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CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS
REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING
October 26, 1966
2:00 p.m.
PRESENT:
Mayor McIver Furman
Mayor Pro Tem Jack R. Blackmon
Commissioners:
Patrick J. Dunne
Dr. P. Jimenez
Ken McDaniel
Ronnie Sizemore
Wm. H. Wallace
Assistant City Attorney R. Marvin Townsend
City Attorney I. M. Singer
City Secretary T. Ray Kring
Mayor McIver Furman called the meeting to order.
The Invocation was given by The Reverend Walter C. Jolly, minister
of Corpus Christi Unitarian Church.
City Secretary T. Ray Kring called the roll of those in attendance.
Motion by Sizemore, seconded by Blackmon and passed that the minutes
of the Regular Council Meeting of October 19, 1966, be approved as furnished
to the Council.
Mayor Furman recognized and presented awards and plaqu-s to two out-
standing Navy men from the Naval Air Advanced Training Command in recognition
NAVY DAY, sponsored by the Navy League. The men being selected by the Navy
League officials as representing the "Mark of a Man" Navy Day Slogan, were
Chief Aviation Electronics Technician Wayne E. Lillie of Training Squadron
27 at Naval Air Station, and Lieutenant Commander James F. Peterson, of Training
Squadron 21, Naval Air Advanced Station of Kingsville. Mr. Richard Dorn,
President of the Navy League participated in the presentation.
Mayor Furman recognized the Student Council from Richard King Senior
High School, and their sponsor, Mr. James Schunke; and read and presented
Certificates of Attendance to John Harper, Jill Moody, Kathy Senior, Sara Morgan,
Rhonda Mann and Sue Dixon.
Mayor Furman read and presented proclamations relative to the following:
UNICEF WEEK in Corpus Christi, the week of October 30, 1966, and urged the
generous participation of citizens of Corpus Christi in this program, accepted.
by Mr. A. C. (Coke) Williamson; NATIONAL CHILD ACCIDENT PREVENTION WEEK in
Corpus Christi, October 19th through 31, 1966, sponsored by Travelers Protective
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Association of America, and urged all citizens to take note of this program as
a means of encouraging public awareness of the preventable tragedies involving
children and the need for greater child safety in the State and Nation.
Miss Margaret Ramage appeared and commended Mayor Furman for the
very impressive ceremony conducted at the David Hirsch School Cornerstone
Opening Thursday, October 13, 1966. (Council Exhibit #7)
Mayor Furman announced the opening of bids:
One bid was opened and read on the restoration of the Daughters of
the Confederacy Memorial Fountain from B. R. Sessions, Constructors of Marshall,
Texas.
The foregoing bid was tabled for 48 hours as required by the City
Charter and referred to the City Manager for tabulation and recommendation.
One bid was opened and read on an Oil, Gas, and Mineral Lease of 40
acres, more or less, of land, described as Lots 9 and 10, Section 21, of Flour
Bluff and Encinal Farm and Garden Tracts, from Leonard R. Sayers of San Antonio.
The foregoing bid was tabled for 48 hours as required by the City
Charter and referred to the City Manager for tabulation and recommendation.
Mayor Furman called for the City Manager's Reports.
