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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes City Council - 12/31/1980MANTES CITY OF C@P.PUS CkT1STI, TEXAS REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING DECEMBER M. 1980 8:30 A.M. PRESENT: Mayor Luther Jones * Mayor Pro Tee Edward L. Sample Council Members: Dr. Jack Best City Manager R. Marvin Townsend David Diaz Ass't. City Attorney Jay Doegey ** Jack K. DtmpFly City Secretary Bill G. Read Betty 1i. Turner Cliff Zarsky Mayor Luther Jones called the meeting to order in the Council Chamber. The invocation was given by Major A. C. Ross of the Salvation Arny, following which the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag of the United States was led by Council Member Betty Turner. City Secretary '8i11 G. Read called the roll of required Charter Officers and verified that the necessary quorum was present to conduct a legally constituted meeting. Motion by Diaz that Council Member Cliff Zarsky, who was out of the City, be excused for just cause; seconded by Turner; and passed unanimously. * Mayor Pro Tem Edward Sample arrived at the meeting at 8:40 a.m. Mayor Jones called for the City Manager's Reports. City Manager Townsend pre- sented the following items with related comments and explanations and recommended that: a. Bids be received at 11:0a A.M., Tuesday. January 13, 1981 for traffic controllers and related equipment to improve slgnallzation at the inter- section of Oak Park Avenue and Buddy Lawrence Drive. Champlin Refinery and Nueces County have agreed to reimburse the City for the cost of the improvements since the intersection is outside the City. Fixed -time signals will be replaced with traffic -actuated signals. Pedestrian actuated walk signals will also be added. h. Bids be received at 11:00 A.M., Tuesday. January 20. 1981 for a one year contract for field tire repair service for City -owned equipment to supple- ment services provided by Maintenance Services. The contract will establish unit prices for approximately 4.235 tire repairs. c_ Bids be received until 11;00 A.M.. Tuesday, January 27. 1981 for 15.500 feet of ductile iron pipe, 53,550 of asbestos cement pipe end accessories and 10,000 feet of PVC pipe. This is an approximate 12 months supply. d. McMoRan Exploration Company be granted a permit to drill a well from an irregular location within the regular cluster for State Tract 472. Corpus Christi Bay. The number 2 well will be directionally drilled in en easterly direction to 8,500 feet from a surface location 4.3 miles north-northeast of the Naval Air Station. The location is irregular because McMoRan Exploration Company is currently drilling a well from a regular Location in this cluster and the proposed location does not meet the sequence requirement that the subsequent well be drilled from a location not more than 354 feet diagonally from the well currently being drilled. The Bay Drilling Committee so recommends. Minutes 4e9e1er Coe*) Meeting December 21, 1460 c'age City m4nager Townsend stated thatt ay 1960 and recommended that ?Moan be granted this per -71$:. e. A hearing he held on January 1., ;480 on the the Planning Commission to require constructian -f . drainage right-of-way edjacent to Eel Air Tstatt.. 0r -- Flour Bluff along Waldron Road between Gleroak City Manager Townsend infermed the Council that the Plattiu., - a requirement that when a subdivision is 'located near dizcr, to construct a bridge over it. He stated that this questIon divider should provide this bridge would come before the Co“nc;, futur!. Me stated further that the Planning Commission valve6 r, - bridge recently. and there is a question as tu whether they rauc this, Mr. Townsend stated that this appeal is frau behalf of Mr. Jon Held and it also invokes a City park. f. A contract be awarded to Smith and Russo (528.171'.) ?--: and engineering services for renovations and improve and T. C. Ayers Parks under a S295.000 grant frc,- and Recreation Service. The work includes rodifir.7.4'o, parking lot construction, court lighting, court modifications and initial development of the forme adjacent to Ben Garza Park. The $295,000 grant in,t1s;,, which is available from bonds approved !ri the 197:: 5th year Community Development Block grants. City Manager Townsend stated that these two parks are ,,t• He stated also that this firm has performed goad work for tr West Guth Park and that they also worked very well on build -- Celia. Mayor Janes agreed that private firms should be alp1'.7 the City's engineering staff has more work to do tnan can c7„; Council Member Best inquired about the progress on B'fl City Manager Townsend replied that at this point, the • , of the park. Council Member Turner inquired about Hillcrest Park ar: replied that Hillcrest is just behind these two parks. !n the grant, Hillcrest Park will be presented to the CO:MC.1i 1446* Councll Mather •1.tner svgges tea :tat if tila City Plans to contact the private architectural firms for this type cf work e contract should be signed as soon as possible because