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HomeMy WebLinkAbout05245 ORD - 01/21/1959�l THE STATE OF TEXAS COUNTY OF NUECES CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI ON THIS THE o2 / DAY OF JANUARYS 1959, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI] TEXAS CONVENED IN -_!��? MEETINGS WITH THE FOLLOWING MEMBERS OF SAID COUNCIL PRESENTS TO -WIT: FARRELL D. SMITH, MAYOR, W. J. ROBERTS , B. E. BIGLER MANUEL P. MALDONADO COMMISSIONERS, CHARLIE J. AILLS , ARTHUR R. JAMES , ODELL INGLE T. RAY KRING; CITY SECRETARY HERBERT W. WHITNEY, CITY MANAGER, I. M. SINGER, CITY ATTORNEY, WITH THE FOLLOWING ABSENT: CONSTITUTING A QUORUM, AT WHICH TIME THE FOLLOWING AMONG OTHER BUSINESS WAS TRANSACTED: MR. {- rj{/yiC.2-J PRESENTED FOR THE CONSIDERATION OF THE COUNCIL AN ORDINANCE. THE ORDINANCE WAS READ BY THE CITY SECRETARY. THE MAYOR PRESENTED TO THE COUNCIL A COMMUNICATION IN WRITING PERTAINING TO SAID PROPOSED ORDINANCES AS FOLLOWS: CORPUS CHRISTI TEXAS JANUARY 21, 1959• 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 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 COUNCILS 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', /S/ FARRELL D. SMITH, MAYOR CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS. 0 t COMMISSIONER MADE A MOTION THAT THE CHARTER PROVISIONS PROHIBITING ORDINANCES FROM BEING PASSED FINALLY ON THE DATE INTRODUCED BE SUSPENDED FOR THE REASONS STATED IN THE WRITTEN REQUEST OF THE MAYOR AND STATED IN THE EMERGENCY CLAUSE OF THE ORDINANCE. THE MOTION WAS SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER k� . THE MOTION WAS CARRIED BY A UNANIMOUS VOTE BY THE CITY COUNCILS VIZ: AYES: COMMISSIONERS ROBERTS, BIGLER, MALDONADO. AILLS, JAMES AND ANGLE. NAYS: NONE. THE MAYOR REQUESTED THAT THE RECORDS SHOW THAT HE VOTED AYE. THIS WAS DONE. COMMISSIONER MADE A MOTION THAT THE ORDINANCE BE PASSED FINALLY. THE MOTION WAS SECONDED BY COMMISSIONERp/ THE MOTION WAS CARRIED BY THE FOLLOWING VOTE: AYES: COMMISSIONERS ROBERTS, BIGLER, MALDONADO, AILLS, JAMES AND INGLE. NAYS: NONE. THE MAYOR REQUESTED THAT THE RECORDS SHOW THAT HE VOTED AYE. THIS WAS DONE. THE MAYOR ANNOUNCED THAT THE ORDINANCE HAD BEEN PASSED. THE ORDINANCE IS AS FOLLOWS: -2- ' k r �IMS:JKH:1 -19 -59 AN ORDINANCE CANVASSING THE RETURNS AND DECLARING THE RESULTS OF AN ELECTION HELD IN THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI ON THE 7TH DAY OF JANUARY, 1�J9, UPON THE QUESTION OF THE ISSUANCE OF MEMORIAL COLISEUM AIR CONDITIONING BONDS IN THE AMOUNT OF 300,000.00; AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY. WHEREAS, HERETOFORE ON THE 23RD DAY OF DECEMBER, 1958, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI PASSED AN ORDINANCE CALLING AN ELECTION ON THE QUESTION OF THE ISSUANCE OF MEMORIAL COLISEUM AIR CONDITIONING BONDS IN THE AMOUNT OF $300,000.001 SAID ELECTION TO BE HELD IN SAID CITY ON THE 17TH DAY OF JANUARY, 1959, THE PROPOSITION TO BE VOTED ON BEING SET OUT IN THE OFFICIAL BALLOT, A COPY OF SAID PROPOSI- TION BEING AS FOLLOWS: "SHALL THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS, BE AUTHORIZED TO ISSUE THE BONDS OF SAID CITY IN THE AMOUNT OF $3001000.00, MATURING