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HomeMy WebLinkAbout05242 ORD - 01/21/1959• JKH:1 -20 -59 AN ORDINANCE APPROPRIATING $1,638.25 FROM NO. 209 STREET TRAFFIC CONTROL SYSTEM BOND IMPROVEMENT FUND FOR THE INSTALLATION OF A TRAFFIC SIGNAL LIGHT AT THE LEOPARD STREET AND N C INTERSECTION; PROVIDING THAT SUMT797r=71703 SHALL BE DONE BY CITY FORCES; AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS: SECTION 1. THAT THERE IS HEREBY APPROPRIATED THE SUM OF $1,638.25 OUT OF N0. 209 STREET TRAFFIC CONTROL SYSTEM BOND IMPROVEMENT FUND FOR THE INSTALLATION OF A TRAFFIC SIGNAL LIGHT AT THE LEOPARD STREET AND NUECES BAY BOULEVARD INTERSECTION. SECTION 2. THAT INSTALLATION OF THE ABOVE DESCRIBED TRAFFIC SIGNAL LIGHT SHALL BE DONE BY CITY FORCES. SECTION 3. THAT THE NECESSITY FOR INSTALLING THE ABOVE MEN- - TIONED TRAFFIC SIGNAL DEVICE SO AS TO PROVIDE ADEQUATE TRAFFIC CONTROL IMMEDIATELY AS A PART OF THE TRAFFIC SYSTEM OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI 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 MEET- ' INGS 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 FINALLY ON THE DATE OF ITS INTRODUCTION AND TAKE EFFECT AND BE IN FULL FORCE AND EFFECT FROM AND //JJ AFTER ITS PASSAGE, IT IS ACCORDINGLY SO PASSED AND APPROVED, THIS THE I- DAY OF JANUARY, 1959- MAYO THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS ATTEST- M CITY SECRETARY APPROVED AS TO LEGAL FORM THIS Ir- THE 20TH DAY OF ANUARY, 1959: l CITY ATTORNLq January 19, 195,9. 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 credtt of No. 209 Street Traffic Control System Bond Improvement Fund. Fiend frpm which it is proposed to be drawn, and such money is not appropriated for any other purpose. i i CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS Ct� 1 1959 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 SHALL BE PASSED FINALLY ON THE DATE IT IS INTRODUCED1 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 - DUCED, 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: FARRELL D. SMITH W. J. ROBERTS B. E. BIGLER MANUEL P. MALDONADO CHARLIE J. AILLS ARTHUR R. JAMES ODELL INGLE THE ABOVE ORDINANCE WAS PASSED BY THE F LLOWING VOTE: FARRELL D. SMITH W. J. ROBERTS B. E. BIGLER MANUEL P. MALDONADO CHARLIE J. AILLS ARTHUR R. JAMES ODELL INGLE