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CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS
REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING
November 20, 1968
2:00 P. M.
PRESENT:
Mayor Jack R. Blackmon
Mayor Pro Tem Ronnie Sizemore
Commissioners:
Dick Bradley, Jr.
Dr. P. Jimenez, Jr.
Gabe Lozano, Sr.
Ken McDaniel
W. J. Roberts
City Manager R. Marvin Townsend
City Attorney I. M. Singer
Assistant City Secretary Bill G. Read
Mayor Jack R. Blackmon called the meeting to order.
The Invocation was given by the Reverend Harold Branch, Pastor of St. John
Baptist Church.
Acting City Secretary Bill G. Read called the roll of those in attendance.
Mayor Blackmon welcomed members of the Cunningham Junior High School
Student Council, Ramiro Trevino, Efrain Calderon, Sally Guerra, Connie Aguilar, and
their principal, Mr. Courtney D. Culley, and stated that Certificates of Attendance would
be mailed to those present,
Mayor: Blackmon read and presented a proclamation designating Thursday, Novem-
ber 21, 1968, as. MAYFLOWER COMPACT DAY, in commemoration of the 348th Anniversary
of the signing of the Mayflower Compact, and urged all citizens to acquaint themselves
with this basic document of American freedom. Mrs. Henry Binz, .Captain of the Local
Colony of the Society of Mayflower Descendants, and Mrs. Lee Fox, Colony member,
received the proclamation for Mrs. Sam L. Stokes, Corpus Christi. Colony Governor.
Mayor Blackmon called for the City Manager's Reports.
Motion by Sizemore, seconded by Lozano and passed, that the City Manager's
Reports be accepted, and that the recommendations and requests be approved and granted
as follows:
a. That acceptance and final payment of Estimate No. 3, in the amount of $56,220,48,
representing the balance due Heldenfels Brothers for completion of the Everhart Road improve-
ments, from Padre Island Drive to Holly Road, be approved;
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b. That a general release and termination of intent to assess all property on Weber
Road abutting Lot 1, Block 5; Lot 24, Block 4; Lot 1, Block 4; Lot 33, Block 3; Lot 1, Block 3;
Lot 1, Block 2; and Lot 1, Block 1; all in Malibu Heights, be authorized;
c. That the excess liability insurance coverage of the Gas System be increased from
$2 million to $5 million at a cost of $1,890 per year or 53c per $1,000 of gross sales;
d. That the authority to enter into a contract with Saratoga Land Company, ,Inc.,
providing that the City will be responsible for Street Billings to the extent of $1,215 on
fifteen 2,500 Lumen residential street lights to be installed on ornamental poles in Country
Club Estates, Unit II, upon payment of said sum by Saratoga Land Company, Inc., be
authorized, and that the advance payments be refunded on a pro -rated basis whenever 50%
of the lots are improved;
e. That the authority to negotiate with Lockwood, Andrews and Newnam to provide
engineering services for the Marina as requested by the Marina Board, not to exceed $7,000,
which work is in lieu of some work previously authorized to be done by a Marina Planner;
be granted;
f. That the authority to enter into a contract with Housing and Urban Development
(HUD) for the Code Enforcement Program, providing for federal assistance of 2/3rds of the
project not to exceed $1,340,878, relocation assistance not to exceed $37,800, and
rehabilitation grant not to exceed $496,500, be granted;
g. That the date of Wednesday, December 11, 3:30 p.m. be set for public hearing -on
zoning applications of Southwestern Oil and Refining Company, Fleet Reserve Association,
E. C. Peterson, and Annalie Peaster;
h. That the date of December 11, 2 p.m. be set for public hearing on the application
of Southwestern Oil and Refining Company to close a portion of the alley extending along
the rear of Lots 4 and 17, in Block 5, Sunset Place;
i. That the street lighting plans for Ocean Drive from Hewit to Airline as proposed
by Central Power and Light Company and recommended by the Traffic Safety Advisory Board,
consisting of 83 poles with two 20,000 lumen lights per pole for an average footcandle of
slightly less than .8 at a cost of $643.25 per month, be approved;
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j. That an appropriation in the amount of $1,500 for acquisition by proper conveyance
of Parcel No. 10, Hilltop Interceptor, Line 34-A, Section 11, from the owner, Jess Edwards;
and appropriation of $1,070 for acquisition by property conveyance of Parcel No. 12, Hilltop
Interceptor Line 34-A, Section II, from the owner, T. I. Lewis, be authorized;
k. That an appropriation in the amount of $300 for acquisition, by proper conveyance,
of Parcel No. 2, Utility Relocation -South Padre Island Drive-Kostoryz to Larcade, from the
owners, Hazel Calvin and husband, J. A. Calvin; and an appropriation in the amount of
$200.00 for acquisition, by proper conveyance, of Parcel No. 4, Utility Relocation -South
Padre Island Drive, Kostoryz to Larcade, from owners, Leroy K. Crozier and wife, Patricia
Ann Crozier, be authorized;
1. That an appropriation in the amount of $6,643, of which amount $6,500 is for
acquisition, by proper conveyance, of Parcel No. 39-F Bayfront Park Site 45 and $143.00
for incidental expenses, applicable to Ocean Drive, Craig to Alameda, from owners,
James D. Peterson and wife, Heather McFarlin Peterson, be authorized.
