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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes City Council - 04/09/1975MINUTES CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING April 9, 1975 2:00 P. M. PRESENT: Mayor Jason Luby Mayor Pro Tem James T. Acuff Commissioners: Rev. Harold T. Branch Thomas V. Gonzales Ricardo Gonzalez Gabe Lozano, Sr. City Manager R. Marvin Townsend Acting City Attorney Michael May City Secretary Bill G. Read Mayor Jason Luby called the meeting to order in the Council Chamber of the City Hall. The Invocation was given by Commissioner Branch. City Secretary Read called the roll of those in attendance. Motion by Ricardo Gonzalez, seconded by Acuff and passed, that Commissioner Stark be excused for just cause. Motion by Ricardo Gonzalez, seconded by Acuff and passed, that the Minutes of the Regular Meetings of March 12 and March 19, 1975 be approved as submitted to the Council. Mayor Luby announced the issuance of the following proclamations: PINAFORE i WEEK, April 19, 1975; PRIVATE EMPLOYMENT AGENCY WEEK, April 14 through April 20, 1975; and PAUL HARVEY DAY, Thursday, April 10, 1975. Motion by Lozano, seconded by Acuff and passed, that the following nominations for appointments and reappointments to boards and committees, be approved and confirmed: Bay Drilling Committee: R. C. McMahan (Oil Industry) - reappointment Dr. Christopher Isensee (Citizens at Large) - reappointment Board of Equalization: Odell Ingle - reappointment Paul J. Larsen - reappointment Victor Garcia - appointment Building Standards & Housing Board of Appeals: Howard F.' Sudduth - reappointment Jack Rice Turner - reappointment Jule Pels - reappointment Electrical Advisory Board: Joe Guerra (Master Electrician) - reappointment George C. Westervelt, Jr. (Professional Engineer) - reappointment Lynn Tate (Journeyman Electrician) - reappointment Ira E. Hayley (Home Building Industry) - reappointment D. C. Ware (Citizen at Large) - reappointment Phillip Benavidea (Citizen at Large) - reappointment Bert Beecroft (to replace unexpired term of Harold Robinson) Marina Board: Lew Borden - reappointment William Holmes - reappointment John Luby - appointment .inutes Regular Council Meeting April 9, 1975 Page 2 Plumbing Advisory Board: Jon Held (Home Building Industry) - reappointment Bill Glass (Commercial Building Industry) - reappointment Jose Urias (Plumbing) - appointment La Retama Library Board: Mrs. Clemente Garcia (to replace Mrs. Stanley Hultman - unexpired term) Mayor Luby called for the City Manager's Reports, and City Manager Townsend presented the following recommendations with explanations and comments as follows: a. That the centerline restriping project at Corpus Christi International Airport be accepted and payment of the contract price of $7,837.05 be made to the contractor, J. A. Reke of El Dorado,,Ohio. The work included the restriping of the centerlines of both runways, threshold markers, touchdown bars and some marking numbers. b. That the City Building Code be updated by adopting the 1974 version of the Southern Standard Building Code to replace the 1970 version which is now in effect, with certain changes and additions, including increasing permit fees for buildings valued at more than $500,000. The major changes are the requirement for fire detection systems in multiple family residential buildings, and new fire protection measures required to be incorporated in highrise buildings over 70 feet. The Building Code Board of Appeals so recommends. It is further recommended that portions of Chapter 15 of the City Code that are now out of date be repealed. c. That an ordinance be passed calling an election for Mayor and six Council members in the City of Corpus Christi to be held on the first Saturday in May, 1975; designating polling places and appointing election judges therefor. d. That a resolution be passed expressing opposition to Senate Bill 702 which r'lates to restructuring of Firemen's Pension Funds in the State of Texas. e. That an amendment to Ordinance No. 6575, the Pest Control Licensing Ordinance, to