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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes City Council - 08/26/1970MINUTES CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING August 26, 1970 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 Acting City Attorney Jim Riggs City Secretary T. Ray Kring • Mayor Jack R. Blackmon called the meeting to order. The Invocation was given by Commissioner W. J. Roberts in the absence of the invited guest chaplain. City Secretary J. Ray Kring called the roll of those in attendance. Mr. Walter Reasonover, President of the Corpus Christi Chamber of Commerce, appeared heading a delegation of members and members of the Board of Directors, and read and delivered to the Mayor and Council a resolution which he stated was unanimously adopted by the Board at a meeting held August 24, 1970, expressing commendation and appreciation of the Mayor, Council and City Staff for their leadership and capable handling of the emergency during and following Hurricane Celia, pledging support of the Board in every possible way to rebuild Corpus Christi into a greater City than before. Mr. Reasonover stated that at the same meeting, the Board unanimously approved a recommendation to be forwarded to the City Council requesting that a citizens advisory committee be appointed for the purpose of seeking all available resources necessary to rebuild the City and help to secure the maximum benefits from these resources. He submitted the names of 28 persons representative of the Chamber of Commerce as potential members of the committee. (Council Exhibit 012-70) Mayor Blackmon, on behalf of the Council and Staff, expressed thanks and appreciation for the commendation expressed in the resolution, and stated the pledge to work in every possible way with City Government reflects the attitude of all Corpus Christi as a whole to rebuild Corpus Christi into a greater City than before. He stated the Council had found it necessary and extremely beneficial to call upon advisory groups in the past and would certainly call upon this group during the current emergency. He stated this Council can do little except provide leadership • • Minutes Regular Council Meeting August 26, 1970 Page 2 which is the position it holds by reason of being unfortunate enough to be in office at the time of this emergency, and that they feel the citizens of this community will make every effort to bring good from this disaster. Mayor Blackmon called for the opening of bids. One bid was received and read on a pneumatic tube message conveying system for the Police Building, from Frank E. Ware Company of Corpus Christi. The foregoing bid was tabled for forty-eight hours pursuant to the requirements of the City Charter and referred to the City Manager for tabulation and recommendation. Mayor Blackmon announced the scheduled public hearing on the proposal to annex by ordinance portions of the Nueces River, Corpus Christi Bay, and Laguna Madre. City Manager Townsend furnished the Council and members of the audience with a written summary of the proposals including reasons for same. William Anderson, Director of Planning, presented the proposals, stating that there is considerable development along the waters edge and that concern for and pressures affecting these areas become of more and more concern to the City. He pointed out the locations of the areas on a map and explained reasons for the proposed annexation: (a) being that portion of Nueces River from bank to bank extending five miles from the present City limits at the O. N. Stevens Intake„ stating that the annexation would extend the City limits line up the river giving a five mile line around the river which would allow the City to control development, pollution and protect the City's water supply; (b) being that portion of Corpus Christi Bay extending to the main Ship Channel, the Aransas Pass Extraterritorial Limits Line, Mustang Island, and the Padre Island Causeway, stating the reason for the proposed annexation is that there is extensive oil development in this area resulting in potential danger of damage from pollution, and that better regulations would be possible if this development and related activities were placed under the regulations of the city ordinances; (c) being that portion of Laguna Madre from the Causeway to the west bank of the Intracoastal Canal south to a point from which all portions of Padre Island north of the National Seashore are within five miles of the City limits - these areas are definitely in need of being placed under City ordinances to control pollution and permit regulation of growth and development in that area. • • Minutes Regular Council Meeting August 26, 1970 Page 3 City Manager Townsend explained that as the City develops, the concern for and pressures affecting the water areas around the City become more intense. He stated that the portion of