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MINUTES
CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TERAS
REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING
August 13, 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
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City Manager R. Marvin Townsend
Assistant City Attorney Jim Riggs
City Secretary T. Ray Kring
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Mayor Jack R. Blackmon called the meeting to order,
The Invocation was given by The Reverend Charles Joseph Dobbins of the
Church of The Good Shepherd Episcopal,
City Secretary T. Ray Kring called the roll of those in attendances
The Minutes of the Regular Meetings of July 30 and of August 6, 1969,
were approved as furnished to the Council.
Mayor Blaclonon read and presented a proclamation designating the week of
August 11 through August 17, 1969, as DOLLARS AGAINST DELIQUENCY WEEK in recogni-
tion and appreciation of the Texas Youth Conference fight against juvenile crime
sponsored by the Texas Law Enforcement and Youth Development Foundation, which is
dedicated to the building of respect for law enforcement. The proclamation was
received by Mr. Daryl Hazlet.
Mayor Blaclonon gave special recognition to Mr. Harold R. Beardmore on
completion of twenty years of continuous service as an employee of the City of
Corpus Christie Mr. Beardmore was presented with a Certificate of Appreciation com-
mending him for a job well done, and extending good wishes for happiness in his
retirement.
Mayor Blackmon announced the opening of bids.
Public Works Director Jack McDaniel opened bids for the improvement of
Gollihar Road, Unit II, Greenwood Drive to State Highway 286, from the following
firms: Heldenfels Brothers, Inc.; King Construction Company; and Asphalt Paving
Company.
The foregoing bids were tabled for 48 hours pursuant to the requirements
of the City Charter, and referred to the City Manager for tabulation and recommendation.
Mayor Blackmon called for the City Manager's Reports,
Motion by McDaniel, seconded by Roberts and passed, that the City
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Manager's Reports, Items "a" through "g", with de Ases voting "Nay" on Items "a" and
"b", be accepted, and that the requests and recommendations be granted and approved
as follows:
a. That the award of bid on Pipe Repair, Clamps, Couplings and Adapters,
be made to the following firms on the basis of low bids meeting specifications:
(Bid Tabulation #18-69)
McALLEN PIPE & SUPPLY CO. - Corpus Christi
Lot 1 - Full Circle Clamps & Service Clamps $17,707.68
Lot III - Steel Couplings 2,368.93 $20,076.61
PERRY SHANKLE CO. - San Antonio
Lot II - Bronze Service Saddles 2,980.98
DRESSER MANUFACTURING CO. - Bradford, Pa.
Lot IV - Sleeves, Couplings & Adapters 4 20.06
GRAND TOTAL 7. 5
b. That the award of contracts be made for Gas and Water Meters to
the following firms on the basis of low bids meeting specifications (American
Meter Company and Rockwell Manufacturing Company submitting identical bids on
Items 4, 5, 6 and 7, and award made to American Meter Company which was determined
by drawing of lots; Crane Company and Garcon-Calmet Meter Division submitting
idential bids on Items 10, and award made to Crane Company as determined by draw-
ing of lots, as required by State Statute: (Bid Tabulation #19-69)
SPRAGUE METER COWPANY - Houston
Item 1. - 850 175 Cu. Ft. Aluminum Gas Meters $21,250.00
Item 2. - 15 415 Cu. Ft. Aluminum Gas Meters 801.75 $22,051.75
ROCKWELL MANUFACTURING CO. - Houston
Item 3. 8 1,600 Cu. Ft. Aluminum Gas Meters 1,153.68
Item 13. - 12 3" Compound Type Water Meters 6,787.68
Item 14. - 2 4" Compound Type Water Meters 1,899.00 9,840.36
GAMON-CACHET METER DIV. - Fort Worth
Item 8. - 800 5/8" x 3/4" Displacement Water
Meters 22,496.00
Item 11. 12 12" Displacement Water Meters 1,430.40 23,926.40
CARLON METER SALES CO. - Houston
Item 9. - 25 3/4" Displacement Water Meters 1,075.00
Item 12. - 4 2" Disc or S.R.. Water Meters 760.00 1,835.00
AMERICAN METER COMPANY - Garland
Item 4. - 10 3,000 Cu. Ft. Aluminum Gas Meters 3,020.00
Item 5. - 2 5,000 Cu. Ft. Aluminum Gas Meters 1,008.00
Item 6. - 4 10,000 Cu. Ft. Aluminum Gas Meters 3,320.00
Item 7. - 10 Automatic Pressure Correcting
Instruments 2,600.00 9,948.00
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CRANE COMPANY - Houston
