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Home My WebLink About027710 RES - 05/27/2008A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER R HIS DESIGNEE TO ACCEPT A GRANT OF $21 367 FROM SAN PATRICIO COUNTY TO PROVIDE PERSONNEL, MILEAGE REIMBURSEMENT, SEMENT, TI A EL, AND OFFICE SUPPLIES IN SUPPORT OF THE MISSION AND GOALS OF THE REGIONAL HEALTH AWARENESS BOARD AND TO EXECUTE ALL RELATED DOCUMENTS. BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS, THAT: SECTION 1. The City Manager or his designee is authorized to accept a grant of $21,367 from San Patricio County to provide personnel, mileage reimbursement, travel, and office supplies in support ofth mission and goals of the Regional Health Aware- ness Board and to execute all related documents. ATTEST: Arma do Chapa City Secretary APPROVED: May 14, 2008 Eliza h R. Hundley Assistant City Attorney for the City Attorney EHres214.doc CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI Henry Ga e44,4 -- ll Mayor 027710 Corpus Christi, Texas day of The above resolution ras passed by the following vote: Henry Garrett Melody Cooper Larry Elizondo, Sr. Mike Hummell Bill Kelly Priscilla G. Leal John E. Marez Nelda Martinez Michael McCutchon 027710 repair. (c) Disinfection. A minimum of not less than 0.2 ppm and a maximum of 0.5 ppm residual chlorine shall be maintained at all times. If other chemical means of water purification are used, comparable levels must be maintained at all times. When cyanuric acid is used as a stabilizer the range of available chlorine should be 1.0 to 1.5 ppm corresponding to acid levels of 25 to 45 ppm. (d) pH. Water pH shall be maintained at a level of 7.2 to 7.6. (e) Bacterial quality. Not more than twenty (20) per cent of the culture tubes of single samples tested shall show the presence of coliform organisms or not more than four (4) coliform organisms shall be present in one hundred (100) milliliters of any single sample tested. Health hazard and/or public nuisance. During the period of inactivity, if the pool remains uncovered, standards which will not permit a health hazard and/or public nuisance to exist must be maintained, water pH from 7.2 to 7.6 and a chlorine residual of 0.2 to 0.5 ppm, available chlorine, and free from turbidity and algae. However, canvas or other suitable type of covering strong enough to support a person of two hundred (200) pounds, properly staked, may be employed during periods of inactivity in lieu of the above standards. (5) Safety requirements; lifesaving equipment. (a) Swimming pools operated primarily for unorganized use and having an area of more than two thousand two hundred and fifty (2,250) square feet of water surface area shall be provided with an elevated lifeguard platform or chair. In pools with four thousand (4,000) square feet or more of water surface area, additional elevated chairs or stations shall be provided, located so as to provide a clear, unobstructed view of the pool bottom in the area under surveillance. (b) One (1) unit of lifesaving equipment shall consist of a ring buoy not more than fifteen (15)inches in diameter to which shall be attached a sixty -foot length of wee -sixteenths - inch rope, and a life pole or shepherd's crook type of pole having blunted ends with minimum length of twelve (12) feet. Not less than one (1) unit of equipment, as above, shall be provided at every property swimming pool. One unit shall be presumed to be adequate for two thousand (2,000) square feet of water surface area, and one (1) additional unit shall be provided for each additional two thousand (2,000) square feet or major fraction thereof of water surface area where there is no lifeguard on duty. (c) A standard twenty -four -unit first aid kit shall be readily accessible to every swimming pool and directions to the location of said kit shall be posted in such a manner as to be clearly visible from the pool deck and protected against the elements. (d) Lifesaving equipment shall be mounted in conspicuous daces, distributed around swimming pool deck, at lifeguard chairs, or elsewhere, readily accessible, its function plainly marked and kept in repair and ready condition. Bathers or others shall not be permitted to tamper with, use for any purpose other than its intended use, or remove such equipment from its established location. (e) Where no lifeguard service is provided, a warning sign shall be placed in plain view and shall state "Warning--leo Lifeguard on Duty" with clearly legible letters at least four (4) inches high. In addition, the sign shall also state "No children allowed without an adult present". (0 There shall be a