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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes City Council - 07/16/1969MINUTES CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING July 16, 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 Jack R. Blackmon called the meeting to order. The Invocation was given by The Reverend Dan E. Solomon, Pastor of St. John's United Methodist Church. City Secretary T. Ray Kring called the roll of those in attendance. The Minutes of the Special Meeting of June 25, 1969, were approved as submitted to the Council. Mayor Blackmon expressed, on behalf of the Council, great concern for some unsettled questions which have faced the Council the past week; stated that most citizens are not aware of the enorminity of these problems, and that most of them do not take the time to become involved, and that there is always more than one side to any controversy. He stated that the Council has always been solicitous and particularly appreciative of having representatives of all concerned so that the Council can be in a better position to consider a cross -thinking of the citizens of the community as a whole. In this regard, he recognized three distinguished members of the Clergy, Bishop Thomas J. Drury, of Corpus Christi Diocese, Rabbi Sidney Wolff, of Temple Beth El Synagogue, and Dr. W. H. Colson, Minister of Baptist Missions, representing major religious denominations of the community, and stated their presence is of great solace and comfort, and their wisdom is always welcome because of their long and varied experience. He especially welcomed them to the meeting today, and asked for their prayers in all deliberations of this Council. Mayor Blackmon called attention to this very historical day when our Country has launched a team of men out into what we have always considered "unknown space" for a landing on the moon Monday of next week, and asked that citizens of this community join • Minutes Regular Council Meeting July 16, 1969 Page 2 in prayer for the success of this unprecedented historical mission for what is hoped to be for the good of all mankind. Mayor Blackmon especially recognized and welcomed Dr. Harold Branch, Pastor of St. John's Baptist Church, member of the Housing Authority, and Subcommittee on Minority Group Housing, and expressed appreciation for his presence in the audience. Mayor Blackmon ,read a proclamation designating Thursday, July 17, 1969, as BEN BARNES DAY in Corpus Christi, in recognition of his services to the State of Texas as State Representative, Speaker of the House for two terms, now lieutenant Governor, and For his contribution to this City, and taking time from his busy schedule to visit Corpus Christi and speak to the Chamber of Commerce -Rotary Club meeting in honor and recog- nition of the Corpus Christi Delegation to the Texas Legislature and also to the Baptist's Men's Organization of the City. The proclamation will be presented personally to Lieutenant Governor Barnes. Mayor Blackmon called for the City Manager's Reports. Motion by Sizemore, seconded by Roberts and passed, that the City Manager's Reports, Items "a" through "f", with de Ases voting "Nay" on Item "e", be accepted, and that the requests and recommendations be granted and opproved as follows: a. That an additional appropriation in the amount of $3,419 for the construction of Belton, MacArthur, Sarita, Hiawatha, and Rodd Rield Road, Project No. 220-67-92.2, due to quantity variations, be authorized, and that acceptance and final payment of Estimate No. 7, in the amount of $18,181.24, representing the balance due the contractor, King Construction Company, for completion of the project, be approved; b. That an appropriation in the amount of $21,000 from No. 299 