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Home My WebLink AboutMIN JULY 23 1991 REGULAR SESSION CITY COUNCIL - CITY OF BEAUMONT HELD JULY 23, 1991 - 1:30 P.M. BE IT REMEMBERED that the City Council of the City of Beaumont, Texas, met in regular session this the 23rd day of July, 1991, with the following present: HONORABLE: Evelyn M. Lord Mayor Andrew P. Cokinos Councilman At Large Brian R. Alter Councilman At Large Lulu L. Smith Mayor Pro Tem Councilman, Ward I Audwin Samuel Councilman, Ward III David W. Moore Councilman, Ward IV Absent: Guy N. Goodson Councilman, Ward II Ray A. Riley City Manager Lane Nichols City Attorney Rosemarie Chiappetta City Clerk -000- The Invocation was given by Lieutenant Kent Davis of the Salvation Army. The Pledge of Allegiance was led by Shawn Gulley. -000- Two Proclamations were issued: "Beaumont Fishing Week, " July 23-28, 1991; and a Proclamation in recognition of "Shawn David Gulley, " an Explorer and member of the Beaumont Police Department Explorer Post, for being one of six young people chosen in the nation to receive the J. Edgar Hoover Foundation Scholarship for law enforcement education from the Boy Scouts of America and for his dedication in choosing Criminal Justice as his future profession. -000- Citizen comment was invited on the Consent Agenda and Main Agenda Items 4 through 8. No one wished to address these topics. -000- The following Consent Agenda item was considered: Approval of the Minutes of the regular City Council session held July 16, 1991. -173- July 23 , 1991 The Consent Agenda was approved on a motion made by Councilman Moore and seconded by Councilman Samuel. Question: Ayes: All Nayes: None -000- Ordinance No. 91-57 issuing a specific use permit, requested by the Reverend Wilbert J. Ardoin, to establish Word of Faith Full Gospel Church in an existing 2, 101-square-foot building at 2520 Crockett Street formerly used for industrial purposes, in an area zone HI (Heavy Industrial) was considered: ORDINANCE NO. 91-57 ENTITLED AN ORDINANCE ISSUING A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT TO ALLOW A CHURCH AT 2520 CROCKETT STREET IN AN INDUSTRIAL ZONED DISTRICT, BEAUMONT, JEFFERSON COUNTY, TEXAS. Ordinance No. 91-57 was approved on a motion made by Councilman Cokinos and seconded by Councilman Alter. Question: Ayes: All Nayes: None -000- An ordinance issuing a specific use permit, requested by David E. Joshlin, for a drinking place in the Rosedale Shopping Center at 6725 Eastex Freeway and a Planning Commission recommendation for denial (8-0 vote) was considered: AN ORDINANCE ENTITLED AN ORDINANCE ISSUING A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT TO ALLOW A DRINKING PLACE WITHIN A GC-MD (GENERAL COMMERCIAL MULTIPLE-FAMILY DWELLING) ZONED AREA AT 6725 EASTEX FREEWAY, (ROSEDALE SHOPPING CENTER) , BEAUMONT, JEFFERSON COUNTY, TEXAS. Because written protests have been filed by more than 20% of the property ownership within 200 feet, a favorable vote by at least six members of the Council would be required to grant the permit. Councilman Samuel made a motion to deny the ordinance. The motion was seconded by Councilman Alter. Question: Ayes: Mayor Pro Tem Nayes: Mayor Lord Smith Councilman Councilman Alter Cokinos Councilman Councilman Samuel Moore -174- July 23 , 1991 Mr. Riley explained that Item 3 to consider a zoning change from GC-MD (General Commercial-Multiple Family Dwelling) to C-M (Commercial Manufacturing) for six lots on the southwest corner of Broadway and Martin Luther King, Jr. Parkway has been pulled from the Agenda at the request of applicant, Bill Munro, president of Munro Cleaners, because he has been granted a variance from the Building Board of Adjustment and Appeals to allow installation of an above-ground storage tank. -000- Ordinance No. 91-58 establishing a 45 miles per hour speed limit on Brooks Road between Major Drive and Fannett Road was considered: ORDINANCE NO. 91-58 ENTITLED AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 