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AGENDA
CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS
REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING
CITY HALL - COUNCIL CHAMBERS
1201 LEOPARD
APR!L '15, 2003
2.00 P.M. ---"--
PUBLIC NOTICE - THE USE OF CELLULAR PHONES AND SOUND ACTIVATED PAGERS ARE
PROHIBITED IN THE CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS DURING MEETINGS OF THE CITY COUNCIL.
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Mayor Samuel L. Neal, Jr.
Mayor Pro Tern Henry Garrett
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 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.
Si ud. Desea dirigirse al Concilio y cree qua su ingl~s es limitado, habra un int~rprete ingl~s-espa~ol en todas las juntas del
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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.
Mayor Samuel L. Neal, Jr. to call the meeting to order.
Invocation. --
Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag of the United States. - '"
City Secretary Armando Chapa to call the roll of the required Charter Officers.
Council Members:
Brent Chesney
Javier D. Colmenero
Melody Cooper ~,/
Bill Kelly
Rex A. Kinnison
Jesse Noyola
Mark Scott
Acting City Manager George K. Noe
Acting City Attorney Jay Reining
City Secretary Armando Chapa
MINUTES:
Approval of Special and Regular Meetings of April 8, 2003. (Attachment # 1'
INDEXED
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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 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
rather than a two reading ordinance; or may modify the action specified.
A motion to reconsidermay 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 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 approving the purchase of thirty-six vehicles consisting of
32 pickup trucks and 4 cargo vans from the following companies,
for the following amounts, in accordance with Bid Invitation No.
BI-0053-03, based on Iow bid and Iow bid meeting specifications.
The vehicles will be purchased for Engineering, Maintenance
Services, Water, Storm Water, Wastewater and the Gas
Department. Ail vehicles are replacement units. Funds are
budgeted in Maintenance Services and Engineering Services.
(Attachment # 2)
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Vista Chevrolet
Corpus Christi, TX
Bid Items 2, 4 - 10,
12 & 13
$306,729
Creveling Dodge
Corpus Christi, TX
Bid ltem 1
$183,391
Allen Samuels Chevrolet
Corpus Christi, TX
Bid Item 3
$49,160.08
Crosstown Ford
Corpus Christi, TX
Bid Item 11
$16,391
Grand Total: $555,671.08
Motion authorizing the Acting City Manager or his designee to
execute a construction contract with Rycon E & C, LLC of
Kingsville, Texas in the amount of $335,370 for the Wastewater
Clean-Out Installation Program FY2002-2003. (Attachment # 3)
Motion authorizing the Acting City Manager or his designee to
execute a consultant contract with Coym, Rehmet, Gutierrez
Engineering, Inc., of Corpus Christi, Texas for a total fee not to
exceed $68,407 for the Holly Road Pump Station Structural and
Mechanical Improvements. (Attachment # 4)
Motion authorizing the Acting City Manager or his designee to
execute a construction contract with Lowman Services, Inc. of
Robstown, Texas in the amount of $66,169.93 for the Minor Storm
Drainage Improvements on Sharpsburg Road. (Attachment # 5)
Motion authorizing the Acting City Manager or his designee to
execute Amendment No. 2 to the consultant contract with Russell
Corrosion Consultant, Inc. of Simpsonville, Maryland in the
amount of $73,593.40 for the Mary Rhodes Memorial (Lake
Texana) Pipeline. (Attachment # 6)
Motion authorizing the Acting City Manager or his designee to
execute an agreement with Rimkus Consulting Group, Inc., of
Corpus Christi, Texas in an amount not to exceed $50,000 for
claim support services related to City Hall water intrusion damage
analysis. (Attachment # 7)
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Motion authorizing the Acting City Manager or his designee to
execute a Utility Easement Instrument with Richard L. Ocker,
Donald A. Ocker, and A.D.D. Corporation, a Texas Corporation,
in the amount of $47,500, for Parcels 47 and 48, both necessary
for the Southside Water Transmission Main, Phase 3 Project, and
for other municipal purposes. (Attachment # 8)
Motion authorizing the Acting City Manager or his designee to
execute an engineering services contract with LNV, Inc. dba
Smith, Russo & Mercer of Corpus Christi, Texas in the amount of
$510,000 for the O.N. Stevens Water Treatment Plant Analysis.