SERIALLY IN SUCH INSTALL- MENTS AS THE CITY COUNCIL MAY PRESCRIBE, THE MAXIMUM MATURITY BEING NOT MORE THAN THIRTY (30) YEARS FROM THEIR DATE, BEARING INTEREST AT A RATE NOT_TO EXCEED FOUR AND ONE -HALF (4 1/2 %) PER CENT PER ANNUM, AND TO LEVY A TAX ON ALL TAXABLE PROPERTY WITHIN SAID CITY SUFFICIENT TO PAY THE ANNUAL INTEREST AND PROVIDE A SINKING FUND TO PAY THE BONDS AT MATURITY, FOR THE PURPOSE OF CONSTRUCTING PERMANENT IM- PROVEMENTS TO THE MEMORIAL COLISEUM OF THE CITY BY THE INSTALLATION OF AIR CONDITIONING FACILITIES THEREIN, AS AUTHORIZED BY THE CONSTITUTION AND LAWS OF THE STATE OF TEXAS AND THE CHARTER OF SAID CITY," AND WHEREAS, IT APPEARS THAT THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE LAW RESPECTING THE SUBMISSION OF SAID PROPOSITION TO THE RESIDENT QUALIFIED ELECTORS OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS, WHO OWN TAXABLE PROPERTY IN SAID CITY AND WHO HAVE DULY RENDERED THE SAME FOR TAXATION WERE IN ALL RESPECTS LAWFULLY AND PROPERLY PERFORMED AND EXECUTED; AND WHEREAS, NOTICE OF SAID ELECTION WAS ACCORDINGLY GIVEN AS REQUIRED BY LAW, AND AS DIRECTED BY THE ORDINANCE CALLING FOR THE ELEC- TION, AS IS SHOWN BY AFFIDAVITS PROPERLY FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE CITY SECRETARY; AND WHEREAS) SAID ELECTION WAS'DULY AND LEGALLY HELD ON THE 17TH DAY OF JANUARY) 19597 IN CONFORMITY WITH THE ELECTION ORDINANCE HERETOFORE PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL AND THE RESULT OF SAID ELECTION HAS BEEN DULY CERTIFIED AND RETURNED TO THIS COUNCIL BY THE PROPER JUDGES AND CLERKS THEREOF; AND WHEREAS) THIS COUNCIL HAS CANVASSED THE RETURNS OF SAID ELEC- TION ON THE PROPOSITION HEREINABOVE STATED) WHICH ELECTION WAS HELD ON THE 17TH DAY OF JANUARY) 1959; AND WHEREAS) IT APPEARS TO THE COUNCIL) AND THE COUNCIL SO FINDS) THAT SAID ELECTION WAS IN ALL RESPECTS LAWFULLY HELD AND SAID RETURNS DULY AND LEGALLY MADE AND THAT THERE WERE CAST AT SAID ELECTION THE FOLLOWING VOTES: 7 7 9 TALLY SHUT CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS January 17, 1959 Proposition on the issuance of Memorial Coliseua Air Conditioning Bonds For Against Total 1 Gilleland's Court Roca 2 Assembly Hall - First Presbyterian Church p 3 Crossley School G u o 4 Oak Park School r 5 Savage Lane Fire Station 6 Scout Hut - WoodlaWn Presbyterian Church / B J 9 7 Roy Miller High School 8 Comamity §eWement House tt.,.;- /� T 8 Geo. Wiggins' Home - Recreation Center — 10 Stephen F. Austin School J p 21 Goo. W. Carver School 12 Va. B. Travis School 13 Fh of ChrYt,4& , J o ®T 14 Wynn Sesle Jr. High School G ry /Q 15 Meager School / �/7 6 / 9 16 in to Word Academy 17 Lindale Recreation Center 18 Del Mar College Auditorium /Po 19 Garage - Melbourne 0 20 Sam Houston School /I J �t 0 21 Prescott Elementary School - -- — — T 4 (7 - _D — 'j—'? 