Palacios Beacon (Palacios, Tex.), Vol. 76, No. 18, Ed. 1 Wednesday, May 4, 1983 Page: 1 of 16
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VOLUME 76, NO. 18
WED., MAY 4,1983
Evangelists to
speak Wednesday
Evangelists, Joe and Bever-
ly Nichus of Oklahoma, will be
guest speakers at the Palacios
Faith Center, held at the
V.F.W. Hall on Wednesday at
7 p.m.
The public is invited to
attend.
Annual meeting
ot FEC Saturday
The annual meeting of the
Corporation of the Friends of
Elder Citizens will meet Satur-
day at 2:30 p.m. at the Senior
Center. There will be annual
reports, By-law changes ap-
proval and the election of
directors.
Tagg, vaccination
at rabieg clinic
The annual Rabies Clinic for
dogs and cats wiil be held
Saturday at the fire station on
Commerce Street from 1:30-4
p.m. The charge for rabies
vaccination will be $6. Re-
quired city tags will be avail-
able for $2 during the clinic
only. If purchased during any
other time, the fee will be $5.
Baptist childrens’
choir to perform
The children's choir of the
First Baptist Church, better
known as the ‘Down by the
Crsekbank Gang”, WtU pre-
sent their, annua! cantata oti
Sunday evening at 7:30 p.m.
The musical, written by Dottie
Rambo, is directed by Richard
and Glenda Shanks, assisted
by Mrs. Kathy Bates.
The musical includes 12
different selections and speak-
ing parts. The program will be
a maximum of 60 minutes and
the public Is cordially invited.
Open house at
PKD May 15
The Palacios Independent
School District will hold an
Open House on May 15 from
2-5 p.m. at the Administration
Building, 1209 Twelfth Street,
and the Maintenanee/Trans-
portation Facilities, 1304 New-
som Blvd.
The public is cordially invit-
ed to visit these facilities.
Trailer park puzzle prevails
Mayfield indicates change of position
Problems surrounding mobile
hdme parks once again occupied
the majority of time at the regular
meeting of the Palacios City
Council Monday night.
The controversial water-sewer
service at Bayside Camper Park
and the illegal mobile home
add-ons at Bay Vue Mobiie Home
Park were both discussed.
Confusion Regarding the future
rf water-sewer service at Bayside
continued to be present during and
after the meeting. Going into
Monday’s meeting, Mayor Leonard
Lamar had commented that the city
».,uld probably be asked to share
the cost of replacing service lines
with both the Navigation District
and park owners Dick and Peggy
Reddick. During the meeting city
attorney Eli Mayfield, who. also is
legal counsel for the Navigation
District, plainly told Dick Reddick
that the Navigation District would
pay for the replacement of lines by
itself. After the meeting however,
Mayfield modified that statment by
telling the Beacon that the Naviga-
tion District would “consider”
bearing the costs.
Resupplying the utility service
would require running the lines
approximately 5,000-feet around a
new access road that will be built at
the turning basin. The cost could
run above $100,000.
For the past several weeks the
Navigation District has remained
relatively silent on the subject of
water-sewer service to the 72
trailors at Bays'de, Commissioner
Billy Harrison, however has stated
that the district is not responsible •
for water and sewer and has
suggested that the city has the
responsiblity and should pay the
costs.
Asked after the council meeting
why the Navigation District has
apparently reversed its stance on
the subject, Mayfield told the
Beacon it was because "they think
they should because they have
supplied it in the past”. He added
that in the future, the commission-
ers concede that there might be
wisdon in having water and sewer
service available.
Asked about his comment to
Reddick during the meeting about
the district paying the cost for line
relocation, Mayfield said that the
commissioners had not voted to do
so. He said that the commissioners
had said that after the city
engineering report was submitted
that "they would consider to pay
for it”.
That information came as a
surprise to Lamar who was not
aware of the revised position of the
Navigation District.
Prior to that revelation by
Mayfield, Lamar had told Reddick
ALMOST EVERY young
Future fireman boy at some time has the *i»h to
J scow up and become a fireman.
at fire station
grow up
Eventually many go after other
pursuits, but a few have their
wishes come true. One youngster
who apparently has that same wish
is Tony Joyce, four-year old son of
Richard and Susie Joyce. Complete
with fireman’s helmet, young Tony
perched himself along the wall of
the fire station recently to watch
members of the Palacios VFD
examine a new lire iiiicli. Tony’s
father, as well as being Central
Elementary principal, grew up to
be a member of the VFD. (Beacon
Photo by Nick West]
that he was "shocked” when he
learned that the expense involved
in relocating the lines ranged from
tso-swnnnp
During the meeting, Mayfield
criticized the presentation Reddick
made at the last council meeting on
Bayside’s economic impact on the
community. He said Reddick’s
figures were unsubstantiated and
also faulted Reddick and his
attorney for not revealing the ,
complete contents of their lease
agreement with the district. That
lease pointed out that the district
had plans to cut the public access
to the park to allow for the third
turning basin and put the Reddicks
[See CITY, Page 15]
Harrison speaks
to Chamber on
turning basin
A status report on construction
plans for Palacios' new Turning
Basin No. 3 will be outlined at the
May membership luncheon session
of the Palacios Chamber of Comm-
erce.