costconstantly intreds irg. City Manager Townsend agreed but noted tkat the grants on other parks have not pro ., yet. Council - • r Turner then asked about Swantner Park. City Manager Townsend replied that this will be presented to the Council in the very near future. Council r Best ...Wed the City Manager that it was the consensus of the Council t signs should be installed at Swantner Park to prevent cars from parking on the grass. Malan by Best that the City install signs at Swantner Park prohibiting parking on the grass including a tow-awaypolicy to enforce the "no parking"; seconded by Turner. ** Council r Jack it hy arrived at the meeting at 8.57 a.m. Mayor Jones asked if the fishermen who use Swantner Park were told to stay off the grass, if there were other places where they could park. City Manager Townsend reminded the Council that the Park Oepar nt and the City Manager re d against this prohibition because of the difficulty in enforcing Council expressed the opinion that the parking should be prohibited. Mayor Janes asked if a ticket would he issued prior to the vehicles being towed swcy and City Manager Townsend replied that they would and the owners of the vehicles would be warned and asked to rernve the vehicles before they are towed away. Mayor Jones suggested that the no parkine sign be 'prominently displayed so that citizens will be aware of tho prohibition. Council Member t,..hy inquired if the City has tow away signs in other areas of the City and if the policy is enforced. City Manager Townsend replied affirmatively and stated that they do tow away those zones. Council r Turner stated that she felt that the "no parking" should be enforced to protect the grass in the park. City Manager Townsend pointed out that this is a question of destruction of public property and noted that there is a parking lot that is located in the park. Mayor Pro Tem 5. 1e agreea that the sign should be placed there and enforcement Page t:ne 3 19 Id begin as soon as are installed. He expressed th3 cpinix) 3 ;race period ld not be all and the tow away policy should ben i7nedtai.e,y. r Diaz made the suggestion that a cable be installed also to dis- courage parking on the grass. City ger T send informed the Council that the people parking an the grass drive aver a 6" curb to get to the grassy area. After r discussion of the method of prohibiting the parking. Council Member Best witted his motion. City gar Townsend 5 r zed by stating that It is his understanding that the Council just wan to stop parking on the grass in Swantner Park. Nation by Turner that the City staff be directed to stop unauthorized parking in tner Park eff ve February 1, 1981; seconded by Diaz; and passed unanimously by those present and voting. In a return to discussion of 1 "e", City Manager Townsend displayed a map s ng the location of proposed bridge. He located the 20 -acre park in the area and Van Galen ditch which is the ditch involved. He stated that there i a equicement for a bridge over the ditch to connect . subdivisions stating that the park is being used as a mebile h subdlvlsfon and it was his opinion that the property owner will probably su t that the bridge is not necessary. g. A revocable eas,”.rit for . * eight -inch di., .ter fire service lines be granted to ces County Navigation District No. 1 to cross Sam Rankin Street at north Port Avenue far fire protection for two warehouses now under construction. A fee of $36 will be required. h. The rec ndation of the Traffic Safety Advisory Board be approved that parking on both sides of Agnes Street f Port Avenue to a point 590 feet east of Bluntzer Street be porhibited. A change order was approved on r 17, 1980 to ve the concrete median so that a center left - turn lane with * moving lanes in each direction could tie installed. There is almost no parking talking place along this section of Agnes Street. Mayor Jones ascertained that there were no comments from the audience on the City ger's Reports. Maim by le that the City Manager's Reports, items "a"through "h" as nded, be approved; seconded by Turner; and passed unanimously. * * * * * * * * * Mayor Jones called for the ordinances. City Manager Townsend briefly explained the ordinances an the a -""------ — ' ' Primates Reg4lar Council Meeting December 31, 19E0 Page 5 rieeber Diaz stated Dia: he had received complaints from citizens that even the new parktnglot at the airport was Full doriro the Christmas holidays. City Manager Townsend exp.ained that this is the peak period of the year for the parking lot and the Staff felt Mat the new parking lot would be adequate for other times of the year. Mayor Jones called for cements from the audience on the ordinances. Mr. Lathe Bishop referred to the third reading of the ordinance authorizing a sion agreement with Leisure Food Services, Inc. to operate the concessions at Memorial Coliseum and Exposition HMI and stated that he felt that he should have been awarded the contract. I. Bishop explained that it was his opinion that his customers at McGee Beach were satisfied with the