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AN ORDINANCE
REPEALING ORDINANCE NO. 16443 WHICH APPROVED THE SALE
OF CORPUS CHRISTI TRANSPORTATION COMPANY TO CORPUS
CHRISTI YELLOW CAB COMPANY, INC.; APPROVING THE SALE
OF CORPUS CHRISTI TRANSPORTATION COMPANY TO BELL CAB
COMPANY, INC.; AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.
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WHEREAS, by authority of Ordinance No. 146.M., passed and approved
by the City Council on November 22, 1978, a five-year franchise was grante4
to Corpus Christi Transportation Company to operate taxicabs along and over
the public streets, alleys and thoroughfares of the City of Corpus Christi; 1
and
WHEREAS, in accordance with the terms of said franchise grant,
the said franchise and the permits held by Corpus Christi Transportation
Company may be sold, transferred and inherited, but prior approval by the
City Council must be obtained prior to any sale or transfer; and
WHEREAS, Corpus Christi Yellow Cab Company submitted a written
request to the City Council for its approval of the sale of Corpus Christi
Transportation Company to Corpus Christi Yellow Cab Company, Inc., pursuant
to Corpus Christi Tray y.rtation Company's franchise agreement set forth in
146 3m
Ordinance No. }46i?9; and
WHEREAS, the City Council has been informed by the parties to the
proposed sale that the proposed sale will not occur; and
WHEREAS, Bell Cab Company has submitted a request in writing to
the City Council for such approval of sale:
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS:
SECTION 1. That Ordinance No. 16443, passed and approved by the
City Council on August 5, 1981, be and is hereby repealed in its entirety.
SECTION 2. That approval is hereby given for sale of the Corpus
Christi Transportation Company to Bell Cab Company.
SECTION 3. That upon written request of the Mayor or five Council
members, copy attached, to find and declare an emergency due to the need of
approving the sale of Corpus Christi Transportation Company to Bell Cab
Company so that the sale can be consummated as soon as possible, such finding
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of an emergency is made and declared requiring suspension of the Charter
rule as to consideration and voting upon ordinances or resoltuions at three
regular meetings so that this ordinance is passed and sha 1 take effect
upon first reading as an emergency measure this the / day of October,
1981.
ATTEST:
VAj D:
/ AY OF OCTOBER, 1981
Bruce Aycock, Ci�� Attorney
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THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS
The foregoing franchise this day delivered to me is hereby accepted and
agreed to by the Grantee. /
Dated this the p77 day of Oidibf4 , 1981
BELL CAB COMPANY
Corpus Christi, Texas
day of Op o,A..) , 1981
TO THE MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL
Corpus Christi, Texas
For the reasons set forth in the emergency clause of the foregoing ordinance or resolution,
an emergency exists requiring suspension of the Charter rule as to consideration and voting
upon ordinances or resolutions at three regular meetings; I/we, therefore, request that you
suspend said Charter rule and pass this ordinance or resolution finally on the date it is
introduced, or at the present meeting of the City Council.
Respectfully, Respectfully,
Council Members
THE C TY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS
The above ordinance was passed by the following vote:
Luther Jones
Betty N. Turner
Jack K. Dumphy
Bob Gulley
Herbert L. Hawkins, Jr.
Dr. Charles W. Kennedy
Cliff Zarsky
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