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Home My WebLink AboutMIN OCT 14 1980 REGULAR SESSION CITY COUNCIL - CITY OF BEAUMONT HELD OCTOBER 14 , 1980 BE IT REMEMBERED that the City . Council of the City of Beaumont , Texas , met in regular session this 14th day of October, 1980, with the following present : HONORABLE : Maurice Meyers Mayor Tom Combs , Jr . Councilman , Ward I Evelyn M. Lord Councilman, Ward II Absent : Calvin Williams Councilman , Ward III Wayne Turner Councilman, Ward IV Ray Riley City Manager Kenneth ?Nall City Attorney -000- The Invocation was given by Brother Ray Cummins , Touch Christian Center . The Pledge of Allegiance was led by Councilman Combs . -000- Mayor Meyers issued the following proclamation : "National Business Women ' s Week in Beaumont" - October 19-25 , 1980. -000- The following Consent Agenda items were considered: Approval of Minutes of regular City Council sessions held September 23 & 30 and October 7 , 1980; Resolution 80-353 authorizing the City Manager to execute Change Order No . l to the contract with Russ Miller Construction Company, Inc. for the Apron Expansion Project at Beaumont Municipal Airport by adding the relo- cation of vent pipes for the underground fuel tank at a cost of $1 ,403 . 84 ; Resolution 80-354 granting a 20-foot utility easement to Gulf States Utili- ties Company at the Fire Department Training Center for overhead electrical and communications facilities; and Resolution 80-355 authorizing payment of $1 ,495. 00 to B. C. Vacuum Service, Inc. for cleaning up an oil spill in Hillebrandt Bayou. The Consent Agenda was approved on a motion made by Councilman Lord and seconded by Councilman Combs. Question : Ayes : All Nayes : None -000- Resolution 80-356 setting a public hearing on Gulf States Utilities Compa- ny' s rate request for October 21 , 1980, at 1 : 00 p .m. was approved on a motion made by Councilman Combs and seconded by Councilman Lord. Question : Ayes : All Nayes : None -000- Resolution 80-357 authorizing- an amendment to the 1980 Community Develop- ment Block. Grant application to provide rehabilitation loans outside tar- get neighborhoods ($120, 000 to be used - individual loans to a maximum of $7 , 500 with discretionary maximum for special cases to $10, 000) was approved on a motion made by Councilman Lord and seconded by Mayor Meyers . Question : Ayes : Mayor Meyers Nayes : Councilman Combs Councilman Lord -000- -192- October 14, 1980 Resolution 80-358 authorizing the City Manager to execute Change Order No . 1 for the Auto Parking Lot and Driveway Project at Beaumont Municipal Airport by adding 342 ` of concrete pipe and two drop inlets for drainage at a cost of $6 , 846 . 00 (contract with E. R. Dupuis Concrete Company) was approved on a motion made by Councilman Combs and seconded by Councilman Lord. Question: Ayes : All Nayes : None -000- A resolution authorizing the City Manager to execute four "Deeds without Warranty" was deferred for action . -000- Resolution 80-359 appointing Mary Ryherd, Richard Ledyard and Patty Kruszew- ski to serve the Clean Community Commission for two-year terms and Janet Maness to serve the Senior Citizens Advisory Commission for a two-year term was approved on a motion made by Councilman Lord and seconded by Councilman Combs. Question : Ayes : All Nayes : None -000- Resolution 80-360 accepting the bid of Golden Triangle Pipe and Water Sup- ply for furnishing sewer pipe , fittings and gaskets for the Water Utilities Department at a cost of $12 , 845. 00 was approved on a motion made by Council- man. Lord and seconded by Councilman Combs . Question : Ayes : All Nayes : None Resolution 80-361 accepting the bid of Gary Clark Contractors , Inc . for construction of shelters and restroom facilities at Tyrrell Park at a cost of $77, 840. 00 was approved on a motion made by Councilman Combs and seconded by Councilman Lord. Question : Ayes : All Nayes : None -000- Resolution 80-362 providing for the approval of the Liberty/Laurel Corridor Plan that is proposed to connect the Central Business District with Phelan Boulevard on the west was considered: RESOLUTION 80-362 WHEREAS , at the council meeting held October 7 , 1980 , the City Coun- cil was provided with the preliminary location and design of a Liberty-Lau- rel Corridor which would cross Interstate 10 at the general alignment of Laurel and provide for a freeway overpass ; and, WHEREAS, the Council desires to approve such project and authorize the appropriate city officials to request the State Highway Department to fund the project ; NOW, THEREFORE , BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BEAUMONT : THAT the Liberty-Laurel Corridor as described herein and presented to the Council October 7, 1980 , is hereby approved and the State Highway Commission is hereby requested to fund this project and appropriate city officials are authorized to request and seek such funding. PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL of the City of Beaumont this the 14th day of October, 1980. /s/ Maurice Meyers Mayor - The resolution was approved on a motion made by Councilman Combs and se- conded by Councilman Lord. Question : Ayes : All Nayes : None -000- -193- October 14, 1980 Tdr . J. C. Leggett , 1849 Washington Boulevard, addressed Council to question the amount of settlement to Gulf States Utilities by the State Public Util- ities Commission . -000- There being no further business for the regular session , the Council Work- shop began . -000- I , Rosemarie Chiappetta, Deputy City Clerk of the City of Beaumont , Texas , certify that the above is a true copy of the minutes of the regular City Council session held October 14, 1980. Rosemarie Chiappetta Deputy City Clerk -194- October 14, 1980