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AN ORDINANCE
CLOSING AND ABANDONING A PIPELINE EASEMENT GRANTED
FROM ANNIE DUNN TO THE CORPUS CHRISTI WATER COMPANY
DATED SEPTEMBER 1, 1890 AND RECORDED IN VOLUME U,
PAGE 579, DEED RECORDS OF NUECES COUNTY, TEXAS, AND
CLOSING AND ABANDONING A PIPELINE EASEMENT GRANTED
FROM ANNIE M. BYRNE AND HUSBAND, MICHAEL BYRNE, TO
THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, DATED FEBRUARY 17, 1893,
AND RECORDED IN VOL. 27, PAGE 438 OF THE DEED RECORDS
OF NUECES COUNTY, TEXAS; AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.
WHEREAS, there exists a pipeline easement granted by Annie Dunn
to the Corpus Christi Water Company dated September 1, 1890, and recorded
in Volume 0, page 579 of the Deed Records of Nueces County, Texas; and a
pipeline easement granted by Annie M. Byrne and husband, Michael Byrne,
to the City of Corpus Chrisit, dated February 17, 1893 and recorded in
Vol. 27, page 438, Deed Records of Nueces County, Texas; and
WHEREAS, it has been determined that it is feasible and advantageous
to the City of Corpus Christi to abandon and quitclaim said easements and
rights-of-way:
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS:
SECTION 1. That the pipeline easement granted by Annie Dunn to
the Corpus Christi Water Company dated September 1, 1890, and recorded in
Volume U, page 579 of the Deed Records of Nueces County, Texas, and the
pipeline easement granted by Annie M. Byrne and Husband, Michael Byrne, to
the City of Corpus Christi, dated February 17, 1893, and recorded in Vol. 27,
page 438 of the Deed Records of Nueces County, Texas, be and the same are
hereby closed for public use and every municipal purpose and abandoned and
quitclaimed to the owners of the abutting property in accordance with the
laws of the State of Texas and for the service and interest of the inhabitants
of the City of Corpus Christi, Texas.
SECTION 2. If for any reason any section, paragraph, subdivision,
clause, phrase, word or provision of this ordinance shall be held invalid or
unconstitutional by final judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction, it
shall not affect any other section, paragraph, subdivision, clause, phrase,
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word or provision of this ordinance for it is the definite intent of this
City Council that every section, paragraph, subdivision, clause, phrase,
word or provision hereof be given full force and effect for its purpose.
SECTION 3. The fact that the public convenience and necessity would
be better served by the closing of the aforesaid utility easement 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 suspen-
sion 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 a fect from and
after its passage, IT IS ACCORDINGLY SO ORDAINED, this the day of
February, 1981.
ATTEST:
Cit Secretary
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APPROVED:
4 DAY OF FEBRUARY, 1981:
J. BRUCE AYCOCK, CITY ATTORNEY
E CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS
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Corpus Christi,
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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,
MAYO
THE CI
OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS
The Charter rule was suspend- by the following vote:
Luther Jones
Edward L. Sample
Dr. Jack Best
Jack K. Dumphy
Leopoldo Luna
Betty N. Turner
Cliff Zarsky
The above ordinance was pass-, by the following vote:
Luther Jones
Edward L. Sample
Dr. Jack Best
Jack K. Dumphy
Leopoldo Luna
Betty N. Turner
Cliff Zarsky
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