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AN ORDINANCE
AUTHORIZING AND DIRECTING THE CITY MANAGER, FOR
AND ON BEHALF OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI AS
AGENT FOR AND ON BEHALF OF GOVERNMENTAL BODIES AND
RAILROAD COMPANIES PARTICIPATING IN THE BASCULE
BRIDGE RELOCATION PROJECT, TO EXECUTE A CONTRACT
WITH THE TEXAS & NEW ORLEANS RAILROAD COMPANY TO
PURCHASE CERTAIN RAILROAD RAILS, TIE PLATES, ANGLE
BARS AND RAIL ANCHORS; APPROPRIATING THE SUM OF
$56,748.90 FOR PAYMENT UNDER THE CONTRACT AND THE
SUM OF $9,000.00 FOR PAYMENT OF EXPENSE OF UNLOADING
AND STACKING SAID RAILROAD MATERIALS OUT OF THE
BRIDGE.REMOVAL AND RELOCATION BOND, FUND NO. 230,
PROJECT NO. 13 -55 -8; DECLARING REPEALED ORDINANCE
NO. 5386; AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.
WHEREAS, NUECES COUNTY, THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, NUECES
COUNTY NAVIGATION DISTRICT NO. 1, THE MISSOURI PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY,
THE TEXAS - MEXICAN RAILWAY COMPANY AND THE TEXAS .& NEW ORLEANS RAILROAD
COMPANY ARE JOINTLY INVOLVED IN A PROJECT KNOWN AS THE BASCULE BRIDGE
RELOCATION PROJECT, WITH THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA REIMBURSING THE
SAID GROUP FOR THE COST OF THE PROJECT; AND
WHEREAS, THE BASCULE BRIDGE RELOCATION PROJECT INVOLVES THE
RECONSTRUCTION OF CERTAIN RAILROAD TRACKAGE AND SWITCH AND JOINT INTER-
CHANGE YARDS WITH RAILROAD TRACKAGE, LARGELY OUTSIDE THE CORPORATE LIMITS
OF THE CITY; AND
WHEREAS, THE TEXAS & NEW ORLEANS RAILROAD COMPANY HAS AVAILABLE
CERTAIN RAILROAD MATERIALS NOT PRESENTLY IN USE WHICH THEY HAVE AGREED
TO SELL TO THE SAID GROUP FOR ITS USE IN THE BASCULE BRIDGE RELOCATION
PROJECT; AND
WHEREAS, THE SAID RAILROAD MATERIALS CAN BE USED IN THE BASCULE
BRIDGE RELOCATION PROJECT; AND
WHEREAS, SAID RAILROAD COMPANY HAS OFFERED THE RAILROAD MATERIALS
TO THE GROUP AT A PRICE SUBSTANTIALLY LESS THAN IT COULD BE PURCHASED
ELSEWHERE, AND SAID RAILROAD MATERIALS MUST BE PURCHASED SOMEWHERE FOR
THE BASCULE BRIDGE RELOCATION PROJECT; AND
WHEREAS, THE GROUP COMPOSED OF NUECES COUNTY, THE CITY OF
CORPUS CHRISTI, NUECES COUNTY NAVIGATION DISTRICT N0. 1, THE MISSOURI
PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY, THE TEXAS - MEXICAN RAILWAY COMPANY AND THE
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TEXAS & NEW ORLEANS RAILROAD COMPANY, HAVE PASSED A RESOLUTION APPOINTING
AND AUTHORIZING THE CITY TO ACT AS THE GROUP'S AGENT, AND PURCHASE ON
BEHALF OF THE GROUP, THE SAID NECESSARY AND AVAILABLE RAILROAD MATERIALS
NEEDED IN THE BASCULE BRIDGE RELOCATION PROJECT, WITH THE CITY TO BE
REIMBURSED WHEN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA REIMBURSES THE SAID GROUP
FOR THE COST THEREOF; AND
WHEREAS, IT IS NECESSARY TO UNLOAD THE SAID RAILROAD MATERIALS
AND TO STACK SAID RAILROAD MATERIALS AT THE EXPENSE OF THE CITY IN THE
ESTIMATED AMOUNT OF $9,000.00; AND
WHEREAS, ORDINANCE No. 5386 AUTHORIZED THE EXECUTION OF A
CONTRACT BY THE CITY PROVIDING FOR THE PURCHASE FROM THE TEXAS & NEW
ORLEANS RAILROAD COMPANY OF CERTAIN RAILROAD EQUIPMENT, AND APPROPRIATED
THE SUM OF $205,905.95 FOR THE PAYMENT UNDER SAID CONTRACT, BUT BECAUSE
RAILROAD EQUIPMENT WAS NOT AVAILABLE SAID CONTRACT WAS NEVER EXECUTED; AND
WHEREAS, IT IS NECESSARY THAT THE APPROPRIATION OF THE SAID
$$205.905.9955 BE CANCELLED AND MADE SUBJECT FOR REAPPROPRIATION.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS:
