HomeMy WebLinkAbout024196 ORD - 09/12/2000AN ORDINANCE
AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER, OR HIS DESIGNEE, TO EXECUTE
AN INTERIM USE PRIVILEGE AGREEMENT WITH GRANDE RIVER
COMMUNICATIONS, INC. (GRCI), TO INSTALL, OPERATE, USE,
REPAIR, AND MAINTAIN 13.5 MILES OF UNDERGROUND FIBER OPTIC
FACILITY WITHIN THE FOLLOWING PUBLIC STREET RIGHTS-OF-WAY
(ROW) OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI FROM THE WILSOh~..AZA
LOCATED AT 606 N. CARANCAHUA STREET TO THE INTERSECTION
OF THE SHARPSBURG ROAD ROWAND THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF
TRANSPORTATION (TXDOT) I.H. 37 ROW, SPECIFICALLY THE
FACILITY WILL RUN FROM WILSON PLAZA NORTH ON THE
CARANCAHUA STREET ROW TO ANTELOPE STREET, THEN WEST ON
THE ANTELOPE STREET ROW TO WACO STREET WHERE THE CABLE
WILL ENTER THE TXDOT I.H. 37 SOUTH ACCESS ROAD ROW, THEN
THE CABLE WILL EXIT THE I.H. 37 STATE ROW AT THE NUECES BAY
BOULEVARD ROW AND TURN SOUTH TO THE LEOPARD STREET
ROW, AT LEOPARD STREET THE CABLE WILL BE PLACED IN AN
EXISTING SOUTHWESTERN BELL TELEPHONE DUCT SYSTEM WHERE
IT WILL RUN WEST TO THE SHARPSBURG ROAD ROW, THEN AT
SHARPSBURG ROAD THE CABLE WILL RUN NORTH WITHIN THE
ROW, UNTIL IT AGAIN ENTERS THE I.H. 37 STATE ROW, IN
CONSIDERATION OF PAYMENT OF $71,530,00; AND DECLARING AN
EMERGENCY.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS:
SECTION 1. That the City Manager, or his designee, is hereby authorized to execute
an Interim Use Privilege Agreement with Grande River Communications, Inc. CGRCI"),
to install, operate, use, repair, and maintain 13.5 miles of underground fiber optic
facility within the following public street rights-of-way (row) of Corpus Christi from the
Wilson Plaza located at 606 N. Carancahua Street, to the intersection of the
Sharpsburg Road ROW and the Texas Department of Transportation (TXDOT) I.H. 37
ROW, specifically the facility will run from Wilson Plaza north on the Carancahua Street
ROW to Antelope Street, then west on the Antelope Street ROW to Waco Street where
the cable will enter the TXDOT I.H. 37 South Access Road ROW, then the cable will
exit the I.H. 37 State ROW at the Nueces Bay Boulevard ROW and turn south to the
Leopard Street ROW, at Leopard Street the cable will be placed in an existing
Southwestern Bell Telephone duct system, where it will run west to the Sharpsburg
Road ROW, then at Sharpsburg Road the cable will run north within the row, until it
again enters the I.H. 37 State ROW, in consideration of payment of $71,530.00, subject
to GRCI complying with the following specified conditions as part of the Interim Use
Privilege Agreement:
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GRCI will be responsible for all maintenance of the authorized
improvements. If any maintenance is required in the future for the
authorized improvements.
GRCI must acquire all necessary permits from Southwestern Bell
Telephone (SWB) for the usage of SWB existing conduit on the Leopard
Street right-of-way.
GRCI payment of a one time fee of $71,530.00 for the Interim Use
Privilege Agreement.
SECTION 2. That upon written request of the Mayor or five Council members, copy
attached, the City Council (1) finds and declares an emergency due to the need for
immediate action necessary for the efficient and effective administration of City affairs
and (2) suspends the Charter rule that requires consideration of and voting upon
ordinances at two regular meetings so that this ordinance is passed and takes effect
upon firs reading as an emergency measure on this the ~ ~d'V'day of
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ATTEST:
Armando Chapa
City Secretary
APPROVED: This the
THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI
Mayor. The City of Corpus Christi
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James R. Bray, Jr.
City Attorney
By:
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Corpus Christi, Texas
Day of
,2000
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,
Mayor
Council Members
The above ordinance was passed by the following vote:
Samuel L. Neal, Jr.
Javier D. Colmenero
Melody Cooper
Henry Garrett
Dr. Arnold Gonzales
Rex A. Kinnison
Betty Jean Longoria
John Longoria
Mark Scott