hours that the concession stand were opened noting that many times they stayed open anti! 10 or 12 at night but in unfavorable weather, they saw no reason to stay open. He also pointed out that the concession stand has been closed since Hurricane Allen because the pluMbing has to be repaired in order for them to obtain water. Mayor Jones inquired of Mr. Bishop if there was any possibility of moving some of his equipment at McGee Beach to the Our Golf Course since that concession stand was not in operation. Mr. Bishop explained that ne has the equipment for the Oso Golf Course but is 1.4iong until the plumbing is adequate. Mayor Jones commented that he did not feel that Mr. Bishop has demonstrated the caoacity to operate such a large concession stand as the one for the Coliseum and since Ar. Bill Hennings, mr. Hal Peterson, and City Manager Townsend recommend the contract with another firm and since the Staff is responsible to the Council for providing this service. he feels that the contract should he awarded to Leisure Food Services. Inc. There were no further comments on the ordinances. City Secretary Read polled the Council for their votes and the following ordinances were approved: FIRST READING: AMENDING THE CODE OF ORDINANCES, CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, 1976 REVISION, AS AMENDED. BY AMENDING SECTION 53-252. SCHEDULE III, PARKING PROHIBITED AT ALL TIMES ON CERTAIN STREETS. BY ADDING THERETO AN ITEM WHICH WILL PROHIBIT PAWING AT AIL TINES ON AGNS STREET, BOTH SIDES, FROM SOUTH PORT AVENUE TO A POINT 590 FEET EAST OF BLUNTZER STREET; AND PROVIDING FOR PUBLICATION. The foregoing ordinance was read for the first time and passed to its second reading by the following vote: Jones, Semple, Best, Diaz, Dumphy. Turner voting. "Aye"; Zarsky. "absent". 3 INS: THE ZONING OROINANCE OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI Abip%o O: 7PE 27TH DAY 1937, EARING nF RECOPD IN VOLUME O. PAGES 566 ET SE" C= ORDINANCE S. AS AMENDED ED AP OM REC NO. 6106, P ING ARTICLE II 33-3.03 50 AS TO - FOR' 33-3. DROI TIME TO TIME, ARO PARTICULARLY AS AXENDED BY N HE e9Th DAY OF MARCH, 1961, AS AMENDED, AND FILING FEES, SUBSECTIONS 33-3.01. 33-3.02, _1S0 FOR APPALS T0'114E BOARD - OF ZONING DISTRICT. PAYMENT OF 5200 FOR LESS THAN ID ACRES, 10 TO 20 ACRES AND 5550 FOR MORE THAN 20 ACRES; AND PAYMENT OF 5200 FOR FENCE DNS; PROVIDING RE OF 355 OF THE APPLICATION fTr ir T41 APPLICANT EST IT 15 FO DEO TO THE CITY COUNCIL; DELETING SUBSECTION ING IN EFFECT ALL OTHER PROVISIONS OF THE EXISTING EALING ALL ORDI CES IN CONFLICT MEREwITH, HIS IH ITS EAS BE The fo ..ing ordinance was read for the second time and passed to its third and final ding by the following vote: Jones, Sample. Best, Diaz, Dmiphy„ Turner voting. "Aye:; Zarsky "absent". NG: ING THE PLATTING l'oIHANCE, ADOP BY ORDINANCE HO. 4168, AG.AMENDED, SY AMENDING CTIOK III. BY 12 ETING SUBS ION A-1, FILING FEES, IN ITS ENTIRETY AND 111 LIEU F is NG KEW -.till-SIMS: DELETING SUBSECTION C(5) IN ITS DITIRETY AND IN LIEU F 1 ING A NEN :SECTION, SAID AMENDMENTS TO INCREASE FILING FEES ON 1111 PLATS; TO PROVIDE FOR RECORDING FEES TO BE DETERMPLED AT THE SAME TIME AS i FINAL T; TO PROVIDE THAT PLAT DOES HOT EXPIRE AFTER SIX MONTHS AS LONG AS CI ION IS -Y; AND TO INC E FILING FEES FOR 0241 201 PLATS, ALL AS MORE FULLY SET FORTH HEREINA ; NOING SECTION VI. SUBSECTION D, BY CHANLING THE EXISTING TO IMC E THE FILING FEE FROM 521 to $50 FOR Off -LOT PLATS IN PARAGRAPHS 2, 4(7); AND PROVIDING FOR SEVE E. The foregoing ordinance was read for the second time and passed !o i.s third and final reading by the following vote: Jones, Sample. Best, Diaz, flown, Teller voting. "Aye"; Zarsky. "absent". 1'21 THIRD ING ORDI CE 440. 15957: AMENDING ORDI CE HD. 15643, PASSED AND APPROVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL ON JULY 23, 1980. Ey ,ING SECTION 1 TH F TO ESTABLISH LONG-TERM AND SHORT-TERM PARKING RATES FOR THE MAIN AIRPORT PUBLIC PARKING LOT AT CORPUS CHRISTI INTERNATIONAL A1-1111% PROVIDING FOR REPEALER; PROVIDING AR EFFECTIVE DATE; PROVIDING FOR SEVERANCE. AND PROVIDING FOR PUBLICATION. The foregoing ordinance was read for the third time and passed by the followinc vote Jones, L.mple, Best, Diaz, t x.hy, Turner voting. "Aye"; Zarsky, "absent' THIRD ING - 1,4,1 CE NO. 15958: AU 1ZING THE CITY GER TO EXEl A CONCESSIONS AGREEMENT 11;TH MR. ROGER JAHNEL, OSA LEISURE '141 SERVICES7INC. OF DENVER. COL0',14, SAID AGREEMENT TO AUTHORIZE 1 JAHNEL TO OPERATE THE CONCESSIONS AT THE RIAL COLISEUM, PATIO AND EXPOsl'ION BEGINNING J Y 6, 1981, o ENDING AT 11:59 P.M. ON OANUARY 6, 1985. AS MORE FULLY SET FORTH EN THE C 5510115 ."22 4, A SUBSTANTIAL [Op, OF wHICH 15 ATTACHED HE' I, N4 EXHIBIT - a 1 A PART HEREOF. The foregoing ordinance was read for the third time and passed by :re 4.11lowing vote: Jones, le. Best, Diaz, i y, Turner voting, "Aye; Zarsky , absent". v. NO. 15959: A flI T4E CI AER TO ExECUTE A CONTRACT FOR ITECTURAL SERVICES WITH SMITh•4 IATED ARZiETECTS AND ENGINEERS. IN CONNECTION WITH IMPROVEMENTS T1Th EE AID T. C. AVERS -ARKS