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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
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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.
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MAYOR
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CITY SECRET Y
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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.