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MINUTES
CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS
REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING
October 23, 1974
2:00 P.M.
PRESENT:
Mayor Jason Luby
Mayor Pro Tem James T. Acuff
Commissioners:
Rev. Ha d T. Branch
Thomas V. Gonzales
Ricardo Gonzalez
Gabe Lozano, Sr.
J. Howard Stark
Church.
City Manager R. Marvin Townsend
City Attorney James R. Riggs
City Secretary Bill G. Read
Mayor Luby called the meeting to order in the Council Chamber of the City Hall.
The Invocation was given by the Rewerepd David Currie, Pastor of First Presbyterian
City Secretary Bill G. Read called the roll of those in attendance.
Motion by Acuff, seconded by Branch and passed, that the Minutes of the Regular
Council Meeting of October 9, 2:00 p.m., and of the Special Meeting of October 9, at
4:00 p.m., be approved as submitted to the Council.
Mayor Luby presented Retirement Plaques to the following retiring City employees:
Manuel S. Gonzalez, Equipment Operator, Street Division (17 years service); Margie K. Johnson,
Clerk II, Utilities Deportment (10 years service); Placido Reyna, Truck Driver, Sanitation
Division (23 years service); Filiberto L. Villgtreal, Equipment Operator II, Transit Division (30
years service); and Robert Dunlap, Engineering Assistant 11, Engineer (15 years service).
Mayor Luby called for the City Manager's Reports, and City Manager Townsend pre-
sented recommendations with explanations and comments, as follows:
a. chat a public hearing be held on November 13, 1974 during the Regular Council
Meeting on the following zoning application:
Mr. A. A. Allen, for a change of zoning from "B-4" General Business District to "1-2"
Light Industrial District on Lot 17, Ebony Acres /1, located on the south side of Leopard Street,
west of Lantana Street.
b. That bids be received at 11:00 a.m., Tuesday, November 12, 1974 fora one-year
total maintenance contract on the digicom system in the Police Division. No bids were received
on the original bid opening date. The primary contractor for the system said that he would like to
bid on the maintenance; however, he needed more time to adequately prepare his bid.
c. That bids be received at 11:00 a.m., Tuesday, November 12, 1974 for dust control
and shop towel service for a period of one year for various City operations.
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d. That bids be received at 11:00 a.m. on November 12, 1974, for the lease with
option to purchase two intermediate size sedans, one for the Police Planning and Research Unit and
one for the Police Legal Advisor. Funds for the lease of these vehicles are provided in grants
through the Criminal Justice Council.
e. That the contract for Minor Storm Sewer Improvements be awarded to Maverick
Construction Company and that $17,250 be appropriated to cover construction, engineering and
incidental expenses. It is also recommended that the project at Naples and Vanderbilt be deleted
from the contract since the property owners who have the drainage problem and have signed the
petition requesting the problem be solved have refused to give the City the necessary easements to
correct the problem, which is primarily a private drainage matter, thus, this award will be
$2,435.24 less than the low bid of $17,857.24.
f. That the contract for the construction of the improvements around the Garden
Center be awarded to Maverick Construction Company and that $9,250 be appropriated including
$8,083.84 for the construction contract and $1, 166.16 for contingencies and incidental expenses.
g. That a 3,839 square foot parcel of land located at the corner of Coke and Buffalo
Streets adjacent to T. C. Ayers Pool be acquired from Mr. and Mrs. Jose Martinez and that
$16, 195.50 be reappropriated from revenue sharing. This is the only private property in the block
bounded by Coke, Buffalo and Culberson Streets, and is adjacent to the T. C. Ayers Pool. The
building was a drive-in grocery.
h. That Parcel No. 313 of the Corpus Christi Beach Park be acquired from Mr. Bernard
P. Newman for „.G,173.50 ($10,000 for acquisition and $173.50 for related closing costs) and
that $2,125 be appropriated to supplement previous appropriations. This parcel is part of the
acquisition program for the first phase of the Corpus Christi Beach Park site and is located on Gulf -
breeze between Woodrow and Bryan Streets.
i. That a contract be authorized with National Printers of America for the adoption
of a geographic parcel numbering system for the City of Corpus Christi. This system will correlate
the land use and tax files in a format to be specified by the using departments. The system will
merge the tax and land use data file in a centralized manner, thus facilitating ready retrieval.
The contract will be accomplished within ninety days and will cost $15,400, $8,000 of which will
be financed by HUD 701 Grant and the remainder by delaying hiring of an investment analyst for
the Finance Department.
