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Proclamation declaring March, 2002 as "Purchasing Month~
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Swearing-in ceremony of newly appointed Board, Commission and Committee members
AGENDA
CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS
REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING
CITY HALL - COUNCIL CHAMBERS
1201 LEOPARD
FEBRUARY 26, 2002
,:oo P.M. l:Oq)
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Mayor Samuel L. Neal, Jr.
Mayor Pro Tem Brant Chesney
Mayor Samuel L. Neal, Jr. to call the meeting to order.
Invocation to be given b3~f~onald Cox, Chaplin, Naval Air Station Corpus Christi.
Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag to the United States. ~- /~0~)J/"[ ~
City Secretary Armando Chapa to cal~ the roll of the required Charter Officers.
Council Members:
davier D. Colmenero ~,/',
Henry Garrett
' Rex A. Kinnison
John Longoria
Jesse Noyola ~/
Mark Scott
City Manager David R. Garcia _.~
City Attorney James R. Bray, Jr.__[~_.._
City SecretaryArmando Chapa [//
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February 26,2002
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E. MINUTES:
1. tv/~pproval of Joint and Regular Meetings of February 19, 2002.
(Attachment # 1 )
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 appropdate, 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.
CONSENT AGENDA
Notice to the Public
The following items are of a routine or administrative nature. The Councii has
been furnished with background and support matedal 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withdrawn for individual consideration in its normal sequence afterthe items not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)
Motion authorizing the City Manager or his designee to execute
a contract amendment granting permission for Govind E.C. to
assume all the obligations and duties of engineering contracts
between the City of Corpus Christi and Govind & Associates, Inc.
(Attachment # 2)
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3.~0, Motion authorizing the City Manager or his designee to execute
an amendment for engineering services with Shiner, Moseley and
Associates in the amount of $15,000 for the Packery Channel
Partnering, Technical Review and. U.S. Corps .of ,Engineers
Consultation. (Attachmentl~,,~/# 3) ~) f)~-~
Motlona rovln thelDu%'~s f
4. ' pp ' g ,{puc ase o two chiller units from York
International c/o Lewi{Mechanical Sales, Corpus Chdsti, Texas,
in accordance with Bid Invitation No. BI-0060-02, based on best
bid, for a total amount of $95,400. The units will be installed at
the Frost Building. Funds are budgeted in the No. 1020 General
Fund for improvements toAthe ~Frost ~Ba, n~k//Building in FY2001-
2002. (Attachment # 4)
5. Ordinance approving the sale of a former City park known as
Meldo Park with platted description of Lot 4, Block 3, Meldo Park
Subdivision, located on Brawner Parkway, west of Santa Fe for
$100,000 received by sealed bid and authorizing the City
Manager or his designee to execute a Special Warranty Deed for
the sale and conveyance of the subject property. (Attachment #
5)
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Motion approving the application from the Corpus Christi
Chamber of Commerce and the S.E°A. Saltwater Fisheries
Enhancement Association, to temporarily close the following
sections of NoAh Shoreline Boulevard immediately in front of the
Port of Corpus Christi Building on March 6, 2002 for a networking
and education program for the purpose and efforts of the
Saltwater Fisheries Enhancement Association: (Attachment#6)
a) Northbound Shoreline Boulevard (inside and middle lanes
only), from the north right -of- way of Power Street to the north
right-of-way to Palo Alto Street, beginning noon 12:00 p.m.,
Tuesday, March 5, 2002, through 10:00 p.m., Wednesday, March
6, 2002; and
b) Southbound Shoreline Boulevard (full closure), from the south
right-of-way of Palo Alto Street to the north right-of-way of Power
Street, beginning at noon 12:00 p.m., Tuesday, March 5, 2002,
through 10:00 p.m., Wednesday, Mamh 6, 2002.
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Ordinance waiving the requirement of Code of Ordinances
Section 49-17 Conditions and Requirements for special event
street closing Permit that street closings approved by the City
Council for special events shall be open to the public.
