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AGENDA
CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS
REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING
CITY HALL - COUNCIL CHAMBERS
1201 LEOPARD
JULY 19, 2005
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PUBLIC NOTICE - THE USE OF CELLULAR PHONES AND SOUND ACTIVATED PAGERS ARE
PROHIBITED IN THE CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS DURING MEETINGS OF THE CITY COUNCIL.
Members of the audience will be provided an opportunity to address the Council at approximately 12:00 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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contact the City Secretary's office (at 361-880-3105) at feast 48 hours in advance so that appropriate arrangements can be
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A. Mayor Henry Garrett to call the meeting to order. ~
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Invocation to be given by Pastor Bobby Underhill, Windsor Park Baptist Church.
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C. Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag of the United States. - ~rey'
D. City Secretary Armando Chapa to call the roll of the required Charter Officers.
Mayor Henry Garrett
Mayor Pro Tem Melody Cooper
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Council Members:
Brent Chesney
Jerry Garcia
Bill Kelly
Rex Kinnison
John E, Marez
Jesse Noyola
Mark Scott
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City Manager George K, Noe
City Attorney Mary Kay Fischer
City Secretary Armando Chapa
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E. MINUTES:
1. Approval of Regular Meeting of July 12, 2005, (Attachment # ) J &. / M c;
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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 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
rather than 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.
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CONSENT AGENDA
Notice to the Public
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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 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)
2.
Motion approving the purchase of laboratory equipment from Bio-
Rad Laboratories,lnc., Hercules, CA, based on sole source in the
amount of $42,459. This equipment will be used by the Health
Department. Funds are available from the Health Department
Grants Fund. (Attachment # 2)
3.
Motion approving the purchase of two (2) brush loaders from
Chastang's Bayou City Ford Truck Sales Inc., Houston, Texas for
the total amount of $174,768. The award is based on the
cooperative purchasing agreement with the Texas Local
Govemment Purchasing Cooperative (TLGPC). These brush
loader trucks will be used by Solid Waste Services. Funds are
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budgeted in the Maintenance Services Capital Outlay Fund and
are replacements to the fleet. (Attachment # 3)
4.a. Motion authorizing the City Manager or his designee to accept a
grant in the amount of $145,740 in funding from the Executive
Office of the President, Office of National Drug Control Policy, to
support the Police Department's role in the Texas Coastal
Corridor Initiative in the Houston High Intensity Drug Trafficking
Area. (Attachment # 4)
4.b Ordinance appropriating $145,740 from the Executive Office of
the President, Office of National Drug Control Policy, in the No.
1061 Police Grants Fund to support the Corpus Christi Police
Department's (CCPD) Role in the Texas Coastal Corridor
Initiative in the Houston High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area.
(Attachment # 4)
5.a. Motion authorizing the City Manager or his designee to accept a
grant in the amount of $469, 142 from the Texas Automobile Theft
Prevention Authority (ATPA) to continue the motor vehicle theft
enforcement grant within the Police Department for Year 5.
(Attachment # 5)
5.b. Ordinance appropriating $469,142 from the Texas Automobile
Theft Prevention Authority (ATPA) in the No. 1061 Police Grants
Fund, appropriating $11,263 from the No. 1061 A TPA Asset
Seizure and Forfeiture Account as matching funds. (Attachment
# 5)
6.
Motion authorizing the City Manager or his designee to execute
a Contract for Professional Services with Coym, Rehmet, &
Gutierrez Engineering, Inc. in the amount of $433,220 for the
Street Overlays Project as follows (BOND ISSUE 2004):
(Attachment # 6)
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Williams Drive - Everhart Road to South Staples Street
McArdle Road - Holmes Drive to Whitaker Drive
Gollihar Road - South Staples Street to Airline Road
Whitecap Boulevard - Bonasse Court to SPID (Park Road
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Baldwin Boulevard - Crosstown Expressway to South
Staples Street
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Ayers Street - Horne Road to Watson Street
Calallen Drive - Highway 77 to West Redbird Lane
West Redbird Lane - Calallen Drive to IH-37
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7.
Resolution amending Resolution No. 025547 recognizing public
necessity of acquiring utility, right-of-way, and construction
easements for the Southside Water Transmission Main Project,
Phase 5, for utility and other municipal purposes in connection
with said project; and authorizing acquisition by means of
negotiations or eminent domain proceedings by the City of
Corpus Christi or its agents in acquiring said easements; and
revising the list of properties along the route due to rerouting of
the pipeline at Yorktown Boulevard and Waldron Road.
(Attachment # 7)
8.
