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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes City Council - 04/15/19814)0A MINUTES CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING APRIL 15, 1981 2:00 P.M. Present: Mayor Luther Jones Mayor Pro Tem Edward L. Sample Council Members: Dr. Jack Best Leopoldo Luna Betty N. Turner Cliff Zarsky Absent: Council Member Jack K. Dumphy City Manager Marvin Townsend Asst. City Attorney Bob Coffin City Secretary Bill G. Read Mayor Luther Jones called the meeting to order in the Council Chamber of City Hall. The invocation was given by .the Reverend Samuel Calk of Christian Center Assembly of God, following which the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag of the United States was led by Council Member Betty Turner. City Secretary Bill G. Read called the roll of required Charter Officers and verified that the necessary quorum was present•to conduct a legally consti- tuted meeting. Motion by Best that Council Member Jack K. Dumphy be excused for just cause, seconded by Luna and passed unanimously. Mayor Jones announced the issuance of the following proclamations: 1. "LITTA KLINE DAY" - April 11, 1981 2. "THE FESTIVAL OF FLOWERS WEEKEND" - April 11 & 12, 1981 3. "LA SEMANA DE VISITANTES DE MEXICO" - April 12-18, 1981 4. "VISITORS FROM MEXICO WEEK" - April 12-18, 1981 5. "PINAFORE WEEK" - April 12-18, 1981 Motion by Turner that the Minutes for the Regular Council Meetings of February 11 and February 18, 1981 and the Special Council Meetings of February 11 and February 25, 1981 be approved as presented; seconded by Best; and passed Unanimously. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. * .. * .. * .. .. ., .. * ., * Mayor Jones administered the oath to newly appointed members of various City Boards and Commissions. MLC OJLMED SEP 191984 Minutes Regular Council Meeting April 15, 1981 Page 2 Mayor Jones called for the City Manager's Reports. City Manager Townsend presented the following items with related comments and explanations and recom- mended that: 1. Bids be received April 28, 1981 for 2 replacement 5 kilowatt emergency standby power plants for the Fire Department. The units at two of the fire stations were originally purchased from military surplus and have been in service for the city over 15 years. 2. Bids be received May 5, 1981, for a twelve months supply of approximately 7,500 bags of industrial quick set concrete mix. 3. Twelve months supply of 'gas and water meters be awarded to the following on the basis of low bid meeting specifications. Supplier Amount National Meter Co., Lancaster, Ohio 800 - 175 cu. ft. Gas Meters $ 34,424.00 Rockwell International, Houston, Texas 30 - 415 cu. ft. Gas Meters $ 3,405.00 15 - 750 cu. ft. Gas Meters 4,800.00 5 - 3,000 cu. ft. Gas Meters 3,785.00 2 - 5,000 cu. ft. Gas Meters 2,344.00 6 - 10,000 cu. ft. Gas Meters 11,136.00 10 - Automatic Pressure Correcting Instruments 5,250.00 $ 30 720.00 Neptune Meter Company, Dallas 2,500 - 5/8" x 3/4" Water Meters 50 - 3/4" Water Meters 75 - 1" Water Meters Carlon Meter Company, Houston 120 - 11/2" Water Meters 70 - 2" Water Meters $ 60,625.00 1,709.50 4,288.50 $ 66,623.00 $ 17,088.00 13,289.50 $ 30,377.50 Grand Total $162,144.50 Bids were received from eight firms. Price comparison shows an increase of approximately 11% on gas and 43% on water meters. The apparent low bid of American Singer of Garland of $3,395.10 on the 415 cu. ft. gas meters is not recommended because it is only $9.90 less than the next bid and the difference is not worth administering a separate contract. The apparent low bids of Kent Meter Company of Ocala, Florida of $58,775 on the 5/8" water meters and $1,647 on the 3/4" water meters are for meters with polymer instead of bronze lids. 4. A twelve months supply of large lamps, including incandescent, fluorescent, high intensity discharge, quartz, projector and airport marker, be awarded to General Electric Supply Company, Corpus Christi, on the basis of low bid, for the estimated amount of $14,850. Three bids were received. Prices have increased approximately 15% since February, 1980. General Electric Supply Company submitted the highest discounts from published price lists. 36% on all lamps except projector lamps for which the discount is 58$. Minutes Regular Council Meting April 15, 1981 Page 3 5. $19,226.25 be appropriated from the Trust Fund for purchase of five thumpers for AID Ambulance from Dixie, U.S.A, Inc. of Houston. The thumpers are mechanical devices for administering cardiopulmonary resuscitation. The Larry and Pat McNeil Foundation has donated the money to purchase the thumpers and related equipment. 