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Home My WebLink About030118 ORD - 03/18/2014Ordinance changing the name of Bufferhead Drive to Bufflehead Drive between Eider Drive and Goldeneye Drive. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS: SECTION 1. That the name of Bufferhead Drive, between Eider Drive and Goldeneye Drive, be changed to Bufflehead Drive. SECTION 2. That the City Traffic Engineer is hereby authorized and directed to cause to be removed any street signs or markers which are erroneous after the passage of this ordinance and to erect new street signs or markers at appropriate places designating the correct name of the above street. SECTION 3. That the fees associated with the City's Street Renaming Process outlined in Exhibit "A" are waived, including the Research Fee (Step 5), Processing Fee (Step 5), and Fabrication and Installation Cost of Street Name Sign Assemblies (Step 12). ATTEST: T2LecC4 Rebecca Huerta City Secretary TH C OF CORPUS CHRISTI Nelda Ma Mayor 030118 INDEXED That the foregoing ordinance was read for the first time and passed to its second reading on this the ` 'day of ,O _ tCLIt -L 201 +, by the following vote: Nelda Martinez Kelley Allen Rudy Garza Priscilla Leal David Loeb Chad Magill Colleen McIntyre Lillian Riojas Mark Scott C�. That the fo egoing or i e w read for the second time and passed finally on this the `day of � � "1 �; , by the following vote: Nelda Martinez Kelley Allen Rudy Garza Priscilla Leal David Loeb Chad Magill Colleen McIntyre Lillian Riojas Mark Scott PASSED AND APPROVED, this the I ' th day of 1/('QVCk , 201+ ATTEST: Rebecca Huerta City Secretary Nelda Martine Mayor STREET RENAMING PROCESS ELIGIBLE APPLICANTS: Persons who reside on or own property that have a street address on any street, road or highway within the city. INITIAL REQUEST: 1. Applicants must submit an initial written request to the City Secretary containing an accurate description of the street, road, or highway or portion thereof, and the name or names involved, so as to identify the location and a narrative explaining the background and intended justification for the proposed street renaming. 2. The City Secretary and City Traffic Engineer will jointly verify whether the request complies with the city council policy for proposed street name changes. City Policy: a. The City Council declines to rename streets in Corpus Christi except to serve a recognized purpose of local, regional, statewide or national significance. b. In any case, the City Council declines to rename any street: 1. that is currently "named" functional classified arterial through street as listed in the Code of Ordinances, section 53 -250; 2. for a person not deceased; 3. that would create disruption or discontinuity to the name of a longer section street; or 4. that is reflected on the 1852 Plan of Corpus Christi, or a street name that has existed within the original boundary of the 1852 Plan of Corpus Christi for a period of greater than 50 years. c. Not included in sections a or b of the policy is any proposed renaming of a street initiated by the City Traffic Engineer for the purposes of street network clarification or any proposal to provide a formal name to a street which has only a State highway or County Road numerical classification (e.g. F.M. xxx or CR. xx). 3. If the City Secretary and City Traffic Engineer determine that the request does not comply with city policy, the City Secretary shall notify the City Council. Unless otherwise directed by a majority of the council by the end of the next council meeting after notification, the City Secretary will notify the applicant of the denial and the reasons for denial. 4. If the determination of the City Secretary and City Traffic Engineer is that the request does comply with city policy, the City Secretary shall notify the applicant to submit an Official Application in writing, directed to the City Council. OFFICIAL APPLICATION: 5. The Official Application shall be on a form supplied by the City Secretary, shall contain all information requested and must be accompanied by a five hundred dollar ($500.00) Research Fee. The Research Fee will be for preparation of a detailed site map, identification of affected property owners, tenants, and their mailing address, preparation of a survey form, and identification of a )processing Fee. The Processing Fee shall be for cost of mailing survey forms to affected property owners, staff costs for compiling responses to survey, cost of publishing a notice of a public hearing by the city council, and cost for mailing written notice to all affected property owners and tenants on the affected street. 6. City Traffic Engineer shall provide written notice to applicant of amount of Processing Fee and applicant shall deposit that sum within ten (I 0) working days of receipt of such notice with the City Secretary. 7. Within ten (10) working days of receipt of the Processing Fee, the Traffic Engineer will mail the survey to the affected property owners. Property owners will have fifteen (15) working days to respond to the survey. The City Traffic Engineer will at that time determine the number of property owners in support of the street name change. Property owners not responding will be classified as not supporting the street name change. 8. Within twenty (20) days the applicant will be notified of the survey results. If less than seventy - five (75) percent of the property owners support the proposed street name change, the request will be denied. 9. If more than seventy-five (75) percent of the property owners support the proposed street name change, the City Traffic Engineer shall in writing request comments in writing from the Director of Engineering Services, City Utilities Office Manager, Director of Planning, City Landmark Commission, Police Chief, Nueces County Historical Society, Fire Chief, Nueces County Historical Commission and the Postmaster. 10. A Public Hearing by the City Council on the street name change will be set, published in the newspaper, and notices mailed to all affected property owners and tenants. I I. After the Public Hearing is held, the City Council will approve or disapprove the applicant request. At least three - fourths (3/4) majority vote of the City Council shall be required to approve the request. 12. If approved, the City's cost for fabrication and installation of street name sign assemblies (inclusive of material costs) will be paid by the applicant. 13. If denied, neither the ) Research Fee or Processing Fee will be refunded to the applicant. State of Texas County of Nueces } } PUBLISHER'S AFFIDAVIT CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI Ad # 314425 PO # 03o Before me, the undersigned, a Notary Public, this day personally came GEORGIA LAWSON, who being first July sworn, according to law, says that she is LEGAL SALES REPRESENATIVE AND EMPLC OF i'HE PUBLISHER, namely., the Corpus Christi Caller Times, a daily newspaper published at Corpus Christi in said City and State, generally circulated in Aransas, Bee, Brooks, Duval, Jim Hogg, Jim Wells, Kleberg, Live Oak, Nueces, Refugio, and San Patricio, Counties, and that the publication of NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER which the annexed is a true copy, was inserted in the Corpus Christi Caller -Times on: CC- Corpus Christi Caller -Times CC- Internet - caller.com 02/16/14 Sun 02/16/14 Sun LEGAL SALES REPRESENTATIVE On thiday of Ftt, , 20 lq I certify that the attached • ocument is a true and exact copy made by publisher. MICHELLE JOYCE CABRERA My Commission Expires March 19, 2016 Notary Public, St. of Texas CALLER TIMES I February 16,20141 11 E Legals Legais NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER STREET RENAMING The Corpus Christi City Coun- cil will hold a public hearing to consider a proposed ordi- nance that would rename as Bufflehead Drive the city street currently named Bufferhead Drive. The hear - ing will be held in the Coun- cil Chambers of City Hall, 1201 Leopard Street, Corpus Christi, Texas, during the regular City Council meeting of February 25, 2014, which begins at 11:30 a.m., and at which time and place all per- sons and their parties and/ or their agents may appear and be heard by City Council on this issue. Effective on February 16, 2014. /5/ Rebecca Huerta City Secretary