Special Projects Fund, for architectural services by Morris L. Levy in connection with construction of a Neighborhood Facility, TEX N-5, Project No. 299-68-1, under his contract approved on April 19, 1967, be authorized; • • Minutes Regular Council Meeting July 16, 1969 Page 3 c. That the date of Monday, August 11, 1969, at 2:00 p.m., be set for public hearing on the following zoning cases: (1) Harold Jackson - "R -1B" to "B-1" at Van- derbilt Drive and Roosevelt Drive; (2) Joe D. Moore - "R -1B" to "A-1" at Montego Drive and Weber Road; (3) Hamburgers, Inc. - "1-2" to "B-5" at Morgan Street and South Port; and (4) Wendell Barnes - "R -1B" to "R-2" near Burton Lane and Curtis Clark Drive; and that the date of Monday, September 15, 1969, be set for public hearing on application of Drs. Hubler and L. P. Guttman - "R -1B" to "A-2" on Ocean Drive near Rossiter; d. That Change Order No. 3 in the amount of $2,975 to substitute a retaining wall for sloped private property at Doddridge and Ocean Drive, in connection with Ocean Drive Unit III Project, be approved; e. That the award of bids on. eleven Annual Supply Contracts: be made to the following firms on the basis of low bids meeting specifications: (Bid Tabulation 012-69) TRANS-TEX SUPPLY CO. - San Antonio Brass and Iron Service Fittings - Lot 1 $12,845.50 A, Y. MCDONALD MFG. CO. - Dallas Brass and Iron Service Fittings - Lot 11 4,388.83 $ 17,234.33 ADAMS JANITORIAL SERVICE - Corpus Christi Custodial Services - Item 1. 4,200.00 SUAREZ ivMTCE. JANITORIAL SERVICE - Corpus Christi Custodial Services - Item 2. 1,800.00 ACME WINDOW CLEANING - Corpus Christi Custodial Services - Item 3. 702.00 ADAMS JANITORIAL SERVICE - Corpus Christi Custodial Services - Item 4. 780.00 ARMSTRONG BLDG. MAINTENANCE - Corpus Christi Custodial Services - Item 5. 420.00 ARMSTRONG BLDG. MAINTENANCE - Corpus Christi Custodial Services - Item 6. 1,080.00 ADAMS JANITORIAL SERVICE - Corpus Christi Custodial Services - Item 7. 780.00 9,762.00 CREIGHTON SHIRT CO., INC. - Reidsville, N.C. Firemen's Uniforms 11,333.00 Minutes Regular Council Meeting July 16, 1969 Page 4 AMERICAN METER CO., INC. - Garland House Type Gas Service Regulators 5,750.00 CENTURY PAPERS, INC. - Corpus Christi Janitorial Supply Items - Lot I 3,244.97 NATIONWIDE PAPERS, INC. - Corpus Christi Janitorial Supply Items - Lot 11 307.89 3,552.86 BURKE UNIFORMS, INC. - Houston Policemen's and Bus Drivers Uniforms - Lot I 17,025.53 BURKE UNIFORMS, INC. - Houston Policemen's and Bus Drivers Uniforms - Lot 11 1,030.21 BURKE UNIFORMS, INC. - Houston Policemen's and Bus Drivers Uniforms - Lot 111 4,658.31 22,714.05 NATIONWIDE PAPERS, INC. - Corpus Christi Printing Papers & Stationery Store Items Lot 1 NATIONWIDE PAPERS, INC. - Corpus Christi Printing Papers & Stationery Store Items Lot 11 6,182.21 1,005.92 FEDERAL ENVELOPE - San Antonio Printing Papers & Stationery Store Items Lot ill 1,509.19 MAVERICK-CLARKE - Corpus Christi Printing Papers & Stationery Store Items Lot IV 412.34 MAVERICK-CLARKE - Corpus Christi Printing Papers & Stationery Store Items Lot V 4,165.36 13,275.02 MODERN ELECTROTEX CO. - Corpus Christi Radio Tubes 3,451.15 TEXAS INDUSTRIES, INC. - Corpus Christi Reinforced Concrete Pipe 7,590.02 HOLLIS NEESE AUTO PARTS - Corpus Christi Sparkplugs,OiI & Fuel Filters- Lot 1 3,559.12 MOTOR PARTS COMPANY - Corpus Christi Sparkplugs,Oil & Fuel Filters - Lot 11 MCDONOUGH BROTHERS, INC. - San Antonio Water & Sewage Treating Chemicals Item 1. U. 5. GYPSUM COMPANY - Houston Water & Sewage Treating Chamicals Unit 2. 