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CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS
REGULAR COUNCII. MEETTING
September 29, 1965
2:00 p.m.
PRESENT:
Mayor McIver Furman
Mayor Pro Tem Jack R. Bladkmon
Commissionere:
Patrick J. Donne
Dr, P. Jimenez, Jr,
Ken Mcnaniel
Ronnie Sizemore
WM. He Wallace
Asst, City Manager Marvin Townsend
City Attorney I. Me Singer
City Secretary Te Ray Kring
Mayor Mclver Furman called the meeting to order.
The Invocation vas given by the Reverend. Milton Muehlberger, Pastor of
Abiding Savior Lutheran Church.
City Secretary Te Ray Kring called the roll of those in attendance.
Motion by Blackmon, seconded by Dunne and passed that the minutes of the
regular meeting of September 22, 1965, and of the special meeting of the same day
at 3:30 p.m., be approved as furnished to the Council,
Mayor Furman welcomed the Solomon M. Coles High School Student Council,
and read and presented Certificates of Attendance to Reginald Firman, Fred De
Johnson, Erma Kelley, Lula Jones, Don T. Haynes, and Sandra White; accepted by
Sandra White. Mayor Furman expressed appreciation to the Student Council, and
sponsor, Mre> Re 0, Crawford, for their participation and interest in governmental
affairs.
Mayor Furman read a proclamation proclaiming the period of October 4 m 9,
1965, as JUNIOR LEAGUE RUMAGE SALE WEEK in Corpus Christi, in recognition of the
services rendered to this community; accepted by several members of the Junior
League,
Bids were opened and read on three eliding doors for C.C. International
Airport from the following: Horton Glass Company and Safety Glass Company.
The foregoing bids were tabled for forty-eight hours as required by
City Charter, and referred to the City Manager for tabulation and recommendation.
Bid was opened and read on the purebase of One Cash Register, less
Trade -In, for the Corporation Court Clerk Office, from the National Cash Register
Company,
The foregoing bid vas tabled for forty-eight hours as required by
City Charter, and referred to the City Manager for tabulation and recommendation.
Minutes
Regular Council Meeting
September 29, 1965
Page 2
Mayor Furman announced the public hearing on the removal of parking
meters in the vicinity of the Southwestern Bell Telephone Company Building, on
which Council voted on September 8, 1965, at the regular meeting, to hold a public
hearing for the benefit of all concerned,
Assistant City Manager Marvin Townsend advised Council that the Traffic
Safety Advisory Board on September 27, 1965, recommended that the parking meters
be left in their present condition, or consideration be given to the "Fringe Area
Meters"e
Mr, Al Moore, President of the Local Communication Workers of America,
spoke in support of the request for the removal of the parking meters, and stated
that he had appeared before Council recently and presented a petition with 239
signatures for the removal of the parking meters; that the meters are not needed
and are used mostly by the Telephone Company employees; and that the recommenda-
tion presented by Commissioner Wallace to remove only a portion of the meters,
would have been satisfactory to the Telephone Company employees and the public.
Mr. Moore further stated that he felt that two issues were involved; the removal
of the fifty-three parking meters and the fact that he represented a union
organization.
Mrs. Alexander J Hogarty, representing the Corpus Christi Area Heritage
Society, spoke in opposition to the request, and explained to Council that the
Heritage Society had recently purchased the Centennial House for a Museum; that
the parking meters would be necessary; and that it was in the public interest to
retain the parking meters.
Assistant City Manager Townsend read a communication from Mr, Robert C.
Wolter in opposition to the request.
Mrs, Prank Aa Ellis, owner of an adjacent parking lot to the Telephone
Company Building, also spoke in oppoeition to the request, and stated that she
had available parking space for the Telephone Company employees, and that the
monthly rate was $7.50.
Motion by McDaniel, seconded by Dunne, and passed that the hearing be
closed,
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Regular Council Meeting
September 29, 1965
Page 3
Motion by Blackmon, seconded by Dunne and passed, Sizemore voting "Nay",
Jimenez abstaining, that the request for the removal of the parking meters be
deterred until Workshop Monday night, October 4, 1965.
Mayor Furman brought up the pending item of Application 065-7, The
Planned Building Company, for change of zoning from "AB" Professional Office
District to "B-4" General Business District, Lots 36-A, 37, 38, 39 and 40, Block
817, Port Aransas Cliffs; fronting 110 Feet on the Northeast Right of Way line
of South Alameda Street near its intersection with Bremner Parkway.
