1981-04-15 Joint Public Hearing and Regular Meeting

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• • • Minutes, Joint Public Hearing and Regular Meeting April 15, 1981, Page 9 Councilwoman Westergren: Is this a sketch or a rendering of what you intend to do? Mr. Beeson: Yes, ma'am, it is not a sketch. This is not real bit, let me get this down. This is an aerial photograph of our yard in Charleston, South Carolina, which does exactly the same type of operation. Councilwoman Westergren: How many acres are involved here? Mr. Beeson: That is a 12 acre tract. Councilwoman Westergren: Would you build your building and office like this one? Mr. Beeson: Very similar, yes, ma'am. It is an open building; the concept and the plans we have right now is a 3-sided building. Both of the ends being closed and the back wall be- ing closed to shield against the normally southeasterly winds we get off Galveston Bay. The front side will be open with a • 60-foot stretch at one end for equipment, parts storage and things like that. Councilman Faris: What type of construction is the building? Mr. Beeson: Steel. We have contacted Marathon and three local builders. Fortunately the three local builders were low bidders. Mayor Meza: You are almost as close to the railroad here as you are in Charleston. Mr. Beeson: It looks like it will turn out to be that way, although we have nothing at all to do with rail traffic; we don't need a spur. Councilman Malone: You will bring all containers in by truck? Mr. Beeson: Yes, sir. It is an in-and-out operation that normally takes, when you do it right, between 5-7 minutes. A truck comes in, we load the container on a chassis, fill out the paper work, and the truck will be gone. Councilman Kibodeaux: Where will they be coming from? Mr. Beeson: They will follow the mainly established routes coming from Barbour's Cut Boulevard to 146 to Fairmont or down 146 from town to Fairmont onto 16th Street. Southbound con- tainers will be going to Galveston down 16th Street to McCabe Road to 146.