ORDINANCE NO. 9122
RECEIVING AND ACCEPTING CONSTRUCTION OF THE EVERHART ROAD IMPROVEMENTS,
FROM PADRE ISLAND DRIVE TO HOLLY ROAD, PROJECT NO. 220-67-89, AS PERFORMED
BY THE CONTRACTOR, HELDENFELS BROTHERS, UNDER THEIR CONTRACT DATED
MARCH 20, 1968, AUTHORIZED BY ORDINANCE NO. 8803; AUTHORIZING PAYMENT
OF FINAL ESTIMATE NO. 3 DATED NOVEMBER 1, 1968, IN THE AMOUNT OF $56,220.48,
A COPY OF WHICH IS ATTACHED HERETO AND MADE A PART HEREOF, SAID PAYMENT
TO BE MADE FROM NO. 220 STREET FUNDS PREVIOUSLY APPROPRIATED FOR CONSTRUC-
TION AND CONTINGENCIES; AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.
The Charter Rule was suspended and the foregoing ordinance was passed by the
following vote: Blackmon, Sizemore, Bradley, Jimenez, Lozano, McDaniel and Roberts,
present and voting "Aye".
ORDINANCE NO. 9123
DECLARING TERMINATION OF THE INTENT TO ASSESS CERTAIN PROPERTY IN CON-
NECTION WITH. SIDEWALK IMPROVEMENTS, UNIT II, AS SET FORTH IN ORDINANCE
NO. 7736, PASSED AND APPROVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL ON OCTOBER 6, 1965,
AND THE NOTICE OF THE CITY SECRETARY FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY
CLERK OF NUECES COUNTY, TEXAS, ON THE 6TH DAY OF OCTOBER, 1965, IN
VOLUME 1108, PAGES 302-303, DEED RECORDS OF NUECES COUNTY, TEXAS;
AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE A GENERAL RELEASE OF ALL
PROPERTY ABUTTING ON THE FOLLOWING STREET AFFECTED BY REASON OF SAID
NOTICE, IN CONNECTION WITH SIDEWALK IMPROVEMENTS UNIT II:
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1. Lot 1, Block 5, Malibu Heights Unit 1
2. Lot 24, Block 4, Malibu Heights Unit 1
3. Lot 1, Block 4, Malibu Heights Unit 1
4. Lot 33, Block 3, Malibu Heights Unit 1
5. Lot 1, Block 3, Malibu Heights Unit 1
6. Lot 1, Block 2, Malibu Heights Unit 1
7. Lot 1, Block 1, Malibu Heights Unit 1
AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.
The Charter. Rule was suspended and the foregoing ordinance was passed by the
following vote: Blackmon, Sizemore, Bradley, Jimenez, Lozano, McDaniel and Roberts,
present and voting "Aye".
ORDINANCE NO. 9124
AUTHORIZING AND DIRECTING THE CITY MANAGER, FOR AND ON BEHALF OF THE
CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TO EXECUTE WITH SARATOGA LAND COMPANY, INC.,
A CONTRACT PROVIDING THAT THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI WILL BE RESPONSIBLE
FOR.STREET LIGHT BILLINGS TO THE EXTENT OF $1215 ON FIFTEEN (15) 2,500 LUMEN
RESIDENTIAL STREET LIGHTS TO BE INSTALLED ON ORNAMENTAL POLES IN COUNTRY
CLUB ESTATES, UNIT II, UPON t'AYTO THE CITY OF $1215 BY SARATOGA LAND
COMPANY, INC., A COPY OF WHICH AGREEMENT 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, Jimenez, Lozano, McDaniel and Roberts,
present and voting "Aye".
ORDINANCE NO. 9125
APPROPRIATING OUT OF NO. 220 STREET BOND FUND THE SUM OF $300.00 FOR
ACQUISITION OF PARCEL NO. 2, UTILITY RELOCATION -SOUTH PADRE ISLAND DRIVE-
KOSTORYZ TO LARCADE, APPLICABLE TO PROJECT NO. 220-67-101; AUTHORIZING
AND DIRECTING THE CITY MANAGER, FOR AND ON BEHALF OF THE CITY OF CORPUS
CHRISTI TO ACQUIRE THE AFORESAID PARCEL FROM THE OWNERS, HAZEL CALVIN
AND HUSBAND, J. A. CALVIN, BY PROPER CONVEYANCE AND BY THE EXECUTION
OF SUCH OTHER INSTRUMENTS AS MAY BE NECESSARY; AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.