Item 10e - 25 1" Displacement Water Meters
GRAND TOTAL -
1,585,00
$ 69,186,51
c, That a new zoning map for the Coles area be submitted to the Plan-
ning Commission for their recommendation after a public hearing, involving the area
f2 -pm the Expressway to West Broadway and from the Leathers Housing Area to the
Harbor Bridge approach, and that a date be set early in September for a joint
public hearing with the Planning Commission to be held at Coles Junior High School;
do That the speed limit on the South Shores Estate Service Road which
runs parallel to Ocean Drive between Paloma and Bayshore, be decreased to 15 MPH
at all times;
e. That a lease amendment changing the lease of property at the Allison
Sewage Treatment Plant from the Nueces Bowmen Archery Club to the Tejas Bowmen
Archery Club, be approved;
fa That the authority to initiate eminent domain proceedings for the
acquisition of Parcel No, 27, right of way for the Ocean Drive Project - Craig
to Alameda, from owners, Norman Ransleben and Leslie Feld.ser, be g Bated;
g, That the Classification Ordinance No, 3658 be amended so as to
change certain salary grades, positions, class titles, and adjusting hours of
certain classifications; and that the Compensation Ordinance No, 8127, be amended
to provide changes in the designation of unclassified positions, compensation
for certain employees, and changes pertaining to rates of pay on promotion, adjust-
ments of salaries within a salary schedule, special compensation provisions, over-
time, and motorcycle allowance, all as set out in Ordinance No, 9463,
City Manager Townsend presented for the Council's consideration the
following supplemental recommendations;
h. That concurrence with the Corpus Christi Independent School District
for the employment of the firm Gowland, Davis and Guy, Certified Public Accountants,
as auditor of the Tax Division for the fiscal year ending July 31, 1969, be approved;
i. That the authority to initiate eminent domain proceeding for the
acquisition of a parcel or tract of land designated as Lots 13, 14 and 15, Section
56, Flour Bluff and Encinal Farm and Garden Tracts, against owners, Dr, Thomas A.
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Williams and Dr. Dwight H. Hause, said condemnation being necessary for the Flour
Bluff Sewage Plant Site, Project Noe 250-67-63, be granted.
Motion by Sizemore, seconded by Bradley and passed, that the foregoing
supplemental recommendations, Items "h" and "i", with de Ases voting "Nay" on
Item "h", be granted and approved as recommended.
City Manager Townsend announced the appointment of Mr. John Turner to
fill the position of Assistant Sanitation Superintendent, a vacancy created by the
resignation and retirement of Mr, Harold Beardmore.
SECOND READING OF AN ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING WATER RATES FOR ALL CLASSES OF CUSTOMERS
AS TO THE RESPECTIVE QUALITY OF WATER FURNISHED BY THE CITY; PROVIDING FOR MINIMUM
CHARGES; REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT HEREWI'T'H; PROVIDING A SEVERANCE
CLAUSE; PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE; PROVIDING FOR PUBLICATION.
The foregoing ordinance was read for the second time and passed to its
third reading by the following vote: Blackmon, Lozano, Bradley, de Ases, Ken
McDaniel, Roberts and Sizemore, present and voting "Aye,"
ORDINANCE NO. 9459
AMENDING 'it±i ZONING ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI. ADOPTED ON THE 27TH
DAY OF AUGUST, 1937, APPEARING OF RECORD IN VOLUME 9, PAGES 565, ESP SEQ, GF THE
ORDINANCE AND RESOLUTION RECORDS, AS AMENDED FROM TIME TO TIME AND PARTICULARLY
AS AMENDED BY ORDINANCE NO. 6106, AS AMENDED, UPON APPLICATION OF COASTAL BEND
ENTERPRISES BY AMENDING THE ZONING MAP BY CHANGING THE ZONING ON THE EAST 1/2
OF LOT 9, BLOCK 6, CABANISS ACRES AT 2346 CAROLYN, SITUATED IN THE CITY OF CORPUS
CHRISTI, NUECES COUNTY, TEXAS, FROM "R -1B" ONE -FAMILY' DWELLING DISTRICT TO "A-1"
APARTMENT HOUSE DISTRICT; DING IN EFTEi' A.. OTHER PROVISIONS OF THE EXISTING
ORDINANCE AS AMENDED; REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT HEREWITH; AND DECLAR-
ING AN EMERGENCY.
The Charter rule was suspended and the foregoing ordinance was passed
by the following vote: Blackmon, Bradley, McDaniel, Roberts and Sizemore, present
and. voting "Aye"; Lozano and de Ases voting "Nay."
