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Home My WebLink AboutMinutes City Council - 06/11/1980 - Specialtut or COI iiS i lI5[I TEXAS S ECIAL i"CIJIICit.' ErlI [RFE7iailA 10414 ELE#1EirtA 4Y SLI$O I. . 3212 ilORili5.'STi{£ET .400E fl . 148O 7:e6 "P. i1. 'D v1d,.fiISZ CIifZa f:rsky e City ?tanager R.'liarvin Townsend Asst., City'.: Attorney, Jim Holtz City Secretary Bill C Read ABS`ENie Mayor ;lather dares £ounci i Meiatier `Jack $ .' U+ispliy Coenti.l ii�ber"Baity':11. ,Turner Mayor Pro.Tme Edward L. Sampie callyd the meeting to order at LaMar Eleeientary School Cafeteria and stated that the purpose of the meeting vas to conduct a public hearing on the Assessments to be levied In connection with the street ieprov nts for the Lanar'School Area, Unit II, project. Artiagl'Assistant.City Secretary Dorothy Zahn called the roil of required Charter.OffiCart and verified.that the necessary quorum was present to conduct a legally constituted iieeting.- flr. James K Lantos,Director of Engineering and Physical Development, explained that this hearing is' required by law and the street Improvement project is flee result of voiuntaryi'paviig petitions received from residents of the neigh- borhood requesting the:improveinents. City Manager :R. liarvin Townsend and City Secretary Oil C. Read arrived at tine e�eetirig ax ? 07 P.m: ' Assistant City`Attorney Jim Holtz conducted the next portion of the hear- 11478!21 ng acid verlfred that the public hearing is required by Article 1105b of the State Statutes,-and;`;the: purpose of the hearing is to elicit testimony from witnesses to enable the City Councrl to determine whether or not the preliminary. assessments wi1the.property involved at least in the amount of the assessments. 1:entla7' Holtz cal:lsd:as his first witness Hr. Gerald Smith, P.E., Chief Engiheaf.in the Depertstent of. Engineering and Physical development of the City of Corpus Chr,isti'. SUetIMI CeoomillfttetlmS Ill, paw; .2 Throes cluestioeaing of the witness. Assistant -City Attorney Holtz ascertained that`r- Smith is-egOlnYad by ..ve City of Corpus Christi; his present position is Chief Engineer; that tbc belds.a degree in Engineering :frog the University of Texas of:Austin; that he is -a. registered engineer in the State of Texas; and that he is thoroughly familiar With the Lamar School Area lk'it II Street improvement Project. mt.,fioltz then.regeested :that Mr. Smith explain the proposed project. chief Engineer Smith displayed a transparency of the project area and pointed out the fnliowing.streets :to be improved as a part of the project, as follows 1 Marguerite Street,.. from South Port Avenue too Y19thnStreet; 20t1 and glentzer Streets, frac Mary 3 2ls;t Street,r,froe Ruth Street to Agnes Street; kt_, Muely Street, free:Ruth Street to Mary Street; -5::--125th-Street, fromMorganto Mary Street; and 22nd.and.'23rd.Streets, from Buford 'Street to. Mary Street. lir Smithexplained: that bids on this project were received on April 23, 1980; the jslans and Specifications were prepared by the City's Engineering Depart- ment; the City proposes the -total reconstruction of the streets, including the installation:of curbs,.gutter5, sidewalks, storm sewers and new water lines in approximately 50% of. the.; streets. He stated that streets of various widths will be constructed and explained the method of construction. !r 'Smith continued his presentation and informed the Council and audience ads: had; bean='rece€ved from four contractors, the lowest of which was that subeitted byisies Construction Company in the total amount of $977,788.40• He stated that the project was included in the 1977 Bond Election and the project wasinit,ally generated by voluntary paving petitions obtained in the local area. Mr ;Smith further -stated that the project'will be`pertially funded by Community Development' funds and noted that the total of the preliminary assessments is $382 26k..3. with the City providing $595,523.77 with Community Development funds and`Bond hinds lin explained that the assessment roll includes 266 items and the' -assessment rates are established by City ordinance, noting that the assessment 'rate ,is;$11.21i per linear foot for curb, gutter and pavement on the 24' wide streets; $i4.25 per'linear foot for the 28', 38' and 46' wide streets; but that the maximum rate for ane and two-family residential property, churches and schoolsis$4.75 per linear foal; and that the rate for sidewalks is $0.75 per square foot. Chief tWc N4 i itev some isi C 11 !deffitan !acre It. -8$'' Nee -3 fng next S.i di also staled thafi.the coiatraitor will construct Driveways if the property ner:dezRres ata late of 53=20 per square foot. Cityllsaager"li ,,i!arvin Taa►send:pointed out that there are a sub taniial nuwbet of pieces of property�which�areosed for one -family residences but which a2bned' eithrr !'A-2".