HomeMy WebLinkAbout15914 ORD - 11/26/1980AN ORDINANCE
AUTHORIZNG THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE A CONTRACT WITH BAY,
INCORPORATED, FOR SITE IMPROVEMENTS AROUND THE CORPUS CHRISTI "
COMMUNITY CONVENTION CENTER; APPROPRIATING $1,660,000 OUT OF
THE NO. 209 COMMUNITY CONVENTION CENTER BOND FUND, OF WHICH
$1,613,481.75 IS FOR THE CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT AND $46,518.25
IS FOR LABORATORY TESTING, STAKING, CONSTRUCTION INSPECTION AND
CONTINGENCY EXPENSES INCLUDING LEGAL ADVERTISING, APPLICABLE
TO PROJECT NO. 209-76-1.3, CONVENTION CENTER CONSTRUCTION; 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 to
execute a contract with Bay, Incorporated, for site improvements around the
Corpus Christi Community Convention Center, all as more fully described in
the plans and specifications and contract documents on file in the office of
the City Secretary, all of which are made a part hereof by reference and
according to the bid of Bay, Incorporated, opened on November 19, 1980, said
bid being the lowest and most advantageous to the City of Corpus Christi.
SECTION 2. That there is hereby appropriated the sum of $1,660,000
out of the No. 209 Community Convention Center Bond Fund, of which $1,613,481.75
is for the construction contract and $46,518.25 is for laboratory testing, staking,
construction inspection and contingency expenses including legal advertisement,
applicable to Project No. 209-76-1.3, Convention Center Construction.
SECTION 3. That the necessity to execute the aforesaid contract and to
appropriate the sums hereinabove set forth so that construction may be commenced
at the earliest practicable date 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 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 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 its passage, IT IS ACCORDINGLY SO ORDAINED, this
the,;` day of November, 1980.
ATTEST:
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City Secretary MAY
APPROVED: /%o DAY OF NOVEMBER, 1980:
J. BRvCEC CK, CITY ATTORNEY
Assistant Ci ,,'!i/.rney
By
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TH CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS
MICROFILMED
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Corpus Christ' •xas
day of
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 suspendby 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
following vote:
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CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS
CERTIFICATION OF FUNDS
(City Charter Article IV Section 21)
November 26, 1980
I certify to the City Council that $ 1,660,000.00 , the amount required for
'the contract, agreement, obligation or expenditures contemplated in the above
and foregoing ordinance is in the Treasury of the City of Corpus Christi to the
credit of:
Fund No. and Name 209 Convention Center Bond Fund
Project No. 209-76-1.3
Project Name Convention Center Construction
from which it is proposed to be drawn, and such money is rot appropriated for any
other purpose.
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