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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, 1535I MICROFILMED AUG 2 91980 • • 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 -2- • 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 HE CIT CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS • Corpus Christi, Texas p fLtday of 9.410.1.. , 19 2() 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 T Aa10;"' ORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS 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: i5c51