HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes City Council - 03/28/1962PRESENT:
Mayor Ben F. McDonald
Commissioners:
Tom R. Swantner
Dr. James L. Barnard
J. R. de Leon
M. P. Maldonado
W. J. Roberta
Jim Young
REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING
March 28, 1962
2:00 P.M.
City Manager Herbert W. Whitney
City Attorney I. M. Singer
City Secretary T. Ray Kring
Mayor Ben F. McDonald called the meeting to order.
The Invocation vas given by Reverend Harold G. Carlisle, Pastor of
Trinity Nazarene Church.
City Secretary T. Ray Kring called the roll of those in attendance.
Motion by de Leon, seconded by Young and passed that the minutes of
the regular meeting of March 21, 1962, be approved as furnished to the Council.
Mayor McDonald announced the opening of bids.
Bids were opened and read on the construction of Street Improvements
for Kosar Street, Vine Street, Davis Street and Hamilton Road, from the follow-
ing: H. S. Sizemore & Sons; Troy Grant Construction Co.; Fowco Construction
Co.; Womack and Manning; King Construction Co.; and Heldenfels Brothers.
The bid of Zachry Construction Co. was returned unopened on the basis
of failure to prequaliiy on this particular job.
The foregoing bids were tabled for 48 hours as required by the City
Charter, and referred to the City Manager for tabulation and recommendation.
Bids were opened and read on 750 Rouse Type Gas Service Regulators
from the following: American Meter Co., Garland; Economy Governor Co., Ander-
son, Ind.; Puffer-Sweiven, Inc., Corpus Christi; Reynolds Gas Reg. Co., Ander-
son, Ind.; Rockwell Mfg. Co., Corpus Christi; and Universal Controls, Dallas.
The foregoing bids were tabled for 48 hours as required by the City
Charter, and referred to the City Manager for tabulation and recommendation.
Motion by Barnard, seconded by Roberts and unanimously passed that a
Golf Advisory Board be created to be and operate as an advisory board to the
Park Board as provided by Charter, that said Board consist of 5 members appoint-
ed by the Council, that the Board elect its own chairman, vice-chairman, and
secretary, and that the following be appointed as the Golf Advisory Board:
Harold Easley, Dr. C. K. Emery, John T. Wright, Jr., Gordon West, and Gene Bryan.
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Mayor McDonald appointed Commissioner Barnard to serve as ex -officio
member of the Golf Advisory Board.
Mayor McDonald called for the City Manager's reports.
Motion by Barnard, seconded by de Leon and passed that the City Mana-
ger's reports, with the exception of Item "h" concerning the matter of the
Sprinklers required in Type I Construction, Class B Certificate of Occupancy,
which was deferred for further study, be accepted and the recommendations and
requests be approved and granted, as follows:
a. That the plans and specifications of the Holly Road Reservoir and
Pump Plant be approved, and that authority to advertise for bids to be received
on April 25, 1962, be granted;
b. That the award of contract for Rip Rap Repairs at Wesley Seale Dam
be made to Slovak Brothers, the low bidder, in the amount of $6,250.50;
c. That the purchase of a site near Up River Road and Vancura Drive
for installation of a Gas Regulator Station made necessary by construction of
Interstate 37, be approved;
d. That authority to advertise for bids to be received on April 11,
1962, on an estimated 3 -months' supply of Fuel Requirements consisting of Gaso-
line, Kerosene, and Diesel Fuel, be granted;
e. That the present plan of the one-way traffic operation in the
vicinity of Wilson and Hamlin Schools be abandoned, and that the one-way street
pattern be established for the hours of 8:00 A.M. to 5:00 P.M. on school days
only, and that appropriate signs be installed;
f. That the date of Wednesday, April 18, 1962, at 4:00 P.M., during
the regular meeting, be set for public hearing on 3 zoning applications;
g. That the present three-year contract with Travelers Insurance Co,
for workmen's compensation, general liability, and auto liability insurance, be
cancelled effective March 31, 1962, the end of the first two -years, and be re-
written for a new three-year period;
h. (Deferred as stated in the motion, see Item "h" considered later
in the meeting)
City Manager Whitney presented and read the following proposed ordin-
ance which had been reviewed in Workshop Session, and which now includes certain
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suggested changes and additions. Several persons in the audience expressed
concern over their ability to continue to make a living from door-to-door sell-
ing, and it was explained that the proposed ordinance would be placed on a
three -reading basis to give ample opportunity to be certain it would both pro-
tect the public against prowlers, window peepers, and people with no legitimate
reason for entering an individ»el's property, and it would also permit the legit-
imate door-to-door salesman to continue his occupation.
