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CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS
REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING
May 3, 1967
2:00 P.M.
PRESENT:
Mayor Jack R. Blackmon
Mayor Pro Tem Ronnie Sizemore
Commissioners:
Dick Bradley, Jr.
Dr. P. Jimenez, Jr.
Jack Grant
Gabe Lozano, Sr.
Ken McDaniel
City Manager Herbert W. Whitney
City Attorney I. M. Singer
City Secretary T. Ray Kring
Mayor Jack R. Blackmon called the meeting to order.
The Invocation was given by Doctor Harold T. Branch, Pastor of St.
John First Baptist Church.
City Secretary T. Ray Kring called the roll of those in attendance.
The Minutes of the Special Meeting of April 24, 1967, at 7:30 p.m., and
of the Regular Meeting of April 26, 1967, were approved as submitted to the Council.
Mayor Blackmon recognized and welcomed to the City of Corpus Christi the
new Consul of Mexico, The Honorable Anastasio Lopez Sanchez, and introduced him
individually to each member of the Council and Staff members at the Council Table.
Mayor Blackmon presented Senor Sanchez with a Symbolic Key to the City and an
Honorary Citizenship Certificate, and extended to him greetings and good wishes on
behalf of the City Council and citizens of the City of Corpus Christi during his
tenure in this City. Also present and given special recognition was Rosela Lopez
Sanchez, daughter of Senor Sanchez.
Mr. Lee Scott was present and interpreted words of Senor Sanchez stating
that on behalf of Mexico and himself, he wished to thank the Council for the courtesy
extended to him, and that he was looking forward to his association with the Council,
City Officials, and City Staff, and extended invitations to the members of the
Council to attend the Cinco de Mayo Day Celebration at Memorial Coliseum May 5,
at which time the Special Ambassador Plenipotentiary Carlos Gonzalez-Parrodi will
be present to represent the President of the Republic of Mexico.
Mayor Blackmon read and presented proclamations relative to the following:
CINCO DE MAYO DAY in Corpus Christi, May 5, 1967, in celebration of the day and
utilizing the occasion to cement and perpetuate the relationship to strengthen the
inter -American system; received by Senor Sanchez, Mexican Consul; HOSPITAL WEEK
in Corpus Christi, May 7 through 13, 1967, in recognition of National Hospital Week
and of the dedicated men and women whose skills contribute to the good health
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enjoyed by all, received by Mrs. Roscher and Sister Mary Eustace, Administrator
of Spohn Hospital; TOASTMASTERS WEEK in Corpus Christi, May 4, 5 and 6, 1967, in
recognition of the good work being done by Toastmasters in this state and throughout
the world, received by Lt. Chas. Williams, Secretary, and Richert T. Irby, Governor,
of District 56.
Mayor Blackmon welcomed members of the Student Council from Ella Barnes
Junior High School and their sponsor, Mrs. Katherine Asensio, and read and presented
Certificates of Attendance to George Cortez, Narissa Spears, Beatrice Gatica, and
Christina Rodriguez.
Mayor Blackmon announced that the Council would deviate from the printed
Agenda and that the Pending Item, Opening of Bids, and recognition of Mr. Harvie
Branscomb, would be deferred until after the City Manager's Reports and reading of
the ordinances.
Mayor Blackmon called for the City Manager's Reports.
