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AGENDA
CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI
REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING
CITY HALL - COUNCIL CHAMBERS
1201 LEOPARD
CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS 78401
JANUARY 23, 2007
10:00 A.M.
PUBLIC NOTICE - THE USE OF CELLULAR PHONES AND SOUND ACTIVATED PAGERS ARE
PROHIBITED »I THE CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS DURING MEETINGS OF THE CITY COUNCIL.
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of the Council Meting, 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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made.
A. Mayor Henry Garrett to call the meeting to order.
B. Invocation to be given by Pastor Carl Willis, Parkdale Baptist Church.
C. Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag of the United States. h Gay
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D. City Secretary Armando Chapa to call the roll of the required Charter Officers.
Mayor Henry Garrett \/
Mayor Pro Tem Rex Kinnison ✓
Council ¥embers:
Brent Chesney
Melody Cooper
Jerry Garcia
Bill Kelly
John Marez
Jesse Noyola
Mark Scott
E. MINUTES:
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City Manager George K. Noe
City Attorney Mary Kay Fischer
City Secretary Armando Chapa
Approval of Regular Meeting of January 16, 2007. (Attachment # 1)
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January 23, 2007
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F. BOARDS & COMMITTEE APPOINTMENTS: (Attachment # 2)
2. Electrical Advisory Board
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
Counci! we! 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.
H. CONSENT AGENDA
Notice to the Public
The following items are of a routine or administrative nature. The Council has
been furnished worth background and support material on each item, and/or it
has been cscussed 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.
C9NSEN . O NS, 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 a supply agreement with Fox Scientific, Inc., of
Alvarado, Texas for laboratory chemicals and supplies in
accordance with Bid Invitation No. BI -0199-06, based on low bid
for an estimated annual expenditure of $30,033.96. The term of
the agreement shall be for twelve months with options to extend
for up to two additional twelve-month periods, subject to the
approval of the supplier and the City Manager or his designee.
Funds have been budgeted by the Water Department for FY
2006-2007. (Attachment # 3 )
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4.a. Ordinance appropriating $132.289 from the auction proceeds
from the sale of solid waste equipment in Fund 5110 for the
purchase of a used crawler tractor from Waukesha -Pearce
Industries; amending the FY 2006-2007 Operating Budget
adopted by Ordinance No. 026908 by increasing appropriations
by $132,289. (Attachment # 4)
4.b. Motion approving the purchase of a used crawler tractor from
Waukesha -Pearce Industries, of Corpus Christi, Texas in
accordance with Bid Invitation No. BI -0065-07 based on best
value for a total amount of $132,289. The equipment will be used
at the J C Elliott Landfill. Funding for the equipment is available
in the Capital Outlay Budget in the Maintenance Services Fund.
The equipment is a replacement unit. (Attachment # 4)
5.a. Motion approving the lease purchase of one (1) backhoe loader
and one (1) wheel loader from Doggett Heavy Machinery
Services, Ltd., of Corpus Christi, Texas for a total amount of
$458,501.33. The award is made in accordance with the
cooperative purchasing agreement with the Texas Local
Govemrnent Cooperative. The equipment will be used at the J C
Elliott Trash and Recycling Center. Funds for the lease purchase
of equipment will be provided through the City's lease/purchase
financing program. (Attachment # 5)
5.b. Motion approving the lease purchase of equipment from the
following companies for the following amounts for a total amount
of $1,154,236.06. The award is based on the cooperative
purchasing agreement with the Houston Galveston Area Council
(H -GAC). The equipment will be used at the J C Elliott Trash and
Recycling Center. Funds for the lease purchase of equipment will
be provided through the City's lease/purchase financing program.
(Attachment # 5)
Hi -Way Equipment
Hco,istort TX
Vacuum Machine
$35,758.06
Rush Equipment Center of Texas, Inc.
