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Home My WebLink AboutMIN JUN 13 1978 REGULAR SESSION CITY COUNCIL - CITY OF BEAUMONT HELD JUNE 13 , 1978 BE IT REMEMBERED that the City Council of the City of Beaumont , Texas, met in regular session this the 13th day of June, 1978 , with the follow- ing present : HONORABLE : Maurice Meyers Mayor Tom Combs, Jr . Councilman, Ward I Vi McGinnis Councilwoman, Ward II Calvin Williams Councilman, Ward III Leroy Evans Councilman , Ward IV Ray Riley City Manager Lane Nichols Asst . City Attorney Myrtle Corgey City Clerk -000- The Invocation was given by the Reverend Perry Busby, Jr. , Borden Chapel Baptist Church. The Pledge of Allegiance was led by Councilwoman McGinnis. -000- The Minutes of the regular City Council session for June 6, 1978 , were approved on a motion made by Councilwoman McGinnis and seconded by Coun- cilman Combs. Question : Ayes : All Nayes : None -000- Ordinance No . 78-66 appropriating $25,678 from the Airport Construction Fund, authorizing the advertising for bids for construction of three (3) taxiways , and authorizing the execution of two (2) lease agreements with Delta Industrial Construction Company and T-Hangars , Inc . for new T-hangars at the Municipal Airport was considered : ORDINANCE NO. 78-66 ENTITLED AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE BUDGET OF THE CITY OF BEAUMONT FOR THE FISCAL PERIOD COMMENCING OCTOBER 1 , 1977 , AND ENDING SEPTEMBER 30, 1978 , BY APPROPRIATING $25, 678 FROM UNAPPROPRIATED AIRPORT CON- STRUCTION FUNDS TO AN ACCOUNT FOR THE MUNICIPAL AIRPORT; AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE TWO (2) LEASE AGREEMENTS FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF HANGARS, ONE WITH DELTA INDUSTRIAL CONSTRUCTION COMPANY AND THE OTHER WITH T-HANGARS , INC. FOR THE CONSTRUC- TION OF HANGARS ; PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY AND PROVIDING FOR REPEAL. The ordinance was approved on a motion made by Councilman Evans and se- conded by Councilwoman McGinnis . Question : Ayes : All Nayes : None -000- Resolution 78-209 authorizing Change Order No. 10 in the amount of $1 , 523 . to the H. A. Lott contract for the Civic Center Project (70-74-011) to provide two 41' telephone conduits in lieu of 2" conduits (to provide video tape capabilities) was approved on a motion made by Councilwoman McGinnis and seconded by Councilman Evans . Question : Ayes : All Nayes : None June 13 , 1978 Ordinance No. 78-68 allocating and appropriating $1 , 000 Unallocated Street Construction Funds to the Pearl Street Overlay Project and authorizing final payment to F. Gatlin Company, Inc . in the amount Of $18 , 545.46 was consid- ered : ORDINANCE NO. 78-68 ENTITLED AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE BUDGET OF THE CITY OF BEAUMONT FOR THE FISCAL PERIOD COMMENCING OCTOBER 1 , 1977 , AND ENDING SEPTEMBER 30, 1978, BY APPROPRIATING $1 , 000 FROM UNALLOCATED STREET CONSTRUCTION FUNDS TO THE PEARL STREET OVERLAY PROJECT NO. 71-77-311 AND AUTHORIZING FINAL PAYMENT TO F. GATLIN ASPHALT COMPANY, INC. IN THE AMOUNT OF $18 , 545.46. The ordinance was approved on a motion made by Councilman Combs and secon- ded by Councilwoman McGinnis. Question : Ayes : All Nayes : None -000- Resolution 78-210 authorizing the acceptance for City maintenance the street , water and sewer improvements in Beaumont Medical Plaza (Medical Plaza & Hospital Drive) was approved on a motion made by Councilman Evans and seconded by Councilwoman McGinnis . Question : Ayes : All Nayes : None -000- Resolution 78-211 authorizing an amendment with Turner , Collie & Braden for the design and construction pahse services for the Visual Approach Slope Indicator (VASI ) system at the Beaumont Municipal Airport in an amount not to exceed $5, 960. 00 (90% FAA - 10% local) was approved on a motion made by Councilwoman McGinnis and seconded by Councilman Combs. Question : Ayes: All Nayes : None -000- Resolution No . 