HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes City Council - 05/08/2024 - 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 May 8, 2024, which were
approved by the City Council on May 21, 2024.
WITNESSETH MY HAND AND SEAL, on this the 21st day of May 2024.
(SEAL)
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
City of Corpus Christi
Meeting Minutes
City Council Workshop
1201 Leopard Street
Corpus Christi, TX 78401
cctexas.com
Wednesday, May 8, 2024
2:00 PM
Council Chambers
Sales Tax Venue Renewal Workshop
A. Mayor Paulette Guajardo to call the meeting to order.
Mayor Guajardo called the meeting to order at 2:09 p.m.
B. City Secretary Rebecca L. Huerta to call the roll of the required Charter Officers
City Secretary Rebecca Huerta 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 Risley and City
Secretary Rebecca Huerta
Present 8 - Paulette Guajardo, Roland Barrera, Gil Hernandez, Michael Hunter, Sylvia Campos,
Dan Suckley, Mike Pusley, and Jim Klein
Absent 1 - Everett Roy
C. Overview of Type A/B Sales Tax Venues, to Include Review of Enabling
Legislature, Guidelines, Uses, Requirements, and Governance Structure
City Manager Peter Zanoni stated that the purpose of this workshop is to include
review of enabling legislature, guidelines, uses, requirements and governance
structure, as well as the baseline proposals and feedback from City Council.
1. 24-0707 Overview of Type A/B Sales Tax Venues Presentation
Assistant City Manager Heather Hurlbert presented information on the following
topics: workshop agenda; local sales tax; 2 cents local sales tax distribution; Type
A/B sales tax authorization; Type A Corporation; Type B Corporation; Type A/B Board
of Directors; allowable uses of Type A/B sales tax; current Type A authorizations;
authorization options; term; city council proposed baseline uses for 1/8 cent (Arena);
feedback on baseline for 1/8 cent (Arena); Project Finance Zone (PFZ); city council
proposed baseline uses for 1/8 cent (Seawall); capital projects for consideration;
possible capital projects; possible capital projects: FM 624; feedback on baseline for
1/8 cent (Seawall); general feedback on baseline; and calendar and next steps.
Assistant Director of Public Works Gabriel Hinojosa presented information on the
following topics: possible capital projects: Turkey Creek; Clarkwood Ditch/Oso
Tributary; North Beach phase 2; Corpus Christi Bay; Williams Ditch; and Oso Creek.
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City Council Workshop
Meeting Minutes May 8, 2024
Council Members, City Manager Zanoni, Assistant City Manager Hurlbert, Assistant
City Manager Neiman Young, Bond Counsel with Norton, Rose, Fulbright, Stephanie
Liebe, and Assistant Director Hinojosa discussed the following topics: a concern
about the business model with the Type A/B Board of Directors and the Economic
Development Corporation; sports complexes are eligible under Type B funding; staff
is exploring additional options to fund affordable housing; Type B sales tax can be
used for arterial and collector streets in support of business development; the
importance of repairing pavement at industrial parks; a desire to include the Corpus
Christi Army Depot as an allowable use of this sales tax; different terms can be
considered to reauthorize both 1/8 cents, rather than another 25-year term; the flood
mitigation plan will focus on commercial corridors; Type A funds can be used for city
owned facilities within the Sports, Entertainment, and Arts (SEA) District; funding from
the PFZ is authorized only for a convention facility; a concern about not having a
proposed flood mitigation project in Flour Bluff or Padre Island; if all projects are
completed early, the sales tax can be terminated early and re -purposed for other
projects; and a desire to implement a marketing plan for the Type A sales tax.
D. Presentation of the Current City Council Baseline Proposal, Received
Feedback, and Calendar of Next steps
2. 24-0702 Type A Sales Tax Reauthorization City Council Workshop
This item was discussed during Item 1.
E. Adjournment
There being no further business, Mayor Guajardo adjourned this meeting at 4:30 p.m
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