Houston, TX
Tractor Trucks & Trailers
$1,118,478
Subtotal (b): $1,154,236.06
Grand Total (a) & (b): $1,612,737.39
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6.a. Resolution authorizing the City Manager or his designee to accept
a grant of $103,009 from the Department of State Health Services
to provide tuberculosis prevention and control services and
execute all related documents. (Attachment # 6)
6.b. Ordinance appropriating a grant of $103,009 from the Texas
Department of State Health Services in the No. 1066 Health
Grants Fund to provide tuberculosis prevention and control
services. (Attachment # 6)
7 Resolution authorizing the City Manager or his designee to
execute an Interlocal Agreement with the City of Kingsville to
provide for joint use of Public Safety Computer Aided Dispatch,
Records Management, and Mobile Data Computer Systems from
Intergraph Corporation to be paid for in annual payments of
$15,000 for client software, data conversion, and storage, and
training. (Attachment # 7)
8. Motion authorizing the City Manager or his designee to extend the
software maintenance agreement for twelve (12) months with
infosol, Inc., of Bellaire, Texas in an amount not to exceed
$47,413.41. Included in this maintenance agreement is the
support for the CourtHouse software currently being utilized by
the Municipal Court. The maintenance agreement provides for
software and technical environment support, including any
necessary upgrades as they become available. This vendor
qualifies as sole source. (Attachment # 8)
9. Motion authorizing the City Manager or his designee to execute
a Real Estate Sales Contract and a Temporary Construction
Easement with the owners Charles Scott Mandel and wife,
Thelma Mandel for a total expenditure of $156,718 which
includes $130,900 for fee simple property rights to 3.74 acres of
land, $2,100 in closing costs, and $23,718 for a 4.77 acre
temporary construction easement and related fencing; all out of
Lots 17 and 18, Section 20, Flour Bluff and Encinal Farm and
Garden Tracts, located on Cimarron Boulevard midway between
Saratoga and Yorktown Boulevard; necessary for the Master
Channel 27 Drainage Improvement Project (#2263) and for other
municipal purposes. (Attachment # 9)
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10. Ordinance appropriating $405,190 in surplus reserves from the
unappropriated fund balance in the Development Services Fund
No. 4670 FY 2006-2007 Budget for departmental reorganization
and modifying the current business methodology; changing the
FY 2006-2007 Budget adopted by Ordinance No. 026908 by
increasing appropriations by $405,190. (Attachment # 10)
11. Ordinance amending Chapter 14 "Development Services,"Section
14-226(b) "Electrical Advisory Board," of the Code of Ordinances,
to delete from membership one resident not connected with the
electrical industry and to add to the membership a field
representative from a utility power distribution company and a
person in the electrical supply business. (Attachment # 11)
12. Second Reading Ordinance - Amending the Code of Ordinances,
City of Corpus Christi, Chapter 12, Boats, Bays and Waterways,
by amending Article III "Miscellaneous regulations on Lake
Corpus Christi and other bodies of water discharging into Nueces
River," Section 12-106 "Game preserves in Lower Nueces River
Water Supply District," to rename the section and to prohibit
hunting, fishing, trapping, camping, dumping trash and refuse,
possessing firearms, and fires within the game preserves;
providing for severance; providing a penalty clause; providing for
publication; and providing for an effective date. (First Reading
01/16/07) (Attachment # 12)
13 Second Reading Ordinance - Amending the Code of Ordinances,
City of Corpus Christi, Chapter 10, Beachfront Management and
Construction, by amending Article VII "Traffic," Section 10-77
"Pedestrian safe areas," to provide for marking and signage for
pedestrian safe areas, and Section 10-80 "One-way traffic on
beach and access roads" to provide for designation of the
direction of travel between the northern end of the Padre Island
seawall and Padre Balli Park; providing for severance; providing
for publication; and providing for an effective date. (First Reading
01/16/07) (Attachment # 13)
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I. PUILIC HEARINGS:
ZONING CASES:
14. Casa No, 1206-03, Mostaghasi Investment Trust: A change of
zonhig from a "R-1 B" One -family Dwelling District to a "B-4"
General Business District being 1.94 acres, a portion of Lot 1,
Block 2, Nueces River Irrigation Park, Volume "A", Page 54, Map
Records, Nueces County, Texas, located approximately 400 feet
from the southwest intersection of FM 624 (Northwest Boulevard)
and County Road 69 (Hazel Bazemore Road). (Attachment# 14)
Platning Commission and Staffs Recommendation: Approval of
the NB -4" General Business District.
