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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes City Council - 08/20/1975• 1 MINUTES CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING August 20, 1975 2:00 P.M. PRESENT: Mayor Pro Tem Bill Tipton Commissioners: Eduardo de Ases City Manager R. Marvin Townsend Ruth Gill Acting City Attorney Michael May Bob Gulley City Secretary Bill G. Read Gabe Lozano, Sr. Edward Sample Mayor Pro Tem Tipton called the meeting to order in the Council Chamber of the City Hall. The Invocation was given by Reverend Mark Spence, Assistant Minister of Grace Presbyterian Church. City Secretary Bill G. Read called the roll of those in attendance. Motion by Lozano, seconded by de Ases and passed, that the absence of Mayor Luby be excused for just cause. Motion by Lozano, seconded by Sample and passed, that the Minutes of the Special Meeting of August 4, at 2 p.m.; Special Meeting of August 6, at 3:30 p.m.; Regular Meeting of August 6, at 2 p.m.; and of the Regular Meeting of July 30, at 2 p.m., be approved as submitted to the Council. Mayor Pro Tem Tipton called for the City Manager's Reports, and City Manager Townsend presented requests and recommendations with related comments and explanations as follows: a. That bids be received at 11:00 a.m., on Tuesday, September 9, 1975 for truck and automotive repair and maintenance items for a 4 -month period for City Garage, Transit System and Fire Department. b. That bids be received at 11:00 a.m., Tuesday, September 9, 1975 for new, rebuilt or used 167 KVA transformers for the Stevens Filter Plant as part of a budgeted project to transfer two pumps now located at the Savage Lane Pump Station to the Stevens Filter Plant to increase raw water pumping capacity by 20 mgd. c. That bids be received at 11:00 a.m., Tuesday September 9, 1975 for 35 one-way, three section 8" Tense traffic signals to replace obsolete four- way signals at variousintersections to increase safety and driver observance of signals. The intersections to be improved include Ayers and Tarlton, Ayers and Blevins, Leopard and Nueces Bay Boulevard, Kostoryz and Norton, Alameda and Louisiana and Old Robstown Road and Agnes. d. That contracts be awarded to the following firms to furnish the City's 1975-76 requirements for the items indicated: Minutes Regular Council Meeting August 20, 1975 Page 2 Gulf Star Foundaries, Inc., Corpus Christi - (Foundary Items - meter boxes with lids and manhole rings, valve box lids and extensions, and inlet frames and gates) Alamo Iron Works, Corpus Christi - (Lot I - hand and garden tools: air hose accessories) Lot XV - hand & garden tools: trench jacks) (Lot XVI - hand & garden tools : hedge & Pruning shears) (Lot XVIII - hand & garden tools: ladders, wheelbarrows, saws, hacksaw blades, & other miscellaneous tools) Wallace Company, Corpus Christi - (Lot II - hand & garden tools : lead binders) (Lot III - hand & garden tools: chisels, punches, drills, files, screwdrivers, & other miscellaneous tools) (Lot VI - hand & garden tools: pipe wrenches & vices) (Lot X - hand & garden tools: pliers) (Lot XI - hand & garden tools: rules, tapes, & accessories) Norvell-Wilder Supply Co., Corpus Christi - (Lot IV - hand & garden tools: pipe & tube rutters) (Lot.V- hand & garden tools: Toledo pipe threader dies) (Lot VIII - hand & garden tools: flashlights) (Lot XII - hand & garden tools: wrenching ratchets & sockets) (Lot XVIII - hand & garden tools: padlocks) $ 39,265.67 380.85 1,076.04 645.62 3,127.46 248.47 2,966.04 1,850.92 951.04 1,759.04 2,163.79 876.36 2,371.52 3,916.06 5,874.71 Phoenix Supply Division, Corpus Christi - (Lot VII - hand & garden tools: hammers & axes) 2,466.40 (Lot IX - hand & garden tools: shovels, rakes, scoops & spades)5,885.53 (Lots I thru III - manilla & wire rope, chain & grab hooks) 7,558.38 Clow Corporation, Oskaloosa, Iowa - (Lot I - steel pipe & cast iron pipe repair clamps) Norvell-Wilder Supply Company, Corpus Christi - (Lot II - steel pipe repair clamps) Johns-Mansville Sales Corporation, Arlington - (LotIlI - A.C. pipe repair clamps) Coastal Pipe & Supply, Brownsville - (Lot IV - pipe repair clamps: bronze service saddles) The Rohan Company, San Antonio - (Lot V - pipe repair clamps: Dresser Mfg. Division, Bradford, (Lot VI - pipe repair clamps: adapters) (Lot VII - pipe repair clamps: Cupples Coil Pipe, Inc., Austin - (Lot I - 34,900' of PVC plastic pipe) Coastal Pipe & Supply, Brownsville - (Lot II - PVC plastic fittings & solvent weld) Phoenix Supply Division, Corpus Christi - (7,500' of polyethylene plastic) Skid -O -Can Company, Corpus Christi - (Portable'chemical toilets at 18 various locations - $48.50/mo. each) steel couplings) Penn. - clamps, sleeves, couplings & cast iron service saddles) 5,441.99 179.90 32,096.12 3,039.15 4,893.40 Leader Electric Supply, Inc., Corpus Christi - (radio tubes) 14,605.30 768.00 6,978.33 2,584.55 2,299.94 10,476.00 3,678.53 Minutes regular Council Meeting August 20, 1975 Page 3 Gulf Concrete Company, Corpus Christi - (1,210 cubic yards of ready mix concrete) T=xas Industries, Inc., Corpus Christi - (5,300' of reinforced concrete pipe) W. S. Dickey Clay Mfg. Company, San Antonio - (sewer tile & fittings) Motor Parts Company, Corpus Christi - (Lots I & II - oil, fuel & air filters & PCV valves) 33,245.00 19,369.70 43,478.69 10,279.48 Hollis -Neese Auto Parts, Corpus Christi - (12,500 spark plugs) $ 6,088:25 William Armstrong -Smith Company, East Point, Georgia - (6,100 gal. traffic marking paint) 25,439.00 Flex -O -Lite Div., G.S.I. Inc., St. Louis - (30,000 lbs. of glass spheres) 3,753.60 Vulcan Sign & Stamping Inc., Foley, Alabama - (2,600 street names sign blanks & 2,310 traffic sign blanks) 15,077.00 Sanitas Waste Disposal, Corpus Christi - (trash disposal service for the Airport, Marina & Transit Divisions) 2,376.00 Texas Industries, Inc., Houston - (8,300 900 lb. -bags of industrial quick set concrete mix) 11,712.96 Total $341 244.39 Bids were received from various firms which are not recommended even though they are the apparent low bids for the following reasons: (1) they did not meet specifications, (2) fluctuating prices were bid and it would be more economical to take the firm bid by another company, and (3) there was an error in the bid submitted. Since no bids were received on hand and garden tools Lots XIII (special ratchet wrenches), XIV (moil points and breaker chisels) and XIX (Mueller tools), it is recommended that the first two lots be purchased by competitive bid on the open market as needed and that the third item which is a special item and hence should not have been bid as an annual supply contract, be rebid. It is also recommended that the only bid received on Lot VIII, pipe repair clamps (ductile iron service saddles) of $1,094.12 by Ford Meter Box Company of Wabash, Indiana, be rejected as not meeting specifi- cations. This was a new item in annual supply contract and ductile iron saddles were going to be used in lieu of bronze saddles in some applications because it was thought they would be less expensive. The bid received, however, shows this is not the case; and therefore, it is recommended that bronze ones continue to be used. Bids were received from 88 firms and a price comparison reveals an increase of approximately .8%. (Bid Tabulation #49-75) Minutes Regular Council Meeting August 20, 1975 Page 4 e. That contracts be awarded to the following firms to furnish the City's 1975-76 requirements of the following items: Westinghouse'Electric Supply, Corpus Christi - (Lot I - airport runway and taxiway markers) (Lot IV - electrical hardware) Texas Lighting Supply, Corpus Christi - (Lot II - electrical fittings and supplies) (Lot III - electrical wiring) General Electric Supply Company, Corpus Christi -0 (Lot V - electrical tape) Rockwell International, Houston - (Items 1 - 6: 800 1", 415 1-1/4", 8 1-1/2", 10 3" and 12 4" gas meters) (Item 7 - 10 automatic pressure correcting instruments) (Item 8 - 14: 1,200 5/8", 75 3/4", 75 1", 10 3" and 2 4" water meters) Hershey Products, Inc., Dallas - (Items 11 & 12 - 50 1-1/2" and 35 2" water meters) $ 2,145.90 492.81 7,063.65 4,233.05 1,195.96 50,122.75 3,450.00 47,513.38 12,655.00 The Famous Department Store, Corpus Christi - (Lots I - V: uniforms for policemen, bus drivers, school crossing guards, airport parking lot attendants, and 44,092.69 airport safety secuirty guards) Century Paper, Inc., Corpus Christi - 23,758.60 (Lot I - fine papers) Clampitt Paper Company, San Antonio - 3,956.26 (Lot II - NCR paper) Federal Envelope Company, San Antonio - 3,520.94 (Lot III - envelopes) Gulf Coast Paper Company, inc., Victoria - 1,730.90 (Lot IV - adding machine tape and index cards) Litton Office Products Center, Corpus Christi - (Lot V - stationery