SECTION 1. THE CITY MANAGER IS HEREBY AUTHORIZED AND DIRECTED,
FOR AND ON BEHALF OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI ACTING AS AGENT.FOR AND
ON BEHALF OF THE GROUP COMPOSED OF NUECES COUNTY, THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI,
NUECES COUNTY NAVIGATION DISTRICT NO. 1, THE MISSOURI PACIFIC RAILROAD
COMPANY, THE TEXAS - MEXICAN RAILWAY COMPANY AND THE TEXAS & NEW ORLEANS
RAILROAD COMPANY, THE GROUP JOINTLY INVOLVED IN THE BASCULE BRIDGE RE-
LOCATION PROJECT, TO EXECUTE A CONTRACT WITH THE TEXAS & NEW ORLEANS
RAILROAD COMPANY PROVIDING FOR THE PURCHASE, AS AVAILABLE, BY THE CITY
OF 744.48 NET TONS OF 90# 'RAAIL, 81.14 NET TONS OF TIE PLATES, 10.96 NET
TONS OF ANGLE BARS, AND 6.48 NET TONS OF RAIL ANCHORS AT THE PRICE OF
$65.00 PER NET TON, F.O.B., CORPUS CHRISTI, THE SAID PAYMENT TO BE MADE
UPON DELIVERY THEREOF ACCORDING TO THE QUANTITY DELIVERED BUT NOT TO
EXCEED THE SUM OF $56,748.90, A COPY OF WHICH CONTRACT IS ATTACHED HERETO
AND MADE A PART HEREOF.
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SECTION 2. THE CITY MANAGER IS AUTHORIZED TO MAKE PAYMENT
UP TO THE AMOUNT OF $9,000.00 FOR THE COST OF UNLOADING AND STACKING SAID
RAILROAD MATERIALS DELIVERED UNDER SAID CONTRACT.
SECTION 3. THERE IS HEREBY APPROPRIATED THE SUM OF $56,748.90
FOR PAYMENT UNDER SAID CONTRACT AND THE SUM OF $9,000.00 FOR EXPENSE OF
UNLOADING AND STACKING SAID RAILROAD MATERIALS OUT OF THE BRIDGE REMOVAL
AND RELOCATION BOND FUND N0. 230, PROJECT N0. 13 -55 -8.
SECTION 4. ORDINANCE NO. n5386 IS HEREBY DECLARED REPEALED, AND
THE APPROPRIATION THEREIN OF $205,9055.95 IS HEREBY CANCELLED.
SECTION 5. THE FACT THAT THE CITY, AS AGENT FOR THE GOVERNMENTAL
BODIES AND RAILROAD COMPANIES INVOLVED IN THE BASCULE BRIDGE RELOCATION
PROJECT, NEEDS TO ACQUIRE CERTAIN RAILROAD MATERIALS FOR THIS PROJECT,
AND THE FACT THAT ORDINANCE N0. 5386 NEEDS TO BE REPEALED, CREATES A
PUBLIC EMERGENCY AND AN IMPERATIVE 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 RESOLUTION
SHALL BE READ AT THREE SEVERAL MEETINGS OF THE CITY COUNCIL, AND THE MAYOR,
HAVING DECLARED SUCH EMERGENCY AND NECESSITY TO EXIST, HAVING REQUESTED
THE SUSPENSION OF THE SAID CHARTER RULE AND THAT THIS ORDINANCE BE PASSED
FINALLY ON THE DATE OF ITS INTRODUCTION AND THAT THIS ORDINANCE TAKE
EFFECT AND BE IN FULL FORCE AND EFFECT FROM AND AFTER ITS SSAGE, IT
IS ACCORDINGLY PASSED AND APPROVED THIS THE DAY OF ,
1959.
ATTEST
CITY SECRETAR
APPROVED AS TO LEGAL FORM
THIS 8TH DAY OF DECEMBER, 1959:
MAYOR
THE CITY OF C US CHRISTI / TEXAS
CORPUS CHRISTI, AS
DAY OF
TO THE MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL
CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS
190-
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;
1, 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.
RESPECTFULL
YOR
THE CITY OF C
THE CHARTER RULE WAS SUSPENDED BY THE FOLLOWING VOTE:
ELLROY KING
JAMES L. BARNARD
MRS. RAY AIRHEART
JOSEPH B. DUNN
PATRICK J. DUNNE
R. A. HUMBLE
GABE LOZANO, SR.
THE ABOVE ORDINANCE WAS PASSED BY THE FOLLOW LNG VOTE:
ELLROY KING
JAMES L. BARNARD
MRS. RAY AIRHEART
JOSEPH B. DUNN
PATRICK J. DUNNE
R. A. HUMBLE
GABE LozANO, SR.
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December 9, 1959
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. 230 Bridge Removal and Relocation ($56,748.90 and
$9,000)
Fund from 'which it is proposed to be drawn, and such money is not
appropriated for any other purpose,
Director of Finance