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MINUTES OF A SPECIAL MEETING OF
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BAYTOWN
April 3, 1969
The City Council of the City of Baytown, Texas met in special ses-
sion on Thursday, April 31 1969 at 6:30 p.m., in the Council Room of the
Baytown City Hall with the following members in attendance:
Absent:
Ted Kloesel
Glen Walker
Lamar Kelley
Don M. Hullum
J. B. LeFevre
William Laughlin
Edna Oliver
Seaborn Cravey
Councilman
Councilman
Councilman
Mayor Pro Tem
Acting City Manager
City Attorney
City Clerk
Mayor
The meeting was called to order, the Invocation was offered,
afterwhich, due to the absence of Mayor Cravey the first order of business
was to elect a Mayor Pro Tem to preside over the meeting.
Elect - Mayor Pro Tem
Councilman Walker moved to nominate the Senior Councilman, Don M.
Hu11um, as Mayor Pro Tem to preside over this meeting in the absence of
Mayor Seaborn Cravey. Councilman Kelley seconded the motion. The vote
follows:
AYES: Councilmen Walker, Kelley and Hullum
NAYS: None
ABSTAINED: Councilman Kloesel
Opened Hearing - Purchase Acreage for Sanitary Landfill Site
Mayor Pro Tem Hullum opened the meeting on the discussion relating
to the purchase of a tract of land near the easterly terminus of Redell
Road as a sanitary landfill site. He asked for an orderly presentation
from those who came prepared to speak pro or con. Following the presen-
tation of the interested parties, a film will be shown by a representative
of Browning- Ferris Equipment Corporation on the orderly maintenance of a
sanitary landfill.
Richard King, local realtor and one of the principals in the sale
transaction of acreage to the City of Baytown, who addressed his remarks to
the Council and people present at the meeting. He gave a brief but concise
resume of the procedures which were followed in presentation of the proper-
ty to the City Administration as a sanitary landfill site. This proposal
was submitted the latter part of 1968, the property was cored to determine
that it was not water bearing sands, and it was found to be feasible for
sanitary landfill. In January 1969, the principals in the sale furnished
the City of Baytown a title report giving the ownership andproving that this
was valid and an agreement was entered into between the principals and the
City on February 17th for the option of the property for a period of ninety
(90) days. During the ninety (90) days the City Administration would fol-
low the necessary legal steps to acquire the property, including the ad-
vertisement of issuing warrants in the Baytown Sun for the purchase of the
land in question, the passage of an ordinance and other relating factors.
All of this has been done, including a delay of the purchase at the February
27th meeting. He concluded his remarks by urging the Council to make some
decision upon the matter at this meeting.
Charles Orsborne, Attorney representing residents of the Coady Com-
munity, submitted the views of the residents concerning the sanitary land-
fill, their concern over the effect this will have upon the entire community.
Complaints have been made heretofore to the proper County authorities re-
garding the practice of illegal dumping by parties unknown on this particular
site and have been assured that this practice will be stopped. He presented
statements which were made by persons living near the City's sanitary land-
fill off Ferry Road and concluded the presentation by asking the Council to
give more study to the locating of a sanitary landfill in a residential area.
The residents of Coady asked to assist the City in locating a place where
devaluations of land will not occur; to find reclaimable land which will be
suitable for location of a sanitary landfill.
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Bill Hodges, Chairman of the Coady Community, presented petitions from
residents of the County Club and Craigmont Additions of Baytown, the Coady
Community, McNair and Linus Communities opposing the purchase of the tract
of land in the particular area as a sanitary landfill site. Councilman
Walker moved to accept the petitions. Councilman Kloesel seconded the mo-
tion. The vote follows:
AYES: Councilmen Kloesel, Walker and Kelley
Mayor Pro Tem Hullum
NAYS: None
Gene Muller, local realtor, also expressed concern over the site which
has been selected by the City of Baytown as a landfill site. He proposed
that the Council delay action until some men in real estate business can study
the situation and suggest sites which will not be undesirable tocitizens.
Gladys Griffin, a resident of Coady now living in Port Prthur, asked
the Council to reconsider its plans for purchasing property in the Coady area
for a landfill site. Immediately following Mrs. Griffin, the group was shown
a film which demonstrated the difference between a garbage dump and a sanitary
landfill.
Jack Morton, Director of Public Works, gave a brief report on the work
now being done by the City in its effort to maintain a sanitary landfill as
per the instructions of the State Health Department.
Councilman Kloesel mentioned that the Council had two choices to follow:
(1) postpone action, or (2) adopt an ordinance approving claims and autho-
rizing delivery of time warrants to purchase the tract of land, as agreed.
Should the Council adopt the ordinance, in good faith, it has the authority to
appoint a committee to investigage land available, sell the present land some-
time within the next two year period, and purchase a more suitable site. He
expressed his appreciation of the comments made by the Attorney and other citi-
zens of the Coady area. Since the City Council has committed itself to pur-
chase the tract of land and a $4,000.00 expenditure involved in the prelimi-
nary investigation will be lost if the purchase is not consummated, he con-
cluded his remarks with a motion that the Council adopt the ordinance autho-
rizing delivery of the time warrants to purchase the tract of land, and in goo(
faith, to appoint a Committee, including a person selected by the Coady citi-
zens to represent them, to assist the City in locating a more desirable lo-
cation for a sanitary landfill. Councilman Walker seconded the motion, Fol-
lowing the motion some discussion was made for clarification and the vote was
called:
AYES: Councilman Walker, and Kloesel
Mayor Pro Tem Hullum
NAYS: Councilman Kelley
Councilman Kloesel and Kelley were appointed to the Committee to represent
the Council. Councilman Kloesel was asked to serve as Chairman.
The caption of the ordinance follows:
ORDINANCE NO. 970
AN ORDINANCE APPROVING CLAIMS AND AUTHORIZING DELIVERY
OF TIME WARRANTS; CONTAINING OTHER PROVISIONS RELATING
TO THE SUBJECT; AND PROVIDING THAT SAID ORDINANCE SHALL
BE EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY UPON ITS ADOPTION.
Adjourn
There being no further business to come before the Council, the motion was
made and seconded that the meeting adjourn. The ayes were unanimous and the
Mayor Pro Tem declared the meeting adjourned.
Edna Oliver, City Clerk