HomeMy WebLinkAbout15651 ORD - 07/23/1980AN ORDINANCE
DETERMINING THE NECESSITY FOR AND ORDERING IMPROVEMENTS
TO THE FOLLOWING AREAS BY THE CONSTRUCTION OF STREETS,
PAVEMENT, DRAINAGE, WATER AND SANITARY SEWER IMPROVE-
MENTS AS DESCRIBED:
1) STREET IMPROVEMENTS, INCLUDING A 40 -FOOT WIDE
STREET WITH CURB, GUTTER, SIDEWALKS AND DRAINAGE
ON HENDRICKS STREET, FROM SOUTH PADRE ISLAND
DRIVE TO BUSH STREET.
2) SANITARY SEWER IMPROVEMENTS CONSISTING OF A 12 -INCH
DIAMETER PIPE AND APPURTENANCES, FROM A POINT IN
SOUTH PADRE ISLAND DRIVE, 270 FEET EAST OF THE
HENDRICKS STREET - SOUTH PADRE ISLAND DRIVE INTER-
SECTION WESTERLY TO HENDRICKS STREET, AND IN HENDRICKS
STREET FROM SOUTH PADRE ISLAND DRIVE TO A POINT 30
FEET WEST OF BUSH STREET;
3) WATER LINE IMPROVEMENTS, CONSISTING OF AN 8 -INCH
DIAMETER LINE WITH NECESSARY VALVES, FITTINGS AND
FIRE HYDRANTS IN HENDRICKS STREET FROM SOUTH PADRE
ISLAND DRIVE TO BUSH STREET,
IN THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, NUECES COUNTY, TEXAS;
REQUIRING THE DIRECTOR OF ENGINEERING AND PHYSICAL
DEVELOPMENT TO PREPARE AND FILE PLANS AND SPECIFICA-
TIONS; AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.
WHEREAS, the City of Corpus Christi deems it necessary to permanently
improve the hereinafter areas within the City of Corpus Christi:
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS:
SECTION 1. That the following areas shall be improved by the con-
struction of streets, pavement, drainage, water and sanitary sewer improvements
as described:
(1) Street improvements, including a 40 -foot wide street
with curb, gutter, sidewalks and drainage on Hendricks
Street, from South Padre Island Drive to Bush Street.
(2) Sanitary sewer improvements consisting of a 12 -inch
diameter pipe and appurtenances, from a point in
South Padre Island Drive, 270 feet east of the Hendricks
Street - South Padre Island Drive Intersection westerly
to Hendricks Street, and in Hendricks Street from South
Padre Island Drive to a point 30 feet west of Bush
Street;
(3)
Water line improvements, consisting of an 8 -inch diameter
line with necessary valves, fittings and fire hydrants
in Hendricks Street from South Padre Island Drive to Bush
Street,
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all as deemed adequate by the Director of Engineering and Physical Develop-
ment and as provided for in the plans and specifications for such improve-
ments to be prepared by the said Director of Engineering and Physical
Development.
SECTION 2. That the Director of Engineering and Physical Development
is hereby directed to prepare at once specifications and file the same with
the City Council for the hereinabove described improvements. That in the
specifications prepared, provision shall be made to require all contractors
to maintain for a term not less than one year all pavements and improvements
hereinabove described, if, in the judgment of the City Council, it is
deemed advisable to require same.
That such specifications shall require the bidder to make a bid
upon the type of improvements above described, with maintenance require-
ments as herein provided.
That the specifications shall also state the amount of the
performance bond and payment bond, each of which shall equal the amount
of the bid, as well as the method by which it is proposed to pay the cost of
said improvements, said method being in accordance with standards adopted
by ordinance by the City Council.
SECTION 3. The City Council, in initiating this proceeding,
is acting under the terms and provisions of Article 1105b, Vernon's Texas
Civil Statutes, as to street improvements, and under the terms and provi-
sions of Article 1110c, Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes, as to water and
sanitary sewer improvements, which said laws, as ! alternative method
for the construction of street and water and sanitary sewer improvements
in the City of Corpus Christi, Texas, have been adopted by the said City.
SECTION 4. That after approval by the City Council of plans and
specifications, bids shall be taken for the construction of the work for
the type of construction enumerated above and set forth in said plans and
specifications, and the work shall be done, with the materials and according
to plans and methods selected by the City Council, after the bids are
opened and contract awarded.
SECTION 5. That the need for preparation of plans and proceeding
with improvements as herein provided as promptly as possible creates a
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public emergency and an imperative public necessity requiring the suspension
of the Charter rule that no ordinarce 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 that such emergency and necessity exist, having requested the
suspension of said 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 its passage, IT IS ACCORDINGLY SO ORDAINED, this
the 3 day of July, 1980.
ATTEST:
ecretary— MAYOSt
APPROVED:
23rd DAY OF JULY, 1980:
J. BRUCE AYCOCK, CITY ATTORNEY
}'City Attorne
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Corpus Christi, Texas
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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,
The Charter rule
Luther Jones
Edward L. Sample
Dr. Jack Best
David Diaz
Jack K. Dumphy
Betty N. Turner
Cliff Zarsky
MAYOR
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was suspended by the following vote:
The above ordinance was passed
Luther Jones
Edward L. Sample
Dr. Jack Best
David Diaz
Jack K. Dumphy
Betty N. Turner
Cliff Zarsky
by
the following vote:
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