The meeting will begin at
12-noon in Petersen's Restaurant.
County Commissioner Billy Har-
rison wiil report on the new turning
basin plans, construction schedule,
etc. A representative of King
Fisher Marine/Service of Port
[See CHAMBER, Page 15]
Cfftotty Hurricane
meeting Saturday
A Hurricane Preparedness pro-
gram will be presented Saturday at
2:30 p.m. in the Bay City Com-
munity Center, 2105 Ave. M. The
public is invited to attend the
program which is being co-spon-
sored by the Mary Rolph Marsh
Chapter of Daughters of the
American Revolution.
The program is designed to
inform area residents along the
Gulf Coast of the dangers posed by
hurricanes, gulf storms and tidal
waves. It will detail evacuation
routes and information provided
through radio, television and news-
papers.
Among those taking part will be
Steve Hamed, meteorologist of the
Houston District, county civil de-
fense director Jim Hicks, county
Red Cross, Texas Department of
Public Safety as well as county and
local officials.
Beacon Editorial
Bayside controversy: where does responsibility lie?
[BY NICK WEST-PUBLISHER]
First off, let’s make it clear that we feel Bayside
Camper Park should be allowed to continue-with
both waier and sewer service.
Second, is the more complex matter of who should
be responsible for restoring utility service if lines are
cut and who ultimately will foot the bill.
From the letters we’ve received at the Beacon it
would appear that the city of Palacios has been
and city leaders being urged to do something.
Meanwhile the Navigation Distraict appears to
have succeeded in stepping out of the line .of fire,
going about its business on the new turning basin
and innocently proclaiming that it's "not in the water
and sewer business”. We fee! it indeed entered that
business with its decision to cut through the lines
without plans to replace them.
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Banin channel to cut voater-neuoe. linen
and is being used as a scapegoat by the Navigation
District to take the onslaught of complaints, while at
the same time, eyed as a potential "Sugar Daddy ’
by both the Navigation District and Bayside. An
arrangement which has been discussed would have
Bayside, the city and Navigation District sharing the
costs of replacing the water-sewer lines. A cost which
could run to tens of thousands of dollars, possibly
even over the $100,000 mark.
If that is what eventually transpires, then the city
would indeed have been the Sugar Daddy. The
reason is simple, it appears the city legally would not
been responsible for any of the costs, but would
effort to solve the problem and
the negligence many years ago on
the part of both the city and Navigation District have
resulted in the current confusion. Accurate records of
place, who was given easements,
maintenance of the existing lines
not kept or lost. Many of those dealings
took place as part of ‘verbal agreements'.
Technically, although Bayside and the Turning
Basin are inside the city limits, Bayside is on private
property belonging to the Navigation District. The
city’s authority, or maintenance of the water and
sewer lines, apparently ends where the proposed
channel cut would be. Everything beyond that point,
the channel as well as the utility lines, are owned by
the Navigation District, the city has no authority over
them. Should the Navigation District decide to cut its
own lines on its own property, the city has no say
over the matter, even though, as is the case, it does
not agree with the act.
Simply put, it is the same as any property owner
inside the city. The city will provide water and sewer
lines up to, or close to, that individual's property
line. From that point up to the final connection to the
residence, it is the property owner’s responsibility
and expense. Should a leak occur in a line on that
private property, the repair is the responsibility of
the property owner. Should that property owner
decide to dig up his yard, cutting through the water
line, that too is his responsibility to replace or repair
if he so desires, not the city’s.
The city has been left in the dark by the Navigation
District on plans for the new turning basin as well as
utility service. Despite this affront by the Navigation
District Commissioners, the city will likely be willing
to help out on replacing the lines. Already the city is
paying its own engineers, Jones & Neuse, fees to
study the problem on how lines could be replaced,
when in fact it should be the Navigation District that
is paying for those studies. The Navigatron District
should have included those studies when it was
drawing up plans initially on TB No, 3. 4
If the city does help out with the costs on replacing
lines, it will be a generous act from a municipality
that is not exactly rolling in money. The city has
already fullfilled its obligation by running the lines to
the boundaty of the property of the Navigation
District. The cost from that point on is a matter that
should be worked out between the Navigation
District and Bayside.
We are not against the city taking part in such cost
sharing, if it cap afford to do so, however the citizens
should realize, that such action would amount to
subsidizing a private enterprise (Bayside) and
footing some else’s bill (Navigation District)
The bottom line to all of this is that the City of
Palacios is getting the shaft. There is a need fot
Bayside Camper Park and a need for the third
turning basin. There is also a need for the Navigation
District to own up to its responsibility on both.
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