78-212 approving proposed improvements at Fair Park to be accomplished over the next three years by the YMBL in accordance with their lease (approximate cost of improvements - $200, 000+) was approved on a motion made by Councilman Williams and seconded by Councilman Evans . Question : Ayes : All Nayes : None -000- Resolution 78-213 authorizing the City Manager to execute a cooperation agreement with the Beaumont Housing Authority for participation and co- operation to further low cost housing was approved on a motion made by Councilwoman McGinnis and seconded by Councilman Combs . Question : Ayes : All Nayes : None -000- Resolution 78-214 authorizing the City Manager to execute a fifteen (15) year lease agreement with the Beaumont Boat Club for property presently occupied by the Boat Club was approved on a motion made by Councilman Evans and seconded by Councilman Combs. Question : Ayes : All Nayes : None -000- Resolution 78-215 appointing Ed Dix, Mrs . Leonard (Suzie) Juncker , Kenneth Baugh and Delores Lawless and reappointing Charles V. Hill , Carl Levy, Shirley Gleason, A. B. Bernard, Jr. , R. E. Bistline, David Taylor and Clarence Jackson to the Community Development Block Grant Advisory Com- mittee for two-year terms was approved on a motion made by Councilwoman McGinnis and seconded by Councilman Evans . Question : Ayes : All Nayes : None June 13 , 1978 Resolution 78-216 authorizing payment to Westinghouse Electric Company in the amount of $4, 800. 00 for emergency repairs to the 20 MGD raw sewage pump was approved on a motion made by Councilman Evans and seconded by Councilwoman McGinnis . Question : Ayes : All Nayes : None -000- PUBLIC BENEFIT HEARING STREET ASSESSMENT PAVING PROJECT Mr . Earl Deland, Director of Public Works Department , reviewed the proposed improvements to some streets in the Bob Street Addition & Pear Orchard Estates Addition. Mr . Lane Nichols, Assistant City Attorney, told Council all legal require- ments had been met for the project . Mr. Buddy Dedman, City Tax Department , stated to Council that he had re- viewed the properties involved and that in no case does the assessment exceed the enhancement to these properties . Mrs. Brenda Spivey, 6010 Chandler Drive, addressed Council on behalf of her father , Mr. Joe Harris, 1740 Rena. She told Council her father is not opposed to the inclusion of his portion of the street in this pro- ject but cannot afford the assessment because he is retired and on a fixed income. The public hearing was closed on a motion made by Councilwoman McGinnis and seconded by Councilman Williams . Question : Ayes : All Nayes : None Ordinance No. 78-67 providing for the satisfaction of all stipulations in connection with a benefit hearing on assessment paving was considered: ORDINANCE NO. 78-67 ENTITLED AN ORDINANCE CLOSING THE HEARING GIVEN TO THE APPARENT ABUTTING PROPERTY OWNERS ON OPAL & RAVEN STREET FROM RENA STREET TO VIRGINIA ( (DOM TERRACE) , LUCILLE & RENA STREETS FROM BOB STREET WESTWARD THROUGH BLOCKS 1 & 2 (BOB STREET ADDITION) AND CADILLAC, FLAMINGO AND PORTIONS OF RENA AND SARAH AS TO SPECIAL BENEFITS TO ACCURE TO SAID PROPERTY AND THE TRUE OWNERS THERE OF BY VIRTUE OF THE IMPROVEMENTS DESCRIBED HEREIN, AND TO THE ACCURACY, SUFFICIENCY, REGULARITY, AND VAL- IDITY OF THE PROCEEDINGS AND CONTRACTS IN CONNECTION WITH SAID IMPROVEMENTS AND ASSESSMENTS , AND ANY "MANNER OR THING CONNECTED THEREWITH; OVERRULING AND DENYING ALL PROTESTS AND OBJECTIONS OFFERED, FINDING AND DE- TERMINING SPECIAL BENEFITS TO EACH PARCEL OF PROPERTY AND THE OWNERS THEREOF EQUAL TO OR EXCEEDING THE AMOUNT OF THE RESPECTIVE ASSESSMENTS AGAINST THE SAME; FINDING THE REGULARITY OF ALL PROCEEDINGS, AND THE PERFORMANCE OF ALL PREREQUISITES TO FIXING THE ASSESSMENT LIENS , ASSESSMENT, FIXING A CHARGE AND LIEN AGAINST SAID PROPERTIES SO ABUTTING SAID STREET AND THE TRUE OWNERS THEREOF FOR THE PAYMENT OF PART OF THE COST OF THE IM- PROVEMENTS WITHIN THE LIMITS DESCRIBED; PROVIDING FOR THE ISSUANCE OF ASSESSMENT CERTIFICATES AND THE MANNER OF THEIR COLLECTION; AND PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY. The ordinance was approved on a motion made by Councilman Williams and seconded by Councilwoman McGinnis. Question : Ayes : All Nayes : None -000- June 13 , 1978 Mr. J. C. Leggett , 1849 Washington Blvd. , addressed Council to ask the status of the Gulf States Utilities rate increase case. -000- There being no further business, the meeting was recessed before continu- ing with the City Council Workshop Session. -000- I , Myrtle Corgey, City Clerk of the City of Beaumont , Texas, certify that the above is a true copy of the minutes of the regular City Council ses- sion held June 13, 1978 . Myrtle Corgey City Clerk June 13, 1978