(Attachment # 6)
Motion authorizing the City Manager or his designee to execute
a construction contract with Mendez Construction Company, Inc.
for a total fee not to exceed $141,000 for the Gas Department
Pole Building Replacement Project FY 2001. (Attachment # 7)
Resolution authorizing condemnation proceedings by the City to
condemn Pamel 4, comprised of fee simple title to 275 square
feet together with a 550 square foot temporary construction
easement out of Lot 8, Section 56, Flour Bluff and Encinal Farm
and Garden Tracts, from the owners, George F. Merzbacher, Jr.
and Betty Bell Merzbacher Roseburg, to construct drainage
improvements in connection with the Jester Street Minor Storm
Drainage Improvements, Project 2106, and for other municipal
purposes. (Attachment # 8)
Ordinance amending Ordinance Nos. 024503 and 024668 to
allow for the abandoning and vacating of a 6,511 square foot
portion of the 50-foot wide street right-of-way on Pud Place, north
of the Robert Drive street right-of-way. (Attachment # 9)
Ordinance abandoning and vacating a 6,511 square foot portion
of 27-foot wide street and two 11.5-foot wide sidewalk easement
rights-of-way on Pud Place, north of the Robert Drive street right-
of-way; requiring the owners, Dr. and Mrs. Robert W. Madry, Jr.
and Mrs. Ann C. Yeager, to comply with the specified conditions
and replat the property within 180 days at owner's expense.
(Attachment # 9)
Resolution exempting Homestead Estates Subdivision from
payment of water and wastewater acreage fees pursuant to
Sections VB.5(K) and VB.6(I) of the Platting Ordinance, as
requested by Robert Payne and Rick Ramon, owners/developers.
(Attachment # 10)
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Resolution supporting efforts to ban off-road recreational vehicles
from stated-owned riverbeds and four-wheel drive vehicles from
the tidal fiats in the state's bays and estuaries. (Attachment # 11 )
Motion authorizing the City Manager or his designee to accept a
renewal grant in the amount of $1,500 and execute a contract
with the Corporation for National Service for the continuation of
the Senior Companion Program. (Attachment # 12)
Ordinance appropriating a grant of $1,500 from the Corporation
for National Service in the No. 1050 Federal/State Grants Fund
for the Senior Companion Program. (Attachment # 12)
Motion authorizing the City Manager or designee to accept a
grant from the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation for $20,500 to
purchase Learning to be WaterWise kits. (Attachment # 13)
Ordinance appropriating $20,500 from the U.S. Bureau of
Reclamation in the No. 1050 Federal/State Grants Fund for the
purchase of "Learning to be Wate~.jts. (Attachment # 13)
First Reading Ordinance - Amending Section 55-'147 (a) of the
Code of Ordinances, City of Corpus Christi, regarding affirmative
defenses for discharges !n violation of industrial wastewater
pretreatment standards and providing for penalties. (Attachment
# 14)
Second 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
Chdsti, 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.
(First Reading - 2/19/02) (Attachment # 15)
Second Reading Ordinance - Changing the name of Bush
Avenue to Friendship Ddve between West Point Road and South
Padre Island Drive. (First Reading - 2/19/02) (Attachment # 16)
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PUBLIC HEARINGS: (APPROXIMATELY 2:00 P.M.)
ZONING CASES:
Case No. 0102-01, Jeanette's Flowers & Gifts, Inc.: A change of
zoning from "R-lB" One-family Dwelling Distdct to "B-lA"
Neighborhood Business District on a 0.918 acre out of the
Frederick and Webb Tracts, located on the southwest corner of
Krejci Lane and Old Robstown Road. (Attachment # 17)
Planning Commission's and Staff's Recommendation: Approval
of the "B-lA" Neighborhood Business District.