Corpus Christi Bay inside the City limits was expanded in 1966, but this annexation did not include all of Corpus Christi Bay. He stated Petroleum Superintendent, Harry Franklin, advises that there is a noticeable difference between oil and gas well management practices outside the City limits compared to those inside, and that the possibility of damage to Corpus Christi Bay is as great from a well located between the City limits and Mustang as it is from oil and gas activities inside the City limits. Mrs. Levi Materne, 325 Ohio Street, inquired as to whether or not annexation of these territories would give the City control over the existing duck blinds in Laguna Madre. She stated she was speaking for several other residents in that area, and that they were in opposition to the proposed annexation if the duck blinds remain. City Manager Townsend stated it is the recommendation of the Staff that hunting not be prohibited in the Laguna Madre, but that it should be prohibited if there is danger of hunters shooting toward the shore. Mr. Gordon P. Reid, 202 Ohio, spoke on behalf of Mrs. Sam E. Wilson, 3745 Ocean Drive, who owns interests in the area under discussion, and stated Mrs, Wilson was concerned as to whether or not West Shore Line was proposed to be the City limits boundary. Mr. Townsend stated the shoreline would not be used as a boundary. Mr. Bob Wilson inquired as to what effect the proposed annexation would have on gill netting in Corpus Christi Bay, pointing out that shrimping is allowed within the City limits and gill netting is not. Mr. Townsend explained that the proposed extension of the boundaries would essentially close the entire Bay. Mr. Charles Hutchinson, Jr., Southwest Texas District Manager for Atlantic Richfield Oil Company, appeared representing some six or seven major oil companies and property owners who have interests within the area proposed to be annexed, and stated his objections would be contingent upon certain factors, but that it was his opinion that the City could not, under State Law, annex some of these areas proposed to be annexed by ordinance. He submitted a proposal to the Council that two industrial districts, one to the west of the upper half of Mustang Island • • Minutes Regular Council Meeting August 26, 1970 Page 4 and the other located in the Laguna Madre to the west of the upper end of Padre Island, be created, which districts he stated would include most of the oil and gas wells in the area proposed to be annexed estimated to be approximately 280 of the 296 operating wells. He explained that the industrial districts would be treated essentially the same as the rest of the City except for taxation and that taxes could be negotiated and written into a contract creating the districts and entered into for a period of seven years. He stated that by creating the proposed industrial districts, the City could accomplish their purpose of controlling oil activities and pollution, and at the same time the oil companies could accomplish their purposes. He pointed out on a map the boundaries of the suggested industrial districts, and explained that the lines drawn had excluded one oil well in order to give the City a contiguous line.. He further explained that the reason for the differences noted by Mr. Franklin relative to oil and gas well management practices outside the City limits compared to those inside, is that the older wells outside the City are operated differently from the operation of the newer wells. Mayor Blackmon raised the question as to State ownership of the land and if the State would be a party to the proposed negotiable contract. Mr. Hutchinson stated the State would be a party, that the proposal had been submitted to Land Commissioner Jerry Sadler before and that he had indicated agreement at that time. Mr. Hutchinson stated that they are not benefitted by any City services but that they pay only City taxes, and that their basic objection is the assessment of ad valorem taxes. Mr. Barton Townsend, representing Tenneco Oil Company; Mr. Harvey Weil, representing owner of Shamrock Island; Mr. Ed. Barfield, local manager of Humble Oil Company; all stated they concurred in the proposal of Mr. Hutchinson for creation of industrial districts within the areas described, stating it would be a means of mutual benefit to both the City and the oil companies. Motion by McDaniel, seconded by Roberts and passed, that the hearing be closed. Motion by McDaniel, seconded by Roberts and passed, that the matter of annexation by ordinance portions of the Nueces River, Corpus Christi Bay, and Laguna Madre, be tabled for further consideration. Commissioner McDaniel departed the meeting at this time. • Minutes Regular Council Meeting August 26, 1970 Page 5 Mayor Blackmon called for the City Manager's Reports. Motion by Roberts, seconded by Bradley and passed, that the City Manager's Reports, Items "a" through "i" be accepted, and that the requests and recommendations be approved as fol lows: a. That the Tax Error and Correction list be approved for March and April, 1970, with a net reduction of taxes receivable of $2,489, major changes including presented records ($606), Court action and statute of limitations ($521), no taxable assets ($171), Military ($152), not in taxing jurisdiction ($75), and exempt City ($93); b. That the date of September 9, 1970, be set for a public hearing on the request of the City to close a small portion of Coke Street needed as part of the site for the relocation of the property owned by Mr. and Mrs. Jones, for the construction of the pool at Coke and Winnebago; c. That an appropriation in the amount of $50,500 for traffic signal equipment low bid contracts approved by motion received on August 12, 1970, be approved for intersections (1) Skipper Lane and N.A.S. Drive; (2) Gollihar Road and South Staples Street; (3) Ayers Street and Shely Street; (4) Ayers Street and Kosar Street; (5) Ayers Street and Baldwin Boulevard; (6) Ayers Street and 18th Street; (7) Ayers Street and Gollihar Road; (8) Gollihar Road and Kostoryz Road; (9) Carroll Lane and Gollihar Road; and (10) Gollihar Road and Weber Road; d. That a contract with Reagan and McCaughan for $2,900 to survey damages to roof sections of the Holly Road ground storage tanks and preparation of detailed plans and specifications for correcting Celia damage, be approved; e. That the site plan submitted by Mr. Gene Hogan for a camp site for 53 travel trailers be approved; that Mr. Hogan be leased .565 acres of City property involved in the site for five years for $85 per month with a 90 -day City cancellation clause, and that permission for Mr. Hogan to install temporary facilities immediately with permanent facilities to be completed within 12 months, be granted; f. That 62 lots in Las Palmas Subdivision be leased from Cecil Burney, Trustee, for 124 temporary mobile home sites at a cost of $200 per full lot per year, with City adding water distribution, power loops, and sewer taps; (All utilities, asphalt streets with curbs, and sidewalks, already exist) • • Minutes Regular Council Meeting August 26, 1970 Page 6 g. That the date of September 16, 1970, at 2 p.m. be set for a public hearing on the application of the Hutchins, Goodloe, and Wheeler interests and E. 1. du Pont de Nemours and Company, for change of zoning from "R -1A" to "1-3" on a portion of the Bay between the Ship Channel and San Patricio County adjacent to the Reynolds Plant; h. That annual supply contracts be awarded to the following bidders awarded on the basis of low bid meeting specifications and most advantageous to the City, for a total amount of $270,278.55: (Bid Tabulation 039-70) CRYSTAL PETROLEUM COMPANY, Corpus Christi - 1,197,300 gallons of gasoline (94 octane) $185,258.16 HOWELL REFINING, COMPANY, Corpus Christi - 250,000 gallons No. 1 diesel fuel (bulk) @ .1625 gal. less disc. 143,000 gallons No. 2 diesel fuel (bulk) @.625 gal. less disc. 5,995 gallons No. 2 diesel fuel (drum) @ .19 gal. less disc. GULF OIL COMPANY, Corpus Christi - 7,572 glil Ions of solvent 1,020 gallons of anti -freeze CONTINENTAL OIL COMPANY, Corpus Christi - 18,979 gallons engine oil, 7,070 lbs. chassis grease, 922 gallons transmission fluid, 8,040 lbs. gear lubricant, 4,410 gallons hydraulic oil, 550 gallons torque fluid, 740 gallons form oil 990 lbs. special purpose oil, 480 lbs. straight mineral gear lubricant, 360 lbs. extreme pressure gear lubricant, 360 lbs. circle and circle shoe lubricant. $40,503.13 23,167.79 1,135.31 64,806.23 1,590.12 1,125.00 2,715.12 16,219.54 1,279.50 17,499.04 $270,278.55 i. That the request of Cable Com of Corpus Christi for a one-year extension of the construction period requested because of damage created by Hurricane Celia to that portion of the system already installed and the need to re-engineer because of power and telephone system changes and pole moves, be granted in accordance with the provisions of the franchise which became effective on October 26, 1969, with provisions for a 15 -month construction period which would be through January 26, 1971, and the provision that the Council, for good and sufficient reasons and having been shown that the delay is "due to causes beyond control of the Grantee," may grant extensions. • Minutes Regular Council Meeting August 26, 1970 Page 7 Mayor Blackmon declared a brief recess during which time the Council held a Corpus Christi Municipal Gas Corporation Meeting. The meeting was reconvened, and City Manager Townsend presented the following recommendation: That Elgin Park, Anderson Fill, Timon Parkway, and the Science Park, be approved for the location of temporary mobile home housing and that steps necessary to create such housing, be authorized. The foregoing recommendation was discussed at length relative to problems which now