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AN ORDINANCE
AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE AGREEMENTS
WITH THOMAS Y. PICKETT AND COMPANY, INC., OF DALLAS,
TEXAS, FOR THE PURPOSE OF APPRAISAL AND VALUATION OF
OIL AND GAS PROPERTIES AND PIPELINES AND FOR THE
APPRAISAL AND VALUATION OF CERTAIN OIL REFINING AND
RELATED PROPERTIES AND CERTAIN INDUSTRIAL PROPERTIES,
LOCATED IN THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS, AND/OR
THE CORPUS CHRISTI INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT FOR
TAX ASSESSMENT PURPOSES, ALL AS MORE FULLY SET FORTH
IN THE AGREEMENTS, SUBSTANTIAL COPIES OF WHICH ARE
ATTACHED HERETO, MARKED EXHIBITS "A" AND "B" AND MADE
A PART HEREOF; AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI,
TEXAS:
SECTION 1. That the City Manager be, and he is hereby, authorized
and directed, for and on behalf of the City of Corpus Christi, to execute
agreements with Thomas Y. Pickett and Company, Inc., of Dallas, Texas, for
the purpose of appraisal and valuation of oil and gas properties and pipelines
and for the appraisal and valuation of certain oil refining and related
properties and certain industrial properties, located in the City of Corpus
Christi, Texas, and/or the Corpus Christi Independent School District for
tax assessment purposes, all as more fully set forth in the agreements, sub-
stantial copies of which are attached hereto, marked Exhibits "A" and "B" and
made a part hereof.
SECTION 2. The necessity to authorize the execution of the afore-
said agreements so that the appraisal firm of Thomas Y. Pickett and Company,
Inc. may proceed with their services without delay creates a public emergency
and an imperative public necessity requiring the suspension of the Charter
rule that no ordinlarce or resolution shall be passed finally on the date of
its introduction but 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 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 after
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its passage, IT IS ACCORDINGLY SO ORDAINED, this the 2/ day of May,
1980.
ATTEST:
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APPROVED:
DAY OF MAY, 1980:
J. BRUCE AYCOCK, CITY ATTORNEY
OR
THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI
'I TBE STATE OF TEXAS
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS:
;, COUNTY OF 1JUY.CES j
THAT WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Corpus Christi, Nueces
County, Texas, a municipal corporation and body politic under the laws of the
,State of Texas, has contemplated the employment of skilled experts in the matter
of appraisals and valuations of oil and gas properties and pipe lines, in said
City, and the compilation of records showing the record owner of all oil and gas
producing properties in said City and in Corpus Christi Independent School
District., for the convenience -and information of the Tax Assessor -Collector of
said City in assessing the valuations of such properties in legal conformity
with all other property valuations in said City for tax assessment purposes;
for the City and all agencies for which the City collects taxes; and
WHEREAS, it has been represented that Thos. Y. Pickett & Company,
Inc., of Dallas, Texas, a corporation duly authorized to do business in the
State of Texas, by and through its duly authorized officer, whose signature
hereinafter appears, are skilled in ascii matters and have scientific and
technical knowledge and many years experience in the matter of appraisals and
valuations of such properties for tax assessments, and it is the purpose of the
City Council of said City of Corpus Christi, Nueces County, Texas, to employ
the services of the said Thos. Y. Pickett & Company, Inc., for said purposes;
IT IS THEREFORE AGREED BY AND BETWEEN the City of Corpus Christi,
acting herein by and through its City Council, Party of the First Part, which
hereby duly authorized its City Manager, R. Marvin Townsend, to execute this
agreement for and in behalf of said City, and Thos. Y. Pickett & Company, Inc.,
,of Dallas, Dallas County, Texas, Party of the Second Pert, as follows:
1.
