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HomeMy WebLinkAbout05096 ORD - 07/16/19587/9/5 . . INLS:Ee: $ I AN ORDINANCE 4 CLOSING THE NORTH 200 FEET OF AN ALLEY EXTENDING NORTH AND SOUTH THROUGH BLOCK b, BROOKLYN ADDITION ELM STREET EXTENDING FROM THE EAST BOUNDARY LINE OF WATER STREET SOMETIMES KNOWN AS'B STREET) TO AVENUE A; AND CLOSING IY M A ENUE A TO VEHICULAR TRAFFIC FROM THE NORTH BOUNDARY LINE OF VINE STREET SOMETIMES KNOWN AS FOURTEENTH STREET) AND EXTENDING NORTHWARD TO THE SOUTH LINE OF GOLF PLACE _ 1 vy% IN BROOKLYN ADDITION IN THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, NUECES COUNTY, TEXAS; AUTHORIZING AND DIRECTING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE AND DELIVER, FOR AND ON BEHALF OF THE CITY A QUITCLAIM,DEED TO THAT PORTION OF ELM STREET (SOMETIMES KNUdN AS FIFTEENTH STREET ) EXTENDIW FROM THE-WEST BOUNDARY LINE OF AVENUE A WESTWARD TO THE NORTHERN EXTENSION OF THE EAST BOUNDARY LINE OF THE ALLEY RUNNING THROUGH BLOCK BROOKLYN AODITION, A DISTANCE OF APPROXIMATELY 90 FEET; AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY. WHEREAS, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI HAS BEEN PETITIONED THAT ALL THAT PORTION OF THE ALLEY RUNNING NORTH AND SOUTH THROUGH BLOCK 8, BROOKLYN ADDITION, CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI NUECES COUNTY, TEXAS, EXTENDING FROM A POINT 200 FEET SOUTH OF ELM STREET (SOMETIMES KNOWN AS FIFTEENTH STREET) AND ABUTTING THE REAR OF LOTS 5 THROUGH 12, INCLUSIVE, OF SAID BLOCK S, BROOKLYN ADDITION, BE CLOSED AND THAT ELM STREET EXTENDING FROM THE EAST LINE OF WATER STREET (SOMETIMES KNOWN AS B STREET) TO THE WEST LINE OF AVENUE A AND EXTENDING ALONG THE NORTH SIDE OF BLOCK $.p BROOKLYN ADDI- TION TO THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI BE CLOSED, AND THAT THAT PORTION OF AVENUE A EXTENDING FROM THE NORTH LINE OF VINE STREET (SOMETIMES KNOWN AS FOURTEENTH STREET) TO THE SOUTH BOUNDARY LINE OF GOLF PLACE IN BROOKLYN ADDITION IN THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, NUECES COUNTY, TEXAS, BE CLOSED AS HEREINAFTER SPECIFIED r TO MOTORED VEHICULAR TRAFFIC; AND WHEREAS, THE CITY COUNCIL AT ITS REGULAR MEETING ON THE 4TH DAY OF JUNE, 1958, AUTHORIZED PUBLICATION OF NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING BEFORE THE CITY COUNCIL TO CONSIDER SUCH CLOSING OF SAID ALLEY AND SAID STREETS; AND WHEREAS, NOTICE OF THE PROPOSED CLOSING OF THE SAID ALLEY AND THE SAID STREETS HAS BEEN GIVEN BY PUBLICATION AND ALSO BY MAIL TO THE LAST KNOWN ADDRESS OF ALL OWNERS ABUTTING SAID ALLEY AND SAID STREETS AND WITHIN 450 FEET THEREFROM, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CHARTER OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI AS PROVIDED FOR UNDER ARTICLE 11, SECTION 6 THEREOF; AND WHEREAS, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE NOTICE GIVEN AS ABOVE SET OUT, A PUBLIC HEARING WAS HELD BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS AT 2 :00 O'CLOCK P.M. ON THE 25TH DAY OF JUNE, 1958, IN THE CITY COUNCIL CHAMBER AT THE CITY HALL; AND __ • R WHEREAS, THE PUBLIC SAFETY, WELFARE, CONVENIENCE AND NECESSITY WILL BE BETTER SERVED BY THE CLOSING OF PORTION OF SAID ALLEY AND SAID PORTIONS OF SAID STREETS WITH THE RESERVATIONS IN THE CITY AS HEREINAFTER PROVIDED AS TO AVENUE A, THE WEST 150 FEET OF ELM STREET, AND THE ALLEY IN SAID BLOCK S: NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS: SECTIUN*1. THAT ALL OF THAT PORTION OF THE ALLEY RUNNING NORTH AND SOUTH THROUGH BLOCK 8, BROOKLYN ADDITION, CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, NUECES COUNTY, TEXAS, EXTENDING FROM A POINT 200 FEET SOUTH OF ELM STREET (SOMETIMES KNOWN AS FIFTEENTH STREET) AND ABUTTING THE REAR-OF LOTS 5 THROUGH 12, INCLUSIVE, OF SAID BLOCK 8, BROOKLYN ADDITION, AND THAT ELM STREET EXTENDING FROM THE EAST LINE OF WATER STREET (SOMETIMES KNOWN AS B STREET' TO THE WEST LINE OF AVENUE A AND EXTEND- ING ALONG THE NORTH SIDE OF BLOCK $, BROOKLYN ADDITION TO THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, AND THAT THAT PORTION OF AVENUE A EXTENDING FROM THE NORTH LINE OF VINE STREET (SOME- TIMES KNOWN AS FOURTEENTH STREET) TO THE SOUTH BOUNDARY LINE OF THE STREET KNOWN AS „GOLF PLACE" IN BROOKLYN ADDITION IN THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, NUECES COUNTY, TEXAS, BE AND THE SAME ARE HEREBY CLOSED TO THE PUBLIC FOR VEHICULAR TRAVEL EXCEPT AS TO THE RESERVATION IN THE CITY AS TO AVENUE A, THE WEST 150 FEET OF ELM STREET, AND THE ALLEY IN SAID BLOCK S AS HEREINAFTER PROVIDED IN SECTION 3 OF THIS ORDINANCE. SECTION 2. THAT THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI HEREBY RELEASES AND RELIN- QUISHES ALL RIGHT, TITLE AND INTEREST IN AND TO ALL OF THAT PORTION OF THE ALLEY RUNNING NORTH AND SOUTH THROUGH BLOCK 8, BROOKLYN ADDITION, CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, NUECES COUNTY, TEXAS, EXTENDING FROM A POINT 200 FEET SOUTH OF ELM STREET (SOMETIMES KNOWN AS FIFTEENTH STREET) AND ABUTTING THE REAR OF LOTS 5 THROUGH 12, INCLUSIVE, OF SAID BLOCK 8, BROOKLYN ADDITION, AND ALL OF THAT PORTION OF ELM STREET EXTENDING FROM THE EAST LINE OF WATER STREET (SOMETIMES KNOWN AS B STREET) TO THE WEST LINE OF AVENUE A AND EXTENDING ALONG THE NORTH SIDE OF BLOCK 8, BROOKLYN ADDITION TO THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TO THE PROPERTY OWNERS ABUTTING SAID PORTION OF SAID ALLEY AND THE PROPERTY OWNERS ABUTTING SAID PORTION OF SAID ELM STREET, AND THE SAME SHALL REVERT TO SAID OWNERS SUBJECT TO THE RIGHTS HEREINAFTER RESERVED IN THE CITY, AND THE CITY MANAGER IS HEREBY AUTHORIZED AND DIRECTED TO EXECUTE AND DELIVER, FOR AND ON BEHALF OF THE CITY, A QUITCLAIM DEED TO THAT PORTION OF ELM STREET (SOMETIMES KNOWN AS FIFTEENTH STREET) EXTENDING EASTWARD FROM THE EAST BOUNDARY LINE OF THE SAID ALLEY TO THE WEST BOUNDARY LINE OF AVENUE A AND BEING THAT PORTION OF ELM STREET ABUTTING LOT 11 IN SAID BLOCK 8, BROOKLYN ADDITION TO THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, NUECES COUNTY, TEXAS, AND ABUTTING THE BLOCK TO THE NORTH OF SAID PORTION OF SAID ELM STREET WHICH ABUTS ON SAID LOT 11, BLOCK