--ar "l-2 `,, aaul..:it bas beenthe Council's : policy that if -.the cwrers.af suds praoerty desire'to reduce their zoning to."R-IB" to reflect the proper use their assrssasents aUy be substantially reduced. Fir. Townsdnd explained tat :tbe City=urill be glad "to initiate the zoning procedures to'accompl.ish this: if the property; owners"will just sign a petition indicating tbeir desire to have their property xaoed-"R l '":if it is used'for sintest!masily dwellings: Chiefgineer1--- th Cgotinued his testimony by stating that the assess- menu -will 'trot': lie due until tine project i3 completed, and the epatractor has 275 working dayS,.or 1l 'Ito,-12.,months; to complete the project. He stated that can- structlon is" scheduled:to begin by the end of June. Mr. Smith further explained that -various methods of pavaent or the asscssmsectts are possible -- one payment snag be made fallowing completion of the project, er the property owners will be allowed five years to. pay their assessments at an interest 'rate ef.5 $. He also indicated that in hardship cases, this period may be extended to 10 years. #Ir. Snaithnoted also that the staff has planned certain driveway locations for the various ptece5'of property, but these locations may be changed at the `owners'"'�requests Assistant City Attorney Holtz inquired about the contemplated completion date of the project, and lir. Smith replied that the contractor should complete e project n Hay of 1981. Asst tont City Attorney Holtz called as his next witness ilr. William J:, "spill" Hglly and ascertained through questioning of the witness that Mr. Holly Is a Real Estate; Hroker,-.licensed in the State of Texas; that he has 27 years of experience as'a real estate appraiser; he has performed this type of appraisals for the tity for five years, including all types of residential and commercial property and that :he is thoroughly familiar with the Lamar School Area Unit II" P ojeet and'has examined each and every piece of property included in the project_ PIOUtes Special Council evettng Jueo II. 1900 Pole Assistant City Attorney Holtz inquired of Hr. Holly if there are any irre- or ple-shaped lots on which he would recasseend a reduction in the assessments. Mr. Holly stated that there are no irregularily shaped lots but there are It large lumber of pieces emf property being utilized for dingle -family dwellings but which are zoned "A-2" or "1-2" an which he would reconsend a reduction if those rezoned "R-18" to properly reflect the use. I 5 al property are I ined that ail of t nt notices were Pr T cad accordingPato f the proneeder:Ry-amnd.reiterated CitYM4n"e the zeelegh: asse"me " their f d be reduced dinglY- the formal :a 1 the property017wn::r:equet property be rem tied to thePr*Pe that their prope assessea:::i::::t City' Attar :n:c:toitz stated that he had mx pnleted testi"- m:yar pro Tem Samplemem ents from the audience. r. °*ed Sandate, speaking on be of his mother who is a property owner rea In the an" ted to the fact that the Mayor VMS not in attendance an the fact that this hearimg was not conducted at City Hall. Mayor Pro Tem Sample explained that Mayor Jones was out of the City attending a meeting of the Mayors Conference and noted that the Council had set the public hearing at this location in order that mare citizens in this area could attend the meeting. Mr. Meriberto A. Ponce, 424 Old Robstown Road, commented that Mr. Smith had indicated that 50% of the streets in the project would have new water lines Installed and inquired as to whether or not Mealy Street would be Included in this percentage. • Chief_Engineer Smith replied that a 6" water line will be installed on Muely Street. grc William F. Garcia informed the Council that he is unemployed and inquired as to how he w117 he able to pay his assessment. City Manager Townsend explained that in hardship cases, the property owners may take a- long as 10 years to pay their assessments. He explained that the employees of the Voluntary Paving Section will ca/1 on each property owner to discuss the method of payment. fir tonics thele intrad,u d i. ,e empioyces of the Department of Engisecering 1 4atysrcal Detirelost who rill coirtae[ ail. of.the property oirisars i1r, Louis P Soto, Z7gg.iiargreri.tr noted that his ptaperfy 15 prezentlY.. ned,for carmen rcial use and requested that his property be damzcned to R-18 " City Hanger Tcwnsead! nbied.that-Nr. Sot6-has been eip1oyad by the"City r a n+aAber of years and is a'very fine employee: He suggested to Hr Soto that contact one;of the staff metiers present 30d;lnfore Enda that he would like to ve ,itis property rezoned ao "R-'1S " Nr Lexi: Braed,;one of the Property armers on Musty Street, stated that Sias„a place of business un Port Avenue, itis cos"toners presently park at the. ck of itis store, and ,if sidewslka are nstai led an i#eulyr Street, the parking it lra eliminated Hesitated inert o ld-loot drivewa"y.wouid help his parking Nr Sa±ith expiarined that if the property owner can demonstrate that he can.[atarn access Io -,his property in a smaller driveway, the staff will be glad tb dlscuss:this With him., here were ne further culments from the audience. Council Member Zarsky_thanked everyone for attending the meeting and explalzsed that the Council is very proud that this entire area is being improved wr�El�-the street reconstruction.:. He pointed out that when a new subdivision is constructed, the purchasersof the individual lots must pay for the entire cost of thnk streets, orbs gutters, sidewalks and driveways, but through the Bond P3ogram and CormiunityDevelopment funds, these property owners will have their streets improved at a much lesser cost. There being no further comments, on motion by Zarsky, seconded by Best and passed unanimously, the Special Council Meeting was adjourned at 8;o8 p.m.,