repeal the prohibition against reappointing members of the Pest Control Licensing Advisory Committee, be approved. Motion by Lozano, seconded by Acuff and passed, that the City Manager's reports, Items "a" through "e", be accepted, and the requests and recommendations be approved, granted,and adopted as presented by City Manager Townsend. Mr. Townsend announced and reaffirmed the decision of the Council in workshop of this date that no further workshop meetings would be held during the month of April. City, Manager Townsend presented and discussed ordinances appearing on the agenda for the Council's consideration. Minutes Regular Council Meeting Apirl 9, 1975 Page 3 Commissioner Ricardo Gonzalez reported that he had received two requests from qualified persons who wished to serve as judges in the May 3, 1975 election. He stated that Mrs. Rosa Gonzales and Mike Gonzalez had both served as election judges in state and county elections and he would like to nominate Mrs. Gonzales to serve as judge in Precinct 75, replacing Mrs. Robert M. Leal, Sr.; and Mr. Gonzalez to replace Mrs. Julio Bazan in Precinct 80. Motion by Ricardo Gonzalez, seconded by Tom Gonzales and passed, that the foregoing replacements for Precincts 75 and 80 be confirmed and approved, and that the two alternates in the respective precincts remain the same. FIRST READING OF AN ORDINANCE ADOPTING THE SOUTHERN STANDARD BUILDING CODE, 1973 EDITION, AND THE 1974 REVERSION THERETO, AS THE BUILDING CODE OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI; WITH CERTAIN CHANGES AND ADDITIONS THERETO; PROVIDING FOR ADMINISTRATION AND ENFORCEMENT; ESTABLISHING CERTAIN FEES; REPEALING CONFLICTING PORTIONS OF CHAPTERS 3, 11, AND 15 OF THE CORPUS CHRISTI CITY CODE, 1958, AS AMENDED; MAKING. VIOLATIONS A MISDEMEANOR PUNISHABLE BY FINE NOT EXCEEDING $200; PROVIDING FOR PUBLICATION BY NOTICE; PROVIDING A SAVINGS CLAUSE. The foregoing ordinance was read for the first time and passed to its second reading by the following vote: Luby, Acuff, Branch, Thomas Gonzales, Ricardo Gonzalez and Lozano, present and voting "Aye"; Stark absent. SECOND READING OF AN ORDINANCE CLOSING THE 125' x 60' DEAD-END PORTION OF HARRISON STREET WHICH LIES ADJACENT TO LOT 64, BLOCK 608, PORT ARANSAS CLIFFS, AND DEAD -ENDS AGAINST LOTS 1 AND 2, BLOCK 7, RESTHAVEN SUBDIVISION, DEDICATED BY THE PLAT OF PORT ARANSAS CLIFFS, RECORDED IN BOOK "A", PAGE 27, OF THE MAP OR PLAT RECORDS OF NUECES COUNTY, TEXAS, SUBJECT TO THE RETENTION OF A 10'x 60' UTILITY EASEMENT IN THAT PORTION OF THE RIGHT OF WAY IMMEDIATELY BEHIND LOTS 1 AND 2, BLOCK 7, RESTHAVEN SUBDIVISION, AS SHOWN ON EXHIBIT "A", ATTACHED HERETO AND MADE A PART HEREOF; PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY. The foregoing ordinance was read for the second time and passed to its third reading by the following vote: Luby, Acuff, Branch, Thomas Gonzales, Ricardo Gonzalez and Lozano, present and voting "Aye"; Stark absent. ORDINANCE NO. 12599 CALLING AN ELECTION FOR MAYOR AND SIX (6) COUNCIL MEMBERS IN THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI TO BE HELD ON THE FIRST SATURDAY IN MAY, 1975; DESIGNATING PLACES OF HOLDING SUCH ELECTION; NAMING THE OFFICERS THEREFOR; PRESCRIBING THE FORM OF NOTICE OF ELECTION, AND ENACTING PROVISIONS INCIDENT AND RELATING TO THE SUBJECT AND PURPOSE OF THIS ORDINANCE; AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY. The Charter Rule was suspended and the foregoing ordinance was passed by 4t+a kull++wa++g u"fid. imt+y, Ac+ttp, branch, Thomas k;"++zaics, Ricardo bouza1ez and Waan", present. and voting "Aye"; 8tark absent. RESOLUTION NO. 12600 EXPRESSING UNANIMOUS OPPOSITION TO SENATE BILL 702 WHICH, IF PASSED AS CURRENTLY • PROPOSED, WOULD ENDANGER THE PENSION FUNDS OF FIREMEN OVER THE ENTIRE STATE OF TEXAS; DECLARING AN EMERGENCY. i Minutes Regular Council Meeting April 9, 1975 Page 4 The Charter Rule was suspended and the foregoing resolution was passed by the following vote: Luby, Acuff, Branch, Thomas Gonzales, Ricardo Gonzalez and Lozano, present and voting "Aye"; Stark absent. ORDINANCE NO. 12601 