IN ACCORDANCE WITH A PREVIOUSLY APPROVED THE HERITASE CONSERT;TION - RECREATION SERVICE, A SUBSTANTIAL rOpv ee 0 BEING ATTACHED HERETO AND -1E A PART HEREOF, MARKED EXHIBIT A”; AP IATING 521.175 OUT OF THE HO. 291 PARK Bs I FUND, APPLICABLE TO PROJECT NO. 291-77-4_11, BEM IA AHD T. C. AYERS PARKS; AND DEC 'IhG AN EMERGENCY. The Charter Rule was suspended and the foregcIig ordinance passed by the following vote: Jones. le. Best, Dia. * y, Turner voting, "Aye"; Zarsky, "absent". NO. 1 LE EAS s IT ID THE NUECES COUNTY NAVIGATION DISTRICT NO. 1 PDR THE B -INCH FIRE SERVICE LINES ACROSS SAN RANKIN AT NORTH PORT AV E, Y SET FORTH IN THE °CABLE EASEMENT. A SUBSTANTIAL COPY OF WHICH TO AND A PART HEREOF, MARKED EXHIBIT 'A": AND DECLARING AN 3 ' 'E74CT. ING A INSTALLATION ASe IS ATT ED u• /be Charter Ru vote: Jones. e was sus ed and the foregoing ordinance passed by the following le, Best. Diaz. 1 Turner voting, 'Aye": Zarsky. "absent". * * * * * * * * r Jones called for consideration of the discussion items on the agenda. Council er Turner requested that the Council discuss item "f" which pertains t.r- the prefiried Senate Bill 56 relating to exempting out-of-state residents under 17 ot' over 65 from being required ta have a fishing license. City Manager Townsend remindeo the Council that this bill was introduced by .i:,aatur Carlos Truan and that Mr. Hal Wasson had previously appeared before the Council ds a proponent of the bill. He stated that Senator Truan's office reported that approxi- mately S93.000 in revenue would be lost if this Is passed. He romirded the Council that this is their request to have the matter listed as a discussion item since Mr. Wasson requested that the Council express support of tnis bill, Mayor Jones recognized Mr. Hal Wasson who addressed the Council and stated that he has obtained the figures in regard to the loss of revenue. Mr. Wasson explained that Winter Texans spent over 4 billion dollars in Texas last year and the S93.000 decrease would not be a large item compared to that figure. Mr. Wasson then referred to en i in the bill which includes the citizens of Mexico being allowed to fish without a license in the Coastal waters staling that he had talked to Representative Bill Pa. -,n and info d him that this bill is being considered by the City Council and that if they endorse it, It would be very beneficial to the passage of the bill lir. Wasson expressed the opinion that this allowance would attract Winter visitors to Texas. ,40-14v4 Minute Regular Cc'e s it Meeting Cecerber 31, 19E0 Page 8 Council Weber Best expressed the opinion that ne iind3 it rstrer difficult to allow vis'•ors from Me*ico to fish withotet a ti.._r.se its view of t e fact that they have ,lust cancelled the enitea States' rights to fish it: their waters. Mr. Masson agreed that this +ould be removed from the bill. City Manager Townsend pointed mut that Senator Truan's bill just changes resident to person and the bill lists seven categories. Mayor Jooes inquired if there is a reciprocal right for United States citizens to fish in Mexico and Mr. Wasson replied that there is not. Mayor Jones expressed the opinion that the Council should support this bill and pointed out that the bill will be challenged in Austin and possibly changed before it is finally passed. Nation by Turner that the City Council support Senate Sill 56, seconded by Diaz. Council Amber Best stated that he will support Section A of the bill but not Section B. City Manager Townsend stated that the clause referred to as Section 8 is already in the present law and is not a part of the bill. Mayor Jones susssarized the motion by stating that the Council plans to go on record supporting the concept of exempting people urisr 17 and over 65 years of age from having to have a fishing license. He called for the vote on the motion and it passed unanimously. i} y!* f f A t f Motion by 11; az that item "g° of the discussion of revisions to the Animal Control ordinance be considered next, seconded by Turner and passed unanimously. City Manager Townsend presented to the Couniil copies of material prepared by Ade+1nistretive Assistant Tom Basile in regard to the proposed ordinance es compared to the existing one. He remdnded the Council that they had first considered a recom- mendation by the Animal Control Advisory Board that was discussed which had some extensive changes which the Staff did not feet were enforceable. He informed the Council that Dr. Buttery, Assistant City Attorney Jim Holtz, and Mr. Basile had some areas of concern which have been modified. Mr. Townsend then called for discussion of the joint recommendation of the Animal Control Advisory Board and the Staff. He called on Mr. Basile to discuss the proposed changes in the ordinance. s. Mr. 2asile referred to his remora ..N7 of Dec ..er 9 end in particular, the first pages in ethic's he comp the proposed ordinance with the existing ordinance. Mr. Basile explained the foIlcwing issues: (1) Fre s -- the current ordinance has no ninitan fines and the proposed ordinance I'Ats a minimum