Motion authorizing the City Manager or his designee to execute
a professional services contract with Mythics, Incorporated in an
amount not to exceed $49,750 for consulting services to provide
the City with functional support for the upgrade of the PeopleSoft
Financials v7.02 software to v8.8 software. (Attachment # 8)
9. Resolution approving amendments to the City's Investment
Policy. (Attachment # 9)
10. Resolution amending the V ALlC Retirement Services company
dba American General Retirement Services Deferred
Compensation Plan adopted by Resolution No. 024321 to include
provisions for loans to participants. (Attachment # 10)
11. Ordinance authorizing the City Manager or his designee to
execute a five-year professional services contract and lease
agreement with Total Tennis, Inc., Steven B. Denton, President
(Pro), for tennis operations at the HEB Tennis Center in
consideration of Pro paying the city 5% of Pro and lesson
revenue, and collecting and forwarding City revenue to City in
return for Pro's exclusive use of tennis center, and City paying
Pro $4,138 per month for pro operating tennis center.
(Attachment # 11)
12. Second Reading Ordinance - Ordinance amending the Code of
Ordinances, City of Corpus Christi, Chapter 53, increasing
parking meter rates on Breakwater, West Surfside, East Surfside
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and U.S. Highway 181 East Access Road from twenty-five cents
per hour to fifty cents per hour; providing for penalties; and
providing for effective date of August 1, 2005. (First Reading _
7/12/05) (Attachment # 12)
I. PUBLIC HEARINGS:
ZONING CASES:
13. Case No. 0605-03. Randv Maldonado: A change of zoning from
an "AB" Professional Office District to a "B-1" Neighborhood
Business District. The property is in Tracy Subdivision, Block 8,
30 feet of Lot 1 and 24 and Lots 2 and 23, located along Baldwin
Boulevard between Cloyde Street and Lynch Street. (Attachment
# 13)
Planninq Commission and Staffs Recommendation: Approval of
a "B-1" Neighborhood Business District.
ORDINANCE
Amending the Zoning Ordinance upon application by Randy
Maldonado, by changing the zoning map in reference to Tracy
Subdivision, Block 8, 30 feet of Lots 1 and 24, and Lots 2 and 23,
from "A-B" Professional Office District to "B-1" Neighborhood
Business District; amending the Comprehensive Plan to account
for any deviations from the existing Comprehensive Plan.
14. Case No. 0605-04. James Spencer: A change of zoning from a
"R-1 B" One-family Dwelling District to a "B-3" Business District.
The property is in Flour Bluff Estates No.2, Block 9, Lots 7 A and
7B, located along Scotland Street and 125 feet east of N.A.S.
Drive. (Attachment # 14)
Planninq Commission and Staffs Recommendation: Approval of
a "B-3" Business District.
ORDINANCE
Amending the Zoning Ordinance upon application by James
Spencer, by changing the zoning map in reference to Flour Bluff
Estates Number 2, Block 9, Lots 7 A and 7B, from "R-1 B" One-
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family Dwelling District to "B-3" Business District; amending the
Comprehensive Plan to account for any deviations from the
existing Comprehensive Plan.
15. Case No. 0605-05. John Bratton: A change of zoning from "F-R"
F arm-Rural District to a "R-E" Residential Estate District and a "B-
1" Neighborhood Business District. The property is 350 acres out
of Laureles Farm Tracts, south half of Section 31, and north half
of Section 32, located south of F.M. 2444 (South Staples Street)
and east of County Road 41. (Attachment # 15)
Plannina Commission's and Staffs Recommendation: Approval
of a "R-E" Residential Estate District and a "B-1" Neighborhood
Business District.
ORDINANCE
Amending the Zoning Ordinance upon application by John
Bratton, by changing the zoning map in reference to 350 acres
out of the Laureles Farm Tracts, south half of Section 31, and
north half of Section 32, from "F-R" Farm-Rural District to "RE"
Residential Estate District and "B-1" Neighborhood Business
District; amending the Comprehensive Plan to account for any
deviations from the existing Comprehensive Plan.
16. Case No. 0605-08. Leon Johnson III/Landmark Commission: A
change of zoning from a "R-1 B" One-family Dwelling District to a
"R-1 B"/HC-IV One-family Dwelling District with a Historical
Cultural Overlay Classification. This property is in Del Mar
Subdivision, Block 17, Lot 21, located along Clifford Street and
300 feet west of Santa Fe Street. (Attachment # 16)
Plannina Commission and Staffs Recommendation: Approval of
a "R-1 B"/HC-IV One-family Dwelling District with a Historical
Cultural Overlay Classification.
ORDINANCE
Amending the Zoning Ordinance upon application by the City of
Corpus Christi Landmark Commission and Leon Johnson III, by
changing the zoning map in reference to the Del Mar Subdivision,
Block 17, Lot 21, from "R-1 B" One-family Dwelling District with
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"HC" Historical Cultural Overlay Classification; amending the
Comprehensive Plan to account for any deviations to the existing
Comprehensive Plan.
J. PRESENTATIONS:
Public comment will not be solicited on Presentation items.
