HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes City Council - 11/13/2008 - SpecialI HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing is a true and correct copy of the minutes of the Special
Meeting of the Corpus Christi City Council of November 13, 2008, which were approved by the City
Council on December 9, 2008.
WITNESSETH MY HAND AND SEAL, on this the 9th day of December, 2008.
Armando Chapa
City Secretary
SEAL
MINUTES
CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS
Special Council Meeting
November 13, 2008 — 8:30 a.m.
PRESENT
Mayor Henry Garrett
Council Members:
Mike Hummell
Bill Kelly
Priscilla Leal
John Marez
Nelda Martinez
ABSENT
Mayor Pro Tem Michael McCutchon
Melody Cooper
Larry Elizondo
City Staff:
City Manager Angel R. Escobar
City Attorney Mary Kay Fischer
City Secretary Armando Chapa
Mayor Garrett called the meeting to order at 8:55 a.m. in the Council Chambers of City Hall.
City Secretary Chapa called the roll and verified that the necessary quorum of the Council
and the required charter officers were present to conduct the meeting.
Mayor Garrett opened discussion on Item 1 regarding the canvassing of election results of
the Special Election held on November 4, 2008 for the adoption of seven bond propositions and the
approval of a proposition to restrict vehicular access to and on the portion of the Gulf of Mexico
Beach Seaward of the concrete portion of the Padre Island Seawall. The Council canvassed the
results of various precincts and declared the results official. There were no comments from the
audience. City Secretary Chapa polled the Council for their votes as follows:
1. ORDINANCE NO. 027939
Ordinance canvassing returns and declaring results of the Special Election held on
November 4, 2008 in the City of Corpus Christi for the adoption of seven bond propositions;
and approval of a proposition to restrict vehicular access to and on the portion of the Gulf of
Mexico Beach Seaward of the concrete portion of the Padre Island Seawall.
An emergency was declared, and the foregoing ordinance was passed and approved with
the following vote: Garrett, Hummell, Kelly, Leal, Marez, and Martinez, voting "Aye"; Cooper,
Elizondo, and McCutchon were absent.
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There being no further business to come before the Council, Mayor Garrett adjourned the
Council meeting at 9:03 a.m. on November 13, 2008.
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