERK
MRS. JAMES KAUFMAN,
CLERK
87.
R. L. MCCOMB RESIDENCE
R. L. McCoMB,
3914 HERNDON
PRESIDING JUDGE
MRS. R. L. McComs,
ASSGSTANT JUDGE
GLORIA CAkAVANTES,
CLERK
MRS. B. M. WINDER,
CLERK
88.
WESTMIN15TER PRESBYTERIAN
MRS. FRANK R. HUNT,
CHURCH, COR. BALDWIN AND
PRESIDING JUDGE
18TH STREETS
MRS. L. K. GROVE,
ASSISTANT JUDGE
JOHN PATTEE,
CLERK
MRS. JOHN PATTEE,
CLERK
THE POLLING PLACES ABOVE DESIGNATED SHALL BE OPEN FROM 7:00 0 °CLOCK A. M.
To 7:00 O'CLOCK P. M.
ABSENTEE VOTING SHALL BE CPNDUCTED BY THE CITY SECRETARY AT HIS
OFFICE IN THE CITY HALL AND THE RESULTS CANVASSED AND RETURNS MADE AS 15
PROVIDED BY LAW, A SPECIAL CANVASS BOARD 15 HEREBY APPOINTED AS FOLLOWS:
VIVIAN R055I, PRESIDING JUDGE
MARTHA CRANE, ASSISTANT JUDGE
JANE BROWNWELL, CLERK
DORIS FRANCIS, CLERK
SECTION 4. THAT SAID ELECTION SHALL BE HELD IN ACCORDANCE WITH
THE ELECTION LAWS OF THE STATE OF TEXAS,
SECTION 5, A SUBSTANTIAL COPY OF THIS ORDINANCE SIGNED BY THE
MAYOR OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, ATTESTED BY THE CITY SECRETARY, SHALL
CONSTITUTE DUE NOTICE OF SUCH SAID SPECIAL ELECTION, AND THE MAYOR IS HEREBY
AUTHORIZED AND DIRECTED TO CAUSE A COPY OF THIS ORD3NANCE SIGNED BY HIM TO
BE POSTED AT THE CITY HALL AND EACH OF THE VOTING PLACES IN EACH OF THE ELECTION
PRECINCTS, NOT LESS THAN TWENTY (20) DAYS PRIOR TO SAID ELECTION, AND TO CAUSE
A COPY OF THIS ORDINANCE SIGNED BY HIM TO BE PUBLISHED IN THE CORPUS CHRISTI
TIMES, THE OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER BEING A NEWSPAPER IN GENERAL CIRCULATION, PUB-
LISHED IN THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, SAID PUBLICATION TO BE MADE ON THE SAME
DAY IN EACH OF TWO SUCCESSIVE WEEKS PRIOR TO THE DATE OF ELECTION, THE DATE
OF THE FIRST PUBLICATION TO BE NOT LESS THAN TWENTY (20) DAYS PRIOR TO THE
DATE OF SAID ELECTIONc
SECTION 6, THE FACT THAT IT IS NECESSARY AND ESSENTIAL THAT THE
GOVERNING BODY OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI SHALL ORDER ELECTIONS PER'iAIN—
ING TO MUNICIPAL AFFAIRS AND THAT THE NOTICE FOR SUCH ELECTION SHOULD BE PROMPTLY
POSTED AND THAT A SPECIAL CITY ELECTION ON THE PROPOSITIONS SET OUT ON SECTIONS
2,3,4 AND 5 ABOVE SHALL BE HELD ON THE FIRST TUESDAY IN APRIL, 1957, 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 SEVERAL MEETINGS OF THE CITY COUNCIL, AND THE MAYOR„ HAVING DECLARED
SUCH EMERGENCY AND NECESSITY TO EXIS7o HAVING REQUESTED THE SUSPENSION OF SAID CHARTER
RULE AND THAT THIS ORDINANCE BE PASSED FINALLY ON THE DATE OF ITS INTRODUC-
TION, AND TAKE EFFECT AND BE IN FULL FORCE AND EFFECT FROM A)ID AFTER IT
PASSAGE, IT IS ACCORDINGLY PASSED AND APPROVED, THIS `Y DAY OF F
RSItRY, 1957,
MAYOR
THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS
AT
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APPROVED AS TO LEGAL FORM
S�
CITY ATTORNE
THE STATE OF TEXAS G