ORDINANCE
Amending the Zoning Ordinance upon application by Jeanette's
Flowers and Gifts, Inc., by changing the zoning map in reference
to 0.918 acres out of the Frederick and Webb Tracts, from "R-1B"
One-family Dwelling Distdct to "B-lA" Neighborhood Business
District; amending the Comprehensive Plan to account for any
deviations from the existing Comprehensive Plan.
2002 ANNEXATION PROGRAM:
Second of two scheduled City Council public hearings on the
City's Proposed 2002 Annexation Program containing 519.32
acres and referred to as: (Attachment # 18)
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.
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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
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.
PRESENTATIONS:
Public comment will not be solicited on Presentation items.
Comprehensive Hazard Emergency Response Capability
Assessment Program (CHER - CAP) Exercise (Attachment # 19)
FY2001 2002, 2nd Quarter Budget/Performance Report
(Attachment # 20)
Quarterly Risk Management Update (Attachment # 21)
Status of negotiations with Corpus Christi Fire Fighters'
Association (Attachment # 22)
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REGULAR AGENDA
CONSIDERATION OF MOTIONS, RESOLUTIONS, AND ORDINANCES:
23.
Motion to approve staff recommendation for locations of New
Traffic Signal Improvements Phase 2, funded by 2000 Bond
Program Funds. (Attachment # 23)
24.
Motion authorizing the City Manager or his designee to execute
a signal construction supply contract in the amount of $1,160,490
with V'.C. Huff, Inc. for the construction of upgraded traffic signal
and new synchronization improvements funded by the approved
2000 Bond Program (Bond Issue 2000 Projects 35 and 36) .
(Attachment # 24)
25.
Motion approving the purchase of traffic signal equipment from
the following companies for the following amounts, in accordance
with Bid Invitation No. BI-0020-02, based on Iow bid, Iow bid
meeting specifications, only bid, and best bid for a total of
$219,755.80. Funds have been budgeted by the Street
Department in FY2001-2002. (Attachment # 25)
Paradigm Traffic System
Fort Worth, Texas
Items 1,8,9 & 10
$115,642
Texas Highway Products
Round Rock, Texas
Item 13
$4,500
ControlTechnologies, lnc.
TombalI, Texas
Items 2,5,6,7,11 & 12
$74,738.80
Na~ec, lnc.
Suqadand, Texas
items 3 & 4
$24,875
Grand Total: $219,755.80
26.
Motion approving the purchase of steel traffic signal structures
from Baker Machine & Welding, Victoria, Texas, based on Iow
total bid in accordance with Bid Invitation No. BI-0019-02 for a
total of $75,523.25. These steel traffic structures, which include
25 masts, and 25 mast arms will be used by the Traffic Signals
Division of the Street Department (Bond Issue 2000).
(Attachment # 26)
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First Reading Ordinance - Waiving the 60-day waiting period and
publication of legal notice; renaming the park at 15601 Gypsy
Street on Padre Island from Gypsy Park to the "Don and Sandy
Billish Park." (Attachment # 27)
Motion authorizing the City Manager or his designee to enter into
a three-year lease with IKON Office Solutions, Corpus Christi,
Texas for copiers in accordance with Request for Proposals No.
BI-0015-02 for an estimated three year expenditure of $502,848.
Funds have been budgeted by the Print Shop in FY2001-2002
and will be requested for all subsequent budget years.
(Attachment # 28)
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PERSON, OR MEMBERS OF THE AUDIENCE SHALL
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EXECUTIVE SESSION:
PUBLIC NOT/CE 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
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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.
29.
Executive session pursuant to Texas Government Code Section
551.071 regarding City of Corpus Christi Project #3219,
Nourishment of Corpus Christi Beach - 2001, with possible
discussion and action related 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.
30. CITY MANAGER'S REPORT
Upcoming Items
31. MAYOR'S UPDATE
32. COUNCIL AND OTHER REPORTS
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POSTING STATEMENT:
This agenda was posted on the City's official bulletin board at the front entrance
to City Hall, 1201 Leopard Street, at 2:30 p.m., February 22 ,2002.
Armando Chapa
City Secretary
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