Motion by Blackmon, 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 Plans & Specifications for the construction of the
Museum, Bayfront Science Park, be approved, and that authority to advertise for
bids to be received November 23, 1966, be granted;
b. That the award of contract for the construction of the Cole Park
Storm Sewer Extensions be made to Fisher & Winfield Construction Company, Inc.,
in the amount of $14,555.96;
c. That the present lease with C & T Gifts and News Company at Corpus
Christi International Airport be renewed and amendedas follows: renewal to be
for a term of five years; that the rent for the first two years be $125 per month,
and the last three years $125 per month or five percent of gross whichever is
greater;
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October 26, 1966
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d. That the acquisition of a tract of land, being Lots 13 and 14, Cole's
Addition, located adjacent to the South Bluff Park, from Gertrude Anderson, in
the amount of $10,777.10 including closing costs, be authorized;
e. That the bid award on one complete package rotor Air Compressor be
made to Gardner -Denver Company, in the amount of $3,826.70, on the basis of low
bid meeting specifications; (Bid Tabulation #66-45)
f. That the authority to advertise for bids on labor and materials for
construction of a fence at South Staples Disposal Area, to be received November 9,
1966, be granted;
g. That the acquisition of Lot 11 and 12, Block 105, Beach Portion in
the Bayfront Science Park, from Parnot V. and Zareh V. Donigan in the amount of
42,000, be authorized;
h. That the renewal and/or extension for a 5 -year period of the franchise
of Southwestern Oil and Refining Company for the transportation of fuel oil, heat-
ing oil, naptha and kerosene, along the west boundary line of the right of way of
Nueces Bay Boulevard, to the south boundary of the right of way
of the San Antonio, Uvalde & Gulf Railroad, be authorized;
i. That the petition signed by 286 Carroll High School students re-
questing the installation of a traffic signal at Carroll Lane and Padre Island
Drive, be received, and that it be referred to the Traffic Engineering Department
for investigation and recommendation. (Petition '66-2o)
ORDINANCE NO. 8220
APPROPRIATING OUT OF PARK TRUST FUND N0. 111 THE SUM OF $10,777.10, OF WHICH
$10,625.00 IS FOR THE PURCHASE OF ONE PARCEL OF LAND, AND THE SUM OF $152.10 IS
FOR TITLE EXPENSE AND RELATED COSTS THERETO, ALL APPLICABLE TO THE LxTENSION OF
SOUTH BLUFF PARK; AUTHORIZING AND DIRECTING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE REAL ESTATE
SALES -CONTRACT, FOR ASD ON BEHALF OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, WITH THE OWNER OF
THE AFORESAID PARCEL, GERTRUDE LEE ANDERSON; 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. 8221
APPROPRIATING AND REAPPROPRIATING OUT OF NO. 102 GENERAL FUND, ACTIVITY N0. 4181,
TIIE SUM OF $12,216, OF WHICH $12,000 IS FOR THE REAL ESTATE AND $216 IS FOR
TITLE EXPENSE, RECORDING FEES AND RELATED COSTS THERETO, ALL APPLICABLE TO BAY-
FRONT ARTS AND SCIENCE CENTER PROJECT; AUTHORIZING AND DIRECTING THE CITY MANAGER
TO EXECUTE REAL ESTATE SALES CONTRACTS, FOR AND ON BEHALF OF THE CITY OF CORPUS
CHRISTI, FOR ACQUISITION OF SAID TWO PARCELS OF LAND FOR BAYFRONT ARTS AND SCIENCE
PARK FROM THE OWNERS, PARNOT V. DONIGAN AND ZAREH V. DONIGAN; AND DECLARING AN
EMERGENCY.
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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. 8222
AUTHORIZING AND DIRECTING THE CITY MANAGER, FOR AND ON BEHALF OF THE CITY OF CORPUS
CHRISTI, TO EXECUTE A CONTRACT WITH ED KIELY, GRANTING THE RIGHTS OF CONCESSION AT
THE EXPOSITION HALL AND MEMORIAL COLISEUM ON SHORELINE BOULEVARD IN THE CITY OF
CORPUS CHRISTI, NUECES COUNTY, TEXAS, TO THE SAID ED KIELY, SAID CONCESSION RIGHTS
BEGINNING JUNE 1, 1966, AND ENDING JULY 31, 1969, SUBJECT TO THE COVENANTS AND CON-
DITIONS PROVIDED IN SAID CONTRACT, 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 N0. 8223
AUTHORIZING AND DIRECTING THE CITY MANAGER, FOR AND ON BEHALF OF THE CITY OF CORPUS
CHRISTI, TO EXECUTE A CONTRACT WITH FISHER & WINFIELD CONSTRUCTION CO., INC.,
FOR CONSTRUCTION OF THE COLE PARK STORM SEWER EXTENSIONS; APPROPRIATING AND RE -
APPROPRIATING THE SUM OF $14,555.96 OUT OF N0. 102 GENERAL FUNDS CURRENTLY BUDGETED
IN PARK CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITY N0. 4122, CODE 502, FOR CONSTRUCTION, INCLUDING
CONTINGENCIES AND LEGAL ADVERTISING; AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.
The Charter rale was suspended and the foregoing ordinance was passed
by the following vote: Furman, Blackmon, Dunne, Jimenez, McDaniel, Sizemore and
Wallace, present and voting "Aye."
