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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes Watershore And Beach Advisory Committee - 05/04/2000 • 2.9303i. ti N4, ST `� cr WATER/SHORE ADVISORY COMMITTEE c. NAY 2000 Regular Meeting 2 RECEIVED Co Thursday, May 4, 2000, 5:30 p.m. Na CITY SECRETARY'S City Hall Basement Training Room tis® OFFICE �® 1201 Leopard Street, Corpus Christi, TX • ' t 9t5L'���'��w Members Absent Staff Frank Beck Dr.JoAnna Mott Dr.Joseph Horvat Marco A.Cisneros Alan Dinn Roy Pell Steven Moody Peter M.Davidson Dr.Oscar Garcia Richard Poremba Anne Seddelmeyer Steve Zastrow • CALL TO ORDER: The regular meeting of the Water/Shore Advisory Committee was called to order by Chair Dinn at 5:32 p.m. II. ROLL CALL: The recording secretary called roll and announced a quorum was present. III. ACTION ON MINUTES OF THE APRIL 6, 2000 MEETING: Mr. Beck moved to accept the minutes of the April 6, 2000 meeting as presented. Dr. Garcia seconded the motion. The"motion passed. The Committee requested the same format in future minutes. IV. PRESENTATION AND/OR PUBLIC COMMENT: Chair Dinn called for Public Comment. There was none. V. DISCUSSION ITEMS A. WATER/SHORE OR MARINA ADVISORY COMMITTEE Chair Dinn led a discussion of the job of the Committee. Members were in agreement that if they were the Water/Shore Advisory Committee, they needed to be part of the process, exercising their jurisdiction. They cited the recent items concerning Packery Channel and Waterfront Development that went directly to City Council without being presented to the Committee. Mr. Cisneros asked the Committee if they wanted to stay as the Water/Shore Advisory Committee or revert back to the Marina Advisory Committee. Dr. Mott asked who would take over if the Commission reverted strictly to the Marina. Mr. Cisneros stated that the Planning Department and Tom Utter(development areas under his function as Assistant City Manager) would govern those areas vacated by the Committee. Mr. Beck stated that he would like to strive to leave it as the Water/Shore Advisory Committee. Dr. Mott agreed. SCANNED H:\pr-dir\anne\word\ws050500 Page of 5 Mr. Beck added that he would also like to see joint jurisdiction with the Park and Recreation Advisory Committee for all parks that abut water. Chair Dinn and Mr. Beck stated that they would like to see a staff member from Stormwater on a permanent basis at the Committee meetings. Chair Dinn also stated that he would like to see presentations to the Committee before they go to the Park and Recreation Special Events Supervisor. Chair Dinn and Dr. Mott agreed. B. ADVERTISING PLAN FOR MARINA Chair Dinn discussed strategies to fill perennially empty boat slips, especially those in the R-pier. Chair Dinn's strategies included advertising, rent reduction, and price breaks for prepaid haulouts. Chair Dinn stated that he wanted the Marina to be advertised in San Antonio, Houston and the Dallas corridor, adding that he would be willing to travel to events in those cities to promote the Marina. Chair Dinn suggested reduced or short term rental terms for R-pier slips, for new tenants only. Mr. Beck suggested that Staff meet with Char Beltran of the Convention and Visitors Bureau and see if the Marina could use some of their advertising, adding that every spread includes shots of the Marina. Chair Dinn suggested prepaid haulouts as a draw, possibly paying for 4 and getting the 5th one free. Audience member Mike Evans interjected that Marina staff said that haulouts were limited to tenants only. Audience member Jane Stubbs interjected that Marina staff said that there would be no more multiboat discounts. Mr. Cisneros stated that there was no published discount currently in existence within the fee schedule. Mr. Davidson suggested consideration of a 10% discount for lease prepayment on a credit card. Chair Dinn asked for samples of current advertising. Mr. Pell said that "Boat U.S." only lists Island Moorings. He suggested advertising in "Boat U.S."to attract transient boaters. C. SEAFOOD SALES ORDINANCE—Steve Zastrow Mr. Zastrow discussed the high points of Draft 10: H:\Pr-dir\anne\word\vvs040600 Page 2of5 } 1. Bars the sale of frozen seafood 2. Allows for sales directly from boat 3. Must sell catch within 48 hours 4. May rent booth, but not required 5. May set up seafood market 6. Includes enforcement policies Mr. Davidson stated that the main difference between Draft 10 and previous drafts is the statement that only fresh seafood may be sold. No frozen seafood may be brought for sale. Mr. Davidson stated that City Council directed that the City would build the booths. Chair