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CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS
REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING
March 15, 1967
2:00 p.m.
PRESENT:
Mayor McIver Furman
Mayor Pro Tem Jack R. Blackmon
Commissioners:
Patrick J. Dunne
Ken McDaniel
Dr. P. Jimenez
Ronnie Sizemore
City Manager Herbert W. Whitney
City Attorney I. M. Singer
City Secretary Te Ray Kring
Mayor McIver Furman called the meeting to order.
The Invocation was given by Mayor Pro Tem Jack R. Blackmon in the absence of the in-
vited guest chaplain.
City Secretary T. Ray Kring called the roll of those in attendance.
The absence of Commissioner Wallace was excused for cause.
Motion by Blackmon, seconded by Jimenez and passed that the Minutes of the Regular
Meeting of March 8, 1967, be approved as submitted to the Council.
Mayor Furman read and presented the following proclamations: RUBEN GARCIA, JR.
DAY in Corpus Christi, March 15, 1967, in recognition and expression for Mr. Garcia's distinctive
civic contribution to the welfare of this community, and tribute as a worthy representative of the
Republic of Mexico, who is relinquishing his assignment here and is assuming another in the States.
Mr. Garcia, accompanied by Mr. Lee Scott, was present to receive the proclamation; DeMOLAY
WEEK in Corpus Christi, March 12 through 19, 1967, saluting the young men of the Order of
DeMolay and expressing appreciation of the fine examples set by these young leaders in contri-
buting to the welfare and character of other young men in this City, received by Stanley King,
Senior Counselor and Mr. Ted Abbot.
Mayor Furman called for the City Manager's Reports.
Motion by Jimenez, seconded by Dunne and passed that the City Manager's Reports, Items
"a" through "e", with Item "f" to be considered separately, be accepted and that the recommenda-
tions and requests be approved and granted as foilowso
a. That the bid award on the 5 -year contract for Oil, Gas and Mineral Lease - 376.575
acres, be awarded to Coastal States Gas Producing Company (the only bid received), on the basis
of their bid proposal of $27,776.17 bonus, which bid exceeds by $8,947.42 the minimum cash
bonus of $50 per acre called for in the specifications; (1o?44-47J
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b. That the construction of the sidewalk and stairway from Parking Lot 1, adjacent to
Mesquite Street to the Twigg Street Off -ramp, connection the parking lot with the Roadway
Bridge Ramp "V", which services vehicular traffic from Broadway Street northbound to U.S. 181,
in accordance with agreement heretofore entered into between the City and the Flochah Corpora-
tion, be accepted;
c. That the petition of the Police Department requesting a 20% salary increase and fringe
benefits, be accepted and filed for record; (Petition X67-9)
With reference to the foregoing petition, Commissioner Jimenez suggested that the Council
take under consideration at Monday's Workshop Meeting the practicability of lowering the 5 -foot
9 -inch height requirement for policemen, stating that it is his feeling that there would be more
Latin applicants if this requirement were lowered.
Mayor Pro Tem Blackmon requested that the City Manager provide a summary for discussion
at Monday Night's Workshop of the overall financial impact of what additional cost would be
involved; an opinion as to whether or not the moratorium period would affect any action of the
Council; and if anything could be accomplished before Budget time of this year.
d. That a revocable easement to cross under Graham Road with one 2- 1/2" gas pipeline
according to terms provided in said easement, be authorized;
e. That the dedication of the three interior streets in the Clairelaine Gardens Housing
Project, known as Paige Place, Sulaine Street and Robb Place, be accepted in their present
condition for and on behalf of the public, in accordance with the request of the Housing Authority.
City Manager Whitney presented the application of Marathon Oil Company for a permit
to drill Silcock and Baetz Well No. 1, Ward Island, City of Corpus Christi, and pointed out on a
plat the location of the proposed well on a 3 -acre tract within the campus grounds of the University
of Corpus Christi, and within the 330' restriction from a permanent structure but that waivers are
furnished; that the long range planning calls for other wells to be drilled from this site possibly
extending out into the Bay on which the applicant also holds State leases on the submerged land.
Mr. Whitney further stated that the proposed depth of the well is 10,500 feet, to be drilled
directionally; that the application has been referred to Petroleum Superintendent Harry L. Franklin,
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and that Mr. Franklin states `nat the application appears to be in order and recommends approval
with the following stipulations: (1) That the drill site will be fenced; (2) that the approval of the
3 -acre drilling site for additional wells is not blanket authority to drill other wells without separate
individual application and issue of permit; (3) that in the event oil weals result from this develop-
ment that no more than one well will be drilled per 40 -acres and no more than one gas well per
320 -acres; (4) that earthen pits to ;.tore mud or waste material will not be used, but steel tanks
will be used; and (5) that in the event this well is abandoned„ applicant agrees to feel for the
plug inside the surface casing to be certain that cement extends at least 50' up into the surface
casing from the shoe and that a further 100' -cement plug will be placed at the surface, and that
casing will be cut at approximately 5' below the surface and a steel plate welded onto the surface
casing. Mr. Whitney further stated that approval of the sub'lect application has been recommended
by the Bay Drilling Committee as being in the public interest.