0 KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS"
COUNTY OF NUECES p
WHEREAS, THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI HAS CERTAIN LANDS ADJACENT
TO ITS WATER RESERVOIR LOCATED ON THE NUECES RIVER NEAR THE CITY OF MATHIS;
AND
WHEREAS, PORTIONS OF SAID LAND ARE INTERMITTENTLY USED IN
CONNECTION WITH SAID RESERVOIR AND REQUEST HAS BEEN MADE FOR USE OF PORTIONS
OF SAID LANDS BY
AND SUCH USE WILL BE SUBORDINATE TO THE USE BY THE CITY OF SAID LANDS'
NOW THEREFORE, KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS THAT THE CITY OF
CORPUS CHRISTI, ACTING HEREIN BY AND THROUGH ITS CITY MANAGER, HERETOFORE
DULY AUTHORIZED BY ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL, FOR AND IN CONSIDERATION
OF THE AGREEMENTS HEREIN CONTAINED BY
DO HEREBY ENTER INTO THE FOLLOWING LEASE
AGREEMENT'
THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, SUBJECT TO THE RESERVATIONS SET
FORTH IN PARAGRAPH II AND VII HEREOF, DOES HEREBY LEASE TO ,THE
, THE FOLLOWING DESCRBBED LAND AND PREMISES'
THIS LEASE SHALL BE SUBJECT TO THE CONTINUED USED BY THE
CITY OF SAID LANDS AS A PART OF ITS MUNICIPAL WATER SUPPLY SYSTEM,
INCLUDING THE USE THEREOF FOR THE DRILLING OF WATER WELLS AND THE
PRODUCTION OF WATER, GAS AND OTHER MINERALS THEREFROM, THIS LEASE
SHALL ALSO BE SUBJECT TO ALL OUTSTANDING AGREEMENTS HERETOFORE
EXECUTED BY THE CITY, AND THE USES AND ACTIVITIES BY THE LESSEE SHALL
BE SUBJECT AT ALL TIMES TO THE USES BY THE CITY, ITS AGENTS AND EM-
PLOYEES OF SUCH PREMISES FOR THE MUNICIPAL PURPOSES FOR WHICH SAID
PROPERTY WAS ACQUIRED,
III
LESSEE, SUBJECT TO THE FOREGOING RESERVATIONS, SHALL HAVE
THE RIGHT TO POSSESS AND USE THE SAID LAND FOR THE PURPOSES SET FORTH
IN LESSEE'S CHARTER AND SHALL BE FOR THE TERM OF THIRTY (30) YEARS
FROM THE DATE HEREOF,
IV
IT IS AGREED THAT THE PREMISES HEREIN ABOVE DESCRIBED SHALL
BE USED FOR NO OTHER PURPOSES THAN FOR THE RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES OF
THE
THE LESSEE HEREIN, AND THE ACTIVITIES SPONSORED BY LESSEE FOR THE BENE-
FIT OF THE PUBLIC, IT IS FURTHER AGREED AND STIPULATED THAT THE LESSEE
MAY ERECT ON SUCH PREMISES SUCH BUILDINGS AS IT MAY DESIRE TO ERECT FOR
THE PURPOSE OF CARRYING OUT AND AIDING THE RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES OF
THE LESSEE
PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT NO SUCH BUILDING SHALL BE ERECTED EXCEPT IN
PLACES APPROVED BY THE CITY ENGINEER AND THE WATER SUPERINTENDENT OF THE
CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, AND NO SUCH BUILDING SHALL BE ERECTED THAT WOULD
INTERFERE IN ANY MANNER WITH THE INGRESS AND EGRESS TO SAID PROPERTY BY
THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, ITS AGENTS AND EMPLOYEES, IN CARRYING OUT
SUCH MUNICIPAL PURPOSES AS SAID LAND WAS ACQUIRED FORS AND IT FURTHER
BEING UNDERSTOOD THAT THE CITY SHALL NOT BE LIABLE IN ANY RESPECT FOR
