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CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS
REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING
March 8, 1967
2:00 P.M.
PRESENT:
Mayor Pro Tem Jack R. Blackmon
Commissioners:
Patrick J. Dunne
Ken McDaniel
Dr. P. Jimenez
Ronnie Sizemore
Wm. H. Wallace
City Manager Herbert W. Whitney
City Attorney I. M. Singer
City Secretary T. Ray Kring
Mayor Pro Tem Jack R. Blackmon called the meeting to order.
The Invocation was given by Mayor Pro Tem Blackmon in the absence of
the invited Guest Chaplain.
Motion by Dunne seconded by Jimenez and passed that Mayor Furman be
excused for cause.
There being no corrections or additions, the Minutes of the Special
Meeting of February 27, 1967, and the Minutes of the Regular Meeting of March 1,
1967, were approved as submitted to the Council.
Mayor Pro Tem Blackmon welcomed the Student Council of West Oso High
School, accompanied by their sponsor, Mr. R. H. Wallace, and read and presented
Certificates of Attendance to Genaro Bernal, David Vasquez, Joe Bernal, Lupita
Banda, Eva Rojas, and Lydia Hernandez; also welcomed were students of Molina Junior
High School, and their sponsor Mr. E. A. Beltran. Students present were Danny
Noyala, Willie Jackson, Larry Mitchell, Baltazar Benavides, Allan Jurica, and Bobby
Davis.
Mayor Pro Tem Blackmon announced the opening of bids.
Bids were opened and read on the proposed McArdle Road Improvements,
Greenwood Drive to State Highway 286, from the following firms; Slovak Brothers
Company, Heldenfels Brothers, F. M. Thornton, and Fowco Construction Company.
The foregoing bids were 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 and Gas Lease of approximately
376.575 acres of twenty-nine various tracts of land from the following firm: Coastal
States Gas Producing Company.
The foregoing bid was tabled for 48 hours as required by the City Charter
and referred to the City Manager for tabulation and recommendation.
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Regular Council Meeting
March 8, 1967
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Mayor Pro Tem Blackmon announced the pending item of zoning Application
#167-11, Mrs. Gabriel R. Rivas, for change of zoning from "R -1B" One -family Dwelling
District to "AB" Professional Office District on Lot 6, Block 2, Bay View Addition
No. 4, on which a public hearing was held February 27, 1967.
Motion by Sizemore, seconded by Dunne and passed that the recommendation of
the Zoning and Planning Commission be concurred in and that Application #167-11, Mrs.
Gabriel R. Rivas, for change of zoning from "R -1B" One -family Dwelling District to
"AB" Professional Office District on Lot 6, Block 2, Bay View Addition No. 4, be denied
on the basis that approval would constitute spot zoning; furthermore, space is not
available for adequate off-street parking.
Mayor Pro Tem Blackmon announced the pending item of Application #167-12,
Sessions Mortgage Company, Trustee, for change of zoning from "R -1B" One -family
Dwelling District to "B-1" Neighborhood Business District on a tract of land out of
the Northwest corner of Lot 22, Section 13, Flour Bluff & Encinal Farm & Garden
Tracts, on which a public hearing was held February 27, 1967.
Motion by McDaniel, seconded by Dunne and passed that the recommendation
of the Zoning and Planning Commission be concurred in that Application #167-12,
Sessions Mortgage Company, Trustee, for change of zoning from "R -1B" One -family Dwel-
ling District to "B-1" Neighborhood Business District on a tract of land out of the
Northwest corner of Lot 22, Section 13, Flour Bluff & Encinal Farm & Garden Tracts,
more particularly located at the Southeast corner of the Intersection of Airline
Road and Williams Drive, fronting 154.67 feet on Airline Road and extending 236.90
feet along the Southeasterly right of way line of Williams Drive for the most depth,
be approved as submitted, with the exception that masonry fence be specified in the
construction of the screening, and that an ordinance be brought forward effectuating
the change.