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j. That the ordinance authorizing the 3% Hotel -Motel Occupancy Tax be amended
to provide for quarterly rather than monthly collection. Apparently, the original quarterly
collection procedure adopted in 1968 was erroneously changed to monthly on August 9, 1972,
when the tax was increased from 2% to 3%. The State also collects a 3% hotel -motel tax on a
quarterly basis and the quarterly collection in both instances is working quite well. There appears
to be no reason to require the additional administrative costs to the hotels and the City through
monthly collection.
k. That authority be granted to execute a contract on behalf of the City of Corpus
Christi, acting as a program agent, with Nueces County acting as an employing agency for public
service employment under Title II of the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act of 1973.
The contract will provide for no more than ten positions to be allocated to the County.
I. That a revised ordinance regulating ambulance serivce be adopted as recommended
by the Ambulance Advisory Council. The recommendations include a transition period for the
private operators to meet the minimum standards for equipment and personnel. The new standards
require each ambulance to have an emergency medical technician and a driver with first aid
training. The ambulance and equipment standards will follow closely those established for the
AIDAmbulance Service.
m. That a resolution of appreciation to T. Ray Kring for 29 years of service to the
City as City Secretary be passed and be presented to him during an appreciation coffee to be held
Thursday, October 24 at 4:00 p.m. at City Hall.
Motiui, h' Acuff, seconded by Ricardo Gonzalez and passed, that the City Manager's
Reports, Items "a" through "m", be accepted, and the requests and recommendations be granted,
adopted, and approved as presented by City Manager Townsend.
FIRST READING OF AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 19D OF THE CORPUS CHRISTI CITY
CODE, 1958, AS AMENDED: CHANGING THE TITLE TO BE "AMBULANCE SERVICE"; DEFINING
TERMS; MA;;iNG IT UNLAWFUL TO ENGAGE IN THE BUSINESS OF PROVIDING AMBULANCE
SERVICE WITHOUT AN AMBULANCE OPERATOR PERMIT; ESTABLISHING CERTAIN REQUIRE-
MENTS FOR AMBULANCES AND EQUIPMENT; REQUIRING LIABILITY INSURANCE; PROVIDING
FOR THE ISSUANCE OF AN AMBULANCE OPERATOR PERMIT; MAKING IT UNLAWFUL TO OPER-
ATE AN AMBULANCE ON THE PUBLIC STREETS EXCEPT BY AN ATTENDANT AND A DRIVER WITH
PERMITS; PROVIDING FOR THE ISSUANCE OF AN AMBULANCE DRIVER PERMIT; PROVIDING
FOR THE ISSUANCE OF AN AMBULANCE ATTENDANT PERMIT; GRANTING THE PERMIT OFFICER
POWER TO MAKE INVESTIGATIONS AND INSPECTIONS; PROVIDING 'FOR THE PROMULGATION
OF REGULATIONS; PROVIDING FOR THE SUSPENSION OR REVOCATION OF PERMITS UNDER
CERTAIN CONDITIONS; PROVIDING FOR APPEAL FROM THE DENIAL, SUSPENSION, OR
REVOCATION OF A PERMIT; PROVIDING FOR THE DISPATCHING OF AMBULANCES BY THE
POLICE OR FIRE DISPATCHER UNDER CERTAIN CONDITIONS; MAKING IT UNLAWFUL TO USE
EMERGENCY LIGHTS OR SIREN WITHOUT CLEARANCE FROM POLICE OR FIRE DISPATCHER;
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MAKING IT UNLAWFUL FOR AN AMBULANCE ATTENDANT OR DRIVER TO REFUSE ASSISTANCE
OR TRANSPORTATION AT THE SCENE OF AN EMERGENCY, WITH CERTAIN EXCEPTIONS;
REQUIRING REPORTS FROM ATTENDANTS ON EMERGENCY RUNS; PROVIDING FOR THE
MANAGEMENT AT THE SCENE OF AN EMERGENCY; PROVIDING FOR EXCEPTIONS TO THIS
ORDINANCE; MAKING IT UNLAWFUL TO REQUEST AMBULANCE SERVICE KNOWING THAT
SUCH SERVICE IS NOT NEEDED; MAKING IT UNLAWFUL TO UTILIZE AND ACCEPT AMBULANCE
SERVICE WITHOUT PAYING A REASONABLE FEE THEREFOR; PROVIDING FOR PENALTY; PRO-
VIDING A SAVINGS CLAUSE; PROVIDING FOR REPEAL OF ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT WITH
THIS ORDINANCE; PROVIDING FOR PUBLICATION.
