HomeMy WebLinkAboutReference Agenda City Council - 02/19/2002,12:00 p.m. - Joint Meeting between the City Council and Regional Transportation Authority
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Proclamation declaring February 17-23, 2002 as "National LULAC Week"
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AGENDA
CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS
REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING
CITY HALL - COUNCIL CHAMBERS
1201 LEOPARD
FEBRUARY 19, 20/02
1:00 P.M. V'
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PROHIBITED IN THE CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS DURING MEETINGS OF THE CITY COUNCIL.
Members of the audience will be provided an opportunity to address tile Council at approximately 5:30 p.m. or at the end
of the Council Meeting, whichever is eadier. 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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Mayor Samuel L. Neal, Jr. to call the meeting to order.
Invocation to be given by Pastor John Bradshaw, Fellowship of Oso Creek. v'/
Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag to tho United States. ~'
D. City Secretary Armando Chapa to call the roll of the required Charter Officers.
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Mayor Samuel L. Neal, Jr.
Mayor Pro Tern 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 Chapa L/
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E. MINUTES:
1. ~pproval of Regular Meeting of February 12, 2002. (Attachment
#1)
F. BOARDS & COMMITTEE APPOINTMENTS: (Attachment # 2)
Leadership Committee for Senior Services
Oil & Gas Advisory Committee
G. 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
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 fumished 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 afterthe 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)
Resolution authorizing an amendment to the Fiscal Year 2001-
2002 Park and Recreation Department Fee Schedule, pursuant
to Section 36-7 of the Code of Ordinances, City of Corpus Christi
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by adding a Single Rider Cart fee and Golf Promotional
Programs. (Attachment # 3)
Motion authorizing the City Manager or his designee to allow the
Department of the Army Corps of Engineers, right-of-entry for
environmental assessment and response with regard to the
demolition of an out-of-use aircraft hangS, at Bill Witt Park.
(Attachment # 4
Motion authorizing the City Manager or his designee to execute
a contract with American Appraisal Associates, Inc. for the
General Fund Capital Asset Inventory and Valuation in the
amount of $33,000; for the Proprietary Fund Capital Asset
Inventory and Valuation in the amount of $48,825; and for the
purchase of the procedures manual in the amount of $1,200;
totaling, $83,025. (Attachment # 5)
Motion authorizing the City Manager or his designee to enter into
a contract with Texas Municipal League Intergovernmental Risk
Pool, in the amount of $71,547 annual premium ($69,400.59 =3%
discount for Annual Premium versus Quarterly) for Excess
Liability - Gas Utility. The term of the contract will be for one year.
(Attachment # 6)
Motion authorizing the City Manager or his designee to enter into
a contract with McGriff, Seibels & Williams of Texas, Inc., in the
amount of $120,000 annual premium for Excess Liability Workers'
Compensation Insurance Coverage plus an additional $7,500
annual fee for Risk Assessment and an Annual Claims Audit. The
term of the contract will be for one year with an option to renew
for up to three additional 12-month periods subject to the
approval of the insurer and the City Manager or his designee. In
the event a renewal occurs, the above rate has been guaranteed
for four years. (Attachment # 7)
Ordinance appropriating $74,611.89 in interest earnings in Fund
3170, Computer System 1998 Capital Improvement Program
(CIP) Fund, Certificates of Obligation(CO); for PeopleSoft-
Financials computer training. (Attachment # 8)
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11.b.
Ordinance amending the Code of Ordinances, Chapter 53,
Traffic, Section 53-250, Schedule 1, One Way Streets and Alleys,
Section (A-l) School Areas, by establishing a one-way traffic
pattern on the following street sections during the school hours of
George Evans Elementary and providing for penalties:
(Attachment # 9)
Northbound one-way pattern on North Alameda Street
between Caldwell Street and Comanche Street, and
Southbound one-way pattern on Sam Rankin Street
between Comanche Street and Caldwell Street.
