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Home My WebLink About023522 ORD - 01/12/1999AN ORDINANCE ORDERING A GENERAL ELECTION TO BE HELD ON APRIL 3,1999, IN THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI FOR THE ELECTION OF MAYOR AND EIGHT COUNCIL MEMBERS; PROVIDING FOR PROCEDURES FOR HOLDING SUCH ELECTION; PROVIDING FOR NOTICE OF ELECTION AND PUBLICATION THEREOF; PROVIDING FOR ESTABLISHMENT OF BRANCH EARLY POLLING PLACES; 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 3, 1999; and WHEREAS, it is provided in Section 3.004 of the Texas Election Code that the governing body shall order elections pertaining to municipal affairs, give notice and appoint election officers to hold the election; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS, THAT: SECTION 1. A regular City election (hereinafter "the Election") for a Mayor and eight Council Members shall be held in the City of Corpus Christi, Texas on April 3, 1999. SECTION 2. At the Election all the qualified voters of the City of Corpus Christi shall be permitted to vote. SECTION 3. 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 said ballot in the manner and form prescribed by law. SECTION 4. Precinct ballot counters shall be employed at the election in accordance with the Texas Election Code and the Election shall be held at the polling places in the regularly prescribed precincts of the City of Corpus Christi, as set forth on Attachment A hereto incorporated by reference and made part of this ordinance. The Election shall be held in accordance with the election laws of the State of Texas. The polls shall be open from 7:00 am to 7:00 pm on the day of the Election. Testing of the precinct ballot counting equipment shall be conducted as prescribed by the Secretary of State's directive "Alternate Method of Testing Precinct Ballot Equipment". SECTION 5. The City Secretary shall conduct the Election as directed by ordinance of the City Council and by law. He is directed to request consideration by the U.S. Department of Justice by the submission of any change herein which require preclearance, and providing such demographic ?23522 data and information as required by law. SECTION 6. Paper ballots and precinct ballot counters shall be used for the conduct of the Election on election day and for early voting. Early voting in person at each of the temporary branch polling places shall be conducted from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, beginning on March 17, 1999, and ending on March 30, 1999. Such early voting in person may be conducted at the main early voting polling place located at City Hall, in the lobby adjacent to the Utilities Business Office , 1201 Leopard, or at the temporary branch polling places hereby established as follows: Northwest Site Westside Site Southside Site Flour Bluff Site 11425 Leopard 4040 Greenwood 5151 McArdle 10110 Compton Road Hilltop Community Center Greenwood Senior Citizen Center C.C. Area Council for the Deaf Nueces County Building In addition, early voting in person may be conducted at the mobile temporary branch polling places set forth in the attached Attachment B, incorporated by reference and made a part of this ordinance, during the days and hours specified therein. The City Secretary is authorized, in the event of an emergency, preventing any of the designed polling places from being utilized, to provide for suitable replacement locations. Each branch polling place and the main early polling place shall serve all election precincts. SECTION 7. The City Secretary is directed to post and publish such election notices as are required by the Election Laws of the State of Texas. The City Secretary is further appointed as the authority and officer responsible for the conduct 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 including but not limited to contracting with Nueces County for the use of tabulation equipment, supplies and printing of ballots for the General Election and Runoff Election, if one is necessary, for an amount up to $70,000. SECTION 8. By approving and signing this ordinance, the Mayor officially confirms as his action all matters recited in this ordinance which by law come within his jurisdiction. SECTION 9. If for any reason any section, paragraph, subdivision, clause, phrase, word, or provision of this ordinance shall be held invalid or unconstitutional by final judgement of a court of competent jurisdiction, it shall not affect any other section, paragraph, subdivision, clause, phrase, work, 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 10. The fact that it is necessary and essential that the governing body of the City of Corpus Christi order elections pertaining to municipal affairs, that the notice of such election should be promptly posted and published, that a regular City election shall be held on the first Saturday in April, 1999, and that the requirements of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 may be timely met, and immediate action is necessary for the efficient and effective administration of the city's affairs, creates a public emergency and an imperative public necessity requiring the suspension of the charter rule that no ordinance shall be passed finally on the date of its introduction but that such ordinance shall be read at two meetings of the City Council, and the Mayor, having declared that such emergency and necessity exist, having required 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, the Council hereby finds that such emergency and necessity do exist, and IT IS ACCORDINGLY SO ORDAINED, this the Jday of January, 1999. ATTEST: City Secretary APPROVED: 7iC. Day of January, 1999 JAMES R. BRAY, CITY ATTORNEY % . R. &,-.7 City t mey 77-hd9MAYOR THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI TO THE MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL Corpus Christi, Texas For the reasons set forth in the emergency clause of the foregoing ordinance, an emergency exists requiring suspension of the Charter rule as to consideration and voting upon ordinances at two regular meetings; I/We, therefore, request that you suspend said Charter rule and pass this ordinance finally on the date it is introduced, or at the present meeting of the City Council Respectfully, Respectfully, MAYOR �� i Council Members THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI The above ordinance was passed by the following vote: Samuel L. Neal, Jr. Javier D. Colmenero Melody Cooper Alex L. Garcia, Jr. Dr. Arnold Gonzales Betty Jean Longoria John Longoria Edward A. Martin Dr. David McNichols Out ocJ cuti JY 02.3522 Attached to and made a partof Ordinance No. )i0.1t6o2a, dated a General Election on April 3, 1999, in the City of Corpus Chri•ii. ATTACHMENT "A" 02 , 1999 ordering PRECINCTS POLLING PLACE LOCATION AND ADDRESS 1 First Presbyterian Church 430 S. Carancahua 2 Windsor Park Athena School 4525 S. Alameda 3 Cedar Ridge Townhomes Party Room 4445 Cedar Pass 4 Kostoryz Elementary School 3602 Panama 5 Hamlin Middle School 3900 Hamlin 6 Ethel Eyerly Community Center 654 Graham 7 Oak Park Special Emphasis School 3701 Mueller Street 8 Ella Barnes Elementary School - Cafeteria 2826 Oso Parkway *9 Calallen Middle School 4602 Cornett 17 Alternative High School Center 1530 Airline Road 18 County Building - Flour Bluff 10110 Compton 20 Galvan Elementary School 3126 Masterson 21 Kiwanis Recreation Center 3933 Timon Boulevard PRECINCTS POLLING PLACE LOCATION AND ADDRESS 24 29&*16 30 31 32 33 *34 38 39 *40&*19 41 West Oso High School 5202 Bear Lane Luther Jones Elementary School 7533 Lipes T.C. Ayers Recreation Center 1722 Winnebago Leal Garage 1217 10th Street Blanche Moore Elementary School 6121 Durant George Evans Elementary School 1315 Comanche Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church 1080 S. Clarkwood Chas. W. Crossley School 2512 Koepke South Bluff United Methodist Church 1329 7th Street Island Presbyterian Church 14030 Fortuna Bay Bonilla Building (Atrium) 2727 Morgan 42 Santa Fe Market & Deli 2766 Santa Fe 43 Travis Elementary School 3210 Churchill PRECINCTS POLLING PLACE LOCATION AND ADDRESS 44 Zavala Special Emphasis School 3102 Highland 45 & 46 George Wiggins Recreation Center 2320 Buford 47 48 Ben Garza Gym 1815 Howard Mosier Garage 4637 Branscomb 49 Scott Vetters Scout Hut 3221 McKinzie 50 & 59 Lindale Recreation Center 3133 Swantner *51 Gibson Elementary School (Cafeteria) 5723 Hampshire 53 Sam Houston Elementary School 363 Norton Street 56 La Armada Boys & Girls Hall 1455 Southgate 57 Del Mar College, Richardson Auditorium Baldwin & Ayers 58 Menger Elementary School 2401 S. Alameda 60 Adult Learning Center 3902 Morgan Avenue 61 & 77 Shaw Special Emphasis School Annex 3109 Carver 62 Wynn Seale Middle School 1707 Ayers Street PRECINCTS POLLING PLACE LOCATION AND ADDRESS 63 Parkway Presbyterian Church (Fellowship Hall) 3707 Santa Fe 64 Wilson Elementary School 3925 Forth Worth 65 Montclair Elementary School 5241 Kentner 66 Bayshore Bible Church 901 Brawner Parkway 67 Model Railway Club 821 Louisiana 68 Church of the King 1012 Annapolis 69 Baker Middle School 3445 Pecan Street 70 Arrowsmith Apartments 5701 Williams Drive 71 & 95 Lexington Elementary School 2901 McArdle 72 Central Park Elementary School 3602 McArdle 73 James W. Fannin Elementary 2730 Gollihar 74 Cunningham Middle School 4321 Prescott 75 David Crockett Elementary School 2625 Belton 76 Port Avenue Drug Store 913 S. Port Avenue PRECINCTS POLLING PLACE LOCATION AND ADDRESS 78 John F. Kennedy School (Cafeteria) 5040 Rockford 79 & 52 Robert Driscoll Middle School 261 Driscoll 80 Skinner Elementary School (Cafeteria) 1001 Bloomington 82 & 81 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 92 93 La Raza Runaway Shelter 721 Omaha Gulf Coast Council of La Ram 2203 Baldwin Blvd. C.C. Area Council for the Deaf 5151 McArdle Road T.G. Allen Elementary School 2002 Elizabeth Munson Garage 3212 Topeka Carroll Lane Elementary School 4120 Carroll Lane Second Baptist Church 6701 S. Staples Genesis Baptist Church 5730 Kimbrough Fire Station No. 11 910 Airline Cullen Middle School 5225 Greely Water Utilities Building (Conference Room) 2726 Holly Road PRECINCTS POLLING PLACE LOCATION AND ADDRESS 94 Calk Elementary School 4621 Marie 96 Norton St. Church of Christ 3001 Norton St. 97 Rosas Garage 4462 Dinn 98 Foy H. Moody High School 1818 Trojan Drive 99 Bennett Garage 417 Villa 100 Tuloso-Midway Intermediate School 1925 Tuloso Road 101 Tuloso-Midway High School 2653 McKinzie Road *103 106 *107 & *23 109 110 *111 112 Tuloso-Midway Middle School 9830 LaBranch Tom Browne Middle School 4301 Schanen Magee Elementary School 4201 Calallen Drive King High School 5225 Gollihar Hilltop Community Center 11425 Leopard Lulac West Apartments (Community Room) 10702 IH 37 Schanen Estates Elementary School 5717 Killarmet PRECINCTS POLLING PLACE LOCATION AND ADDRESS 113 114 & *15 115 Garcia Elementary School 4401 Greenwood St. John's Baptist Church Annex 5445 Greenwood Club Estates Elementary School 5222 Merganser 116 Elliott Grant Middle School 4350 Aaron 117 Flour Bluff High School (Auditorium) 2505 Waldron Road 118 119 120 & 91 121 122 & *26 Trinity Church of the Nazarene 6225 Weber Fire Station #14 5901 S. Staples Woodlawn Elementary School 1110 Woodlawn Yeager Elementary School 5414 Tripoli Flour Bluff ISD Maintenance/Transportation 2505 Waldron Road Indicates partially outside city limits. Only voters residing inside the city limits may vote. ATTACHMENT B z 0 44 1-4 1-4 cra � a cpg 4�z a 01=-1c FHM U Schedule is subject to revision on an emergency basis CC CN0 •