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AGENDA
CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS
REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING
CITY HALL - COUNCIL CHAMBERS
1201 LEOPARD
OCTOBER 26, 2004
10:00 A.M. -- lC '. i '-(-
PUBLIC NOTICE- THE USE OF CELLULAR PHONES AND SOUND ACTIVA TED PAGERS ARE
PROHIBITED IN THE CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS DURING MEETINGS OF THE CITY COUNCIL.
Members of ~he audience wfll be provided an oppo~'funity to address the Council at approximately 12:00 p.m. or at the end of
the CouncJI Meeting, whichever is earlier. Please speak into the microphone located at the podium and state your name and
addras~. Your presentation will be limited to three minufas. If you have a petition or other inforrna~on pertaining to your
subject, please present it to the City Secretary_
SI Usted desea diriglrse al Concilio y cme que su ingl~s es limitado, habr~ un int(~rprete ingl~s-espa/~ol en todas las juntas del
Concilie para ayudarie.
Persons with disabiliEes who plan to attend this meeting and who may need auxiliary aids or services are requested to contact
the City Secreta~s office (at 361-880-3105) at least 48 hours in advance so that appropriate arrangements can be made.
A. Mayor Samuel L Neal, Jr. to call the meeting to order.
Invocation to be given by Reverend Willie Davila, Church of Reconciliation. ~
of Allegiance to the Flag of the United States. -- ["',,J ~ [
Pledge
City SecretarY Armando Chapa to call the roll of the required Charter Officers.
Mayor Samuel L. Neal, Jr.
Mayor Pro Tem Jesse Noyola
Council Members;
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Javier Colmenero
Melody Cooper
Henry Garrett
Bill Kelly
Rex Kinnison
Mark Scott
City ManagerGeorgeK~ Noe
City Attorney Mary Kay Fischer
City Secretary Armando Chapa
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E. MINUTES:
Approval of Joint Meeting on October 12, 2004 and Regular ~'~
Meeting of October 19, 2004. (Attachment# 1) ~) ~_~/~ ~
F. BOARDS & COMMITFEE APPOINTMENTS: (NONE)
G. EXPLANATION OF COUNCIL ACTION:
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For administrative convenience, certain of the agenda items ara listed
as motions, rasolutions, or orclinances. If deemed appropdate, the City
Council will use a different me~hod of adoption from the one listed; may
flnally pass an ordinance by adopting it as an emergency measura rather
than a two raading 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 reconsiderad
item.
CONSENT AGENDA ~ ~'~ -- (~
Notice to the Public
The following items ara ora 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 protdous meeEng. All items will be acted upon by one
vote w~houf being discussed separately unless requested by a CounciI Member
or a citizen, in which event the item or items will immediately be withdrawn for
individual consideration in its normal sequence after the ilems 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 vvfll vote on all motions, resolutions and ordinances not
removed for indMdual consideration)
2.~. -~'~o~uT~Or~b otn~h~zih-gthe CTty~lanager orhi-s~esrgnee~to a~
a grant from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FNMA)
in the amount of $400,000 that will provide funding for capability
assessment and sustainment of the Metropolitan Medical
Response System with a term extending through March 31,2006.
(Attachment # 2)
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2,5,
Ordinance appropriating $400,000 from the Federal Emergency
Management Agency (FEMA) in the No. 1062 Fire Grants Fund to
fund the capability assessment and sustainment identified in the
Metropolitan Medical Response System grant with FEMA.
(Attachment # 2)
.8.
Resolution aulhodzJng the City Manager or his designee to accept
a grant in the amount of $15,142 and to execute a contract and all
related documents with the Texas State Library and Archives
Commission for the Lone Star Libraries Grant to be used for the
preservaUon and cataloging of local history materials. (Attachment
# 3)
Ordinance appropriating a grant in the amount of $15,142 from
the Texas State Library and Archives Commission in the No. 1068
Library Grants Fund for preservation and cataloging of local history
materials. (Attachment # 3)
Motion authorizing the C~ Manager or his designee to execute
Amendment No. 3 to the Contract for Professional Services with
Urban Engineering, Inc., of Corpus Christi, Texas in the amount of
$70,000 for a total restated fee of $94,550 for the St. Andrews
ParldLaCosta Box Culvert Improvements. (Attachment # 4)
Motion authorizing the Ci~ Manager or his designee to execute
Amendment No. 1 to the Contract for Professional Services with
Goldston Engineering, Inc., of Corpus Christi, Texas in the amount
of $91,700 fora restated fee of$114,210 fo~the Leopard~Roadside
Safe~/Improvements. (Attachment # 5) %'~--;-~ (--- ~ ~
Motion authorizing the City Manager or his designee to execute a
Contract for Professional Services with Alan Plummer Associates,
Inc. of Fort Worth, Texas Jn the amount of $310,000 for the
Greenwood Wastewater Treatment Plant 4 MGD Expansion for an
Engineering Study and Stage One Report. (Attachment # 6)~--'~
Motion authorizing the City Manager or his designee to execute
Change Order No. 7 to the Seawall Contract B-2B with Gunther-
Nash, Inc. of St. Louis, Missoud in an amount not to exceed
$120,000 for Port Avenue Concrete Repairs. (Attachment # 7)
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11.
