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Home My WebLink About05419 ORD - 07/15/1959IMS:JKH :7 -13 -59 j AN ORDINANCE CANVASSING RETURNS AND DECLARING THE RESULTS OF AN ELECTION ON THE QUESTION OF WHETHER OR NOT THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI SHOULD GRANT AN EXTENSION OF THE PRESENT FRANCHISE OF HOUSTON NATO L GAS CORPORATION FOR A TERM OF THIRTY 3 YEARS; AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY. WHEREAS, HERETOFORE ON THE 17TH DAY OF JUNE, 1959, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS, PASSED AN ORDINANCE CALLING AN ELECTION TO BE HELD IN SAID CITY ON THE 11TH DAY OF JULY, 1959, ON THE FOLLOWING PROPOSITION: PROPOSITION A "SHALL THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI BE AUTHORIZED TO ENACT AN ORDINANCE GRANTING AN EXTENSION OF THE PRESENT FRANCHISE OF HOUSTON NATURAL GAS CORPORATION FOR A TERM OF THIRTY (30) YEARS FROM AND AFTER THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF SUCH ORDINANCE FOLLOWING FINAL PASSAGE OF SUCH EXTENSION ORDINANCE BY THE CITY COUNCIL, SUBJECT TO THE TERMS AND CONDI- TIONS AS'CONTAINED IN ORDINANCE N0. �FO18, PASSED AND APPROVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL, ALL AS PROVIDED IN SAID EXTENSION OF FRANCHISE AS SET OUT IN ORDINANCE No. 5394, PASSED AND APPROVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL ON THE 17TH DAY OF JUNE, 19592" WHEREAS, SAID ELECTION WAS DULY HELD AT THE TIME AND PLACES SPECIFIED AFTER DUE NOTICE, AS REQUIRED BY LAW, HAD BEEN GIVEN BY POSTING AND PUBLICATION; AND WHEREAS, SAID ELECTION WAS DULY AND LEGALLY HELD ON THE 11TH DAY OF JULY, 1959, IN CONFORMITY WITH THE ELECTION ORDINANCE HERETOFORE PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL AND THE RESULT OF SAID ELECTION HAS BEEN CERTI- FIED AND RETURNED TO THIS COUNCIL BY THE PROPER JUDGES AND CLERKS THEREOF; AND WHEREAS, THIS COUNCIL HAS TODAY CONSIDERED THE RETURNS OF SAID ELECTION ON THE PROPOSITION HEREINABOVE STATED, WHICH WAS HELD ON THE 11TH DAY OF JULY, 1959; AND WHEREAS, IT APPEARS TO THE COUNCIL AND THE COUNCIL SO FINDS THAT SAID ELECTION WAS IN ALL RESPECTS LAWFULLY HELD AND SAID RETURNS DULY AND LEGALLY MADE AND THAT THERE WERE CAST AT SAID ELECTION THE FOL- LOWING VOTES: 5413 • - - - OFnCM TALLY Cny OF CORPUS Omni, mus JULY u, 1459 an�araricryn Proposition re- Bdustgn Natural Gas Co. franchise FOR AGAINST Mlieland's Court Room Cheston Heath School (0 3 9 Coo. W. Crossley School .Oak Park School 3 Savage Lane Fire Station / A� s West Heiatts Baptist Church 1(vs- Roy Miller High School (� Edward Forman School 1/7 / 3 Qeo. Wiggins' Huse, Recreation Center S-6 3 De Zavala School Stephen F. Austin School Geo. W. Carver School S7 J✓ David Crockett School 93 �f Wm. B. Travis School Elizabeth St. School M. Meager School -2/7 0`2 a 7noeraate Word Acadaw, Cafeteria -3146 / 9 Lindale Recreation Center a 7 0 /0 Del Mar College Auditorium 1217 17 Sam Houston School o? O q IS Baker Jr. High School 4 q ,^,unni naham Jr. Sigh School 17 Prescott Elementary School a & Jae. W. Fannin School 3 3,;o- 91 Laxuagton School '30.3 Central Park School 7(, R. B. Fisher School (a / a, Hut, Parkway PPeresbyteriau Church (y 3 O g$Scout L®er Shoop n 'Cea�rly Jack & Jill Shop a g Robt. T. Wilson Elementary School Carroll Lane School / 7 O $=dean Jr. High School / Windsor Church of Christ / .21 a c� Montclair Elementary School a, 3 / I I Windsor Park School 131 Sundeen Elementary School Iq3 c�L BM TOTALS loa9� Hlo® a3 7� 71/ g9 16-6 /g3 104 /30 59 NS 6q 6Z /OV /30 131 ,237 3(o5 � go 19� as8 aa� -Z 340 3-L2. a 93 I3S I99 300 -?,.z J7/ /a /S6 a 411 - /3 '10 18l 5-5a5- NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI., TEXAS: SECTION 1. THAT THE PROPOSITION WAS SUSTAINED BY A MAJORITY OF THE RESIDENT QUALIFIED ELECTORS VOTING AT SAID ELECTIONy AND THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS, IS HEREBY AUTHORIZED TO ENACT SUCH ORDINANCE AS IS NECESSARY FOR THE EXTENSION OF THE PRESENT FRANCHISE OF HOUSTON NATURAL GAS CORPORATION FOR A TERM OF THIRTY (30) YEARS, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SAID PROPOSITION. SECTION 2. THE NECESSITY FOR PASSING THIS ORDINANCE IN ORDER TO COMMENCE NEGOTIATIONS FOR THE EXTENSION OF THE PRESENT FRANCHISE OF HOUSTON NATURAL GAS CORPORATION CREATES A PUBLIC EMERGENCY AND AN IM- PERATIVE 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 COUNCILo AND THE MAYOR HAVING DECLARED THAT SUCH EMERGENCY AND NECESSITY EXISTI AND HAVING REQUESTED THAT SUCH CHARTER RULE BE SUSPENDED] AND THAT THIS ORDINANCE BE PASSED FINALLY ON THE DATE OF ITS INTRODUCTION AND TAKE EFFECT AND BE IN FULL FORCE AND EFFECT FROM AND AFTER ITS AGE, IT IS ACCORDINGLY PASSED AND APPROVED THIS THE _LfDAY OF 1959 11 ATTEST: MAYOR THE CITY OF PUS CH�STI� TEXAS �` C TY SECR TA ^i/ AP4/4rDA S TO G F THIS THY OF 1959: CIR EY • CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS i 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, THEREFORS, 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 CO CHRIST , TEXAS THE CHARTER RULE WAS SUSPENDED 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. THE ABOVE ORDINANCE WAS PASSED BY THE FOLLOW G VOTE °. ELLROY KING JAMES L. BARNARD dA MRS. RAY AIRHEART JOSEPH B. DUNN PATRICK J. DUNNE R. A. HUMBLE GABE L. LOZANO, SR.