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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes City Council - 08/16/1967MINUTES CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING August 16, 1967 200 P.M. PRESENT: Mayor Jack R. Blackmon Mayor Pro Tem Ronnie Sizemore Commissioners: Dick Bradley, Jr. Jack Grant Dr. P. Jimenez, Jr. 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 Reverend A. F. Conn, Pastor of the Church of God gave the invoca- tion, and introduced Reverend. James E. Wilson, a visitor of his Church from Atlanta, Georgia. City Secretary T. Ray Kring called the roll of those in attendance. The Minutes of the Regular Council Meeting of August 9, 1967, were approved as amended. Mayor Blackmon recognized in the audience Mr. Ralph Bennett, Chairman of the Sister City Committee and Coordinator for the Educational Exchange Program between the City of Corpus Christi and our Sister City, Yokosuka, Japan. Mr. Bennett introduced four local students, Suzan Hoban, Lilly Beth Haymaker, Wayne Miller and Thomas Elkins, who in turn, introduced their respective guest students from Japan. The Japanese students were Tomoko Suzuki, Yukiko Hirai, Kenichi Iwasaki, and Osamu Kamata. Gifts were presented including gifts from Mayor Nagano to Mayor Blackmon, Mr. Bennett and the Board of Education. The gifts included a 900 year old painting, penants, pins, and other miscellaneous items. Mayor Blackmon explained the purpose of the Student Exchange Program, expressed his approval and appreciation on behalf of the Council and the City; promised support of the program and assured the students that everything would be done to make their stay here as beneficial and enjoyable as possible. Each student was presented with an Honorary Citizenship Certificate and other souvenirs and mementos significant of their visit to Corpus Christi, including John F. Kennedy half dollars, Mexican currency, and rare U. S. currency from Mayor Black- mon's personal collection. Mr. Charles Bonniwell, attorney, appeared on behalf of Mr. Frank Shepherd, coach of the Corpus Christi YMCA Swimming Team, and presented the Council Minutes Regular Council Meeting August 16, 1967 Page 2 with a petition requesting that Collier Swimming Pool be enclosed, heated and made available for year-round use for swimming instruction for high school physical education programs, swimming teams competition and tournaments. Mr. Bonniwell stated that a 12 -year survey of acquatic accidents in Corpus Christi and Nueces County from 1954 through 1965 indicates an unusually high number of drownings and accidents in and about the water, and further stated that he be- lieves the necessary money of about $53,000 can be raised privately if the City will agree to operate the pool. Mr. Renick Marsh, swimming instructor and safety chairman for the Red Cross, appeared and concurred in the appeal of Mr. Shepherd and Mr. Bonni- well, stating that the Red Cross would maintain year-round life saving and swimming classes if more .facilities were available. (Petition #67-24) Mayor Blackmon stated that the request is presently under study by the Council, and will be forwarded to the Park and Recreation Board for recommenda- tion. Mayor Blackmon announced the opening of bids. One bid was opened and read on the purchase of one Peerless Packaged Gas Odorizer Station from the following firm: Smith, Goodenough and Company of Corpus Christi. 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 Blackmon, called for the City Manager's Reports. Motion, by Sizemore, 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 award of contra., for construction in connection with the Cole Park Improvements, Proj4291-67-6, be made to Vahlco Engineering and Construction Company, and that an appropriation in the sum of $22,837 for construction contract and contingencies including engineering and legal adver- tising costs, be approved; b. That the Plans and Specifications for Ocean Drive Erosion Con- trol Project #220-67-97, be approved, and that authority to advertise for bids to be received September 6, 1967, be granted; Minutes Regular Council Meeting August 16, 1967 Page 3 c. That the authority for the Purchasing Agent to accept informal bidding by written, sealed proposals from responsible farmers, for the Farm Lease on the Westside Sewer Plant Site due to the time element for planting and excessive publication costs