(Attachment # 9
Motion authorizing the Acting City Manager or his designee to
accept a grant in the amount of $52,803 awarded by the
Corporation for National and Community Service for the Retired
and Senior Volunteer Program. (Attachment # 10)
Ordinance appropriating a grant in the amount of $52,803
awarded by the Corporation for National and Community Service
in the No. 1050 Federal/State Grants Fund for the Retired and
Senior Volunteer Program. (Attachment # 10)
Resolution authorizing the Acting City Manager or his designee to
submit a grant application to the Texas Department of Public
Safety Division of Emergency Management, in the amount of
$40,000, under the FY2003 Pre-Disaster Mitigation Program, to
develop a Pre-Disaster Mitigation Action Plan, with a City in-kind
match of $13,333, and a total project costs of $53,333.
(Attachment # 11 )
Ordinance authorizing the resale of sixty-nine (69) properties
shown on the attached and incorporated Exhibit A which were
foreclosed upon for failure to pay ad valorem taxes and
miscellaneous liens, for minimum opening bid amounts equal to
prices listed on the attached Exhibit A. (Attachment # 12)
Ordinance appropriating $225,613.26 in interest and
miscellaneous earnings in various bond funds as detailed in the
attached Schedule A to close funds and pay outstanding debt
service; amending FY2003 Capital Budget adopted by Ordinance
No. 025144 by increasing appropriations by $225,613.26.
(Attachment # 13)
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Ordinance authorizing the Acting City Manager or his designee to
execute a one-year lease with Czech Heritage Society of South
Texas, a non-profit corporation, for the use of the Jalufka House
located in Heritage Park and in consideration of the Czech
Heritage Society of South Texas maintaining the premises and
improvements. (Attachment # 14)
First Reading Ordinance - Authorizing the Acting City Manager or
his designee to execute a three-year lease with the Irish Cultural
House, Inc., a non-profit corporation, for the use of the
McCampbell House located in Heritage Park and in consideration
of the Irish Cultural House, Inc. maintaining the premises and
improvements. (Attachment # 15)
First Reading Ordinance - Authorizing the Acting City Manager or
his designee to execute a three-year lease with the H. Boyd Hall
Branch of the NAACP, a non-profit corporation, for the use of the
Littles-Martin House located in Heritage Park and in consideration
of H. Boyd Hall Branch of the NAACP maintaining the premises
and improvements. (Attachment # )
Second Reading Ordinance - Amending the City of Corpus
Christi, Texas, Dune Protection and Beach Access Regulations,
as adopted by Chapter 10, Beachfront Management and
Construction, Code of Ordinances, City of Corpus Christi,
regarding the permitting process for master plan developments,
dune protection permits, beachfront construction certificates, and
concurrent dune protection permits/beachfront construction
certificates, authorized animal control measures on Gulf of Mexico
beaches, restrictions on vessels operating from Gulf of Mexico
beaches, regulation of vendors on Gulf of Mexico beaches,
regulation of beach festivals, and editorial changes; and providing
for penalties. (First Reading - 4/8/03)(Attachment # 16)
Second Reading Ordinance -Amending Ordinance No. 022164,
which adopted the City of Corpus Christi, Texas Dune Protection
and Beach Access Regulations, by revising the titles of
Appendices V, VIII, and XI, by revising the application process
flow charts in Appendices IV and ¥, and by adding application
forms for beachfront construction certificates and concurrent dune
protection permits/beachfront construction certificates to Appendix
V, and by adding a copy of the Interlocal Cooperation Agreement
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between the City of Corpus Christi, City of Port Aransas, and
County of Nueces relating to the Mustang and North Padre Island
Beach Parking Permit System as Appendix VIII; and providing for
an effective date. (First Reading - 4/8/03) (Attachment # 16)
