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Meeting Agenda - Final
City Council
Tuesday,October 29,2013 11:30 AM Council Chambers
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13-001004 +Proclamation declaring November 4 -8„ 2013 as"Municipal Courts
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vOroclamat on declaring November 2013 as "Pulmonary Hypettenslion
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G. CITY MANAGER'S COMMENTS 1 UPDATE ON CITY OPERATIONS:
H. EXECUTIVE SESSION: (ITEM 2)
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.
2. 13-001006 Execut' a Session pu ant to Texas Gover ment Code Section Se e,
20 162 551 4 Personnel afters to deliberat a app:en"sression.t t of the City
1 3 cretary with p sible discussion a action in bl%- uL (�
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3. 13-001005 Regular Meeting of October 22,2013
J. BOARDS &COMMITTEE APPOINTMENTS:
K. 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
L. CONSENT AGENDA: (ITEMS 4-19)
NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC: The following items are consent motions, resolutions, and
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ordinances of a 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
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.
4. 13-000959 Purchase of specialized equipment for emergency response
capabilities
Motion authorizing the purchase of specialized equipment for a total
2 013 16 3 amount of$76,864.19 utilizing funds from the 2011 Homeland Security
Grant awarded to the City of Corpus Christi and budgeted in the Fire
Grant Fund 1062.
Sponsors: Purchasing Division and Fire Department
S. 13-000919 Contract for Vital Statistics Unit grant for administration of duties
A motion authorizing the City Manager or his designee to execute a
contract with the Department of State Health Services for the
20 3 16 q administration of duties performed by the Vital Statistics Unit of the
Health Department and for the payment of record fees in the amount of
$1.83 per printed record due to the State; and to ratify acceptance of the
contract to begin as of September 1, 2013.
Sponsors Health Department
6. 13-000889 Second Reading Ordinance-Accepting and appropriating funds for
the Violence Against Women (VAWA)grant(1st Reading 10122113)
Ordinance authorizing the City Manager or designee to execute all
documents necessary to accept a grant from the State of Texas,
Criminal Justice Division in the amount of$43,823.74 for Year 14 of the
„ f 9 g s Violence Against Women (VAWA) Program within the Police Department
with a City match of$16,573.28 and an in-kind match of$8,928 from the
No, 1020 Police General Fund; appropriating the$43,823.74 in the No.
1061 Police Grants Fund for the VAWA grant in the Police Department;
and authorizing the transfer of$16,573,28 from the No. 1020 Cash
Contribution to the No, 1061 Police Grants Fund and appropriating the
same for a total project cost of $69,325,02.
Sponsors: Police Department
7. 13-000917 Second Reading Ordinance-Accepting and appropriating Federal
grant for the FY 2013 Port Security Grant Program (1st Reading
10122113)
Ordinance authorizing the City Manager or designee to execute all
0 � I r� documents necessary to accept a grant in the amount of$66,191 from 15 the U-S, Department of Homeland Security FEMA for funding eligible
under the FY 2013 Port Security Grant Program to purchase law
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enforcement equipment for the Police Department, with a City match of
$22,064 for a total project cost of$88,255; and appropriating the
$66,191 in the No. 1061 Police Grants Fund.
Soonsors: Police Department
S. 13-000953 Second Reading Ordinance-Accepting and appropriating State
grant increase to the State Homeland Security Grant Program
(SHSP) (1st Reading 10122113)
Ordinance authorizing the Mayor or designee to execute all documents
necessary to accept a grant adjustment from the Texas Department of
988 Public Safety/Texas Homeland Security State Administrative Agency
(TXHLS-SAA)to increase the amount from$45,221.80 to$60,678.80
for FY 2012 Homeland Security Grant Program (HSGP), State
Homeland Security Program (SHSP); and appropriating $15,457.00
from the Texas Department of Public Safety/Texas Homeland Security
State Administrative Agency (TXHLS-SAA), FY 2012 Homeland Security
Grant Program (HSGP), State Homeland Security Program (SHSP), into
the No. 1062 Fire Grants Fund to carry out homeland security projects
that will significantly improve local and regional terrorism prevention,
preparedness, response, and recovery capabilities.
