HomeMy WebLinkAbout05243 ORD - 01/21/1959• JKH:1 -20 -59 •
AN ORDINANCE
APPROPRIATING $1,827.40 FROM NO. 209 STREET
TRAFFIC CONTROL SYSTEM BOND IMPROVEMENT FUND
FOR THE INSTALLATION OF A SEMI - ACTUATED TRAFFIC
SIGNAL LIGHT AT THE INTERSECTION OF STAPLES
STREET AND LEXINGTON BOULEVARD; PROVIDING THAT
SUCH INSTALLATION 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
$1,827.40 FROM N0. 209 STREET TRAFFIC CONTROL SYSTEM BOND IMPROVEMENT
FUND FOR THE INSTALLATION OF A SEMI- ACTUATED TRAFFIC SIGNAL LIGHT AT
THE INTERSECTION OF STAPLES STREET AND LEXINGTON BOULEVARD.
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 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 SUS-
PENSION 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 EXIST,
HAVING REQUESTED THE SUSPENSION OF SAID CHARTER RULE AND THAT THIS ORDI-
NANCE BE PASSED FINALLY ON THE DATE OF ITS INTRODUCTION AND THAT THIS
ORDINANCE TAKE EFFECT AND BE IN FULL FORCE AND EFFECT FROM AND AFTER ITS
PASSAGE, IT IS ACCORDINGLY PASSED AND APPROVED, THIS THE_g ( DAY OF
JANUARY, 1959. AQ 4 >�z
MAYOR-
THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS
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CITY SECRET &Y
APPROVED AS TO LEGAL FORM THIS
THE 2 TH DAY OF JANUARY, 1959
CITY AT RNEY
January 19, 1959
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. 209 Street Traffic Control System Bond Improvement
Fund.
Fund frpm' which it is proposed to be drawn, and such money is not
appropriated for any other purpose.
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TO THE MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL
CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS
CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS
?�_� , 1958
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 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, THERE-
FORE, HEREBY REQUEST THAT YOU SUSPEND SAID CHARTER RULE OR REQUIREMENT AND PASS
THIS ORDINANCE FINALLY ON THE DATE IT 15 INTRODUCED, OR AT THE PRESENT MEETING
OF THE CITY COUNCIL.
Respectfully, /e
MAYDR
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 following vote:
Farrell D. Smith
W. J. Roberts
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B. E. Bigler
Manuel P. Maldonado
Charlie J. Rills
Arthur R. James
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Odell Ingle
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