Ordinance approving $2,890 from ONAC Developers, Inc. as
developer's contribution for in lieu of half street construction of
portion of Brockhampton Street (with supporting public utility
infrastructure), as required by development of Bordeaux Place
Unit 1 Subdivision; and establishing a separate subaccount for
said half street in the City interest-bearing account in the
Infrastructure Trust Fund for deposit of developer's contribution;
and restricting said monies for completion of "improvements" at
time of platting and development of properties directly adjacent to
and abutting the secured "improvement" opposite Bordeaux Place
Unit 1 Subdivision. (Attachment # 10)
Ordinance appropriating $11,554.84 in interest earnings from the
Unreserved Fund Balance in the No. 1050-820800 Law
Enforcement Block Grant Fund 2000, appropriating $748.48 in
interest earnings from the Unreserved Fund Balance in the No.
1050-820801 Law Enforcement Block Grant Fund 2001, and
appropriating $4,791.42 in interest earnings from the Unreserved
Fund Balance in the No. 1050-820899 Law Enforcement Block
Grant Fund 1999 to purchase law enforcement equipment for the
Corpus Christi Police Department. (Attachment # 11 )
Motion approving the purchase of microwave and multiplex
communications equipment from Dailey-Wells for the total
amount of $137,577.58. The award is based on sole source and
will be used by the Police Department. Funds are provided
through the Local Law Enforcement Block Grant 2000 and 2001.
(Attachment # 11)
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13.b.
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Motion approving the purchase of a computer system upgrade
from SBC DataComm in accordance with the State of Texas
Cooperative Purchasing Program for the total amount of
$101,353.44. The upgraded system is for the Police Department
backbone computer system for the Personal Computer network.
Funds are provided through the COPS MORE grant. (Attachment
# 12)
Resolution authorizing the City Manager or his designee to
execute an Intedocal Cooperation Agreement with the Texas
Department of Public Safety, Division of Emergency Management
in the amount of $14,860.80 for hazardous materials emergency
preparedness planning activities. (Attachment# 13)
Ordinance appropriating $14,860.80 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# 13)
Second Reading Ordinance -Amending the Zoning Ordinance by
revising Article 12A, "B-lA" Neighborhood Business District
Regulations, by replacing masonry fence with standard screening
fence requirement and providing supplementary landscaping and
site design requirements; and Article 27, Supplementary Height,
Area, and Bulk Requirements, by revising Section 27-3.01.06 (1)
Fence Requirements. (First Reading - 2/12/02) (Attachment # 14)
Ordinance authorizing the City Manager or his designee to
execute an Industrial District Agreement, effective as of February
12, 2002, with Corpus Christi Liquid, Inc. as lessee and
improvements owner, pursuant to § 42.044 Texas Local
Government Code and pursuant to Ordinance No. 022360, and
to file the agreement in the official records of Nueces County,
Texas. (Attachment # 15)
PRESENTATIONS:
Public comment will not be solicited on Presentation items.
Status on Packery Channel (Attachment # 16)
Status on Corpus Christi Parks (Attachment # 17)
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18.a.
18.b.
19.
PUBLIC HEARINGS:
STREET NAME CHANGE:
Public hearing for proposed street name change of Bush Avenue
to Friendship Ddve between West Point Road and South Padre
Island Drive. (Attachment # 18)
First Reading Ordinance - Changing the name of Bush Avenue to
Friendship Drive between West Point Road and South Padre
Island Drive. (Attachment # 18)
2002 ANNEXATION PROGRAM:
First of two scheduled City Council public hearings on the City's
Proposed 2002 Annexation Program containing 519.32 acres and
referred to as: (Attachment # 19)
Jones, Walter and Texas General Land Office Beach
Frontages: Publicly and privately owned lands comprising
approximately 44.16 acres and 9,618 feet of Gulf Beach frontage,
from the south most property line of Padre Balli County Park to a
point 500 feet south of the south most property line of the
Lawrence Jones property. The width of the strip extends
westward from the City limit line on the Gulf of Mexico shoreline,
being the 1.37-foot line above Mean Sea Level based on United
States Geological Survey and Geodetic Survey datum of 1929, to
a point along the vegetation line approximately 200 feet west of
and generally parallel to the 1.37 foot line above Mean Sea Level
Gulf of Mexico shoreline.
