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Corpus Christi Business and Job Development Corporation
Monday,September 18,2017 3:00 PM City Council Chambers
WORKSHOP SESSION
A. President Bart Braselton to call the meeting to order.
President Braselton called the meeting to order at 3:05 p.m.
B. Call Roll and Excuse Absences
President Braselton verified that a quorum of the Board was present to conduct
the meeting.
Present: 5- Board Member Gabriel Guerra, President Bart Braselton,Vice-President
Randy Maldonado, Secretary Lee Trujillo and Board Member Scott Harris
C. PRESENTATION ITEMS:
13. Type A Board Workshop-Seawall and Related Projects
President Braselton referred to the workshop presentation item related to the
seawall and related projects.Director of Engineering Services Jeff Edmonds
stated that the purpose of this item is to provide information on the seawall
capital improvement program(CIP)projects.Mr.Edmonds presented the
following information:the original 1938 construction drawings for the seawall;
the workshop outline;a historical timeline of the seawall; original construction
photographs;a background of the seawall sales tax(Type A Board);an
overview of the flood protection system;the downtown seawall and flood
protection system repair history construction detail;the current project lists;
background on the Flood Insurance Rate Map(FIRM);photographs of the levee
breach of the industrial canal in New Orleans during Hurricane Katrina;the
Provisionally Accredited Levee(PAL)agreement between the City of Corpus
Christi and the Federal Emergency Management Agency(FEMA);the design
criteria of the levee system;current FIRM status;the FIRM path moving
forward;and the project description of the following projects:seawall capital
repairs,Barge Dock Improvements,the Salt Flats Levee Improvements,Marina
Breakwater at McGee Beach Improvements,McGee Beach Nourishment/Boat
Basin Dredging,Science&History Museum Flood Wall,Kinney and Power
Street Pump Station Improvements,and U.S.Army Corps of Engineers
Bulkhead Repairs.
Board members and staff discussed the following topics:elevation of the
seawall;the current FIRM status;gate access related to the Science&History
Museum Flood Wall project;pump station improvements;the age of the pump
station;the U.S.Army Corps of Engineers Bulkhead Repairs project;and a
future discussion between the Type A Board,the Port of Corpus Christi,the
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Museum of Science and History,and the Corps of Engineers to develop a plan
for the new floodwall area.
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President Braselton adjourned the workshop and stated that the presentation
would be continued during the regular Type A Board meeting under the
Engineering Services Update.
D. ADJOURNMENT
The meeting was adjourned at 4:01 p.m.
Regardless of the agenda heading under which any item is listed,any word or phrase of any item listed on this agenda shall
be considered a subject for consideration for purposes of the Texas Open Meetings Act and other relevant laws,and the
Board of Directors may deliberate and vote upon any such subject and resolutions related thereto.Any descriptions of
property or amounts stated in this agenda are descriptive and not restrictive,and property and amounts may be changed in
the motions,actions or documents.In addition to other items listed in this agenda,policies and procedures of this
corporation,legal analysis of any items,policies or procedures,and any items that are currently receiving funding from this
' corporation may be discussed and deliberated and these matters are added as subjects of discussion to this meeting.This
agenda has been reviewed and approved by the attorney for the governing body,and the presence of any subject or
description in the Executive Session portion of this agenda constitutes a written interpretation of Chapter 551 of the Texas
Local Government Code by the attorney for this corporation indicating that said subject or description thereof may be legally
discussed in a closed meeting.
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