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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes Island Strategic Action Committee - 07/13/2021Webex Meeting Number: 1461 28 9811 Password: DqX8KTHxd25 Island Strategic Action Committee Regular Meeting Agenda Meeting Minutes Tuesday, July 13, 2021 5:30 PM ISAC Agenda I. CALL TO ORDER, ROLL CALL Chair Jay Gardner called the meeting to order at 5:3 1 pm and called roll . Present Members (11) Jay Gardner, Cheri Sperling, Daniel Brown, Melanie Salinas, Roy Coons, Dotson Lewis, William Uhlarik, Charles Duffley, Polly Balzer, Tommy Kurtz, Robert Pruski Absent Members (0) Present Ex-Officios (2) Twila Stevens, Terry Palmer Absent Ex-Officios (4) Brett Oetting, Keith McMullin, Bryan Gulley Present City Staff (4) Daniel McGinn, Bonnie McLaughlin, Neiman Young, Leane Heldenfels II. Approval of Minutes from June 8, 2021 Motion by Committee Member Cheri Sperling to approve. Second by Committee Member Dotson Lewis. Motion carried by unanimous vote. III. CONSIDERATION OF REQUEST FOR EXCUSED ABSENCES Motion by Committee Member Cheri Sperling to approve. Second by Committee Member Melanie Salinas. Motion carried by unanimous vote. IV. PUBLIC COMMENTS None VI. ONGOING BUSINESS for Discussion/Possible Action 1. Watershore & Beach Advisory Committee-Terry Palmer a. Terry Palmer: Didn’t have quorum last meeting so no official minutes or actions. b. Updates from Darren Gurley: wages for lifeguards have been increased to $13.41/hr. base, gate on jetty is closed based on waves breaking over jetty, CM presides over the closed jetty gate, good Independence Day. 2. Parks & Recreation-Twila Stevens a. Twila Stevens: PRAC discussed beach storage facility, saw rendering of beach facility at last meeting, land elevation was strongly considered in the site selection, and site will include landscaping that should shield the facility. Discussed ISAC opposition to the facility at PRAC. 3. Nueces County-Bryan Gulley a. Not in attendance 4. Nueces County Water Control & Improvement District #4-Keith McMullin a. Not in attendance 5. Convention & Visitors Bureau-Brett Oetting a. Not in attendance 6. Island Engineering Updates a. Beach Maintenance Facility-Neiman Young a. Neiman Young: Following previous discussion, ISAC requested explanation as to the choice of location so city staff did some research and dug through previous correspondence to determine how the current location was chosen. PIBOA letter of opposition was received by the city and a response was crafted and sent to the PIBOA. (Attached at end of minutes) b. More requests from ISAC for proof of research by the city, mileage, and specs of facility. Questions about it becoming a maintenance facility and outsourcing the maintenance like Nueces County and Port Aransas. Inquiries into the height of the screening/landscaping. c. Chair Jay Gardner: What amount is coming out of TIRZ #2? d. NY: None, paid out of GO Bonds 2014 & 2018, approximately $2m total, increase in price due to facade improvements and landscaping per ISAC and PIBOA’s request. e. ISAC Member Roy Coons: Asked about utility lines and location near Wastewater Treatment Facility, concern that the storage facility will “morph” into a maintenance facility. f. NY: Facility will not be built with the capabilities to perform maintenance, small facility, large equipment will be stored there so the space isn’t there. 4900 sq. ft. building. g. Member Dan Brown: Asked if this would have to go before City Council. h. NY: Will have to go before council, Department of Engineering to decide timeline. Current architectural plans are at 90%. i. Member Charles Duffley: why not build a longer -term facility with maintenance capabilities? j. NY: Maintenance would include resources such as staffing and equipment that would drive the cost up. Would need larger, more robust project to accommodate this sort of a facility. k. Rendering of facility shown again (previously shown on 5/4/21, see presentation) to ISAC with updated brick façade and landscaping. l. ISAC expresses concerns about the landscaping/screening height. m. NY: Landscaping will serve as screen, a contracted landscape architect will help to determine appropriate height, will forward ISAC concerns expressed about the height. n. Member Cheri Sperling: requests specs of building, denial letter from the GLO about previous location, and city response to PIBOA letter. b. Engineering Updates a. Packery Channel Update-Neiman Young 1. Design engineer is updating the bid, project will be advertised early August, city utilizing same bidding documents as were used a few years back, but the deterioration to the channel is being analyzed by the engineering dept to update bid documents. 2. FEMA development: funding awarded to the city in the amount of $4.3 million to repair sidewalks and railings along the Packery Channel. Local cost share of 10%. Packery Channel must be restored first before these repairs can be made. Will apply for FEMA funds or perhaps utilize a bond to repair the Packery Channel. b. Packery Channel Dredging-Deidre Williams 1. Dredging needs to happen in advance of the Packery Channel repairs. Deficit just keeps increasing due to erosion. 2. 70% of the beach is under 200 ft. 3. Recommendation is to move forward with dredging, or the deficit will just grow. Need to continue looking for outside sources of sand, in dialogue with Army Corps of Engineers for long-term options. 4. Haven’t dredged the channel in 8 years, if we had been consistently dredging the channel, we could wait but we can’t now. The channel is not functioning as a repository as previously assumed it would. Need additional supplemental sources that are nearby and economical. c. Remaining updates can be found in the presentation. 7. TIRZ #2 & Subcommittee Update-Chair Jay Gardner a. Met July 13, 2021, before ISAC meeting. b. Chair Jay Gardner asked why $16 million moved from interest-bearing account to CIP for projects not currently underway. c. City Staff present not on TIRZ Board, proposes inviting Finance staff to the next ISAC meeting to answer questions about the TIRZ #2 budget/funding. d. Subcommittee Summary: Packery Repairs, extend TIRZ, other assorted “six-pack” projects required by GLO lease. VII. NEW BUSINESS for Discussion/Possible Action. 1. Island Overlay Subcommittee 1. No updates. 2. Chair Jay Gardner would like to start a subcommittee for the ADP implementation. 2. Island Rentals (Razors/UTVs) 1. Chair Jay Gardner reached out to legal, they are looking into it, not sure if they can do anything legally. City legal proposed that ISAC drafts their recommendations to present to the city/council. VIII. IDENTIFY ISAC FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS 1. Short-term rentals (New Business) 2. TIRZ #2 Budget/Funding 3. Island ADP: 6–10-year projects, “Investigate the Kennedy Causeway” added to Island Engineering Updates, interested in a study for the bridge 4. Engineering Update: New beach access road on Mustang Island (Bond 2020) IX. SCHEDULE NEXT MEETING Date: August 3, 2021 @ 5:30 p.m. Location: TBD X. ADJOURNMENT - Meeting Adjourned at 7:20 p.m. Motion made by Committee Member William Uhlarik to adjourn. Second by Committee Member Melanie Salinas. Motion carried by unanimous vote. City Response to PIBOA below with updated rendering and images of degraded city equipment. Note: Current ISAC Members and ex-officios were emailed the letter, the specs of the facility, as well as an updated rendering on Thursday, July 15, 2021.