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AN ORDINANCE
AUTHORIZING AND DIRECTING THE CITY MANAGER
TO EXECUTE, FOR AND ON BEHALF OF THE CITY
OF CORPUS CHRISTI, THE "ORDER APPROVING THE
GUARANTY OF COST AND SPECIFYING THE PROPOR-
TIONATE SHARES OF THE TOTAL COST OF THE
PROJECT TO BE BORNE BY THE UNITED STATES AND
BY THE BRIDGE OWNER (FIRST REVISION) APPROVED
BY THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY ON 12 JANUARY,
1959 ". AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.
;AREAS, by Ordinance No. 5281, passed and approved by the
City Council on February 18, 1959, the City Council of the City of Corpus
Christi authorized the execution by the City Manager of an "Order approving
the guaranty of cost and specifying the proportionate shares of the total
cost of the project to be borne by the United States and by the bridge
owner (First Revision) ", a copy of which instrument was attached to and
made a part of said ordinance; and
WHEREAS, said instrument was referred to in said ordinance as
"A guaranty of coat agreement" and after the passage of said ordinance
said instrument was executed and attested by the City Manager of the City
of Corpus Christi and was, in fact, the instrument intended by the City
Council in said ordinance to be executed and delivered by said city
Manager; and
WHEREAS, the United States Army, Corps of Engineers, has re-
quested "that the City Council pass an ordinance authorizing the City
Manager specifically to execute, on behalf of the City of Corpus Christi,
the order approving the guaranty of cost and specifying the proportionate
shares of the total cost of the project to be borne by the United States
and by the bridge owner (First Revision) approved by the Secretary of the
Army on 12 January 1959 ", and the City Council desires to comply with said
request:
NOV, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS:
SECTION 1. The City Manager of the City of Corpus Christi is
hereby authorized and directed to execute on behalf of the City of Corpus
Christi, the "order approving the guaranty of coat and specifying the
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proportionate shares of the total cost of the project to be borne by the
United States and by the bridge owner (First Revision) approved by the
Secretary of the Army on 12 January 1959 ", photostatic copy of which is
attached hereto and made a part hereof.
SECTION 2. The execution of a duplicate of said instrument
by the City Manager is hereby ratified and confirmed.
SECTION 3. The necessity for execution and acceptance of the
instrument described in Section 1 hereof by the City in carrying out its
obligation under its contract with the Corps of Engineers, United States
Army, in the project of Bascule Bridge Relocation under the Truman -Hobbe
Act, authorized by Ordinance No. 3990, dated December 15, 1954, 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 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 ilday of May, 1959.
ATTEST:
City Secret
APPROVED AS TO LEGAL FORM THIS
THE 26TH DAY OF MAY, 1959:
City Attorney
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MAYOR
THE CI 11111' CORP 4 CHRISTI, TEXAS
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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 I3 INTRODUCED, AND THAT SUCH
ORDINANCE OR RESOLUTION SHALL BE READ AT THREE MEETINGS OF THE CITY
COUNCIL; 1, THEREFORE, HEREBY REQUEST THAT YOU SUSPEND SAID CHARTER
RULE OR REQUIREMENT AND PASS THIS ORDINANCE FINALLY ON THE DATE IT 13
INTRODUCED, OR AT THE PRESENT MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL.
RESPECTFULLY,
MAYOR
THE CITY OF COR
CHRIST , TEXAS
THE CHARTER RULE WAS SUSPENDED BY THE FOLLOWING VOTE:
ELLROY KING
JAMES L. BARNARD
MRS. RAY AIRH£ART
JOSEPH B. DUNN
PATRICK J. DUNNE
R. A. HUMBLE
GABE L. LOZANO, SR.
THE ABOVE ORDINANCE WAS PASSED BY THE FOLLOWING VOTE:
ELLROY KING
JAMES L. BARNARD
MRS. RAY AIRHEART
JOSEPH B. DUNN
PATRICK J. DUNNE
R. A. HUMBLE
GABE L. LOZANO, SR.