of 525 and a maximum of 5200. (2) Licensing:The current ordinance requires a license for dogs for a fee of 52 with a Si fee for a duplicate license if the original is lost; and the proposed ordinance u res a license far dogs and cats for a fee of 53 if the animal has been spayed and 16 if not with a duplicate fee to be 52. The license could be issued by either the Animal trol Supervisor or delegated veterinarians. Mayor interjected to c t that . Sissy Sweeney is in favor of encouraging the spaying of animals to control the animal population. City Manager Townsend renin the Council that a very small percentage of dogs is licensed. possibly ane out of five. and the ordinance proposes to license cats as well and set higher fees. Mr. Townsend noted that approval of the ordinance would require better equipment to handle the licensing but the increase in fees would provide more incoce but more personnel would probably be required. Mayor Jones inquired if the Staff has any oasis of c,..aring the proposed ordinance .1th ordinances in other cities in Texas. Mr. Jay 1,-gey, Assistant City Attorney. explained that the Animal Control Board very fmniliar with this ordinance and a large portion of the proposed ordinance was LAtn from ordinances that are in effect In other cities. Mayor Jones inquired if the H me Society participated on this and Mr. Basile rplied trot of the Humane Society are also an the Animal Control Advisory Board. Mr. Basile continued his explanation and referred to item (3) which is C rclal Animal Establishment and Arrival Smelter "Permit: Under the current ordinance. this is not required and under the proposed, ordinance, a 510 permit for ane year Is uired. (4) Revs:240n of Licenses and Permits: The current ordinance allows dog licenses to be revoked for violation of the ordinance without notice and hearing and the proposed ordinance provides for permits to be revoked for violation of the ordinance after written notice and hearing. (5) Running at Large or Restraint of Animals: The current ordinance identifies dogs running at large as those that are not on the owners' property and they are net considered to be running at large even if there is not a restraining device such as a fence or a leash and the proposed ordinance requires that dogs t be restrained by a device such as a fence or leash whether it is in the Minutes Regular Carex,' Meeting December 31, 1583 Page 10 owner's back or front yard. ;he owner is it viciat oroi:3n a aver• if he merely fails to keep his animal unser restraint. pro:a'e:: ardir,r,.e also establishes e specific definition a` when an antral constitutes a suSlic r,.:isa=-co-. (6) impoundment: Under the current ordinance ire impoundment fee is Se except for livestock for which the fee is 510; the boarding charge is 51.50 per day. Under tee proposed ordinance. the irapoundsent fee is 510 for the first impoundment and $23 for the second or subsequent impoundment within a 23 -month period. Also, when reclai,ing an unspayed animal the owner would have to pay a 525 deposit which could he reclaimed if the animal is spayed within 30 days. Council Member Turner asked lir. Basile to explain hi< cncerr. about this portion of the ordinance. Mr. Basila stated that he objected to the 525 fee if the antral has not been spayed because he feels that this would be very difficult to enforce, because of the possibility that the owner of the dog might object to having the ar>=ra1 spayed if he keeps the dog far breeding purposes. lir. 1 eget' stated that there is no provision to require the °:paying -- that this is just a deposit if the dog hes not been spayed and it +/sold have to be paid each tie the dog is picked up. Mr. Basile continued and referred to item (7) Rabies Vaccination: The current ordinance requires thot dogs be vaccinated and the owner must haie a valid rabies cu.tiflcate which covers the full teres of the license to be issued. The proposed ordinance ree ares that dogs and cats be vaccinated and the own_r roust have a currently valid rabies certificate which covers at least six montns or the term of the license to be issued. (8) Guard Dog Permits: The proposed ordinance renrires permits for guard dogs at a permit fee of 515 for one year. (g) Ariral; ?roh,oited: The current ordinance prohibits homing pigeons, swine. and wild animals and the proposed ordinance adds snakes to this list. (10) Animals Restricted: The current ordinance prohibits the keeping of fowl and livestock within 100 feet of any dwelling or business building owned and the proposed adds within 500 feet of any food service or processing establish- ment regardless of ownership. (11) Dog Runs in Public Par1:s The current ordinance does not provide for such dog runs and the proposed ordinance allows for the designation of areas within parks as dog runs. Mayor Jones questioned this allowance and Ci-,; 2laKager 70,r.—e-1 explained that the gaff does not recommend this. ,.. 