HomeMy WebLinkAbout19638 ORD - 02/17/1987AN ORDINANCE
ORDERING A GENERAL ELECTION TO BE HELD ON APRIL 4, 1987, IN
THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS, FOR THE ELECTION OF MAYOR
AND EIGHT COUNCIL MEMBERS, ON AMENDMENTS TO THE CHARTER OF
THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI AS MORE FULLY SET FORTH ON FILE
IN THE OFFICES OF THE CITY SECRETARY AND MADE A PART HEREOF
BY REFERENCE AS IF COPIED VERBATIM HEREIN, AND TO ADOPT AN
INCREASE IN THE TAX EXEMPTION OF THE RESIDENCE HOMESTEAD FOR
INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE DISABLED OR ARE 65 OR OLDER; PROVIDING
THAT THE ELECTION BE HELD JOINTLY WITH THE WEST OSO
INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT TRUSTEES ELECTION AND THE FLOUR
BLUFF INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT TRUSTEES ELECTION;
DESIGNATING POLLING PLACE LOCATIONS; .ENACTING PROVISIONS
INCIDENT AND RELATING TO THE SUBJECT AND PURPOSE OF THIS
ORDINANCE; AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.
WHEREAS, the City Charter provides for the holding of a regular City
election for Mayor and Council members in the City of Corpus Christi, on the
first Saturday in April in odd -numbered years, the same being April 4, 1987; and
WHEREAS, it is provided by the Election Code of the State of Texas
that the governing body shall order elections pertaining to municipal affairs,
give notice and appoint election officers to hold the election; and
WHEREAS, upon the petition to provide for a homestead exemption of at
least 20 percent of the number of qualified voters who voted in the preceding
election, the governing body of the City of Corpus Christi shall call an
election as provided in Section 11.13 of the Property Tax Code;
WHEREAS, the West Oso Independent School District and the Flour Bluff
Independent School District have requested that the respective election for
Trustees be held jointly with the General Election of the City of Corpus
Christi.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS:
SECTION 1. That a general election for the election of Mayor and
Council members, shall be held in the City of Corpus Christi, Texas, on April 4,
1987.
SECTION 2. That at said election herein ordered all the qualified
voters of the City of Corpus Christi shall be permitted to vote.
SECTION 3. That the names of candidates for the office of Mayor and
the names of_;candidates for the office of the City Council members shall be
placed on sed ballot in the manner and form prescribed by law.
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SECTION 4. The City Secretary, Armando Chapa, whose office is
situated at the Office of the City Secretary, Third Floor, City Hall, 302 South
Shoreline Drive, Corpus Christi, Texas, is hereby appointed Election Manager and
Judge of said election, and is hereby authorized and directed to make all
necessary arrangements for the holding of said election in accordance with and
subject to the laws of this State. The City Secretary is hereby appointed the
Absentee Voting Clerk for the joint absentee voting for the West Oso Independent
School District Trustees Election and the Flour Bluff Independent School
District Trustees Election. Joint absentee voting shall be conducted at the
absentee polling place or places at which the City Secretary regularly conducts
absentee voting as provided herein.
SECTION 5. Voting machines shall be used for the conduct of said
election on election day and for conducting absentee voting, except that for
absentee votes cast by mail, paper ballots shall be used. Absentee voting in
person shall be conducted in the lobby of City Hall, the same being designated
as an extension of the office of the City Secretary, 302 South Shoreline Drive,
Corpus Christi, Texas, from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Monday through Saturday,
beginning on March 16, 1987, and ending March 31, 1987. The City Secretary
shall conduct the absentee voting.
SECTION 6. An election is hereby ordered to be held on April 4, 1987
in the City of Corpus Christi, at which election shall be submitted to the
voters the amendments described below to the City Charter of the City of Corpus
Christi, Texas:
Amendment One, City Council Elections, Removal & Recall.
Amending'Article II, City Council, to provide for the membership and term
of the City Council, general election and run-off election procedures,
restrictions on Council members, procedures for removal and impeachment
proceedings, procedures for recall petitions and elections, and conform the
Charter to the requirements of state and federal laws. [Revises Art. II, Secs.
1-3, 10, 12, 20-25 into new Secs. 1-3, 9, 11, 18-23.]
Amendment Two, City Council Procedures.
Amending Article II, City Council, to provide for general powers of the
Mayor, compensation of the City Council, procedures for filling vacancies and
the offices of Mayor and Council members, and regulations concerning the conduct
of Council meetings, Council actions, contracts before elections and the
involvement of the Council in the administrative affairs of the City. [Revises
existing Art. II, Secs. 6-3, 11, 13-19 into new Secs. 6-7, 10, 12-17.]