for such a small acreage, be granted; d. That the award of bid on 19 - 35 Passenger Transit Type Air- conditioned Coaches for the Transit System be made to General Motors Corpora- tion of Pontiac, Michigan, in the amount of $362,778.40, on the basis of their low bid meeting specifications, subject to HUD concurrence in the award and written notification of two-thirds participation; (Bid Tabulation #67-33) e. That the date of September 13, 1967, Regular Council Meeting, be set for public hearing on the appeal of Mrs. Marceline Flores for Special Use Permit for a Trailer House on Lot 7, Block 2, Christi Park #2; f. That the authority to advertise for bids on Uniform Rental Service for approximately 30 Public Utility Meter Readers, 8 Water Division employees, 160 Sanitation Division employees, 14 Gas Division employees, 12 Airport em- ployees, and 18 Transit Department employees, for the period beginning September 17, 1967, and ending February 1, 1969, to be opened August 30, 1967, be granted; g, That Ordinance #8535, dated July 1967, be amended authorizing a contractu.1 agreement to reimburse Central Power and Light Company for 50% of the cost, or $11,274, of relocating certain facilities for the State Highways #286 and #358 interchange; and that appropriation in the sum of $5,587 to sup- plement the previously appropriated amount of $5,687 for a total of $11,274, applicable to Project #220-56-75, Utility Relocations for Crosstown Expressway, be approved; h. That the authority for the nty Manager to submit an application to the Texas Parks and Wildlife Departeht for $30,000 in Federal Aid Funds to match the $30,000 the City has currently budgeted for the development of Schanen Park, be granted; i. That a contract with the State Department of Public Welfare extending and renewing an agreement dated June 8, 1966, providing facilities for a program of training persons for trades and occupations, effective on September 1, 1967, and continuing indefinitely, subject to the availability of funds, be authorized; Minutes Regular Council Meeting August 16, 1967 Page 4 j, That the date of August 30, 1967, Regular Meeting, be set for public hearing on the application of South Texas Materials Company for a zoning change; ko That the date of September 6, 1967, be set for public hearing on three zoning applications; 1e That, on determination that the "pulling" method in lieu of the "cutting" method for removing pilings is the safest and cleanest method but requiring more time, the time originally allotted the Southern Pacific Railway Company for the removal of railroad trestle on Corpus Christi Beach, and the removal of the trestle piles across Nueces Bay, be extended, subject to the ap- proval of the U. So Corps of Engineers, and subject to the assurance to the City that the piles and tracks will be removed within the two year period, ORDINANCE NO. 8558 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, AlOR PARTICULARLY AS AMENDED BY ORDINANCE NO. 6106, AS AMENDED, UPON APPLICATION OF MRS. NEVADA Ea HENNESSEY, BY AMENDING THE ZONING ON LOT 7, BLOCK 2, OSAGE ADDITION, IN THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, NIECES COUNTY, TEXAS, FROM "R -1B" ONE -FAMILY DWELLING DISTRICT TO "AB" PROFESSIONAL OFFICE DISTRICT, SUBJECT TO THE ERECTION OF A STANDARD SCREENING FENCE ACCORDING TO SPECIFICATIONS PREVIOUSLY ADOPTED BY THE CITY COUNCIL; 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, Sizemore, Bradley, Grant, Jimenez, Lozano and McDaniel, present and voting "Aye.' ORDINANCE ND. 8559 AMENDING THE ZONING ORDINANCE OF EXE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI ADOPTED ON 950 27TH DAY OF AUGUST, 1937, APPEARING OF RECORD IN VOLUME 9, PAGES 565; 1.2 SEQ, OF THE ORDINANCE AND RESOLUTION RECORDS, AS AFENDED FROM TIME TO TIMX AND PARTICULARLY AS AMENDED BY ORDINANCE NO„ 6106, AS AMENDED, 'UPON APPLICATION OF SOUTH TEXAS PRESBYTERY, BY GRANTING A SPECIAL PERM= FOR THE CONSTRUCTION AND OPERATION OF A CHURCH OFFICE ON LOTS A & B, CENPR?,Z PARK PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH TRACT, IN THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, N.7ECES COUNTY, TEXAS, ACCORDING TO MAP THEREOF IN VOLUME 20, PAGE 6, MAP RECORDS, NUECES COUNTY, TEXAS, BEING THAT SAME PROPERTY FORMERLY DESCRIBED AS A 0,5371 -ACRE TRACT OF LAND OUT OF THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF THE CENTRAL PARK PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH TRACT, FRONTING 130 FEET ON GOLLIHAR ROAD AND EXTENDING APPROXIMATELY 180 FEET FOR THE MOST DEPTH; 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, Sizemore, Bradley, Grant, Jimenez, Lozano and McDaniel, present and voting Aye," Minutes Regular Council Meeting August 16, 1967 Page 5 ORDINANCE N0, 8560 AUTHORIZING AND DIRECTING THE CITY MANAGER, FOR AND ON BEHALF OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TO EXECUTE A CONTRACT WITH VAHLCO ENGINEERING AND CONSTRUCTION COMPANY FOR CONSTRUCTION IN CONNECTION WITH THE COLE PARK IMPROVEMENTS, PROJECT NO. 291-67-6; APPROPRIATING OUT OF N0. 