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TEXAS:
AN ORDINANCE .
AUTHORIZING RENEWAL OF THE CONTRACT WITH THE TEXAS
WATER QUALITY BOARD FOR THE CITY - COUNTY LABORATORY
TO CONTINUE TO PROVIDE LABORATORY SERVICES ON A
CHARGE -FOR- SERVICES BASIS FOR THE PERIOD SEPTEMBER 1,
1977 THROUGH AUGUST 31, 1978, ALL AS MORE FULLY SET
FORTH IN THE CONTRACT, A COPY OF WHICH IS ATTACHED
HERETO AND MADE A PART HEREOF, MARKED "EXHIBIT A ";
AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI,
SECTION 1. That the City Manager be and he is hereby authorized
to execute a renewal of the contract with the Texas Water Quality Board
for the City- County Laboratory to continue to provide laboratory services
on a charge- for - services basis for the period September 1, 1977 through
August 31, 1978, all as more fully set forth in the contract, a copy of
which is attached hereto and made a part hereof, marked "Exhibit A ".
SECTION 2. The public importance of maintaining the quality of
waters in the State consistent with the public health and enjoyment, the
propogation and protection of terrestrial and aquatic life, the operation
of existing industries and the economic development of the State and the
necessity to require the use of all reasonable methods to implement this
policy creates a public emergency and an imperative public necessity requiring
the suspension of the Charter rule that no ordinance or resolution shall
be passed finally on the date of its introduction but that such ordinance
or resolution shall be read at three several meetings of the City Council,
and the Mayor having declared such emergency and necessity to exist, and
having requested the suspension of the Charter rule and that this ordinance
be passed finally on the date of its introduction and take effect and be
in full force and effect from and after its passage, IT IS ACCORDINGLY SO
ORDAINED, this the 11U` day of August, 1977.
ATTEST:
City Secretary MAYOR
THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS
-
DAY OF AUGUST, 1977: This ordinance is in effect and
force with or without the .
J. B CE AYCOCK, Cn JTTORNEY signature of the Mayor, in
:accordance with Article II
BY; JWAC& W Mac, section 6 of the City Charter. -
ssistant if ttorney MICROFILMED�
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THE STATE OF TEXAS X CONTRACT FOR SERVICES
COUNTY OF TRAVIS X
I. CONTRACTING PARTIES:
The Receiving Agency: Texas Water Quality Board
The Performing Agency: Corpus Christi - Nueces County Health Department.
II. STATEMENT OF SERVICES TO BE PERFORMED:
PREAMBLE
The Texas Water Quality Act of 1967 as amended states that "it is...
the policy of the State of Texas to maintain the quality of the waters
in the State consistent with the public health and enjoyment, the
propagation and protection of terrestrial and aquatic life, the
operation of existing industries and the economic development of the
State ... and to require the use of all reasonable methods to implement
this policy."
A. PERFORMANCE OF SERVICES
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In keeping with the foregoing, the receiving agency employs the
performing agency and the performing agency agrees to perform
analytical services on the parameters listed in the attached
schedule sheet.
The Texas Water Quality Board estimates an average of 100 samples
per month will be collected and delivered to the laboratory for
analysis. It is understood that these samples will be properly
collected and preserved in accordance with applicable sections
of A Practical Guide To Water Quality Studies Of Streams, Federal
Water Pollution Control Administration publication and Methods
for Chemical Analysis for Water and Wastes, EPA manual, as well as
the latest edition of Standard Methods for the Examination of
Water and Wastewater. A chain of custody procedure shal be main-
tained in the field and the laboratory in accordance with
Attachment B. The Texas Water Quality Board will furnish chain of
custody tags.
The Corpus Christi - Nueces County Health Department will perform
all analysis according to the approved procedures set forth in
Standard Methods for the Examination of Water and Wastewater,
current edition or the latest edition of Methods for Chemical
Analysis of Water and Wastes, EPA manual. If,a standard method is
not available, the analytical method used should be an adopted method
approved by the Executive Director of the Texas Water Quality
Board. Samples will be analyzed by these methods on a production
basis, to include appropriate analytical quality assurance pro-
cedures. Records will be kept for documentation of the performing
agency's quality assurance program and copies will be available to
the receiving agency upon request. Unusual interferences and
problems will be reported to the Texas Water Quality Board. Re-
search into specific techniques to overcome these difficulties will
be undertaken when practical and by mutual agreement. The sample
information sheet submitted with each sample will designate the
particular analysis or analyses to-be made of each sample submitted.
