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CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS
REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING
June 4, 1969
2:00 p.m.
PRESENT:
Mayor Jack R. Blackmon
Mayor Pro Tem Gabe Lozano, Sr.
Commissioners:
Dick Bradley, Jr.
Eduardo E. de Ases
Ken McDaniel
W. J. Roberts
Ronnie Sizemore
City Manager R. Marvin Townsend
City Attorney I. M. Singer
City Secretary T. Ray Kring
Mayor Blackmon called the meeting to order.
The Invocation was given by Commistner W. J. Roberts in the absence of the
invited Guest Chaplain.
City Secretary T. Ray Kring called the roll of those in attendance.
Mayor Blackmon read and presented proclamations relative to the fallowing:
PLAY TENNIS WEEK, in support of the 55th Annual Texas Sectional Tennis Champion-
ships and the Annual Meeting of the Texas Tennis Association, to be held in Corpus
Christi June 9 - 15, 1969, sponsored by the Corpus Christi Tennis Association, emphasizing
these two outstanding events in a determined effort to establish Corpus Christi as a "Tennis
Mecca" of the Southwest, received by Mr. John Zimmerman and Mr. Lloyd Sessions;
PBX OPERATOR WEEK, June 1 - 7, 1969, in recognition of the service rendered by the
PBX Operators in our community, received by Gertrude Seward.
Bids were opened and ready by Director of Finance Harold Zick for the. City
Depository from the following firms: Guaranty National Bank and Trust; Mercantile
National Bank; Citizens State Bank; and Corpus Christi State National Bank.
The foregoing bids were 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 Bradley, seconded by Lozano and passed, that the City Manager's
Reports, Items "a" through "f" be accepted, and that the requests and recommendations
be granted as follows;
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a. That the acceptance and final payment of Estimate No. 3, in the amount of
$7,365.92, representing the balance due the Fowco Construction Company, for completion
of construction of the Police Building Parking Lots, be approved;
b. That an appropriation in the amount of $2,984, of which amount $1,500 is
for acquisition of Parcel No. 4, and $1,300 is for Parcel No. 3, Carroll Lane and Padre
Island Drive Street Right of Way Project No. 220-64-64 - Minor Street Right of Way,
and $184.00 for incidental expenses, be approved, and that real estate sales contract
with owners, Coastal Bend Properties, Inc., and DerWienerschnitzel International, Inc.,
respectively, be authorized;
c. That the following changes be made relative to the Sanitation Department:
1) The garbage and brush collection Activity Budgets be revised to change
9.uare1Teed
semi -skilled laborers to a 44 --hour extended workweek and all sanitation
Ax7erd=d
foremen from a 44 to 48-hourjworkweek;
2) The Classification plan be amended to add the positions of truck drive -
Grade 9, Crewman - Grade 7, and refuse collector - Grade 7, and all
applicable budgets be amended to reflect this change;
3) All temporary laborers in the Sanitation Division be promoted to laborers
and the effective date of the promotions be considered to be February 1,
1969, for the purpose of calculating vacation, sick leave, longevity,
holiday and retirement benefits;
d. Recommendation that a revocable permit be issued to Mr. L. W. Foster for a
portable building for a Boy Scout Troop building to be located on Lindale Park facing the
paved parking area near the All Saint's Church, recommended by the Park and Recreation
Board;
2:00 p.m.,
e. That the date of Monday, June 23, 1969, Special Meeting,/be set for public
hearing on the following zoning applications:
1) Dr. Richard Lyman - "A-1" to "B-4", Brushwood Lane & Weber Road;
2) Mr. Don Prewit - "F -R" to "1-2", Old Brownsville Road West of West Point Road; and
3) Drs. E. L. Holt & H. T. Pruessner - "AB" to "B-1", Padre Island Drive;
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f. That the date of Wednesday, June 25, 1969, 3:00 p.m., Special Meeting,
be set for public hearings on the following zoning cases:
1) Cap'n Syd's, Inc. - "B-1" to "B-4", S. Alameda Street SE of Everhart Road
and South Alameda;
2) Mr. H. L. Edens - "R -1B", "B -1A" to "B-4", McArdle Road West of Rickey
Drive;
3) Coastal Bend Enterprises - "R -1B" to "A-1", Caroline Drive West of Ayers;
4) Mr. H. L. Edens, "AB" to "B-1" on Lot 1, Wilson Terrace Annex, located
at 4529 Weber Road.