Mayor Pro Tem Blackmon announced the public hearing on the application for
the closing of one-half of a 40 -foot road dedicated by map or plat styled Flour
Bluff and Encinal Farm and Garden Tracts, adjacent to the common boundary between
Lot 24, Section 13, and Lot 17, Section 18, of said Subdivision, and explained the
procedure to be followed.
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March 8, 1967
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City Manager Whitney presented the application, and stated that the
request had been submitted by Mr. Ted Anderson, attorney representing the abutting
property owners; pointed out on a map the location of the area in question; stated
that the hearing had been advertised on the basis of the request for one-half of the
40 -foot dedicated road, and that property owners within the required 450 -foot radius
had been duly notified; that 811 affected City Departments had been contacted, and
that no objections had been offered to the proposed closing, and that it is his re-
commendation that the request be approved.
Mr. Ted Anderson, attorney representing the abutting property owners request-
ing the closing, spoke in favor of the request, and stated that the closing of this
road will be consistent with the best use of the area; that it is not adaptable to
any plan; that there are no utilities located in the roadway; that it has never been
used and that there is no way for it to ever be extended on to Padre Island Drive.
No one appeared in opposition to the foregoing request.
Motion by McDaniel, seconded by Wallace and passed that the hearing be
closed.
Motion by McDaniel, seconded by Sizemore and passed that one-half of a
40 -foot road dedicated by map or plat styled Flour Bluff and Encinal Farm and Garden
Tracts, adjacent to the common boundary between Lot 24, Section 13, and Lot 17,
Section 18, of said Subdivision, being located all on Lot 24, be closed, and that
an ordinance be brought forward effectuating the change.
City Manager Whitney stated that he would recommend that the Staff investi-
gate the possibility of closing the other one-half of the 40 -foot roadway between
Williams Drive and Holly Road, and if feasible, he would recommend that another
public hearing be held for its closure.
Mayor Pro Tem Blackmon called for the City Manager's Reports.
City Manager Whitney made the following recommendations:
a. That the public hearing on improvements of Omaha Drive, from Baldwin
Boulevard to State Highway #44, held March 1, 1967, be officially closed, and the
assessment roll be approved with the exception that the construction of sidewalks be
deleted;
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March 8, 1967
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5 -foot
b. That the abandonment of the/ease-•ment in Lot 3-B, Block 1, Alameda
Estates Unit 1, and the 5 -foot easement out of Lots 1 and 2 of a replat of Lots
1 and 2, Block 1, Alameda Estates, be authorized;
c. That the date for public hearing for assessments concerning Airline
Road Improvements be changed from March 15, 1967, to April 12, 1967 at 3:00 p.m.;
d. That the acceptance and final payment of Estimate No. 3, in the amount
of $29,530.72, representing the balance due the Fowco Construction Company for com-
pletion of construction of Brawner Parkway, Willow and Pecan Street Improvements,
be approved;
e. That the request of San Patricio Municipal Water District that the
City approve the re -sale of water by the Aransas County Conservation and Reclama-
tion District to various users in Aransas County, under the provisions of Section 11
and 15 of Contract #2369, dated May 27, 1963, between San Patricio District and the
City of Corpus Christi, be approved;
f. That the date of April 26, 1967, during a regular Council meeting be
set for public hearing for the closing of all streets and alleys bounded on the
North by Beach Avenue, on the East by Timon Boulevard, on the South by Gulf Spray
Avenue, and on the West by Highway #181, Brooklyn Addition, except that portion of
said street and alley on which a public hearing is scheduled to be held March 22,1967;
g. That the date of April 19, 1967, during the regular Council meeting
be set for public hearing on the closing of Padre Street between West Broadway and
the Interstate 37 frontage roads;
h. That the date of March 27, 1967, during a Special Council meeting be
set for public hearing on 4 zoning cases;
i. That one-way traffic pattern be established on Greely Drive, westbound
from Parade Drive to Belmeade Drive between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 9:00 a.m.,
and between the hours of 3:00 p.m. and 4:00 p.m. on school days only.