ORDINANCE
Amending the Zoning Ordinance, upon application by Mostaghasi
Investment Trust, by changing the zoning map in reference to
Nueces River Irrigation Park, Volume "A", Page 54, Map Records,
Nueces County, Texas, being 1.94 -acres, a portion of Lot 1, Block
2 from "R-1 B" One -family Dwelling District to "B-4" General
Business District; amending the Comprehensive Plan to account
for any deviations from the existing Comprehensive Plan;
providing a repealer clause; providing a penalty.
15. Cade No. 1206-02, Catamaran Properties, Ltd.: A change of
zoning from a "R-1 B" One -family Dwelling District to a "R-2"
Multiple Dwelling District for Tracts 2 and 3 and a "B-1"
Neighborhood Business District for Tract 1 resulting in a change
of lend use from single-family residential to multi -family and
commercial property being Tract 1 - 1.08 acres, a portion of the
A.M. French 237 acre tract out of Survey 417, Abstract 571,
Nueces County, Texas, located at the southeast intersection of
McKinzie Road and Kingsbury Drive; Tract_2 - 1.67 acres, a
portion of the A.M. French 237 acre tract out of Survey 417,
Abstract 571, Nueces County, Texas, located approximately 190
feet from the southeast intersection of McKinzie Road and
Kingsbury Drive; Tract 3 - 3.5 acres, a portion of the A.M. French
237 acre tract out of Survey 417, Abstract 571, Nueces County,
Texas, located at the northeast intersection of McKinzie Road
and Kingsbury Drive. (Attachment # 15)
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Plning,Commission and Staffs Recommendation: Approval of
a "R-2" Multiple Dwelling District for Tracts 2 and 3 and a "B-1"
Neighborhood Business District for Tract 1.
ORDINANCE
Amending the Zoning Ordinance, upon application by Catamaran
Properties, Ltd., by changing the zoning map in reference to Tract
1 -1.08 acres, a portion of the A.M. French 237 acre tract out of
Survey 417, Abstract 571, Nueces County, Texas, from "R -1B"
One -family Dwelling District to "B-1" Neighborhood Business
District; Tract 2 - 1.67 acres, a portion of the A.M. French 237
acre tract out of Survey 417, Abstract 571, Nueces County,
Texas, from "R-1 B" One -family Dwelling District to "R-2" Multiple
Dwelling district; and Tract 3 - 3.5 acres, a portion of the A.M.
French 237 acre tract out of Survey 417, Abstract 571, Nueces
County, Texas from "R-1 B" One -family Dwelling District to "R-2"
Muftiple Dwelling District; amending the Comprehensive Plan to
accountforany deviations from the existing Comprehensive Plan;
providing a repealer clause; providing a penalty.
