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.
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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:
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CITV SECRETARY
APPRO ED AS TO LEGAL FORM THI THE
DAY OF !1 i'®6 EW , 1959:
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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
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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.