HomeMy WebLinkAbout023440 RES - 09/15/1998RESOLUTION
AMENDING THE RESOLUTION ADOPTING POLICIES AND GENERAL
RULES AND PROCEDURES OF THE CITY COUNCIL TO ADD A NEW
POLICY FOR UPGRADING TRAFFIC SIGNALIZED INTERSECTIONS
THROUGHOUT THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS, TO STORM -
RESISTANT HARDWARE AND THAT NEWLY SIGNALIZED
INTERSECTIONS CONSTRUCTED BY THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI
AND BY THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION WITHIN
THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI CITY LIMITS AND ITS EXTRA-
TERRITORIAL JURISDICTION BE CONSTRUCTED WITH STORM -
RESISTANT HARDWARE.
WHEREAS, the City of Corpus Christi City ("City") has a significant number of traffic
signalized intersections with overhead spanwire- suspended traffic signals which are not resistant
to hurricane strength and strong tropical storm wind loads and will most likely be completely
destroyed under such storm conditions; and
WHEREAS, experience has demonstrated that cantilevered -supported traffic signal
installations are generally storm -resistant and are able to survive such storms with nominal damage;
and
WHEREAS, the City frequently installs cantilevered signals whenever a signal is upgraded;
and
WHEREAS, the City's pre -positioned contracts for post -hurricane recovery operations are
intended, in relevant part, to replace damaged spanwire-suspended signalized intersections with the
upgraded, cantilevered, storm -resistant traffic signals; and
WHEREAS, an official City Council policy for upgrading spanwire-suspended signals to
cantilevered signal hardware is necessary before the Federal Emergency Management Agency
("FEMA") will consider reimbursing the higher costs of cantilevered signal hardware in a recovery
operation;
WHEREAS, the City Council previously adopted Resolution No. 021901 establising
policies and general rules and procedures of the City Council;
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Resolution No. 021901 is amended by adding new Part 19 that the City's
policy be to upgrade traffic signalized intersections throughout the City to storm -resistant hardware
and that newly signalized intersections constructed by the City and the Texas Department of
Transportation within the City of Corpus Christi city limits and its extra -territorial jurisdiction be
constructed with storm -resistant hardware.
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SECTION 2. This Resolution shall take effect immediately from and after passage.
ATTEST:
Armando Chapa, City Sec
Legal form approved on
By:
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S uel L. al,
Jr., Mayor
, 1998; James R. Bray, Jr., City Attorney.
Gerard V. D'Alessio, Jr., Assistant Clty Ajtorney
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Corpus Christi, Texas
15-/-11 day of Ap i2botJ
,1998
The above resolution was passed by the following vote:
Samuel L. Neal, Jr.
Javier Colmenero dip
Melody Cooper
Alex L. Garcia, Jr.
Dr. Arnold Gonzales
Betty Jean Longoria
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John Longoria Q hkn }'
Edward A. Martin t}G
Dr. David McNichols (AAV
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