The foregoing ordinance was read for the first time and passed to its second reading by
the following vote: Luby, Acuff, Branch, Tom Gonzales, Ricardo Gonzalez and Lozano, present
and voting "Aye"; Stark absent.
ORDINANCE NO. 12331
AUTHORIZING THE CIN MANAGER TO EXECUTE REAL ESTATE SALES CONTRACT AND SUCH OTHER
DOCUMENTS AS MAY BE NECESSARY FOR THE ACQUISITION OF A PARCEL OF LAND LOCATED
AT THE CORNER OF COKE AND BUFFALO STREETS ADJACENT TO T. C. AYERS POOL FROM
THE OWNERS, JOSE MARTINEZ AND WIFE, GLORIA MARTINEZ; APPROPRIATING AND RE -
APPROPRIATING OUT OF THE 123 GENERAL REVENUE SHARING FUND, ACTIVITY 4134,
CODE 501, $16,195.50, OF WHICH AMOUNT $16,000 IS FOR ACQUISITON AND $195.50 IS
FOR COSTS RELATED TO CLOSING; AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.
The Charter Rule was suspended and the foregoing ordinance was passed by the following
votd: Luby, Acuff, Branch, Tom Gonzales, Ricardo Gonzalez and Lozano, present and voting
"Aye"; Stark absent.
ORDINANCE NO. 12332
AMENDING THE CIN BUDGET; AUTHORIZING THE CIN MANAGER TO EXECUTE A CONTRACT
WITH MAVERICK CONSTRUCTION FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF 1974 MINOR STORM SEWER
IMPORVEMENTS; APPROPRIATING OUT OF NO. 295 STORM SEWER BOND FUND $17,250 OF
WHICH $15,522 IS FOR THE CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT AND $1,728 15 FOR CONTINGENCIES
AND INCIDENTAL EXPENSES, ALL APPLICABLE TO PROJECT NO. 295-72-11.2; AND DECLAR-
ING AN EMERGENCY.
The Charter Rule was suspended and the foregoing ordinance was passed by the following
vote: Luby, Acuff, Branch, Tom Gonzales, Ricardo Gonzalez and Lozano, present and voting
"Aye"; Stark absent.
ORDINANCE NO. 12333
AUTHORIZING [ HE CITY MANAGER TO ENTER INTO A CONTRACT WITH NATIONAL PRINTERS
OF AMERICA FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF A GEOGRAPHICAL PARCEL NUMBERING SYSTEM,
WHICH SYSTEM WILL CORRELATE AND MERGE DATA FROM THE TAX DEPARTMENT AND DATA
FROM THE LAND USE FILES, TO SERVE AS A TOOL IN COMPREHENSIVE PLANNING, ALL AS
MORE FULLY DESCRIBED AND SET FORTH IN THE CONTRACT, A COPY OF WHICH I5 ATTACHED
HERETO AND MADE A PART HEREOF, MARKED EXHIBIT "A"; AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.
The Charter Rule was suspended and the foregoing ordinance was passed by the following
vote: Luby, Acuff, Branch, Tom Gonzales, Ricardo Gonzalez and Lozano, present and voting
"Aye"; Stark absent.
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AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE AGREEMENTS AND ALL OTHER RELATED
DOCUMENTS BETWEEN THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, ACTING AS A PROGRAM AGENT,
WITH NUECES COUNTY ACTING AS AN EMPLOYING AGENCY FOR PUBLIC SERVICE EMPLOY-
MENT UNDER TITLE II OF THE COMPREHENSIVE EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING ACT OF 1973
TO PROVIDE UNEMPLOYED AND UNDER EMPLOYED PERSONS WITH TRANSITIONAL EMPLOY-
MENT IN NEEDED PUBLIC SERVICES, A COPY OF WHICH AGREEMENTS AND DOCUMENTS ARE
ON FILE IN THE OFFICE OF THE CITY SECRETARY AND MADE A PART HEREOF BY REFERENCE;
AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.
The Charter Rule was suspended and the foregoing ordinance was passed by the following
vote: Luby, Acuff, Branch, Tom Gonzales, Ricardo Gonzalez and Lozano, present and voting
"Aye"; Stark absent.
ORDINANCE NO. 12335
AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 11025, WHICH AUTHORIZED THE LEVY AND COLLECTION OF
THE 3% HOTEL -MOTEL TAX, PASSED AND APPROVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL ON AUGUST 9,
1972, BY AMENDING SECTION 4, REPORTS, SO AS TO PROVIDE FOR QUARTERLY REPORTS
AND COLLECTIONS RATHER THAN THE PRESENT MONTHLY PROVISION, AND DELETING
THE REFERENCES TO "TAX ASSESSOR AND COLLECTOR" IN SAID SECTION 4 AND DESIGNAT-
ING THE "COLLECTION SECTION OF THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT" IN LIEU THEREOF, ALL AS
MORE FULLY SET FORTH HEREINAFTER; PROVIDING FOR SEVERANCE; PROVIDING FOR PUBLICA-
TION; AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.
