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AGENDA
CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS
REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING
CITY HALL - COUNCIL CHAMBERS
1201 LEOPARD
JANUARY 29, 2~)02
2:00 P.M?
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CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS DURING MEETINGS OF THE CITY COUNCIL.
Members of the audience will be provided an opportunity to address the Council at approximately 5:30 p.m. or at the end
of the Council Meeting, whichever is earlier. Please speak into the microphone located at the podium and state your name
and address. Your presentation will be limited to three minutes. If you have a petition or other information pertaining to your
subject, please present it to the City Secretary.
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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.
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Mayor Samuel L. Neal, Jr. to call the meeting to order.
Invocation to be given by Pastor Buddy Murphey, Southcrest Baptist Church.
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Pledge
of Allegiance
City Secretary Armando Chapa to call the roll of the required Charter Officers.
Mayor Samuel L. Neal, Jr.
Mayor Pro Tem Brent Chesney
Council Members:
Javier D. Colmenero
Henry Garrett
Bill Kelly
Rex A. Kinnison
John Longoria
Jesse Noyola
Mark Scott
City Manager David R. Garcia
City Attorney James R. Bray, Jr.
City Secretary Armando Chapac/'__
E. MINUTES:
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1vPPr°val of ,,egular Meeting o ~nuar~ 2~, ~00,. (Attachment # 1)
Agenda
Regular Council Meeting
Janua~ 29,2002
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F. BOARDS & COMMITTEE APPOINTMENTS: (NONE)
G. EXPLANATION OF COUNCIL ACTION:
For administrative convenience, certain of the agenda items are listed
as motions, resolutions, or ordinances. If deemed approp#ate, 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
ratherthan a two reading ordinance; or may modify the action specified.
A motion to 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.
Notice to the Public
The following 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. All items will be acted upon by one
vote without being discussed separately unless 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:
(At this point the Council will vote on all motions, resolutions and ordinances not
removed for individual consideration)
Motion authorizing the City Manager or his designee to execute
Amendment No. 1 in the amount of $395,020 with Urban
Engineering for odor control improvements at the Allison
Wastewater Treatment Plant Lift Station, the Arcadia Lift Station
and for Rehabilitation Improvements at the Allison Wastewater
Treatment Plant. (Attachment # 2)
Motion authorizing the City Manager or his designee to execute
an amendment in the amount of $146,150 with RVE
~ for engineering services associated with Corpus Christi
International Airport Roadway and Parking Lot Improvements.
(Attachment # 3)
CITY COUNCIL
PRIORITY ISSUES
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Resolution authorizing condemnation proceedings by the City to
condemn utility and temporary easements as follows: utility
easement of 2.847 acres and temporary easement of 2.033
acres, being Parcel 7 out of Lots 3 and 4, Section 7, Bohemian
Colony Lands; utility easement of .454 acres and temporary
easement of .674 acres, being Parcel 8a out of Lots 3 and 4,
Section 7, Bohemian Colony Lands, all as shown on the attached
Exhibit A, from the owner Cardco, Inc., to construct wastewater
improvements in connection with the Carolyn Heights Diversion
to Greenwood Wastewater Treatment Plant - 30" line, Project
7196, and for other municipal purposes. (Attachment # 4)
Resolution authorizing condemnation proceedings by the City to
condemn utility and temporary easements as follows: utility
easement of 1.258 acres and temporary easement of 1.095
acres, being Parcel I out of Lot 8, Section 14, Bohemian Colony
Lands, as shown on the attached Exhibit A, from the owner South
Texas Rainbow Limited Partnership to construct wastewater
improvements in connection with the Carolyn Heights Diversion
to Greenwood Wastewater Treatment Plant - 30" line, Project
7196, and for other municipal purposes. (Attachment # 5)
Ordinance abandoning and vacating 3,000 square feet of a 10-
foot wide utility easement out of Lot 4A, Block 502, Padre Island -
Corpus Christi Mariner's Cay Subdivision; requiring the owner, Mr.