Dinn asked what, if any, was the incentive to operate a booth. Mr. Davidson responded that by using a booth for sale of caught shrimp, the boat may go back out and continue to shrimp. Mr. Beck asked where the language for ejecting tenants was located. Mr. Davidson answered that it was located in the Lease Agreement, not in the Ordinance. Mr. Davidson added that an additional incentive for booth operation is that under current state law, only the boat owner or captain could sell the catch. Under the booth proposal, once the catch was removed from the boat, employees would be allowed to handle the catch in the booth. He added that once the catch was off the boat, it fell under the City Ordinance jurisdiction if the booth owner had the correct permits from the state. Mr. Beck asked what was going to be charged for booth rental. Mr. Davidson answered that staff was considering $300 per year, and raising the seafood sale permit from $200 to $250 per year. Chair Dinn asked who would enforce the ordinance. Mr. Zastrow stated that the Marina staff had the legal authority to enforce the ordinance, but that currently it was a complaint referral process. Mr. Dinn said that he would speak with Mr. Daniels (Municipal Court Prosecutor) and Judge Tamez (Municipal Court Judge) about enforcement. Chair Dinn called a special meeting to discuss the new draft of the ordinance for Thursday May 11th at 5:30 p.m., allowing time for all interest parties to study the proposed changes. D. BUDGET FY2000/O1 Mr. Cisneros stated that the differences between the FY1999-2000 and FY2000- 2001 proposed budget occurred in the area of salaries, group insurance benefits, H:\pr-dir\anne\word\ws040600 Pan 3of5 minor tools and equipment, computer equipment, vehicle maintenance, maintenance material and MIS. Chair Dinn asked Mr. Cisneros what services MIS performs. Mr. Cisneros responded that MIS supports linkages between City Hall and the Marina, hardware and software. Mr. Beck questioned the deficit budget in general, citing an increase of$100,000 in expenditures and a decrease of$250,000 in revenues. Mr. Davidson said that this proposed budget was more realistic and conservative than previous budgets. The Committee questioned the increase in Group Insurance, while the payroll remained constant. Mr. Cisneros stated that there was a City-wide increase in the portion the City paid. The Committee asked for examples "Professional Services," and why were they increased. Mr. Davidson listed auditors fees for auditing accounts, professional marina consultant fees for'future planning, and Jimmy Sanchez fees for teaching "haul out"procedures to Marina Staff. He added that whereas Mr. Sanchez' services would no longer be needed, monies needed to be budgeted for the possibility of a compliance audit. Mr. Beck questioned that there was no reduction in Water and Wastewater line items, despite work done to achieve same. Mr. Pell asked for examples of"Interdepartmental Costs." Mr. Cisneros listed departmental and administrative costs. Mr. Beck questioned"Veh/Equip Pool Allocation." Mr. Cisneros stated that the allocation was determined by the City. Mr. Dinn asked Mr. Davidson the number of vehicles in the Marina. Mr. Davidson included 16 trailers in the list. Mr. Dinn referred to a conversation held in 1999 about trailers. Mr. Davidson stated that he had written Jim Davis, Fleet Management Superintendent, about the trailers, and is waiting for a response. Mr. Pell asked if it was possible to resign from the (fleet maintenance). Mr. Cisneros said that a request would have to be submitted to the City Manager. Mr. Beck asked if the Water/Shore Advisory Committee was the only Enterprise Fund included in the Fleet Maintenance Program. Mr. Cisneros responded that the Airport and Golf were also included. He added that City Council had the bottom line authority to change the policy, and that Council saw one department's expenses as general operations income to cover another department's expenses. H:\pr-dir\anne\word\ws040600 Page 4 of 5 Mr. Beck asked when the Budget was due. Mr. Cisneros responded that it has already been submitted. Mr. Beck asked why it wasn't presented to the Committee prior to submission. Mr. Cisneros responded that the Budget process did not allow time for submission to the Committee. Mr. Beck left at 6:42 p.m. V. ADJOURNMENT—Mr. Dinn asked if there was a quorum present. The Recording Secretary responded that there was not. Mr. Dinn adjourned the May 4, 2000 Regular Meeting of the Water/Shore Advisory Committee at 6:43 p.m. Marco A. Cisneros, Director Park and Recreation Depai Intent H:\pr-dir\anne\word\ws040600 Page 5 of 5