Mayor Pro Tem Blackmon declared the foregoing recomnendations accepted
and approved in the absence of any objections.
ORDINANCE NO. 8377
CLOSING THE PUBLIC HEARING ON IMPROVEMENTS ON OMAHA DRIVE, FROM BALDWIN BOULEVARD
TO STATE HIGHWAY #44, AND FINDING AND DETERMINING THAT PROPERTY ABUTTING SAID
STREET WILL BE SPECIFICALLY BENEFITTED AND ENHANCED IN VALUE IN EXCESS OF COST OF
THE IMPROVEMENTS, AND LEVYING AN ASSESSMENT FOR PAYMENT; FIXING A CHARGE AND LIEN,
PROVIDING FOR ASSIGNABLE CERTIFICATES, THE MANNER AND TIME OF PAYMENT AND COLLEC-
TION; AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.
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Regular Council Meeting
March 8, 1967
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The Charter rule was suspended and the foregoing ordinance was passed
by the following vote: Blackmon, Dunne, Jimenez, McDaniel, Sizemore and Wallace,
present and voting "Aye". Mayor Furman absent.
ORDINANCE NO. 8375
AMENDING AN ORDINANCE ENTITLED"AN ORDINANCE ADOPTING AND PROVIDING FOR THE ADMINIS-
TRATION OF THE COMPENSATION PLAN TO ALL POSITIONS IN THE CITY SERVICE; REPEALING ALL
ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT HEREWITH; CONTAINING A SAVINGS CLAUSE; AND PROVIDING FOR AN
EFFECTIVE DATE", BEING ORDINANCE N0. 3656, PASSED AND APPROVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL
ON THE 10TH DAY OF FEBRUARY, 1954, AS AMENDED, BY AMENDING SUBSECTION (E) OF SECTION
1, BY A'DING A NEW POSITION, TO -WIT: "HOUSING REHABILITATION COORDINATOR"; PROVIDING
AN EFFECT] DATE; PROVIDING A SAVINGS CLAUSE; AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.
The Charter rule was suspended and the foregoing ordinance was passed
by the following vote: Blackmon, Dunne, Jimenez, McDaniel, Sizemore and Wallace,
present and voting "Aye". Mayor Furman absent.
ORDINANCE N0. 8379
RECEIVING AND ACCEPTING CONSTRUCTION OF THE BRAWNER PARKWAY, WILLOW AND PECAN STREET
IITROVEMENTS, PROJECT N0. 220-61-43, AS PERFORMED BY THE CONTRACTOR, F0WC0 CONSTRUC-
TION COMPANY, UNDKR THEIR CONTRACT DATED OCTOBER 19, 1966, AUTHORIZED BY ORDINANCE
N0. 8218; AUTHORIZING PAYMENT OF FINAL ESTIMATE NO. 3 DATED MARCH 3, 1967, IN THE
AMOUNT OF $29,530.72, A COPY OF WHICH IS ATTACHED HERETO AND MADE A PART THEREOF,
SALT) PAYviEN'T TO BE MADE FROM NO. 220 STREET BOND FUNDS PREVIOUSLY APPROPRIATED FOR
CONSTRUCTION AND CONTINGENCIES; AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.
The Charter rule was suspended and the foregoing ordinance was passed
by the following vote: Blackmon, Dunne, Jimenez, McDaniel, Sizemore and Wallace,
present and voting "Aye". Mayor Furman absent.