B. Wiley Mayden, (Owner), to comply with the specified
conditions and replat the property within 180 days at owner's
expense. (Attachment # 6)
Motion authorizing the City Manager or his designee to execute
all documents necessary to accept and implement a grant from
the Texas Department of Health for laboratory services for the
analysis of bay water samples collected by Texas Department of
Health for $22,500. (Attachment # 7)
Ordinance appropriating a $22,500 grant from the Texas
Department of Health in the No. 1050 Federal/State Grant Fuhd
for laboratory services. (Attachment # 7)
CITY COUNCIL
PRIORITY ISSUES
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agenda summary)
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Motion authorizing the City Manager or his designee to execute
Attachment No. 02 to Contract No. 7460005741-2003 with the
Texas Department of Health in the amount of $87,979 for
tuberculosis prevention and control and expanded outreach
services. (Attachment # 8)
Ordinance appropriating a $87,979 grant from the Texas
Department of Health in the No. 1050 Federal/State Grant Fund
for tubemulosis prevention and control and expanded outreach
services. (Attachment # 8)
Resolution authorizing the City Manager or his designee to submit
a grant application in the amount of $77,271 to the State of
Texas, Office of the Governor, Criminal Justice Division for fifth
year funding of the Gang Analysis Unit of the Police Department.
(Attachment # 9)
Resolution authorizing the City Manager or his designee to submit
a grant application in the amount of $58,760 to the State of
Texas, Office of the Governor, Criminal Justice Division for third
yearfunding for the Computer Forensics Specialist. (Attachment
#9)
Resolution setting a priority number of one for the Gang Analysis
Unit and priority number of two for the Computer Forensics
Specialist for the grant application submitted to the State of
Texas. (Attachment # 9)
First Reading Ordin~.a~me - Authorizin~the~City Mana. ge~'~ his
designee to ex_.eeule a five-year le53se"with Marbella. C.~lll, Inc., dba
Chdstia~operty.,.to~wit.' Merdman-
Bob. y~s~Flouse in Hedta~Park, to opera.~-~'as a food service
operation. (Attachmeat'# 10) J
Second Reading Ordinance-Amending Section 53-99, Operation
of Trucks, Trailers and Other Heavy Vehicles Restricted on
Certain Streets, of the Code of Ordinances, City of Corpus Christi,
to allow automated Solid Waste vehicles to travel against traffic
on one-way streets to collect from City-provided garbage carts;
providing for penalties. (First Reading - 1/22/02) (Attachment #
11)
CITY COUNCIL
PRIORITY ISSUES
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I. PUBLIC HEARINGS: (NONE)
PRESENTATIONS:
Public comment will not be solicited on Presentation items.
12.
Update on Broadway Wastewater Treatment Plant Diversion
Project (Attachment # 12)
13.
United States Department of Housing and Urban Development -
Designation of Corpus Christi as a "Renewal Community"
(Attachment # 13)
REGULAR AGENDA
CONSIDERATION OF MOTIONS, RESOLUTIONS, AND ORDINANCES:
14.
Resolution authorizing the City Manager or his designee to sign
the necessary documentation to accept U.S. Department of
Housing and Urban Development's Renewal Community
Designation in Census Tracts 1, 3, 4, 10, and 11, which is
designed to stimulate economic development in these areas.
(Attachment # 14)
15.
Motion authorizing the City Manager or his designee to award a
construction contract in the amount of $168,465.42 with Third
Coast Construction for the Renovation of Senior and Recreation
Centers at the following sites: (Bond Issue 2000 Project)
(Attachment # 15)
* T.C. Ayers Recreation Center
* Ben Garza Gymnasium
* Greenwood Senior Center
16.a.
First Reading Ordinance -Approving a sixty-year ground lease at
Corpus Christi International Airport between the City of Corpus
Christi and the Corpus Chdsti Regional Economic Development
Corporation. (Attachment # 16)
16.b.
