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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes Coastal Bend Council Of Governments - 06/29/2018 MINUTES COASTAL BEND COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS • June 29, 2018—2:00 P.M. Corpus Christi, Texas MEMBERS PRESENT: Commissioner Nina Trevino, Second Vice Chairman Annette Mouttet Judge C. H. Mills, Chairman Maria Bedia Tom Tagliabue, Treasurer Chief Richie Quintero Councilman J. D. Villa Mayor Charles Bujan Michael Willow Commissioner Ann Lopez Rachel de los Santos Mayor Wanda Dukes _ Judge Pedro Trevino _ Judge Terry Simpson Commissioner Roy Cantu Commissioner Rick Ott City Commissioner Diane Leubert Commissioner Howard Gillespie Judge Jim Huff Mayor Celestino Zambrano M. Brent Ocker Councilman Pete Perkins Tyner Little Mayor JoAnn Ehmann Christopher Boyce Mayor Kathy Skurow Roxana Sandoval Rebecca Klaevemann Elsa Saenz John Herrera GUESTS PRESENT Warren Phipps, Executive Director, Coastal Bend Disaster Recovery Group John Shepherd, Collier,Johnson and Woods Gilbert Saenz, Duval County Randy Wright, City of Portland Brian Delatte, City of Portland Sylvia Carrillo, City of Corpus Christi Jesse Hernandez, City of Corpus Christi Daniel Deng, City of Corpus Christi Javier Salinas, U.S. Senator Ted Cruz' Office Dan McGinn, City of Corpus Christi Leticia Kanmore, City of Corpus Christi Billy Delgado, City of Corpus Christi Yvette Dodd, City of Corpus Christi STAFF PRESENT: John Buckner Richard Bullock R. J. Thomas SCANNED Veronica Toomey Frank Garcia CALL TO ORDER 1. Judge Burt Mills, CBCOG Chairman, called the meeting to order at 2:05 PM. John Buckner *v Minutes Page 2 June 29, 2018 called the roll and there were 9 out of 11 counties represented and 24 of 35 votes were present. A quorum was noted as being present. 2. APPROVAL OF MINUTES OF THE MARCH 23, 2018 MEETING A motion was made by Judge Simpson, seconded by Mayor Ehmann to approve the March 23, 2018 minutes. The minutes of the March 23., 2018 meeting were approved. . 3. TREASURER'S REPORT CBCOG Treasurer Tom Tagliabue presented the report for the months of March,April and May 2018. A motion was made by Judge Huff to approve the Treasurer's Report. Commissioner Cantu seconded this motion. The Treasurer's Reports for March, April and May 2018 were approved at the end of the meeting. 4. ITEMS REQUIRING ACTION BY THE COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS A. CHAIRMAN'S REPORT Confirmation of Committee Appointments The following persons were presented for confirmation: TO THE PUBLIC PROTECTION COMMITTEE: Ms. Ana Garcia, Freer, Texas A motion was made by Mr. Willow, seconded by Mr. Tagliabue to confirm the appointment of Ms. Garcia. The appointment was confirmed by unanimous vote. TO THE HOMELAND SECURITY ADVISORY COMMHTTEE: Police Chief Eugene Hernandez, City of Driscoll A motion was made by Michael Willow, seconded by Judge Simpson to confirm this appointment. The appointment was confirmed by unanimous vote. TO THE SOLID WASTE ADVISORY COMMITTEE Mr. Ryan Picarazzi, City of Rockport A motion was made by Mr. Willow, seconded by Councilman Perkins to confirm this appointment. The appointment was confirmed by unanimous vote. B. EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR'S REPORT John Buckner introduced Mr. John Shepherd with Collier,Johnson and Woods who presented the following item. Consideration of the Comprehensive Annual Financial Report for Fiscal Year Ending December 31, 2017 Minutes Page 3 June 29, 2018 Mr. Shepherd reviewed various components of the FY 2017 CAFR. He noted that there was nothing to report as to compliance issues. He also stated that everything was in order as to the Federal Single Audit regulations as these related to the Calendar Year 2017 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report. His firm did the 2017 audit and it has done so for many years. He gave much credit to the CBCOG Director of Finance,Ms. Veronica Toomey and the CBCOG financial department for compiling another great report. A motion was made by Judge Simpson to accept this report. His motion was seconded by Mr. Willow. The calendar year 2017 Comprehensive Financial Report was accepted by unanimous vote of the members present. 5. ANNOUNCEMENTS AND NON-ACTION ITEMS _ _ A. Mr. Warren Phipps, Executive Director of the Coastal Bend Disaster Recovery Group (CBDRG) gave a comprehensive review of their efforts in the 11 county Coastal Bend Region in response to Hurricane Harvey impacts. His group's goal is to assist survivors in the six designated counties in this region to achieve unmet needs where possible. They have completed 15 projects to date and intend to deliver 15 manufactured houses by October 2018. He currently has 20 case managers to work these needs and hopes to have the number to increase to 40 in the near future. He noted that a major problem is the lack of moderate to low income affordable housing. Many have been driven to homelessness due to this shortage. Mr. Phipps stressed the need to properly plan for future disasters. Damage estimates needs to be compiled and stored so that workers in the future do not need to start all over in compiling such data. Such an effort will aid in timely assistance to survivors in the future. He stressed that all of the projects they have completed so far and those that are currently underway have been funded by private donations. He mentioned some of the sources that have contributed. B. Richard Bullock discussed the CBCOG's role in the development of a Method of Distribution (MOD) that would be used in the allocation of disaster recovery funding provided by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). The funding would flow through the Texas General Land Office, the state agency in charge of overseeing MOD formula development and its application in the state of Texas. There were 2 categories of funding: 1. the mitigation or buyout of homes within designated flood areas and 2. the rebuilding of public infrastructure damaged by Hurricane Harvey. He reported that 2 public hearings were held on the MOD, one in Rockport and one in Port Aransas to receive public input regarding the development of the formula to distribute funds in the impacted counties. One more would be held in Corpus Christi to finalize public comment on the proposed MOD. R. J. Thomas explained the components that were considered in the MOD development. He noted that there were two categories associated with the areas impacted. Eighty percent of the funding was designated for areas impacted according to HUD damage criteria and twenty percent of the funding was to go to areas having damage determined by the state, Texas General Land Office. He explained that the percentages used were based on damage Minutes Page 4 June 29, 2018 estimates that were reported by local governments. One overriding factor in the distribution was the level of low and moderate income that existed within an impacted area. That has been a long standing requirement used by HUD in the distribution of Community Development Block Grants. Judge Mills reported there did not appear to be a need for a July 2018 CBCOG membership meeting so the next meeting would be at 2 PM on the fourth Friday in August. 6. ADJOURN There being no further business, the meeting adjourned at 3:15 PM. Duly adopted at a meeting of the Coastal Bend Council of Governments this 24th day of August 2018. Judge C. H. Mills, Chairman ATTEST: Commissioner Nina Trevino, 2nd Vice Chairman