Second Reading Ordinance - Amending the Code of Ordinances,
Chapter 17, Finance and Taxation, by adding Section 17-1.3,
Electronic Payment Use Fees; setting a rate of 3% for Electronic
Payment of Municipal Court Fines. (First Reading - 4/8/03)
(Attachment # 17)
REGULAR AGENDA
CONSIDERATION OF MOTIONS, RESOLUTIONS, AND ORDINANCES:
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Resolution expressing support for the President and Armed
Forces of the United States, including all the parents, sons,
daughters, spouses, and other Americans serving our nation at
this time of conflict. (Attachment # 18)
Resolution supporting the establishment and funding of the Texas
National Estuarine Research Reserve in the Texas Coastal Bend
Region by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
(Attachment # 19)
Ordinance appropriating $7,911,792 from increased revenues in
the Gas Fund No. 4130 due to increased cost of Natural Gas
Purchases; amending the FY 2002-2003 Budget adopted by
Ordinance No. 024130 by increasing both revenues and
expenditures to the Gas Fund No. 4130 by $7,911,792, for the
increased costs of Natural Gas Purchases. (Attachment # 20)
Resolution amending the City Investment Policy to allow
guaranteed investment contracts for bond proceeds, to establish
investment objective priorities, to expand permissible investments
in local government investment pools; to define money market
mutual funds, and to make clarifications to investment policy; and
adopting the investment policy ~as amended. (Attachment # 21)
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J. PUBLIC HEARINGS:
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ZONING CASES:
Case No. 0203-03, Wesley United Methodist Church: A change
of zoning from a "R-lB" One-family Dwelling District to a "B-I"
Neighborhood Business District on Aldergate Methodist Church
Tract, being 0.597 acre out of Lot 9, Section B, located 175 feet
south of Gollihar Road and 450 feet west of Weber Road.
(Attachment # 22)
Planning Commission's and Staff's Recommendation: Denial of
the "B-I" District, and in lieu thereof, approval of a Special Permit
for a church-related thrift shop subject to six (6) conditions.
ORDINANCE
Amending the Zoning Ordinance upon application by Wesley
United Methodist Church by changing the zoning map in
reference to 0.597 acre out of Lot 9, Section B, located 175 feet
south of Gollihar Road and 450 feet west of Weber Road,
(currently zoned "R-1B" One-family Dwelling District) by granting
a Special Permit for a church thrift shop subject to six (6)
conditions; amending the Comprehensive Plan to account for any
deviations from the existing Comprehensive Plan.
Case No. 0203-01, Seun.q Lee: A change of zoning from a "R-1B'
One-family Dwelling District to a "AB" Professional Office District
on Gardendale Unit 2, Block 4, Lots 22 and 23, located on the
north side of Curtis Clark Drive and approximately 225 feet west
of South Staples Street. (Attachment # 23)
Planning Commission's and Staff's Recommendation: Denial of
the "AB" District, and in lieu thereof, approval of a Special Permit
for two (2) office buildings and parking lot subject to eight (8)
conditions.
ORDINANCE
Amending the Zoning Ordinance upon application by Seung Lee
by changing the zoning map in reference to Lots 22 and 23, Block
4, Gardendale Unit 2, (currently zoned "R-lB" One-family
Dwelling District) by granting a Special Permit for two (2) office
buildings and a parking lot subject to eight (8) conditions;
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amending the Comprehensive Plan to account for any deviations
from the existing Comprehensive Plan.
Case No. 0203-02, Mark Bratton: A change of zoning from a "B-1"
Neighborhood Business District and "F-R" Farm-Rural District to
a "RE" Residential Estate District on Laureles Farm Tracts, being
26.81 acres out of Section 31, located north of South Staples
Street and east of South Oso Parkway. (Attachment # 24)
Planning Commission's and Staffs Recommendation: Approval
of the "RE" District.
