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AN ORDINANCE
AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE A CONTRACT
WITH A & I UNIVERSITY AT CORPUS CHRISTI WHEREBY THE
CITY WILL PROVIDE $15,000 OF A $30,000 LOCAL MATCH
REQUIRED FOR A FEDERAL GRANT TO ESTABLISH AN OIL
SPILL TRAINING PROGRAM AT THE UNIVERSITY, ALL AS
MORE FULLY SET FORTH IN THE CONTRACT, IN SUBSTANTIALLY
THE FORM ATTACHED HERETO AND MADE A PART HEREOF,
MARRED EXHIBIT "A "; AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CORPUS
CHRISTI, TEIAS:'
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SECTION 1. That the City Manager be and he is hereby authorized
to execute a contract with Texas A & I University at Corpus Christi,
whereby the City will provide $15,000 of a $30,000 local match required for
a Federal grant to establish an oil spill training program at the University,
all as more fully set forth in the contract, in substantially the form
attached hereto and made a part hereof, marked Exhibit "A ".
SECTION 2. The necessity to authorize execution of the afore-
said contract at the earliest practicable date in order to expedite the
training program contemplated 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 intro-
duction but that such ordinance or resolution shall be read at three
several meetings of the City Council and the Mayor having declared that
such emergency and necessity exist, and having requested the suspension
of the Charter rule and that this ordinance be passed finally on the date
of its introduction and take effect and be in full force and effect from
and ter its passage, IT IS ACCORDINGLY SO ORDAINED, this the ]day f
, 1975.
ATTEST:
Ci Secre ry MAYO
THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI,
APPROVED:
J AY OF , 1975:
Ass4zity Attorney
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STATE OF TEXAS X
COUNTY OF NUECES
WHEREAS, Texas A & I University at Corpus Christi, in cooperation
with the Corpus Christi Area Oil Spill Control Association, has requested
the U. S. Environmental Protection Agency and the U. S. Coast Guard to
establish an Oil Spill Training School at the University; and
WHEREAS, it is the policy of the City of Corpus Christi to
protect the bays and estuaries of the City by controlling and removing oil
spills; and
WHEREAS, such an Oil Spill Training School will improve the
ability of City employees and employees of local industries to contain,
harvest, and dispose of oil spills for the environmental protection of
the community; and
WHEREAS, such an Oil Spill Training School will further benefit
the community through the positive economic impact of the increased student
population which will result from the offering of such course.
1. In consideration of the establishment of an Oil Spill
Training School at Texas A & I University at Corpus Christi, the City of
Corpus Christi agrees to pay to Texas A & I University at Corpus Christi
the sum of Fifteen Thousand and no /100 Dollars ($15,000) as a local share
of a total cost of establishing an oil Spill Training School at Texas A & I
University at Corpus Christi.
2. In the event the Oil Spill Training School at Texas A & I
University at Corpus Christi is not established, the City of Corpus
Christi will be reimbursed its share paid to Texas A & I University at
Corpus Christi.
3. Should any interest be earned on the amount paid by the
City of Corpus Christi under this agreement, the City of Corpus Christi
shall be entitled to said interest.
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IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, the parties to this agreement have
hereunto set their hands, in duplicate, this the day of ,
1975.
ATTEST: CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI
By
City Secretary R. Marvin Townsend, City Manager
APPROVED:
DAY OF , 1975:
City Attorney
Director of Finance
ATTEST: TEXAS A 6 I UNIVERSITY AT CORPUS CHRISTI
By
CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS /
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TO THE MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL
CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS
FOR TAME 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 TAME DATE IT IS INTRODUCED, AND THAT SUCH ORDINANCE ON
RESOLUTION 9NALL BE READ AT TNRCE 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,�V
THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI,
THE CHARTER RULE WAS SUSPENDED BY THE FOLLOWING VOTE:
JASON LUBY
DR. BILL TIPTON
EDUARDO DE ASES
RUTH GILL
BOB GALLEY
GABE LOZANO, SR.
EDWARD L. SAMPLE
THE ABOVE ORDINANCE WAS PASSED BY
JASON LUBY
DR. BILL TIPTON
EDUARDO DE ASES
RUTH GILL
BOB - GALLEY
GABE LOZANO, SR.
EDWARD L. SAMPLE
VOTE: