HomeMy WebLinkAbout022475 RES - 01/23/1996RESOLUTION
REQUESTING Nueces County take the appropriate action to terminate the Agreement of
Assignment of the City's Rights to the County to install, use, and control certain parking
facilities within the Right -of -Way of Interstate Highway 37 between Mesquite Street and
Shoreline Boulevard.
WHEREAS, in October, 1955, the City of Corpus Christi and the State of Texas (acting
through the State Highway Commission, entered into a Municipal Construction and
Maintenance Agreement relating to the construction of a freeway from Shoreline Boulevard
to US Highway 181; and
WHEREAS, City and State, in December, 1957, entered into a Supplemental Agreement
for the construction, operation, and maintenance of parking facilities within the freeway
right-of-way, said facilities currently being in existence; and
WHEREAS, City and Nueces County, in December, 1957, entered into an agreement to
assign the rights of the City to install, use and control certain parking facilities within the
right-of-way of Interstate Highway 37 and adjacent to the old Nueces County Courthouse;
and
WHEREAS, subsequent to the construction of a new Nueces County Courthouse,
operation and maintenance of the designated parking areas was assumed by the City.
WHEREAS, the three block section of Interstate Highway 37 between Shoreline Boulevard
and Mesquite Street is not an integral part of the Interstate Highway System nor does it
provide connectivity to other portions of the State or Federal Highway Systems and
WHEREAS, the City of Corpus Christi desires to reconfigure the roadways and parking
areas within the three block area to more effectively utilize the area, and in particular to
develop a landscaped gateway entrance to the City and to locate a new federal courthouse
in a portion of this area.
NOW, THEREFORE, be it Resolved that the City of Corpus Christi hereby requests
Nueces County to take the appropriate action to terminate the Agreement of Assignment
dated December 5, 1957.
INTRODUCED AND PASSED, by the City Council of the City of Corpus Christi, Texas, this
23 day of jet:MA 4 , 1996.
MAYOR, f Corpus Christi, Texas
ir)115 MICROFILMED
ATTEST:
City Secretary, City df Corpus Christi, TX
The foregoing Resolution was approved prior to passage as to form and correctness this
the i R day of ( U , 1996
James R. Bray
City Attorney
By:, A 1 C- 4-tl-A (2nu. »z.4
Alison Gallaway iibSS
Assistant City Attorney
Corpus Christi, Texas
23 day of Ili -ILO& In.
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The above resolution was passed by the following vote:
Mary Rhodes
Dr. Jack Best
Betty Black
Melody Cooper
Tony Heldenfels
Betty Jean Longoria
John Longoria
Edward A. Martin
Dr. David McNichols
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