The Charter Rule was suspended and the foregoing ordinance was passed by the
following vote: Blackmon, Sizemore, Bradley, Jimenez, Lozano, McDaniel andRoberts,
present and voting "Aye".
ORDINANCE NO. 9126
APPROPRIATING OUT OF NO. 220 STREET BOND FUND THE SUM OF $200.00 FOR
ACQUISITION OF PARCEL NO. 4, UTILITY RELOCATION -SOUTH PADRE ISLAND DRIVE-
KOSTORYZ TO LARCADE, APPLICABLE TO PROJECT NO. 220-67-101; AUTHORIZING
AND DIRECTING THE CITY MANAGER, FOR AND ON BEHALF OF THE CITY OF CORPUS
CHRISTI TO ACQUIRE THE AFORESAID PARCEL FROM THE OWNERS LEROY K. CROZIER
AND WIFE, PATRICIA ANN CROZIER, BY PROPER CONVEYANCE AND BY THE EXECUTION
OF SUCH OTHER INSTRUMENTS AS MAY BE NECESSARY, 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, Jimenez, Lozano, McDaniel and Roberts,
present and voting "Aye".
ORDINANCE NO. 9127
AUTHORIZING AND DIRECTING THE CITY MANAGER, R. MARVIN TOWNSEND, TO
EXECUTE PROPOSED GRANT CONTRACT FOR CODE ENFORCEMENT PROGRAM, NUM-
BERED CONTRACT NO. TEX. E -7(G), BETWEEN THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS
AND THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, PERTAINING TO THE PREPARATION OF CODE
ENFORCEMENT PROGRAM NO. TEX. E-7, A COPY OF WHICH PROPOSED GRANT CON-
TRACT IS ATTACHED HERETO AND MADE A PART HEREOF, AND AUTHORIZING THE
CITY MANAGER TO DO SUCH THINGS AS ARE NECESSARY TO CARRY OUT THE AFORE-
SAID PROGRAM ON THE PART 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, Jimenez, Lozano, McDaniel and Roberts,
present and voting "Aye".
ORDINANCE NO. 9128
APPROPRIATING OUT OF NO. 250 SANITARY SEWER BOND FUND THE SUM OF
$1,500.00 FOR ACQUISITION OF PARCEL NO. 10, HILLTOP INTERCEPTOR, LINE 34-A,
SECTION II, APPLICABLE TO PROJECT NO. 250-64-36.5; AUTHORIZING AND DIRECT-
ING THE CITY MANAGER, FOR AND ON BEHALF OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI,
TO ACQUIRE THE AFORESAID PARCEL NO. 10 FROM THE OWNER, JESS EDWARDS, BY
PROPER CONVEYANCE AND BY THE EXECUTION OF SUCH OTHER INSTRUMENTS AS
MAY BE NECESSARY; AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.
The Charter Rule was suspended and the foregoing ordinance was passed by the
following vote: Blackmon, Sizemore, Bradley, Jimenez, Lozano, McDaniel and Roberts,
present and voting "Aye".
ORDINANCE NO. 9129
APPROPRIATING OUT OF NO. 250 SANITARY SEWER BOND FUND THE SUM OF $1070
FOR THE ACQUISITION OF PARCEL NO. 12, HILLTOP INTERCEPTOR, LINE 34-A,
SECTION II, APPLICABLE TO PROJECT NO. 250-64-36.5; AUTHORIZING AND DIRECT-
ING THE CITY MANAGER, FOR AND ON BEHALF OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI
TO ACQUIRE THE AFORESAID PARCEL FROM THE OWNER, T. I. LEWIS, BY PROPER
CONVEYANCE AND BY THE EXECUTION OF SUCH OTHER INSTRUMENTS AS MAY BE
NECESSARY; AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.
The. Charter Rule was suspended and the foregoing ordinance was passed by the
following vote: Blackmon, Sizemore, Bradley, Jimenez, Lozano, McDaniel and Roberts,
present and voting "Aye".
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ORDINANCE NO. 9130
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APPROPRIATING OUT OF NO. 220 STREET BOND FUND THE SUM OF $6,643.00, OF
WHICH AMOUNT $6,500.00 I5 FOR ACQUISITION OF PARCEL NO. 39-F BAYFRONT
PARK SITE #5, AND $143.00 I5 FOR INCIDENTAL EXPENSE, ALL APPLICABLE TO
PROJECT NO. 220-67-97, OCEAN DRIVE, CRAIG TO ALAMEDA; AUTHORIZING AND
DIRECTING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE REAL ESTATE SALES CONTRACT, FOR
AND ON BEHALF OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, WITH THE OWNERS OF THE AFORE-
SAID PARCEL, JAMES D. PETERSON AND WIFE, HEATHER MCFARLIN PETERSON; AND
DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.