ORDINANCE NO. 8380
AMENDING THE ZONING ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI ADOPTED ON THE 27TH
DAY OF AUGUST, 1937, APPEARING OF RECORD IN VOLUME 9, PAGES 565, ET SEQ, OF THE
ORDINANCE AND RESOLUTION RECORDS, AS AMENDED FROM TIME TO TIME AND PARTICULARLY AS
AMENDED BY ORDINANCE N0, 6106, AS AMENDED, UPON APPLICATION OF FRANK A. LONGORIA,
BY GRANTING A. SPECIAL PERMIT FOR A SINGLE FOUR-PLEX AND DETACHED GARAGES, SUBJECT
TO A 50 -FOOT SETBACK AND APPROPRIATE LOCATION OF SIDEWALKS, ON LOT 0-2, EAD]CROFT
DODGE ANNEX IN THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, NUECES COUNTY, TEXAS; :PEEPING IN JMBECT
ALL OTHER PROVISIONS OF THE EXISTING ORDINANCE AS AMENDED; R.EPEALIN"v ALL ORDINANCES
IN CONFLICT HEREWITH; AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.
The Charter rule was suspended and the foregoing ordinance was passed
by the following vote: Blackmon, Dunne, Jimenez, McDaniel, Sizemore and Wallace,
present and voting "Aye". Mayor Furman absent.
ORDINANCE N0. 8381
AMENDING THE ZONING ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI ADOPTED ON THE 27TH DAY OF
AUGUST, 1937, APPEARING OF RECORD IN VOLUME 9, PAGES 565, ET SEQ, OF THE ORDINANCE
AND RESOLUTION RECORDS, AS AMENDED FROM TIME TO TIME AND PARTICULARLY AS AMENDED BY
ORDINANCE N0. 6106, AS AMENDED, UPON APPLICATION OF ROY SMITH, BY AMENDING THE ZON-
ING MAP BY CHANGING THE ZONING ON A 44 -.7 -ACRE TRACT, INCLUDING A PORTION OF LOTS
6, 7, AND 8, SECTION 3, FLOUR BLUFF & ENCINAL FARM AND GARDEN TRACTS AND ALL OF
BLOCKS "G" AND "H", MT. VERNON SHOPPING CENTER, LOCATED ON THE WESTERLY RIGHT OF
WAY LINE OF SOUTH STAPLES STREET, BETWEEN PADRE ISLAND DRIVE AND MC ARDLE ROAD, IN
THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, NUECES COUNTY, TEXAS, FROM "R -1B" ONE -FAMILY DWELLING
DISTRICT TO "B-4" GENERAL BUSINESS DISTRICT, SUBJECT TO THE CONDITIONS HEREINAFTER
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SET OUT; KEEPING IN EFFECT ALL OTHER PROVISIONS OF THE EXISTING ORDINANCE AS AMENDED;
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: Blackmon, Dunne, Jimenez, McDaniel, Sizemore and Wallace,
present and voting "Aye". Mayor Furman absent.
ORDINANCE N0. 8382
DECLARING ABANDONED THE 5 -FOOT EASEMENT OUT OF LOT 3B, BLOCK 1, ALAMEDA ESTATES
UNIT NO. 1, AS SHOWN ON MAP RECORDED IN VOLUME 26, PAGE 21 OF THE NUECES COUNTY,
TEXAS MAP RECORDS, AND ABANDONING THE 5 -FOOT EASEMENT OUT OF LOTS 1 AND 2 OF A
REPLAT OF LOTS 1 AND 2, BLOCK 1, ALAMEDA ESTATES, AS SHOWN ON MAP RECORDED IN
VOLUME 26, PAGE 1 OF THE NUECES COUNTY, TEXAS MAP RECORDS; AND DECLARING AN
EMERGENCY.
The Charter rule was suspended and the foregoing ordinance was passed by
the following vote: Blackmon, Dunne, Jimenez, McDaniel, Sizemore and Wallace,
present and voting "Aye". Mayor Furman absent.
ORDINANCE N0. 8383
AMENDING ORDINANCE N0. 8366, PASSED AND APPROVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL ON FEBRUARY 22,
1967, BY AMENDING SECTION 4 THEREOF, BY CHANGING THE DATE OF PUBLIC HEARING CONCERN-
ING AIRLINE ROAD IMPROVEMENTS TO APRIL 12, 1967, RATHER THAN MARCH 15, 1967; KEEP-
ING IN EkT ECT ALL OTHER PROVISIONS OF SAID ORDINANCE N0. 8366; DECLARING AN
EMERGENCY.