J. REGULAR AGENDA
CONSIDERATION OF MOTION, RESOLUTIONS, AND ORDINANCES:
16.a. First Reading Ordinance - Amending the Code of Ordinances,
Chapter 53, Traffic, by establishing an Automated Red Light
Enforcement Program; providing for publication; and providing for
penalties. (Attachment # 16)
16.b. Presentation on Selected Contractor for Red Light Photo
Enforcement Contract. (Attachment # 16)
17. Ordinance amending the Code of Ordinances, Chapter 33,
Offenses and Miscellaneous Provisions, by prohibiting certain
activity known as grinding on City property; providing for
publication; and providing for penalties. (Attachment # 17)
18. Resolution supporting and endorsing the Corpus Christi Police
Department in its efforts to become a nationally accredited law
enforcement agency. (Attachment # 18)
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19. First Reading Ordinance - Amending the Code of Ordinances,
City of Corpus Christi, Chapter 49, Streets and Sidewalks, and
Chapter 2, Administration, by authorizing the City Manager to
execute Standard Form Revocable Use Privilege Agreements or
Licenses for pipelines, monitoring/recovery well, or cable and
conduit containing cable installation, and other structures or
faclties within City rights-of-way and on City -owned property;
setting use and application fees; providing for publication; and
providing for an effective date. (Attachment # 19)
20.a. Ordinance appropriating $1,150,483.18 from the unappropriated
interest earnings from Wastewater 1995A Capital Improvement
Program Fund (SRF) and appropriating $274,851.32 from the
unappropriated interest earnings from Wastewater 1999A Capital
Improvement Program Fund (SRF) forthe Broadway Wastewater
Treatment Plant Basin Service Area Sewer Line Rehabilitation;
amending the Capital Budget FY 2006-2007 adopted by
Ordinance No. 026997 by increasing appropriations by
$1,425,334.50. (Attachment # 20)
20.b. Mo#ion authorizing the City Manager or his designee to execute
a construction contract in the amount of $2,797,000 with
Reynolds Inliner, LLC of Orleans, Indiana for the Broadway
Wastewater Treatment Plant Basin Service Area Sewer Line
Rehabilitation. (Attachment # 20)
21 Motion authorizing the City Manager to enter into a collective
bargaining agreement with the Corpus Christi Fire Fighters'
Association for wages, benefits and working conditions.
(Attachment # 21)
22.a. Resolution by the City Council of the City of Corpus Christi,
Texas, directing publication of Notice of Intention to Issue
Combination Tax and Revenue Certificates of Obligation in an
amount not to exceed $11,000,000; and resolving other matters
relating to the subject. (Attachment # 22)
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22.b. Resolution by the City Council of the City of Corpus Christi,
Texas, directing the City Manager to proceed with preparing
necessary documents to effect the sale of General Improvement
Bonds in an amount not to exceed $4,000,000; and resolving
other matters relating to the subject. (Attachment # 22)
23. Ordinance amending Ordinance No. 027102 that approved the
Asset Purchase Agreement by and among EarthLink, Inc. and the
City of Corpus Christi, Texas, and the CC Digital Community
Development Corporation, and amending Ordinance No. 027103
that acknowledged the Network Services Agreement between
EarthLink, Inc. and the CC Digital Community Development
Corporation, and agreed to perform all obligations of the
Corporation thereunder not performed by the Corporation, in
order to approve alternative provisions in the event the
transaction is determined to be subject to sales tax. (Attachment
# 23 )
24, appeal by Latrice Sellers of the Corpus
Christi Cable Communications Commission's November 20, 2006
decision that a public access show contained commercial
programming. (Attachment # 24)
K. PIIgSETATIONS:
Public comment will not be solicited on Presentation items.
25. Gas Department Operations (Attachment # 25)
26. Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) Title II Transition Plan/Non-
Discrimination Ordinance Quarterly Update (Attachment # 26)
27. Utility Rate Study Update (Attachment # 27)
L. PLIC COMMENT FROM THE AUDIENCE ON MATTERS
N T WIEDULED ON THE AGENDA WILL BE HEARD AT
R MATELY 12:00 P.M. OR AT THE END OF THE
CON MEETING. WHICHEVER IS EARLIER. PLEASE
LiI1T SENTATIONS TO THREE MINUTES. IF YOU PLAN
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PLEASE SIGN THE FORM AT THE REAR OF THE COUNCIL
CHAMBER, GIVING YOUR NAME, ADDRESS AND TOPIC.
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have a petition or other information pertaining to your subject, please present
it to the City Secretary.)
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M. 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 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.
N. R a' ORIS:
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 concems; 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 80`h Texas
Legislature.
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29. CITY MANAGER'S REPORT
Upcoming Items
30. MAYOR'S UPDATE
31. COUNCIL AND OTHER REPORTS
O. ADJOURNMENT:
POSTING STATEMENT:
This agenda was posted on the City's official bulletin board at the front entrance
to City Haft, 1201 Leopard Street, at , I (C p.m., January 19, 2007.
rmando Chapa
City Secretary
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