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HomeMy WebLinkAboutReference Agenda City Council - 04/10/20011:45 p.m. Proclamation declaring April 15 - 22, 2001 as "Days of Remembrance" Honorary Citizenship Certificates to German Exchange Students AGENDA CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING CITY HALL - COUNCIL CHAMBERS 1201 LEOPARD APRIL 10, 200~, PUBLIC NOTICE - THE USE OF CELLULAR PHONES AND SOUND ACTIVATED PAGERS ARE PROHIBITED IN THE CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS DURING MEETINGS OF THE CITY COUNCIL. Members of the audience will be provided an opportunity to address the Council after the Presentations section. Please speak intothemicrophonelocatedatthepodiumandstateyournameandaddress. Yourpresentationwillbelimitedtothreeminutes. If you have a petition or other information pertaining to your subject, please present it to the City Secretary. Si ud. Desea didgirse al Concilio y cree que su ingl¢s es limitado, habr~ un int¢rprete ingl¢s-espa~ol en todas las juntas del Concilio para ayudarle. Persons with disabilities who plan to attend this meeting and who may need auxiliary aids or services are requested to contact the City Secretary's office (at 361 880-3105) at least 48 hours in advance so that appropriate arrangements can be made. A. B. C. Mayor Samuel L. Neal, Jr. to call the meeting to order. Invocation to be given by Brother William Hitt, Brighton Park Baptist Church.V Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag of the United States. - D. City Secretary Armando Chapa to call the roll of the required Charter Officers. Mayor Samuel L. Neal, Jr. Mayor Pro Tem Betty Jean Longoria Council Members: Javier D. Colmenero MeLody Cooper Henry Garrett Arnold Gonzales Rex A. Kinnison John Longoria Mark Scott City Manager David R. Garcia City Attorney James R. Bray, Jr. City Secretary Armando Chapa - E. MINUTES: 1. ~/~pproval of the Joint and Regular Meetings of March 27, 2001 . (Attachment # 1) Agenda Regular Council Meeting April10,2001 - Page 2 2.5. J= CITY COUNCIL PRIORITY ISSUES (Refer to legend at the end of the agenda summary) SPECIAL CONSIDERATION ITEM: Ordinance canvassing returns and declaring the results of the General Election held on April 7, 2001, in the City of Corpus Christi, for the purpose of electing the Mayor, and Council Members, and for the ballot measure to repeal Ordinance No. 024270. (Attachment # 2) Ordinance ordering a runoff?..~ectl6'n'~o be held on A~_~001 in the City of ~gnating p~lace locations; enacting provi~ incident and relatij::~d~the subject and.purpose of this ~nce. (Affachmen~ - ~'~0 ~ BOARDS & COMMITTEE APPOINTMENTS: (NONE) PRESENTATIONS: (NONE) PUBLIC COMMENT FROM THE AUDIENCE ON MATTERS NOT SCHEDULED ON THE AGENDA. PLEASE LIMIT PRESENTATIONS TO THREE MINUTES. IF YOU PLAN TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL DURING THIS TIME PERIOD, PLEASE SIGN THE FORM AT THE REAR OF THE COUNCIL CHAMBER, GIVING YOUR NAME, ADDRESS AND TOPIC. (A recording is made of the meeting; therefore, please speak into the microphone located at the podium and state your name and address. If you have a petition or other information pertaining to your subject, please present it to the City Secretary.) Si usted se dirige a la junta y cree que su ing/¢s es limitado, habra un int¢rprete ingl¢s-espat~ol en la reunid)n de la junta para ayudarle. PER CITY COUNCIL POLICY, NO COUNCIL MEMBER, STAFF PERSON, OR MEMBERS OF THE AUDIENCE SHALL BERATE, EMBARRASS, ACCUSE, OR SHOW ANY PERSONAL DISRESPECT FOR ANY MEMBER OF THE STAFF, COUNCIL MEMBERS, OR THE PUBLIC A T ANY COUNCIL MEETING. EXPLANATION OF COUNCIL ACTION: For administrative convenience, certain of the agenda items are listed as motions, resolutions, or ordinances. If deemed appropriate, the City Council will use a different method of adoption from the one listed; may finally pass an ordinance by adopting it as an emergency measure rather than a two reading ordinance; or may modify the action specified. A motion to 024415 024416 Agenda Regular Council Meeting April10,2001 Page 3 reconsider may be made at this meeting of a vote at the last regular, or a subsequent special meeting; such agendas are incorporated herein for reconsideration and action on any reconsidered item. K= CONSENT AGENDA Notice to the Public The fo/lowing items are of a routine or administrative nature. The Council has been furnished with background and support material on each item, and/or it has been discussed at a previous meeting. Ail items will be acted upon by one vote without being discussed separately un/ess requested by a Council Member or a citizen, in which event the item or items will immediately be withdrawn for individual consideration in its normal sequence after the items not requiring separate discussion have been acted upon. The remaining items will be adopted by one vote. CONSENT MOTIONS, RESOLUTIONS, ORDINANCES AND ORDINANCES FROM PREVIOUS MEETINGS: ~ ,.