1 1 Meyer mento meat . proposed ordinance is ign d L encourage i� =m nizaticn O. a=rd CaES. Mfr_ ,w a with this and s tatad ttet the Animal Control Advisory Board considered whether or not to even have a license fee because they wanted to encourage the policy of a strong rabies vacc'aation requirement. Council gest inquired about the cost of running the Animal Control Section. City Mtanager Townsend explained that in the last revenue folders the Staff was forecasting that 16.O00 dog licenses would be issued; Animal Control estimates that about 40.000 dogs are in'the City; about one out of five dogs picked up are reclai , the budget contains $317.1.,'--? for oparatian for this year; last year, the City had four CETA workers asst position. trcil City Manager T fines Here up to S16, o Animal Control and one was transitioned into a permanent r Best asked if the City had a way of recording fines collected and replied that when t'ey had the CETA employees in the field, the tr �=nciBest expressed the opinion that the City must have a license fee to maintain the budget. City Manager Townsend stated that the total estimate for in is only $65,itt for this year and Council r Best cemented that with the recd fee increase this figure would be increased to 590.000. City Manager Townsend stated that this is an area in which the City has a low oercentage of collection and stated that he would like to provide a separate report on this. Council er Best asked Or. Buttery. who was present in the audience, if he felt that the proposed ordinance was c rable to the ordinance in Virginia. Dr. Buttery replied that the proposed ordinance is more reasonable than the one that they had in that City but the aim is to obtain citizens' cooperation rather than having them pay high fees. He no - that the value of registration is to determine if the dogs have been i,, .ized. Or. Buttery continued by expressing the opinion that the estimate of nr of dogs is very law. He pointed oat that people who owned dogs need to be mere res'• sibla for the actions of their dogs. Or. Buttery referred to the portico of the ordinance that recnded designated excercise areas in parks and explained that the reason far this is that most of the yards are not designed for large exercise areas and the Animal Coptrol Advisory Beard is of the opinion that for this reason. designated areas for dogs would Dc desiratie in ottt, City Menager Townsend eointed out that thure is no prceIteiel cn dogs running in parks if tely are cn a leash and the idea for tee des',erated eeeas is to allow dogs to were free without a leash. Dr. Buttery pain out that suc. a practice would require,rlean up of the areas. MYOr meted that apparently the Animal Control advisory Board rec rtds e areas be designated but tne Park Board recormerds ateinst the dog runs. Council r Diaz stated that he is satisfied with ,te proposed ordinance in that it does control rabies and it does prevent dogs fro% running loose and doing damage. 11 r Best inqui .. if a motion would oe in order to accept this ordinance have it pia- on the agenda on a three -reading basis. City Manager Townsend agreed that this would be the appropriate procedure. Motion by Best that the new Anibal Control ordinance be Mated on the agenda for first reading on January 7, 1981; seconded by Dumphy and passed uranimously. City Manager Townsend inquired of the Council if tnere uos some question about the designated dog runs in the parks. Council .eeer t expressed the opinion that the eminence should be placed on first reading as it is with the understandine that it could be revised prior to third reading. Mayor Jones agreed t sfnce the Council has had sc much :pet prior to this, i. it it should be cn the agenda as it is roe written. Mayor Jones j:ei, expressed appreciation to Dr. Buttery, Mr. Basile and Mr. Deegey for all of the wore they have ne in refining the ordinance. Mayor Jones noted the presente of two individuals in the !Ude-ee and inquired as to which discussion 1 they were interested in. A gentl r in the audience stated that he was concerred about the item on the Corpus Christi Golf Center. Mayor Jones n d that this ratter should be dismisses. Motion by Turner that item "h" the discussion of the issuance c' revenue bonds for purchase of the Corpus Christi Golf Cen:er et discussed at this time; d by Mayor done y; and passed unanizously. asked the gentleran in the aedierce identi‘y himself. ---------.e—eeeeeeeue-eTerree'eee , , '1 Ong 410,x.dak WOME511.„ The gentleman in the audience v!red that ne was Carl Stover and he is a Winter visitor here fn Corpus Christi; that he has an investment in the golf center has had for a niter of years; and that he is on the Board of Directors. City Manager Townsenc eferred to a packet of material in regard to the golf ter that had been placed in the Council folders. 11 4.