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HomeMy WebLinkAbout023604 ORD - 04/06/1999AN ORDINANCE ORDERING A RUNOFF ELECTION TO BE HELD ON APRIL 17, 1999, IN THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI FOR THE ELECTION OF COUNCIL MEMBER DISTRICT TWO, COUNCIL MEMBER DISTRICT THREE, AND COUNCIL MEMBER DISTRICT FOUR; DESIGNATING POLLING PLACE LOCATIONS; ENACTING PROVISIONS INCIDENT AND RELATING TO THE SUBJECT AND PURPOSE OF THIS ORDINANCE; AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY. WHEREAS, the regular City election for Mayor and eight (8) Council Members was held in the City of Corpus Christi, on April 3, 1999, in accordance with law; and WHEREAS, the official canvass of said election reveals that none of the candidates for the offices of Council Member District Two, Council Member District Three, and Council Member District Four received the number of votes required for election; and WHEREAS, Article II, Section 3, of the City Charter sets the runoff election for the second Saturday following the regular election. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS, THAT: SECTION 1. A runoff election for the offices of Council Member District Two, Council Member District Three, and Council Member District Four, in the City of Corpus Christi shall be held April 17, 1999, with the names of the following candidates for the respective office(s) as follows: Council Member, District Two: Javier D. Colmenero Glenn Cardona Peterson Council Member, District Three: John Longoria Jesse Noyola Council Member District Four: Mark Scott Lance Bruun SECTION 2. At said election herein ordered, all the qualified voters of the City of Corpus Christi eligible to vote in the runoff election shall be permitted to vote. SECTION 3. The names of candidates for said office shall be placed on said ballot in the manner and form prescribed by law. 02 3 R0'4 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 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. 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. 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., Saturday through Tuesday, beginning on April 10, 1999, and ending on April 13, 1999, contingent upon the receipt and disbursal of ballots. Such early voting in person may be conducted at the main early voting polling place located in the lobby of City Hall, in the Collections Section, 1201 Leopard, or at the temporary branch polling places hereby established as follows: Westside Site Southside Site Flour Bluff Site 4040 Greenwood 5151 McArdle 10110 Compton Road 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 Exhibit B, determined by the City Secretary dependent upon those precincts involved in the Runoff Election. The City Secretary is authorized to adjust the mobile temporary branch polling place schedule as required. 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. 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 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 runoff City election shall be held on the second Saturday following the regularly scheduled election, 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 G d£y of April, 1999. ATTEST: APPROVED: 5 Day of April, 1999 JAMES R. BRAY, CITY ATTORNEY &terCityomeyrney MAYOR 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, Council Members Respectfully, 4.40407":": AYOR 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 023604 PRECINCT 1 2 4 5 6 ATTACHMENT "A" CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI RUNOFF GENERAL ELECTION APRIL 17, 1999 POLLING PLACE AND ADDRESS DISTRICT First Presbyterian Church 2 430 S. Carancahua Windsor Park Athena School 4 4525 S. Alameda Kostoryz Elementary School 3 3602 Panama Hamlin Middle School 4 3900 Hamlin Ethel Eyerly Community Center 4 654 Graham 15 See Precinct 114 18 County Building - Flour Bluff 4 10110 Compton 19 See Precinct 40 20 21 24 Galvan Elementary School 3 3126 Masterson Kiwanis Recreation Center 2 3933 Timon Boulevard West Oso High School 3 5202 Bear Lane 26 See Precinct 122 31 33 Leal Garage 1217 10th Street 2 George Evans Elementary School 2 1315 Comanche