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Thursday
September 16,1993
Volume 44
Number 33
USPS 264-260
Ingleside, Texas 78362
Council approves first reading of city budget
Final approval of 70.97 cent tax rate scheduled for Sept. 28
Ingleside city council approved
the first reading of both the 1993-
94 budget and tax rate at Tuesday
night’s meeting.
City charter requires two read-
ings of the budget and tax rate
before it can be approved. Final
approval is expected at the coun-
cil’s Sept. 28 meeting.
The £3.276 million budget will
be financed with a 70.97 cent per
£100 tax rate, exactly two cents
more than last year, according to
City Manager Steve Fitzgibbons.
Before approval, a public hear-
ing was held on the proposed
budget, but no one spoke on the
issue.
In other business, the council
approved a resolution authoriz-
ing the submission of a Commun-
ity Development Block Grant Ap-
plication to the Texas Depart-
ment of Housing and Community
Affairs.
If the £300,000 grant is
approved, the city would add 41
residences to its sewer system not
added during the sewer extension
program this summer. The city
will find out early next year
whether the application was suc-
cesful.
Moved to second reading was
an ordinance changing the zon-
ing of the south half of Lots 7 and
8, Block F of the Burton and Dan-
forth subdivision from its current
residential to multi-family for ex-
pansion of the Indian Trail Mobile
Home Park.
Also moved to second reading
was an ordinance changing zon-
ing from residential to industrial
for the south half of Lot 5, Block
H, Burton and Danforth Subdivi-
sion.
Moved to third reading was an
ordinance adopting the new city
zoning map as was an ordinance
establishing new truck rules
throughout the city.
The truck rule ordinance, upon
final approval, would set load
limits, prohibit traffic on certain
streets, restrict overnight park-
ing, establish time limits for load-
ing and unloading of items and
require the shortest and most
direct route be taken through the
city.
The council also approved the
purchase of a sewage odor abate-
ment system at Naval Station Ing-
leside.
Fitzgibbons said the city has
been fighting this problem for
several months because of the
Manufactured housing
expert talks to P&Z
Pre-1976 mobile homes colled unsafe
An official with the Texas
Manufactured Housing Associa-
tion (TMHA) would like to see
mobile homes built before the
year 1976 banned for residential
use.
Will Earle, president and
general counsel of the TMHA
since 1978, spoke before the Ing-
leside Planning and Zoning Com-
mission Monday night. He said
before June 15, 1976, the stan-
dards for mobile and manufac-
tured homes were very suspect.
“There were no real stringent
codes before then. Those homes
that were built were very weak,”
Earle explained. “Most were sub-
standard and, in my opinion,
wouldn’t pass inspection today.”
After looking at the city’s plan-
ning and zoning ordinance, he
Fun, food all part of
Hispanic Fest Sunday
Naval Station Ingleside will
host its Third Annual Hispanic
Heritage Festival Sunday.
The public is invited to visit
NAV8TA and enjoy the fes-
tival.
The schedule of events,
slated from 1 to 8 p.m., will
take place on a grassy field
near Arleigh Burke and Wis-
consin Roads, just across from
NAVSTA’s waterfront. Gates
will open to the general public
beginning at 12:45 p.m.
Events will include live
boradcasts by a local radio and
television station, tours of a
mine countermeasures ship,
and entertainment by local
bands.
KIII-TV Channel 3 is sche-
duled to broadcast the
Domingo Show from 10:30
a.m. to noon, and KUNO/KSAB
Radio will broadcast live
featuring bands that will enter-
tain guests later in the day.
USS Pioneer will be open for
public tours from 2 to 5 p.m.
Vendors will have Spanish
and American foods and be-
verages for sale.
This year’s activities offer
the general public an oppor-
tunity to increase awareness of
Hispanic culture and to enjoy a
fun-filled day at the naval sta-
tion.
distance water has to travel back
and forth from the base. The sys-
tem will use boxite dioxide to get
rid of the odor.
The system itself costs £8,316
with chemical costs to run
£11,500 a year. Fitzgibbons said
the base will split the cost of the
system and chemicals.
“If we can get rid of the smell,
we may be able to cut some of the
cost of the chemicals later on,”
Fitzgibbons said. “The price of
£2.25 a gallon is good for two
years.”
urged both the commission and
the city council to ban, except for
those approved by special permit,
all RVs, and mobile homes built
before 1976.
“Because those homes were
built to insufficient codes, there
are legitimate health and safety
concerns with their construc-
tion,” Earle explained. “Homes
not built to the state code or the
HUD performance code should be
banned.”
This would leave two kinds of
manufactured housing to choose
from, Earle said. One would be
industrial housing, which is built
to more stringent state codes
which were adopted by the state’s
License and Regulation Depart-
See HOUSING, Back Page
POLICE CHIEF RANDY WRIGHT (R) explains the new street name program to the Ingleside city council
Tuesday night. Because of duplicate names of city streets and the Enhanced 911 program coming in,
some changes needed to be made to avoid further confusion. All residents will be gettng a new address
as a result of the program.
City applies for Block Grant funds
Ingleside officials are hoping to
receive a late Christmas present
early next year in the form of a
Community Development Block
Grant (CDBG) from the state.