& r Best stated that he understood that this was a business situation that was Teased to a man: he did a .. job; he now wants to retire; and the City p ....es to buy back his lease as such and issue bonds strict)y on this project; and if it survives, the man will receive his money and if it does not, he will not. He asked the City Manager if this was the situation and City Manager Townsend replied that it was basically correct. Council r Best continued by pointing out that if anyone else entered into a contract with the City and decided that he wanted to be released f .. the contract, it would appear that City is bailing these people out because the City is not going to allow the venture to fail and therefore the City would he giving than a guarantee on Ar investment. City Manager Townsend explained that in 1950. the City was attempting to decide what to eo with the old Cliff Maus Airport and the question was what should happen with the old facility. He stated that at that time it was decided that the City should retain ft for public or semi-public purposes; the election was held in De 'er of 19'12; and the public voted to retain the property for a golf course. Mr. Townsend explained that the City officials, staff ers, the Park Board, and the City Council found someone to build the golf course and the City encouraged this group to take the task of building the golf course and the group subsequently invested several hundred thousand dollars. He eApiained that the understanding was that the City would operate Oso Golf Course so as not to damage the business of the Corpus Christi Golf Center. The people involved stated that they would build a better facility at the Golf Center. He continued the history of the golf course by explaining that the City then voted to build a new clubhouse at the Oso Golf Course; the City has never raised the rates at Oso to pay for the facilities in operation; and consequently. the City did not do what had assured the operators of the Golf Center that they would do. City Manager T.. send explained that the contra •r et the Golf Center did not complain even though there was not enough income at the Golf Center and one of the partners in the Ventura, Mr. E. H. n, had to be the full-time manager of the Golf Center. City Manager Minutes lar CscHree , 4 tt,i cu teat tee areete eeeeee tee after tee facility was paid for rirred in the first few years cf leeraticr, trerefore, iceerevezeets were use of the lack cf cash. Ha statec tnaz tee Golf Center could still be operated tut the City would not oetain any funds. ie agreed that one of the alterna- tives would be to make a better golf course and sublease it but such option wouiti involve election probl , etc. ci er Turner explained that she has problene and concern with the City having to pay the lessee. She inquired as to why the City could not just terminate the present contract and negotiate another contract because she questioned the sale of revenue City Manager Townsend explained that the present tenant has a $600,000 invest - :tent. Council Dfaz pointed out chat the investcrs have invested a great deal of y with the belief that they would make a return on the investment and :ince they have not done this, they would like to recoe; some of their conies. City Manager Townsend informed theCouncil that the Staff has discussed with Me. various possibilities. He stated that the alternatives that the Staff was able to core up with was not good because they did not think an election without new investment would be in order. Mr. Townsend pointed out that the" saleeof golf course rerenue bonds would be paid totally by the users of the Golf Center. He reiterated tet the present contract was prepared with the understanding that the Oso Golf Course euuld not be improved to the extent that it would hurt the business at the Golf Center but th!s did not happen because Oso was improved and the fees were not increased which was unfair to the lessee at the Golf Center because it ial3 unfair competition. He pointed out that the tenant had done everything they said they eauld and this facility was properly operated and there were few ce,0* aints. He assured Lhe Council that the bonds will not be paid if the income is not there. Council er est posed the question of if the City issues $400,000 in revenue bonds and takes over operating the golf course, very little profit will be realized and he queeti. d how the bonds would be paid cff. City Manager Townsend stated that the Staff feels tat after ten years, the cash flow would Oe sufficient to pay off these bonds. Council it. Pk r Best inquired if teas weeId be 3 3E;11,, tperation end provide Cag _t0 pay off the bonds. -"' City Manager Townsend agreed that this is what the StaFt planned and there would be no cost to tix City other than administration. He assured the Council again that a separate fund would be maintained at the Golf Center. Mayor Jones stated that be felt the action to take would be to assure that the Golf Center would remain in operation because it Ise. excellent well-run golf course. Mayor Junes also pointed out that it is a public course and is widely used by minorities. He urged that whatever action the Council takes that they make sure that the golf course is maintained and in use. Meyer Pro Tem Sample agreed with that statement. He stated that he did not feel that an election would be understood and it would probably fail. He