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HomeMy WebLinkAbout05496 ORD - 09/16/1959•.IMS:JKH:9 -16 -59 e AN ORDINANCE DECLARING IT NECESSARY TO RELOCATE AND MAKE AD- JUSTMENTS IN THE INSTALLATION OF A PIPE AND FACILITIES USED IN CONNECTION 71HEREWITH FOR CONDUCTING GAS THROUGH, UNDER AND ALONG A PUBLIC ROAD AND PUBLIC STREET, TO -WIT: SHELL ROAD, SOMETIMES CALLED UP RIVER ROAD, WITHIN THE CORPO- RATE LIMITS OF CORPUS CHRISTI AND DIRECTING THAT SOUTHERN COMMUNITY GAS COMPANY AND SOUTHERN COAST CORPORATION PROMPTLY LOWER, RELOCATE AND MAKE ADJUSTMENTS IN INSTALLATION OF SAID PIPE LINE AND APPURTENANCES SUBSTANTIALLY IN ACCORDANCE 411TH PLANS AND SPECIFICATIONS APPROVED BY THE DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS, A COPY OF WHICH IS ATTACHED HERE- TO AND MADE A PART HEREOF; AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY. WHEREAS, THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI HAS BEEN ORDERED BY THE CORPS OF ARMY ENGINEERS TO REMOVE THE BASCULE BRIDGE RAILWAY AND HIGHWAY CROSS- ING NOW CROSSING THE SHIP CHANNEL WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, AND PURSUANT TO SUCH ORDER, THE CITY HAS ENTERED INTO AN AGREEMENT WITH THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, BY THE TERMS OF WHICH THE UNITED STATES IS ADVANCING A PORTION OF THE FUNDS FOR THE COST OF SUCH RELOCATION WORK AND THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI IS ENGAGED IN THE PROJECT OF CARRYING OUT THE TERMS OF SAID CONTRACT; AND WHEREAS, IT HAS BEEN DETERMINED THAT IT IS NECESSARY TO PROVIDE FOR STORM WATER DRAINAGE AND TO PROVIDE A RAILROAD CROSSING OF SHELL ROAD, SOMETIMES KNOWN AS UP RIVER ROAD, BEING A PUBLIC ROAD AND PUBLIC STREET WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, AND TO MAKE AD- JUSTMENTS IN SAID ROADWAY, APPURTENANT STRUCTURES, AND THE GRADE THEREOF; AND WHEREAS, IT IS NECESSARY TO MAKE ADJUSTMENTS, RELOCATIONS AND CHANGES IN THE EXISTING LSEWER'AND : OAS PIPELINES OF SOUTHERN COMMUNITY GAS COMPANY AND SOUTHERN COAST CORPORATION NOW LOCATED WITHIN THE RIGHT OF WAY OF THE SAID ROADWAY, AND NOTICE HAS BEEN ISSUED TO SAID SOUTHERN COAST CORPORATION AND SOUTHERN COMMUNITY GAS COMPANY TO MAKE SUCH AD- JUSTMENTS, RELOCATIONS AND CHANGES IN THE INSTALLATIONS OF SAID PIPE LINES AS ARE REQUIRED, AND SAID COMPANY HAS DECLINED TO MAKE SUCH AD- JUSTMENTS WITHOUT ASSURANCE OF REIMBURSEMENT FROM THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI FOR THE COST OF MAKING SUCH ADJUSTMENTS, RELOCATIONS AND CHANGES, AND IT IS NECESSARY TO DIRECT SAID COMPANIES TO LOWER, RELOCATE AND MAKE e 5496 AWL ADJUSTMENTS IN THE INSTALLATION OF SAID PIPE LINES AND APPURTENANCES SUBSTANTIALLY IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PLANS AND SPECIFICATIONS ATTACHED HERETO: NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS: SECTION 1. IT HAVING BEEN DETERMINED BY THE ENGINEER OF THE CITY, WHO HAS PREPARED PLANS AND SPECIFICATIONS FOR THE WORK INVOLVED IN THE ENTIRE