6. A public hearing be held Apr.29, 1981 to consider closing an unnamed and unimproved 60 -foot public roadway along the south side of Lot 8 and the north side of Lot 9, Section 5, Range VIII, Guggenheim and Cohn's Farm Lots. This roadway closure is related to proposed drainage agreements with Sitterle Company pertaining to development of property at Old Brownsville Road and South Padre Island Drive. No objections have been received. Several letters of concurrence have been submitted by abutting and affected property owners. 7. A public hearing be held on April 29, 1981 to consider the requested closing of a 20 -foot by 150 -foot alley in Block 60 of Bluff Portion. This alley was dedicated in 1920. For approximately forty years the former Sears building on Leopard Street has been built across the alley. There are no City utilities in the alley. The property is in the process of being sold and thus the request to clear the title. The closing is recommended. 8. A revocable easement be granted to T. E. Beach, G. M. Beach, and B. A. Beach, owners of Block 60, Beach Portion, to allow existing encroachments into the public rights-of-way of Leopard, Sam Rankin and North Alameda Streets of a masonry building by an average of 4 inches, and to permit an 8 foot wide roof overhang into the right-of-way above the sidewalk. The building is the former Sears building on Leopard Street. A structural review of the sidewalk overhang, due to the age of the building and a $100 fee are recommended as conditions of the easement. 9. Plan's and specifications for roof repairs to the following 12 buildings be approved and bids be received May 13, 1981: Fire Station No. 3 Fire Station No. 6 Fire Station No. 13 Fire Station No. 14 Transit Office and Garage Hialco Classroom Building City Flour Bluff Satellite Clinic Garden Club Oso Golf Center Club House Art Museum of South Texas Williams Drive Clinic Greenwood Library Roor repairs are necessary because of Hurricane Allen damage. Most of the estimated cost has been offset by insurance settlements. 10. Plans and specifications providing for Corpus Christi Marina repairs be approved and bids be received May 13, 1981. This project provides for Hurricane Allen repairs to all of the paved areas on the T -Heads and L -Head, as well as other hurricane related repairs to the pavilion area on the Peoples Street T -Head. The reworking of all pavement areas on T -Heads and L -Head is eligible FEMA work; however, the replacement of all asphalt in the Marina is a 100% City cost item. 11. An application for funds be submitted to the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) for the portion of repair work to the Peoples Street T -Head resulting from Hurricane Allen. The contract for repairs and expansion of the T -Head, including hurricane damage, was awarded to Brown & Root, Inc. A total of $38,158.33 is FEMA -eligible and will be requested as a grant -in -lieu. Improvements include construction of new slips along the south stem, renovation and realignment of existing slips on the west face and repair of the water system. The total cost of the repairs and expansion is $330,000. Minutes Regular Council Meeting April 15, 1981 Page 4 12. The Flour Bluff Gardens Sanitary Sewer Improvements be accepted and final payment of $21,229.29 for a total of $210,093.03 be made to Cactus Utility Company. The contractor exceeded the allotted 75 day working time by 147 days. It is recommended that a 54 -day extension be granted because of additional work added by change orders and for minor delays in the acquisition of the lift station site and that 93 days be charged as liquidated damages at $100 per day for a total of $9,300. This 5th Year Community Development project included sanitary sewer gravity lines, a lift station and force main in the residential area around the Flour Bluff fire station providing service to June Drive, Belma Drive, Blossom Street and portions of Don Patricio Road and Amber Drive. 13. A maintenance agreement with the developers of South Sea Island Subdivision in Flour Bluff providing for the developers to maintain a 450 -foot landscaped median in the entrance drive to the subdivision, be approved. This subdivision was formerly a mobile home park and is now being converted to a single family subdivision. The median has been landscaped with palm trees and St. Augustine grass by the developer. The subdivision is located south of Glenoak Drive between Waldron and Laguna Shores Road. 14. Mr. Richard G. Graessle, purchaser of Lot 20, Block 2, Parade Place Unit 1I Subdivision be released of his contractual obligation due to personal hardship and be refunded $550 of the $1,000 earnest money with $45o being retained by the City for administrative expenses. The City has received another signed earnest money contract for the purchase of the same lot from Jacom Builders, Inc. for $17,777 cash. The prior transaction was a term sale. Only one lot in the subdivision remains to be sold. 15. The request of Braselton Construction Company to construct a six inch concrete driveway across the drainage ditch adjacent to the street at 426 Flato Road be approved. The Driveway Ordinance requires asphalt to be used for driveways crossing drainage ditches, but the applicant proposes to use the driveway to move heavy construction machinery which requires heavy duty concrete for adequate support. 