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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes Island Strategic Action Committee - 12/07/2010 l _ N Island Strategic Action Committee RECE' Meeting Minutes VE® December 7, 2010 2011 CITY SECRE�A� TARYS OFFICE 1. Call to order > Chair called the regular meeting of the Island Strategic Action Committee to order at 5:40 pm on December 7, 2010. 2. Roll call > Chair conducted a roll call. Committee members present: Committee members not present: David D. Kurz John Trice John A. White Sr. Jyoti Rakesh Patel Gabriele Hilpold Charles Mader Ronald A. Voss R. Bryan Gulley Paul Schexnailder Gregory Smith J.J. Hart Colleen McIntyre James Needham Staff members present: Johnny Perales, ACM — Engineering and Development Services Pete Anaya, Director of Engineering Services Jay Reining, First Assistant, City Attorney Dan McGinn, Development Services Derek Herzog, Gulf Beach Manager Martha Quiroz, Engineering Services 3. Approval of Minutes for May— October: ➢ Committee: Suggests having minutes revised from May— October and not from May — November. The November minutes and December minutes will be review at the next meeting for approval. No comments for May— October minutes were made at the meeting of December 7, 2010. > Gabriele Hilpold: Motions to approve Minutes from May to October, second by J.J. Hart. May— October minutes approved. SCANNED lof 4 4. Public Comment- > No Public comments 5. Presentation and Discussions > Pete Anaya: Sand Issue in front of the Condominiums. Garrett construction relocated all the sand away from the Seawall, went down about 3.5 to 4 feet from the top of the Seawall. > Jay Reining: GLO approved the Bollard Ordinance should be published in the Texas Register on December 17th to be affective December 21st and the bollards should be ready by spring 2011. > Gregory Smith: What would be the difficulty of getting it done before Spring Break? ➢ Jay Reining: Park & Rec funding source to provide the equipment. Spring Break is the deadline for this project. > Gregory Smith: What is the funding source in moving the sand? > Jay Reining: The funding source on moving the sand has in part been charged to the maintenance dredging project. Council has approved two additional projects; the Parking lot of North side of the Channel and ADA Ramps up to the Jetty to support the ramps. City is not allowed to spend any tax reinvestment zone funds until the committee has a recommended project list. There are three entities that are created (1) North Padre Island Development Corporation-Make recommendations, have the authority to spend the fund (2) Tax reinvestment zone board of directors-which is made up of Council members and representatives of all the different taxing entities which is the County, Flour Bluff ISD, Hospital District which adopts the project list and funding plan (3) City Council —approves/disapproves the recommendations. > Gabriele Hilpold: Who is in charge of the North Padre Island Development Corporation? > Jay Reining: City Council and the Chairman of the board director Chris Adler ➢ Committee: Has the Bath House facilities been authorized? > Jay Reining: ADA ramps with the parking spaces have been authorized. > Committee; What is the completion date what has been already authorized? > Pete Anaya: Project starts January with a 12 month construction period, estimated completion time December 2011. > Gabi Hilpold: Suggested to have a list of TIFF project priorities and how it can be implement the inputs of how it can be done, when it can be done and how much it will cost. Suggested to have it together as a group. > Committee: will be meeting at POA at noon Wednesday, December 15th to discuss TIFF projects. ➢ Jay Reining; Light under the TxDot Bridge crossing Packery Channel -can't be changed unless they are incompliance with Coast Guard requirements. The two green lights have to be under the bridge they have to be visible 360 degrees. 2of4 ➢ Pete Anaya: Will meet with TxDot and will ask to attend the next committee meeting regarding Txdot Bridge Crossing the Packery Channel to provide an opinion for this issue. ➢ Derek Herzog: Was asked, what is our method for clearing access points to the beach? He answered: they don't use water trucks because they don't have the equipment (water trucks) and the problem is there is no way you can move a road with water trucks. He is the supervisor for maintaining only Zahn Road, Access road 2, 3A and Whitecap Blvd. ➢ Colleen McIntyre: Suggested to only water the road that is hitting the beach. ➢ Derek Herzog: They will have to test method first and see if it will work, but only if they had the equipment. They will have to test method with water trucks during the month of August. Not recommending this is the best way but it's the only way they can test and check if it will work. ➢ Gabriele Hilpold:Suggested for Derek to generate a list of what he will need to clear up the access points, need to have a list for next meeting. ➢ Committee: What is the status of the negotiation towards the entity taking over the beach area? ➢ Jay Reining: Will meet with Nueces County sometime during the next week. The County does not have a Corps permit. Not until the County gets one they can follow up. ➢ .John White: Palms trees have not been trimmed in over 2 years. Property needs to be maintained soon. ➢ Pete Anaya: Received an email from Michael Morris about having the palms trimmed in March 2011. Pete will talk to Michael Morris to trim palms sometime this month. ➢ Colleen McIntyre: Requested at the last meeting to have an update of Report of lighting and signage upgrades on Zahn road and Park Road 22. ➢ Colleen McIntyre: Suggested to email a draft of Minutes before the meeting. ➢ Jay Reining: Economic Incentives that might be used on the Islands. Package distribute to committee regarding Economic Development Incentive for CC beach and Mustang/Padre Island. This package is also at the city website. This package explains the Tax Abatement is available for Mustang Island and not the Padre Island, 380 Agreements, Tax Increment Reinvestment Zones, Public Improvement District, Municipal Management District, Type A Corporation Grants, Development Fee Reduction/Waiver and the Renewal Community. Provided a packet for committee also available online. 3 of 4 A 6. Committee Reports > J.J. Hart: Requested to have a meeting for the Future project subcommittee > Colleen McIntyre: Requested information for Park Road 22 has not been turned in as requested from last meeting. > Gabriele Hilpold: Suggested to combine the Future projects subcommittee with the next meeting to discuss several projects that the City can work on 7. Schedule Next Meeting > Next meeting is scheduled for January 11, 2011 at 5:30pm 8. Adjournment > Chair adjourned the meeting at 7:07 pm 4 of 4