HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes City Council - 08/18/2022 - WorkshopI HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing is a true and correct copy of the minutes of the
Workshop Meeting of the Corpus Christi City Council of August 18, 2022, which were
approved by the City Council on August 30, 2022.
WITNESSETH MY HAND AND SEAL, on this the 30th day of August 2022.
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Rebecca Huerta
City Secretary
Corpus Christi, Texas
City of Corpus Christi
Rebecca Huerta, City Secretary
P.O. Box 9277
Corpus Christi, Texas 78469-9277
(361) 826-3105
rebeccah@cctexas.com
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Meeting Minutes
City Council
1201 Leopard Street
Corpus Christi, TX 78401
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Thursday, August 18, 2022
9:00 AM
Council Chambers
FY 2022-2023 BUDGET WORKSHOP - Streets, Stormwater, Water and Wastewater
Utilities, Gas, and Capital Improvement Program
A. Mayor Paulette Guajardo to call the meeting to order.
Mayor Guajardo called the meeting to order at 9:05 a.m.
B. Assistant City Secretary Ruth Bocchino to call the roll of the required Charter
Officers.
Assistant City Secretary Ruth Bocchino called the roll and verified that a quorum of the
City Council and the required Charter Officers were present to conduct the meeting.
Charter Officers: City Manager Peter Zanoni, City Attorney Miles K. Risley and Assistant
City Secretary Ruth Bocchino
Present: 9 - Mayor Paulette Guajardo,Council Member Roland Barrera,Council Member Gil
Hernandez,Council Member Michael Hunter,Council Member Billy A. Lerma,Council
Member John Martinez,Council Member Ben Molina,Council Member Mike Pusley, and
Council Member Greg Smith
C. BRIEFINGS:
1. 22-1372 FY 2022-2023 BUDGET WORKSHOP - Streets, Stormwater, Water and
Wastewater Utilities, Gas, and Capital Improvement Program
Mayor Guajardo referred to Item 1.
Interim Director of Public Works Gabriel Hinojosa presented information on the following
topics: streets mission statement; about public works -streets and traffic; organizational
chart; FY 2022 achievements; performance measures; 12% increase in streets for FY
2023; street maintenance and reconstruction; funding from 10 different sources; street
maintenance fund FY 2023 proposed budget: $46.4M; residential street reconstruction
fund FY 2023 proposed budget: $20.0M; high-level funding highlights; IMP residential
street projects; FY 2021-2022 IMPs snapshot; FY 2024-2027 infrastructure management
plan (IMP) planning; industrial roadways improvements; FY 2023 enhancement Ocean
Drive sustainability program 10 -year scheduled improvements program; FY 2023
enhancement Ocean Drive median improvements program; new right-of-way revenues;
right-of-way management team enhancement; FY 2023 enhancement citywide traffic
signal battery backup systems; FY 2023 enhancement Corpus Christi vision zero
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initiative; traffic infrastructure improvements; Leopard Street improvements; streets
personnel improvements; new traffic engineering revenues; public works -development
services partnership; staff and crew training initiative; and street maintenance fee
revisions.
Council Members, Interim Director Hinojosa, City Manager Peter Zanoni, and Assistant
Traffic Engineer Diego Leyva discussed the following topics: a Council Member's
concern about spending $1M on improvements at the intersection of Airline and Ocean
Dr.; a Council Member's concern about the timing of traffic lights; the City's goal is to
have all traffic lights hard wired; the City manages the school zones; TxDOT is
responsible for maintaining traffic lights on Saratoga Blvd.; a Council Member's request
to review the traffic lights at Yorktown and Lipes; the City needs to create a protocol with
regard to school districts; Council Members' request for staff to look into improving bike
lanes on Ocean Drive and throughout the City; Council Members' concerns that other
industrial roadways need to be considered through the Type B funding as well; a Council
Member's recommendation to build concrete streets as opposed to asphalt for industrial
roadways; the City is working on improving the right-of-way management team; and the
City is responsible for mowing the medians on Saratoga Blvd., but TxDOT maintains
them.
Interim Director of Public Works Gabriel Hinojosa presented information on the following
topics: storm water mission statement; about public works -storm water; organizational
chart; FY 2022 achievements; performance measures; storm water fund FY 2023
proposed budget: $23.3M; FY 2023-2027 five-year enhancement forecast fund
4300 -storm water fund; FY 2023-2027 service enhancements forecast; FY 2023-2027
five-year forecast; new floodplain management revenue; inlet cleaning and maintenance
crew; emergency storm water infrastructure improvements; and staff and crew training
initiative.
Council Members, Interim Director Hinojosa, City Manager Zanoni, and Finance
Manager for Public VVorks Nicole Zapata discussed the following topics: if flash rain
events will become an impediment to the drainage system; the City is looking into
installing debris traps along the channel ditches; in response to a Council Member's
concern that some ditches have standing water year-round, staff stated that if public
safety is affected, then emergency services will get involved; a Council Member's
concern about ire non-residential rate; a Council Member's request for storm water
revenue prior to the new storm water fees being implemented; and a Council Member's
request for Public Works to coordinate with Development Services about elevation
certificates.
Director of Gas Department Bill Mahaffey presented information on the following topics:
mission statement; about gas department; organization; FY 2022 achievements;
performance measures; FY 2023 gas department proposed budget: $52.7M; FY 2023
enhancement 1; and FY 2023 enhancement 2.
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Council Members, Director Mahaffey, and City Manager Zanoni discussed the following
topics: Council Members commended the gas department for their great work; a Council
Member's request for staff to find out how much the cost of natural gas will increase for
taxpayers; a large number of the vehicles are Compressed Natural Gas (CNG); and a
Council iviemoers request for the amount of incentive programs being utilized.
Director of Engineering Services Jeff Edmonds presented information on the following
topics: FY 2023 CIF: sources and uses; FY 2023 proposed capital budget: $617M; prior
G.O. bond sum-haiy; wader CiP; wastewater CIP; streets CIP; public health and safety
CIP; storm water CIF; parks and recreation CIP; marina CIP; public facilities CIP; gas
CIP; airport CIP; funding our future bond 2022; mission statement; about engineering
services; organization; FY 2022 achievements; performance measures; FY 2023
engineering services proposed budget: $13.0M; FY 2023 proposed budget engineering
services: $13.0M; engineering inspections for private development; public improvement
fee -engineering inspections; FY 2023 construction management enhancement and
:::.k'dition of four vehicles; FY 2023 project management enhancement; FY 2023 support
services enhanc;;mert; and FY 2023 utility project inspection services enhancement and
addition of twelve vehicies.
Council Members, Director Edmonds, City Manager Zanoni, and Assistant Director of
Construction fv1anagement Brett Van Hazel discussed the following topics: the taxpayer
has been subsidizing the developer on new construction because the City's engineering
team would go in arid inspect new construction, but not charge a fee; a directive to the
City Manager to determine whether the City needs to increase manpower for inspections
and oversight; a Council Member's request to include a construction audit process; and
the City does not have enough inspections on road construction projects.
D. ADJOURNMENT
There being no further business, Mayor Guajardo adjourned this meeting at 12:22 p.m.
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