Amendment Three, Administrative Provisions.
Amending Article II, City Council, Article III, City Manager, and Article
IV, Administration, to provide for the appointment and duties of the City
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Secretary, municipal judges, municipal court clerk, city manager, omitting
obsolete provisions on departments and divisions, allowing for the creation of
administrative departments and divisions, and establishing a legal department.
[Revises existing Art. II, Secs. 26-28, Art. III, Secs. 1-2,'Art. IV, Secs.
1-10, 25-30, 32-38, 40-46, 50-60 and 62 into new Art. II, Secs. 24-25, Art. III,
Secs. 1-2, Art. IV, Secs. 1 and 10.]
Amendment Four, General Powers and Provisions.
Amending Article IV, Administration, and Article IX, General Powers, to
allow the City to exercise the powers of a home -rule city under the laws of the
State of Texas, to enter into contracts for goods and services, to provide for
actions by citizens, to provide for the establishment of assessment and
improvement districts and to make general provisions for the rights and powers
of the city. [Revises Art. IV, Secs. 14, 39, 47-49, 61, 63, and Art. IX, Secs.
1-37 and 41 into new Art. X, Secs. 1-12.]
Amendment Five, Finance, Taxation and Bonds.
Amending Article II, City Council, Article IV, Administration, and Article
VII, Taxation and Bonds, to provide for independent and internal audit, the
adoption of an annual budget, restrictions on fund transfers and the maintenance
of accounts, and conforming taxation and bond provisions to the requirements of
state law. [Revises existing Art. II, Secs. 29-30, Art. IV, Secs. 11-13, 15-17,
19-20, 24 and Art. VII, Secs. 1-12 into new Art. II, Secs. 26-27, Art IV, Secs.
2-4, 6 and Art. VIII, Secs. 1-2.]
Amendment Six, Civil Service and Employment Regulations.
Amending Article VI, Employment Regulations, to provide for a classified
service defined by the City Council, the powers and duties of the Civil Service
Board, and regulations concerning non-discrimination, political activities and
candidacies for public office. [Revises Art. VI, Secs. 1-12 into new Art. VII,
Secs. 1-5.]
Amendment Seven, Boards and Commissions.
Amending Article V, Commissions and Boards, to establish a separate article
concerning the composition, powers and duties of the Planning Commission, the
development and legal effect of the Comprehensive Plan and platting procedures,
and to provide general powers for the establishment, terms and duties for boards
and commissions, and appeals to the City Council. [Revises Art. V, Secs. 1-15
into new Art. V, Planning, Secs. 1-5, and new Art. VI, Boards and Commissions,
Secs. 1-2.]
Amendment Eight, Public Utilities, Franchises and Leases.
Amending Article VIII, Public Utilities, Franchises and Leases, to provide
for the inalienability of public property except under certain conditions, and
procedures for the granting, transfer, termination and regulation of franchises
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and leases, the granting of oil and gas leases, the exercise of the power of
eminent domain, the operation of public utilities and the sale of untreated
water. [Revises Art. VIII, Secs. 1-17 (Exc. 2(c), (d) and (e)) into new Art.
IX, Secs. 1-11.]
Amendment Nine, Long -Term Leases on the Bayfront.
Amending Article VIII, Public Utilities, Franchises and Leases, to delete
the exceptions to the referendum requirements on leases of airport property and
property owned by other governmental entities and to provide a single exception
to the referendum requirements for all properties in city except the submerged
lands along the downtown bayfront. [Revises Art. VIII, Secs. 2(c), (d) and (e)
into new Art. IX, Sec. 2(b).]
Amendment Ten, Initiative and Referendum.
Adding a new Section 4 to Article I, to provide procedures for the people
of the city to initiate ordinances of the City by petition and election and call
for a referendum on repeal of existing ordinances of the City in a similar
manner. [Adds Art. I, Sec. 4]
Amendment Eleven, Appointment and Removal of Department Heads.
Amending Article III, City Manager, to repeal the requirements of Section 3
and 4 thereof, which require the City Council to approve by resolution the
appointment or removal of all directors of departments and division heads.
[Repeals Art. III, Secs. 3-4.]
Amendment Twelve, Annexation.
Amending Article I, Incorporation, Annexation and Form of Government, to
add limited powers of annexation by ordinance with the requirement for a
referendum upon petition by 500 registered voters, and conform the Article to be
consistent with state law. [Revises Art. I, Secs. 1-2 and adds subsection
2(d).]