FIRST READING OF AN ORDINANCE MAKING IT AN OFFENSE TO TRESPASS IN OR
UPON, INTERFERE WITH, OR USE PROPERTY OF ANOTHER PERSON WITHOUT CONSENT; DESIG-
NATING SUCH PROVISION AS AN AMENDMENT TO CORPUS CHRISTI CITY CODE, 1958, AS A
NEW SECTION TO BE NUMBERED SECTION 23-37; MAKING ITON WHEN � OFFENSE TO FDESIGNATING
TO
PROMPTLY LEAVE THE PREMISES OF ANOTHER
SUCH PROVISION AS AN AMENDMENT TO CORPUS CHRISTI CITY CODE, 1958, AS A NEW
SECTION TO BE NUMBERED SECTION 23-38; PROVIDING PENALTY, PUBLICATION AND SEVER-
ANCE CLAUSES AND ErrECTIVE DATE,
The foregoing ordinance was read for the first time and passed to its
second reading by the following vote: Mayor McDonald, Commissioners Swantner,
Barnard, de Leon, Maldonado, Roberts, and Young all present and voting "Aye".
In connection with Item "h" of the City Manager's reports, which had
been temporarily deferred earlier in the meeting, in which City Manager Whitney
had recommended, after review and consideration of the written recommendations
of Fire Chief Carlisle and Director of Public Works Graham, that the provisions
of the Building Code requiring the installation of Sprinkler Systems be left un-
changed. Mr. Joseph Hans and Mr. Hugh C°mningham, of the Task Force Commission
on Building Codes, and Bill Bloch, attorney representing several mercantile
houses, spoke at length and expressed in detail their objections to the fore-
going recommendation of the City Manager, and their concurrence with the recom-
mendation of the Task Force Commission, on the basis that the fire hoses, racks,
and smoke hatches were more than adequate fire protection in Type T Construction,
Class B Occupancy buildings in excess of 20,000 sq.ft., and that to require the
Sprinkler Systems was an expensive and unnecessary precaution.
At the request of Commissioner Barnard, Mayor McDonald ruled that the
matter of action by the Council would be deferred to give all members of the
Council who care to, an opportunity to familiarise themselves with all of the
evidence presented due to the conflicting recommendations, but that such defer-
ment shall not exceed 2 weeks° time.
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ORDINANCE N0. 6466
BY SHE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS, CALLING AN ELECTION ON
THE QUESTION OF WHETHER OR NOT A CONTRACT ON BEHALF OF THE CITY, AS SELLER, AND
ALICE WATER AUTHORITY, AS BUYER, FOR THE SALE OF UNTREATED WATER BY THE CITY BE
APPROVED AND THE CITY COUNCIL BE AUTHORIZED TO CAUSE THE SAID CONTRACT TO BE EX-
ECUTED, ON BEHALF OF THE CITY, SAID CONTRACT BEING SET OUT IN THIS ORDINANCE;
DESIGNATING THE PLACES FOR HOLDING SUCH ELECTION; NAMING THE OFFICERS THEREFOR;
DESCRIBING FORM OF NOTICE OF ELECTION, AND ENACTING THE PROVISIONS INCIDENT AND
RELATING TO THE SUBJECT OF THIS ORDINANCE; AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.
The Charter rule was suspended by the following vote: Mayor McDonald,
Commissioners Swantner, Barnard, de Leon, Maldonado, Roberts, and Young all
present and voting "Aye".
The foregoing ordinance was passed by the following vote: Mayor
McDonald, Commissioners Swantner, Barnard, de Leon, Maldonado, Roberts, and
young all present and voting "Aye".
ORDINANCE NO. 6467
APPROPRIATING OUT OF NO. 200 GAS SYs hM BOND FUND THE SUM OF $7,625.00 OF WHICH
AMOUNT $7,500.00 IS FOR ACQUISITION OF LOTS 31, 32 AND 33, BLOCK 1, VANCURA
ADDITION, AND $125.00 IS FOR TITLE EXPENSE, A DESCRIPTION OF WHICH PROPERTY IS
DESCRIBED HEREINAFTER; AUTHORIZING AND DIRECTING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE
REAL ESTATE SALES CONTRACT, FOR AND ON BEHALF OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI,
FOR THE ACQUISITION OF SAID LOTS; AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.