16. A three year mineral lease of the City's undivided one-half interest in 470 acres at the Airport be awarded to Kelly Bell for a cash bonus of $36,124.20, annual delay rental of $4,700.00, and 20% royalty. Only one bid was received. The bid exceeds the minimum amounts specified and is comparable with previous bids for mineral leases at the Airport. The land extends from Highway 44 to McGloin Road, immediately west of the Airport entrance road. 17. Payment of $10,822.04 be approved for services performed by the Cable Television Information Center, Washington, D.C. from September 16, 1980 to March 10, 1981 in renegotiating the CATV franchise. The authorized maximum of $20,000, approved on December 10, was not needed because the assistance did not include the anticipated quantity of written reports. City staff expenses for travel to Washington, D.C., March 4-6 to work with the consultant totaled $1,483.22. The combined amount of $12,305.26 will be submitted to Athena Cablevision as costs for consulting services for franchise renewal. 18. The City Code be amended to provide that the City's weed control and demolition regulations can be enforced by the Neighborhood Improvement Division as well as the City's Health Officer and to authorize the Neighborhood Improvement Division to file weed control and demolition liens. The enforcement of these regulations was transferred sometime ago from the Health Department to the Neighborhood Improvement Division. The amendments will make the City Code consistent with the current practice. Minutes Regular Council Meeting April 15, 1981 Page 5 19. The Airport Advisory Board recommendation be approved to renew for 3 years the Fidelity and Casualty of New York space lease for the sale of annual and short term travel insurance for 3 years beginning January 1, 1981. Estimated annual City income is $2,750 based on 25% of gross revenue. The company has provided this service since 1960. Sales will be by machine or by employees of the limousine operator utilizing a combined insurance -limousine counter. No other insurance carrier has expressed an interest in this concession. The lease renewal includes all provisions of the existing lease except that paging will not be required since it is now being done by the airlines and car rental companies. 20. Bids be received May 5, 1981 for a post mix soda system for the Bayfront Plaza Auditorium lounge area. 21. Emergency repairs to a 1974 Caterpillar scraper, unit 2053, by the authorized dealer, B. D. Holt Company, for an estimated cost of $6,505 be noted. The repairs include transmission, differential, glow plugs and 250 hours maintenance. This unit is one of two scrapers used at the landfills. 22. An ordinance be passed amending the ordinance authorizing execution of an industrial district agreement with El Paso Products Company to add approximately 15 acres along the Viola Turning Basin. 23. The depository bank contract be amended to provide Visa and Master Charge Credit Card services at a discount rate of 3.50% of credit card sales. This will allow use of the cards at the Corpus Christi Golf Center. When the Center was privately operated, Visa and Master Charge cards were accepted. 24. $19,000 be appropriated for the City's share of the previously authorized street widening change of McArdle Road in the vicinity of the Padre -Staples Mall. The total estimated cost for widening the pro- posed street from 48 to 60 feet is $67,000, of which $19,000 is the City's share. (This was added as an emergency item.) Mayor Jones called for comments from the Council on the City Manager's Reports. Council Member Zarsky referred to Item 18 and inquired as to which depart- ment will have primary control. City Manager Townsend explained that Weed Control was transferred from the Health Department to the Neighborhood Improvement Division several years ago, and this item is designed to amend the Code to make it concur with the current enforce- ment practices. There were no comments from the audience on the City Manager's Reports. Motion by Sample that the City Manager's Reports, Items 1 thru 24, be approved; seconded by Best; and passed unanimously. Minutes Regular Council Meeting April 15, 1981 Page 6 Mayor Jones called for the ordinances. City Manager Townsend briefly