The laboratories will be operated in such a manner as to insure
the legal sufficiency of the sample handling; analytical and
reporting procedures; and to remedy defects in the procedures
should such be discovered. The various laboratory personnel
should be directed, as required, to appear and testify in
enforcement actions arising from the enforcement of the Texas
Water Quality Act. In such event, travel and per diem expense
for such employees shall be paid by the receiving agency. Travel
and per diem for court appearances hereunder shall be based on current
State laws.
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A charge may be made by the performing agency for maintenance of
quality assurance. This charge will be only for quality assurance
services required by Texas Water Quality Board to be performed
over and above the normal quality assurance program which the
performing agency presently maintains in its laboratory.
B. TERMINATION
Either party to this contract may terminate the contract by giving
the other party thirty days notice in writing. Upon delivery of
such notice by either party to the other and before expiration
of the thirty -day period, the performing agency will proceed
promptly to cancel all existing orders, contracts, and obligations
which are chargeable to this contract. As soon as practicable after
notice of termination is given, the performing agency will submit
a voucher for work performed under this contract to the date of
termination. The receiving agency will then pay the performing
agency for the work performed less all prior payments. Copies of
all completed or partially completed reports, documents, and studies
prepared under this contract will be delivered by the performing
agency to the receiving agency when and if this contract is terminated
prior to the completion of the prescribed work.
C. AMENDING THE CONTRACT
The parties hereto without invalidating this contract may alter
or amend this contract upon advance written agreement of both
parties to exclude work being performed or to include additional
work to be performed and to adjust the consideration to be paid
hereunder by virtue of alterations or amendments.
III. BASIS FOR CALCULATING REIMBURSABLE COSTS:
The financial basis for calculating reimbursable costs shall be as
outlined in the attached schedule sheet.
The expenditures by the Corpus Christi - Nueces County Health Department
of funds paid to it under this contract shall be subject to such
State or Federal audit procedures as may be required by law and by
accepted practices of the State or Federal auditor. All records shall
be made available to either the State or Federal auditor, or both, if
requested. The Corpus Christi - Nueces County Health Department shall be
responsible for maintaining books of account that clearly, accurately,
and currently reflect financial transactions involving State funds,
and also transactions financed with matching funds from other sources.
The financial records must include all documents supporting entries on
the account records which substantiate costs. The Corpus Christi- -
Nueces County Health Department must keep the records readily available
for examination by duly authorized representatives of the Board, State
Auditor's Office, or the Federal Government for a period of three (3)
years after the close of the last expenditure.
Reimbursement for the above analytical costs and cost for any travel
and per diem expenses shall not exceed $30,000 for the period of this
contract.
The cost for transportation of samples and the return of special
shipping cases and containers to the person submitting the samples
will be paid directly by the Texas Water Quality Board.
IV. CONTRACT AMOUNT:
The total amount of this Contract shall not exceed: Thirty Thousand
Dollars ($30.000)
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V. PAYMENT FOR SERVICES:
The Performing Agency shall bill the Receiving Agency monthly for
analytical services performed. Charges for these services shall be
based on the attached cost schedule.
Payments for service performed shall be billed monthly according to
the attached schedule.
VI. TERM OF CONTRACT:
This Contract is to begin September 1, 1977 and shall terminate August
31, 1978. (Term of Contract cannot transcend the biennium)
RECEIVING AGENCY
Texas Water Quality Board
BY:
(Authorized Signature)
(Title)
DATE:
PERFORMING AGENCY
Corpus Christi- Nueces County
Health Department
BY:
Authorized Signature
Title
DATE:
ATTEST:
City Secretary
APPROVED AS TO LEGAL FORM:
day of
City Attorney
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TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH r.
RATE SCHEDULE, ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMISTRY BRANCH, BUREAU OF LABORATORIES
•. EFFECTIVE SEPTEMBER 1, 1977
RALYSIS RATE ANALYSIS RATE
cidity
1.11
Lead (Water)
erobic Plate Count
3.78
Lithium
lkalinity (Total)
1.11
Magnesium (Sediment)
luminum
14.13
Magnesium (Water)
=onia
3.44
Manganese (Sediment)
ntimony
16.34
Manganese (Water)
rsenic (Sediment)
10.64.
Mercury (Sediment)
rsenic (Water)
8.14
Mercury (Water)
arium
7.20
Mercury (Tissues)
icarbonate
1.25
Methylene Blue Active
iochemical Oxygen Demand
6.26
Substances
OD (Filtered)
8.14
Molybdenum
OD (7 -Day)
33.49,
Nickel- (Sediment)
oron
= 4.27
Nickel (Water)
romide
7.08
Nitrate
admium (Sediment)
admiun (Water)
9.70.