The Charter rule was suspended by the following vote: Mayor McDonald,
Commissioners Swantner, Barnard, de Leon, Maldonado, Roberts, and Young all
present and voting "Aye".
The foregoing ordinance was passed by the following vote Mayor
McDonald, Commissioners Swantner, Barnard, de Leon, Maldonado, Roberts, and
Young all present and voting "Aye".
ORDINANCE NO. 6468
APPROPRIATING OUT OF N0. 220 STREET BOND Th ROVEFMBNT FUND THE SUM OF $1356.05
FOR SPECIAL COMMISSIONERS' FEES, SHERIFF'S 1+E1.S, APPRAISAL SERVICES, AND ADDI-
TIONAL SUMS TO THE PROPERTY OWNERS OF PARCELS N0. 64, N0. 19 AND NO. 20, SEC-
TION 1, OVER AND ABOVE THE AMOUNT PREVIOUSLY APPROPRIATED, TO COMPLY WITH THE
AWARD OF THE SPECIAL COMMISSIONERS, ALL IN CONNECTION WITH PROJECT N0. 220-56-
24, CROSSTOWN EXPRESSWAY, HIGHWAY 286 RELOCATED, AS HEREINAFTER SET FORTH; AND
DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.
The Charter rule was suspended by the following vote: Mayor McDonald,
Commissioners Swantner, Barnard, de Leon, Maldonado, Roberts, and Young all
present and voting "Aye".
The foregoing ordinance was passed by the following vote: Mayor
McDonald, Commissioners Swantner, Barnard, de Leon, Maldonado, Roberts, and
Young all present and voting "Aye".
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ORDINANCE N0. 6469
AMENDING THE ZONING ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI ADOPTED ON THE 47.121
DAY OF AUGUST, 1937, APPEARING OF RECORD IN VOLUME 9, PAGES 565, ET SEQ, OF THE
ORDINANCE AND RESOLUTION RECORDS, AS AMENDED FROM TIME TO TIME, AND PARTICULARLY
AS AMENDED BY ORDINANCE NO. 6106 PASSED AND APPROVED ON THE 29TH DAY OF MARCH,
1961, BY GRANTING A SPECIAL USE PERMIT FOR THE SOUTHWEST ONE-HALF OF LOT 11 AND
ALL OF LOT 12, SUNNYSIDE STRIP ADDITION, BEING AN ADDITION TO THE CITY OF CORPUS
CHRISTI, NUECES COUNTY, TEXAS, FOR THE PURPOSES AND UNDER THE CONDITIONS HEREIN
CONTAINED; KEEPING IN EFFECT ALL OTHER PROVISIONS OF THE EXISTING ORDINANCE AS
AMENDED; REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT HEREWITH; AND DECLARING AN EMER-
GENCY.
The Charter rule was suspended by the following vote: Mayor McDonald,
Commissioners Swantner, Barnard, de Leon, Maldonado, Roberts, and Young all
present and voting "Aye".
The foregoing ordinance was passed by the following vote: Mayor
McDonald, Commissioners Swantner, Barnard, de Leon, Maldonado, Roberts, and
Young all present and voting "Aye".
ORDINANCE NO. 6470
AUTHORIZING AND DIRECTING THE CITY MANAGER, FOR AND ON BEHALF OF THE CITY, TO
EXECUTE SUPPLEMENTAL ASS FOR STREET LIGHTING SUPPLEMENTAL TO THE ORIG-
INAL AGREEMENT AUTHORIZED UNDER ORDINANCE NO. 5193, PASSED AND APPROVED ON
NOVEMBER 12, 1958; AUTHORIZING APPROVAL OF SUBSEQUENT SUPPLEMENTAL AGREEMENTS
UNDER CEH7'AIN CONDITIONS; AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.
The Charter rule was suspended by the following vote: Mayor McDonald,
Commissioners Swantner, Barnard, de Leon, Maldonado, Roberts, and Young all
present and voting "Aye".
The foregoing ordinance was passed by the following vote: Mayor
McDonald, Commissioners Swantner, Barnard, de Leon, Maldonado, Roberts, and
Young all present and voting "Aye".