explained the ordinances. There were no comments from the audience on the Ordinances. City Secretary Read polled the Council for their votes, and the following ordinances were passed: FIRST READING: AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE A LEASE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI AND FIDELITY AND CASUALTY COMPANY OF NEW YORK COVERING THE LEASE OF SPACE AT CORPUS CHRISTI INTERNATIONAL AIRPORTFOR THE SALE OF ANNUAL AND SHORT TERM TRAVEL AND COLLATERAL INSURANCE POLICIES FOR A PERIOD OF THREE YEARS BEGINNING JANUARY 1, 1981; ALL AS MORE FULLY SET FORTH IN THE LEASE AGREEMENT, A COPY OF WHICH IS ATTACHED HERETO AND MADE A PART HEREOF, MARKED EXHIBIT "A". The foregoing ordinance was read for the first time and passed to its second reading by the following vote: Jones, Sample, Best, Luna, Turner and Zarsky voting "Aye", Dumphy absent. ORDINANCE NO. 16190: APPROPRIATING $19,226.25 DONATED BY THE LARRY AND PAT McNEIL FOUNDA- TION AND AUTHORIZING THE PURCHASE OF FIVE THUMPERS FOR THE AID AMBULANCE SYSTEM, ALL IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS AS SPECIFIED BY THE DONOR; AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY. The Charter Rule was suspended and the foregoing ordinance was passed by the following vote: Jones, Sample, Best, Luna, Turner and Zarsky voting "Aye"; Dumphy, absent. ORDINANCE NO. 16189: GRANTING A REVOCABLE EASEMENT TO T. E. BEACH, G. M. BEACH AND B. A. BEACH, OWNERS OF BLOCK 60, BEACH PORTION OF THE CITY PROVIDING FOR ENCROACHMENT INTO THE PUBLIC RIGHT-OF-WAY OF LEOPARD, SAM RANKIN AND N. ALAMEDA STREETS OF AN EXISTING MASONARY BUILDING AN AVERAGE OF 4" AND TO PERMIT AN 8' WIDE OVERHANG INTO THE RIGHT-OF-WAY AND ABOVE THE SIDEWALK, AS MORE FULLY SET FORTH IN THE REVOCABLE EASEMENT; A SUBSTANTIAL COPY OF WHICH IS 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: Jones, Sample, Best, Luna, Turner and Zarsky voting "Aye", Dumphy absent. ORDINANCE NO. 16191: AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO SUBMIT A REQUEST FOR GRANT -IN -LIEU IN THE AMOUNT OF $38,158.33 TO THE FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY FOR ELIGIBLE REPAIRS TO THE PEOPLES STREET T -HEAD AS A RESULT OF HURRICANE ALLEN, A SUBSTANTIAL COPY OF WHICH REQUEST IS ATTACHED HERETO AND MADE A PART HEREOF, MARKED EXHIBIT "A"; AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION OF ALL DOCUMENTS NECESSARY TO OBTAIN THE GRANT -IN -LIEU; AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY. The Charter Rule was suspended and the foregoing ordinance was passed by the following vote: Jones, Sample, Best, Luna, Turner and Zarsky voting "Aye", Dumphy absent. Minutes Regular Council Meeting April 15, 1981 Page 7 ORDINANCE NO. 16192: AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO• EXECUTE A MAINTENANCE AGREEMENT WITH THE DEVELOPERS OF SOUTH SEA ISLAND SUBDIVISION IN FLOUR BLUFF, PROVIDING FOR THE DEVELOPERS TO MAINTAIN A 400 -FOOT LONG LANDSCAPED MEDIAN AT THE ENTRANCE TO THE SUBDIVISION, ALL AS MORE FULLY SET FORTH IN THE SAID AGREEMENT, A SUBSTANTIAL COPY OF WHICH IS 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: Jones, Sampler Best, Luna, Turner and Zarsky voting "Aye", Dumphy absent. ORDINANCE NO. 16193: AUTHORIZING EXECUTION OF A THREE YEAR MINERAL LEASE FOR AN UNDIVIDED ONE-HALF MINERAL INTEREST IN 470 ACRES AT THE INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT TO KELLY BELL FOR A CASH BONUS OF $36,124.20, AN ANNUAL DELAY RENTAL OF $4,700.00 AND A 20% ROYALTY, ALL AS MORE FULLY SET FORTH IN THE LEASE AGREEMENT, A SUBSTANTIAL COPY BEING 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: Jones, Sample, Best, Luna, Turner and Zarsky voting "Aye", Dumphy absent. ORDINANCE NO. 16194: AMENDING THE CODE OF ORDINANCES, CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, 1976 REVISION, AS AMENDED, BY AMENDING SECTIONS 23-8, 23-9, 23-10, 23-11, AND 23-72, HEALTH AND SANITATION, BY OMITTING REFERENCES TO THE WEED AND RUBBISH CONTROL DIVISION IN THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH, AND BY GRANTING AUTHORITY TO THE CITY HEALTH OFFICER AND DIRECTOR OF NEIGHBORHOOD IMPROVEMENT TO CARRY OUT THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION 23-50 THROUGH 23-73 OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES AND ARTICLE 4436, REVISED CIVIL STATUTES; AND PROVIDING FOR PUBLICATION; AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY. The Charter Rule was suspended and the foregoing ordinance was passed by the following vote: Jones, Sample, Best, Luna, Turner and Zarsky voting "Aye", Dumphy absent. ORDINANCE NO. 16195: AMENDING EXHIBIT 1 OF ORDINANCE NO. 16146, AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION OF AN INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT AGREEMENT