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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes City Council - 04/23/1969PRESENT: Mayor Jack R. Blackmon Commissioners: Dick Bradley, Jr. Dr. P. Jimenez, Jr. Gabe Lozano, Sr. Ken McDaniel W. J. Roberts MINUTES CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING April 23, 1969 2:00 P.M. City Manager R. Marvin Townsend City Attorney I. M. Singer City Secretary T. Ray Bring • Mayor Jack R. Blackmon called the meeting to order. The Invocation was given by Mr. Bill Stevens, Associate Director of Corpus Christi State School. City Secretary T. Ray 'Sting called the roll of those in attendance. Motion by Bradley, seconded by Lozano and passed, that Mayor Pro Tem Sizemore be excused for cause. The Minutes of the Regular Meeting of April 16, 1969, were approved as submitted to the Council. Mayor Blackmon recognized and welcomed as special guests of the Council, representatives of the Student Council of Sundeen Junior High School, presented Certificates of Attendance, and designating as Honorary Junior City Commissioners, the following: Julie McCalla, Leea Mechling, Leslie Nini, and Jimmy Richardson. Mayor Blackmon read and presented proclamations relative to the following: COACHES DAY, April 26, 1969, urging all citizens to join in saluting the fine men who contribute to the welfare and character of the young athletes of our nation; received by Mr. Henry Parrish; TEXAS TECH DAY, April 25, 1969, in obser- vance of the Fifteenth Annual "Texas Tech Day" as a means of furthering the tradition and heritage of the College and informing the Ex -students of present developments, plans and interests, in connection with the institution. The proclamation was received by Mr. L. J. Sockwell, President of Texan Tech Ex - student Association; Mr. James Boggs, Vice-president; Mr. John Coppinger, Director; and Mr. Billy Kay, Director. In accepting the proclamation, Mr. Sockwell thanked the Council on behalf of the_approximately 200 ex -students who are participating in the furthering of thepositive element of education, and stated it is their hope that to some degree their efforts will tend to nullify the publicity being given to the negative element of education in our society today. It was noted • Minutes Regular Council Meeting April 23, 1969 Page 2 that former Mayor P. C. Callaway is an alumnus of Texas Tech, and also had served as a trustee, and that Commissioner Robert's son was also an alumnus of the College. Mayor Blackmon called for the City Manager's Reports. Motion by Lozano, seconded by McDaniel 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 acceptance and final payment of Estimate No. 3 in the amount of $35,083.11, representing the balance due the contractor Heldenfels Brothers, for the City's portion of costs for completion of construction of North Staples Street Improvements, from Kinney to I.H. 37, with payment to be made from funds previously appropriated, be approved; b. That the request of Kilroy Company of Texas, Inc., to drill a straight hole at a regular location at an approximate depth of 10,000 feet in State Tract 83, Well No. 1, in Corpus Christi Bay, subject to submission of the Railroad Commission Permit, be approved; c. That an agreement authorizing the use of a portion of South Staples right of way, being designated by a replat, for landscaping and parking, subject to approval of the Public Works Department regarding all aspects of the proposed construction, including the installation of a header curb so located that no portion of the vehicles parking can protrude into the sidewalk area and the right of the City to cancel on 30 days written notice, be authorized; d. That the City Code be amended so as to decrease the speed limit on Kolar Street between Naples and Ayers to 20 MPH at all times, as requested by Del Mar College; e. That the request of Industrial Salvage Company for a variance from the Texas Air Control Board's regulations concerning their open burning, be granted, and that the variance be limited to two months or until June 30, 1969; f. That the recommendation of the Planning Commission be concurred in that the preliminary plats of Padre Island -Corpus Christi, Point Tesoro, and Padre Island -Corpus Christi -Sea Pines and final plats of Point Tesoro Unit 1 • Minutes Regular Council Meeting April 23, 1969 Page 3 (63.1 acres) and Sea Pines Unit I (45.7 acres), be approved; Motion by Lozano, seconded by McDaniel and passed, that the recommenda- tion of the City Manager to settle, on a compromise basis of $6,000 as total compensation, including damages, the matters in controversy relative to the acqui- sition of Parcel No. 2, being a strip of land 10' x 772' owned by Herman W. Waters,. et al, for right of way for street purposes for widening and improvement of Everhart Road between Holly Road & Padre Island Drive, be approved, in order that the City may take possession of the right of way and terminate litigation (Cause No. 559) now in progress in County Court. City Manager Townsend called to the attention of the Council the presence of Miss Rosalinda Benavides representing the Caller -Times for press coverage of the Council Meeting in the absence of Mr. Jim Wood. ORDINANCE NO. 9345 AMENDING THE CORPUS CHRISTI CITY CODE, 1958, AS AMENDED, BY AMENDING SECTION 21-69 OF SAID CITY CODE SO AS TO DECREASE THE SPEED LIMIT ON KOSAR STREET BETWEEN NAPLES AND AYERS TO 20 MPH; PROVIDING FOR PUBLICATION; AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY. The Charter rule was suspended and the foregoing ordinance was passed by the following vote: Blackmon, Bradley, Jimenez, Lozano, McDaniel and Roberts, present and voting "Aye;" Sizemore absent. There being no further business to come before the Council, the meeting was adjourned.