telephone readily accessible to everyswimminpool. Telephone 13 numbers ofthe nearest ambulance station and physician's office shall be posted near the telephone. Directions to the location of said telephone shall be posted in such a manner as to be clearly visible form the pool deck and protected against the elements. (g) In above ground pools, the stile shall be removed when the pool is not in use. (h) There shall be a diagrammatic illustration of artificial respiration ures rocedposted at p every swimming pool in such a manner as to be clearly visible from the pool deck and protected against the elements. (6) Depth warning signs at privately and publicly owned bathing places. Every rson owning or controlling any bathhouse, bathing pier or swimming pool within the city, where persons are permitted to bathe, whether a fee or charge is made therefor or not, shall place upon such bathhouse, pier or pool at distances not more than fifty (50) feet apart, and in conspicuous places, signs showing the usual depth of the water or the depth at low tide at that point, and warning the public from jumping or diving into the water if the depth is too shallow, and shall also place in each dressing room of such establishment signs warning the public against diving or jumping into the water at any point except where there is sufficient depth of water designated by proper signs under the provisions hereof. (7) Applicability of subsections (4) through to certain bathhouses, piers or swimming pools. Nothing in subsections (4) through of this section shall be construed so as to apply to bathhouses, piers or swimming pools used exclusively by the owner thereof and his family. (8) Pool enclosure required. (a) All swimming pools and wading pools shall be completely enclosed by a fence, wall, or screen enclosure not less than four (4) feet in height. A building may be used as a part of such enclosure. All doors or gates in such enclosure which are accessible to the general public shall be equipped with self-closing and self -latching devices which operate to keep the gate or door securely closed at all times when not in actual use. Fences and walls of such enclosure shall be so designed as to eliminate any openings, holes, orgap s in such enclosure which would permit the passage of a sphere six inches in diameter. Pools completely enclosed within buildings to which access by the general public is controlled, pools constructed above the ground floor of buildings to which access by the general public is controlled, or pools maintained within completely fenced or enclosed apartment complexes equipped with self-closing and self -latching devices on all gates or doors leading directly to the pool area accessible to the general public, shall be considered to be in compliance with the requirements of this subsection. City of Corpus Christi building inspectors may make determinations that natural barriers or obstructions such as bays, rivers, cliffs, seawalls or bulkheads are sufficient to be used as part of a pool enclosure under this subsection. (b) No final inspection shall be approved on any swimming pool or wadingpool constructed after the effective date of this section unless, upon final inspection by the building division, the inspector is satisfied that the enclosure requirements of this section have been met. (c) No swimming pool or wading pool in existence prior to the effective date of this section shall be maintained in existence without being brought into compliance with subsection ` � on (a) of this section after six months from the effective date of this section. (d) Maintenance of any swimming `pool or wading pool in violation of thep rovisions of this 14 section is prohibited, and any such pool is declared to be a City o corpus �hrist�, publicnuisance within the Texas. Violation of this section is punishable fine not todeclaredto bemisdemeanor exceed two hundred dollars($200.�O) violation, and each dayfor each dayof (Code ofviolation is declared to l X55, § - rd,be separate offense. No. l 540, § 1(A),l2 29 Ord. 136, Ord. No. 1 No. �0� , § 1, 10414988; , � � l , �� 11-64 3 • Ord. No. 20636, 7-24-2001; Ord. No. § 1, -�5;1359; Ord. No. � § 3, 025869, § -2 i2 � 5 �, 1, , I`�. leo. �6�, § 1, -25- 2006) Sec. 23-58. Life arty e i ured at u ubjicl owned ba hbousex� # �x��c s�� , Any ool. person operating a public bathhouse or public swimming poolthl or swlrx�rnl facilities are being �n the city where bathing shallmade available to the ubl c atall times when same � for a charge of money holds s in operation have on dutyat a Red Cross advanced life -least one lifeguard who life-saving certificate. 15