supplies) 20,(12.10 Data Documents, Inc., San Antonio - (standard stock forms) 8,508.63 Muesco, Inc., Houston - (Lots I, IV & VI - Rockwell, Trident and Badger meter parts) 16,627.05 Rockwell International, Houston - (Lot II - Rockwell meter and register parts) 3,666.90 Gamon-Calmet Industries, Inc., Florence, Kentucky - 5,377.75 (Lot III - Calmet magnetic motor parts) Neptune Water Meter Company, Dallas - (Lot V - Trident meter parts) 258.30 Badger Meter, Inc., Milwaukee, Wisconsin - 534.25 (Lot VII - Badger meter parts) Minutes Regular Council Meeting August 20, 1975 Page 5 e. Cont'd: Carlon Meter Sales Company, Houston - (Lot VIII - Carlon register parts) Hershy Products Inc., Dedham, Mass. - (Lot IX - Hershey -American register parts) $ 3,029.71 308.00 $264,854.58 Bids were received from various firms which are not recommended even though they are the apparent low bids because the bids did not meet various specifi- cations or because fluctuating prices were bid and would be more economical for the City to take the firm bid by another company. Bids were received from 34 firms and a price comparison reveals a decrease of approximately 4.4%. (Bid Tab.50-75) f. That a contract for sale and removal of a two story frame garage apart- ment (10 apartments) at 1707 and 1707' North Shoreline between Brewster and Hughes Streets be awarded to H. G. Rivera of Taft on the basis of the only bid received of $311.00. This property is located south of the auditorium site in the Bayfront Arts & Science Park. g. That contracts for the sale and removal of buildings and improve- ments at 4714 and 4907 Gulfbreeze be awarded to 0. M. Greene of Mathis for $1,420.00 and Olene Minims of Corpus Christi for $550.00 respectively. The first lot is between Gulden and Sandvar streets with a one-story, one -bedroom frame house. The second lot is between Woodrow and Bryan streets with a one-story, two-bedroom frame house. The lots were acquired as part of the Corpus Christi Beach Park. Bids'were received from three firms. h. That the plans and specifications for the construction of access roads and parking lots for Poenisch Park be approved, and bids be received on Tuesday, September 9, 1975 at 2:00 p.m. The project includes 10 parking spaces and access roads. Irrigation, landscaping and sodding will be performed by Park Division crews. i. That plans and specifications for the construction of the drainage outfall improvements required for the Waldron Road Street Paving Project be approved, and bids be received on September 10, 1975. The plans originally called for these improvements to be included in the street paving plans on which the State Department of Highways and Public Transportation is to receive bids in October or November. By separating this work, the total project can be expedited, the cost of the project will probably be less, and it would provide the possibility of taking alternate bids for a larger size pipe to drain the property at the corner of Purdue and Waldron. Bids will be taken for construction of the outfall either Minutes Regular Council Meeting August 20, 1975 Page 6 as a box or pipe. The outfall will be along Purdue Road from Waldron to near Laguna Shores Road. j. That a modification be submitted to the Department of Labor amending the City's Title II Comprehensive Employment and Training Act Program to extend the cost of living increase recently approved by the City Council to Title II participants. The total amount of program funds remains $946,677 and the program runs through June 30, 1976. The number of positions will be phased down from 176 to 23 over a nine-month period with these positions being picked up in the Title VI program. k. That a modification be submitted to the Department of Labor amending the City's Title VI Comprehensive Employment and Training Act Program incorporating an additional $1,043,952 in 1976 funds. This money will extend the City's Title VI emergency jobs program through June 30, 1976. The modification provides an increase in positions from 89 to 265 to be interlinked with the Title II program as a gradual reduction of positions occurs in that program through June 30, 1976. Modification also extends the cost of living increase recently approved by the City Council to Title VI participants, continues present subcontracts with other area agencies, and provides an additional 23 positions in Police (patrolmen), Health (Animal Control), Street (to repair curbs and sidewalks), Water (to improve maintenance at the Dam) and Aviation (more mowing and painting). 