The foregoing amendments are set forth in full in the Draft Revised Charter
attached hereto as Exhibit A and incorporated herein by reference.
The Charter amendment propositions shall appear on the ballot as follows:
Proposition One.
Amending the Corpus Christi Charter to provide for the membership
and term of the City Council, general election and run-off
election procedures, restrictions on Council members, procedures
for removal and impeachment proceedings, procedures for recall
petitions and elections, and conform the Charter to the
requirements of state and federal laws.
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Proposition Two.
Amending the Corpus Christi Charter to provide for general powers
of the Mayor, compensation of the City Council, procedures for
filling vacancies and the offices of Mayor and Council members,
and regulations concerning the conduct of Council meetings,
Council actions, contracts before elections and the involvement
of the Council in the administrative affairs of the City.
Proposition Three.
Amending the Corpus Christi Charter to provide for the appoint-
ment and duties of the City Secretary, municipal judges, munici-
pal court clerk, city manager, omitting obsolete provisions on
departments and divisions, allowing for the creation of admini-
strative departments and divisions, and establishing a legal
department.
Proposition Four.
Amending the Corpus Christi Charter to allow the City to exercise
the powers of a home -rule city under the laws of the State of
Texas, to enter into contracts for goods and services, to provide
for actions by citizens, to provide for the establishment of
assessment and improvement districts and to make general provi-
sions for the rights and powers of the city.
Proposition Five.
Amending the Corpus Christi Charter to provide for independent
and internal audit, the adoption of an annual budget,
restrictions on fund transfers and the maintenance of accounts,
and conforming taxation and bond provisions to the requirements
of state law.
Proposition Six.
Amending the Corpus Christi Charter to provide for a classified
service defined by the City Council, the powers and duties of the
Civil Service Board, and regulations concerning
non-discrimination, political activities and candidacies for
public office.
Proposition Seven.
Amending the Corpus Christi Charter to establish a separate
article concerning the composition, powers and duties of the
Planning Commission, the development and legal effect of the
Comprehensive Plan and platting procedures, and to provide
general powers for the establishment, terms and duties for boards
and commissions, and appeals to the City Council.
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Proposition Eight.
Amending the Corpus Christi Charter to provide for the
inalienability of public property except under certain
conditions, and procedures for the granting, transfer,
termination and regulation of franchises and leases, the granting
of oil and gas leases, the exercise of the power of eminent
domain, the operation of public utilities and the sale of
untreated water.
Proposition Nine.
Amending the Corpus Christi Charter to delete the exceptions to
the referendum requirements on leases of airport property and
property owned by other governmental entities and to provide a
single exception to the referendum requirements for all
properties in city except the submerged lands along the downtown
bayfront.
Proposition Ten.
Adding a new Section to the Corpus Christi Charter to provide
procedures for the people of the City to initiate ordinances of
the City by petition and election and call for a referendum on
repeal of existing ordinances of the City in a similar manner.
Proposition Eleven.
Amending the Corpus Christi Charter to repeal the requirements
for the City Council to approve by resolution the appointment or
removal of all directors of departments and division heads.
Proposition Twelve.
Amending the Corpus Christi Charter to add limited powers of
annexation by ordinance with the requirement for a referendum
upon petition by 500 registered voters, and conform the Article
to be consistent with state law.
The ballots for said election on the charter amendments shall be in such
form that those voters intending to vote "For" shall show on their ballots a
vote "Yes" for the proposition, and those intending to vote "Against" shall show
on their ballots a vote "No" for the proposition.
SECTION 7. That pursuant to the petition of at least 20 percent of
the number of qualified voters who voted in the preceding City election, an
election is hereby ordered to grant an exemption in the amount of $50,000 of the
appraised value of the residence homestead for an individual who is disabled or
is 65 or older. The proposition to be submitted as follows:
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Proposition Thirteen.
Shall there be adopted an exemption from ad valorem taxation in
the amount of $50,000 of the appraised value of the residence
homestead of an individual who is disabled or is 65 or older.
The ballots for said election on the adoption of the residence homestead
exemption shall be in such form that those voters intending to vote "For" shall
show on their ballots a vote "Yes" for the proposition, and those intending to
vote "Against" shall show on their ballots a vote "No" for the proposition.