2,496.26 6,055.38 62,270.12 5,750.25 • • • Minutes Regular Council Meeting July 16, 1969 Page 5 MCKESSON CHEMICAL CO. - Corpus Christi Water & Sewage Treating Chemicals Item 3. BROWNING CHEMICAL CO. - New York Water & Sewage Treating Chemicals Item 4. MCKESSON CHEMICAL CO. - Corpus Christi Water & Sewage Treating Chemicals Item 5. PPG INDUSTRES - Corpus Christi Water & Sewage Treating Chemicals Item 6. PPG INDUSTRIES - Corpus Christi Water & Sewage Treating Chemicals Item 7. PPG INDUSTRIES - Corpus Christi Water & Sewage Treating Chemicals Item 8A. 37,925.92 13,840.00 16,887.00 53,233.60 28,236.00 21,717.00 239,859.89 GRAND TOTAL $340.577.70 f. That a contract be authorized with the Community Committee on Youth Education and Job Opportunities for the City to operate five additional neighborhood youth activity facilities in schools and to employ approximately 80 disadvantaged youth, ages 16 - 21, to help with supervision activities at all of the summer recreation programs, including a program providing for the rental of City Buses to transport neighborhood youths to recreation facilities, with the City's portion to include the in-kind provision of one supervisor, health examinations for the employees and use of facilities. Dr. Harold Branch inquired as to why the OEO program is being started so late in the summer. City Manager Townsend explained that it should have been with the renewal type program submitted last year, but that because of some misunderstanding with the local office of the OEO and the Austin Staff reporting first there was not enough money and later reporting there was, resulting in the late date for submission of the matter. • • Minutes Regular Council Meeting July 16, 1969 Page 6 ORDINANCE NO. 9434 AMENDING THE CORPUS CHRISTI CITY CODE, 1958, AS AMENDED, BY AMENDING SECTION 4-3, AS AMENDED, RELATING TO CONSUMPTION OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES AND THE SALE THEREOF, SO AS TO EXTEND THE CLOSING HOURS; PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE; PROVIDING FOR PUBLICATION; AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY. Mayor Blackmon explained that the foregoing ordinance was placed on a three - reading basis last week to allow more time for expressions from the public, and stated that he had had no communications or dialogue since that lime either in protest or inn favor, and that it is his decision at this time that the ordinance be put on an emergency basis. The Charter Rule was suspended and the foregoing ordinance was read for the second time and passed as an emergency by the following vote: Blackmon, Lozano, Bradley, de Ases, McDaniel, Roberts and Sizemore, present and voting "Aye". ORDINANCE NO. 9435 THIRD READING OF AN ORDINANCE GRANTING A FRANCHISE TO HUMBLE OIL AND REFINING COMPANY TO LAY, CONSTRUCT, OPERATE, MAINTAIN, REPAIR AND REMOVE CERTAIN PIPELINES WITHIN SPECIFICALLY DESIGNATED LOCATIONS BY CROSSING SAID STREETS, ROADS AND HIGHWAYS AT SAID DESIGNATED POINTS, FOR THE TRANSPORTATION OF PETROLEUM PRODUCTS; SETTING FORTH THE TERMS OF SAID FRANCHISE; PROVIDING FOR PUBLICATION; AND SETTING FORTH OTHER PROVISIONS PERTAINING TO THE FRANCHISE. The foregoing ordinance was read for the third time and passed finally by the following vote: Blackmon, Lozano, Bradley, de Ases, McDaniel, Roberts and Sizemore, present and voting "Aye". FIRST READING OF AN ORDINANCE GRANTING A FRANCHISE TO CABLECOM- GENERAL OF CORPUS CHRISTI, ITS SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS, TO OPERATE AND MAINTAIN A COMMUNITY ANTENNA TELEVISION SYSTEM IN THE CITY; SETTING FORTH CONDITIONS ACCOMPANYING THE GRANT OF FRANCHISE; PROVIDING FOR CITY REGULATION AND USE OF THE COMMUNITY ANTENNA TV SYSTEM; AND PRESCRIBING PENALTIES FOR VIOLATION OF THE FRANCHISE PROVISIONS. The foregoing ordinarce was read for the first time and passed to the second reading by the following vote: Blackmon, Lozano, Bradley, de Ases, McDaniel, Roberts and Sizemore, present and voting "Aye". • Minutes Regular