Action on the foregoing application to drill was deferred until after the reading of the
ordinance creating Tracts 1, IA and 1B of the present Trace 1 cf the Oil and Gas Drilling Block
Tracts in the City, to be read later in thus meeting.
FIRST READING OF AN ORDINANCE PROHIBITING THE SALE, OFFER OF SALE, DELIVERY OR
GIFT TO ANY PERSON UNDER 78 YEARS OF AGE, OF MODEL GLUE OR ANY SIMILAR SUB-
STANCE CONTAINING ANY ONE OR MORE OF ANY VOLATILE SOLVENTS; DEFINING
CERTAIN WORDS; MAKING IT UNLAWFUL TO INHALE THE FUMES OF ANY MODEL GLUE
TO INDUCE OR AID OTHERS TO VIOLATE ANY OF THE PROVESIONS OF THIS ORDINANCE;
MAKING POSSESSION OF CERTAIN GLUES UNLAWFUL; PROVIDING FOR PENALTY NOT
EXCEEDING TWO HUNDRED DOLLARS ($200) FOR VIOLATION; AND PROVIDING FOR
PUBLICATION.
The foregoing ordinance was read for the first time and passed to its second readi:rrg by
the following vote: Furman, Blackmon, Dunne, Jimenez, McDaniel, and Sizemore, present
and voting "Aye". Wallace absent.
Commissioner Jimenez suggested that the foregoing ordinance be reconsidered at Workshop
Monday Night and be amended to include the requirement that a parent shall accompany any
person under the age of 18 for the purchase of model glue or any substance containing any one or
more of any volatile solvents, and that a copy of the proposed amended ordinance be mailed to
Mr. Tony Bonilla.
Mr, Bonilla appeared and commended the efforts of Commissioner Jimenez, who served on
the committee as chairman, Commissioner Dunne, and other members of the committee, for a lob
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well done, in connection with the foregoing ordinance.
Mrs. W. L. Bushwar, Jr., President of Sundeen Junior High School Parent Teacher Associa-
tion, appeared in connection with the zoning application of Ser-,sions Mortgage Company on which
a public hearing was held February 27, 1967, and made reference to her letter dated March 8, 1967,
filed with the City Secretary, setting out objections to the granting of the subject application, and
inquired of the Council if the application had been reconsidered after the receipt of said letter.
Mayor Furman advised Mts. Bushwar that the hearing on this application had been heard and
officially closed and that it could not be legally reopened without following the usual procedure
for public hearings; that action had been taken by the Council to approve the zoning change, and
that an ordinance had been prepared effectuating this change, but explained that the action was
not effective until after the ordinance has been passed.
Motion by Blackmon, seconded by Sizemore and passed that the ordinance relative to the
zoning application of Sessions Mortgage Company appearing on the agenda as Item "d"„ be deferred
for further consideration with the view of possibly constructing s'dewaiks in the vicinity of Sundeen
School.
ORDINANCE NO. 8386
AUTHORIZING AND DIRECTING THE CITY MANAGER, FOR AND ON BEHALF OF THE CITY
OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TO ACCEPT AS CCM PLETED THE SIDEWALK AND STAIRWAY FROM
PARKING LOT 1, ADJACENT TO MESQUITE STREET TO THE TWiGG STREET OFF -RAMP, SO
AS TO CONNECT THE PARKING LOT WITH THE ROADWAY BRIDGE RAMP "V", WHICH
RAMP SERVICES VEHICULAR TRAFFIC FROM BROADWAY STREET NORTHBOUND TO U.S. 181
IN THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, NUECES COUNTY, TEXAS, ALL IN ACCORDANCE WITH
THE PLANS FOR CONSTRUCTION HERETOFORE ENTERED INTO BY AND BETWEEN THE CGTY
AND THE FLOCHAH CORPORATION, AND THE SUPPLEMENTAL AGREEMENT FOR SIDEWALK
AND STAIRWAY WITHIN FREEWAY RIGHT OF WAY BY AND BETWEEN THE C fY AND THE
STATE OF TEXAS; AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY,
The Charter rule was suspended and the foregoing crdlnance was passed by the following
vote: Furman, Blackmon, Dunne, Jimenez, McDaniel. and Sizemore present and voting "Aye".
Wallace absent.
ORDINANCE NO. 8387
AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE, FOR AND ON BEHALF OF THE CITY OF
CORPUS CHRISTI, A REVOCABLE EASEMENT TO CROSS UNDER GRAHAM ROAD WITH ONE
(1) 2-1/2" GAS PIPELINE, PROVIDING THE TERMS OF SUCH EASEMENT, A COPY OF WHICH
IS ATTACHED HERETO AND MADE A PART HEREOF; 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 and Sizemore present and voting "Aye".
Wallace absent.
ORDINANCE NO. 8388
RECEIVING AND ACCEPTING THE DEDICATION OF THE THREE INTERIOR STREETS IN THE
CLAIRELAINE GARDENS HOUSING PROJECT, OWNED AND OPERATED BY THE HOUSING
AUTHORITY OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, SAID STREETS BEING KNOWN AS PAIGE
PLACE, SULAINE STREET AND ROBB PLACE,THE SAID STREETS TO BE ACCEPTED IN THEIR PRESENT
CONDITION, FOR AND ON BEHALF OF THE PUBLIC, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE OFFER
OF DEDICATION, 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 and Sizemore present and voting "Aye".