Commissioner Wallace made a motion that the application be denied but
in lieu thereof a special permit be granted to erect a sign against the face of
the building on the Alameda Street side with restrictions of "B-1" zoning.
In discussing the size of the sign, City Attorney I. M. Singer advised
Council that there was not any restriction on the size of a sign to be erected on
a building under "B-1" zoning.
Motion by Blackmon, seconded by Dunne and passed that the application
be denied but in lieu thereof a special permit be granted to erect a sign against
the face of the building on the Alameda Street side; and that applicant submit a
request for design and size of the sign to be erected for approval to the Council
by Monday, October 4, 1965; and that final action be delayed pending this approval.
Mayor Furman brought up the pending item of Special Use #43, Mr. and
Mrs. Lloyd Price, for a Special Use Permit under Article 25, Section 25-4, Sub-
section (10) of the Zoning Ordinance authorizing the operation of a trailer park
for one trailer, located on a portion of the John Atlee Magee 6.88 -acre Tract out
of the Ira Magee Tract, also known as Lot 7 of an unrecorded 6.88 -acre survey out
of Tract 22 of the G. Ferias Grant; fronting 104.45 Feet on the West Right of Way
line of Loma Alta Road, beginning at a point 208.51 Feet South of the Southwest
corner of the intersection of Leopard Street and Loma Alta Road and extending
192.67 Feet in a Westerly direction from Loma Alta Road for its most depth.
Motion by McDaniel, seconded by Wallace, that the recommendation of the
Zoning and Planning Commission be concurred in, and that the application be denied.
Commissioner Sizemore stated he would be in favor of granting a special permit for
a reasonable length of time, and Mayor Pro Tem Blackmon stated he would favor a
reasonable permit.
Minutes
Regular Council Meeting
September 29, 1965
Page 4
Mayor Furman called for a show of hands on the foregoing motion, and
declared the motion to deny the Special Use Permit had passed, with Blackmon,
Jimenez, and Sizemore voting "Nay".
Mayor Furman called for the City Manager's Reports.
Motion by Jimenez, seconded by Dunne and passed that the City Manager's
Reports be accepted; and the recommendations and requests be approved and granted,
as follows:
a. That the City of Corpus Christi participate in the proposed Master
Plan of the Area Development Committee; and that contracts with the Area Develop-
ment Committee and Harland Bartholomew and Associates be authorized, with a
maximum participation of $57,000.00;
b. That the award of contract for the construction of Sidewalk Improve-
ments for Schools, Unit II, be made to Stanley -Orion Inc. on the basis of low bid
meeting specifications; and that appropriation in the amount of $23,500.00 be
authorized;
c. That the award of contract for the construction of Section I of
Interceptor Sewer Line 27A, be made to Bur -Tex Constructors on the basis of low
bid meeting specifications; and that appropriation in the amount of $170,000.00
be authorized;
d. That the acceptance and final payment of Estimate No. 4 in the
amount of $6,989.23, for Ocean Drive Street Improvements, be approved;
e. That the firm of Gowland & Davis, Certified Public Accountants, be
employed for the Independent Audit of the Tax Office for fiscal year ending
July 31, 1965;
f. That the architect services of Hans & Bennett for the construction
of the West Guth Park Swimming Pool, be approved;
g. That contracts for the iLlnmination of I. H. 37 from the Fust End
of UpRiver Road Interchange to C.C.T.A. Railway, then to the West End of Lantana
Street Interchange; and Crosstown Expressway 286 from Morris Street to North End
of Tarlton Street Interchange; be authorized;
h. That the sale of eleven surplus buildings by public auction at
9:00 a.m., Thursday, October 7, 1965, be approved;
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Regular Council Meeting
September 29, 1965
Page 5
i. That property owners be notified and that public hearings be held
on the proposed street name changes;
j. That the acquisition of eighty-seven acres of land, more or less, for
the construction of the Service Center Site to be located on Ayers Street, be
approved; that appropriation in the amount of $130,500.00 be authorized; and that
condemnation proceedings referred to in Ordinance No. 7473, involving another site be
dismissed, and the balance of the appropriation of approximately
,000.00 be cancelled;
k. That the date of October 6, 1965, at the regular Council meeting, be
set for public hearing on the application of Haas Brothers for drilling a well in
the Northwest corner of a forty -acre Tract, out of Lot 3, Section 5, Range 8,
Gugenheim 8a Cohn's Farm Lots.