Council Mebting July 16, 1969 Page 7 FIRST READING OF A FRANCHISE TO THE COASTAL BEND TELECABLE CORPORATION, A TEXAS CORPORATION, ITS SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS, TO OPERATE AND MAIN- TAIN A COMMUNITY ANTENNA TELEVISION SYSTEM IN THE CITY; SETTING FORTH CONDITIONS ACCOMPANYING THE GRANT OF FRANCHISE; PROVIDING FOR CITY REGULATION AND USE OF THE COMMUNITY ANTENNA TELEVISION SYSTEM; AND PRESCRIBING PENALTIES FOR VIOLATION OF THE FRANCHISE PROVISIONS. The foregoing ordinance was read for the first time and passed to the second reading by the following vote: Blackmon, Lozano, Bradley, de Ases, McDaniel, Roberts and Sizemore, present and voting "Aye". ORDINANCE NO. 9436 APPROPRIATING OUT OF NO. 220 STREET BOND FUND THE SUM OF $3,419 TO SUPPLEMENT FUNDS PREVIOUSLY APPROPRIATED FOR CONSTRUCTION AND CON- TINGENCIES, APPLICABLE TO PROJECT NO. 220-67-92.2, DESIGNATED AS BELTON, MACARTHUR, SARITA, HIAWATHA, RODD FIELD ROAD IMPROVEMENTS, AND AS REQUIRED FOR FINAL PAYMENT OF CONSTRUCTION COSTS; 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. 9437 APPROPRIATING OUT OF NO. 299 SPECIAL PROJECTS FUND, THE SUM OF $21,000 FOR ARCHITECTURAL SERVICES BY MORRIS L. LEVY IN CONNECTION WITH CONSTRUCTION OF A NEIGHBORHOOD FACILITY, TEX N-5, APPLICABLE TO PRO- JECT NO. 299-68-1; 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". Mayor Blackmon stated that a request had been received by telegram Monday of this week in the Office of the City Secretary from Mr. Tony Bonilla, Executive Secretary of LULAC District 11, to appear on the agenda today to speak on behalf of the "plight" of the Sanitation workers. He explained that Mr. Bonilla and his brother, William Bonilla, had been invited to the Workshop meeting this morning and that one hour and forty minutes had been given over to them for discussion, specifically and generally, on the matter of the "plight" of the Sanitation workers. He stated that he had been authorized by the Council to state at this time that the entire Council is, and always has been in the past, ready to • • Minutes Regular Council Meeting July 16, 1969 Page 8 receive and hear any single City employee who for any reason feels he has a matter of grievance which should be presented to the Council after he has exhausted the normal chain of procedure. Relative to the current strike of the Sanitation workers, he explained that if our City Manager form of government is to be respected, the City Council and the City Manager must stay within the State Law and the laws of the City Charter, and that the City Council has extremely limited authority in directing or supervising the employees of the City. He stated the Council is extremely interested and concerned about any problem of dissatisfaction existing with any employee or group of employees; but that these matters must be handled as'directed by law. He stated that it is the opinion of the City Council that in the case of the Sanitation workers, the City Manager did not have an opportunity to work out the problems before the strike occurred, but that his action was in accordance with the provisions of the Stote Law. He explained that the Council has informally expressed itself that all former Sanitation employees may re -apply for employment and that this is the only avenue open to them at this point. Mayor Blackmon stated that Messrs. Tony and William Bonilla departed the workshop meeting this morning stating that the matter which they wished to present to the Council: had been thoroughly presented and felt they had no further information to bring before the Council, and that accordingly, that is why they are not appearing on the agenda at this time. There being no further business to come before the Council, the meeting was adjourned.