PRECINCT POLLING PLACE AND ADDRESS DISTRICT *34 Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church 3 1080 S. Clarkwood 39 South Bluff United Methodist Church 2 1329 7th Street *40 & *19 Padre Island Property Owners Association 4 14015 Fortuna Bay 42 Santa Fe Market & Deli 4 2766 Santa Fe 43 Travis Elementary School 2 3210 Churchill 48 Mosier Garage 3 4637 Branscomb 50 & 59 Lindale Recreation Center 2 3133 Swantner 53 Sam Houston Elementary School 2 363 Norton Street 56 La Armada Boys & Girls Hall 2 1455 Southgate 57 Del Mar College, Richardson Auditorium 2 Baldwin & Ayers 58 Menger Elementary School 2 2401 S. Alameda 59 See Precinct 50 60 Adult Learning Center 3 3902 Morgan Avenue 62 Wynn Seale Middle School 2 1707 Ayers Street 63 Parkway Presbyterian Church (Fellowship Hall) 4 3707 Santa Fe PRECINCT POLLING PLACE AND ADDRESS DISTRICT 64 65 66 67 68 69 Wilson Elementary School 4 3925 Forth Worth Montclair Elementary School 4 5241 Kentner Bayshore Bible Church 2 901 Brawner Parkway Model Railway Club 2 821 Louisiana Church of the King 2 1012 Annapolis Baker Middle School 2 3445 Pecan Street 71 & 95 Lexington Elementary School 3 2901 McArdle 72 73 74 75 78 80 83 Central Park Elementary School 2 3602 McArdle James W. Fannin Elementary 2 2730 Gollihar Cunningham Middle School 3 4321 Prescott David Crockett Elementary School 2 2625 Belton John F. Kennedy School (Cafeteria) 3 5040 Rockford Skinner Elementary School (Cafeteria) 3 1001 Bloomington Gulf Coast Council of La Raza 2 2203 Baldwin Blvd. PREC1ivCT POLLING PLACE AND ADDRESS DISTRICT 85 86 87 90 T.G. Allen Elementary School 2 2002 Elizabeth Munson Garage 3212 Topeka 4 Carroll Lane Elementary School 2 4120 Carroll Lane Fire Station No. 11 4 910 Airline 91 See Precinct 120 92 93 94 Cullen Middle School 4 5225 Greely Water Utilities Building (Conference Room) 3 2726 Holly Road Calk Elementary School 2 4621 Marie 95 See Precinct 71 96 97 98 Norton St. Church of Christ 2 3001 Norton St. Rosas Garage 4462 Dinn 2 Foy H. Moody High School 3 1818 Trojan Drive 106 Tom Browne Middle School 4301 Schanen 113 Garcia Elementary School 4401 Greenwood 3 3 114 & *15 St. John's Baptist Church Annex 3 5445 Greenwood PRECIA CT POLLING PLACE AND ADDRESS DISTRICT 117 Flour Bluff High School (Auditorium) 4 2505 Waldron Road 118 Trinity Church of the Nazarene 3 6225 Weber 120 & 91 Woodlawn Elementary School 4 1110 Woodlawn 121 Yeager Elementary School 3 5414 Tripoli 122 & *26 Flour Bluff ISD Maintenance/Transportation 4 2505 Waldron Road Indicates partially outside city limits. Only voters residing inside the city limits may vote. (Parcialmente fuera de los limites de la Ciudad. Unicamente los votantes que residen dentro de los limites de la Ciudad pueden votar.) DATE ATTACHMENT "B" MOBILE VOTING SCHEDULE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI GENERAL RUNOFF ELECTION APRIL 17, 1999 PLACE Saturday, April 10 Sam's Club 4949 Greenwood 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. Sunday, April 11 Monday, April 12 Tuesday, April 13 Home Depot 5021 S.P.I.D. 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. County Courthouse 901 Leopard 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. County Courthouse 901 Leopard 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. PLACE Padre Staples Mall SPID at Staples 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. HEB - Flour Bluff 10241 S.P.I.D. 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. Post Office (Portairs) 4213 S. Port Avenue 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 Noon CP&L (Tower II) 555 N. Carancahua 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. HEB (Weber) 5801 Weber 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Note: Schedule is subject to change on an emergency basis. PLACE HEB (Kostoryz) 4444 Kostoryz 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. HEB - Ayers 4135 Ayers 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. Wal-Mart (Flour Bluff) 10241 Flour Bluff 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. Wal-Mart (Everhart) 4833 S.P.I.D. 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.