Motion authorizing the City Manager or his designee to execute a
Computer Software Contract with E MA, Inc., of Tucson, Adzona in
the amount of $440,000 for the Computerized Maintenance
Management System. (Attachment # 8) I~t ~ ~
Motion authorizing the City Manager or his designee to execute a
twelve-month hardware maintenance agreement with the Texas
Department of Information Resources of Austin, Texas based upon
the State's Cooperative Purchasing Agreement in the amount of
$50,232.60. Included in the agreement is maintenance and
replacement support for the Police Department's servers and
operating system and interoperability software. (Attachment # 9)
PRESENTATIONS:
Public comment will not be solicited on Presentabbn items.
Presentation by Gretchen Amold on the success of the 2004
"Conquer the Coast" bicycle ride. (Attachment # 10)
PUBLIC HEARINGS:
ZONING CASES:
Case No. 0904-06, Kim Cox, Trustee: A change of zoning from
an "A-l" Apartment House District to a "B-4" General Business
District. The property is on 6.59 acres out of Tract 1 in a deed to
Klm Cox, recorded as Document No. 2003039114 and being a
portion of Lots 13 and 14, Section 55, Flour Bluff and Encinal Farm
and Garden Tracts, located on the southeast comer of Waldron
and Graham Roads. (Attachment # 11)
Planning Commission and Staff's Recommendation: Approval of
the "B-4' General Business District.
ORDINANCE
Amending the Zoning Ordinance upon application by Kim Cox by
changing the zoning map in reference to 6.59 acres out of Tract 1
in a deed to Klm COx, recorded as Document No. 2003039114 and
being a portion of Lots 13 and 14, Section 55, Flour Bluff and
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13.a.
Encinal Farm and Garden Tracts, from "A-l" Apartment House
District to "B-4" General Business District; amending the
Comprehensive Plan to account for any deviations from the existing
Comprehensive Plan.
Case No. 0904-07. Edc Zamhouni: A change of zoning from a "R-
1 B" One-family Dwelling Distdct to a "B-1" Neighborhood Business
District. The property is located in Yarbrough Addition, Lots 2 and
3, and located along Aldine Road and 600 feet south of Holly Road.
(Attachment # 12)
Plannin(] Commission and Staffs Recommendation: Approval of
the "B-I' Neighborhood Business District.
ORDINANCE
Amending the Zoning Ordinance upon application by Eric
Zarghouni by changing the zoning map in reference to Yarbrough
Addition, Lots 2 and 3, fi.om "R-lB" One family Dwelling District to
"B-1" Neighborhood Business District; amending the
Comprehensive Plan to account for any deviations from the existing
Comprehensive Plan.
Case No, 0904-09. Robert L. and Dahlia Schulte and E. Stanton
Shoemaker:. Amending the?..~7.enlh~g Ordinance upon applicatJon by
Robed and Dahlia Sch~"and E. Stanton Shoema~y changing
the zoning map in~.ef~rence to Lot 2, Marka.~.~3y"Estates, a.k.a. Alta
Vista on the.~e~ along Ocean Ddve,~ximately 200 feet south
of Hew.~t~Drive and 100 feet no~U:rlSf Alta Plaza Street (cu~[r. ently
~~ing District with a~ific Use
I;~rmit for a Bed and B~ee~Kfast Home) by granti...~-a~renewal of the
Specific Use Pern~-~or a Bed and Breakfa~ome; amending the
Compreh~ations fi.om the existing
Compr~ehehsive Plan. (Attachme~t~ 13)
Planning] Commission ~l]d~aff's Recommendati a.~ial of
Renewal P erm~ and Breakfast ~
ORDINANCF_~
Ame~ing the Zoning Or..di~ upon application by Robed and
Dahlia Schulte and E~gt~nton Shoemaker by changing the zoning
map in referenc.~ Lot 2, Markamay Estates, a.k.a. Alta Vista on
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the Bay along Ocean Ddve, approximately 200 feet south of Hewit
Ddve and 100 feet north of Alta Plaza Street (currently zoned "R-
lA" One-family Dwelling Distdct with a Specific Use Permit for a
Bed and Breakfast Home) by granting a renewal of the Specific Use
Permit for a Bed and Breakfast Home; amending the
Comprehensive Plan to account for any deviations from the existing
Comprehensive Plan_
13.b. Case No. 0904-10. Robert U and.Dahlia Schulta and E Stanton
Shoemaker:. Amending the~oni~g Ordinance upon application by
Robert and Dahlia S~bult~ and E. Stanton Shoem~y changing
the zoning map~J~ference to Lot 2, Marka~na~Esta!e_s_, a.k.a. Alta
Vista ~cean Ddve~13p-mximately 200 fee! sou~
~~_la~_a Street, _from R-lA
~~~ Use Permit for a Bed
~ and Brea~ast~H~me with Special Events; _amending the
CO~t for any d eviatJons~f:r, em the existing
Pl~ffsJ;~comrnendation: Denial of tho
request for a Bed and Brea~l~ Home with Special I=vents.
