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Home My WebLink About04890 ORD - 11/04/195711/4/57:IMS:EB A RESOLUTION ACCEPTING STATE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT MINUTE ORDER NO. 42600; AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY. WHEREAS, THE STATE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT HAS SUBMITTED A COPY OF MINUTE ORDER N0. 42600, PASSED BY THE STATE HIGHWAY COMMISSION ON SEPTEMBER 27, 1957, AS FOLLOWS: WHEREAS, IN NUECES COUNTY AND THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI PREVIOUS ACTIONS OF THE HIGHWAY COMMISSION HAVE AUTHORIZED CONSTRUCTION, THE PURCHASE OF RIGHT OF WAY OR ADVANCE PLANNING ON VARIOUS SECTIONS OF THE HIGHWAY AND FARM -TO- MARKET ROAD SYSTEM IN NUECES COUNTY AND THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI; AND WHEREAS, AFTER CAREFUL REVIEW AND STUDY BY THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OF NUECES COUNTY, THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI AND THE TEXAS HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT OF THE CHANGING CONDITIONS IN THE METROPOLITAN AREA, IT APPEARS DESIRABLE TO MODIFY AND EXTEND PRESENTLY APPROVED ITEMS FOR CONSTRUCTION, THE PURCHASE OF RIGHT OF WAY OR ADVANCE PLANNING; NOW; THEREFORE, IT IS ORDERED THAT PREVIOUS APPROVALS OF THE COMMISSION FOR THIS TYPE OF WORK, EITHER BY PROGRAM APPROVAL OR MINUTE ORDER, AND PARTICULARLY MINUTE ORDERS 36687 AND 37511, ARE HEREBY SUPERSEDED BY THIS ACTION AND IN LIEU THEREOF THE STATE HIGHWAY ENGINEER IS DIRECTED TO PROCEED WITH CONSTRUCTION, THE PURCHASE OF RIGHT OF WAY OR ADVANCE PLANNING IN NUECES COUNTY AND THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI AS FOLLOWS: q2�9 0 CONSTRUCTION PROPOSED ESTIMATED HWY. No. LIMITS LENGTH IMPROVEMENTS COST US 181 AT CORPUS CHRISTI SHIP RAILING FOR HIGH LEVEL $ 136,900 CHANNEL BRIDGE US 181 FROM NEAR DAVIS ST. TO LIGHTING 100,000 ST. HWY. 9 1 ! STATE PART ST. 9 FROM SHORELINE BLVD. TO LIGHTING WACO STREET US 181 IN CORPUS CHRISTI FROM SOUTH 0.2 GR., STIRS., & SURF. 750,000 END OF CORPUS CHRISTI SHIP CHANNEL BRIDGE TO ST. HWY. 9 EXPRESSWAY ST. 9 IN CORPUS CHRISTI FROM 0.7 GR., STRS., & SURF. 1,500,000 SHORELINE BLVD. TO WACO ST. ST. 358 FROM NEAR NAVAL AIR STATION 9.8 GR. STIRS., & SURF. 1,400,000 TO ST. HWY. 286 ADD'L 2 LANES ST. 361 IN NUECES AND SAN 6.0 GR., STIRS., & SURF. 1,475,000 PATRICIO COS., FROM ARANSAS PASS, SOUTH- EAST TO FERRY LANDING AREA ON HARBOR ISLAND SIDE OF SHIP CHANNEL US 181 AT NUECES BAY ADD'L 2 LANE CAUSEWAY 3,300,000 (TO BE FINANCED IN PRIMARY FEDERAL AID PROGRAM IN 1958 q2�9 0 PROPOSED ESTIMATED HWY. N0. LIMITS LENGTH IMPROVEMENTS COST ST. 44 AGNES AND LAREDO STS. SURF. $ 225,000 WIDENING AND EXTENSION ST. 9 BETWEEN SAVAGE LANE AND HWY. WORK ON 4OO,DOO MCBRIOE LANE 1.4 GR. SEPR. FM 2444 FROM ST. HWY. 286, 5.8 GR., STRS., & SURF. 115,700 2.5 M1. SOUTH OF FM 43 EAST AND NORTHEAST TO ST. Hwy. 357 73.9 9, 02, 00 RIGHT OF WAY ST. 44 FROM A POINT WEST OF FM PURCHASE ROd UNDER 665 NEAR VILLA DR. TO PROVISIONS OF H.B. INTERSECTION WITH BS 620 1,500,000 77 AT ROBSTOWN 13.0 ST. 9 FROM WACO ST. NORTH K TO NEAR THE UP RIVER ROAD 2.0 3,000,000 CONNECTION BETWEEN ST. HWY. 9 & ST. HWY. 44 1.0 1,000,000 ST. 358 FROM ST. Hwy. z86 To EXTENDED ST. HWY. 9 4.3 _ 6 0 000 TOTAL 20.305 ,'06 -0 THIS ORDER IS CONDITIONED UPON THE FOLLOWING AGREEMENTS CONCERNING SPECIFIC ITEMS HERETOFORE LISTED: THE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT PARTICIPATION IN THE PROJECT ON STATE HIGHWAY 44 ON AGRES AND LAREDO STREETS WITHIN THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI