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HomeMy WebLinkAbout05418 RES - 07/15/1959�'. IMS:JKH:7 -13 -59 RESOLUTION APPROVING THE PROPOSED ROUTE OF HIGHWAY 198 EXTENDING FROM CHAPMAN RANCH ROAD TO HIGHWAY 44 AND THENCE TO A CONNECTION WITH INTERSTATE HIGHWAY 37, URGING FURTHER PROGRESS IN THE PLANNING AND CONSTRUCTION OF SAID ROAD; AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY. WHEREAS, THE STATE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT HAS BEEN ENGAGED IN THE PLANNING OF A SYSTEM OF EXPRESSWAYS WITHIN THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI AND THE AREA SURROUNDING THE CITY, AND HAS IN ITS PRELIMINARY PLANNING DESIG- NATED A PROPOSED ROUTE EXTENDING GENERALLY ALONG THE PRESENT LEXINGTON BOULEVARD FROM CHAPMAN RANCH ROAD TO HIGHWAY 44 AND THENCE IN A NEW ROUTE, IN A NORTHERLY DIRECTION RUNNING GENERALLY EAST OF LANTANA STREET TO A CONNECTION WITH INTERSTATE HIGHWAY 37; AND WHEREAS, SAID PRELIMINARY PLAN AND PROPOSAL FOR SUCH HIGHWAY TO BE KNOWN AS HIGHWAY 358 HAS BEEN SUBMITTED FOR EXAMINATION AND REVIEW, AND SUCH A PROPOSAL HAS BEEN REVIEWED BY THE CITY AND APPEARS TO BE IN ALL DETAILS SATISFACTORY TO THE CITY: NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS: SECTION 1. THAT THE GRATITUDE AND COMMENDATION OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI BE EXTENDED TO THE STATE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT IN ITS THOROUGH CONSIDERATION OF THE TRAFFIC PROBLEMS AND METHOD OF MEETING THE ANTICIPATED NEEDS OF THE STATE AND OF THE AREA SURROUNDING THE CITY TO HANDLE THE MOVEMENT OF TRAFFIC INTO AND THROUGH THE CITY, AND THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI HEREBY EXPRESSES ITS APPROVAL OF THE PROPOSED HIGHWAY 358 EXPRESSWAY, EXTENDING AS ABOVE STATED, FROM CHAPMAN RANCH ROAD TO A CONNECTION WITH INTERSTATE HIGHWAY 37. SECTION 2. THAT THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI URGES THE STATE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT TO COMPLETE THE PLANNING OF SAID HIGHWAY SO AS TO PROCEED WITH CONSTRUCTION AND COMPLETION THEREOF AT AN EARLY DATE. SECTION 3. THE NECESSITY FOR IMMEDIATE EXPRESSION OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI OF THE PROPOSED ROUTE OF HIGHWAY 358 CREATES A PUBLIC 5410 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 THAT SUCH EMERGENCY AND NECESSITY EXIST AND HAVING REQUESTED THAT SUCH CHARTER RULE BE SUSPENDED AND THAT THIS RESOLUTION BE PASSED FINALLY ON THE DATE OF ITS INTRODUCTION AND THAT THIS RESOLUTION TAKE EFFECT AND BE IN FULL FORCE AND EFFECT FROM AND AFTER ITS ASSA E, IT IS ACCORDINGLY PASSED AND APPROVED, THIS 14 OF , 1959. V ATTEST: MAYOR t THE CITY OF ORPUS CHRI I, TEXAS CITY SECRET Y APPROV A&-TO L G FO THIS THE�DAY OF i r' THIS CITY AtTORNL`Y 0 CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS ,J , 194 TO THE MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS GENTLEMENe 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 13 INTRODUCED, AND THAT SUCH ORDINANCE OR RESOLUTION SHALL BE READ AT THREE MEETINGS OF THE CITY COUNCIL; I,'7HEREFORE, HEREBY REQUEST THAT YOU SUSPEND SAID CHARTER RULE OR REQUIREMENT AND PASS THIS ORDINANCE FINALLY ON THE DATE IT IS INTRODUCED, OR AT THE PRESENT MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL. RESPECTFULLY, MAYOR THE CITY OF CORD CHRIST TEXAS THE CHARTER RULE WAS SUSPENDED BY THE FOLLOWING VOTES ELLROY ICING JAMES L. BARNARD MRS. RAY AIRHEART Gil 1p JOSEPH B. DUNN PATRICK J. DUNNE R. A. HUMBLE GABE L. LOZANO, SR. THE ABOVE ORDINANCE WAS PASSED BY THE FOLLO ING VOT e ELLROY KING JAMES L. BARNARO MRS. RAY AIRNEART JOSEPH B. DUNN PATRICK J. DUNNE R. A. HUMBLE GABE L. LOZANO, SR.