17. Work Force 1 Quarterly Update (Attachment # 17)
18. Downtown Management District Update (No attachment for
this item)
19. City Council Focus Area: Downtown (Attachment # 19)
K. REGULAR AGENDA
CONSIDERATION OF MOTIONS. RESOLUTIONS. AND ORDINANCES:
20.a. Resolution authorizing the City Manager or his designee to
execute a project agreement with the Corpus Christi Business
and Job Development Corporation regarding implementation and
administration of agreement to grant business incentives to
McTurbine, Inc. for the creation of 100 jobs. (Attachment # 20)
20.b. Resolution approving contract between Corpus Christi Business
and Job Development Corporation and McTurbine, Inc. for
$500,000 of economic development sales tax monies for
reimbursement of construction costs for new 40,000 square foot
helicopter maintenance facility for creation and employment of
100 new full-time positions. (Attachment # 20)
21.a. First Reading Ordinance - Amending the Code of Ordinances,
City of Corpus Christi, Chapter 55 regarding Rules and
Procedures for Public Access Cablecasting. (Attachment # 21)
21.b. First Reading Ordinance - Amending the franchise granted to
Texas Cable Partners (Time Warner) regarding use of access
channels when not in use by access channel users. (Attachment
# 21)
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L. SPECIAL BUDGET CONSIDERATION ITEMS:
22. First Reading Ordinance - Adopting the City of Corpus Christi
Budget for the ensuing Fiscal Year beginning August 1,2005; to
be filed with the County Clerk; appropriating monies as provided
in the budget. (Attachment # 22)
PROPOSED REVISIONS TO THE CODE OF ORDINANCES,
CHAPTER 39. PERSONNEL:
23. First Reading Ordinance - Amending the Code of Ordinances by
revising Section 39-301 Definitions; revising Section 39-303,
Standard Classifications, Pay Plans, Pay Grades, and Ranges,
as amended; and providing for pay adjustments to relieve pay
compression; revising Section 39-306 Full Time Employees;
revising Section 39-334 Plan I Bereavement Leave; revising
Section 39-338 Plan I Use of Personal Leave and Vacation in lieu
of Sick Leave; revising Section 39-350 Plan II Bereavement
Leave; revising Section 39-353 Plan II Use of Personal Leave and
Vacation in lieu of Sick Leave; repealing all other ordinances, and
rules, or parts of ordinances and rules, in conflict with this
ordinance: providing for effective date. (Attachment # 23)
PROPOSED FEE/RATE INCREASE ADJUSTMENTS
INCLUDED IN THE PROPOSED FY 2005-2006 BUDGET:
24.a. First Reading Ordinance - Amending the Code of Ordinances,
City of Corpus Christi, Chapter 55, Utilities, regarding Water, Gas
and Wastewater Rates; providing for an effective date.
(Attachment # 24)
24.b. First Reading Ordinance - Amending Section 55-22, 55.28, and
55-38, the Code of Ordinances, City of Corpus Christi, regarding
application fees for Utility Service, fees for testing meters, and
service charges related to disconnecting utility service and
bypassing or tampering with meters; providing for penalties.
(Attachment # 24)
24.c. First Reading Ordinance - Amending Section 55-63 and 55-70,
Code of Ordinances, City of Corpus Christi, regarding fees for
servicing gas appliances and gas tap fees. (Attachment # 24)
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24.d. First Reading Ordinance - Amending Section 35-92, Code of
Ordinances, City of Corpus Christi, to impose an administrative
fee for the transfer of an oil and gas well permit; providing for
penalties. (Attachment # 24)
24.e. First Reading Ordinance - Increasing Resource Recovery Fees
in Chapter 21, Code of Ordinances, City of Corpus Christi;
providing an effective date. (Attachment # 24)
24.f First Reading Ordinance - Amending the Corpus Christi Code of
Ordinances, Chapter 9, Section 9-61, Permit for Airport Ground
Transportation Operations, by revising fees and charges;
providing for an effective date of September 1 , 2005, providing for
repeal; providing for penalties. (Attachment # )
24.g. First Reading Ordinance - Amending Section 9-35.1 Code of
Ordinances, to add discounts for parking for thirty days or longer,
waiver of certain parking fees, and commuter monthly parking
permits for flight staff of airlines and code-sharing airlines based
at the Corpus Christi International Airport; providing for repeal of
conflicting ordinances; providing for penalties; providing for an
effective date. (Attachment # 24)
M. PUBLIC COMMENT FROM THE AUDIENCE ON MATTERS
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 FORM A T 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 subject, please present it to the City
Secretary.)
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PER CITY COUNCIL POLICY, NO COUNCIL MEMBER, STAFF
PERSON, OR MEMBERS OF THE AUDIENCE SHALL
BERA TE, EMBARRASS, ACCUSE, OR SHOW ANY
PERSONAL DISRESPECT FOR ANY MEMBER OF THE
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STAFF, COUNCIL MEMBERS, OR THE PUBLIC AT ANY
COUNCIL MEETING. THIS POLICY 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 to discuss
any matters listed on the agenda, when authorized by the provisions of
the Open Meeting Act, Chapter 551 of the Texas Govemment 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.
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. LEGISLATIVE UPDATE:
Consideration of resolutions and actions deemed appropriate by
the City Council as to legislative issues before the 79'h Texas
Legislature.
26. CITY MANAGER'S REPORT
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27. MAYOR'S UPDATE
28. 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 4:00 p.m., July 15 ,2005.
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City Secretary
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