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AN ORDINANCE
APPROPRIATING $796,750.00 FROM FUND NO. 230,
BRIDGE REMOVAL•AND RELOCATION BOND FUND, FOR
ACQUISITION OF AND AUTHORIZING AND DIRECTING
THE CITY MANAGER TO ACQUIRE, THE LANDS NEEDED
FOR CONSTRUCTION OF ROAD, RAILROAD AND RE ED
IMPROVEMENTS INCLUDING A GRADE SEPARATION BE-
TWEEN HIGHWAY 9 AND THE RAILROAD FROM THE SOUTH
END OF THE TULE LAKE LIFT BRIDGE TO THE TEXAS -
MEXICAN RAILROAD COMPANY RIGHT OF WAY AS SHOWN
ON THE PLANS AND SPECIFICATIONS DATED JANUARY 24,
1959, ON FILE IN THE OFFICE OF THE CITY SECRETARY;
AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE AND
DELIVER THE CONTRACTS FOR ACQUISITION OF SAID
PARCELS OF LAND FOR SUCH CASH CONSIDERATION AS
THE COUNCIL MAY BY MOTION APPROVE ON A PURCHASE
CONTRACT IN SUBSTANTIALLY THE SAME FORM AS THE
BLANK FORM ATTACHED HERETO; AND DECLARING AN _
EMERGENCY.
WHEREAS, IT IS NECESSARY TO ACQUIRE CERTAIN LANDS AND PREMISES
FOR USE IN RELOCATING RAILROADS SAND ROADS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONTRACT
EXISTING BETWEEN THE CITY AND THE UNITED STATES FOR THE REMOVAL AND RE-
LOCATING OF THE BASCULE BRIDGE, INCLUDING PARTICULARLY THOSE LANDS SHOWN
ON THE PLANS AND SPECIFICATIONS, DATED JANUARY 24, 19591 PREPARED BY
HARRINGTON & CORTELYOU, ENGINEERS, ON FILE IN THE OFFICE OF THE CITY
SECRETARY, AND INCLUDING THE LANDS NECESSARY FOR A HIGHWAY - RAILROAD
SEPARATION CROSSING AT A POINT ON HIGHWAY 9 BETWEEN NAVIGATION BOULEVARD
AND MCBRIDE LANE; AND
WHEREAS, THE LANDS NEEDED INCLUDE VARIOUS TRACTS OF LAND,
PARTS AND PORTIONS OF TRACTS EXTENDING FROM THE SOUTH END OF THE TULE
LAKE LIFT BRIDGE ON THE NORTH TO THE TEXAS - MEXICAN RAILROAD COMPANY
RIGHT OF WAY ON THE SOUTH, AND INCLUDING PORTIONS OF THE FOLLOWING OWNED
TRACTS OF LAND: ROBERT BRENNAN, KEYS RADIO STATION, HELDENFELS BROTHERS,
EARL C. DUNN ET AL, M. E. DUNN, G. W. HATCH, PARNOT DONIGAN ET AL, D. W.
GRANT ET AL, J. D. AND THOMAS BELL ET AL, PARKERSBURG RIG & REEL CO. ET
AL, OWEN MASSEY ET AL, AND JULIA MCBRIDE ROBINSON ET AL; AND
WHEREAS, IT IS NECESSARY TO PROCEED TO ACQUIRE EACH AND ALL
OF THE SAID TRACTS, PIECES AND PARCELS OF LAND PROMPTLY BY IMMEDIATE
NEGOTIATIONS AND PURCHASE CONTRACT, IF POSSIBLE; AND
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WHEREAS, SUFFICIENT FUNDS, INCLUDING FUNDS PROVIDED BY
LOCAL GOVERNMENTAL AGENCIES AND FUNDS PROVIDED BY THE UNITED STATES
GOVERNMENT, FOR CARRYING OUT OF SAID BASCULE BRIDGE REMOVAL PROJECT ARE
AVAILABLE;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS:
SECTION 1. THERE IS HEREBY APPROPRIATED THE SUM OF $796,750.00
FROM FUND NO. 230, BRIDGE REMOVAL AND RELOCATION BOND FUND, FOR THE AC-
QUISITION OF THE SEVERAL TRACTS, PIECES AND PARCELS OF LAND DESCRIBED IN
PARAGRAPH 1, ABOVE.
SECTION 2. THE CITY MANAGER IS HEREBY AUTHORIZED AND DIRECTED
TO ACQUIRE EACH AND ALL OF THE SAID PIECES, TRACTS AND PARCELS OF LAND
ABOVE MENTIONED, NEEDED FOR SAID PROJECT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PLANS AND
SPECIFICATIONS ABOVE MENTIONED, AND TO EXECUTE FOR AND ON BEHALF OF THE
CITY PURCHASE CONTRACTS FOR EACH AND ALL OF THE SAID PARCELS, PIECES AND
TRACTS OF LAND ON A PURCHASE CONTRACT FORM SUBSTANTIALLY IN ACCORDANCE
WITH THE FORM ATTACHED HERETO AND MADE A PART HEREOF AT SET PRICE AND
TERMS FOR EACH OF SAID PARCELS AS IS APPROVED BY MOTION OF THE COUNCIL
AFTER NEGOTIATIONS WITH EACH AND ALL OF THE SAID RESPECTIVE PROPERTY
OWNERS.
SECTION 3. THE NECESSITY FOR ACQUIRING EACH AND ALL OF THE
SAID PARCELS OF LAND PROMPTLY ASJA PART OF THE OBLIGATION OF THE CITY.
IN ITS CONTRACT WITH THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT RELATING TO THE RE-
MOVAL AND RELOCATION OF THE BASCULE BRIDGE 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 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
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ON THE DATE OF ITS INTRODUCTION AND THAT THIS ORDINANCE TAKE EFFECT AND
BE IN FULL FORCE AND EFFECT FROM AND AFTER AFTER ITS PASSAGE, IT IS ACCORDING-
LY PASSED AND APPROVED, THIS THE pS Q DAY OF JANUARY, 1959.
MAYOR
THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS
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CITY SECRETARY
APPROVED AS TO LEGAL FORM THIS
THE 26TH DAY OF JANUARY, 1959=
CITY ATTORNEY IY
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CORPUS CHRISTIJEXAS
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 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 PASS THIS ORDINANCE FINALLY ON THE DATE IT IS INTRO-
DUCED, OR AT THE PRESENT MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL.
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RESPECTFULLY
THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS
THE CHARTER RULE WAS SUSPENDED
BY THE FOLLOWING VOTES
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
B. E. BIGLER
MANUEL P. MALDONADO
CHARLIE J. AILLS
ARTHUR R. JAMES
ODELL INGLE
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