ORDINANCE N0, 9460
AUTHORIZING EMINENT DOMAIN PROCEEDINGS BY THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI TO CONDEMN
rrh TITLE TO CERTAIN PARCEL OR TRACT OF LAND LOCATED IN NUECES COUNTY, TEXAS;
DESCRIBING SAID PROPERTY, IDENTIFYING THE RECORD TITLE OWNERS, SAID CONDEMNATION
BEING NECESSARY FOR THE OCEAN DRIVE - CRAIG TO ATAMEDA PROJECT, N0, 220-67-07,
AND FOR OTHER MUNICIPAL PURPOSES; AND BEING WITHIN THE CORPORATE LIMITS OF' LLE
CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI; DIRECTING THE CITY ATTORNEY TO INSTITUTE CONDEMNATION
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PROCEEDINGS AGAINST NORMAN P&NSLEBEN AND LESLIE FELDSER, ET AL, TO CARRY OUT THE
INTENTIONS OF THIS ORDINANCE; 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. 9461
AMENDING THE CORPUS CHRISTI CITY CODE, 1958, AS AMENDED, BY AMENDING SECTION
21-69 OF SAID CITY CODE SO AS TO DECREASE THE SP1 LIMIT ON THE SOUTH SHORE
ESTATE SERVICE ROAD WHICH RUNS PARALLEL TO OCEAN DRIVE BETWEEN PALOMA AND BAYSHORE
TO 15 MILES PER HOUR; PROVIDING FOR PUBLICATION; 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. 9462
AUTHORIZING AND DIRECTING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE AN ESCROW AGREEMENT WITH
THE STATE HIGHWAY COMMISSION FOR THE PLACING IN TRUST FUND NO. 927 THE AMOUNT OF
$50,650 AS THE CITY'S PART OF THE ESTIMATED COST OF INSTALLING STREET :ILLUMINATION
WITHIN THE LIMITS FROM STATE HIGHWAY NO. 358 INTERCHANGE WITH STATE HIGHWAY NO
286 TO THE SOUTH END OF GOLLIHAR ROAD INTERCHANGE ON STATE HIGHWAYS NUMBERED 358
AND 286, A COPY OF WHICH ESCROW AGREEMENT IS ATTACHED HERETO AND MADE A PART
HEREOF; AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO FACILITATE IMPLEMENTATION; AND DECLAR-
ING 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. 9463
AMENDING ORDINANCE N0. 3658, AS AMENDED, BY CHANGING CERTAIN SALARY GRADES, CREATING
CERTAIN POSITIONS, CHANGING CERTAIN CLASS TITLES, AND ADJUSTING THE WORK HOURS
OF CERTAIN CLASSIFICATIONS, BY AMENDING SECTION 4 THEREOF; AMENDING ORDINANCE NO.
8127, AS AMENDED, BY CREATING CERTAIN POSITIONS, BY PROVIDING CERTAIN CHANGES
IN THE DESIGNATION OF UNCLASSIFTFn POSITIONS, TO PROVIDE COMPENSATION FOR CERTAIN
EMPLOYEES, MAKING CHANGES PERTAINING TO RATES OF PAY ON PROMOTION, ADJUSTMENTS OF
SALARIES WITHIN A SALARY SCHEDULE, SPECIAL COMPENSATION PROVISIONS, OVERTIME
COMPENSATION, AND MOTORCYCLE ALLOWANCE; PROVIDING A SEVERANCE CLAUSE; PROVIDING
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."
ORDINANCE N0. 9464
AUTHORIZING EMINENT DOMAIN PROCEEDINGS BY THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI TO CONDEMN
FEE TITLE TO CERTAIN PARCEL OR TRACT OF LAND LOCATED IN NUECES COUNTY, T :�;
DESCRIBING SAID PROPERTY, IDENTIFYING THE RECORD TITLE OWNERS, SAID CONDEMNATION
BEING NECESSARY FOR THE FLOUR BLUFF SEWAGE PLANT S±TJ,, PROJECT N0. 250-67-53,
AND FOR OTHER MUNICIPAL PURPOSES, AND BEING WITHIN TBE CORPORATE LIMITS OF THE
CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI; DIRECTING THE CITY ATTORNEY TO INSTITUTE CONDEMNATION
PROCEEDINGS AGAINST DR. THOMAS A. WILLIAMS AND DR. DWIGHT H. HAUSE, TO CARRY
OUT THE INTENTIONS OF THIS ORDINANCE; 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 N0. 465
AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 8557 SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT THE SALARY OF THE PRESIDING
JUDGE OF CORPORATION COURT NO. 1 SHALL HENCEFORTH BE $13,500 PER ANNUM, AND
THAT THE SALARY OF THE PRESIDING JUDGE OF CORPORATION COURT NO. 2, SHALL HENCE-
FORTH BE $10,500 PER ANNUM; 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".
Motion by Roberts, seconded by Bradley and passed, with Sizemore voting
"Nay" that the annual salary of City Manager Townsend be set at $21,000, and that
it be effective August 1, 1969.
There being no further business to come before the Council, the meeting
was adjourned.