Soonsors: Fire Department
9. 13-000941 Second Reading Ordinance-Accepting and appropriating the FY
13-14 Senior Companion Program (SCP)grant('1st Reading
10122113)
Ordinance authorizing the City Manager or designee to execute all
m 8 9 documents necessary to accept a$264,007 grant awarded by the
Corporation for National and Community Service;. appropriating the
$264,007 grant in the No. 1067 Parks and Recreation Grants Fund;.
transferring $76,903 from the No. 1020 General Fund to the No, 1067
Parks and Recreation Grant Fund as City matching funds for the Senior
Companion Program and appropriating the$76,903 in the No. 1067
Parks and Recreation Grant Fund,
Sponsors: Parks and Recreation Department
10. 13-000942 Second Reading Ordinance-Accepting and appropriating a local
grant for the Senior Companion Program (1st Reading 10122/13)
Ordinance authorizing the City Manager, or designee,, to execute allll
0, 2 9 9 9 0 documents necessary to accept and appropriate a grant in the amount
of$10,000 from Mirador-to be used for stipends, mileage„ meals and
recognition of volunteers of the Corpus Christi Senior Companion
Program,
Sponsors: Parks and Recreation Department
11. 13-000943 Second Reading Ordinance-Accepting and appropriating a
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Federal grant for the Retired Senior Volunteer Program(RSVP)(1st
Reading 10122113)
Ordinance authorizing the City Manager or designee to execute all
4 documents necessary to accept a$46,934 grant awarded by the
9 91 Corporation for National and Community Service for the Retired Senior
Volunteer Program; appropriating the$46,934 grant in the No. 1067
Parks and Recreation Grants Fund; transferring$79,173 from the No.,
1020 General Fund to the No. 1067 Parks and Recreation Grant Fund
as City matching funds for the Retired Senior Volunteer program and
appropriating the$79,173 in the No. 1067 Parks and Recreation Grant
Fund.
Sponsors: Parks and Recreation Department
12. 13-000945 Second Reading Ordinance-Amending the Code of Ordinances to
establish a formal memorial bench and tree program (1st Reading
10122113)
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9 2 Ordinance amending the Code of Ordinances, City of Corpus Christi,
Chapter 36 regarding memorial tree and park bench program; providing
for severance; and providing for publication.
Sponsors: Parks and Recreation Department
13. 13-000715 Second Reading Ordinance-Adopting amendment to the revised
project and financing plans for Reinvestment Zone Number Two;
amending budget; appropriating funds for current year in Packery
Channel Improvement Program (CIP)fund; approving contract for
continued Packery Channel monitoring (1st Reading 10122113)
9 9 .3 Ordinance approving and adopting an amendment to the Revised
Project and Financing Plans for Reinvestment Zone Number Two, City
of Corpus Christi, dated September 29, 2009, as recommended by the
Island Strategic Action Committee, the Board of Directors North Padre
Island Development Corporation, and the Reinvestment Zone#2 Board
of Directors; approving and adopting the Reinvestment Zone Number
Two, City of Corpus Christi FY 2013-2014 Budget as recommended by
the Island Strategic Action Committee, the Board of Directors North
Padre Island Development Corporation, and the Reinvestment Zone#2
Board of Directors; appropriating and transferring $510,000 from the
Unreserved Fund Balance in Fund 1111 Reinvestment Zone#2 to and
appropriating in the No. 3278 Packery Channel Projects TIF#2 fund for
the approved Fiscal Year 2014 projects; Changing the FY 2014
Operating Budget adopted by Ordinance No„ 029915 to increase
expenditures by $510,000; and authorizing the City Manager, or his
designee, to execute Amendment No. 8 to the contract between the City
and Texas A& M University-Corpus Christi in the amount of$349,755
for a restated fee not to exceed $1,897,783 for Packery Channel
Monitoring Fiscal Year 2013-2014,
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Sponsors: Parks and Recreation Department and Engineering Department
14. 13.000948 Second Reading Ordinance-Construction contract for Oso Bay
Area Park Development, Phase 2(BOND 2008) (1st Reading
10122113)
Ordinance amending the FY 2014 Capital Improvement Budget adopted
by Ordinance No, 029916, to include$450,,000 from Fund 4720
Iw9G '9 9 4 Community Enrichment Fund; transferring$196,265 from Fund 3480
Storm Water CIP Fund Reserves, $288,210 from Fund 4088 Water CIP
Revenue Bond Fund Reserves, $319,740 from Fund 4510 Wastewater
Capital Reserves, and $289,895 from Fund 3544 Street 2007A CIP
Fund Reserves to the Oso Creek 1 Oso Bay Area Park Development
Project(Bond 2008); increasing expenditures in the amount of
$1,544,,110; and authorizing the City Manager, or his designee, to
execute a construction contract with Reytec Construction Resources,
Inc, of Houston, Texas in the amount of$4,215„816.00 for the Oso Bay
Area Park Development„ Phase 2 project for the Base Bid only.
