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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
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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,
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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
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MAYOR
ATTt,ST: THE CITY 0 ORPUS CHIdSTI , TEXAS
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DAY OF 1959:
CITY ATTORNEY
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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
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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
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JOSEPH B. DUNN
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PATRICK J. DUNNE
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GABE LOZANO, SR.