AMENDING THE CORPUS CHRISTI CITY CODE, AS AMENDED, BY AMENDING SECTION 26A-5, ENTITLED "PEST CONTROL LICENSING ADVISORY COMMITTEE", BY DELETING FROM THE SECOND PARAGRAPH THE PROVISION THAT PROHIBITS THE REAPPOINTMENT OF EXPIRING MEMBERS TO THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE UNTIL A PERIOD OF ONE YEAR HAS ELAPSED; PROVIDING FOR SEVERANCE; PROVIDING FOR PUBLICATION; AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY. The Charter Rule was suspended and the foregoing ordinance was passed by the following vote: Luby, Acuff, Branch, Thomas Gonzales, Ricardo Gonzalez and Lozano, present and voting "Aye"; Stark absent. Mayor Luby called for petitions or information from the audience on matters not scheduled on the agenda. Mr. John H. Scott, 2921 Lawton Street, chairman of Tract 16 Council, again appealed to the Council to permit the moving of an old church building onto a City - owned vacant lot at 2835 Blake Street to be used for a neighborhood center. He explained that the neighborhood council has a planned program contingent on the site for the building. City Manager Townsend explained that the staff had been opposed to the proposal on the specific grounds that the building is too large for the lot and could not meet the requirements of the zoning ordinance, and also that the approval could lead to many other groups' seeking the same consideration from the City. Alternate sites were discussed, one being the use of land at Carver.School. It was generally agreed that the school site would be preferable, but Assistant City Manager Walker reported that previous discussions with school officials had not produced any encouragement for such a plan at this time, and was told that no decision on the use of the school land could be made until after a final court order in the school desegregation case. Mrs. Lillie White, representative of the Tract 16 Council, reported that there are 1700 residents in the immediate community that would use the center and aro helped each month. Mrs. Tony Botello stated that for the past two weeks the Community Council had been working on ways to resolve the matter, and stated that if the City is willing to allow the building to be moved onto the property, the Community Action Agency would find a means to rehabilitate it. Minutes Regular Council Meeting April 9, 1975 Page 5 City Manager Townsend pointed out that the staff does not recommend moving the building on to the site on Blake Street but if that is the desire of the Council, he would recommend that definite and periodic reports be brought back as to what services and programs are being carried out. Motion by Acuff, seconded by Lozano and passed, that.an attempt be made to arrange for moving the building onto the City property on Blake Street and in the meantime, continue to investigate the school property as an alternate site if available. Mrs. Martinez, co-worker with Mrs. Santos Lazo, 2805 Ada, who has collected some 16,000 signatures on a petition requesting immediate investigation on the rising rate of fuel adjustment and anything pertaining to the rising cost of utility rates in the City. Mrs. Martinez reported that the petitions had been delivered to the Governor's office in Austin, that they had been well received, and they are now anxiously awaiting to hear something from the Governor. Mrs. Lazo presented the Council with copies of the petitions. (Petition #3-75) She requested that a special committee be formed to further investigate the high fuel costs. Mayor Luby read the petition to the Council. Mr. David Rirschbach, Captain in the Corpus Christi Fire Department, expressed appreciation to the Mayor and Council, City Manager and staff, for their support in opposition to Senate Bill 702 which, if passed as currently proposed, would endanger the pension funds of Firemen of the State of Texas. Motion by Acuff, seconded by Lozano and passed, that Luis Leyva be reappointed and W. D. Bedingfield be appointed to the Pest Control Licensing Advisory Committee. 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 3:25 p.m., April 9, 1975.