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.
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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
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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
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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.