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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes Island Strategic Action Committee - 02/04/2014 MEETING MINUTES ISLAND STRATEGIC ACTION COMMITTEE Comfort Suites North Padre Island 15209 Windward Dr. Corpus Christi,TX, US, 78418 February 4, 2014 at 5:30 P.M. I. Call to Order ➢ Chair called the regular meeting of the Island Strategic Action Committee to order at 5:34 PM on February 4, 2014 ➢ Roll Call ➢ Roll Call ➢ Chair calls the roll. Committee Members Present: Committee Members Not Present: Gabriele Hilpold Charles Mader John A. White Sr. Bryan Gulley— Ex-Officio Alex Harris Gregory Smith J.J. Hart Jodi Steen Jyoti Rakesh Patel Paul Schexnailder Ralph Tapscott Rick Sowash William F. Goldston Stan Hulse Jay Gardner—Ex-Officio Wes Pierson— Ex-Officio Paulette Kluge—Ex-Officio II. Approval of Minutes for January 7,2013 ➢ Motion by Ralph Tapscott, 2nd by John White. III. Public Comment ➢ Kelly Byrom—Requested Planning Department attend ISAC and provide information on Phase 7 of the Packery Channel Development. ➢ Dave Zyler—Thanked the City for installing speed humps on Dasmarinas, and the committee for following up with the item. ➢ Nita Smith—Reported that the previous Saturday afternoon, two cars were parked on private property by the Packery Channel; the "No Trespassing" signs ripped down shortly after being placed on site in public view. ➢ Joe McComb—County Commissioner, provided update on the Kleberg County Beach Access issue. Positive meetings have been held between GLO and County Attorney. Ed Rochelle Foundation has provided funds to purchase lands. County taking proper steps to move forward with the purchase; intent to keep lands in natural state for public recreation use. ➢ Greg Smith—Invited all to attend March 5th,Texas Department of Insurance Public Hearing at 9 AM at TAMUCC. Rules trying to implement will allow taxing of all insurance policies for wind. Hearing will be at TAMUCC. Include on March Agenda ➢ John White— Invited all to PIBA Luncheon February 13th, at 11:30 at Holiday Inn Dining Room.Todd Hunter will present a briefing on Windstorm Issues ➢ Linda—Padre Island PAC is holding a County Commissioner Forum on February 101h at Holiday Inn. Alex Harris— Requests that Committee keep a watch on the federal Flood Insurance Program. IV. On-Going Business a. ATV Beach Access MEETING MINUTES ISLAND STRATEGIC ACTION COMMITTEE Comfort Suites North Padre Island 15209 Windward Dr. Corpus Christi,TX, US, 78418 February 4, 2014 at 5:30 P.M. ➢ Sub-committee met and developed recommendation (attached). ➢ Greg Smith reported that City of Port Aransas has taken on responsibility of licensing golf carts; Port Aransas has banned all ATVs from beach. ➢ John White stated Nueces County Parks are completely against ATVs on beach, because of dunes. ➢ Motion to send Sub-Committee recommendation to Legal by William Goldston, 2nd by Rick Sowash. Stan Hulse opposed. b. Kleberg County Beach Access Update ➢ Remove item from Agenda c. Police Patrol ➢ Chief Simpson provided an explanation of the Police Boat Patrol situation. Department staff was not authorized to make a commitment expanding patrols to a boat. Police Department is not able to justify request for more resources with City's current budget situation. People speaking about patrol without authorization. ➢ Chief Simpson stated that he heard loud and clear the issues of trespassing. His staff will look into the issue. ➢ Chief does support a storefront patrol, Chief commended the energy around the patrol boat issue but he would like to focus all the energy on a physical island presence; moving towards a permanent facility on the island; staffing with volunteers and have 8-10 cars assigned; Currently, needing temporary location, expect it to be set up before Spring Break. ➢ Police Dept. is taking control of code enforcement ➢ Additionally, PD is updating technical infrastructure, looking towards implementing a camera system. First need to build up the infrastructure and timeline does not look into implementing until next year. V. Special Updates a. Fire Hydrants ➢ City distributed handout response to January's questions. ➢ Committee had additional questions, how many hydrants failed the flow test? b. Sea Pines Barricades ➢ Include on March Agenda. c. Packery Channel Area Maintenance &Access Issues ➢ Chief Simpson told committee that enforcement would begin, issue was not realized before. d. Sewer Pipe Replacement Status ➢ City updated committee that work has started in front of Holiday Inn and will be done before Spring Break. Replacement of landscape will be done by contractor. VI. Regular Updates a. Traffic/Street Issues ➢ Dasmarinas speed humps are complete. Whitecap Bridge abutment is damaged and repairs start in two months. ➢ Traffic Committee discussed Contraflow concept, meeting was held at Representative Hunter's office with TxDOT. City and TxDOT know about it as a possible temporary solution for traffic issues on HWY 361. ➢ Committee requests TxDOT Update in March. ➢ Plans for Spring Break 2014 are in place, not much different than last year. b. Engineering Project Status& Bond 2012 Report ➢ See Engineering Report. c. Beach &Park Management MEETING MINUTES ISLAND STRATEGIC ACTION COMMITTEE Comfort Suites North Padre Island 15209 Windward Dr. Corpus Christi,TX, US, 78418 February 4, 2014 at 5:30 P.M. ➢ Spring Break Preparations have begun. ➢ Beach Parking Permit Fee, Greg Smith, Port Aransas is interested but not ready to move forward. ➢ Change in Beach Management approved and implemented; the permit to front stack material is not in hand, however should be soon. d. Schlitterbahn Updates ➢ Construction is ongoing. ➢ Looking to open in June. VII. New Business a. Packery Channel Fiscal Year Change - ➢ City's fiscal year is being changed to streamline with other agencies. ➢ A Hart asked why expenses increased $1,000,000 from 2013 to 2014, requested copy of contract that explains why 0% interest is earned. ➢ Motion by John White to approve, 2nd from Greg Smith.A Hart opposed. b. Convention &Visitors Bureau Update ➢ Paulette Kluge presented review of how industry has grown in the past 5 years, new website and new creative campaign. RevPAR (revenue per available room) up 38% in last 5 years. Special Events Committee works to coordinate promotion of off-season events. ➢ Presented organizational chart of different committees. ➢ Committee requests someone from POA participate on Special Events committee. c. Review ISAC Goals ➢ Keep on March Agenda. d. Speed Limit Changes ➢ Keep on March Agenda. e. Lift Station Odor ➢ Keep on March Agenda. VIII. Schedule Next Meeting ➢ Tuesday, March 4, 2014 at 5:30 PM at the Comfort Inn Suites. IX. Adjournment ➢ Motion to adjourn by Greg Smith, 2nd by Stan Hulse at 7:20 PM.