The Charter rule was suspended and the foregoing ordinance was passed
by the following vote: Blackmon, Dunne, Jimenez, McDaniel, Sizemore and Wallace,
present and voting "Aye". Mayor Furman absent.
ORDINANCE N0. 8384
CLOSING ONE-HALF OF A 40 -FOOT ROAD DEDICATED BY MAP OR PLAT STYLED FLOUR BLUFF AND
ENCINAL FARM AND GARDEN TRACTS, ADJACENT TO THE COMMON BOUNDARY BETWEEN LOT 24,
SECTION 13, AND LOT 17, SECTION 18, OF SAID SUBDIVISION, SAID ONE-HALF OF SAID
ROADWAY SOUGHT TO BE CLOSED HEREIN BEING LOCATED ALL ON LOT 24, AND BEING MORE FULLY
DESCRIBED HEREINAFTER; AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.
The Charter rule was suspended and the foregoing ordinance was passed
by the following vote: Blackmon, Dunne, Jimenez, McDaniel, Sizemore and Wallace,
present and voting "Aye". Mayor Furman absent.
ORDINANCE NO. 8385
AMENDING THE CORPUS CHRISTI CITY CODE, 1958, AS AMENDED, BY AMENDING SECTION 21-153
AND ORDINANCE NO. 7950, BY PROVIDING THAT GREELY DRIVE, FROM PARADE DRIVE TO
BELMEADE DRIVE, SHALL BE A ONE-WAY STREET FOR WESTBOUND TRAFFIC BETWEEN THE HOURS
OF 8:00 A.M. AND 9:00 A.M. AND BETWEEN THE HOURS OF 3:00 P.M. AND 4:00 P.M. ON
SCHOOL DAYS ONLY; PROVIDING FOR PUBLICATION; AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.
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March 8, 1967
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The Charter rule was suspended and the foregoing ordinance was passed
by the following vote: Blackmon, Dunne, Jimenez, McDaniel, Sizemore and Wallace,
present and voting "Aye". Mayor Furman absent.
Mr. Earl Carter of 4957 Nell Street, appeared and inquired as to what has
been done relative to the matter of a car wash facility being constructed at Del-
phine and Weber Road with an exit through what was once listed on a plat as a planting
strip.
Director of Public Works Jack McDaniel made a report on the investigation made
by his department and stated that efforts have been made to work out something on
a cooperative basis which would be satisfactory to all concerned, but that these
efforts have failed. He stated that the original plat did not dedicate the property
to the City, and that the entrance road apparently is legal. Mr. McDaniel further
stated that the owners of the land have leased the total property to Continental
Oil Company, and that Continental Oil Company has sub -leased it to the car wash
people; stated that he had talked with the owners of the car wash and that they ap-
peared to be eager to be good neighbors; that Mr. Bill Presley, Superintendent of
the construction, stated that he had contacted Conoco's leasing agent in Dallas
about the possibility of exiting the car wash onto other Continental property, but
that they had been unreceptive to such a solution; also the suggestion had been made
that the exit drive circle behind Youngblood's Restaurant and exit on Padre Island
Drive but that this was rejected.
Mayor Pro Tem Blackmon asked that the City's Legal Department draft an
amendment to the Platting Ordinance that would require a notice to adjoining prop-
erty owners of any future proposed replats, and that the amendment provide for an
appeal to the City Council.
Councilman McDaniel reported to the Council on a meeting in Galveston this
this week with the Army Corps of Engineers and the Marina Park Expediting Committee,
attended by Commissioner Sizemore, Planning Director Wm. Anderson, Duaine Orr,
Harvie Branscomb and himself, stating that plans will have been completed by fall
of this year for rebuilding and widening Corpus Christi Beach, and that upon com-
pletion, the plans will be sent to Washington for inclusion in next year's Public
Works Bill.
There being no further business to come before the Council, the meeting
was adjourned.