Padre Balli Park: Nueces County Park No. 1 (Padre Balli Park)
comprising approximately 194.92 acres and 6,324 feet of gulf
beach frontage.
Packery Channel Park: Public and privately owned lands
comprising approximately 50.01 acres and including Nueces
County Park No. 2 (Packery Channel Park)
Nueces County Land South of Mustang Island State Park:
Publicly owned (Nueces County) tract of land comprising 221.00
acres and 4,211 feet of Gulf Beach frontage generally surrounded
by the existing City Limits and out of the William Bryan Survey
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606, between the east right-of-way line of State Highway 361 and
the existing City Limit line along the Gulf of Mexico shoreline,
being the 1.37 foot line above Mean Sea Level based on United
States Geological Survey and Geodetic Survey datum of 1929.
Beach Front Property North of Zahn Road: Privately owned
tract of land comprising approximately 9.23 acres and 2,009.79
feet of Gulf Beach frontage abutting the City Limits on the Gulf of
Mexico shoreline, being the 1.37-foot line above Mean Sea Level
based on United States Geological Survey and Geodetic Survey
datum of 1929 and extending approximately 200 feet westward
and, between County owned land and State leased land at JP
Luby Surf Park.
(RECESS REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING)
CORPORATION MEETING:
CORPUS CHRISTI COMMUNITY IMPROVEMENT
CORPORATION (Attachment # 20):
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AGENDA
CORPUS CHRISTI COMMUNITY IMPROVEMENT CORPORATION
Date: Tuesday, February 19, 2002
Time: During the meeting of the City Council beginning at
1:00p.m.
Location: City Council Chambers
City of Corpus Christi
1201 Leopard Street
Corpus Christi, Texas 78401
President Rex A. Kinnison calls the meeting to order.
Secretary Armando Chapa calls roll.
Officers
W. Thomas Utter, Gen. Mgr.
Arrnando Chepa, Secretary
2.
Board of Directors
Rex A. Kinnison, Pres.
Javier Colmenero, Vice Pres.
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Brent Chesney
Henry Garrett
Bill Kelly
John Longoria
Samuel L. Neal, Jr.
Jesse Noyola
Mark Scott
Mary Juarez, Asst. Secretary
Jorge Cruz-Aedo, Treasurer
Vacant, Asst. Treasurer
3. Approve minutes of October 30, 2001.
4. Financial Report
Authorizing the General Manager to revise the lease
agreement with the Nueces County Community Action
Agency for the property located at 119 Clemmer Street,
Corpus Christi, Texas, formerly known as "Kids of the
Neighborhood", which is used as a childcare facility or
Head Start or Early Head Start Programs.
6. Public Comment.
7. Adjournment.
(RECONVENE REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING)
REGULAR AGENDA
CONSIDERATION OF MOTIONS, RESOLUTIONS, AND
ORDINANCES:
21.a.
Resolution authorizing the City Manager or his designee to
execute an Intedocal Cooperation Agreement with the City of Port
Aransas and Nueces County relating to the Mustang and North
Padre Islands Beach Parking~Permit System. (Attachment # 21)
21.b.
Resolution directing the City Manager or his designee to
terminate the Interlocal Cooperation Agreement with Nueces
County, da. ted June 1, 1993, relating to beach cleaning.
(Attachment # 21)
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21.c.