AN ORDINANCE GRANTING TO SOUTHWESTERN OIL AND REFINING COMPANY AN EXTENSION FOR A
PERIOD OF FIVE (5) YEARS OF THE EXISTING FRANCHISE TO LAY, CONSTRUCT, OPERATE,
MAINTAIN, REPAIR AND REMOVE A PIPE LINE 14" IN DIAMETER FOR THE TRANSPORTATION OF
GASOLINE; A PIPE LINE 14" IN DIAMETER FOR THE TRANSPORTATION OF FUEL OIL; A PIPE
LINE 6" IN DIAMETER FOR THE TRANSPORTATION OF HEATING OIL; A PIPE LINE 6" IN DIAMETER
FOR THE TRANSPORTATION OF NAPTHA; A PIPE LINE 6" IN DIAMETER FOR THE TRANSPORTATION OF
KEROSENE; AND A PIPE LINE 6" IN DIAMETER FOR THE TRANSPORTATION OF FUEL OIL, ALONG
THE WEST BOUNDARY LINE OF THE RIGHT OF WAY OF NUECES BAY BOULEVARD WITHIN THE
CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS, FROM THE POINT AT WHICH THE SOUTH BOUNDARY LINE OF
THAT CERTAIN TRACT OF LAND CONTAINING 30.64 ACRES CONVEYED BY BARNSDALL OIL COMPANY
TO SAID SOUTHWESTERN OIL & REFINING COMPANY BY DEED DATED APRIL 25, 1947, RECORDED IN
VOLUME 365, PAGE 324, DEED RECORDS, NUECES COUNTY, TEXAS, INTERSECTS SAID NUECES BAY
BOULEVARD, AND THEN ON AND ALONG SAID NUECES BAY BOULEVARD TO THE SOUTH BOUNDARY
LINE OF THE RIGHT OF WAY OF THE SAN ANTONIO, UVALDE & GULF RAILROAD; SUCH FRANCHISE
BEING GRANTED BY ORDINANCE N0. 4669, RECORDED IN VOLUME 256, PAGE 599, OF THE
ORDINANCE RECORDS OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, AS FINALLY PASSED ON NOVEMBER 7,
1956; MAKING SUCH FRANCHISE AS EXTENDED BINDING UPON SAID GRANTEE, ITS SUCCESSORS
AND ASSIGNS; PROVIDING FOR ACCEPTANCE THEREOF BY GRANTEE; PROVIDING AN EEBECTIVE
DATE; AND PROVIDING FOR PUBLICATION.
The foregoing ordinance was read for the first time and passed to its
second reading by the following vote: Furman, Blackmon, Dunne, Jimenez, McDaniel,
Sizemore and Wallace, present and voting "Aye."
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October 26, 1966
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Mayor Furman declared a brief recess to enable the Zoning and Planning
Staff to prepare the Council Chamber for the scheduled public hearing.
Mayor Furman reconvened the meeting and announced the Council would now
hold the scheduled public hearing on Application #966-5, J. M. Wilson, for change
of zoning from "R -1B" One -family Dwelling District to "R-2" Two-family Dwelling
District on Lots 13 through 18 inclusive, Block 6, Park Terrace, Unit No. 3, and
explained the procedure to be followed.
Larry Wenger, Senior City Planner, located the property on the map and
pointed out the zoning and land use of the area; explained that at the Commission
hearing held on September 27, 1966, Mr. J. M. Wilson, applicant, appeared in sup-
port of the request, and that five persons had appeared in opposition; that the
Staff had mailed out 32 letters; that no returns were received in favor of the
application and that eight were received in opposition, and that since the Com-
mission hearing the Staff has received one additional letter in opposition, and
also, a petition containing 32 names of residents in the surrounding area in
opposition to the request. Mr. Wenger stated that it was the recommendation of the
Zoning and Planning Commission that the request be approved on the basis that such
a change would provide good transition between the single-family area and the
sanitary fill.