26, SECTION 26-23 OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF BEAUMONT TO AMEND A SPEED LIMIT; PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY; PROVIDING FOR REPEAL AND PROVIDING A PENALTY. Ordinance No. 91-58 was approved on a motion made by Councilman Cokinos and seconded by Mayor Pro Tem Smith. Question: Ayes: All Nayes: None -000- (Councilman Moore left the Chambers at 1:49 p.m. during introduction of Agenda Item 5. ) Resolution No. 91-173 authorizing an agreement with Gulf States Utilities Co. for underground relocation of aerial power lines on College Street between Main Street and Martin Luther King, Jr. Parkway in the amount of $84, 397. 00 (Under a contract with Russ Miller Construction, the lines are to be moved by GSU for widening and improvement of College; $84, 397. 00 is the difference between the total cost of relocation and the cost for GSU to relocate the lines above ground. ) was approved on a motion made by Councilman Cokinos and seconded by Mayor Pro Tem Smith. Question: Ayes: All Nayes: None -000- Resolution No. 91-174 authorizing purchase of a flash-over container system and a three-day training course for twelve (12) City firefighters to serve as instructors of the flash-over container system from Swede Survival Systems, Inc. of Encinitas, California, in the amount of $20, 950. 00 with a two percent (2%) prompt payment discount net ten (10) -175- July 23, 1991 days was approved on a motion made by Mayor Pro Tem Smith and seconded by Councilman Cokinos. Question: Ayes: All Nayes: None -000- Resolution No. 91-175 authorizing an oil, gas and mineral lease on City property with no provision for use of the surface or entry, access or egress to the property (Municipal Airport, 275.44 acres, $87, 000.48; Wuthering Heights Park, 19.95 acres; $3,990. 00; Halbouty Park, 5.05 acres, $1, 010. 00; Combest Park, 2 .99 acres, $598. 00; Fire Stations #6-- Lot 11 and 12, Block 202, Glenwood Addition, . 32 acres, $100. 00; Lot 12, Block 219, Glenwood Addition, . 16 acres, $100. 00; Hayes Gully Right-of- Way--Lot 1, Block 140, Pinecrest Addition, . 16 acres, $100. 00; South 30 feet of Lot 16, Block 218 Glenwood Addition, . 10 acres, $100. 00) with Jones and Zwiener of Houston, land lease agent for Amerada Hess Corporation, an oil and gas exploration company, for a total bonus payment in the amount of $92,998.48 (going into the Capital Improvements Program to be used for continued improvements of these facilities) and royalty payments of 25. 12% for a period of three (3) years and authorization to execute assignments necessary to assign the contract for future oil and gas exploration and productions to Amerada Hess Corporation was approved on a motion made by Councilman Alter and seconded by Councilman Samuel. Question: Ayes: All Nayes: None -000- Resolution No. 91-176 authorizing a contract with William H. Gray Construction Company in the amount of $727,588 .00 for construction of the Fannett Road Outfall Project of the Comprehensive Drainage Improvement Program to relieve an overloaded 72-inch storm sewer on Fannett Road and improve drainage for a large area on both sides between the Fourth Street area and the 11th Street vicinity was approved on a motion made by Mayor Pro Tem Smith and seconded by Councilman Alter. Question: Ayes: All Nayes: None -000- Mayor Lord introduced and welcomed Miss Shalonda Nash, the highest ranking female in the 1991 graduating class at Hardin-Jefferson High School. -000- Mayor Lord explained that Councilman Moore left Council to attend a funeral and expressed his regrets for leaving early. -000- -176- July 23 , 1991 No one wished to address Council on any items pertinent to City business. -000- There being no further business, the Regular Session of City Council was adjourned to reconvene in Workshop Session. -000- I, Rosemarie Chiappetta, 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 July 23, 1991. Rosemarie Chiappetta City Clerk -177- July 23, 1991