ORDINANCE NO. 6471
AUTHORIZING AND DIRECTING THE CITY MANAGER OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, FOR
AND ON BERALF OF THE CITY, TO EXECUTE A CONTRACT IN THE FORM OF A REVOCABLE
PERMIT TO THE UNITED STATES COAST GUARD IN LIEU OF A REVOCABLE PERMIT DATED
AUGUST 16, 1961, FOR Tn.' USE BY THE UNITED STATES COAST GUARD OF AN AREA 15
FEO SQUARE LOCATED NEAR THE CITY BARGE DOCKS ON THE SOUTH SHORE OF SHIP CHAN-
NEL, ALL AS MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED AND SET FORTH IN THE PERMIT, A COPY
OF WHICH IS ATTACHED HERETO AND MADE A PART HEREOF; AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.
The Charter rule was suspended by the following vote: Mayor McDonald,
Commissioners Swantner, Barnard, de Leon, Maldonado, Roberts, and Young all
present and voting "Aye".
The foregoing ordinance was passed by the following vote: Mayor
McDonald, Commissioners Swantner, Barnard, de Leon, Maldonado, Roberts, and
Young all present and voting "Aye"
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ORDINANCE NO. 6472
AMENDING CORPUS CHRISTI CITY CODE, 1958, AS AMENDED, TO CONTROL TRAFFIC IN A
ONE-WAY DIRECTION BETWEEN THE HOURS OF 8:00 A.M._AND 5:00 P.M. ON SCHOOL DAYS
ON A PORTION OF HAMLIN STREET AND A PORTION OF FORT WORTH STREET BY AMENDING
SECTION 21-153 (A) BY ADDING A NEW ITEM TO BE DESIGNATED AS ITEM 36 IN SUB-
SECTION (A) OF SECTION 21-153 OF THE CORPUS CHRISTI CITY CODE, 1958, AS AMENDED;
REPEALING THE PRESENT ITEMS 36 AND 37 OF SAID SUBSECTION (A); PROVIDING FOR
PUBLICATION; PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE; AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.
The Charter rule was suspended by the following vote: Mayor McDonald,
Commissioners Swantner, Barnard, de Leon, Maldonado, Roberts, and Young all
present and voting "Aye".
The foregoing ordinance was passed by the following vote: Mayor
McDonald, Commissioners Swantner, Barnard, de Leon, Maldonado, Roberts, and
Young all present and voting "Aye".
FIRST READING OF AN ORDINANCE RECEIVING IN AND ANNEXING TO THE CITY
OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS, AN AREA ADJACENT TO THE PRESENT CITY LIMITS LINE,
CONSISTING OF INDUSTRIAL HEIGHTS N0. 1, AND AN AREA FIVE FEET (5') IN WIDTH
ABUTTING THE SOUTH LINE OF HIGHWAY 9 EXTENDING BETWEEN SAID INDUSTRIAL HEIGHTS
NO. 1 ADDITION AND THE PRESENT CITY LIMITS LINE OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI,
ALL AS DESCRIBED IN THAT Crtrl'AIN AUNT ATTACHED TO AND MADE A PART OF OR-
DINANCE NO. 6446, PASSED AND APPROVED MARCH 7, 1962, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE
TERMS OF SAID AGREEMENT; DECLARING THE SAME A PART OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI
AND SUBJECT TO THE CONDITIONS, RULES, REGULATIONS, ORDINANCES AND CHARTER OF THE
CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS; PROVIDING FOR THE PUBLICATION OF THIS ORDINANCE
AT LEAST ONE TIME IN A NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED IN twL CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI.
The foregoing ordinance was read for the first time and passed to its
second reading by the following vote: Mayor McDonald, Commissioners Swantner,
Barnard, de Leon, Maldonado, Roberts, and Young all present and voting "Aye".
Mayor McDonald proclaimed the week of April 1st through 7th, 1962,
as Texas Industrial Week, and Mr. Joe Moore accepted the proclamation on behalf
of Industry.
There being no further business to come before the Council, the meet-
ing was adjourned.
I, BEN F. MC DONALD, Mayor of the City of Corpus Christi, Texas,
certify that the foregoing minutes, same being for the period of March 7, 1962,
through March 28, 1962, inclusive, and having been previously approved by Council.
action, are by me hereby approved.
BEN F. MC DONALD, Mayor
City of Corpus Christi, Texa