SECTION 8. That voting machines shall be employed at the election
herein ordered in accordance with the provisions of the Election Code, and said
election shall be held at the polling places in the regularly prescribed
precincts of the City of Corpus Christi, such voting precincts and polling
places being as follows:
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City of Corpus Christi
West Oso Independent School District
Flour Bluff Independent School District
April 4, 1987
Joint Election
SINGLE MEMBER SCHOOL
PRECINCT POLLING PLACE DISTRICT DISTRICT
1 McGregor Building 2
1015 N. Chaparral
2 Windsor Park School 4
4526 S. Alameda
3 First Presbyterian Church 2
435 S. Broadway
4 Kostoryz School 3
3602 Panama
5 Hamlin Junior High 5
3900 Hamlin
6 Fire Station #13 4
1802 Waldron Road
7 Oak Park School -1
3701 Mueller
8 Wooldridge Convalescent Home 4
7352 Wooldridge
*9 Calallen Pre School 1
5215 Avenue A
*15&**28 Oso Co -Op Gin 3
Old Brownsville Road
17 Shannon Jr. High School 4
1530 Airline
18 County Building, Flour Bluff 4
10808 Padre Island Drive
F.B.I.S.D.
W.O.I.S.D.
F.B.I.S.D.
SINGLE MEMBER SCHOOL
PRECINCT POLLING PLACE DISTRICT DISTRICT
20 Municipal Service Center 3
2525 Hygeia
21 Kiwanis Park Rec. Room 2
3933 Timon Blvd.
24 Coleman Center. West Campus,#106 3
Old Brownsville Road
30 Ayers Recreation Center 1
1722 Winnebago
31 Vasquez Garage 2
1025 Tenth Street
32 Church of Christ South 5
3202 Rodd Field Road
33 George Evans School 2
1315 Comanche
-- *34 Early Childhood Center 3
211 S. Clarkwood
38 Crossley School 1
2512 Koepke
- 39 Ayers Street Church of Christ 2
1610 Lawnview
*40 S *19 Padre Isl. Prop. Owners Assoc. 4
14015 Fortuna Bay
41 Nueces National Bank 2
1434 S. Port
42 Wenzell Garage 4
217 Leming
43 Travis School 2
1634 Tarlton
W.O.I.S.D.
F.B.I.S.D.
SINGLE MEMBER SCHOOL
PRECINCT POLLING PLACE DISTRICT DISTRICT
44
45
46
47
48
49
50
51
52
53
56
57
58
59
Zavala School
3102 Highland
George Wiggins Recreation Center
2320 Buford
Lamar School
2212 Morris
Ben Garza Gym
1815 Howard
Mosier Residence
4637 Branscomb
Scott Vetters Scout Hut
3221 McRinzie Road
Lindale Recreation Center
3133 Swantner
Gibson School
5723 Hampshire
Woodlawn Presbyterian Church
3757 Up River Road
Sam Houston School
363 Norton
La Armada Hall
3701 Ayers
Harvin Center, Main Lobby
Baldwin & Ayers
Menger School
2209 S. Alameda
Incarnate Word, Utility Room
2930 S. Alameda
SINGLE MEMBER SCHOOL
PRECINCT POLLING PLACE DISTRICT DISTRICT
60
61
62
63
64
65
66
67
68
69
70
71
72
73
Adult Learning Center
3902 Morgan
Shaw School Annex
3109 Carver
Wynn Seale Jr. High
1707 Ayers
Parkway Presbyterian Church
3707 Santa Fe
Santa Fe Swim Club
4134 Santa Fe
Montclair School
5241 Kentner
Fisher School
601 Texan Trail
Fire Station
821 Louisiana
Bledsoe Garage
1430 Ormond
Baker Junior High
2445 Pecan
Blanche Moore Elementary
5426 Williams
Lexington School
2901 McArdle
Central Park School
3602 McArdle
Fannin School
2730 Gollihar
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SINGLE MEMBER SCHOOL
PRECINCT POLLING PLACE DISTRICT DISTRICT
74
75
76
77
78
79
80
81
82
83
84
85
86
87
Cunningham Junior High
4321 Prescott
Crockett School
3302 Greenwood
Port Avenue Drug Store
913 S. Port
Lozano School
650 Osage
Kennedy School
5040 Rockford
Driscoll Junior High
261 Weil
Skinner Elementary School
1001 Bloomington
Fire Station 09
501 Navigation
Labor Union Hall
801 Omaha
Gulf Coast Council of La Raza
2203 Baldwin Boulevard
C.C. Area Council for the Deaf
5151 McArdle
Allen School
2002 Elizabeth
Gregg Garage
308 Katherine
Carroll Lane School
4120 Carroll Lane
W.O.I.S.D.
W.O.I.S.D.