CONTEMPLATES THAT THE STATE PARTICIPATION WILL BE IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE SURFACING ONLY FROM PORT AVENUE TO STAPLES STREET, AND THENCE TO A TERMINATION AT TANCAHUA AND CARANCAHUA STREETS, TO PROVIDE TWO ONE -WAY STREETS, 44 FEET IN WIDTH WITHOUT PARKING, UNDER THE CUSTOMARY MUNICIPAL POLICY OPERATION OF THE TEXAS HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT. AT SUCH TIME AS THIS CONSTRUCTION IS COMPLETED THE ROUTING OF STATE HIGHWAY 44 INTO THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI WILL BE CHANGED TO FIT THIS NEW PATTERN. THE PROJECT ON STATE HIGHWAY 9 CONTEMPLATES THAT THE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT WILL PERFORM THE WORK AND BEAR THE COST OF SEPARATING THE GRADES WHERE THE PROPOSED NEW INTERCHANGE RAILWAY TRACKS ARE EXPECTED TO CROSS STATE HIGHWAY 9 BETWEEN SAVAGE LANE AND MCBRIDE LANE, IT BEING UNDERSTOOD THAT STATE HIGHWAY 9 WILL BE DEPRESSED AT THIS POINT TO PERMIT THE RAILROAD AND STREET TO GO OVER STATE HIGHWAY 9. IT IS FURTHER UNDERSTOOD THAT IT WILL BE THE RESPONSIBILITY OF SOME AGENCY OTHER THAN THE STATE TO PROVIDE THE NECESSARY STRUCTURE TO SUPPORT THE RAILROAD AND STREET A$ IT CROSSES THE DEPRESSED SECTION OF STATE HIGHWAY 9. IT IS FURTHER UNDERSTOOD THAT THIS PARTICIPA- TION-ON THE PART OF THE STATE SHALL NOT BE EFFECTIVE UNTIL SUCH TIME AS THE INTERCHANGE TRACK ON ALAMEDA STREET AT THE STATE HIGHWAY 9 EXPRESSWAY SHALL BE REMOVED. THIS ORDER IS SUBJECT TO THE CONCURRENCE OF NUECES COUNTY AND THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI IN ORDER THAT ALL AGENCIES OF GOVERNMENT MAY BE IN ACCORD ON THE PLANNED DEVELOPMENT AND, IF NOT CONCURRED IN WITHIN 60 DAYS HEREOF, SHALL BE AUTOMATICALLY CANCELED. - 2 - NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDERED BY THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI ACTING BY ITS GOVERNING BODY: THAT THE PROVISIONS OF THE ABOVE MINUTE ORDER NUMBER 42600 BE ACCEPTED. THE NECESSITY FOR IMMEDIATE ACCEPTANCE OF SAID MINUTE ORDER NUMBER 42600 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 ORDI- NANCE OR RESOLUTION SHALL BE READ AT THREE SEVERAL MEETINGS OF THE CITY COUNCIL, AND THE MAYOR HAVING DECLARED THAT SUCH EMERGENCY AND NECESSITY EXIST, AND HAVING REQUESTED THAT SUCH CHARTER RULE BE SUSPENDED, 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 SO RESOLVED. PASSED AND APPROVED THIS W DAY OF NOVEMBER, 1957. MA THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS ATTEST. CITY SECRETARY APPROVED AS TO LEGAL FORM THIS THE �j' _ DAY OF NOVEMBER, 1957: I. M. SINGER, CITY= TTGRNEY - 3 - CORPUS? CHRISTI, TEXAS 7Zrv` // .1957 TO THE MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS GENTLEMEN: FOR THE REASONS SET FORTH IN THE EMERGENCY CLAUSE OF THE 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 Pp85 THIS ORDINANCE FINALLY ON TXE DATE IT IS INTRO- DUCED, OR AT THE PRESENT MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL. RESPECTFULLY, Y t MAYOR THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS THE CHARTER RULE WAS SUSPENDED BY THE FOLLOWING VOTED: FARRELL 0. SMITH C4i W. J. ROBERTS LY B. E. BIGL ER MANUEL P. MALDONADO, CHARLIE J. ,AILLS ARTHUR R. JAMES ODELL INGLE '! THE ABOVE ORDINANCE WAS PASSED BY THE FOLLOWING VOTE: FARRELL D. SMITH CGS W. J. ROBERTS L B. E. BIGLER MANUEL P. MALDONADO CHARLIE J. AILLS ARTHUR R. JAMES ODELL INGLE � mo k OOMRIORIOR pin nnlXw.Y [.Y.[[[ -.- D. C. OREEA E. N. THORNTON. in.. ERII.