~--/0 (At this point the Council will vote on all motions, resolutions and ordinances not removed for individual consideration.) Motion approving a supply agreement for approximately 5,000 tons of 50% caustic soda with Formosa Plastics Corporation, USA, Livingston, New Jersey, based on Iow bid, in accordance with Bid Invitation No. BI-0093-01 for an estimated annual expenditure of $880,000. The term of the contract will be twelve months with option to extend for up to two additional twelve-month periods, subject to the approval of the contractor and the City Manager or his designee. Funds have been budgeted by the Water Department in FY00-01. (Attachment # 3) Motion approving the purchase of a mobile water injection system from Robstown Hardware Company, Robstown, Texas, based on sole source, for a total amount of $24,700. The mobile water injection system will be used by the Solid Waste Department. Funds are available from the Council of Governments Grant No. 00-20-G12. (Attachment # 4) Motion authorizing the City Manager or his designee to execute a construction contract with Reese Contracting, Inc. for a total fee not to exceed $221,450 for the Nueces Acres Lift Station. (Requires 6 votes) (Attachment # 5) CITY COUNCIL PRIORITY ISSUES (Refer to legend at the end of the agenda summary) 2001- 1 27 2001-!28 200't-'!29 Agenda Regular Council Meeting April10,2001 - Page 4 ,8, 7.5. .8. Motion authorizing the City Manager or his designee to issue a Request for Proposal for a natural gas supply contract. (Attachment # 6) Resolution authorizing the City Manager or his designee to submit a grant application to the Comptroller of Public Accounts, State Energy Conservation Office in the amount of $33,500 for the City of Corpus Christi's Clean Cities Coordinator program. (Attachment # 7) Motion authorizing the City Manager or his designee to execute a contract in the amount of $33,500 with the State Energy Conservation Office that will fund a Clean Cities Coordinator Program and pay expenses relating to the City's Clean Cities Alternatives Fuels Initiatives. (Requires 6 votes)(Attachment # 7) Ordinance appropriating $33,500 from the Comptroller of Public Accounts, State Energy Conservation Office in the No. 1050 Federal/State Grants Fund for the City of Corpus Christi's Clean Cities Coordinator Program. (Attachment # 7) Motion authorizing the City Manager or his designee to accept a grant in the amount of $50,772 and execute a contract with the Corporation for National Service for the continuation of the Retired and Senior Volunteer Program. (Attachment # 8) Ordinance appropriating a $50,772 grant from the Corporation for National Service in the No. 1050 State and Federal Grants Fund for the continuation of the Retired and Senior Volunteer Program. (Attachment # 8) Motion authorizing the City Manager or his designee to accept a grant in the amount of $154,342 in funding from the Executive Office of the President, Office of National Drug Control Policy, to support the Police Department's role in the Texas Coastal Corridor Initiative in the Houston High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area. (Attachment # 9) Ordinance appropriating $154,342 in the No. 1050 Federal/State Grants fund from the Executive Office of the President, Office of National Drug Control Policy, to support the Police Department's role in the Texas Coastal Corridor Initiative in the Houston High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area. (Attachment # 9) CITY COUNCIL PRIORITY ISSUES (Refer to legend at the end of the agenda summa~) 2001-130 2001- 131 024418 2001-132 024419 2001-133 024420: Agenda Regular Council Meeting April10,2001 -- Page 5 10.a. Motion authorizing the City Manager or his designee to accept a Hazardous Materials Emergency Preparedness Planning Grant in the amount of $20,928 from the Texas Department of Public Safety Division of Emergency Management to fund: (a) the development of a web-accessible hazardous materials database, (b) the