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AN ORDINANCE
AUTHORIZING AND DIRECTING THE CITY MANAGER TO
EXECUTE FOR AND ON BEHALF OF THE CITY OF CORPUS
CHRISTI, TEXAS, A CONTRACT WITH BERTHA WEIL, ALEX
WEIL, ET AL, THE OWNERS OF CERTAIN PROPERTY HEREIN
DESCRIBED, FOR THE PURCNASE•OF CERTAIN PORTIONS OF
SAID PROPERTY NEEDED BY THE CITY AS PART OF THE
TULE LAKE LIFT BRIDGE PROJECT; APPROPRIATING THE
SUM OF $270,000.00 OUT OF FUND NO. 230, BRIDGE
REMOVAL AND RELOCATION BOND FUND, FOR THE PURCHASE
PRICE THEREOF; AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.
WHEREAS, THE NEED AND NECESSITY HAS PREVIOUSLY BEEN FOUND
AND THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI HAS ENTERED INTO A PROJECT KNOWN AS
THE TULE LAKE LIFT BRIDGE PROJECT, WHICH INCLUDES REMOVAL AND RE—
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LOCATION OF THE PRESENT BASCULE BRIDGE AND RELOCATION OF CERTAIN ROADS,
RAILROADS AND RAIL YARDS; AND
WHEREAS, IT IS NECESSARY,AS PART OF SAID PROJECT, TO ACQUIRE
CERTAIN PORTIONS OF PROPERTY LOCATED IN NUECES COUNTY, TEXAS, NORTH OF
STATE HIGHWAY 44, WEST OF LEXINGTON BOULEVARD, AND EAST OF CORN PRODUCTS
ROAD FROM BERTHA WEIL, ALEX WEIL, M. HARVEY WEIL, ADELE H. WEIL, WILLIAM
+ H. COHEN, TRUSTEE, AND MOISE WEIL, THE OWNERS OF SAID LAND:
NOW, THEREFORE, BE-IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS:
SECTION 1. THE CITY MANAGER IS HEREBY AUTHORIZED AND DIRECTED
TO EXECUTE,FOR AND ON BEHALF OF THE CITY OF CORPUS,CHRISTI, TEXAS, A
CONTRACT WITH BERTHA WEIL, ALEX WEIL, ET AL, THE OWNERS OF THE ABOVE
DESCRIBED LAND LOCATED IN NUECES COUNTY, TEXAS, FOR THE PURCHASE OF SUCH
PORTIONS OF SAID LAND NEEDED IN CONNECTION WITH THE TULE LAKE LIFT BRIDGE,
RAILROAD AND RAIL YARD RELOCATION PROJECT, UPON SUCH TERMS AS THE CITY
COUNCIL SHALL APPROVE.
SECTION 2. THE SUM OF $270,000.00 IS HEREBY APPROPRIATED OUT
OF NO. 230, BRIDGE REMOVAL AND RELOCATION BOND FUND, FOR THE PURCHASE
PRICE OF SAID LAND UNDER SAID CONTRACT.
SECTION 3. THE NECESSITY FOR ACQUIRING THE NEEDED PROPERTY
SO THAT THE CONTRACTOR MAY BEGIN DIRT WORK IMMEDIATELY SO THAT THE
RELOCATION OF THE RAILROADS AND RAIL YARDS MAY BE ACCOMPLISHED CREATED
A PUBLIC EMERGENCY AND AN IMPERATIVE PUBLIC NECESSITY REQUIRING THE
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SUSPENSION OF THE CHARTER RULE THAT NO ORDINANCE OR RESOLUTION SHALL
BE PASSED FINALLY ON THE DATE OF ITS INTRODUCTION AND THAT SUCH ORDI-
NANCE 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 SUCH ORDINANCE TAKE EFFECT AND BE IN FULL FORCE AND EFFECT,
T AND AFTER ITS PASSAGE, IT IS ACCORDINGLY SO ORDAINED, THIS THE
DAY OF FEBRUARY, 1959• _
MAYOR
THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS
ATTEST:
CITY SECRETARY
APPROVED AS TO LEGAL FORM THIS
4TH DAY OF FEBRUARY, 1959:
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CITY ATTORNEY
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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. y3 O
Fund from which it is proposed to be drawn, and such money is not
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appropriated for any other purpose.
Director of Finance
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CORPUS CHRISTI,TEXAS
9,1Z . 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 INTRODUCED AND THAT SUCH
ORDINANCE OR RESOLUTION SHALL BE READ AT THREE MEETINGS OF THE CITY
COUNCIL; 11 THEREFORE, HEREBY REQUEST THAT YOU SUSPEND SAID CHARTER RULE
OR REQUIREMENT AND PASS THIS ORDINANCE FINALLY ON THE DATE IT IS INTRO- S
DUCED2 OR AT THE PRESENT MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL.
RESPECTFULLYp
MAYOR
THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS
THE CHARTER RULE WAS SUSPENDED BY THE FOLLOWING VOTE:
FARRELL D. SMITH
W. J. ROBERTS cc
B. E. BIGLER
MANUEL P. MALDONADO
CHARLIE J. AILLS
ARTHUR R. JAMES O
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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 I NGLE �L...R..-