H, WHICH DELIVERY SHALL BE MADE UPON THE PAYMENT OF $4,173.00- - 2 - SECTION 3. THAT THERE IS HEREBY RESERVED IN THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI THE RIGHT TO REOPEN AT ANY TIME THE ABOVE DESCRIBED PORTION OF AVENUE A, THE WEST 150 FEET OF ELM STREET, AND THE PORTION OF THE ALLEY IN SAID BLOCK S, BROOKLYN ADDITION, HEREBY CLOSED TO MOTORED VEHICULAR TRAFFIC AND RE- ESTABLISH of Avenue A THE SAME AS A PUBLIC STREET AND/OR FOR USE/AS A SEAWALL, STORM PROTECTION PUBLIC BEACH DEVELOPMENT AND/OR BAYFRONT IMPROVEMENT AS PART OF A GENERAL PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT OF THE BEACH AREA, WITHOUT COMPENSATION OF ANY NATURE WHATSOEVER OR CLAIM FOR DAMAGES OF ANY NATURE WHATSOEVER TO THE PROPERTY OWNERS. SECTION 4. NO STRUCTURES SHALL BE CONSTRUCTED OR PLACED ON SAID PORTION OF THE AREA HERETOFORE KNOWN AS AVENUE A, THE PORTION OF THE ALLEY IN SAID BLOCK S OR;ON THE WEST 150 FEET OF THE PORTION OF ELM STREET HEREBY CLOSED TO VEHICULAR TRAFFIC. E SECTION 5. THE FACT THAT PUBLIC CONVENIENCE AND NECESSITY WILL BE BETTER SERVED BY THE CLOSING OF SAID PORTIONS OF SAID ALLEY AND SAID STREETS WITH THE RESERVATIONS HEREIN RESERVED TO THE CITY AND TO THE EXTENT HEREIN PRO- VIDED CREATES A PUBLIC EMERGENCY AND AN IMPERATIVE PUBLIC NECESSITY REQUIRING THE SUSPENSION OF THE CHARTER RULE THAT NO ORDINANCE OR RESOLUTION SHALL BE PASSED FINALLY ON THE DATE IT IS INTRODUCED AND THAT SUCH ORDINANCE OR RESOLU- TION SHALL BE READ AT THREE SEVERAL MEETINGS OF THE CITY COUNCIL, AND THE MAYOR, HAVING DECLARED THAT SUCH PUBLIC EMERGENCY AND IMPERATIVE NECESSITY EXIST, AND HAVING REQUESTED THAT SUCH CHARTER RULE BE SUSPENDED AND THAT THIS ORDINANCE BE PASSED FINALLY ON THE DATE OF ITS INTRODUCTION AND TAKE EFFECT AND BE IN FULL FORCE AND EFFECT FROM AND AFTER ITS PASSAGE, IT IS ACCORDINGLY SO ORDAINED. PASSED AND APPROVED THIS 16 DAY OF JULY, i95$• MAYOR LLll THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS ATTEST: CITY SECRETAR V APPROVED AS TO LEGAL FORM THIS THE AAL DAY OF JULY, 1958; CITY ATMNEY C US CHRISTI TEXAS ;1958 TO THE MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS GENTLEMEN: f FOR THE REASONS SET FORTH IN THE EMERGENCY CLAUSE OF THE FORE- GOING ORDINANCES A PUBLIC EMERGENCY AND IMPERATIVE NECESSITY EXIST FOR'.THE SUSPENSION OF THE CHARTER RULE OR REQUIREMENT THAI NO ORDINANCE OR RESOLU- TION SHALL BE PASSED FINALLY ON THE DATE IT IS INTRODUCED AND THAT SUCH ORDINANCE OR'RESOLOTION SHALL BE 'READ AT"THRft MEETIN63 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 - DUCED, OR AT THE PRESENT MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL. RESPECTFULLY MAYOK THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI TEXAS THE.•CHARTER RULE WAS SUSPENDED BY THE FOLLOWING VOTE: FARRELL D. SMITH / - -- -- - - W. J. ROBERTS B. E. BIGLER MANUEL P. MALDONADO f'l."Von: CHARLIE J. AILLS ARTHUR R. JAMES ODELL INGLE THE ABOVE ORDINANCE WAS PASSED BY THE FO FARRELL D. SMITH Qc ' W. J. ROBERTS B. E. BIGLER 'z MANUEL P. MALDONADO CHARLIE J. AILLS .� ARTHUR R. JAMES / ODELL INGLE C.til� }