[.., TEXAS HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT -'- RARiXAII FORROT - XFROFRT C. FETRY. JR. Corpus Christi, Toms October 1, 1957 W REMY REFER To FRi No, Mr. Russell E. McClure City Matner, City of Corpus Christi Corpus Christi, Texas Dear Mr. MaCluret closed is a copy of State Highway Conmission Minute Order No. 42600, dated September 27, 1957. As you will note, this minute requires acceptance by both Nueces County and the City of Corpus Christi to become effective. This acceptance must be made within a period of sixty days of the date of the minute. For your convenience we are enclosing three copies of a suggested resolution which you may use to indicate acceptance of the minute. Please return two oopies of this resolution, or a similar resolution to this office at your convenience. Since execution of Contractual Agreements for acquisition of right of ways cannot be undertaken until this minute is accepted, we request that action in regard to this matter be taken as soon as possible. XMRz m Baal. act Honorable Jerome N. Jalufka Me. T. B. Mason Yours very truly, e�z 0 T. 0. Foster, Jr. District Engineer District Number Sixteen k � . rao os n NOLUTION STATE OF =AS Page 1 of 3 Pages COUNTY OF NUNCES CITY OF CORFUS CHRISTI War the State Highway Department has submitted a copy of Minute Order go. 426Oor passed by the State Highway Commission on September 27, 1957, as followsl Wme=, I1 al's COONiI and the CM OF COMS CHRISTI previous actions of the Highway Commission have authorised Construction, the purchase of Right of Way or Advance Planning on various sections'of the Highway and Farm -to- Market Read System in Ruse" County and the City of Corpus rp Christi; and WHIMS, after careful review aAd study by the appropriate officials of Nusees County, the City of Corpus Christi and the Texas Aighway Department of the changing conditions in the metropolitan area, it appears desirable to modify and extend prspently approved items for Construction, the purchase of Righ+ of Way or Advance Planning; AM, THERZFME, IT IS ORDERED that previous approvals of tree (;•:amisa ion for this type of work, either by program approval or Minute Order, and particularly Minute Orders 36687 and 37511, are hereby superseded by this action and in lieu thereof the State Highway Engineer is directed to proceed with construction, the purchase of Right of Way or Advance Planning in Nseces County and the City of Corpus Christi as follows, Proposed Estimated Iapgovements _ Copt Railing for High Level $ 136,900 Bridge Lighting ) 100,000 ) State part Lighting ) Gr., Stra., & Surf. 950,000 Gr., Stre., & Surf. 1,500,000 Gr. Strs., $ Surf. 1,400,090 Addll 2 lanes WhS %ION Limits _ yLong us 181 At Corpus Christi Ship Channel us 181 From near Davis St. to Hwy. St. 9 From horeline Blvd. to Waco Street us 181 In Corpus Christi from South 0.2 end of Corpus Christi Ship channel Bridge to St. Hwy, 9 krpressway `t° 9 In Corpus Christi from 0.7 she- ,slice Blvd. to Waco st. St. �56 == 'ram rear• lie -seal 'i; Station 9.8 to St. Hwy. 286 Proposed Estimated Iapgovements _ Copt Railing for High Level $ 136,900 Bridge Lighting ) 100,000 ) State part Lighting ) Gr., Stra., & Surf. 950,000 Gr., Stre., & Surf. 1,500,000 Gr. Strs., $ Surf. 1,400,090 Addll 2 lanes This Order is conditioned upon the following agreementa concerning specific items heretofore listeds and Highway Street avithiPa Participation innthe project on State Highway 44 on Agues Christi contemlates that participation will be in the construction of the surfacingonly from Porte Avenue to Staples Street, and thence to a termination at Tancahua and Caranothea Streets, to provide two one -way streets, 44 feet in width without