PARTY OF THE SECOND PART agrees to compile a complete list of the
record owners of all oil and gas properties and pipe lines wherever situated or
located in said City of Corpus Christi, and/or Corpus Christi Independent School
District, as of January 1, 1980, said compilation and record to show the
particular interest or interests therein owned, the description of the property
and location, with notation as to being within the City and being within the
District or not. Said list shall be in alphabetical order as to well and pipe
line operators, and in alphabetical order as to all owners of mineral interests.
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Party of the Second Part also obligate themselves to make a survey and appraisal
of all oil and gas properties and pipe lines as herein defined.
2.
SECOND PARTY further agrees to procure for First Party all informa-
tion possible and available, and deliver same to the Ta: Assessor -Collector of
the City of Corpus Christi, for his use in determining the proper valuations
to be fixed upon such properties for assessment and taxation purposes and
generally to compile such information as shall be of aid and benefit to or
requested by said Tax Assessor -Collector for assessing, and the Board of
-,Equalization in equalizing, the value of such properties for taxation. Said
Party of the Second Part agrees to meet with the City Council of the City of
Corpus Christi, and with the Board of Equalization of City, School, and College
Districts, and to furnish each of said Boards from time to time with all the
',information procured by them or requested by said Tax Assessor -Collector during
,i their investigation for use of the Boards of Equalization in equalizing the
assessments upon said property, same to remain in possession of and become the
property of the City. Said Party of the Second Part agrees to have available
.to the City the individual persons qualified to testify as to appraisals and
values to any of the properties listed available for any and all hearings before
any Board of Equalization and in any court proceeding involving the question of
value. Such services of such individual witnesses shall be furnished without
additional cost to the City of District.
3.
FOR AND IN CONSIDERATION OF THE skilled services, technical knowledg¢
and experience of Second Party in performance of the obligations devolving upon
them hereunder, and the services agreed hereby to be furnished, First Party
agrees and obligates itself to compensate Second Party in the manner following:
Said Second Party shall receive as amount paid out of the General Funds of the
City of Corpus Christi, Nueces County, Texas, equal to Thirteen Thousand Dollars
($13,000.00) for the year 1980. Said payments shall include the payment by all
iagencies for which City collects taxes.
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4.
The said Thos. Y. Pickett & Company, Inc., further agrees that in no
way will the said City of Corpus Christi be obligated to the assistants or
employees of Second Party for salaries, expenses or materials, nor to Thos. Y.
Pickett & Company, Inc., except as above stated for the stmt of $13,000.00
BY ORDER OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, NUECES
COUNTY, TEXAS.
WITNESS OUR RANDS IN DUPLICATE this day of
A.D., 19
ATTEST: PARTY OF THE FIRST PART
CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI
By
City Secretary City Manager
APPROVED AS TO LEGAL FORM TRIS
day of , 19
City Attorney
Director of Finance
PARTY OF THE SECOND PART
THOS. Y. PICKETT & COMPANY, INC.
By
'THE STATE OF TERAS Y
COUNTY OF NUECES 1
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS:
THAT WEEP.EAS, the City Council of the City of Corpus Christi, Nueces
County, Texas, a municipal corporation and body politic under the laws of the
State of Texas, has contemplated the employment of skilled experts is the matter
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,of appraisals and valuations on certain industrial properties in said City and
in the Corpus Christi Independent School District, for the convenience and
information of the Tax Assessor -Collector of the City in assessing the valuation's
in said City for tax assessment purposes; for the City and all agencies for which
the City collects taxes; and
WHEREAS, it has been represented that Thos. Y. Pickett & Company,
Inc., of Dallas, Texas; a corporation duly authorized to do business in the
State of Texas, by and through its duly authorized officer, whose signature
hereinafter appears, are skilled in such matters and have scientific and
technical knowledge and many years experience in the matter of appraisals and
valuations of such properties for tax assessments, and it is the purpose of the
City Council of said City of Corpus Christi, Nueces County, Texas, to employ
the services of the said Thos. Y. Pickett & Company, Inc., for said purposes;
IT IS THEREFORE AGREED BY AND BETWEEN the City of Corpus Christi,
acting herein by and through its City Council, Party of the First Part, which
hereby duly authorizes its City Manager, R. Marvin Townsend, to execute this
agreement for and in behalf of said City, and Thos. Y. Pickett & Company, Inc.,
of Dallas, Dallas County, Texas, Party of the Second Part, as follows:
1.
