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HomeMy WebLinkAbout12376 RES - 11/27/1974• JRR:NLM:jkh:hb:ll /26/74:lst _ • A RESOLUTION APPROVING THE LIST OF PROJECTS PROPOSED BY THE CORPUS CHRISTI BICENTENNIAL COMMISSION AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY. WHEREAS the City Council of the City of Corpus Christi enacted Ordinance No. 11697, creating the Corpus Christi American Bicentennial Commission, and WHEREAS the Bicentennial Commission has been created in accordance with guidelines established by the Texas American Revolution Bicentennial Commission, and various subcommittees have subsequently been established,- and WHEREAS private citizens and organizations have given of their time and energy to promote the celebration of the bicentennial, and have recommended the various projects and activities to celebrate the 200th year of our nation's birth. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TESAS: SECTION 1. The City Council of the City of Corpus Christi hereby endorses and recommends to the American Bicentennial Commission of Texas the following projects and activities to celebrate the 200th anniversary of the birth of the United States of America: 1. A band shell at Cole Park; a project which has already been funded by the City of Corpus Christi. 2. The establishment of a bookshelf at the LaRetama Library with volumes dealing with the American Revolution, This is a project that will be financed by the proceeds from the annual book sales held by the Brandies National Women's Committee. 3. A Bicentennial theme for the Buccaneers Day Parade for the year 1976. 4. A folk festival comprising of programs of folk dances in the native costumes of the various ethnic groups =76 0 . .0 which are represented in the City, and events demon- strating the native foods of these ethnic groups. Such programs have been organized in Corpus Christi for several years and only need coordination. 5. A concert to be held April 7, 1975, by the United States Air Force Band from Washington, D.C. 6. A concert series sponsored by the Corpus Christi Symphony. 7. A special presentation of the Corpus Christi Little Theatre. 8. A basketball tournament in honor of John W. Naismith, the originator of the game of basketball. 9. An exhibition constructed by the Corpus Christi Museum in the Hall of Man that will dramatize the merging of cultures of the ethnic groups which make our heritage. 10. The celebration of the 200th anniversary of the United States Navy in October, 1975, an annual event sponsored in the past by the local Navy League. 11. A speakers' btreau sponsored by the Del Mar College History Department beginning in January, 1975, with topics relating to the American and Texas Revolutions. 12. A family history project already in action, sponsored by Del Mar College. 13. The establishment of a scholarship fund for Corpus Christi students in honor of the American Revolution. 14. A topographical relief of South Texas to be constructed by the Del Mar Geology Department and presented to the Corpus Christi Museum. 15. The construction of a Bicentennial Park with special monuments commemorating the bicentennial. SECTION 2. The City Council of the City of Corpus Christi hereby endorses and gives its full support to the future plans of the Bicentennial Commission, such plans including, but not limited to: 1. Distribute a questionnaire to all City organizations to determine their plans for the bicentennial celebration, -2- provide speakers who will suggest projects and coordinate events. 2. Maintain a calendar of all bicentennial events. 3. Publish a monthly newsletter. 4. Explore the opportunities for receiving Federal and State grants. 5. Put Corpus Christi on the itinerary of traveling programs. 6. Continue the meeting of the various bicentennial committees and encourage full community participation. SECTION 3. The fact that the City Council desires to endorse I and recommend various projects and activities to the American Bicentennial Commission of Texas as hereinabove set forth 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 Charter rule and that this resolution take effect and be in full force and effect from and after its passage, IT IS ACCORDINGLY SO RESOLVED this the =day of November, 1974. ATTEST: Citr Secre ary MAYOR THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS APPROVED: / DAY OF NOVEMBER, 1974: - +wka4 Z City Attorney EXEC., ASST., • Corpus Christi, Texas =ay of 19 %�Z TO THE MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL Corpus Christi, Texas For the reasons set forth in the emergency clause of the foregoing ordinance, a public emergency and imperative necessity exist for the suspen- sion of the Charter rule or requirement that no ordinance or resolution 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, request that you suspend said Charter rule or requirement and pass this ordi- nance finally on the date it is introduced, or at the present meeting of the City Council. Respectfully, MAYOR THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS The Charter rule was suspended by the following vote: Jason Luby James T. Acuff Rev. Harold T. Branch Thomas V. Gonzales Ricardo Gonzalez Gabe Lozano, Sr. J. Howard Stark The above ordinance was passed by the following vote: Jason D-!I .lames T. Acuff Rev. Harold T. Branch Thomas V. Gonzales Ricardo Gonzalez Gabe Lozano, Sr. J. Howard Stark