Ordinance amending the Code of Ordinances, City of Corpus
Christi, Chapter 10, Beachfront Management and Construction,
regarding exempt pipelines, the application process, state agency
review, terms of permits and certificates, mitigation measures,
application fees, requirements in eroding areas, and beach
access roads Packery Channel Access Improvements, and
penalties; providing for penalties. (Attachment # 21)
21.d. Ordinance amending Ordinance No. 022164, which adopted the
City of Corpus Chdsti, Texas Dune Protection and Beach Access
Regulation, by updating and revising Appendices I, Industrial
Uses Permitted/Not Permitted, IV, Flow Chart of Application
Process for Master Planned Developments, V, Flow Chart for
Application Process for Dune Protection Permit or Beachfront
Construction Certificate, VI, Designation of Access Ways, Parking
Areas, and Beaches Closed to Motor Vehicles, VII, Designated
Beach Fee Areas, VIII, Interlocal Agreement for Beach
Maintenance with Nueces County, XI, 31 TAC §§ 15.1-15.10
(Coastal Area Planning), XII, Dune Protection Act, V.T.C.A.,
Natural Resources Code §61.001 et seq., XIII, Open Beaches
Act, V.T.C.A., Natural Resources Code § 63.001 et seq., XIV,
Founding Policies, and adding Appendix XV, Packery Channel
Design Concept and Appendix XVI, Packery Channel Public and
Environmental Facilities; providing an effective date; providing fo, ri
penalties. (Attachment # 21) L4 , ~ / . ~ ~
22. First Reading Ordinance - Authorizing the City Manager or his
designee to execute Amendment No. 2 to the lease agreement
between the Buccaneer Commission and the City of Corpus
Christi, authorized by Ordinance No. 023917 on January 18,
2000, to adjust the amount payable for police services, add a late
payment fee and clarify procedures for resolving disputed claims.
(Attachment # 22)
23.
Motion authorizing the Ci.~vta"n~ger or his designee t...e.enter into
a three year lease w~th"lKON Office Solutions,~pus Christi,
Texas for copier, s-iff accordance with Reque~rfor Proposals No.
BI-0015-02..fer'an estimated three year..exlfenditu re of $662,616.
Funds..ba~e been budgeted bythe P..r. kft Shop in FY01-02 and will
be r~q'uested for all subsequent/.~fdget years. (Attachment # 23)
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Motion authorizing the City Manager or his designee to execute
an agreement with Texas Medical Data Systems to provide
Accounts Receivable Management and Delinquent Collections
Service for the EMS Division of the Corpus Chdsti Fire
Department in the amount of $163,800 per year. The term of the
agreement is for two years with an option to extend for up to four
additional twelve month terms. (Attachment # 24)
PUBLIC COMMENT FROM THE AUDIENCE ON MATTERS
NOT SCHEDULED ON THE AGENDA WILL BE HEARD AT
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LIMIT PRESENTATIONS TO THREE MINUTES. IF YOU PLAN
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CHAMBER, GIVING YOUR NAME, ADDRESS AND TOPIC. (A
recording is made of the meeting; therefore, please speak into the microphone
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or other information pertaining to your subject, please present it to the City
Secretary.)
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ingl~s-espa~ol en la reunion de la junta para ~yudade.
PER CITY COUNCIL POLICY, NO COUNCIL MEMBER, STAFF
PERSON, OR MEMBERS OF THE AUDIENCE SHALL
BERATE, EMBARRASS, ACCUSE, OR SHOW ANY
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EXECUTIVE SESSION:
PUBLIC NOTICE is given that the City Council may elect to go into
executive session at any time during 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
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 office.
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O. 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.
25. CITY MANAGER'S REPORT
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NOTE:
* 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 3:00 p.m., February i5_, 2002.
Armando Chapa ~ L( ',
City Secretary
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SUPPLEMENTAL AGENDA
REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING
CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS
CITY HALL - COUNCIL CHAMBERS
1201 LEOPARD
FEBRUARY 19, 2002
1:00 P.M.
21.e.
Public notice is hereby given that the following item is being added to the City Council
agenda of February 19, 2002:
REGULAR AGENDA
Ordinance amending Ordinance No. 024734 relating to the cost of beach parking permits;
providing for penalties; providing for an effective date.
POSTING STATEMENT:
This supplement agenda was posted on the City's official bulletin board at the front entrance to
City Hall, 1201 Leopard Street, at 4:15 p.m., February 15 , 2002.
Armando Chapa
City Secretary
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