Ordinance repealing Ordinance No. 024717 (December 18, 2001 )
which approved a one-year ground lease at Corpus Christi
International Airport between the City of Corpus Christi and the
Corpus Christi Regional Economic Development Corporation; and
rescinding the first-reading approval of a long-term ground lease
at the Airport between those parties. (Attachment # 16)
CITY COUNCIL
PRIORITY ISSUES
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(RECESS REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING)
L. CORPORATION MEETING:
17. CORPUS CHRISTI HOUSING' FINANCE CORPORATION
MEETING: (Attachment # 17)
AGENDA
CORPUS CHRISTI HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION MEETING
DaM:
Tuesday, January 29, 2002
Time:
During the meeting of the City Council beginning at
2:00 p.m.
Location:
City Council Chambers
City of Corpus Chdsti
1201 Leopard Street
Corpus Chdsti, Texas 78401
1. President John Longoria calls meeting to order.
2. Secretary Armando Chapa calls roll.
Board of Directors
Officers
John Longoda, Pres.
Mark Scott, Vice Pres.
Brent Chesney
Javier D. Colmenero
Henry Garrett
Bill Kelly
Rex A. Kinnison
Samuel L. Neal, Jr.
Jesse Noyola
W. Thomas Utter, Gen. Mgr.
Armando Chapa, Secretary
Mary Juarez, Asst. Secretary
Jorge Cruz-Aedo, Treasurer
Mike Harry, Asst. Treasurer
3. Approve Minutes of October 16, 2001.
4. Financial Report
Resolution with respect to an application for a calendar
year 2002 reservation for qualified mortgage bond
authority.
CITY COUNCIL
PRIORITY ISSUES
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Resolution with respect to an application for a calendar
year 2003 reservation for qualified mortgage bond
authority.
Discussion and adoption of position statement on South
Texas Affordable Properties Corporation Project.
Public Comment.
Adjournment.
(RECONVENE REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING)
PUBLIC COMMENT FROM THE AUDIENCE ON MATTERS
NOT SCHEDULED ON THE AGENDA WILL BE HEARD AT
APPROXIMATELY 5:30 P.M. OR AT THE END OF THE
COUNCIL MEETING, WHICHEVER IS EARLIER. 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 subjecl, please present it. to the City
Secretary.)
Si usted se didge a la junta y cree que su inglOs es limitado, habr~ un intOrprete
inglOs-espa~ol en la reunion 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 AT ANY
COUNCIL MEETING.
EXECUTIVE SESSION:
PUBLIC NOTICE is given that the City Council may elect to go into
executive session at any time durfng the meeting in order to discuss
any matters listed on the agenda, when authorized by the provisions of
the Open Meeting Act, Chapter 551 of the Texas Government Code,
and that the City Council specifically expects to go into executive
session on the following matters. In the event the Council elects to go
CITY COUNCIL
PRIORITY ISSUES
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agenda summary)
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Motion authorizing the City Manager to execute documents settling Armando D. Flores v.
City of Corpus Christi, No. 00-3837-G, 319th District Court, Nueces County, Texas, for
$75,000 pursuant to the agreement negotiated by the City's attorneys.
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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 off/ce.
Executive Session pursuant to Texas Government Code Section
551.071 regarding City of Corpus Chdsti Project #3219,
Nourishment of Corpus Christi Beach - 2001, with possible
discussion and action related thereto in open session.
Executive Session pursuant to Texas Government Code Section
551.071 regarding Armando D. Flores v. City of Corpus Christi,
No. 00-3837-G, 319"' District Court, Nueces County, Texas, with
possible discussion and a/:tion relat9d 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 bdef discussions regarding city-related matters.
CITY MANAGER'S REPORT
* Upcoming Items
MAYOR'S UPDATE
COUNCIL AND OTHER REPORTS
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 11;45 a.m., January 25 ,2002.
Armando C~'apa ~
City Secretary /)/~ ~
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