also pointed out that the people who have operated the golf course should be fairly treated and he did not feel that the Council would be bailing the lessee out but is merely trying to provide equity. He stated that there was no intention to harm the lessee of the golf center when the Oso Golf Course was improved. City Manager Townsend infermed the Council that as long as Mr. Newman Is able to do so he will run the Golf Center or see that somacne else does. He expressed the opinion that he does not feel that it is right to allow Mr. Newman to do this since he does want to retire and has done such a good job et the Golf Center. City Manager Townsend assured the Council that this action would not establish a precedent because this is the only situation of this type that exists in the City. Council Meager Diaz pointed out that the underlying rationale for doing this is because the City engaged in unfair competition with the Golf Center when they improved the Oso Golf Course without incieasing fees. Council Member Dunphy inquired about the value of the improvements to the Goff Center and City Manager Townsend replied that to replace that golf course mould cost approximately $1 million: Council Member Dunphy asked for the City Maneger's opinion as to whether or not there will be enough cash flow to retire the debt and City Manager Townsend replied that he did. Council Member Dunphy pointed out that there would be no depreciation because the City would not have to pay taxes on the Facility. Council Member ifest asked for a comparison of the figures if the City had owned the Golf Center. 7 rat. Ha Pro Tea le also agree_ that it would not establish a precedent. He reni the it of another unfair situation when this Council allowed the sale of table shrimp when they had a bait stand lease on the 7 -head with a lessee. He stated that he felt this was unfair to that lessee hut the Council plans to rectify that unfairness and this si tion rs the same principle. He reminded the Council that in this situation. air. n had unfair ..etition from the City and in his opinion. Mr. s ld be sated for this. Mayor s asked - t the possible impact If the City did not take any action in thin si tion. City Manager Townsend replied that the short range result would be that Mr. would make arras is to continue the operation. He stated. however. that he could not imagine the investors assuedng any major costs that might be necessary and the quality of r Golf : might not be as g. as it has been. Mayor Jones invited Mr. Stover to address the Council at Chis time. Mr. r stated that he is a stockholder and an investor et the Golf Center noting that they bought the golf course but he was of the opinion that Dso Goff Course had presented unfair c •• titian wtcn it was improved and fees were not increased. He pointed out that he came to Corpus Christi to retire and this City has fewer golf facilities than any other City that he can think of noting that the Golf Center has an 10 -hale golf course and a 9 -hole golf course which are badly needed by the City. Mayor Jones indicated that he would vote in favor of this action. He pointed out that the City and this Council has had no probl whatsoever with the operation of the Corpus Christi Golf ter and he feels that this action would Insure that the Golf Center would continue operating at its pr_sent level. City ger Townsend _. ,inded the Council that there would be no lien against taxpayers' aar:Ay end if rates are charged. the bonds can be paid. He assured them that the City will not be obligated to ;; off the bonds. Ration by Diaz that this be placed on the agenda next week to issue revenue bonds. seconded by ' shy. passed unanimously. Motion by Best that the lar Council Meting be recessed at 12:00 noon in order to convene the Corpus Christi Housing Finance . •:oration Meeting; seconded by e; and passed unani..: 1y. Privates *gala: Council nett* December 31, 19eo 'Page 18 Mayor Janes reconvene; :he RegiIar Council Meeting at 12:09 p.c. Council Monter Best cumen_ed that the Council had teen accused of being a "do nothing' Council. Ne informed the Council !$.mens that he had spoken on Channel 18 on this subject and prier to ris appearance, hE had researched the minutes of the Council Meetings and had a report prepared w..ich listed all of the items approved by this Council; the list was very impressive; and it indicated that this Council had accomplished a great deal. he complimented the Council on their many accomplishments, thanked them and also City Manager Townsend and hfs staff far the excellent jnb they had done. * * * * * * * * * * Motion by Turner that the Council convene in closed session to discuss personnel matters related to reorganization proposals; seconded by Diaz; and passed unanimously at 12:10 p.m. * * * * * * * * * * Mayor Jones reconvened the Regular Council Meeting at 1:17 p.m. There being no further business to come before the Council, on notion by Best, seconded by Diaz and passed unanimously, the Regular Council Meeting was adjourned at 1:17 p.m., December 31, 1980.