ORDINANCE NO. 7726
AUTHORIZING ANA DIRECTING THE CITY MANAGER, FOR AND ON BEHALF OF THE CITY OF CORPUS
CHRISTI, TO EXECUTE A CONTRACT WITE STANLEY-ORION INC., FOR CONSTRUCTION OF SIDE-
WALK IMPROVEMENTS, UNIT II, PROJECT N0. 220-64-66; APPROPRIATING OUT OF N0. 220
STREET BOND FUND THE SUM OF $23,500.00 OF WHICH AMOUNT $21,282.15 IS FOR THE CON-
STRUCTION CONTRACT AND $2,217.85 IS FOR CONTINGENCIES, INCLUDING ENGINEERING,
LABORATORY TESTING, LEGAL, RECORDING AND AVERTISING COSTS; AND DECLARING AN
EMERGENCY.
The Charter rule was suspended and the foregoing ordinance was passed by
the following vote: Furman, Blackmon, Dunne, Jimenez, McDaniel, Sizemore and
Wallace, present and voting "Aye."
ORDINANCE N0. 7727
AUTHORIZING AND DIRECTING THE CITY MANAGER, FOR AND ON BEHALF OF THE CITY OF CORPUS
CHRISTI, TO EXECUTE A CONTRACT WITH BUR-TEX CONSTRUCTORS FOR CONSTRUCTION OF INTER-
CEPTOR SEWER, SECTION I OF LINE 27A, PROJECT N0. 250-64-36.7, SAID CONTRACT AWARD
TO BE SUBJECT TO FINAL APPROVAL OF THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND U. S. PUBLIC
HEALTH SERVICE; APPROPRIATING OUT OF N0. 250 SANITARY SEWER BOND FUNIS THE SUM OF
70,000.00 OF WHICH AMOUNT $159,333.50 IS FOR THE CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT AND
0,666.50 IS FOR CONTINGENCIES, INCLUDING ENGINEERING STAKING, DETAIL INSPECTIONS,
LABORATORY TESTING AND LEGAL ADVERTISING COSTS, AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.
The Charter rule was suspended and the foregoing ordinance was passed by
the following vote: Furman, Blackmon, Dunne, Jimenez, McDaniel, Sizemore and.
Wallace, present and voting "Aye."
ORDINANCE N0. 7728
RECEIVING AND ACCEPTING CONSTRUCTION OF UNIT I, OCEAN DRIVE STREET IMPROVEMENTS,
FURMAN TO CRAIG, PROJECT NO. 220-6)4-61, AS PERFORMED BY THE CONTRACTOR, WOMACK
AND MANNING UNDER THEIR CONTRACT DATED MAY 12, 1965, AUTHORIZED BY ORDINANCE
N0. 7567; AUTHORIZING PAYMENT OF FINAL ESTIMATE N0. 4, DATED SEPTEyYBER 17, 1965,
IN THE AMOUNT OF $6,989.23, A COPY OF WHICH IS ATTACHED HERETO AND MADE A PART
HEREOF, SAID PAYMENT TO BE MADE FROM N0. 220 STREET BOND FUNDS PREVIOUSLY
APPROPRIATED; AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.
Minutes
Regular Council Meeting
September 29, 1965
Page 6
The Charter rule was suspended and the foregoing ordinance was passed by
the following vote: Furman, Blackmon, Dunne, Jimenez, McDaniel, Sizemore and
Wallace, present and voting "Aye."
ORDINANCE N0. 7729
TERMINATING THE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI AND MRS. PETRA DE LOS
SANTOS AND HER HUSBAND, SANTOS DE LOS SANTOS, LOCATED AT 1024 LEOPARD STREET, FOR
THE COLLECTION OF UTILITY BILLS AND ACCOUNTS FOR THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI;
AUTHORIZING AND DIRECTING THE CITY MANAGER, FOR AND ON BEHALF OF '11ti.h Cl'1'Y OF
CORPUS CHRISTI, TO EXECUTE AN AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY AND JOE R. DE LEON, JR.,
DBA ECONOMICAL DRUG COMM, FOR THE PURPOSE OF ACCEPTING PAYMENT OF BILIS OWED
TO 'THE CITY FOR WATER, GAS, GARBAGE AND SEWER SERVICE, PAYABLE TO ITS DEPARTMENT
OF PUBLIC UTILITIES, BEGINNING SEPTEMBER 29, 1965, UNTIL TERIIINATION UPON DEFAULT
OR REMOVAL FROM THE LOCATION OF 1024 LEOPARD STREET BY THE APPOINTEE HEREINAS
HEREIN PROVIDED, FORAM IN CONSIDERATION OF TAZ rise AS SCHEDULED MIEREIN, ALL
=ACCORDANCE WITH SAID AGREEMENT, A COPY OF WHICH IS ATTACHED HERETO AND MADE A
PART HEREOF; AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.