22 Ju. W. Fannin School 23 Lexington School 7 24 Central Park School i 173 25 Baker Jr. High School 26 Carroll Lane School 27 Scout Hut - Parkway Presbyterian Church `� '� z 28 Garage - Wilshire In 29 Han", n Jr. High School 30 Sundeen Jr. High School 31 Montclair Elementary School 32 Windsor Park School 33 Fraser Elementary school J �J Absentee Boz TOTALS D 2QQe 5'6 NOVI, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS: SECTION 1. THAT THE PROPOSITION SUBMITTED TO THE RESIDENT QUALIFIED ELECTORS OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS, WHO OWN TAXABLE PROPERTY IN THE SAID CITY AND WHO HAVE DULY RENDERED THE SAME FOR TAXATION, AS FOLLOWS: "SHALL THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS, BE AUTHORIZED TO ISSUE THE BONDS OF SAID CITY IN THE AMOUNT OF $300,000.00, MATURING SERIALLY IN SUCH INSTALL- MENTS AS THE CITY COUNCIL MAY PRESCRIBE, THE MAXIMUM MATURITY BEING NOT MORE THAN THIRTY (30) YEARS FROM THEIR DATE, BEARING INTEREST AT A RATE NOT TO EXCEED FOUR AND ONE -HALF (4 1/2%) PER CENT PER ANNUM, AND TO LEVY A TAX ON ALL TAXABLE PROPERTY WITHIN SAID CITY SUFFICIENT TO PAY` THE ANNUAL INTEREST AND PROVIDE A SINKING FUND TO PAY THE BONDS AT MATURITY, FOR THE PURPOSE OF CONSTRUCTING PERMANENT IM- PROVEMENTS TO THE MEMORIAL COLISEUM OF THE CITY BY THE INSTALLATION OF AIR CONDITIONING FACILITIES THEREIN, AS AUTHORIZED BY THE CONSTITUTION AND LAWS OF THE STATE OF TEXAS AND THE CHARTER OF SAID CITY," WAS CARRIED BY A MAJORITY OF THE LEGALLY QUALIFIED ELECTORS VOTING IN SAID ELECTION BY THE FOLLOWING VOTE: FOR THE ISSUANCE OF MEMORIAL COLISEUM AIR CONDITIONING BONDS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,077 AGAINST THE ISSUANCE OF MEMORIAL COLISEUM AIR CONDITIONING BONDS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,006 THE ABOVE AND FOREGOING TABULATION OF VOTES CAST IN THE ELECTION ON SAID PROPOSITION ARE HEREBY ADOPTED. SECTION 2. THE FACT THAT IT IS NECESSARY TO PROMPTLY RECORD THE CANVASSING OF THE RESULTS OF SAID ELECTION, CREATES A PUBLIC EMER- GENCY AND PUBLIC IMPERATIVE 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 EXIST, HAVING REQUESTED THE SUSPENSION OF SAID CHARTER RULE AND THAT THIS ORDINANCE 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 PAS- SAGE, IT IS ACCORDINGLY PASSED AND APPROVED, THIS THE_g I DAY OF JANUARY, 1959- MAYOR THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS ATTEST - CITY SECRET Y APPROVED AS TO LEGAL FORM THIS THE 19TH DAY OF J UARY, 1959= CITY AT ORNE ' CORD CHRISTio TEXAS TO THE MNMRS OF THE CITY COUNCIL CORPUS CHRInTI, TEXAS GENTLE /1ENE FOR THE REASOPS SET FORTH IN THC ENEROENCY CLAUSE OF THE FOREGOING ORDINANCE# A PUOLIC CREROENCY AND 114PERATIVE NeCE601TY MOT FOR THE 505MM OI1 OF THE CHARTER RULE OR REQUIR91401 THAT NO ORDINANCE SHALL VE pAS111:0 IrINALLY ON THE DATE 11 IA 1HYROOUCEO, AND THAT SUCH ORDINANCE, OR RESOLUTION SHALL SE READ AT THREE MEETINGS OF THE CITY COUNCIL; 1, THEREFDRE, HERESY REQUEST THAT YOU SUSPEND SAID CHARTER RULE t OR REOUIREM"T ANDPASS THIS ORDINANCE PINALLY ON THE DATE IT IS INTRO DUCEDI DR AT THE PRESENT MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL. RESPECTFULLY, MAYOR THC CITY OF CORFW CHRISTI$ TEXAS THE CHARTER RULE WAS SUSPENDED BY THE FOLLOWING VOTES FARRELL 0. SMITH W. J. Room O. C. BIGLER MANUEL P. MALDONADO CHARLIE J. AILLS' ARTHUR R. JAMES ODELL INGLE THE ANOVE ORDINANCE WAS PA5590 OY THE FOLLOWING VOTEI FARRELL 0. SMITH W. J. RootRTS 8. E.. OIGLER MANUEL P. MALDONADD CHARLIE S. Amts CL Whum R. Am ODELL INGLE - . i.