City Manager Steve Fitzgib-
bons says even though a final de-
cision won’t be made until early
next year, the application must
be submitted by Sept. 29 to the
Texas Department of Housing
and Community Affairs.
The city is seeking £300,000 to
connect an additional 41 resi-
dences to the city’s sewer system.
The homes are in and adjacent to
the Viva Hermosa subdivision
along Fourth St.
A survey done by Archie Wal-
ker Engineering estimates the
cost of the project at about
£332,000. The additional
£32,000 would come out of city
coffers if the grant is approved.
The project would be similar to
the sewer extension project re-
cently completed, which added
about 300 homes to the sewer
system.
“It’d be almost identical to the
sewer program in the late spring
and summer,” Fitzgibbons ex-
plained. “About the only differ-
ence is that project also included
some street work, whereas this
one did not.”
Last summer’s £1.2 million
project averaged more than
£4,000 per home to have com-
pleted. This project would cost an
estimated £8,000 per residence.
“That’s because the lay of the
land is different,” Fitzgibbons ex-
plained. “It’s also a longer dis-
tance to extend the lines into the
area we’re talking about, so we’re
told it’ll cost more money.”
Fitzgibbons said two public
hearings have been held on the
subject, one on July 28 and the
other at Monday night’s planning
and zoning meeting.
The applications submitted
will first be reviewed by the Re-
gional Review Committee, Fitz-
gibbons said. They will rate them
on priority, or need or program,
and local effort to see how the city
is trying to solve the problem by
themselves.
“The committee gives a max-
imum of 100 points on priority
and 75 for local effort for 175
See BLOCK. Back Page
San Pat treasurer earns
extra money for county
While investment consultants
over the nation were struggling
during this year of low interest
rates to make money for clients,
the San Patricio County treasurer
was able to make 14 percent in-
terest on money invested in gov-
ernment securities and 10 1/2
percent interest overall.
This accomplishment made
£800,000 for San Patricio Coun-
ty. Treasurer Judy Burr said this
money kept the tax rate from
going up any more than it did.
County Commissioner Gordon
Porter complimented Burr for, as
he described it, “doingsome judi-
cious investment and staying on
top of it day by day.”
Burr said most of the invest-
ments were in collateralized
mortgage obligations, such as
GNMA and FNMA. She also had
money in a state fund, Tex Pool.
A representative of the Texas
Association of Counties and
Prudential and Westcap Irfvest-
ments told San Patricio County
commissioners at a Monday
meeting that Burr has made more
on investments than have large
counties which have investment
specialists on the payroll.
The treasurer explained that
the commissioners had made it
possible for her to attend special
investment courses. The Texas
Association of Counties formed
an education group and the coun-
ties of the Coastal Bend were the
first to be offered classes.
At the beginning of the year,
there is always more county
money available to invest as taxes
have been paid. Burr said this
year there was about £20 million
See EARNS, Back Page
The council approved setting
public hearings for annexation of
96.6 acres of land in the Exxon
Industrial Development Area
southwest of Ingleside High
School and another 72 acres
where Tipperary Refinery fronts
FM 1069 near the intersection of
FM 2725.
Also approved were:
• Establishing a maximum
speed limit of 25 miles per hour
on Port Avenue and a four-way
stop at the intersection of Port
Avenue and Sherry Street.
• The change of long-distance
carrier at city hall from AT8cT to
MCI.
• Beyer, Telford and Co. of Sin-
ton to conduct the city’s fiscal
year audit.
Some street
names to
change soon
Some residents of Ingleside
have their street names changed
in coming months.
To make things less confusion
for Enhanced 911 personnel in
the case of an emergency, the city
has opted to change some street
names which are duplicated in
different parts of the city, such as
North Second St.
Police Chief Randy Wright
spoke before the city council
Tuesday night with a proposed
list of name changes, which were
approved by resolution.
Wright stated that a public
hearing was held last month to get
citizen input into what the names
should be changed to and got
several good suggestions, which
were incorporated into the plan.
All Ingleside citizens will be re-
ceiving new addresses as part of
the plan in coming weeks to make
things more uniform throughout
the county. Volunteers will be
going throughout the city to ex-
plain the program to citizens.
Those wishing to volunteer are
asked to call Wright at 776-2531.
Street name changes include:
•North Second Street — Gal-
lion Street
•North Third Street — Nix
Street
•North Fourth Street — Whit-
ney Street
•North Fifth Street — Hahn
Street
•Avenue C West — Mayfield
Avenue
•Avenue D West — Wright
Avenue
•Jones Street — Shady Oak
Lane
• East Capeheart Street — East
Wind Drive
*FM 1069 within city limits —
Main Street
•Susan Circle West and North
— Susan Circle
•Highland Avenue — Highway
361
•Sixth Street east of Avenue A
— Hewlett Drive
*A portion of McCullough Lane
lying about 300 feet west of Ave-
nue A — 12th Street
•Summer Field Drive — Tim-
berleaf Circle
•Timberleaf Drive — Timber-
leaf Circle
•Secoy Street — West Main
Street
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Cole, Mary. The Ingleside Index (Ingleside, Tex.), Vol. 44, No. 33, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 16, 1993, newspaper, September 16, 1993; Aransas Pass, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth921457/m1/1/?q=%22%22~1: accessed July 11, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Ed & Hazel Richmond Public Library.