ORDINANCE
Amending the Zoning Ordinance upon application by Mark Bratton
by changing the zoning map in reference to 26.81 acres out of
Section 31, Laureles Farm Tracts, from "F-R" Farm-Rural District
and "B-I" Neighborhood Business District to "RE" Residential
Estate District; amending the Comprehensive Plan to account for
any deviations from the existing Comprehensive Plan.~
Case No. 0203-04, Harold Kronke: A change of zo~3'from a "R-
lB" One-family Dwelling District to a "B-4~fneral Business
District on Tract 1 and "R-2" Multiple Dw_..~g District on Tract 2.
The property's legal description is S...h.elt'Road Poultry Acres, being
2.720 acres out of Blocks 7 ankhS', located between Violet Road
and Church Street and....~O0 feet north of Leopard Street.
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Planninq CgmC'nission's Recommendation: Tract 1 - Denial of the
~ 'ct"B-4" on 2.71 acres of Tract 1, and approve the "B-4"
~1.71 acres of Tract 1. Tract 2 - Approval of the "R-2"
District on Tract 2.
ORDINANCE
Amending the Zoning Ordinance upon application by Harold
Kronke by changing the zoning map in reference to 2.720 acres
out of Block 7 and 8, Shell Road Poultry Acres, from "R-1B" One-
family Dwelling District to "B-4" General Business District on Tract
1 (1.71 acres) and "R-2" Multiple Dwelling District on Tract 2 (1.01
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acres); amending the Comprehensive Plan to account for any
deviations from the existing Comprehensive Plan.
Staff's Recommendation: Tract 1 - Denial of the "B-4" District on
2.71 acres of Tract 1, and approve the "B-4" District on 1.71 acres
of Tract 1. Tract 2 - Denial of the "R-2" on Tract 2.
ORDINANCE
Amending the Zoning Ordinance upon application by Harold
Kronke by changing the zoning map in reference to 1.71 acres out
of Block 7 and 8, Shell Road Poultry Acres, from "R-lB" One-
family Dwelling District to "B-4" General Business District on Tract
1 (1.71 acres); amending the Comprehensive Plan to account for
any deviations from the existing Comprehensive Plan.
PRESENTATIONS: (NONE)
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M. EXECUTIVE SESSION:
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PUBLIC NOTICE is given that the City Council may elect to go into
executive session at any time dudng 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.
Executive session under Texas Government Code Section
551.071 regarding Larry Young et al v. City of Corpus Christi, No.
01-647-C, 94t~ District Court, Nueces County, Texas, and Mary
Collins et al v. City of Corpus Christi, No. 01-646-C, 94th District
Court, Nueces Co,unty, Texas with possible discussionandaction
in open session.
Executive session pursuant to Texas Government Code Section
551.074 to deliberate the appointmentJemployment of the City
Manager with possible discus$ion~and actipn rel~ed theret~ in
open session. (~ Iqg~ (~c~- J~ ' t'~-~C~tu~-~r~
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.
28. LEGISLATIVE UPDATE:
Consideration of resolutions and actions deemed appropriate by
the City Council as to legislative issues before the 78 t~ Texas
Legislature.
29. CITY MANAGER'S REPORT
* Upcoming Items
30. MAYOR'S UPDATE
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to City Hall, 1201 Leopard Street, at 2:15 p.m., April 11 ,2003.
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MOTIONS - 4/08/03
Motion authorizing the City Manager, in Cause No. 01-647-C; Larry Young, et al vs. City
of Corpus Christi and Cause No. 01-646-C; Mary Collins, et al vs. City of Corpus Christi,
94th Judicial District Court, Nueces County, Texas, to continue the employment of Denton,
Navarro & Bernal to represent the City of Corpus Christi in at an hourly rate not
exceeding $200, subject to certification of funds.
ATTEST:
Armando Chapa, City Secretary Samuel L. Neal, Jr., Mayor
City of Corpus Christi