The Charter rule was suspended and the foregoing ordinance was passed by
the following vote: Furman, Blackmon, Dunne, Jimenez, McDaniel, Sizemore and
Wallace, present and voting "Aye."
ORDINANCE NO. 7730
APPROPRIATING OUT OF N0. 207 PUBLIC BUILDINGS BOND FUND IBA SUM OF $130,500.00
FOR THE ACQUISITION OF 87.00 ACRES OF LAND OUT OF LOTS 5 AND 6, SECTION 3,
BOHEMIAN COLONY LANDS, NUECES COUNTY, TEXAS, SAME BEING MORE FULLY DESCRIBED
HEREINAFTER, ALL APPLICABLE TO PROJECT 207-64-3 EQUIPMENT AND STREET MAINTENANCE
YARDS AND BUILDINGS; AUTHORIZING AND DIRECTING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE REAL
ESTATE SALES CONTRACT FOR AND ON BEHALF OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI FOR TJir.
ACQUISITION OF SAID ACREAGE; AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.
The Charter rule was suspended and the foregoing ordinance was passed by
the following vote: Furman, Blackmon, Dunn, Jimenez, McDaniel, Sizemore and
Wallace, present and voting "Aye."
ORDINANCE N0. 7731
AMENDING THE ZONING ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI ADOPTED ON IBJ; 27TH
DAY OF AUGUST, 1937, APPEARING OF RECORD IN VOLUME 9, PAGES 565, ET SEQ, OF Tut:
ORDINANCE AND RESOLUTION RECORDS, AS AMENDED BY ORDINANCE N0. 6106, AS AMENDED,
BY AMENDING THE ZONING MAP BY CHANGING 'Th ZONING OF LOTS 33 AND 3, BLOCK 14,
PORT ARANSAS CLIFFS, AN ADDITION IN THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, NUECES COUNTY,
TEXAS, FROM "-R-1B" ONE -FAMILY DWELLING DISTRICT TO "A-1" APARTMENT HOUSE DISTRICT;
SUBJECT TO TAM CONDITIONS HEREIN SET FORTH; KEEPING IN .trYSCT AIL OTHER PRO-
VISIONS OF THE EXISTING ORDINANCE AS ANENWED; REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT
HEREWITH; AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.
The Charter rule was suspended and the foregoing ordinance was passed by
the following vote: Furman, Blackmon, Dunne, Jimenez, McDaniel, Sizemore and
Wa.))Rce, present and voting "Aye."
Minutes
Regular Council Meeting
September 29, 1965
Page 7
ORDINANCE N0. 7732
AMENDING THP ZONING ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI ADOYltW ON THE (Tu
DAY OF AUGUST, 1937, APPEARING OF RECORD. IN VOLUME 9, PAGES 565, ET SEQ OF THE
ORDINANCE AND RESOLUTION RECORDS, AS ADDED BY ORDINANCE NO. 6106, AS AMENDED,
BY AMENDING THE ZONING MAP BY CHANGING THE ZONING OF ALL OF LOT I AND A TRIAN-
GULAR PORTION OF LOT 2, BLOCK "A", FRANK ADDITION, AN ADDITION TO THE CITY OF
CORPUS CHRISTI, NUECES COUNTY, TEXAS, MORE FULLY DESCRIBED HEREINAFTER, FROM "F -R"
FARM -RURAL DISTRICT TO "B-4" GENERAL BUSINESS DISTRICT; KEEPING =EFFECT ALL
OTHER PROVISIONS OF THE EXISTING ORDINANCE AS AMENDED; REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES
IN CONFLICT HEREWITH; AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.
The Oharter rule was suspended and the foregoing ordinance was passed by
the following vote: Furman, Blackmon, Dunne, Jimenez, McDaniel, Sizemore and
Wallace, present and voting "Aye."