Wallace absent.
ORDINANCE NO. 8389
CREATING TRACTS 1, 1A AND 1B OF THE PRESENT TRACT 1 OF THE OIL AND GAS DRILLING
BLOCK TRACTS IN THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, DESCRIB9NG SAID TRACTS, AND MAKING
THE MAP SHOWING SAID TRACTS A PART OF THIS ORDINANCE: AND DECLARING AN
EMERGENCY.
The Charter rule was suspended and the foregoing ordinance was passed by the following
vote: Furman, Blackmon, Dunne, Jimenez, McDaniel and Sizemore present and voting "Aye".
Wallace absent.
ORDINANCE NO. 8390
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 NO, 61015, AS AMENDED, UPON APPLICATION
OF TOM SWANTNER, TRUSTEE, BY AMENDING THE ZONING MAP BY CHANGING THE
ZONING ON AN APPROXIMATELY 22.38 -ACRE TRACT OUT OF THE FRACTIONAL SECTION
4, RANGE IX, H. L. KINNEY SECTIONIZED LANDS, LOCATED ON THE SOUTHWEST CORNER
OF THE INTERSECTION OF LINDA VISTA DRIVE AND THE AIRPORT DRAINAGE DITCH AND
EXTENDING APPROXIMATELY 1412 FEET IN A WESTERLY DIRECTION ALONG LINDA VISTA
DRIVE AND APPROXIMATELY 861 FEET IN A SOUTHERLY DIRECTION ALONG THE AIRPORT
DRAINAGE DITCH, IN THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, NUECES COUNTY, TEXAS, FROM
"R -1B" ONE FAMILY DWELLING DISTRICT TO "1-2" LIGHT INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT, SUBJECT
TO THE CONDITIONS HEREINAFTER PROVIDED; 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: Furman, Blackmon, Dunne, Jimenez, McDaniel and Sizemore present and voting "Aye".
Wallace absent.
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Mr. Jack Sykes and Mr. Earl Carter of Nanjean Park area, appeared in connection with the
construction of a driveway to a car wash stand being built near Delphine and Weber Road, and
inquired as to what the City has brought forth to resolve the problem, the matter having been brought
to the Council's attention by residents of this area for three consecutive weeks.
Mr. Sykes and Mr. Carter were advised that the City is without legal authority to halt the
construction of the driveway for reasons heretofore pointed out; that an extensive investigation had
been made and that a detailed report of this investigation had been received from the Public Works
Department, stating that all avenues had been explored for a satisfactory solution to the problem,
but that none were acceptable; stated that eminent domain proceedings had been suggested, but
that the land is of little value to the City as a park or any other public use.
Mayor Pro Tem Blackmon offered as a possible recourse, that the residents retain an attorney
and look into the possibility of filing an appeal from the decision of the replat which permitted
the driveway.
Commissioner Sizemore made the suggestion that the Council consider whether or not it
would be practical to ask the car wash owners to construct curbs or some kind of barricades so
that traffic could not cut through the car wash onto Delphine Street, and City Manager Whitney
stated that the City Staff would explore this possibility.
Mrs. Soledad Vda Hernandez, appeared requesting further information relative to a
petition filed with the City January 18, 1967, requesting construction of a recreational facility
comparable to the one on the L -Head in the Westside Area.
City Manager Whitney stated that the matter had been referred to the Park Board, that
the Board had met yesterday, but that he had not received a report of the meeting.
City Manager Whitney read a petition received by Mayor Pro Tem Blackmon, containing
27 signatures of residents in the area of Commanche and 19th Streets, asking that some action
be taken on the old abandoned ice plant that is located at this intersection. The petition stated
that water stands deep enough for a child to drown, and that the hole is a breeding place for
mosquitos; and further, that the building is open, dangerous, and is very unsightly. (Petition
#67-10)
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Mr. Whitney stated that the foregoing matter would be investigated,
Mayor Furman called for a motion for action on the application of Marathon Coil Company
to drill SiIcopk and Baetz.Well #1,. Ward Island, as presented by City Manager Whitney earlier
in this meeting..
Malian by McDaniel, seconded by Sizemore and passed that the application of Marathon
Oil Company to drill Si (cock and Baetz. Well #1, Ward Island, Corpus Christi, Texas, be approved
subject to conditions recommended,
Mayor Furman announced appointments to serve as a committee to determine whether or
not the Museum operation shall be a division of the Park. Department or a separate division of
the City Government, as, follows: Wm. H. Wallace, Chairman; member to be appointed by the
School Bocird,; Aalbert Heine, Director of the Museum; John Chapman, President of Musuem; City
Manager Herbert. W. Whitny;
and Gus Heinemann, President of Park and Recreation Board.
Motion by Dunne, seconded by Jimenez and passed that the foregoing appointments
be approved.
There being no further business to come before the. Council, the meeting was adjourned.