Mr. Wilson, applicant, appeared in support of his application and
stated that in the past, as owner of the adjacent subdivisions, Park Terrace
Units I & II, he has attempted to develop this area in the best possible manner;
that recently he has platted the ten_lots on Lavaca Street overlooking the
sanitary fill area on Park Terrace Unit 3, but has been unable to develop the
area because the Federal Housing Administration and Veterans ARministration will
not make loan commitments for residences overlooking a sanitary fill; that he
had applied for apartment zoning two years ago and that a large number of resi-
dents had appeared to oppose it; that since that time four of the lots facing
on Lavaca Street have been sold to the Landmark Missionary Baptist Church and
that a structure has been moved onto the property to serve as a church. Mr.
Wilson further stated that recently he has been contacted by a developer who
proposes to construct two-family dwellings on the six remaining lots; that the
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structures will be single -story brick veneer buildings, which he feels will be
compatible with the surrounding residential area; that the two-family dwellings
will serve as a buffer between the single-family dwellings and the sanitary fill
area; that this type of development will be an improvement over the now existing
vacant lots which are sometimes covered with high weeds and grass; that there is
now a high wood fence between the lots in question which backs up to the lots on
the other side; and that he feels the two-family dwelling use will be in the best
public interest.
In answer to questions from members of the Council, Mr. Wilson stated
that that there are no deed restrictions on this property; that there are no
houses located on Trinity Street, and that the average value of the homes in the
area was between $16,000 and $18,000 two or three years ago.
Mr. Ken Miller of 4813 French Drive, speaking for himself and repre-
senting 32 residents of the area, opposed the request, stating they want the area
to remain a single-family dwelling area; that there are no rent houses in the
area, and that all the homes are individually owned and well cared for; that in
his opinion, two-family dwellings will not be compatible with the existing single-
family dwellings; that because the occupants of the proposed duplexes will be
tenants and not owners they will allow the property to deteriorate. He further
stated that such development will increase the traffic, endangering the lives
of the many school children in the area, and that Mr. Wilson had been required
by the City to put in the street on Lavaca Street across from the Sanitary Fill
as an access street to Parkdale Elementary School; that residents in the area
and the Parkdale Parent Teacher Association had been told the fill area was to
be improved as a park. Mr. Miller further stated that he has no assurance that
the proposed buildings will be of brick veneer or single -story.
Mr. Bernard Schulte of 4726 Trinity Street also appeared in opposition
to the foregoing request, and stated that the subject property has never been
maintained properly; that the church building is an "eyesore"; and that he
doubts that the erection of two-family dwellings will be an improvement.
Commissioner Jimenez asked Mr. Miller if the residents in the area
would be opposed to the granting of a Special Council Permit with the guarantee
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that the buildings would be erected as one -storey and of brick veneer.
Mr. Miller stated that they did not want two-family dwellings, but
that at least a guarantee that the buildings would be one-story and constructed
of brick veneer would be appreciated.
In rebuttal, Mr. Wilson stated that the City did not compel him to
put in the street on Lavaca Street; that he constructed the street and gave the
land to the City. He further stated that he has leased the fill area to the
Little League for use as a ball park for a period of five years.
Motion by Jimenez,' seconded by Dunne and passed that the hearing be
closed.
Motion by Blackmon, seconded by Jimenez and passed that the foregoing
application be tabled for workshop Monday Night for further study and considera-
tion.
John Harper, a King High School student and Senior Class representative,
appeared and asked the City Council for more police protection of students and
adults attending football games. He stated that the request was a result of an
incident which occurred after last Friday's King -Miller football game when two
King students were severely beaten and stabbed by a mob of other students.
Mr. James Schunke, a King High School teacher and Student Council
sponsor, stated that the parents and students are extremely concerned about the
situation, and that students are planning to rent City buses to attend the
games.
Mayor Furman and members of the Council termed the incident as
"regrettable" and advised the students and Mr. Schunke that considerable work
has already been done since this incident, and that they can be assured that
they will have adequate assistance from the City Government.
There being no further business to come before the Council the meeting
was adjourned.
I, JACKS 11. BL10K1101, ,:Mayor Pro len of the Oita, o2' Corpus Christi, Texas,
certify that the forego -ilii, :::invites, sane PeLdc,, for the period of October 5, 1966,
through October 26, 1966, , inclus_-, , and having been roe io sl,; proved. by
Council action, are by me _iereby approved.
i. iLAZ7Mg0_.d Mayor Pro Tem
of Corpus C_iristi, Texas