The Charter Rule was suspended and the foregoing ordinance was passed by the following
vote: Luby, Acuff, Branch, Tom Gonzales, Ricardo Gonzalez and Lozano, present and voting
"Aye"; Stark absent.
ORDINANCE NO. 12336
AMENDING THE BUDGET; AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE REAL ESTATE
SALES CONTRACT AND OTHER DOCUMENTS NECESSARY FOR THE ACQUISITION OF PARCEL
NO. 313 FROM THE OWNER, BERNARD P. NEWMAN, FOR CORPUS CHRISTI BEACH PARK SITES,
PROJECT NO. 291-72-12; APPROPRIATING $2,125 OUT OF THE NO. 291 PARK BOND FUND
TO SUPPLEMEiv. R.NDS PREVIOUSLY APPROPRIATED BY ORDINANCE NO. 11781, PASSED
AND APPROVED ON NOVEMBER 14, 1973, FOR ACQUISITION OF PARCEL NO. 313 FOR A
TOTAL COMPENSATION OF $10,173.50, OF WHICH AMOUNT $10,000 IS FOR ACQUISITION
AND $173.50 FOR COSTS RELATED TO CLOSING, ALL SUPPLEMENTAL FUNDS APPLICABLE TO
PROJECT NO. 291-72-12; AND DELCARING AN EMERGENCY.
The Charter Rule was suspended and the foregoing ordinance was passed by the following
vote: Luby, Acuff, Branch, Tom Gonzales, Ricardo Gonzalez and Lozano, present and voting
"Aye"; Stark absent.
ORDINANCE NO. 12337
AMENDING THE CITY BUDGET; AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE A CONTRACT
WITH MAVERICK CONSTRUCTION COMPANY FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF CORPUS CHRISTI
GARDEN CENTER 1974 IMPROVEMENTS; APPROPRIATING OUT OF NO. 111 TRUST FUND,
ACCOUNT 1755, $9,250, OF WHICH $8,083.84 IS FOR THE CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT AND
$1,166.16 IS FOR CONTINGENCIES AND INCIDENTAL EXPENSES; AND DECLARING AN
EMERGENCY.
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The Charter Rule was suspended and the foregoing ordinance was passed by the following
vote: Luby, Acuff, Branch, Tom Gonzales, Ricardo Gonzalez and Lozano, present and voting
"Aye"; Stark absent.
ORDINANCE NO. 12338
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 GEORGE MOODY, TRUSTEE BY AMENDING THE ZONING MAP BY CHANGING THE
ZONING ON 2 -ACRE TRACT OUT OF LOT 5, SECTION 2, BOHEMIAN COLONY LANDS,
SITUATED IN THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, NUECES COUNTY, TEXAS, FROM "R -1B" ONE
FAMILY DWELLING DISTRICT TO "B-1" NEIGHBORHOOD BUSINESS DISTRICT; 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: Luby, Acuff, Branch, Tom Gonzales, Ricardo Gonzalez and Lozano, present and voting
"Aye"; Stark absent.
RESOLUTION NO. 12339
EXPRESSING APPRECIATION TO T. RAY KRING FOR HIS SERVICE AS CITY SECRETARY OF
THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI; AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.
The Charter Rule was suspended and the foregoing resolution was passed by the following
vote: Luby, Acuff, Branch, Tom Gonzales, Ricardo Gonzalez and Lozano, present and voting
"Aye"; Stark absent.
Commissioner Ricardo Gonzalez inquired if it would be possible to place on next week's
agenda consideration of the ordinance granting to Rufus Tucker a special Council Permit to operate
a wholesale-retu:; processing plant at 2910 Leopard Street. City Manager Townsend explained that
the reports he had requested from the Health Director, Sanitation Superintendent and Brodie Allen,
will not be available for next week's agenda, but that other information is being accumulated and
hopefully a report will be presented next week.
Mayor Luby called for petitions or information from the audience on matters not scheduled
on the agenda. No one appeared.
There being no further business to come before the Council, motion by Acuff, seconded
by Lozano and passed, that the Regular Meeting be adjourned at 2:35 p.m., October 23, 1974,
after which the Council reconvened the Workshop Meeting which was recessed from the 9:00 a.m.
meeting.