parking, wader the ceetarary Municipal Policy speration of the Texas Highway Department, It such ties as this construction is completed the routing of State Highway 44 into the City of Corpus Christi will be changed to fit this new pattern. Page 2 of 3 Pages �rf• �a- Len gth Proposed Yatisated St. 361 Is Assoes and San 6.o Patriie Cos., frea Gr., Strs., a Serf. ---gm_ 1,475,000 Araesae Pass, South_ east to Ferry Landing Area os Narbor Ialand aide of Ship Channel 93 181 At ■seces BiW , (To be financed in hiaarl laded 2 lane Causeway 3,300,000 Aid Program is 14i8) St. 44 Apes and Larado Sts. Y �8 and "union Surf. 225,000 St. 9 Between Savap Lase and Hwy. work on MaBride Lase 1.4 la. Sepr. 400,000 IN 2444 From St. %y• 256, 5.8 2.5 sin. south of pM 43 Gr., Strs., d Surf. 115,700 last and Northeast to St. Hey. 357 23.9 MW OF Y x St. From a point west of !M Parchaaa goy ender 665 sear Villa Dr. to of H.B. intersection with US 6}sovisiono 77 at Robstown 13.0 1,500,000 St. 9 From Yaee St. North e to an- the Up River Read r 2.0 3,000,000 Connection between St. %Y. 9 R St. Hwy, 1,0 1,000,000 St. 358 From St. Hwy. 286 to BYtended St. Hwy, 9 Total 210.3 ,150,000 This Order is conditioned upon the following agreementa concerning specific items heretofore listeds and Highway Street avithiPa Participation innthe project on State Highway 44 on Agues Christi contemlates that participation will be in the construction of the surfacingonly from Porte Avenue to Staples Street, and thence to a termination at Tancahua and Caranothea Streets, to provide two one -way streets, 44 feet in width without parking, wader the ceetarary Municipal Policy speration of the Texas Highway Department, It such ties as this construction is completed the routing of State Highway 44 into the City of Corpus Christi will be changed to fit this new pattern. Page 3 of 3 Pages The project on State Highway 9 contemplates that the Highway Department will pert form the work and bear the cost of separating the grades where the proposed new Interchange railway tracks are expected to cross State Highway 9 between Savage lane and McBride Lane, it being understood that State Highway 9 will be depressed at thia point to permit the railroad and street to go over State Highway 9. It is further understood that it will be the responsibility of some agency other than the State to provide the necessary structure to support the railroad and street as it crosses the depressed section of State Highway 9. It is further understood that this participation on the part of the State shall not be effective until such time as the interchange track on Alameda Street at the State Highway 9 Expressway shall be removed. This Order is subject to the concurrence of Nusces County and the City of Corpus Christi is order that all agencies of government may be in accord on the planned development and, if not concurred in within 60 days hereof, shall be automatically canceled. IOW, TMWORE, BE IT ORDERED BY THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI ACTING BY ITS GOVERNING BODYi That the provisions of the above Minute Order Number 42600 be accepted; STATE OF TELA.9 C MMY Or NVECES CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI j I, the undersigned, City Secretary of the City of Corpus Christi, hereby certify that, the above and foregoing Resolution is a true and correct copy of a Resolution adopted by the City Council of the City of Corpus Christi at session this the day of , A.D., 1957. Given under my hand and seal of office this the day of , A.D., 1957. AIAL City Secretary, City of Corpus Christi