FIRST READING OF AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING AND DIRECTING THE. CITY MANAGER
TO EXECUTE AN AGREEMENT WITH BUCCANEER COMMISSION, INC., COVERING THE
PERIOD OF FIVE (5) YEARS FOR THE USE OF CERTAIN PORTIONS OF CITY PROPERTY
LOCATED NEAR THE MUNICIPAL COLISEUM, THE USE OF SAID GROUND NOT TO
EXCEED ELEVEN (11) DAYS DURING ANY CALENDAR YEAR OF THE LEASE TERM HEREOF,
ALL AS MORE FULLY SET OUT IN THE LEASE AGREEMENT, ON FILE IN THE OFFICE OF
THE CITY SECRETARY.
The foregoing ordinance was read for the first time and passed to the second reading
by the following vote: Blackmon, Lozano, Bradley, de Ases, Roberts, and Sizemore,
present and voting "Aye"; McDaniel passed.
ORDINANCE NO. 9384
APPROPRIATING OUT OF NO. 220 STREET BOND FUND THE SUM OF $2, 984, OF
WHICH AMOUNT $1,500 IS FOR ACQUISITION OF PARCEL NO. 4, AND $1,300 IS
FOR ACQUISITION OF PARCEL NO. 3, CARROLL LANE AND PADRE ISLAND DRIVE
STREET RIGHT-OF-WAY, AND $184 IS FOR INCIDENTAL EXPENSE,ALL APPLICABLE
TO PROJECT NO. 220-64-64.- MINOR STREET RIGHT-OF-WAY; AUTHORIZING AND
DIRECTING AND CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE REAL ESTATE SALES CONTRACTS AND
OTHER SUCH INSTRUMENTS AS ARE NECESSARY, FOR AND ON BEHALF OF THE CITY
OF CORPUS CHRISTI, WITH THE OWNERS OF THE AFORESAID PARCELS, COASTAL BEND
PROPERTIES, INC. AND DER WIENERSCHNITZEL INTERNATIONAL, INC., RESPECTIVELYi
AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.
The Charter Rule was suspended and the foregoing ordinance was passed by the
following vote: Blackmon; Lozano, Bradley, de Ases, McDaniel, Roberts, and Sizemore,
present and voting "Aye".
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ORDINANCE NO, 9385
ABANDONING THAT PART OF THE UTILITY EASEMENT ABUTTING LOT 14, BLOCK 2,
SCHANEN ESTATES UNIT 8, IN THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, NUECES COUNTY,
TEXAS, OCCUPIED BY A BUILDING NOW SITUATED ON A PORTION OF SAID EASEMENT;
REPEALING ORDINANCE NO, 9279, PASSED AND APPROVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL ON
MARCH 19, 1969; AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.
The Charter Rule was suspended and the foregoing ordinance was passed by the
following vote: Blackmon, Lozano, Bradley, de Ases, McDaniel, Roberts, and Sizemore,
present and voting "Aye".
ORDINANCE NO. 9386
AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 3658, AS AMENDED, BY ESTABLISHING THE POSITION
CLASSIFICATIONS OF REFUSE COLLECTOR, TRUCK DRIVER, AND CREWMAN, BY
AMENDING SECTION 4, THEREOF; AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 8127, AS AMENDED
BY AMENDING SECTION 1, SUBSECTION (G), TO PROVIDE A GUARANTEED 44 HOUR
WORK WEEK WITH HOURS OVER 40 PAID ON A TIME AND ONE-HALF BASIS FOR CERTAIN
POSITIONS IN THE SANITATION DIVISION; PROVIDING A SEVERANCE CLAUSE, PRO-
VIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE; AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.
The Charter Rule was suspended and the foregoing ordinance was passed by the
following vote: Blackmon, Lozano, Bradley, de Ases, McDaniel, Roberts, and Sizemore,
present and voting "Aye".
There being no further business to come before the Council, the meeting was
adjourned.