HomeMy WebLinkAbout022754 ORD - 11/19/1996AN ORDINANCE
AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER, OR DESIGNEE, TO EXECUTE A REAL
ESTATE PURCHASE AGREEMENT WITH THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
THROUGH THE GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION (GSA) TO SELL
APPROXIMATELY 3.50 ACRES OF LAND OWNED BY THE CITY, COMPRISED
OF LOTS 1-4 AND 7-12, BLOCK 12 AND LOTS 4-9 AND THE NORTH 20 -FEET OF
LOTS 3 AND 10, BLOCK 11, WATER BEACH ADDITION AND THE ALLEYS
BETWEEN THOSE LOTS AND BLOCKS [SAVE AND EXCEPT THAT PORTION
OF THE ALLEY ADJACENT TO LOTS 7 AND 8, BLOCK 12], AND A PORTION
OF BELDEN STREET FROM SHORELINE BOULEVARD WEST
APPROXIMATELY 320 FEET TO WATER STREET, AS MORE PARTICULARLY
DESCRIBED IN EXHIBIT A (PROPERTY) ATTACHED TO THE AGREEMENT,
A COPY OF WHICH IS ON FILE WITH THE CITY SECRETARY, FOR $4,000,000
IN CASH AND A 15 -YEAR PAID UP LEASE OF THE BUILDING AND PARKING
LOTS ON THE PROPERTY THAT CURRENTLY HOUSES THE GREATER
CORPUS CHRISTI BUSINESS ALLIANCE OPERATIONS (ALLIANCE
BUILDING); TERMINATING THE LEASE BETWEEN THE CORPUS CHRISTI
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND THE CITY FOR THE ALLIANCE BUILDING
AUTHORIZED ON SEPTEMBER 17, 1980 BY ORDINANCE NO. 015763 UPON
CLOSING OF THE SALE OF THE PROPERTY TO THE GSA, AND A NEW
LEASE ENTERED INTO BETWEEN THE CITY AND THE GSA; AND
DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF CORPUS CHRISTI,
TEXAS:
SECTION 1. That the City Manager, or designee, is hereby authorized to execute a Real
Estate Purchase Agreement (Agreement) with the United States of America through the General
Services Administration (GSA) to sell approximately 3.50 acres of land owned by the City,
comprised of Lots 1-4 and 7-12, Block 12 and Lots 4-9 and the North 20 -feet of Lots 3 and 10,
Block 11, Water Beach Addition and the alleys between those lots and blocks [save and except that
portion of the alley aadjacent to Lots 7 and 8, Block 12], and a portion of Belden Street from
Shoreline Boulevard west approximately 320 feet to Water Street, as more particularly described in
Exhibit A (Property) attached to the Agreement, a copy of which is on file with the City Secretary,
for $4,000,000 in cash and a 15 -year paid up lease of the building and parking lots on the Property
that currently houses the Greater Corpus Christi Business Alliance operations (Alliance Building)
SECTION 2. That the lease on the Alliance Building between the Corpus Christi Chamber
of Commerce, now known as the Greater Corpus Christi Business Alliance, and the City of Corpus
Christi, authorized on September 17, 1980 by Ordinance No. 015763, will be terminated upon the
Closing of the sale of the Property to the GSA, and a new lease entered into between the City and
the GSA.
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 for immediate action necessary for the
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efficient and effective administration of City affairs, such finding of an emergency is made and
declared requiring suspension of the Charter rule as to consideration and voting upon ordinances at
two regular meetings so that t is ordinance i passed and shall take effect upon first reading as an
emergency measure this the/ i1 day of fl..Xf AJtJ , 1996.
ATTEST:
THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI
City Secretary M ' YO
` I' ity of Corpus Christi
APPROVED THIS THE 19 DAY OF `A'�X)Nk-► ICiO.0-i , 1922k.
By: cAbdbNik_ aLeaspeuc-
Alison Gallaway, Assistant City Attorney
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Corpus Christi, Texas
191-1) day of i%Q"(h , 1996.
TO THE MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL
Corpus Christi, Texas
For the reasons set forth in the emergency clause of the foregoing ordinance an emergency exists
requiring suspension of the Charter rule as to consideration and voting upon ordinances at two
regular meetings: I/we, therefore, request that you suspend said Charter rule and pass this ordinance
finally on the date it is introduced, or at the present meeting of the City Council.
Respectfully, Respectfully,
Council Members
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MAYOR C \
THE CITY OP CORPUS CHRISTI
The above ordinance 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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