WITH EL PASO PRODUCTS COMPANY, PASSED AND APPROVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL, CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS, ON APRIL 1, 1981, TO REVISE EXHIBIT "A" DESCRIBING ADDITIONAL LAND TO BE INCLUDED WITHIN CORPUS CHRISTI INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT NO. 16, AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY. The Charter Rule was suspended and the foregoing ordinance was passed by the following vote: Jones, Sample, Best, Luna, Turner and Zarsky voting "Aye", Dumphy absent. Minutes Regular Council Meeting April 15, 1981 Page 8 ORDINANCE NO. 16196: AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 14961, DEPOSITORY BANK CONTRACT, TO PROVIDE FOR AND MASTER CHARGE CREDIT CARD SERVICES AT THE DISCOUNT RATE OF 3.50 PERCENT. OF VISA AND MASTER CHARGE CREDIT SALES AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY. The Charter Rule was suspended and the foregoing ordinance was passed by the following vote: Jones, Sample, Best, Luna, Turner and Zarsky voting "Aye", Dumphy absent. ORDINANCE NO. 16197: RESOLUTION COMMEMORATING DR. McIVER FURMAN, MAYOR EMERITUS AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY. The Charter Rule was suspended and the foregoing ordinance was passed by the following vote: Jones, Sample, Best, Luna, Turner and Zarsky voting "Aye", Dumphy absent. ORDINANCE NO. 16198: APPROPRIATING $19,000 OUT OF THE NO. 220 STREET BOND FUND TO SUPPLE- MENT $313,200 PREVIOUSLY APPROPRIATED BY ORDINANCE NO. 15918 FOR THE CITY'S SHARE OF ADDITIONAL CONSTRUCTION COSTS ON THE McARDLE ROAD IMPROVEMENTS PROJECT, HOLMES TO CRESCENT STREET (METROPOLITAN HIGHWAY 142) APPLICABLE TO PROJECT NO. 220-72-3, McARDLE ROAD, HOLMES DRIVE TO CRESCENT STREET, WHICH IS TO BE PLACED IN ESCROW WITH THE TEXAS STATE TREASURER, ACCOUNT OF TRUST FUND NO. 927; AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY. The Charter Rule was suspended and the foregoing ordinance was passed by the following vote; Jones, Sample, Best, Luna, Turner and Zarsky voting "Aye"; Dumphy, absent. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Mayor Jones called for comments from the audience on petitions or informa- tion from the audience on matters not scheduled on the agenda. There was no response. City Manager Townsend presented plans for the street design for the Convention Center and informed the Council that the architect still prefers the original plan which includes a traffic circulation plan with a number of side- walks and with the driveway located quite a distance from the doors of the Art Museu Council Member Turner suggested that this be considered by affected committees and the Art Museum before the Council makes a decision. Mayor Jones agreed but stated that he would like to have a decision made as soon as possible. City Manager Townsend discussed the status of various bills before the Legislature and mentioned in particular the problems that the City will encounter Minutes Regular Council Meeting April 15, 1981 Page 9 if a bill passes which requires "Police Officers" to be on duty at the Airport rather than "Security Officers." Motion by Zarsky that a telegram be sent to the local delegation express- ing the Council's opposition to this bill, seconded by Turner and passed unanimously. .. .. ., is .. ., it ., is ., ., * ., * is ;t ., .. .. ., * * Yc .. * * * .. * * is Mayor Jones again called for petitions from the audience. Mr. David Gomez, 1418 Barcelona, informed the Council that he was attempt- ing to open an automatic transmission shop; he plans to lease property from Mr. Jose C. Baca; there is a need to change the zoning on that property; the case was heard by the Planning Commission; and they recommended denial. He stated that he is therefore requesting that the City Council grant a special permit for such a business. City Manager Townsend explained to Mr. Gomez that the Council can only consider zoning matters after they have been properly advertised and the property owners in the area have been notified. Mr. Ernest Briones, Deputy City Manager, further explained that this case was heard by the Planning Commission the preceding evening and it will be sent to the City Manager so that the public hearing can be set before the City Council. He concurred that the Planning Commission had recommended denial. City Manager Townsend mentioned the christening of the U.S.S. Submarine "Corpus Christi" in Groton, Connecticut on Saturday, April 25, 1981, and suggested that any Council Members who wished to attend make their reservations as soon as possible. There being no further business to come before the Council, on motion by Best, seconded by Sample and passed unanimously, the Regular Council Meeting was adjourned at 3:12 p.m., April 15, 1981.