Motion by Jimenez, seconded by Grant and passed that the City Manager's
Reports be accepted, and that the recommendations and requests be approved and
granted as follows:
a. That the Plans and Specifications for construction of the proposed
storm sewer improvements on Lamont Street from Mable to Dody, on Carroll Lane from
McArdle to Padre Island Drive, on Del Mar Boulevard between Third and Santa Fe, and
for construction of two headwalls and wing walls for existing culverts on the
Williams Ditch, be approved, and that authority to advertise for bids to be received
May 24, 1967, be granted;
b. That the authority to advertise for bids on a 5 -year lease beginning
June 1, 1967, and ending May 31, 1972, on a marine filling station on the Lawrence
Street T -Head, be granted;
c. That an appropriation in the amount of $300 for the acquisition of a
parcel of land at Greenwood Drive and West Point Road (Parcel No. 1), Paisley
Subdivision of the Hoffman Tract, for Minor Street Right of Way, be authorized;
d. That an appropriation in the amount of $8,198.50, including title
expense and related costa, for the acquisition of Parcels No. 1, 3 and 6, applicable
to Project No. 295-64-25, Carroll Lane, Richter Ditch, be authorized;
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e. That the date of May 24, 1967, Regular Council Meeting, be set for
public hearing on three zoning applications and one appeal re Special Use Permit;
f. That the date of May 17, 1967, Regular Council Meeting, be set for
public hearing on requests to change the names of Westhaven Street and Inwood Drive;
g. That an appropriation in the amount of $1,500, to supplement funds
previously appropriated, for the upgrading of Traffic Signals at Alameda and Dodd -
ridge, Alameda and Louisiana, Airline and McArdle, Baldwin and Morgan, Brownlee and
Morgan, Doddridge and Santa Fe, Gollihar and Kostoryz, Gollihar and Weber, Kostoryz
and Norton, Louisiana and Santa Fe, and McArdle and Weber, be authorized;
h. That the abandonment of the 10 -foot utility easement out of Block 17
of the J. C. Russell Farm Blocks, its west line beginning at Los Palmas Street in
the east boundary line of the Corpus Christi Industrial District, and extending east
to the west right of way line of Airport Road, be authorized;
i. That the request of San Patricio Municipal Water District to resell
water to the Brashear Industries, Inc., to be used for oil well drilling and Other
industrial uses on the barge channel approximately three miles South of Aransas
Pass on Red Fish Bay, under the terms of their contract with the City of Corpus
Christi, be granted;
j. That the application of Wadsworth Oil Company to drill its R. Morgan
Properties, Inc., No. 1 Well, Saxet Field, 250 acres of land, more or less, being
all of Lots 1, 2, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 15, 16, 17, and 24, and the South one-half
of Lot 18, of the Artemus R. Roberts Subdivision, to a proposed depth of 5500 feet,
with special permission to use earthen mud pits for accumulation of waste material,
be approved, in accordance with the recommendation of Petroleum Superintendent
Harry Franklin.
Motion by Bradley, seconded by Jimenez and passed, that the ordinance
setting forth pre -qualification requirements be amended, which would waive the
requirement that contractors submit pre -qualification forms before bidding on City
projects estimated to cost in excess of $100,000, to interest more contractors in
bidding on City projects; and that an addendum for the proposed Inspection Station
at the Corpus Christi International Airport be issued to defer receipt of bids for
this project from May 10, to May 17, 1967.
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SECON)READING OF AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING AND DIRECTING THE CITY MANAGER, FOR AND
ON BEHALF OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TO EXECUTE AN AGREEMENT WITH TDI SOUTH-
WESTERN AIRPORTS ADVERTISING, INC., PERTAINING TO ADVERTISING DISPLAYS IN THE TER-
MINAL BUILDING AT THE CORPUS CHRISTI INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, A COPY OF SAID AGREEMENT
BEING ATTACHED HERETO AND MADE A PART HEREOF.
The foregoing ordinance was read for the second time and passed to its
third reading by the following vote: Blackmon, Sizemore, Bradley, Grant, Jimenez,
Lozano, and McDaniel, present and voting "Aye'."
SECOND READING OF AN ORDINANCE ADOPTING THE 1965 FIRE PREVENTION CODE AND THE 1966
AMENDMENTS THERETO, RECOMMENDED BY THE AMERICAN INSURANCE ASSOCIATION (FORMERLY
KNOWN AS THE NATIONAL BOARD OF FIRE UNDERWRITERS); PROVIDING PENALTIES FOR THE VIO-
LATION THEREOF; REPEALING ALL FORMER ORDINANCES OR PARTS THEREOF CONFLICTING OR
INCONSISTENT WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THE CODE HEREBY ADOPTED.
The foregoing ordinance was read for the second time and passed to its
third reading by the following vote:' Blackmon, Sizemore, Bradley, Grant, Jimenez,
Lozano and McDaniel, present and voting "Aye."