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SINGLE MEMBER SCHOOL
PRECINCT POLLING PLACE DISTRICT DISTRICT
88
89
90
91
92
93
94
95
96
97
98
99
100
101
Almaraz Garage
2309 Riggan
Genesis Baptist Church
5730 Kimbrough
Sherwin Garage
950 Shephard
See Precinct 120
Cullen Junior High
5225 Greeley
Wilson Elementary School
3925 Ft. Worth
Calk Elementary School
4621 Marie
St. Cyril & Methodius Church
3210 S. Padre Island Drive
Kirton Garage
3013 Brawner Parkway
Calvary Baptist Church
2421 Gollihar
Moody High School
1818 Trojan
Bennett Garage
417 Villa
Tuloso-Midway Primary School
1925 Tuloso
Tuloso-Midway Rand Morgan High
2653 McKenzie Road
2
5
5
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SINGLE MEMBER SCHOOL
PRECINCT POLLING PLACE DISTRICT DISTRICT
103
106
*107
109
110
*111
112
113
*114
*115
*116
117
118
119
Tuloso-Midway Junior High
9830 La Branch
Tom Browne Junior High
4301 Schanen
Magee Elementary School
4201 Calallen
King High School
5225 Gollihar
County Building
Annaville
Lulac West Park Apartments
10702 Interstate Hwy. 37
Schanen Elementary School
5717 Killarmet
Garcia School
4401 Greenwood
St.John's Baptist Church Annex
5445 Greenwood
Club Estates School
5202 Merganser
Coastal Haven Apts. Rec. Room
4710 Middlecoff
Flour Bluff High Library
2505 Waldron
Nazarene Trinity Ch. Rice Hall
6225 Weber
Fire Station #14
5901 S. Staples
F.B.I.S.D.
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SINGLE MEMBER SCHOOL
PRECINCT POLLING PLACE DISTRICT DISTRICT
120 & 91 Woodlawn School 4
1110 Woodlawn
121 Yeager School 5
5414 Tripoli
*122 & *26 Flour Bluff School Tax Office 4
2300 Waldron
F.B.I.S.D.
* Only voters residing in the City limits will vote on City issues.
** Totally outside the City limits. Voters may vote in the W.O.I.S.D. School Board
election.
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Said election shall be held in accordance with the election laws of the
State of Texas. The polls shall be open from 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m., on the
date of the said election.
SECTION 9. The City Secretary is directed to post and publish such
election notices as are required by the Election Code of the State of Texas.
SECTION 10. By approving and signing this ordinance, the Mayor
officially confirms as his action all matters recited in the ordinance which by
law come within his jurisdiction.
SECTION 11. If for any reason any section, paragraph, subdivision,
clause, phrase, word or provision of this ordinance shall be held invalid or
unconstitutional by final judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction it shall
not affect any other section, paragraph, subdivision, clause, phrase, word or
provision of this ordinance, for it is the definite intent of this City Council
that every section, paragraph, subdivision, clause, phrase, word or provision
hereof be given full force and effect for its purpose.
SECTION 12. The fact that it is necessary and essential that the
governing body of the City of Corpus Christi shall order elections pertaining to
municipal affairs and that the notice of such election should be promptly posted
and published and that a regular City election for the election of the Mayor and
Council members in the City of Corpus Christi shall be held on the first
Saturday in April, 1987, and that the requirements of th Federal Voting Rights
Act may be timely met, creates a public emergency and an imperative public
necessity requiring the suspension of the Charter rule that no ordinance or
resolution shall be passed finally on the date of its introduction but that such
ordinance or resolution shall be read at three several meetings of the City
Council, and the Mayor, having declared that such emergency and necessity exist,
having requested the suspension of the Charter rule and that this ordinance be
passed finally on the date of its introduction and take effect and be in full
force and effect from and after its passage, IT IS ACCORDINGLY SO ORDAINED, this
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THE CI' OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS
Ci y ecretary MAYO
APPROVED: /7.E./2 DAY OF FX,uary , 1957
HAL GEORGE, CITY ATTORNEY
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Corpus Christi, Texas
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TO THE MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL
Corpus Christi, Texas
For the reasons set forth in the emergency clause of the foregoing ordinance
or resolution, an emergency exists requiring suspension of the Charter rule
as to consideration and voting upon ordinances or resolutions at three
regular meetings; I/we, therefore, request that you suspend said Charter rule
and pass this ordinance or resolution finally on the date it is introduced,
or at the present meeting of the City Council.
Respectfully, Respectfully,
MAYO
Council Members
THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS
The above ordinance was passed by the following vote:
Luther Jones (Q,
Dr. Jack Best °A1( --A
David Berlanga, Sr. t1
Clea
e)
Leo Guerrero
Joe McComb
Frank Mendez
Bill Pruet
Mary Pat Slavik
Linda Strong
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