1. That authority be granted to execute contract modifications and all related documents on behalf of the City of Corpus Christi acting as program agent with the following employing agencies for public service employment under Title VI of the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act of 1973: CCISD $ 21,800 $141,500 24 positions Calallen ISD 20,800 31,600 5 " Tuloso-Midway ISD 20,400 29,400 3 " West Oso ISD 21,400 37,100 5 Flour Bluff ISD 20,600 33,100 5 LULAC Educational Service Center 11,550 19,700 2 Del Mar College 7,800 17,500 3 Nueces County Community Action 24,800 50,400 9 The Title VI contract modifications will extend the public service employ- ment programs from December 31, 1975 through June 30, 1976. The largest increase in contract funds is with the Corpus Christi Independent School District with twenty phased -down Title II positions replaced with Title VI positions. The number of positions in the other contract modification remain the same. Minutes Regular Council Meeting August 20, 1975 Page 7 m. That authority be granted for the City of Corpus Christi, as the Administrative Unit of the Manpower Consortium, to submit a CETA, Title VI Grant Modification in the amount of $1,592,004 for a new total of $2,402,799 providing for additional public service employment opportunities to units of local government within the Consortium. This increased funding will provide for approximately 250 additional jobs. n. That the contract with the Nueces County Rural Fire Prevention District #2 (Flour Bluff) be renewed for an additional year. The contract provides that the City will pay the district $35,000 in return for the district not to levy a tax and provide fire service including at least 10 volunteer firemen in any serious brush, grass, or other major fire within the district. The City also provides and maintains the district's radio equipment. Other provisions of the contract provide for the purchase of gasoline by the district under the City's contracts with reimbursement to the City for the cost of the gasoline purchased and for 30 -day cancellation by either party. The contract also stipulates that the district is to serve only as a source of support in their district and that the City is the responsible agency for managing fire defense in both the City and the district. o. That Tax Adjustments for the period February 1 thru April 30, 1975, resulting in the following decreases, be approved: 1974 Tax Levy Prior Years' Levies $9,791.54 2,844.36 Significant decreases include: $3,593.00 for the Casa De Oro Apart- ments, owned by the First Assembly of God Church as exempt; $2,427 for Homestead Exemptions omitted for 49 properties, partially offset by increases of $649 on 11 properties for invalid exemptions; $988 on various leases of E. Flato Estate because of a clerical error and $379 on personal property of Petty Construction Company which had no taxable assets on January 1. p. That the 200, 300 & 400 blocks of Chaparral Street and the 300 and 400 Blocks of Lawrence & Williams Streets be closed to vehicular traffic from 7:30 p.m. Friday, September 12, 1975, to 12:00 midnight Sunday, September 14, 1975, so that LULAC Ladies Council No. 26 can sponsor their 5th Annual Fiesta Mexicana de Corpus Christi. The Central Business District Association has endorsed the Fiesta. q. That a public hearing be held at 3:30 p.m. during the Regular Council Meeting on September 10, 1975 on the following zoning application: Minutes Regular Council Meeting August 20, 1975 Page 8 (1) Nueces County Hospital District dba Memorial Center -"A-2" to "B-1", on the north side of Buford Street between 22nd and 23rd Streets. r. That approximately 1,700 square feet of office space be leased for two years from the Nueces Trust Company at 311 South Shoreline at 374 per square foot to provide additional City Hall office space. The City presently leases 514 square feet of office space at 31e per square foot for the Human Relations staff and will expire September 1, 1975. The additional 1,200 square feet of office space will meet the need for additional City Hall office space. s. That authority be granted to submit an amendment for a supplemental grant to the Governor's Committee on Aging for the