4.70
Nitrite
Nitrogen (Kjeldahl Sediment)
'alcium
1.11
Nitrogen (Organic Water)
:arbon (Total)
2.05
Oil (Chloroform Extractable)
'arbon (Total Organic)
7.20
Oil and Grease (Sediment)
arbonate
1.11
Oil and Grease (Water)
:heroical Oxygen Demand
Oxygen (Dissolved)
(Sediment)'
12.48
pH
:heroical Oxygen Demand
Phenol
• (Water)
8.76
Phenolphthalein Alkalinity
:aloride
1.11
(As CaCOg)
:hlorophyll (A)
4.22
Phosphate lOrtho)
:hlorophyll (All Types)
6.00
Phosphate (Total Sediment)
;hromium (Hexavalent)
1.56
Phosphate (Total.Water)
.hromium (Total Sediment)
10.01
Polychlorinated Biphenyls
;h=omivai (Total Water)
2.05
Potassium
:oliform (Fecal)
1.19
Radium
:oliform (Total)
1.19
Residue (Total)
:olor
2.00
Salmonella /Shigella
,orductance (Specific)
1.96
Selenium (Sediment)
�dpper (Sediment)
9.70
4.70
Selenium (Water)
Silica (Dissolved) -
Zonper (Water)
::yanide
16.39 -
Silver (Sediment)
:'luoride (Electrode)
.2.94
•Silver (Water)
:'Iuoride (Distilled)
8.73
Sodium
. -foss Alpha Particles
.2.94
Solids (Total Dissolved
,,.-oss Beta Particles
:!ardness (Total As CaCO )
3
2.94
1.11
Calculated)
Solids (Total Dissolved
::erbicides (Sediment)*
44.13
. Determined)
Solids (Settleable)
erbicides (Water)*
29.42
10.96
Solids'(Total Suspended)
!=carbons
-tsecticides (Sediment)*
55.80
Solids (Volatile Sediment)
: -,ect.icides (Water)*
51.02
Solids (Volatile Water)
-odide
7.40
Staphylococcus Count
.R. Screening (Disposal
Streptococcus (Fecal)
Barrels) .
36.51
Strontium
3.34
Sulfate
�-achate Preparation
5.17
Sulfide
:, 1 (Sediment)
10.32
- Sulfite
NALYSIS
RATE
ANALYSI
RATE
.anins and Lignins
1.56
BOD (20 -Day)
10.81
'hallium
38.17
Nitrogen (Kjeldah7. Water)
4.66
,urbidity
3.24
Chlorophyll and Pheophyton
11.69
franium
2.94
ranadium
13.15
(eight (Periphyton
Ash -Free) 2.00.
;inc (Sediment)
10.64
;inc (Water)
5.01
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identification of
one or two from same sample:
ATTACHMENT B
Chain of Custody Procedures
Sample Collection
1. To the maximum extent achievable, as few people as possible
should handle a sample.
2. 'Stream and effluent samples should be obtained using stan-
dard field sampling techniques and•preservation procedures_
3. Chain of Custody tags (Exhibit 1) should be attached to
each sample at the time it is collected.
• There are three (3) types of tags which are distinguished by the
type sample collected and the standard analyses requested. 'The
three (3) types are municipal, industrial, and heavy metals. Each•
set is numbered serially with two (2) letters and four (4) numbers.
The letters are "MU" for municipal samples, "IN" for industrial
samples and "HM" for heavy metal samples. Each tag is made up of
three (3) basic parts.
Part A contains identification information such as District, County,
Basin, Discharger Name, Plant Name, Permit Number, and Page Number.
Additionally, collection information, observations, chlorine contact
time and shipping information is included 'here. The spaces inside
the heavy black line are for the results of field analyses and some
extra spaces have been provided for additional parameters as
necessary. -Each parameter field comprises the parameter name, a
five (5) digit parameter code, and a nine (9) digit parameter value.
-.Both the parameter name and the parameter code must be used in
'all cases.
Part B of the tag contains basically laboratory-information; however,
certain identifying items including District, Type Sample, Material
Sampled, and Method of Preservation must be completed by the field
personnel collecting the sample. The area inside the heavy black
line is reserved for the results of the analyses performed by the
laboratory.' (The field staff must'at no time enter the results of
any.field analyses on this part of the tag.) If additional analyses
are needed, these should be added in'the provided spaces using-both
parameter name and code number. Analyses not required should be
struck out by field personnel. The back of Part B of the tag is
a shipping:-sealing certification and should be completed by field
personnel before the sample is sealed and shipped. Part C of the
tag is a sample identifier which is to" remain with the sample until
all analyses are completed.-.