291 PARK BOND FUND THE SUM OF $24,000 OF WHICH AMOUNT $22,837 IS FOR THE CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT AND $1,163 IS FOR CONTIN- GENCIES, INCLUDING ENGINEERING AND LEGAL ADVERTISING COSTS; 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. 8561 AUTHORIZING AND DIRECTING THE CITY MANAGER, FOR AND ON BEHALF OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TO EXECUTE A REVOCABLE EASEMENT TO W, B. DANSFIELL TO CROSS UNDER FLATO ROAD, TO BE LOCATED 1970 FEET SOUTH OF THE SOUTH RIGHT OF WAY LINE OF HIGHWAY 44 BY BORING UNDER THE ROAD AND INSTALLING ONE 4-1/2" 0.D. GAS PIPELINE THROUGH A 6" CONDUIT; PROVIDING THE TERMS OF SUCH EASEMENT, 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: Blackmon, Sizemore, Bradley, Grant, Jimenez, Lozano and McDaniel, present and voting "Aye." ORDINANCE NO. 8562 AMENDING ORDINANCE N0, 8535 DATED JULY, 1967, AUTHORIZING A CONTRACTUAL AGREE- MENT TO REIMBURSE CENTRAL POWER AND LIGHT COMPANY FOR 50% OF THE COST, OR $11,274, OF RELOCATING CERTAIN FACILITIES FOR THE STATE HIGHWAYS #286 AND #358 INTERCHANGE; APPROPRIATING OUT OF NO. 220 STREET BOND FUND THE SUM OF $5,587 SUPPLEMENTING THE PREVIOUSLY APPROPRIATED AMOUNT OF $5,687, MAKING A TOTAL OF $11,274 AVAILABLE TO REIMBURSE CENTRAL POWER AND LIGHT COMPANY, AND APPLICABLE TO PROJECT NO. 220-56-75, UTILITY RELOCATIONS FOR CROSSTOWN EXPRESSWAY, ALL AS MORE FULLY SET 081 IN SAID CONTRACTUAL AGREEMENT, A COPY OF WHICH IS ATTACHED HERETO, MARKED EXHIBIT "A", AND MADE A. PART HEREOF; 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," RESOLUTION NO. 8563 RESOLUTION URGING THE TEXAS HIGHWAY COMMISSION TO AID IN THE DESIGNATION OR PROPOSED EXTENSION OF U. S. HIGHWAY 96 FROM PORT ARTHUR TO BROWNSVILLE; DECLAR- ING AN EMERGENCY. The Charter rule was suspended and the foregoing resolution was passed by the following vote Blackmon, Sizemore, Bradley, Grant, Jimenez, Lozano and McDaniel, present and voting "Aye." Minutes Regular Council Meeting August 16, 1967 Page 6 SECOND READING OF AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE CORPUS CHRISTI CITY CODE, 1958, AS AMENDED, BY AMENDING ITEMS 5 AND 6 OF SECTION 21-156, SO AS TO PROHIBIT THE STOPPING, STANDING OR PARKING OF VEHICLES ON SANTA FE STREET, EAST SIDE, FROM ROBERT DRIVE TO DODDRIDGE BETWEEN THE HOURS OF 7:00 A.M. AND 9:00 A.M., AND ON SANTA FE STREET, WEST SIDE, FROM DODDRIDGE TO ROBERT DRIVE BETWEEN THE HOURS OF 4:00 P.M. AND 6:00 P.M.; AND PROVIDING FOR PUBLICATION. 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 N0. 8564 AUTHORIZING AND DIRECTING THE CITY MANAGER, FOR AND ON BEHALF OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TO EXECUTE A CONTRACT EXTENDING AND RENEWING AN AGREEMENT DATED THE 8TH DAY OF JUNE, 1966, BETWEEN THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI AND THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WELFARE CONCERNING THE PROVIDING OF FACILITIES IN CORPUS CHRISTI FOR A PROGRAM OF TRAINING OF PERSONS FOR TRADES AND OCCUPATIONS; SAID CONTRACT TO BE EFFECTIVE ON SEPTEMBER 1, 1967 AND CONTINUING INDEFINITELY, SUBJECT TO AVAIL- ABILITY OF FUNDS; A COPY OF SAID CONTRACT BEING 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: Blackmon, Sizemore, Bradley, Grant, Jimenez, Lozano and McDaniel, present and voting "Aye." Mayor Blackmon officially designated Mr. J. F. Wakefield to represent the City of Corpus Christi at the hearing to be held in Austin, Thursday, August 31, 1967, before the Texas Highway Commission, in connection with Resolution No. 8563, for the proposed extension of U. S. Highway 96 from Port Arthur to Brownsville, and that a copy of the resolution be furnished to the Commission. There being no further business to come before the Council, the meeting was adjourned.