Title VII Elderly Nutrition Program providing for an increase in funding of $48,830. $11,585 of this amount will be used locally to provide sixty (60) additional meals daily for a period of five months. The additional $37,245 will be used during the next three months (September, October and November) for expansion of the nutrition program into Jim Wells County. These funds will be used to cover start-up costs such as administration facilities, equipment, staff, etc., in preparation for the meals program to begin in December, 1975. No City funds are involved in this program. t. That the 1975-76 Budget for the Nueces County Mental Health and Mental Retardation Community Center be approved in the amount of $2,805,181, and the supplemental grants-in-aid in the amount of $115,890 also be approved upon approval of the Texas Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation. Motion by Lozano, seconded by Sample and passed, with de Ases abstaining on the portion of Item "e" pertaining to the Famous Department Store bid award on a variety'of uniforms, and Gulley voting "Nay" on Item "p", that the City Manager's Reports be accepted, and Items "a" through "t" be granted, approved and adopted, as presented by City Manager Townsend. City Manager Townsend presented ordinances with related comments and explanations for the Council's consideration, as follows: ORDINANCE NO. 12758 AMENDING SUBSECTION 6.32 OF THE LAND DRILLING ORDINANCE, NO. 8879, BY AMENDING ITEM 4 OF PARAGRAPH F SO AS TO PERMIT RENEWAL OF "IN LIEU OF PLUGGING" BONDS ONLY FOR THOSE WELLS WHICH HAVE NOT BEEN PLUGGED AND ABANDONED WHERE THE OPERATOR STILL HOLDS A VALID LEASE ON THE MINERALS UNDERLYING THE SURFACE WHERE SUCH WELL IS LOCATED, AND TO PROVIDE THE PETROLEUM INSPECTION DIVISION WITH EVIDENCE THAT HE DOES IN FACT OWN OR CONTROL THE MINERALS UNDERLYING THAT WELL; FURTHER PROVIDING THAT WHERE THE MINERALS LEASE HAS EXPIRED AND WELLS HAVE NOT BEEN PLUGGED THAT THE OPERATOR AND THE SURETY WILL BE NOTIFIED PRIOR TO EXPIRATION OF THE BOND TO INSURE SUFFICIENT TIME FOR PROPER AND ADEQUATE PLUGGING AND ABANDONMENT OF WELL; PROVIDING FOR PUBLICATION; PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY. h mute s ' Regular Council Meeting August 20, 1975 Page 9 The foregoing ordinance was read for the third time and passed finally by the following vote: Tipton, de Ases, Gill, Gulley, Lozano and Sample, present and voting "Ayt;"; Luby absent. ORDINANCE NO. 12759 AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE A 5 -YEAR CONCESSION LEASE AGREEMENT WITH MARGIE BENNETT FOR OPERATION OF A CONCESSION AT THE GREENWOOD SOFTBALL COMPLEX, ALL AS MORE FULLY SET FORTH IN THE LEASE AGREEMENT, IN SUBSTANTIALLY THE FORM ATTACHED HERETO AND MADE A PART HEREOF, MARKED EXHIBIT "A". The foregoing ordinance was read for the third time and passed finally by the following vote: Tipton, de Ases, Gill, Gulley, Lozano and Sample, present and voting "Aye"; Luby absent. ORDINANCE NO. 12760 AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO SUBMIT AN APPLICATION FOR A CETA, TITLE VI, GRANT MODIFICATION FOR THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, AS THE ADMINISTRATIVE UNIT OF THE COASTAL BEND MANPOWER CONSORTIUM, TO THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR IN THE AMOUNT OF $1,592,004 FORA NEW TOTAL OF $2,402,799, AS MORE FULLY OUTLINED AND SET FORTH IN THE APPLICATION FOR GRANT MODIFICATION IN SUBSTANTIALLY THE FORM ATTACHED HERETO, MARKED EXHIBIT "A", AND MADE A PART HEREOF FOR ALL PERTINENT PURPOSES; AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE ALL RELATED CONTRACTS AND NECESSARY DOCUMENTS FOR THE TMPLEMENTATION AND ADMINISTRATION OF THE AFORESAID GRANT MODIFICATION; AND DECTAr- ING AN EMERGENCY. The Charter Rule was suspended and the foregoing ordinance was passed by the following vote: Tipton, de Ases, Gill, Gulley, Lozano and Sample, present and voting "Aye"; Luby absent. ORDINANCE NO. 12761 AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE CONTRACT MODIFICATIONS WITH THE CORPUS CHRISTI INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT, TULOSO-MIDWAY INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT, CALALLEN INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT, WEST OSO INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT AND FLOUR BLUFF INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT, LULAC EDUCATIONAL