ORDINANCE N0. 7733
AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE AND THE CITY SECRETARY TO
AFFIX THE CORPORATE SEAL AND ATTEST THE SAME, A CERTAIN CONTRACT BETWEEN TSE CITY
AND THE STATE OF TEXAS FOR THE PURPOSE OF DETERMINING THE JOINT RESPONSIBILITIES
OF THE CITY AND THE STATE FOR THE CONSTRUCTION, MAINTENANCE AND OPERATION OF nit
STREET ILLUMINATION SYSTEM FROM MORRIS STREET TO THE NORTH END OF THh TARLTON
STREET INTERCHANGE ON THE ROUTE OF STATE HIGHWAY 286 (RELOCATED) IN THE CITY OF
CORPUS CHRISTI; AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY AND PROVIDING THAT THIS ORDINANCE
SHALL BE EFFECTIVE FROM AND AFTER ITS PASSAGE.
The Charter rule was suspended and the foregoing ordinance Was passed by
the following vote: Furman, Blackmon, Dunne, Jimenez, McDaniel, Sizemore and
Wallace, present and voting "Aye."
ORDINANCE N0. 7734
AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING TkiL CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE AND THE CITY SECRETARY TO
AFFIX 'IAA CORPORATE SEAL AND ATTEST THE SAME, A CERTAIN CONTRACT BETWEEN THE CITY
AND THE STATE OF TEXAS FOR THE PURPOSE OF D2l:ERMINING THE JOINT RESPONSIBILITIES
OF THE CITY AND THE STATE FOR THE CONSTRUCTION, MAINTENANCE AND OPERATION OF THE
STREET ILLUMINATION SYSTEM FROM THE EAST END OF THE UPRIVER ROAD INTERCHANGE TO
THE WEST END OF THE LANTANA STREET INTERCHANGE ON THE ROUTE OF INTERSTATE HIGHWAY
37 IN THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI; AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY AND PROVIDING THAT
THIS ORDINANCE SHALL BE EFFECTIVE FROM= AFTER ITS PASSAGE.
The Charter rule was suspended and the foregoing ordinance was passed by
the following vote: Furman, Blackmon, Dunne, Jimenez, McDaniel, Sizemore and
Wallace, present and voting "Aye."
ORDINANCE NO. 7735
AUTHORIZING AND DIRECTING '1st CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE, FORAM ON BEHALF OF THE
CITY, AN AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CORPUS CHRISTI CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, ACTING BY AND
THROUGH ITS AREA DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEES JOINED WITH THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI,
JOINTLY REFERRED TO IN SAID AGREEMENT AS "COMMITTEE", WITH HARLAND BARTHOLOMEW
AND ASSOCIATES FOR CONSULTING SERVICES, A COPY OF WHICH AGREEMENT IS ATTACHED
BNRET0 AND MADE A PART HEREOF; APPROPRIATING THE SUM OF $57,000.00, OF WHICH
AMOUNT $10,000.00 IS TO BE FROM THE GENZRAL FOND CONTINGENCY RESERVE; W±u•. SUM
OF $35,000.00 IS FROM STREET BOND FUND N0. 220 FOR PROJECT N0. 220-61-49; AMD
THE AMOUNT OF $12,000.00 IS FROM STREET BOND FUND N0. 220 FOR PROJECT N0.
220-64-61; AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.
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Regular Council Meeting
September 29, 1965
Page 8
The Charter rule was suspended and the foregoing orainAnce was passed by
the following vote: Furman, Blackmon, Dunne, Jimenez, McDaniel, Sizemore and
Wallace, present and voting "Aye,"
Mayor Furman brought to the attention of Assistant City Manager Townsend
that street improvements were needed on Doddridge Street, between Alameda Street
and South Staples Street,
Assistant City Manager Townsend advised Council that an application from
British American Oil Company for a permit to drill in State Tract No. 12 had been
received; that the application was accompanied by the necessary check, and that
the City Attorney had reviewed the application as to its adequacy,
Mayor Pro Tem Blackmon stated that as the application was received late
Tuesday afternoon, September 28, 1965, the application should be referred to the
Committee on Platform and Well Drilling for study as should all future applications,
Mr. Blackmon further stated that applicant had commenced drilling the well before
obtaining a permit to drill, and that drilling should be stopped; and that it
would not be fair to the other oil companies that had pending applications before
the Committee for study.
Motion by Blackmon, seconded by McDaniel and passed that the application
from British American Oil Company for a permit to drill in State Tract Noe 12 be
referred to the Committee on Platform and We11 Drilling for further consideration.