PARTY OF THE SECOND PART agrees to compile a complete list showing
all information pertaining to certain oil refining and related properties and
also certain industrial properties located in the City of Corpus Christi,
and/or Corpus Christi Independent School District, as of January 1, 1980, said
industrial properties interpreted to mean:
Refineries
Gasoline Plants
Recycling Plants
Storage Facilities
Stored Products
Tank Farms and Facilities, and
other industrial properties listed separately and attached hereto, becoming a-
part of this contract and identified as Exhibit A hereto.
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SECOND PARTY further agrees to procure for First Party all informs -
tion possible and available, and deliver same to the Tax Assessor -Collector of
lithe City of Corpus Christi, for his use in determining the proper valuations
;!to be fixed upon such properties for assessment and taxation purposes and
generally, to compile such information as shall be of aid and benefit to or
requested by said Tax Assessor -Collector for assessing, and the Board of
;Equalization in equalizing the value of such properties for taxation. Said
'Party of the Second Part agrees to meet with the City Council of the City of
'Corpus Christi, and with the Boards of Equalization of City, School, and College
Districts, and to furnish each of said Boards from time to time with all the
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!information procured by them or requested by said Tax Assessor -Collector during
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their -investigation for use of the Board of Equalization in equalizing the
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assessments upon said property, same to remain in possession of and become the !
:property of the City. Said Party of the Second Part agrees to have available
Ito the City the individual persona qualified to testify as to appraisals and
'values to any of the properties listed available for any and all hearings befor
any Board of Equalization and in any court proceeding involving the question of
value. Such services of such individual witnesses shall be furoiahed without
additional cost to the City of District.
3.
FOR AND IN CONSIDERATION of the skilled services, technical knowledge
and experience of Second Party in performance of the obligations devolving upon
them hereunder, and the services agreed hereby to be furnished, First Party
agrees and obligates itself to compensate Second Party in the manner following:
Said Second Party shall receive an amount paid out of the General Funds of the
City of Corpus Christi, Nueces County, Texas, equal to Nine Thousand Five
Rundred Dollar®
($9,500.00), for the year 1980. Said payments shall include the
payment by all agencies for which City collects taxes.
4.
The said Thos. Y. Pickett & Company, Inc., further agrees that in
no way will the said City of Corpus Christi be obligated to the assistants or
employees of Second Party for salaries, expenses or materials, nor to Thos. Y.
Pickett & Company, Inc., except as above stated for the sum of $9,500.00.
BY ORDER OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, NUECES
COUNTY, TEXAS.
WITNESS OUR HANDS IN DUPLICATE this day of
`A.D., 19
ATTEST:
PARTY OF THE FIRST PART
CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI
City Secretary City Manager
By
APPROVED AS TO LEGAL FORM THIS PARTY OF THE SECOND PART
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day of , 19 THOS. Y. PICRETT & COMPANY, INC.
City Attorney
Director of Finance
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E X R I B I T A
Asarco Incorporated
Celanese Chemical Company, Inc.
Centex Cement Corporation
PPG Industries, Inc.
Weatherby Engineering Co.
Corpus Christi, Texas
2J day of , 19g°
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 suspension 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 ordinance 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 suspend by the following vote:
Luther Jones
Edward L. Sample
Dr. Jack Best
David Diaz
Jack K. Dumphy
Betty N. Turner
Cliff Zarsky
The above ordinance was passed
Luther Jones
Edward L. Sample
Dr. Jack Best
David Diaz
Jack K. Dumphy
Betty N. Turner
Cliff Zarsky
the following vote:
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