HomeMy WebLinkAboutReference Agenda City Council - 02/22/2000AGENDA
CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS
REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING
CITY HALL - COUNCIL CHAMBERS
1201 LEOPARD
FEBRUARY 22, 2000
v/ 2:00 P.M.
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MayorSam.e,L..ea,,Jr. to ca,,the meeti.g toorde,.
Invocation to be given by Reverend Ned F. Bowersox, Church of the Good ,~Episcopal,
Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag of the United States. -
D. City Secretary Armando Chapa to call the roll of the required Charter Officers.
Mayor Samuel L. Neal, Jr. ~/~
Mayor Pro Tem Mark Scott C/
Council Members:
Javier D. Colmenero
Melody Cooper
Henry Garrett
Dr. Arnold Gonzales
Rex A. Kinnison
Betty Jean Longoria
John Longoria
City Manager David R. Garcia .v~,
City Attorney James R. Bray, Jr. ~,/
City Secretary Armando ChaRa
E. MINUTES:
1. ,J/Approval of Regular Meeting of February 15, 2000. (Attachment # 1 )
Agenda
Regular Council Meeting
Februa~ 22,2000
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BOARDS & COMMITTEE APPOINTMENTS: (Attachment # 2)
Airport Board
Arts and Cultural Commission
C.C, Convention and Visitors Bureau Board
C.C, Regional Economic Development Board
Intergovernmental Commission on Drug and Alcohol Abuse
PRESENTATIONS: (NONE)
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other information pertaining to your subject, please present it to the City Secretary. )
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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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J. CONSENT AGENDA
Notice to the Public
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Regular Council Meeting
February 22,2000
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The following items are of a routine or administrative nature. The 3ouncil has been
furnished with background and support material on each item, as~d/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 withdrawr: 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 PREV,OUS MEET,.GS:_ t(
(At this point the Council will vote on all motions, resolutions and ordinances not
removed for individual consideration.)
Motion authorizing the City Manager or his designee to execute an
engineering services agreement with Coym, Rehmet, Gutierrez
Engineering, Inc. for a total fee not to exceed $37,306 for the
Buckingham Estates Lift Station project. (Attachment # 3)
Motion authorizing the City Manager or his designee to execute a
construction contract with Malek, Inc. for a total fee not to exceed
$224,985 for the Gas Department Gas-Fired Building Chiller
Replacement Project. (Attachment # 4)
Motion authorizing the City Manager or his designee to e~ecute
Amendment No. 4 to the contract for engineering/consulting se !~zices
with Shiner, Moseley & Associates, Inc. in an amount not to e ceed
$20,000 for Pre-Planning for Post-Hurricane/Disaster Rec.~very
Operations project. (Attachment # 5)
Resolution authorizing condemnation proceedings by the C~:' to
condemn fee simple title to: two tracts of land out of Lot 3, Sectio~ 8,
Bohemian Colony Lands: (a) 30,859 s.f. and (b) 32,978 s.f. and c)
1,933 s.f. of land out of Lot 5, Section 9, Bohemian Colony Lands, ~s
shown of the attached exhibits A, B, & C, from the owners, Frances
Snyder, Individually, and Bryan Lee Holmes and Mark Snyder Holmes
as co-trustees of the Paul Snyder Testamentary Trust, to construct
street and utility improvements as part of the Kostoryz Road Project
and for other municipal purposes. (Attachment # 6)
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First Reading Ordinance - Authorizing the City Manager or his
designee to execute a five year lease with Bayfest, Inc., to conduct a
festival and related activities on the sidewalks, medians, and seawall
along Shoreline Boulevard from IH 37 to the Convention Center
Complex; the Barge Dock and adjacent bay waters; and the vacant
city block bounded by Resaca, Fitzgerald, Chaparral and Water
Streets, in consideration of Bayfest paying a one-time $250 permit
fee and 100% of the cost of city services for event support, except
that in 2000 only Bayfest will pay 75% of police overtime costs; giving
Bayfest exclusive use of the premises for 4 days and nonexclusive
use for 21 days during a set period for each of the five years, as
shown in the lease beginning September 18, 2000. (Attachment # 7)
First Reading Ordinance - Authorizing the City Manager or his
designee to execute a five year lease with Bayfest, Inc. for the use of
the Grande-Grossman House, located at 1517 N. Chaparral, the west
of 30' by the north 20' of Lot 4, the west of 30' of Lot 5, the east 50' by
north 20' of Lot 9, Beach Addition, Block 61, in Heritage Park, Corpus
Christi, Nueces County, together with all improvements thereon as
their business offices, in consideration of Bayfest, Inc. paying a
monthly fee of $478. (Attachment # 8)
First Reading Ordinance - Authorizing the City Manager or his
designee to execute Amendment No. 1 to a fifteen year lease with
MDC, Inc. (ME)C) authorized by Ordinance No. 023806, which: (a)
decreases the premises to 80,134 s.f. fronting Pinson Drive on the
west side of the airport, substitutes new exhibits A, B, C, J, and K; (b)
increases the initial term by eight months to include construction time;
(c) authorizes the sublessee to remedy all defaults; (d) clarifies that
MDC'S pollution clean-up liability is limited to pollution it or its
sublessee causes; and (e) clarifies the type of environmental
assessment to be conducted prior to start of construction; MDC is
authorized to sublease the premises to Airborne Freight Corporation
under the same terms and conditions. (Attachment # 9)
Second Reading Ordinance - Authorizing the City Manager or his
designee to execute a fifty-nine year lease with St. James Episcopal
School to construct an aerial enclosed pedestrian bridge or skywalk
across the Carancahua Street right-of-way between the main school
building on the east side and the annex building on the west side of
Carancahua Street in consideration of the payment of $940 in rent for
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the first four year term, with the rent for subsequent five year terms
being adjusted based upon the consumer price index. (Attachment
# 10)
11.
Second Reading Ordinance - Authorizing the City Manager or his
designee, to execute a five year lease with the Lady Lex Museum on
the Bay Association ("Museum") to berth the U.S.S. Lexington for its
operation as a museum on a portion of the submerged lands patented
to the City in January 1924, being roughly bounded by Breakwater
Avenue, Bridgeport Avenue, the Breakwater, and the Bay, and a
portion of the adjacent beach, as shown on the attached exhibit A, in
consideration of the museum paying $1 per year, in advance.
(Attachment # 11)
K. PUBLIC HEARINGS: (NONE)
CONSIDERATION OF MOTIONS, RESOLUTIONS, AND ORDINANCES:
12.
Motion authorizing the City Manager or designee to execute an
amendment to the agreement with the Corpus Christi Regional
Economic Development Corporation (EDC) to increase the number
of members of the Executive Board from twelve to fourteen by
appointing the Mayor and County Judge as ex-officio directors.
(Attachment # 12)
13.
Motion authorizing the City Manager or his designee to execute a
construction contract with B. E. Beecroft Company, Inc. for a total fee
not to exceed $804,000 for the Discovery Hall Addition to the Corpus
Christi Museum of Science and History. (Attachment # 13)
14.
Motion authorizing the City Manager or his designee to execute a
contract with EMA Services, Inc. for a total fee not to exceed
$124,450 to develop a "Competitive Action Plan" for the Water and
Wastewater Departments. (Attachment # 14)
15.
Resolution authorizing the City Manager or his designee to execute
Amendment No. 1 to the Advanced Funding Agreement with Texas
Department of Transportation in the estimated amount of$139,663.74
for construction of the McArdle Road Phase 1 Improvements
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(Everhart Road to Weber Road) and associated drainage work.
(Attachment # 15)
Ordinance amending Ordinance No. 023702 which adopted the FY99-
00 Budget to reduce revenues, expenditures, and the corresponding
appropriation for Self-Insurance Fund No. 5410 and increase same
for Group Health Insurance Fund No. 5510, by $1,000,000, and
adjust the contribution to said funds by other contributing funds
accordingly; to transfer $683,121 to Group Health Insurance Fund No.
5510 from other funds; to appropriate $2,041,300 in Group Health
Insurance Fund No. 5510 to meet increased Group Health Insurance
costs; to authorize the City Manager to make transfers and
adjustments within individual funds to implement the above actions.
(Attachment # 16)
Consideration of Reynaldo Madrigal's appeal of the Cable
Communications Commission's ruling of November 3, 1999 regarding
set times for repeat programming on the Public Access Channel.
(Attachment # 17)
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 matters
listed on the agenda, when authorized by the provisions of the Open
Meetings Act, Chapter551 of the Texas Govemment Code. 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 officer.
Planned Executive Session and Related Action
Notice is given specifically that the City Council expects to go into
executive session during this meeting regarding the following
additional matter:
Executive session pursuant to Texas Government Code Section
551.071 to consult with the City's attorney about the City's legal rights
and remedies in connection with the Lake Texana Pipeline Project,
with possible discussion and action in open session.
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Executive session pursuant to Texas Government Code Section
551.071 regarding City of San Benito et al v. PG&E Gas
Transmission, Texas Corporation et al, No. 96-12-7404-A, 107th
District Court, Cameron 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 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.
18. CITY MANAGER'S REPORT
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20.
* Upcoming Items
MAYOR'S UPDATE
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 3:00 p.rn., February 18 ,2000,
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