Sponsors: Parks and Recreation Department and Engineering Department
15. 13.000951 Second Reading Ordinance-Lease agreement for farm and grazing
airport acreage(1st Reading 10122/13)
Ordinance authorizing the City Manager„ or designee, to execute a Farm
and Grazing Lease Agreement with James P, Kelly to farm and graze
approximately 28,28 acres of farm land located at the Corpus Christi
International Airport, in consideration of an annual payment to the City of
$15 per leased acre for a term of five 5 years.
Sponsors: Aviation Department
16. 13-000924 Second Reading Ordinance- Agreement and appropriation of
funds for disposal of brush, bulky items, and construction and
demolition materials(1st Reading 10122/13)
Ordinance authorizing the City Manager, or designee, to execute an
99 9 6 Agreement for the disposal of brush, bulky items, and construction and
demolition materials with MSW Corpus Christi Landfill Ltd., a Texas
limited partnership, and Gulley-Hurst LLC, a Texas limited liability
company; appropriating $150,000 of anticipated revenue in the No.
1020 General Fund and changing the FY 2013-2014, Operating Budget
adopted by Ordinance 029915 by increasing Revenues and
Expenditures by $150,000.00 each,
Sponsors: Solid Waste Operations
17. 13-000955 Second Reading Ordinance-Service agreement and appropriation
of funds for a route optimization program for Solid Waste Services
(1st Reading 10122113)
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Ordinance appropriating $335,196 from the unappropriated fund
balance in the No. 1020 General Fund into the Operating Budget of the
Solid Waste Department in the 1020 General Fund for the purchase of a
m 9 9 7 Route Optimization Program for Refuse and Recycling Collection;
changing the FY 2013-2014 Operating Budget adopted by Ordinance
029915 by increasing appropriations by $335,196 in the No, 1020
General Fund; and awarding a service agreement to provide software„
hardware and installation of a route optimization program with WM
Logistics LLC, Magnolia, Texas, in accordance with Bid Invitation No..
BI-0156-13, based on most advantageous proposal, for a total amount
of$335,196.
Sponsors: Solid Waste Operations
18. 13-000966 Second Reading Ordinance- Hotel Occupancy Tax funds for
convention center capital/maintenance(1st Reading 10122113)
O Ordinance appropriating $1,591,601.36 from reserved fund balance in
0 1� � 98 the No. 1030 Hotel Occupancy Tax Fund for Convention Center
Capital/Maintenance at the American Bank Center; changing the FY
2013-2014 Operating Budget adopted by Ordinance No. 029915 by
increasing expenditures by$1,591,601,36.
Sponsors: ACM-Business Support Services
19. 13-000952 Second Reading Ordinance-Ratifying the acceptance of and
appropriating State grant; execution of contract for early childhood
literacy programs(1st Reading 10122113)
Ordinance ratifying the acceptance of a $7,525 grant from the Texas
9 9 State Library and Archives Commission (TSLAC)and execution of the
contract and all related documents with TSLAC to participate in the
Impact Grant Program for the period of September 1. 2013 through
August 31 2014; and appropriating $7,,525 from the TSLAC in the
Library Grants Fund No 1068 to continue the TSLAC Impact Grant
Program through the period of September 1, 2013 through August:31,
2014.
SS o� Libraries
M. PUBLIC HEARINGS: NONE
N. REGULAR AGENDA: (ITEM 20)
The following items are motions, resolutions and ordinances that will be considered and
voted on individually.
20. 13-000944 Resolution amending council policy number nine
-3 0 Q 9 0 Resolution amending Council Policy No. 9, entitled Community
Development Block Grant and HOME Programs by revising the
language regarding the CDBG acronym, the language of sections e. and
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f. and by adding a section g.; and reaffirming the objectives and
guidelines of the policy.
Sponsors: Neighborhood Services
O. FIRST READING ORDINANCES: 1ITEMS 21 -231
21. 13-000974 First Reading Ordinance-Designating the City as designated
caretaker of Impounded animals
Ordinance amending section 6-1(a) "definitions" by adding the definition
of designated caretaker; amending section 6-103(g)(1) "Dispositions of
animals" of the Corpus Christi Code by designating the City as
designated caretaker of impounded animals; providing an effective date;
providing for severance; and providing for publication.