PROJECT OF REMOVING AND RELOCATING THE BASCULE BRIDGE, NOW CROSSING THE CORPUS CHRISTI SHIP CHANNEL AND WHICH HAS BEEN ORDERED REMOVED BY THE CORPS OF ARMY ENGINEERS, THAT IT IS NECESSARY TO LOWER, RELOCATE AND MAKE ADJUSTMENTS IN THE INSTALLATION OF THE GAS AND'i SEWER PIPELINES OF THE SOUTHERN COAST CORPORATION AND THE SOUTHERN.COMMUNITY GAS COMPANY AND THE APPURTENANCES OF SAID LING AS A PART OF THE ADJUST- MENT IN THE GRADE AND STRUCTURE OF SHELL ROAD (SOMETIMES CALLED UP RIVER ROAD), A PUBLIC ROAD, AND A PUBLIC STREET WITHIN THE CORPORATE LIMITS OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI. A COPY OF SAID PLANS AND SPECIFICATIONS HAS BEEN ARROVED BY THE CITY AND IS ACCEPTABLE TO THE CORPS OF ARMY ENGINEERS, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONTRACT WITH SAID UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT, AND IS ATTACHED HERETO AND MADE A PART HEREOF. SECTION 2. THE SOUTHERN COAST CORPORATION AND SOUTHERN COM- MUNITY GAS COMPANY AND EACH OF THEM IS HEREBY DIRECTED TO PROMPTLY MAKE AND PROVIDE THE LOWERING, RELOCATING AND ADJUSTMENT IN INSTALLATION OF SAID GAS . AND SEWER PIPE LINE OR PIPE LINES OWNED, OPERATED AND/OR CONTROLLED BY THEM, RESPECTIVELY, AND APPURTENANCES THEREOF SUBSTANTIAL- LY IN ACCORDANCE WITH SAID PLANS AND SPECIFICATIONS. SECTION 3. THE CITY MANAGER AND OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES AND AGENTS OF THE CITY ARE HEREBY AUTHORIZED AND DIRECTED TO ENFORCE THE PROVISIONS OF THIS DIRECTION. SECTION 4. THE NECESSITY FOR OBTAINING IMMEDIATE AND PROMPT COMPLIANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THIS DIRECTION CREATES A PUBLIC EMERGENCY AND AN IMPERATIVE PUBLIC NECESSITY REQUIRING THE SUSPENSION OF THE CHARTER RULE PROVIDING 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, -2- AND THE MAYOR, HAVING DECLARED SUCH EMERGENCY AND NECESSITY TO 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 FROW AND AFTER ITS PASSAGE IT IS ACCORDINGLY PASSED AND APPROVED, THIS THE_,�LDAY OF % 1959• MAYOR ATTt,ST: THE CITY 0 ORPUS CHIdSTI , TEXAS CITY SECR4T-4�"4'/ APP,0 ED AS TO RM THIS DAY OF 1959: CITY ATTORNEY 1-1 O 13. Lower it C-47.1 pipe litre -v) SO I CORPUS CHRISTI XAS " DAY OF ,11959 TO THE MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL CORPUS CHRISTI TEXAS FOR THE REASONS SET FORTH IN THE EMERGENCY CLAUSE OF THE FORE- GOING ORDINANCEI 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 IS 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 INTRODUCEDJI/OR AT THE PRESENT MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL, RESPECTFULLY, MAYOR THE CITY 0 C RPUS CHR TI,TEXAS THE CHARTER RULE WAS SUSPENDED BY THE FOLLOWING VOTE: ELLROY KING a-1,1 JAMES L. BARNARD 0 MRS. RAY A I RHEART 1 JOSEPH B. DUNN PATRICK J. DUNNE R. A. HUMBLE GABE LOZANO, SR, THE ABOVE ORDINANCE WAS PASSED BY THE FOLLOWING VOTE: ELLROY KING JAMES L. BARNARD e MRS. RAY AIRHEART JOSEPH B. DUNN �1V U T_ PATRICK J. DUNNE R. A. HUMBLE Zl. 0 7 GABE LOZANO, SR.