ANY TAXES INCURRED BY SAID LESSEE AS THE RESULT OF BUILDING AND ERECTING
STRUCTURES ON SAID PROPERTY,
- 2 -
V
LESSEE AGREES TO ASSUME FULL RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE SAFETY
OF PERSONS AND PROPERTY USING THE PREMISES HEREBY LEASED AND TO IN-
DEMNIFY AND HOLD HARMLESS THE CITY FOR ALL CLAIMS ARISING FROM THE
USE OF, OR ACTIVITIES ON, SAID LAND OR FROM CONDITION OF SAID LANDS,
VI
LESSEE FURTHER AGREES, AND IT IS PART OF THE CONSIDERATION
HEREOF, TO OBEY ANY AND ALL RULES AND REGULATIONS ENACTED BY THE CITY
OF CORPUS CHRISTI GOVERNING THE ACTIVITIES OF PERSONS, BOATS, ETC, ON
THE LAKE ADJACENT TO THE LAND HEREBY LEASED, AND FOR THE PROTECTION OF
THE WATERS OF SAID LAKE FROM CONTAM @NATION AS A WATER SUPPLY RESERVOIR
OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS.
VII
THE LESSOR RESERVES ALL OIL, GAS AND MINERAL INTERESTS, TOGETHER
WITH THE RIGHT OF INGRESS AND EGRESS FOR THE EXPLORATION, DEVELOPMENT,
PRODUCTION, TRANSPORTATION AND PROCESSING THE PRODUCTS THEREOF, ON, UNDER,
OR CONCERNING SAID LANDS OR ANY PART THEREOF, WHICH THE CITY OR ITS ASSIGNS
HAVE OR MAY HAVE, THE LESSOR ALSO RESERVES THE RIGHT TO USE SAID LAND AND
PREMISES AS AN EVACUATION AREA IN CASE OF A DISASTER OR ENEMY ATTAC�'
VIII
AT THE EXPIRATION OF THE TERM OF THIS LEASE, WHETHER AT THE
EXPIRATION OF THE FULL TERM OR IF SOONER TERMINATED, AS HEREIN PROVIDED,
THE LESSEE AGREES TO QUIT AND SURRENDER THE SAID PREMISES ON AS GOOD STATE
AND CONDITION AS THE REASONABLE USE AND WEAR THEREOF WILL PERMIT, AND ON
SUCH CASE, THE LESSEE, IF IT IS NOT ON ARREARS FOR ANY RENTAL, MAY REMOVE
ALL THE PROPERTY OWNED BY IT ON SAID LEASED PREMISES.
WITNESS OUR HANDS THIS THE DAY OF , 1957.
CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS
MAYOR
ATTEST-
CITY SECRETARY
APPROVED AS TO LEGAL FORM
MARCH 4, 1957-
CITY ATTORNEY
CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS
J
195F
TO THE MEMBERS OF-THE CITY COUNCIL
CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS
GENTLEMEN:
FOR THE REASONS SET FORTH IN THE EMERGENCY CLAUSE OFTNE FORE-
GOING ORDINANCE, A PUBLIC EMERGENCY AND IMPERATIVE NECESSITY EXIST FOR THE
SUSPENSION OF THE CHARTER RULE OR REQUIREMENT THAT NO ORDINANCE OR RESOLU-
TION 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 INTRO -
QUCED, OR AT THE PRESENT MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL.
RESPECTFULLY, /yn
MAYOR
THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS
THE CHARTER RULE WAS SUSPENDED BY THE FOLLOWING VOTE:
FARRELL D. SMITH
W. J. ROBERTS
MINOR CULLI
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B. E. B ER
MA
MAMUEL P. MAL DO NA DO
THE ABOVE ORDINANCE WAS PASSED BY THE
FOLLOWING VOTE:
FARR,F.Jplr �. SMITH
T
W. J. ROBERTS
MINOR CULLI��
B. E. BIGLER
MANUEL P. MALDONADOl
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