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Island Strategic Action Committee
Meeting Minutes RECEIVED
April 18, 2011 MAY 0 9 2011
CITY SECRETARY'S OFFICE
1. Call to order
Chair called the regular meeting of the Island Strategic Action Committee to order at
6:00 pm on March 8, 2011
2. Roll call
Chair conducted a roll call.
Committee members present: Committee members not present:
David D. Kurz Paul Schexnailder
John A. White Sr. James Needham
Gabriele Hilpold John Trice
Charles Mader Jyoti Rakesh Patel
Ronald A. Voss J.J. Hart
R. Bryan Gulley Colleen McIntyre
Gregory Smith
Staff members present:
Johnny Perales, ACM—Engineering and Development Srvc.
Pete Anaya, Director of Engineering Services
Carlos Valdez, City Attorney
Dan McGinn, Development Services
Derek Herzog, Gulf Beach Manager
Constance Sanchez, Assistant Director of Financial Services
Michael Morris, Director of Parks & Rec
Ruth Brown, Engineering Services
3. Approval of Minutes for February
Gabriele Hilpold: Motions to approve the March Minutes. No comments, March
minutes approve.
4. Public Comment
None
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5. Presentation and Discussions
➢ Gabriele Hilpold: First Item on the agenda the naming of the seawall.
➢ John A. White: This is the naming of the parking lot at the seawall for Mike Ellis.
What is the other portion of it?
➢ Dale: It involves the meeting of the beach in front of the seawall, That portion of
the seawall is the City parking lot the rest of the area is private property. The City
only has authority to name the seawall front of the parking lot and the beach in
front of the seawall will be named Michael J. Ellis. Ordinance has been done, for
the seawall.
➢ Bryan Gulley: The jetties would that be named differently is it open for future
action?
➢ Dale: Branding of the island whether is upper padre or North Padre. Extends from
the North boundary the national seashore to the south jetties, plenty of beach will
not be named it always known as whatever we branded as Upper padre or north
Padre this is just in-front of the seawall, not will destroy the branded.
> Gabriele Hilpold: -Will it be ok to add a name to Ellis beach if necessary?Would
they be flexible if it can be done in the future?
➢ Dale: Only with authorization, but I don't have authorization to do that. Right now
we are only looking at that part of the seawall in-front of the parking lot.
➢ John A.White: Currently as written we are looking only at that area in-front of the
parking lot as a future possibility based upon Jerry Patterson wrote something else
can happen.
➢ Dale: The beach will be named after Michael with this action tomorrow based on
that letter.
➢ Ronald A. Voss: We are supportive for the Michael J. Ellis Seawall beach
➢ Gabriele Hilpold: Motions for the seawall portion to be named Michael J. Ellis
seawall beach by Ronald Voss, second by Gabriele Hilpold. Motions passed by
unanimous vote.
➢ Gabriele Hilpold: Next item, presentation by Johnny Perales regarding the zones
project and finance plans
➢ Johnny Perales: The staff has created a list for the committee regarding North
Padre Island project list sorted by funding source. Our attempt is to identify the
money coming in and monies that are committed for going out and what is
available. Asked if the format was appropriate with the committee. The committee
needs to let us know what they would like to see on the list by prioritization,
scheduling and let us know if something needs to be added or deleted from the
list.
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➢ Gabriele Hilpold: recommends giving the package to finance subcommittee and if
the city staff can send it electronically so subcommittee can look at it and make
comments to it.
➢ Johnny Perales: Recommends for the rest of the subcommittee members to
comment between now and the next meeting if possible. City staff will keep a
month.to month status at the ISAC meeting.
➢ Johnny Perales: Item number 7 is an extension fo item number 6. The city capital
improvements projects, a few funded by Bond 2008 and funded by utilities and
capital improvements program.
➢ Pete Anava: We are trying to acquire a list of projects that have been either in
planning, design or construction phase or completed in the past few years. This is
an outgoing projects and overview of project list for the island.
➢ Pete Anava: Item number 8 bollards for discussion and Item number 11 seawall
beach clearing project. Have been working with parks and recreation and Natasha
has been working on this project.
➢ Natasha Fudge: contractor anticipated to finish by the end of the week instead of
the end of the month.
➢ Gabriele Hilpold: who is the monitoring and inspecting the project work?
➢ Pete Anaya: Felix Ocanas from ECMS.
➢ Gabriele Hilpold: Encourage members to check on the project this week.
➢ Pete Anaya: The Aquarius street project update, met with Chip Urban today, the
land owner requested for Urban to look an alignment, not a major impact. Trying to
work with the land owner.
➢ Gabriele Hilpold: Move on to Item number 12 spring break follow up decisions
➢ Johnny Perales: Would like to hear from the committee things that were done
well and things that need improvements.
➢ John A. White: One point is the police department and traffic signals
commodores and intersection 361 is one major problem even with the controlling.
Several occasions during spring break the traffic was backed up 5 -6 miles.
➢ Gabriele Hilpold: Not a lot of crime, but many car break- ins behind Paul pier
behind the street and parking lot.
➢ Johnny Perales: Would share this information with PD and see if we can have a
plan for next year.
6. Committee Reports
➢ David D. Kurz: At the last subcommittee meeting a decision was made for a
survey of Island Recommendations for the residence to prioritized projects. This
survey requests their input on possible projects. It will be posted and distribute to
5,500 addresses. Also, it will be added to the islandmoonnewspaper.com business
magazine for May 31st. needs a dead line on the survey.
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Gabriele Hiloold: Motions for a deadline of the survey for May 3181 will be added
to the business magazine. Bryan seconds the motion, approved by anonymous
vote.
7. Schedule Next Meeting
Tuesday, May 3, 2011 at 5:30p.m.
8. Adjournment
> Motion to adjourn the meeting at 7:00pm by David Kurz, second by Gregory Smith.
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