ORDINANCE NO. 8439
APPROPRIATING OUT OF NO. 220 STREET BOND FUND THE SUM OF $300 APPLICABLE TO PROJECT
NO. 220-64-64, MINOR STREET RIGHT OF WAY, FOR THE ACQUISITION OF A PARCEL OF LAND
AT GREENWOOD DRIVE AND WEST POINT ROAD; AUTHORIZING AND DIRECTING THE CITY MANAGER
FOR AND ON BEHALF OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI TO ACQUIRE THE AFORESAID PARCEL
AND EXECUTE SUCH INSTRUMENTS AND DO SUCH OTHER THINGS AS ARE NECESSARY TO ACQUIRE
THE PARCEL DESCRIBED, AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.
The Charter rule was suspended and the foregoing ordinance was passed by
the following vote: Blackmon, Sizemore, Bradley, Grant, Jimenez, Lozano and
McDaniel, present and voting -"Aye."
ORDINANCE N0. 8440
APPROPRIATING OUT OF NO. 295 STORM SEWER BOND FUND THE SUM OF $8,198.50 OF WHICH
AMOUNT $7,936.00 IS FOR ACQUISITION OF PARCELS NO. 1, 3 & 6 AND $262.50 IS FOR
TITLE EXPENSE AND RELATED COSTS APPLICABLE TO PROJECT NO. 295-64-25 CARROLL LANE,
RICHTER DITCH; AUTHORIZING AND DIRECTING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE REAL ESTATE
SALES CONTRACT FOR AND ON BEHALF OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI; AND DECLARING AN
EMERGENCY.
The Charter rule was suspended and the foregoing ordinance was passed by
the following vote: Blackmon, Sizemore, Bradley, Grant, Jimenez, Lozano and
McDaniel, present and voting "Aye."
ORDINANCE NO. 8441
APPROPRIATING THE SUM OF $1,500 OUT OF NO. 220 STREET BOND IMPROVEMENT FUND TO
SUPPLEMENT THE FUNDS PREVIOUSLY APPROPRIATED IN ORDINANCES NO. 7776 AND 8087 FOR
THE UPGRADING OF TRAFFIC SIGNALS AT THE FOLLOWING INTERSECTIONS IN THE CITY OF
CORPUS CHRISTI, NUECES COUNTY, TEXAS: ALAMEDA AND DODDRIDGE; ALAMEDA AND LOUISIANA;
AIRLINE AND McARDLE; BALDWIN AND MORGAN; BROWNLEE AND MORGAN; DODDRIDGE AND SANTA FE;
GOLLI$AR AND KOSTORYZ; GOLLIHAR AND WEBER; KOSTORYZ AND NORTON; LOUISIANA AND
SANTA FE; AND McARDLE AND WEBER; PROVIDING THAT INSTALLATION SHALL BE DONE BY CITY
FORCES; AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.
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The Charter rule was suspended and the foregoing ordinance was passed
by the following vote: Blackmon, Sizemore, Bradley, Grant, Jimenez, Lozano and
McDaniel, present and voting "Aye."
ORDINANCE N0. 8442
DECLARING ABANDONED THE 10 -FOOT UTILITY EASEMENT OUT OF BLOCK 17 OF THE J. C. RUSSFRT
FARM BLOCKS, ITS WEST LINE BEGINNING AT LOS PALMAS STREET IN THE EAST BOUNDARY LINE
OF THE CORPUS CHRISTI INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT, OF RECORD IN VOLUME 20, PAGE 61, MAP
RECORDS,,NUECES COUNTY, TEXAS, AND EXTENDING EAST TO THE WEST RIGHT OF WAY LINE OF
AIRPORT RbAD AS SHOWN ON SKETCH ATTACHED HERETO AND MADE A PART HEREOF, SAID EASE-
MENT BEING OF RECORD IN VOLUME 774, PAGE 579, NUECES COUNTY, TEXAS, DEED RECORDS;
AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.
The Charter rule was suspended and the foregoing ordinance was passed by
the following vote: Blackmon, Sizemore, Bradley, Grant, Jimenez , Lozano and
McDaniel, present and voting "Aye."