exist, the possibility that temporary mobile home residents may become a permanent problem, and complications arising from mobile homes being placed in public parks. Relative to these problems, Mayor Blackmon stated that he feels we should take advantage of all the outside help available and that this might be an opportune time to consider the concept of Urban Renewal as "a tool" on the November general election to transform our hurricane damage into some asset. Motion by de Ases, seconded by Sizemore and passed, that the foregoing recommendation be approved as amended, deleting the Science Park, including Elgin Park, Anderson Fill and Six Blocks in Timon Parkway. ORDINANCE NO. 9900 AMENDING THE ZONING ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI ADOPTED ON THE 27TH DAY OF AUGUST, 1937, APPEARING OF RECORD IN VOLUME 9, PAGES 565, ET SEQ, OF THE ORDINANCE AND RESOLUTION RECORDS, AS AMENDED FROM TIME TO TIME AND PARTICULARLY AS AMENDED BY ORDINANCE NO. 6106, AS AMENDED, UPON APPLICATION OF WHATABURGER DRIVE INNS BY GRANTING A SPECIAL COUNCIL PERMIT FOR CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE OF A LIGHTED SIGN OF THE SAME DIMENSIONS AS THE PRESENT SIGN, SITUATED ON LOT 2A, BLOCK 2, OSAGE ADDITION, LOCATED AT 4529 EVERHART ROAD, IN THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, NUECES COUNTY, TEXAS, AS MORE FULLY DESCRIBED ON THE APPROVED SITE PLAN, ATTACHED HERETO AND MADE A PART HEREOF; KEEPING IN EFFECT ALL OTHER PROVISIONS OF THE EXISTING ORDINANCE AS AMENDED; REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT HEREWITH; AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY. The Charter Rule was suspended and the foregoing ordinance was passed by the following vote: Blackmon, Lozano, Bradley, de Ases, Roberts and Sizemore, present and voting "Aye"; McDaniel absent. • • Minutes Regular Council Meeting August 26, 1970 Page 8 ORDINANCE NO. 9901 AMENDING SECTION 18-22 OF THE CORPUS CHRISTI CITY CODE, AS AMENDED BY ORDINANCE NO. 9866, BY PROVIDING A MINIMUM RATE OF NINETY CENTS PER MONTH FOR DISPOSAL ONLY OF GARBAGE AND TRASH FOR ALL OCCUPIED BUSINESS AND COMMERCIAL INSTITUTIONS AND CERTAIN OTHER PLACES IN THE CITY; AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY. The Charter Rule was suspended and the foregoing ordinance was passed by the following vote: Blackmon, Lozano, Bradley, de Ases, Roberts and Sizemore, present and voting "Aye"; McDaniel was absent. ORDINANCE NO. 9902 APPROPRIATING OUT OF NO. 220 STREET BOND FUND THE SUM OF $50,500 FOR SIGNAL IMPROVEMENTS AT THE FOLLOWING INTERSECTIONS: SKIPPER LANE AND N.A.S. DRIVE; GOLLIHAR ROAD AND SOUTH STAPLES STREET; AYERS STREET AND SHELY STREET; AYERS STREET AND KOSAR STREET; AYERS STREET AND BALDWIN BOULEVARD; AYERS STREET AND 18TH STREET; AYERS STREET AND GOLLIHAR ROAD; GOLLIHAR ROAD AND KOSTORYZ ROAD; CARROLL LANE AND GOLLIHAR ROAD; AND GOLLIHAR ROAD AND WEBER ROAD; AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY. The Charter Rule was suspended and the foregoing ordinance was passed by the following vote: Blackmon, Lozano, Bradley, de Ases, Roberts and Sizemore, present and voting "Aye"; McDaniel was absent. ORDINANCE NO. 9903 AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE A CONTRACT WITH REAGAN & MCCAUGHAN FOR A SURVEY OF DAMAGES TO THE ROOF SECTION OF THE HOLLY ROAD GROUND STORAGE TANKS AND PREPARATION OF PLANS AND SPECIFICATIONS FOR THE REPAIRS THAT WILL BE NECESSARY TO CORRECT DAMAGE SUSTAINED DURING HURRICANE CELIA; APPROPRIATING THE SUM OF $2900 OUT OF THE WATER SYSTEM RESERVE #5199, CODE 490, FOR THE AFORESAID CONTRACT SERVICES TO BE PERFORMED BY REAGAN & MCCAUGHAN; AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY. The Charter Rule was suspended and the foregoing ordinance was passed by the following vote: Blackmon, Lozano, Bradley, de Ases, Roberts and Sizemore, present and voting "Aye"; McDaniel was absent. ORDINANCE NO. 9904 AUTHORIZING AND DIRECTING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE LEASE AGREEMENTS FOR MOBILE HOME PARK SUBDIVISIONS, FOR USE BY HURRICANE CELIA VICTIMS, WITH R. F. EMMORD AND WITH CECIL E. BURNEY, TRUSTEE (LAS PALMAS); COPIES OF SAID AGREEMENTS BEING ANNEXED HERETO; AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY. The Charter Rule was suspended and the foregoing ordinance was passed by the following vote: Blackmon, Lozano, Bradley, de Ases, Roberts and Sizemore, present and voting "Aye"; McDaniel was absent. • • Minutes Regular Council Meeting August 26, 1970 Page 9 ORDINANCE NO. 9905 AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 9887 50 AS TO PROVIDE FOR THE PERMITTING, FOR THE SIX MONTH EXTENSIONS FROM AUGUST 12, 1970, FOR MOBILE HOMES TO BE PLACED ON OWNER -OCCUPIED RESIDENTIAL LOTS OCCUPIED BY THE OWNER OR HIS IMMEDIATE FAMILY WHO WERE RESIDENTS OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS, AT THE TIME HURRICANE CELIA ARRIVED IN THIS CITY; 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, Roberts and Sizemore, present and voting "Aye"; McDaniel was absent. FIRST READING OF AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING AND DIRECTING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE A LEASE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI AND RIO AIRWAYS, INC., COVERING THE RENTAL OF SPACE AT THE INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT AND THE USE OF SAID AIRPORT, A COPY OF SAID LEASE BEING ATTACHED HERETO AND MADE A PART HEREOF. 