The Charter Rule was suspended and the foregoing ordinance was passed by the
following vote: Blackmon, Sizemore, Bradley, Jimenez, Lozano, McDaniel and Roberts,
present and voting "Aye".
ORDINANCE NO. 9131
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 W. WAYNE RASMUSSEN, BY AMENDING THE
ZONING MAP BY CHANGING THE ZONING ON LOT 9, SUNNYSIDE STRIP, IN THE
CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, NUECES COUNTY, TEXAS, FROM "R -1B" ONE -FAMILY
DWELLING DISTRICT TO "AB" PROFESSIONAL OFFICE DISTRICT; 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, Jimenez, Lozano, McDaniel and Roberts,
present and voting "Aye".
RESOLUTION NO. 9132
AUTHORIZING THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI TO REQUEST THE
FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATOR TO SO AMEND THE PROPOSED REGULATIONS TO
MAXIMIZE THE RESPONSIBILITY OF LOCAL UNITS OF GOVERNMENT AND THE STATE
HIGHWAY COMMISSION IN THE DETERMINATION OF HIGHWAY ROUTES AND MINIMIZE
THE DELAY IN HIGHWAY CONSTRUCTION MADE NECESSARY BY APPEALS BY THOSE
WHO ARE DISSATISFIED BY HIGHWAY LOCATION DECISIONS; AND DECLARING AN
EMERGENCY.
The Charter Rule was suspended and the foregoing resolution was passed by the
following vote: Blackmon, Sizemore, Bradley, Jimenez, Lozano, McDaniel and Roberts,
present and voting "Aye".
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ORDINANCE NO. 9133 (Failed to pass)
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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 AMERICAN DIVIDEND CREDIT CORPORATION,
BY AMENDING THE ZONING MAP BY CHANGING THE ZONING ON LOTS 11 AND
12, BLOCK 35,,DEL MAR ADDITION 10 THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, NUECES COUNTY,
TEXAS, FROM "R -1B" ONE FAMILY DWELLING DISTRICT TO "B-4" GENERAL BUSINESS
DISTRICT; 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 failed by the following
vote: Sizemore, Jimenez, Lozano, and Roberts, present and voting "Aye'; Blackmon and
McDaniel voting "Nay"; Bradley was disqualified because he isa stockholder in the firm.
ORDINANCE NO. 9134
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 R. F. EMMORD, BY AMENDING THE ZONING
MAP BY CHANGING THE ZONING OF BLOCK 1, TRADE CENTER SUBDIVISION, AS
SHOWN IN THE NUECES COUNTY MAP RECORDS, IN VOLUME 34, PAGE 88 THEREOF,
FILED FOR RECORD ON NOVEMBER 12, 1968, SAID PROPERTY FORMERLY KNOWN AS
A 2-1/2 ACRE PORTION OUT OF THE NORTHWEST ONE-HALF OF LOT 2, BYRON WILLIS
SUBDIVISION, BEING THAT PROPERTY LOCATED AT THE INTERSECTION OF BRETT
STREET AND JEAN STREET, EXTENDING 550 FEET IN A SOUTHWESTERLY DIRECTION
ALONG JEAN STREET AND 150 FEET IN A SOUTHEASTERLY DIRECTION ALONG BRETT STREET
FOR THE DEPTH, IN THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, NUECES COUNTY, TEXAS, FROM
"R -1B" ONE FAMILY DWELLING DISTRICT TO "1-2" LIGHT INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT;
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, Jimenez, Lozano, McDaniel and Roberts,
present and voting "Aye".
Mr. Sheridan C. Lewis, President of Boys' Club of Corpus Christi, appeared and
stated that a meeting had been held with the Board of Directors, and that it had been con-
cluded that the general contractors had acted in good faith and without reflection on the
Council or Boys° Club, in not bidding on the construction of the Boys' Club Neighborhood
Facility on Greenwood Drive, that the contractors felt they could do a better job without
bidding in competition with subcontractors, and that his Board had voted to request that the
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action of the Council of last week be ratified to readvertise for bids and limit the bidding
to general contractors.
Motion by McDaniel seconded by Jimenez and passed, that the action of the Council
of December 13, be ratified, and that the specifications for the construction of the Boys'
Club Neighborhood Facility be amended to specify that bids be limited to general contractors,
and that bids be received on December 4, 1968.
Special recognition was given to Mr. Joe Simon, former councilman, and presently
active in the Boys' Club, who was present in the audience in connection with the Boys'
Club Neighborhood Facility.
There being no further business to come before the Council, the meeting was
adjourned.