ORDINANCE N0. 8443
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. 6106, AS AMENDED, UPON APPLICATION OF MR. AND MRS. WILLIAM
J. MILLER, JR., BY GRANTING A SPECIAL PERMIT ON LOT 21, BLOCK 4, CULLEN PLACE N0. 1,
IN THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, NUECES COUNTY, TEXAS, FOR A DAY-CARE NURSERY, SUB-
JECT TO CONTINUOUS MAINTENANCE OF THE EXISTING FENCE; KEEPING IN EFFECT ALL OTHER
PROVISIOivo OA"PtiE'' EXISTING ORDINANCE AS AMENDED; REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES IN CON-
FLICT HEREWITH; AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.
The Charter..ule was suspended and the foregoing ordinance was passed
by the following vote: Blackmon, Sizemore, Bradley, Grant, Jimenez, Lozano and
McDaniel, present and voting "Aye."
Mayor Blackmon recognized Mr. Harvie Branscomb, Chairman of the Marina
Expediting Committee, who appeared and stated that he was speaking as a citizen,
and advised the Council of the inadequacy of the Corpus Christi Marina and the
immediate need for additional piers. Mr. Branscomb stated that Captain Nathan
Clark, local commercial boat operator, has a large show boat due in Corpus Christi
next month, and that he has no place to moor the boat; that in addition, there
are several other similar requests on the way for additional piers end slips at
the Marina; stated that the Marina could accommodate considerably more boats which
would mean more rental fees for revenue, if more slips were made available; that
he did not favor the taxing of boats and raising the rates; emphasized the value
of the Marina to the tourist attraction of the City, and stated that there are
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several alternatives for the financing of additional piers and slips, but stated
that they should have standard specifications; that a pier constructed in the
wrong place would stand in the way of the future orderly development of the Marina,
and stated that a Master Plan should be drawn up, submitted to a knowledgeable
marine planner, and set for public hearing.
Captain Nathan Clark appeared and stated that he is in accord with the
statements made by Mr. Branscomb, and that he is in favor of the Master Plan con-
cept, but that it is imperative that he have a place to moor his new show boat
which is due next month, and that he is willing to cooperate with the City in
financing the cost of this facility. He also presented a revised plan which has
reduced the cost of a pier from $15,000 to $10,000.
Mayor Blackmon departed the meeting and Mayor Pro Tem Sizemore assumed
the Chair.
A lengthy discussion followed between Council Members, the Staff, Mr.
Branscomb and Captain Clark, as to financing, specifications, rates, deterioration,
and urgency, of better accommodations at the Marina.
City Manager stated that funds are not now available, but that he would
recommend that the Council ask the Bayfront Advisory Board, The Park Board, and
other agencies considered appropriate, to make a study, and make a recommendation
to the Council.
Mayor Pro Tem Sizemore stated that he favors both a Master Plan and a
temporary provision to accommodate Captain Clark`s show boat, inasmuch as a
permanent facility could not possibly be completed in one month, and that in the
meantime, a permanent overall plan can be worked out. Mr. Sizemore further stated
that Captain Clark can be assured that arrangements will be made to provide tem-
porary accommodation for the docking of the show boat due here June 15.
Mayor Pro Tem Sizemore announced the opening of bids.
Bids were opened and read on one Wet Blast Cabinet for the Water De-
partment from the following firms: Clemtex, Ltd., and B. L. Walker Distributing
Company.
The foregoing bids were tabled for 48 hours as required by the City
Charter and xeferred to the City. Manager for tabulation and recommendation.
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The one bid received for the City Depository was opened and read in
detail by Harold Zick, Director of Finance, from the Corpus Christi State National
Bank.
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 Pro Tem Sizemore announced the recessed public hearing for 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 streets and alleys which were closed
on March 22, 1967.
City Manager Whitney stated that it had come to the attention of the
Staff that there had been insufficient notice to property owners relative to the
closing of the foregoing named streets and alleys, and that in view of this in-
formation, he would recommend that this hearing be officially closed, and that a
date be set for a new hearing.
Motion by Grant, seconded by Bradley and passed that the hearing be
closed, and that the date of May 17, Regular Council Meeting, be set for public
hearing for closing of the aforesaid streets and alleys.
There being no further business to come before the Council, the meeting
was adjourned.