The Baytown Sun (Baytown, Tex.), Vol. 69, No. 211, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 4, 1991 Page: 1 of 19
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Volume 69, No. 211
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Telephone Number: 422-8302
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Lt. Darrell Davis of the Baytown Fire Department is in the driver’s seat while the truck is being decorated with U.S. flags by
city parks and recreation department employees Rebecca Raney, left, and Christy Hoover. The whole town was ready
Thursday morning to roll out the red, white and blue for the patriotic parade and a full day of fun at Bicentennial Park Also
the whole town was hoping, "Please don't rain!” —
Fund requests get
Crosby board OK
By Mark Schlachtenhaufen
of The Baytown Sun
CROSBY — School trustees have approved $2.5 million in cam-
pus and organizational funding requests for the 1991-92 School year,
about $20,000 less than the previous year.
The funding requests were contained in the proposed 1991-92
budget. Trustees are in the process of reviewing the proposed
-budget;-— -----—— . -
Areas of increases were special educatibhrwTth the addition of
several new students; the business office; and the tax office, which
upgraded its computer systems and software. Trustees were also
given parameters for making final decisions on staff and teacher
salaries.
However, Texas school districts have not yet been told how much
state funding they will receive under the new school financing law.
Crosby estimates it will gain from $700,000 to about $1 million.
Once that anticipated extra funding is allocated, then district salary
figures will be determined.
“I think that it wouldn’t be prudent for this board to deal with the
salary issue until we get all the other issues” taken care of, Hendrix
said. ,
“Because I know the people want to do what’s right by our em-
ployees and I also know that if the state cuts the (district) revenue
that its going to make it very difficult for the district to do very
much,” he said.
Hendrix outlined different possibilities for salary increases. Cost
of salary increases using the average of each percentage would be
for 5 percent, $415,000; 4 percent, $360,000; and 3 percent,
$270:000.
District departmental and school-budget managers and their advis-
ers at the jjj& CrSsby campuses completed their budget work in May,
said Don Hendrix, district superintendent.
Several trustees took turns placing individual funding requests
under the budgetary ax. Trustee Rudy Sikora suggested that the dis-
trict, transportation department be scrutinized for possible future
spending cuts. _ ........*....... ...............-7—
Another area of districtwide concern is rising electric costs, espe-
cially with the addition of two new campuses, Newport Elementary
and Barrett Primary, Sikora said. During remaining summer months,
district electrical use will be kept at a bare minimum, Hendrix said.
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Photo by Tracy Connell
It’s an important day, and well-known Baytown civic
leader Sharon Jenkins is dressed for occasion*
60th year
edition
The Baytown Sun is pre-
paring a special edition for
July 19 to commemorate
its 60th anniversary.
In addition to photos
from yesteryears, the edi-
tion will feature first-
person stories by a cross-
section of former Sun em-
ployees, including a
Pulitzer Prize-winning pu-
blisher and a Washington
Post reporter.
$6.5 million in permits in ’91
The value of new construction in Baytown is
running slightly behind last year’s pace.
Through the first six months of this year, city
officials have issued 309 building permits for
$6,579,932 in construction.
At this point.,in 1990, the city had issued 323
permits for $6,971,571 in projects.
Last month, Baytown officials issued 5? build-
ing permits for new construction valued at
$1,359,335.
City officials issued eight permits for new
homes valued at $785,100, bringing the 1991 total
to 33 new homes valued at $2,970,785.
At this point in 1990, permits had been issued
for 45 residential construction projects with a
combined value of $3,746,345.
In June, the city issued four permits for
swimming pools valued at $225,826; 13 for
commercial additions valued at $128,650; and two
for commercial buildings valued at $127,562.
Permit recipients included:
—Enichem Elastomers, 4803 Decker Drive, for
a temporary warehouse valued at $37,562.
—Nopharath and Malee Oparakum, for a
beauty salon and a automotive repair shop at 4404
Allenbrook. Estimated cost is $9,000.
—Glamor Shots, for $30,300 in renovations at
6801 Garth, No. 1552, for a photography studio.
—Hale & Associates, for $10,700 in renova-
tions at 2321 Alexander prior to opening an
appliance store.
—Petrie Stores Corp., for $42,400 in alterations
to a retail store at 6801 Garth, No. 1586.