In answer to a question from Commissioner McDaniel relative to stopper
the drilling of this well in the foregoing motion, Mayor Pro Tem Blackmon replied
that it was a matter of Council policy, and that the laws should either be
enforced or repealed,
Mayor Pro Tem Blackmon recommended that Council recess before adjourn-
ment to discuss Council policy relative to drilling applications, and Mayor Furman
announced that Council would recess immediately following the hearing of petitions
or information from the audience.
Mr. Ed Williams, Attorney representing six property owners in the 3600
Block of Santa Fe, stated that deed restrictions were not being enforced in that
neighborhood, and urged the Council to amend the ordinance with reference to moving
houses, and insist that a permit to move a house from one neighborhood to another
not be granted unless the basic requirements of that subdivision are complied with.
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Regular Council Meeting
September 29, 1965
Page 9
Mr. Harvey Weil, Attorney representing Cities Service Oil Company,
requested that the application of Cities Service Oil Company for a permit to drill
in State Tract 52 be placed on the Agenda for consideration.
Mayor Pro Tem Blackmon stated that the application was filed at l:45 p.m.
this date, and therefore the application should be referred to the Committee on
Platform and Well Drilling for consideration.
Motion by Blackmon, seconded by McDaniel that the application be referred
to the Committee on Platform and -Well Drilling for consideration as soon as possible.
Commissioner Wallace stated that he had prior knowledge of this particular
application and he felt it was worthy of public discussion, and urged that the
application be heard.
Mayor Furman called for a show of hands on the foregoing motion, and
declared that the motion to refer the application of Cities Service Oil Company to
the Committee on Platform and Well Drilling for further consideration had failed,
with Dunne, Jimenez, Sizemore and Wallace voting "Nay."
Attorney Harvey Weil spoke in support of the applicant, and stated that
the proposed well is a confirmation well in State Tract No. 52, located approxi-
mately six miles or more from downtown Corpus Christi, and approximately four
miles from the Naval Air Station, and that it was in line with the permits granted.
to Atlantic Refining Company on State Tracts 23 and 36. Mr. Weil further stated
that applicant had a drilling barge problem; that the drilling barge was from
Louisiana and would be through with the work it was now on; and since Council
had not received a recommendation from the Committee on Applicant's pending
request to drill in State Tract 74, he felt the application should be granted
for State Tract 52. Mr. Weil explained that Applicant could work the drilling
barge now while waiting on the other application, and would not have to release
the barge or keep it on a stand-by basis.
Mayor Pro Tem Blackmon explained to Council that the barge is presently
completing a well in Tract 88 for applicant outside the city limits, and asked
Mr. Weil if other drilling barges were not available.
Mr. Frank Priebe, also representing Applicant, advised Council that
other barges were available at this time, but that all barges ware not the same
type and size.
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Regular Council Meeting
September 29, 1965
Page 10
Mr. Priebe was advised by Council that a recommendation would be made on
the pending application to drill in State Tract 74 by the Committee on Platform and
Well Drilling on October 16, 1965,
Commissioner McDaniel pointed out to Mr. Priebe that if Cities Service Oil
Company let this particular barge go now they would not have any current expense and
could get another one later. Mr. Priebe replied that barges become rather scarce,
and they were "skating on thin ice" with Tract 74 nor.
In answer to questions from the Council, Mr. Priebe stated that the barge
was not related to the two wells.
Mr. Rarold Krumwiede, representing the Flour Bluff Businessmen's Associa-
tion, presented a petition requesting the name of Lexington Boulevard, from Inter-
state Highway 37 to Padre Inland Drive, be changed to Padre Island Drive or
Boulevard. Mr. Krumwiede explained that due to the confusion of names, mail and
deliveries are frequently delayed. (Petition #65-16.)
Mayor Furman advised Mr. Krumwiede that further consideration would be
made to this request.
Mr. John Brooke, Attorney for British American 011 Cnmpen , asked
Council to reconsider their application as legal action by the City was pending
and he would like to have an opportunity to present the application to the Council.
Following a recess, Mayor Furman assumed the Chair and announced that
the drilling applications of British American Oil Company and Cities Service Oil
Company would be referred to the Committee on Platform and Well Drilling for
consideration either tonight or tomorrow, and that a Special Council Meeting
would be held as soon as possible.
There being no further business to come before the Council, the meeting
was adjourned.