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HomeMy WebLinkAbout05521 ORD - 10/14/1959JAW: JKH :10- 12 -5.9 AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING AND DIRECTING THE CITY MANAGER, FOR AND ON BEHALF OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS, TO EXECUTE A CONTRACT WITH THE HUMBLE PIPE LINE COMPAN X0,574.41, COPY OF WHICH CONTRACT IS ATTACHED HERETO AND MADE A PART HEREOF; APPROPRIATING THE SUM OF $6,574.47 FROM THE BRI fDG 0_ L AND RELOCATION BOND FUND, NO. 230= AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY. WHEREAS, THE CITY, IN CONJUNCTION WITH OTHER GOVERNMENTAL AGENCIES, HAS BEGUN THE BASCULE BRIDGE REMOVAL PROJECT WHICH NECESSITATES THE CONSTRUC- TION OF THE PROPOSED SAVAGE LANE RAILROAD TRACK FROM ACROSS THE SHIP CHANNEL TO HIGHWAY 44; AND WHEREAS, THERE ARE EXISTING CERTAIN PIPELINES WHICH, UNLESS LOWERED AND CASED, ACCORDING TO THE ENGINEERING SPECIFICATIONS, WILL CONSTITUTE AN OBSTRUCTION TO THE PROPOSED SAVAGE LANE LINE; AND WHEREAS,, THREE OF THESE CERTAIN PIPELINES ARE OWNED BY THE HUMBLE PIPE LINE COMPANY WHO IS AGREEABLE TO ADJUSTING AND ENCASING THE SAID PIPE- LINES, AS NECESSARY, FOR THE COST OF SUCH ADJUSTMENT AND ENCASING; AND WHEREAS, THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI HAS BEEN DULY APPOINTED THE AGENT FOR THE SEVERAL RAILROADS AND GOVERNMENTAL AGENCIES PARTICIPATING IN THE BASCULE BRIDGE REMOVAL PROJECT: NOd, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI,, TEXAS: SECTION 1. THAT THE CITY MANAGER IS HEREBY AUTHORIZED AND DIRECTED TO EXECUTE, FOR AND ON BEHALF OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI A CONTRACT WITH THE HUMBLE PIPE LINE COMPANY, A COPY OF WHICH IS ATTACHED HERETO AND MADE A PART HEREOF INCLUDING THE ENGINEERING SPECIFICATIONS REQUIRING THE SAID HUMBLE PIPE LINE COMPANY TO ADJUST AND ENCASE, ACCORDING TO CERTAIN ENGINEER- ING SPECIFICATIONS, THREE EXISTING PIPELINES THAT PRESENTLY WOULD INTERFERE WITH THE CONSTRUCTION AND USE OF THE PROPOSED SAVAGE LANE RAILROAD TRACK, FOR THE SUM OF $6,574•47 TO BE PAID BY THE CITY, ACTING AS THE AGENT FOR THE GOVERNMENTAL BODIES PARTICIPATING IN THE BASCULE BRIDGE PROJECT. 5521 SECTION 2. THAT THE SUM OF $6,5741.47 IS HEREBY APPROPRIATED FROM THE BRIDGE REMOVAL AND RELOCATION PROJECT, FUND NO. 230, PROJECT 13 -55-3, FOR PAYMENT UNDER THE SAID CONTRACT. SECTION 3. THE FACT THAT CERTAIN EXISTING PIPELINES ARE A HINDRANCE TO THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE PROPOSED SAVAGE LANE RAILROAD TRACK 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, 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 FROM Z-AY AFTER ITS PASSAGE, IT IS ACCORDINGLY PASSED AND APPROVED, THIS THE � OF(0C 1959- MAYOR THE CITY OF C P S CHRISTI, TEXAS ATTEST: -- rl, \�� /�--/ 1, CITV SECRETARY APPRO ED AS TO LEGAL FORM THI THE DAY OF !1 i'®6 EW , 1959: 4 /'�j f0 CITY ATTORNEY I certify to the City Council that the money required for the contract, agreement, obligation, or expenditure contemplated in the above and foregoing ordinance is in the Treasury of the City of Corpus Christi to the credit of No. 210 BRIDGE REmpyAL AND-REI-ocATIoN c PROJECT Fund from which it is proposed to be drama, and such money is not appropriated for any other purpose. Director of Finance r i CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS r AlAY OF�, l9�/ i 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 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 INTRODUCED, OR AT THE PRESENT MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL. RESPECTFULLY, L YOR THE CITY OF CO P S CHRISTI, EXAS THE CHARTER RULE WAS SUSPENDED BY THE FOLLOWING VOTE% ELLROY KING JAMES L. BARNARD MRS. RAY AIRHEART JOSEPH S. DUNN PATRICK J. DUNNE R. A. HUMBLE GABE LOZANO, SR. THE ABOVE ORDINANCE WAS PASSED BY THE FOLLOWING VOTES ELLROY KING JAMES L. BARNARD ILI MRS. RAY AIRHEART JOSEPH B. DUNN PATRICK J. DUNNE R. A. HUMBLE O GABE LOZANO, SR.