SERVICE CENTER, DEL MAR COLLEGE, AND THE NUECES COUNTY COMMUNITY ACTION AGENCY FOR 56 PUBLIC SERVICE EMPLOYMENT POSITIONS UNDER TITLE VI OF THE COMPREHENSIVE EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING Ata' U1+ 197J Al MORN MOAN SET OUT 1N SAID corm:Ata'S, COPIES OF WIIICN, IN S1111- STANTIALLY THE SAME FORM, ARE ATTACHED HERETO, MARKED EXHIBITS "A" THROUGH "1:1", AND MADE A PART HEREOF; AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY. The Charter Rule was suspended and the foregoing ordinance was passed by the following vote: Tipton, de Ases, Gill, Gulley, Lozano and Sample, present and voting "Aye"; Luby absent. ORDINANCE NO. 12762 AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE A RENEWAL CONTRACT, FOR A PERIOD OF ONE YEAR, WITH THE NUECES COUNTY RURAL FIRE PREVENTION DISTRICT NUMBER TWO TO PROVIDE FIRE SERVICE FOR THAT PORTION OF THE CITY KNOWN AS THE FLOUR BLUFF AREA, AS MORE FULLY SET OUT IN SAID CONTRACT, A COPY OF WHICH IN SUBSTANTIALLY THE SAME FORM IS ATTACHED HERETO, MARKED EXHIBIT "A", AND MADE A PART HEREOF; AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY. The Charter Rule was suspended and the foregoing ordinance was passed by the following vote: Tipton, de Ases, Gill, Gulley, Lozano and Sample, present and voting "Aye": lathy absent. Minutes Regular Council Meeting August 20, 1975 Page 10 ORDINANCE NO. 12763 FINDING THAT THE FIESTA MEXICANA DE CORPUS CHRISTI WHICH IS TO BE HELD SEPTEMBER 13 & 14, 1975, IS IN THE INTEREST OF THE PUBLIC WELFARE; CLOSING THE 200, 300 AND 400 BLOCKS OF CHAPARRAL STREET AND THE 300 AND 400 BLOCKS OF LAWRENCE AND WILLIAMS STREETS TO VEHICULAR TRAFFIC FROM 7:30 P.M., FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 1975 UNTIL 12:00 MIDNIGHT, SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 1975 FOR SAID FIESTA SPONSORED BY LUTAC LADIES COUNCIL#26; PROVIDING FOR BARRICADES AND EMERGENCY VEHICLE ENTRANCE; PRO- VIDING FOR LIABILITY INSURANCE, RESTORATION OF DAMAGED CITY PROPERTY, APPROVAL OF THE DIRECTOR OF ENGINEERING AND PHYSICAL' DEVELOPMENT FOR CERTAIN CHANGES; REQUIR- ING PERMITS FOR BEER AND FOOD; REQUIRING COMPLIANCE WITH CITY CODES; PROHIBITING PAINTINGS OR MARKINGS ON STREETS AND TRAFFIC CONTROL DEVICES; REQUIRING THE SPONSOR TO RESTORE THE AREA FOR USE BY VEHICULAR TRAFFIC; AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE THE ATTACHED APPLICATION PERMIT; PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE; PROVIDING FOR PUBLICATION; PROVIDING FOR SEVERANCE; AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY. The Charter Rule was suspended and the foregoing ordinance was passed by the following vote: Tipton, de Ases, Gill, Lozano and Sample, present and voting "Aye"; Gulley voting "Nay"; and Luby Absent. Mayor Pro Tem Tipton called for petitions or information from the audience on matters not scheduled on the agenda. Mr. David Helpenstell, 1009 Burkshire, appeared and complained that his property taxes had been increased 78 percent this year. He stated he was not objecting so much to the increase in valuation and did not object to paying his fair share of taxes but did strenuously object to the increase all in one year. He stated he felt his property had been decreased in value in the last two weeks because he is being forced to send his children across town to school instead of to the neighborhood school which was his reason for purchasing the property in the first place, whereas children living across the street from him have the benefit of the neighborhood school with the same assessed valuation on their property. City Manager Townsend explained that the procedures and timetables for taxation are set by state law and not within the power of the Council to change. He pointed out that the increase complained of by Mr. Helpenstell had been delayed for several years and he should have been paying more taxes in the past. Mrs..Blancherde LalSahchez;01 Norton, restated her complaint of several weeks ago that a traffic signal of some kind is needed at this location to keep people from making an unexpected U-turn and often landing in her front yard. City Manager Townsend stated this complaint would be referred to the Traffic Engineer for investi- gation. There being no further business to come before the Council, motion by Gill, seconded by Sample and passed, that the meeting be adjourned at 2:40 p.m., August 20, 1975.