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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes Watershore And Beach Advisory Committee - 12/07/2017 WATERSHORE AND BEACH ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEETING Regular Called Meeting, Thursday, December 7, 2017 5:30 p.m. Staff Conference Room, City Hall 1201 Leopard Street, Corpus Christi, TX Members Present Members Absent Staff Present Jay Gardner Jennifer Pollack Martha Lawhon Cliff Schlabach Cameron Perry Paulette Kluge Jyoti Patel Terry Palmer Mukesh Subedee Carrie Robertson Meyer I. CALL TO ORDER Meeting called to order at 5:37 p.m. II. ROLL CALL The roll was called and a quorum was present. I. ADOPTION OF MINUTES Minutes from the November 2, 2017 meeting were distributed for review and approval. Cliff made a motion to accept the minutes as presented, Paulette seconded, unanimously approved. Motion passed. IV. HEAR FROM THE PUBLIC Jerry Plemons, from the Parks and Recreation Advisory Committee (PRAC) was in attendance and will be a PRAC liaison to the WBAC; he will be attending WBAC regularly. His report will be included with the Staff Liaison Report. V. BUSINESS FOR DISCUSSION/POSSIBLE ACTION 1 New Business a. How does Staff relay WBAC discussions and motions passed by the committee onto the City Council Cliff and others would like to know how motions and recommendations from this committee get to City Council: what is the process?WBAC would like Staff to report on this next meeting. Cliff suggested that maybe the chair from WBAC would go to the City Council meeting when WBAC has passed a motion or a recommendation. b. Discuss and vote on new Chair and Co-Chair Jay relayed to the committee that they could vote for a pro-tem chair and once the full committee is together, a chair and co-chair could then be elected. Paulette nominated Cliff as chair pro-tem and Carrie seconded. Cliff acknowledged that he was willing to serve. The motion was unanimously approved and passed. The co-chair will be voted on in the January meeting. Jay congratulated the new chair, and let him know that by Roberts rules, he could immediately assume the Chair position, or defer to the next scheduled meeting. Cliff elected to assume the chair position at the next meeting. c. Discuss and vote on ISAC ex-officio representative Jay recommends that WBAC choose an interim person until the full committee is available. This person will attend the ISAC meetings representing WBAC; this person will have a seat on the board in an ex-officio capacity. Jay thinks that it is very important that a WBAC representative be there. Paulette made the motion to nominate Cliff to be the WBAC representative at ISAC until the full committee meets and votes, Carrie seconded, unanimously approved. Cliff indicated that he was willing to serve as the WBAC representative to ISAC. d. North Beach: Fire regulations & BBQs 2 The new signs, with the same color scheme as Cole Park and the Island, look great; they have the same wording as the old ones except that "No BBQ"was added. The ordinance says that BBQs are allowed. Carrie would like WBAC to recommend an amendment to the City ordinance that states BBQs not be allowed within 100' of a structure. The wording to be "A person may use fires contained in a barbecue pit constructed and maintained by the City or in a portable barbecue pit or similar device designated for the preparation of food which is located at least 100 feet from the nearest structure". Paulette recommended this motion and Cliff seconded, unanimously approved, motion passed. Carrie also recommended that the signs be fixed to reflect the changes. Old Business a. Update: Fire Regulations Darren is to report on this and he is not present tonight. Paulette also added that the police need to be updated on changes as they happen. b. Update: Packery Channel ATON (Aids to Navigation) Jay reported that ISAC recommends spending $65,000 to replace the lights at the end of the channel and this should go to the TIRZ2 full meeting on 12/19/17, Martha will email the WBAC members for the details of the TIRZ2 meeting. c. Update: ISAC There is a new chair (Brud Jones) and co-chair(Libby Edwards). Brud is representing the Jones family which owns most of the island. Darren Gurley was introduced. d. Update: TRIZ2 Project/Packery Channel Amenities Cliff reported that the new solar bathroom are in and great! Jay reported that ISAC is working to get the TIRZ2 reauthorized and that WBAC should be an integral part of this. The TIRZ2 will expire in 2022 and needs to be reauthorized, more bonds secured, and another ordinance enacted by the City. Keith Selman (Assistant City Manager) is proposing that $6 million be taken out of the TIRZ to repair the sides of the Packery Channel. Keith wants a recommendation from ISAC for a RFQ be done to study and design the repairs, also to add the repairs to the Six Pack list. The motion that passed ISAC was to extend the terms and potentially the boundaries of the TIRZ 2. Cliff would like City Staff to update WBAC on the exact dollars in the TIRZ2/Six Pack, it was also suggested that JJ Hart come to WBAC and give a report. Jay highly recommends that WBAC have representation on the subcommittees for ISAC &TIRZ2. Jay also offered (by previous communication with Cameron)for both of them to remain on the WBAC Beach Maintenance and Sargassum subcommittee. The committee agreed that that would be a good idea and accepted Jay and Cameron's continuance on the subcommittee. e. Update: North Beach Redevelopment Initiative Carrie, along with several other folks from North Beach, met with Jay Ellington and his staff, who were not very familiar with the plan, as it is a project being initiated by the City's Planning Department and a consultant. They discussed the changes indicated for the sandy beach and city park land on North Beach that the Parks Department currently maintains. VI. STAFF LIASON REPORT • Martha was the only staff present and the group thanked her profusely for all she does administering the committee, with timely notices, reminders, and excellent minutes. • Jerry Plemons from PRAC let the committee know that he will be here regularly and will report to WBAC what PRAC has been talking about and letting PRAC know what WBAC is talking about. At the last PRAC meeting they spoke of the SHOT Funds taking a hit from the losses on the Island. Paulette reported that occupancy is up because the visitors from Port A and Rockport are now staying here and out of town workers; Corpus only had 5 hotels damaged from Harvey. Jerry also reported that the Code Enforcement officers have been reduced to 2, from 5. • Carrie wanted it noted that according to Jay Ellington, Josh Wentworth was to be at these meeting and he has only attended a couple of them. VII. IDENTIFY ITEMS TO BE PLACED ON NEXT AGENDA 1. All the items on this (December) agenda: Fire regulations and BBQs; that will be covered under Staff Liaison Report 2. Update: PRAC 3. SHOT Fund update, including 2016 expenditure and including Bay Beaches C:\Users\Normad2Wppdata\Local\Temp\Minutes Watershore And Beach Advisory Committee-12_07_2017_3690900(6)\Minutes Watershore And Beach Advisory Committee- 12_07_2017.Doc 3 4. North Beach potentially being included in the TIRZ#3 VIII. ADJOURNMENT As there was no further business the meeting adjourned at 6:52 p.m. Martha Lawhon, Management Assistant C:\Users\Normad2Wppdata\Local\Temp\Minutes Watershore And Beach Advisory Committee-12_07_2017_3690900(6)\Minutes Watershore And Beach Advisory Committee- 12_07_2017.Doc