So far this year, the city has (collected $51,971
from all types of fees, and permits compared to
$81,002 at this point in 1990.
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City moves
northward
By Jane Howard < ,
of The Baytown Sun ,
While Baytown’s population remained relatively stable through-
out the 1980s, much of it shifted toward the north.
That’s one revelation to come from an analysis of 1990 Census
figures being conducted? by the Baytown Planning and Traffic
Department.
As part of a federally mandated plan to develop a new voting
system for the city, planner Debbie Brazil is working with the de-
partment director, Richard Harris, in analyzing Census data. A new
voting plan will be based on that information and could result in
changes in the number of precincts and precinct boundaries in an
effort to provide a better chance for minority representation in city
government.
“We’ve been comparing census figures from 1980 and 1990,” Ms.
Brazil said. She explained that through comparisons, trends can be
dentified. Census data also provides a breakdown of the population
>y race and identifies areas that are predominantly minority. This
nformation is valuable to those involved in developing a voting plan
hat will give equal representation to minorities.
Data shows that Baytown really attracted few new residents dur-
ng the 1980s. Although the 1990 Census shows Baytown’s popifia-
ion grew by almost 6,927 over the previous decade, much of that
ncrease can be attributed to annexation.
From 1980 to 1990, the city increased in area by 4.05 square
tiles.
The Hispanic population increased in every Baytown census tract
uring the 1980s. The highest percentage of increase was in West
; ay town — 19 percent. But Hispanics seem to be migrating as well,
he percentage of Hispanics in the Garth Road area more than
oubled. Ms. Brazil believes that as schools, shops and medical'
icilities moved north to Garth Road, Hispanics tended to follow.
Most census tracts showed an increase in black population of
bout 4 percent. However, the Airhart/Market Street area and Lee
Drive area have showed a 3 percent decrease in black population.
Census tracts 268 and 270 showed the largest percentage of in-
crease in black population. That area includes North Main ffom Jack
Avenue to Cedar Bayou-Lynchburg Road.
Total minority population grew most significantly in the major
Garth Road area where it increased 41 percent. Southeast Baytown
also showed a significant minority population increase. Minority po-
pulation decreased 25 percent in Lakewood, 15 percent in the
Market Street/Airhart Drive area and 18 percent in the Ward-
Narcille Road area. ' vr '
Other population trends are relfttN^ Hsy To expIain, according
to city, officials. Events during the past decade resulted in drastic
changes in certain census tracts. Hurricane Alicia and related events
caused a massive exodus from Brownwood. In nearby Lakewood,
residential growth was rapid. Probably many of those new residents
came from Brownwood.
In the area of Park and Beaumont streets, the loss of one apart-
ment complex and the temporary loss of another caused two census
tracts to lose a small percentage of population.
The growth of subdivisions in the Massey-Tompkins/Raccbon
Drive area increased population in that census tract by 44 percent.
In the Garth Road area between Loop 201 and Baker Road, the
construction of apartment complexes resulted in major growth.
Three census-tracts in this area showed an average population in-
crease of 40 percent.
The addition of the Ginger Creek subdivision and the continued
growth in Quail Hollow and Country Club Oaks resulted in a popu-
lation increase of 46 percent in that area. *
Southeast Baytown continued to grow with the addition of du-
plexes, single family units and Bay Oaks Harbor.
Harris noted that die population changes on almost a daily basis.
“The Census is merely a snapshot of one day in time,” he explained.
“Baytown’s population is in a constant state of flux.”
Public hearings on the proposed election plan will be held July
8-25 at various locations.
Good Afternoon.
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Obituaries
, Gladys Bishop Mar-
tin is busy making
plans for a reunion of
Cedar Bayou High
School students in
April 1992.
Stacy Fisher plans
teaching career.
WEATHER
THURSDAY NIGHT: Partly
cloudy with a 40 percent
chance of rain, low in the
mid-70s. Friday: Party
cloudy with a 40 percent
chance of rain, high in low
90s. From 8 a.m. Wednes-
day to 8 a.m. Thursday,
high of 93, low of 76.
Rainfall: 0.16 of an inch.
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Brown, Leon. The Baytown Sun (Baytown, Tex.), Vol. 69, No. 211, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 4, 1991, newspaper, July 4, 1991; Baytown, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1052521/m1/1/: accessed April 19, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Sterling Municipal Library.