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The District Number should be recorded in the space provided.
' Additionally, a seal to be placed around the closuie of the sample
container to further insure the integrity of the sample is provided.
Attached is a xerox copy of a municipal tag with Parts A, B and C
labeled plus'a copy of the seal.
In completing the chain of custody•tag'care should be utilized to -
-insure that all necessary-information is correctly and legibly
entered onto the tag. A black ballpoint with waterproof ink should
be used at all times.
After the tag is completed by field personnel, Parts A, B and C
should remain attached to the sample, the sample sealed, and then
delivered -to the district office. To seal.the sample, the Chain
of Custody Tag should be tied to the "cubitainer "_below the flange
so that the tag cannot be inadvertantly removed. Secondly, the
nylon cord should be looped around the throat of the cubitainer
just below the lid. Once this is done, the throat of the cubitainer
should be wrapped with a seal that is completed with the signature
of the person sealing the sample and the date the sample was sealed.
Care should be utilized in sealing the sample to insure the sample
cannot be tampered with, without being detected. At the laboratory,
Part B of the tag will be completed. Part C of the tag is to remain
with the remnants of the sample until it is disposed of..`
In completing the tag, several items should be watched very carefully.,
First, each value entered on the tag should be right justified in
the spaces provided. Secondly, if a decimal point is needed in the
value it should occupy one entire space of the value field. Where.
•a decimal point is preprinted on the form, it should be observed.
Thirdly, in the space labeled "Card Type ", the letter B should
always be used to enter new data to the file. Should it become
necessary to change or delete any data in the file, special forms
:will-be provided specifically for these purposes. By following
this procedure and using these tags legal requirements will be
-fulfilled, extraneous paper work, and mistakes avoided.
4. If more than one container of the same effluent or stream
segment is obtained, an identification tag need only be attached
to each additional sample. The auxiliary tag(s) must.contain the
following information:
a: Sample number of the primary, Chain of Custody tag
b. Date and time sample was collected
c.• Source of sample
c. Preservative used
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e. Name of collector
f. Sample analysis desired
After attaching each auxiliary tag, each sample container will be
sealed, in accordance with the procedure as described above in
item 3.
Transfer of Custodv and Shipment:
1. All samples should be handled by the minimum possible
number of persons.
2. All incoming samples shall be received only by the custodian,
or his alternate, and 'logged into a record book (Log Book). The
custodian should sign on the "Receipt of Sample "..portion of the
Chain of Custody record tag - Part B. Information to be entered
into the Log Book should include the sample number, date.received,
source, time(s) sampled, date(s) sampled and analyses requested.
Parts A and B of the tag are to be removed by the custodian and
given to the records clerk.
3. Promptly after logging, the custodian will distribute the
sample to an analyst or place•the sample in the sample room, which
will be locked at all times except when samples are removed or
replaced.by analysts.
4. The custodian shall ensure that heat - sensitive or light- -
sensitive samples, or other sample materials having unusual physical
characteristics, or requiring special handling, are properly stored
and maintained.
5. Samples shall be kept in the sample storage security area
at all times when not actually being used by analysts, such as
,.during overnight absences.
6. Numbered accountable data cards will be used by the analysts
for recording identifying information describing each sample (by
origin and sample identification number), the procedures performed
and the results of the testing. The data cards must be signed and
dated by the•person performing the tests and retained as a permanent
record in the laboratory.
.7. Test results shall be entered on Part B of the original '
Chain of Custody tag. The original shall be given to the'district -
office for reproduction. The laboratory will then be furnished with
this reproduced copy.
Corpus Christi, Texas
day of_G
TO THE MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL Q
Corpus Christi, Texas
For the reasons set forth in the emergency clause of the foregoing ordinance,
a public emergency and imperative necessity exist for the suspension of the
Charter rule or requirement that no ordinance or resolution shall be passed
finally on the date it is introduced, and that such ordinance or resolution
shall be read at three meetings of the City Council; I, therefore, request
that you suspend said Charter rule or requirement and pass this ordinance
finally on the date it is introduced, or at the present meeting of the City
Council.
Respectfully,
MAYOR
THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS
The Charter rule was suspended by the following vote:
Jason Luby
Eduardo de Ases L
David Diaz
Ruth Gill
Bob Gulley ti
Gabe Lozano, Sr.
Edward L. Sample
The above ordinance was passed by the following vote:
Jason Luby
Eduardo de Ases a.
David Diaz
Ruth Gill
Bob Gulley e
Gabe Lozano, Sr. /
Edward L. Sample C
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