Sponsors: Police Department
22. 13-000978 First Reading Ordinance - Accepting and appropriating State grant
funds for Women, Infants and Children grant(WIC)
Ordinance authorizing the City Manager, or his designee, to execute all
documents necessary to accept and appropriate a grant in the amount
of $447,758.00 from the Texas Department of State Health Services in
the Health Grants Fund No. 1066, to provide funds for the Women,
Infants, and Children (WIC) program; and to ratify acceptance of the
grant to begin as of October 1, 2013
Sponsors: Health Department
23. 13-000962 First Reading Ordinance-Appropriating funds to reimburse the
developer for the construction of a wastewater lift station
Ordinance appropriating$411,387.25 from the No. 4220 Sanitary Sewer
Trunk System Trust Fund to reimburse Forestar (USA) Real Estate
Group, Inc., ("Developer") for the construction of Tortuga Dunes/Zahn
Road/Packery Channel wastewater lift station and force main
improvements in accordance with the approved reimbursement
agreement executed with the Developer.
Sponsors: Development Services
P. FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS: (ITEMS 24_281
The following items are for Council's informational purposes only, No action will be
taken and no public comment will be solicited
24. 13-000976 Lease purchase of eight(8) CNG freightliner trucks with trash
bodies for brush collection
Motion approving the lease-purchase of eight (8) Freightliner trucks with
trash bodies from Freightliner of Houston, Houston, Texas for a total
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amount of$1,573,114.00. The award is based on the cooperative
purchasing agreement with the Houston-Galveston Area Council of
Governments(HGAC). Funding is available from the city's
lease-purchase financing contractor.
Sponsors: Purchasing Division and Solid Waste Operations
25. 13-000977 Lease purchase of six(6) CNG Peterbilt trucks with automated side
loaders for refuse collection
Motion approving the lease-purchase of six(6) Peterbilt trucks with
automated side loaders from Rush Truck Centers of Texas, L.P.,
Houston, Texas for a total amount of$1,897,112.00. The award is based
on the cooperative purchasing agreement with the Texas Local
Government Purchasing Cooperative (TLGPC)w Funding is available
from the city's lease-purchase financing contractor.
Sponsors: Purchasing Division and Solid Waste Operations
26. 13-000975 Supply agreement for water meters and registers
Motion approving a supply agreement with Neptune Technology Group;
Inc., Tallassee, Alabama for water meters and registers for a total
estimated expenditure of$635,968.48. The award is based on the
cooperative purchasing agreement with the Houston-Galveston Area
Council of Governments(HGAC). The term of the agreement shall be
for nine (9) months. Funds have been budgeted by the Water
Department in FY 2013-2014,
Sponsors: Purchasing Division and Water Department
27. 13-000967 Engineering monitoring contract-for salinity and freshwater inflow
monitoring Rincon Bayou Diversion -Nueces Bay System
Motion authorizing the City Manager, or designee, to execute a Contract
for Monitoring Services with the Conrad Blucher Institute at Texas A&M
University-Corpus Christi in the amount of$94,605.00 for Rincon
Bayou Diversion- Nueces Bay System Salinity and Freshwater Inflow
Monitoring 2013-2014.
Sponsors: Water Department and Engineering Department
26. 13-000968 Engineering monitoring contract-for Nueces River water quality,
Oso Creek water level and City of Corpus Christi meteorological
monitoring
Motion authorizing the City Manager, or designee, to execute
Amendment No. 3 to the Contract for Monitoring Services with the
Conrad Blucher Institute at Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi in the
amount of$93,381.00, for a total restated fee of$456,642.00 for
Nueces River Water Quality, Oso Creek Water Level & City of Corpus
Christi Meteorological Monitoring 2013,.
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ons rs: Water Department and Engineering Department
Q. BRIEFINGS TO CITY COUNCIL: (NONE)
The following items are for Council's informational purposes only No action will be
taken and no public comment will be solicited.
R. ADJOURNMENT
off:
Motion to to invite the following finalists to interviews scheduled on Thursday, October 31,2013 beginning
at 10:00 a.m.: Deborah Balli, Sandra Hernandez, Rebecca Huerta, Diana Rosas and Annette Villarreal.
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