~ ORDINAlqCF
o Zoning Ordinanca upon application by
o and 1=. Stanton Shoemaker by chan~:u~oq~zoning
nco to k°t 2, Markamay I::s~t~.~.a. Alta Vista on
the Bay along Ocean Ddve. appm~i~00 feet south of Howit
family Dwellin~~fic Uso Permit for a Bed and
Broakf~al Events; amending tho
Go~' ons~om the existing
~¢om~rehensivo Plan.
K. SPECI^L CON$1DI~R~TION IIFM: {To ho considered at I:00
p.m.)
14. Consideration of~~, Inc.
Inc. as tho C~u r~ser Group. (Attachment #
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L. REGULAR AGENDA
CONSlDERATION OFMO~ONS. RESOLUTIONS. ANDORDINANCES:
15.
Ordinance amending Code of Ordinances, City of Corpus Chdsti,
Chapter 55, regarding rules and _procedures for public access
cablecasflng. (Attachment # 15) ~ t (~ ~ ~
PUBLIC COMMENT FROM THE AUDIENCE ON MA'I-rERS NOT
SCHEDULED ON THE AGENDA WILL BE HEARD AT
APPROXIMATELY 12:00 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 FORMAT THE REAR OF THE COUNCIL CHAMBER,
GIVING YOUR NAME, ADDRESS AND TOPIC. (A recording Is mede
of the meeb'ng; therefore, please speak into the micrrephone located at ~he podium
and state your name and addm,~, If you have a peE~:ion or c4her information
pe~falnlng to your subJecf, please present it to the City Secretary.)
Si usted se dirige e la Junta y cree quo su ingl~s es limitedo, habr~ un irrt~q3rete
ingl&s-espa/~ot en la reun/On de la junta para ayudade.
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.
THIS POECY IS NOT MEANT TO RESTRAIN A CITIZEN'S
FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHTS.
N. 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 fo discuss any
matters listed on the agenda, when authorized by the provisions of ~he
Open Meeting Act, Chapter551 of the Texas Government Code, and that
the Cify Council specifically expects to go Into executive session on the
following metters. In the event ~he Council elects to go into executive
session regarding an agenda item, the section or sections of the Open
Meetings Act authori-zing the executive session will be publicly announced
by the presiding office.
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17.
18.
19.
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Executive session under Texas Government Code Section 551.071
regarding Channel Investments, Ltd. vs. City of Corpus Chdsti,
Cause No. 04-1975-G, in the 319~h Judicial District Court, Nueces
County, Texas, 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 acEvities of indMdual Council members and Sta~
constituent concerns; current topics raised by media; follow-up on Staff
assignments; scheduling of future Council meetings and activiti'es; and
other brief discussions regarding city-related matters.
ClTY MANAGER'S REPORT
* Upcoming Items
MAYOR'S UPDATE
COUNCIL AND OTHER REPORTS
ADJOURNMENT: --
POSTING STATEMENT:
This agenda was posted o~ the City's oMcial bulleUn board at the front enb'ance
to City Hall, 1201 Leopard Sl~ee[, at 2:15~, 2004.
Armando Chapa
City Secretary
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16. MOTION NO_
Motion authorizing the City Manager and the City's attorneys to execute any documents
required to compromise and settle Channel Investments, Ltd. vs_ City of Corpus Christi,
Cause No. 04-1975-G, in the 319~' Judicial District Court, Nueces County, Texas, including
the execution of a deed without warranty of the City's interest and claims to the submerged
lands under the boathouse located at 2802 North Shoreline Boulevard to Channel
Investments, Ltd.
CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI
REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING
Item Number
S. Neal
B. Chesney
J. Colmenero
M. Cooper
H. Garrett
B. Kelly
R. Kinnison
J. Noyola
M. Scott
Passed/Failed
CONSENT AGENDA:
October 26, 2004