purchase of public education materials, (c) the purchase of "Consequence Analysis Toolset" software, (d) and to hire temporary staff to update Annex D. (Attachment # 10) 10.b. Ordinance appropriating $20,928 from the Texas Department of Public Safety Division of Emergency Management in the No. 1050 Federal/State Grants Fund for hazardous materials emergency preparedness planning activities. (Attachment # 10) L. PUBLIC HEARINGS: (NONE) M= REGULAR AGENDA CONSIDERATION OF MOTIONS, RESOLUTIONS, AND ORDINANCES: 11. Motion authorizing the City Manager or his designee to execute an engineering services contract in the amount of $53,101 with Martinez, Guy and Maybik for the Intersection Approach Improvements at the following sites: (Bond Issue 2000 Project C-11) (Requires 6 votes) (Attachment # 11) Airline Road - new right turn lane on southbound Airline Road at South Padre Island Drive Expressway westbound frontage road; South Staples Street - new right turn lane on southbound Staples Street at Everhart Road; and Waldron Road - new right turn lane on northbound Waldron Road at Hustlin' Hornet Drive. 12. Motion authorizing the City Manager or his designee to execute an agreement with the law firm of Linebarger, Heard, Goggan, Blair, Graham, Pefia and Sampson, L.L.P., to collect outstanding court fines and fees on behalf of the City of Corpus Christi. (Requires 6 votes) (Attachment # 12) CITY COUNCIL PRIORITY ISSUES (Refer to legend at the end of the agenda summary) 2001-134 024421 200!-135 2001.. 136 Agenda Regular Council Meeting April10,2001 Page 6 13. 14. 15. Resolution approving the creation of and the Articles of Incorporation of the South Texas Electric Project, Inc. (Attachment # 13) EXECUTIVE SESSION: PUBLIC NOTICE is given that the City Council may elect to go into executive session at any time during the meeting in orderto discuss matters listed on the agenda, when authorized by the provisions of the Open Meetings Act, Chapter 551 of the Texas Government Code. In the event the Council elects to go into executive session regarding an agenda item, the section or sections of the Open Meetings Act authorizing the executive session will be publicly announced by the presiding officer. Planned Executive Session and Related Action Notice is given specifically that the City Council expects to go into executive session during this meeting regarding the following additional matter: Executive session p..D~rsuant to Texas~C.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.~avernment Code~---tlbn 551.071 regar '...Ldi~. City of Corpus C.,13~¢ti v. William Ridd~t al, No. 95-7104~19th District Court,.>Ndeces County, T_..exa"s with possible discus.Con and action relate~thereto in open session. REPORTS: The following reports include questions by Council to Staff regarding City policies or activities; request by Council for information or reports from Staff; reports of activities of individual Council members and Staff; constituent concerns; current topics raised by media; follow-up on Staff assignments; scheduling of future Council meetings and activities; and other brief discussions regarding city-related matters. LEGISLATIVE UPDATE: Consideration of resolutions and actions deemed appropriate by the City Council as to legislative issues before the 77th Texas Legislature. 16. CITY MANAGER'S REPORT * Upcoming Items 17. MAYOR'S UPDATE CITY COUNCIL PRIORITY ISSUES (Refer to legend at the end of the agenda summary) 024422 Agenda Regular Council Meeting April10,2001 Page 7 18. COUNCIL AND OTHER REPORTS CITY COUNCIL PRIORITY ISSUES (Refer to legend at the end of the agenda summary) ADJOURNMENT: POSTING STATEMENT: This agenda was posted on the City's official bulletin board at the front entrance to City Hall, 1201 Leopard Street, at I~: O0 p.m., .~Ot"l' I (0 ,2001. Armando Chapa City Secretary NOTE: The City Council Agenda can be found on the City's Home Page at www. ci.corpus-christi.tx, us after 7:00 p.m. on the Friday before regularly scheduled council meetings. If technical problems occur, the agenda will be uploaded on the Internet by Monday morning. Symbols used to highlight action item that implement council priority issues. Ordinance ordering a runoff election to be held on April 21, 2001 in the City of Corpus Christi for the election of Council Member District One and Council Member District Three; designating polling place locations; enacting provisions incident and relating to the subject and purpose of this ordinance.