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 was absent. FIRST READING OF AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING AND DIRECTING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE A LEASE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI AND EASTERN AIR LINES COVERING THE RENTAL OF SPACE AT THE INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT AND THE USE OF SAID AIRPORT, A COPY OF SAID LEASE BEING ATTACHED HERETO AND MADE A PART HEREOF. 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 was absent. FIRST READING OF AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING AND DIRECTING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE A LEASE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI AND TEXAS INTERNATIONAL AIRLINES COVERING THE RENTAL OF SPACE AT THE INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT AND THE USE OF SAID AIRPORT, A COPY OF SAID LEASE BEING ATTACHED HERETO AND MADE A PART HEREOF. 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 was absent. • • Minutes Regular Council Meeting August 26, 1970 Page 10 FIRST READING OF AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING AND DIRECTING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE A LEASE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI AND BRANIFF INTERNATIONAL, INC. COVERING THE RENTAL OF SPACE AT THE INTERNATIONAL AIR- PORT AND THE USE OF SAID AIRPORT, A COPY OF SAID LEASE BEING ATTACHED HERETO AND MADE A PART HEREOF. 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 was absent. ORDINANCE NO. 9906 REDECLARING, UNDER ART. 5890e, V.A.C.S. TEXAS AND ART. 1175, V.A.C.A., TEXAS, THE STATE OF CIVIL EMERGENCY CONTINUING IN THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI AS A RESULT OF HURRICANE CELIA AND AUTHORIZING THE ESTABLISHMENT BY THE CITY OF MOBILE HOME PARK ACCOMMODATIONS FOR DISASTER HOUSING PURPOSES IN ELGIN PARK, ANDERSON FILL, AND TIMON PARKWAY; PROVIDING SEVERABILITY; PROVIDING NOTICE AND 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, Roberts and Sizemore, present and voting "Aye"; McDaniel was absent. Mayor Blackmon reported that Mayor Daniel Guice of Biloxi, Mississippi, will arrive in the City at 10:30 a.m. at International Airport; that he and two of his staff members, Matt Lyons, Housing Director, and Jack Kerry, head of Neighborhood Improvement Program, will aid local and area officials in the rebuilding of the City following the hurricane. He pointed out that since Biloxi was one of the cities severely damaged last year by Hurricane Camille, these men have a great deal of knowledge concerning hurricane cid to damaged cities. He stated that a seminar, co-sponsored by the Chamber of Commerce and the Coastal Bend Regional Planning Commission, is scheduled for Friday morning at the Driscoll Hotel, and urged the Council to gftend this meeting. Relative to the recommendation presented earlier in the meeting by Mr. Walter Reasonover, that a citizens advisory committee be appointed for the purpose of seeking all available resources necessary to rebuild the City, Mayor Blackmon read and submitted as nominations, a list of names' submitted by that organization who are willing to serve on that committee as follows: James T. Denton, Jr., Chairman; Ray Petereon, Dr. P. Jimenez, Dr. R. Bosquez; Col. Guy I. Warren; Reverend Elliott Grant, Manuel Narvaez, R. N. Conolly, Richard Sallee, Mrs. Dale Owen, Minutes Regular Council Meeting August 26, 1970 Page 11 John Crutchfield, Ben EshIbman, Jr., Jimmie Rhodes, Irving Dietz, Jr., Jack Solke, Donald Greene, Jose Montoya, Dr. McIver Furman, Reverend A. Arnott Ward, Homer Innis, Gene Steel, Mrs. Ralph Bennett, Jack McKenzie, Cecil Bumey, Mrs. Harvey Fry, Mrs. Michael McKinnon, Marshall Boykin, and C. W. Jones. Motion by Sizemore, seconded by Lozano and passed, that the foregoing persons be named to the citizens advisory committee as suggested by the Board of Directors of the Chamber of Commerce. There being no further business to come before the Council, the meeting was adjourned. I, JACK R. BLACKMON, Mayor of the City of Corpus Christi, Texas, certify that the foregoing minutes, same being for the period of August 10, August 12, August 19, and August 26, 1970, and having been previously approved by Council action, are by me hereby approved. (.444144 R. BLACKMON, Mayor of Corpus Christi, Texas