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HomeMy WebLinkAbout05480 ORD - 09/02/1959' JKH:9 -2-59 AN ORDINANCE CANVASSING RETURNS AND DECLARING RESULT OF AN ELECTION ON THE QUESTION OF WHETHER OR NOT THE CITY SHOULD ENTER INTO A LEASE AGREEMENT WITH CORPUS CHRISTI BANK AND TRUSTOOMPANY, TRUSTEE, COVERING A PORTION OF THE AIRPORT PROPERTY OF THE NEW MUNICIPAL AIRPORT, FOR A TERM OF THIRTY (30) YEARS; AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY. WHEREAS, HERETOFORE ON THE 5TH DAY OF AUGUST, 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 29TH DAY OF AUGUST, 1959, ON THE FOLLOWING PROPOSITION: "PROPOSITION A 'SHALL THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI AND BE AUTHORIZED TO CAUSE TO BE EXECUTED A LEASE AGREEMENT, FOR AND ON BEHALF OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI AS LESSOR, WITH CORPUS CHRISTI BANK AND TRUST COMPANY, TRUSTEE, AS LESSEE, COVERING A PORTION OF THE AIRPORT PROPERTY OF THE NEW MUNICIPAL AIRPORT, SAID LEASE TO CONTAIN PROVISIONS RESTRICTING ASSIGNMENT OR SUB- LEASING WITHOUT APPROVAL OF THE CITY; RESTRICTING THE USE OF THE PROPERTY; PROVID- ING FOR RENTALS; SAID LEASE TO HAVE A TERM OF THIRTY (30) YEARS FROM THE DATE OF EXECUTION BY THE CITY, ALL AS PRO- VIDED UNDER THE TERMS AND AS CONTAINED IN SAID PROPOSED LEASE AS SET OUT IN ORDINANCE N0. 5456, PASSED AND AP- PROVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL ON THE 5TH DAY OF AUGUST, 1959,I "; 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 29TH DAY OF AUGUST, 1959, IN CONFORMITY WITH THE ELECTION ORDINANCE HERETO- FORE PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL AND THE RESULT OF SAID ELECTION HAS BEEN CERTIFIED AND RETURNED TO THIS COUNCIL BY THE PROPER JUDGES AND CLERKS THEREOF; AND 5480 WHEREAS, THIS COUNCIL HAS TODAY CONSIDERED THE RETURNS OF SAID ELECTION ON THE PROPOSITION HEREINABOVE STATED, WHICH WAS HELD ON THE 29TH DAY OF AUGUSTS 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 FOLLOWING VOTES: "FOR THE AUTHORIZATION OF A LEASE OF A PORTION OF THE NEW MUNICIPAL AIRPORT LANDS" 2882 VOTES; "AGAINST THE AUTHORIZATION OF A LEASE OF A PORTION OF THE NEW MUNICIPAL AIRPORT LANDS" 1125 VOTES. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCJL OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS: SECTION 1. THAT THE PROPOSITION FOR THE AUTHORIZATION OF A LEASE OF A TRACT OF LAND, A PART OF THE NEW MUNICIPAL AIRPORT LANDS TO CORPUS CHRISTI BANK AND TRUST COMPANY TRUSTEE, WAS SUSTAINED BY A MAJORITY OF THE RESIDENT QUALIFIED ELECTORS, VOTING AT SAID ELECTION AND THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS, IS HEREBY AUTHORIZED TO ENACT SUCH ORDINANCES AS ARE NECESSARY FOR THE LEASING OF SAID TRACT OF LAND TO CORPUS CHRISTI BANK AND TRUST COMPANY, TRUSTEE, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SAID PROPOSITION. SECTION 2. THE NECESSITY FOR PASSING THIS ORDINANCE IN ORDER TO COMMENCE NEGOTIATIONS FOR THE SUB- LEASING OF A TRACT OF THE LANDS AT THE NEW MUNICIPAL AIRPORT SITE AUTHORIZED FOR LEASE TO CORPUS CHRISTI BANK AND TRUST COMPANY, TRUSTEE, 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 RE- SOLUTION SHALL BE READ AT THREE SEVERAL MEETINGS OF THE CITY COUNCILi AND THE MAYOR HAVING DECLARED THAT SUCH EMERGENCY AND NECESSITY EXIST, 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 -2- PASSAGE IT IS ACCORDINGLY SO ORDAINED. PASSED AND APPROVED, THIS THE-14--O AY OF 115q� 9, MAYOR ATTEST: THE CIT O CORPU HRISTI, TEXAS CITY SECRETARY. APPROVED AS j LERM THIS .1 DAY OF „(/ 1959: CI TY - ATTORNEY CORPUS CHRISTI T AS DAY OF 19 TO THE MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS FOR THE REASONS SET FORTH IN THE EMERGENCY CLAUSE OF THE FORE- GOING ORDINANCE, A PUBLIC EMERGENCY AND IMPERATIVE NECESSITY EXIST FOR THE SUSPENSION OF THE CHARTER RULE OR REQUIREMENT THAT NO ORDINANCE OR RESOLU- TION 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 THEREFORE HEREBY REQUEST THAT YOU SUSPEND SAID CHARTER RULE OR REQUIRE- MENT 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 CORPUS C 'ISTI�TEXAS THE CHARTER RULE WAS SUSPENDED BY THE FOLLOWING VOTE: ELLROY KING JAMES L. BARNARD MRS. RAY AIRHEART JOSEPH Bo DUNN PATRICK J. DUNNE Re A. HUMBLE GABE LOZANO, SR. THE ABOVE ORDINANCE WAS PASSED BY THE FOLLOWING YOTEi ELLROY KING JAMES L. BARNARD MRS. RAY AIRHEART JOSEPH B. DUNN PATRICK J. DUNNE Re A. HUMBLE GAGE LOZANO, SR.