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MINUTES
CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS
REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING
August 20, 1969
2:00 p.m.
PRESENT:
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
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Mayor Pro Tem Gabe Lozano called the meeting to order.
The Invocation was given by The Reverend Frederick G. Boden, Jr., of
Our Saviour Lutheran Church.
Mayor Pro Tem Lozano recognized Dr. W. H. Colson who presented as
special guests of the Council some 25 or 30 members of the Choralier Choir,
representing the North Richland Hills Baptist Church of Fort Worth, and that City
as "Ambassadors of Good Will." Mr. Paul Paschall, Music and Youth Director,
lead the Choir in musical renditions of "Freedom Isn't Free," and "He is Everything
To Me." The group was accompanied by The Reverend Charles Williamson, State
Superintendent of Dallas, and Mr. Jed Berger, who read a letter of introduction
signed by Mayor Calvin F. Luper of Fort Worth.
City Secretary T. Ray Kring called the roll of those in attendance.
Motion by Sizemore, seconded by Bradley and passed, that the absence of
Mayor Blackmon be excused for cause.
Mayor Pro Tem Lozano placed in nomination for appointments and reappoint-
ment to the Planning Commission the following: John Waller, replacing Admiral S. S.
Bowling; George Gaines, replacing Ira Hayley; Ralph Emmord, reappointment; and
Refugio S. Garza, replacing Leo Lopez .
Motion by Roberts, seconded by Bradley and passed, that the foregoing nomi-
nations for appointments and reappointment to the Planning Commission be confirmed
and approved.
Mayor Pro Tem Lozano called for the City Manager's Reports.
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August 20, 1969
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Motion by Roberts, seconded by McDaniel and passed, with de Ases
voting "Nay" on Items "a" and "b" and abstaining on Items "f", "g", and "h",
that the City Managers Reports be accepted, and that the requests and recom-
mendations be granted and approved as follows;
a. That the award of bid on Lubricated Plug Valves be made to the
Wallace Company of Corpus Christi, on the basis of low bid meeting specifications
in the total amount of $11,626.04; (Bid Tabulation #20-69)
b. That the award of contracts on batteries (Annual Supply Contracts) be
made to the following firms on the basis of low bids meeting specifications and most
advantageous to the City for a total sum of $12,003.20r (Bid Tabulation #21-69)
INTERNATIONAL BATTERY SYSTEM - Corpus Christi
Automotive and Flashlight Batteries - Lot I $7,662.98
Automotive and Flashlight Batteries - Lot II 2,611.50 $10,274.48
BRIGHT STAR INDUSTRIES - Clifton, N. J.
Automotive and Flashlight Batteries - Lot III
1,728.72
$12,003.20
c. That the Tax Error and Correction List for the months of March and April,
1969, be approved, reflecting a decrease in the 1968 levy by $1,235 and prior years
levies by $1,062; and reducing the Water District levy for 1968 by $128 and prior
years levies by $97;
d. That the lot located at Hemdon and Weber Parkway, described as Lot 2,
Plan "A", out of the 78 -acre tract of City -owned property, on which bids were
rejected on March 12, 1969, and negotiations authorized, be sold to Mr. Braden M.
Cook for $6, 000;
e. That a lease with Rio Airways, similar to other airline leases, for space
in the Terminal Building at International Airport formerly leased to and occupied by
Mexicana Airlines, be authorized, with the right of the City to cancel upon 90 days
notice, and that 2-1/4 cents per enplaned passenger be charged for use of the
baggage claim area leased by present airlines;
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August 20, 1969
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f. That the authority to advertise for bids on 43 rectangular picnic tables,
30 round picnic tables, and 52 barbeque grills, to be placed in Cole Park, Inwood
Park, West Guth Park, Westhaven Park and Wranosky Park, to be opened Tuesday,
September 9, 10:00 a.m., be granted;
g. That the authority to advertise for bids to be received Tuesday, September 9,
1969, 10:00 a.m., for 5,120' of Copper Tubing of various lengths for warehouse
inventory representing a six months supply, be granted;
h. That the authority to advertise for bids for hauling 30,000 cubic yards
of fill dirt from the Schanen Ditch to the South Staples Sanitary Landfill, to be
received on September 2, 1969, be authorized;
i. That the date of September 3, 1969, be set for a public hearing relative
to the closing of the deadend of North Tancahua;
j. That the appointment of Mr. Ernest Briones to the position of Director
of Urban Development, as authorized by the Council on August 13, 1969, as a part
of the 1969-70 Budget, be confirmed and approved;
k. That the date of September 4, 1969, 10:00 a.m., be set for the sale, by
public auction, of three surplus buildings located in the 12,000 Block of Up River
Road which were required as a site of the O. N. Stevens Mud Drying Bed.
City Manager Townsend presented for the Council's consideration the
following pending zoning cases:
Application 0769-2, Mr. Joe D. Moore, for change of zoning from "R -1B"
One -family Dwelling District to "A-1" Apartment House Disrict, on a 11.807 -acre
tract of land out of Lot 4, Section 2, Bohemian Colony Lands, located on the North
side of Montego Drive between Unit 3 and Unit 5, Carroll Place, on the west side of
the 5600 Block of Weber Road, on which a public hearing was held August 11, 1969.
Motion by Bradley, seconded by de Ases and passed, with Sizemore abstaining,
that the recommendation of the Staff be concurred in and that the foregoing Application
0769-2, Mr. Joe D. Moore, be denied.
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Application #769-4, Hamburgers, Inc., for change of zoning from "1-2"
Light Industrial District to "B-5" Primary Business District on Lot 15-A, Block 1,
Roosevelt Place, located between Morgan and Segrest Streets at 1300 South Port
Avenue, on which a public hearing was held August 11, 1969.
Motion by Bradley, seconded by McDaniel and passed, with Sizemore
abstaining, and Roberts voting "Nay!', that the recommendation of the Staff be
concurred in and that the foregoing Application #769-4, Hamburgers, Inc., be
denied.
Application #769-8, Gabe Lozano, Jr., for change of zoning from "R -1B"
One -family Dwelling District with a Special Use Permit (for all "AB" uses according
to a site plan) to "AB" Professional Office District, on Lot 15, Block A, Phillips
Addition, located in the 2600 Block of Cleo Street on the Northeast corner at the
intersection of Baldwin Boulevard, on which a public hearing was held July 28, 1969.
Motion by Roberts, seconded by de Ases and passed, that "AB" Professional
Office District zoning be approved on the foregoing Application #769-8, Gabe
Lozano, Jr., on Lot 15, Block A, Phillips Addition, subject to the filing of deed
restrictions prohibiting access to Baldwin Boulevard, that the City be made a party
to the enforcement of such deed restrictions, and that an ordinance be brought
forward effectuating the change.
There being no further business to come before the Council, the meeting
was adjourned.