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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes City Council - 09/29/1965MUTES 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, Minutes 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; Minutes 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. Minutes 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. Minutes 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. Minutes 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.