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Home My WebLink AboutReference Agenda City Council - 09/03/2024 (2)Tuesday, September 3, 2024 City of Corpus Christi Meeting Agenda - Final -revised City Council 11:30 AM 1201 Leopard Street Corpus Christi, TX 78401 cctexas. com POSTED 8/30/2024 6:02:14 PM Rebecca Huerta City Secretary Council Chambers Addendums may be added on Friday. Public Notice: Persons with disabilities who plan to attend this meeting and who may need auxiliary aids or services are requested to contact the City Secretary's office (at 361-826-3105) at least 48 hours in advance so that appropriate arrangements can be made. Si Usted desea dirigirse al Concilio y cree que su ingles es limitado, habra un interprete ingles-espanol en todas las juntas del Concilio para ayudarle. This meeting may be held via videoconference call pursuant to Texas Government Code § 551.127. If this meeting is held via videoconference call or other remote method of meeting, then a member of this governmental body presiding over this meeting will be physically present at the location of this meeting unless this meeting is held pursuant to Texas Government Code § 551.125 due to an emergency or other public necessity pursuant to Texas Government Code § 551.045. A. Mayor Paulette Guajardo to call the meeting to order. B. Invocation to be given by Pastor Kevin Jennings with Mount Olive Lutheran Church. C. Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag of the United States and to the Texas Flag to be led by Illiana Jade Arias, 12th grader at Tuloso-Midway High School. D. City Secretary Rebecca L. Huerta to call the roll of the required Charter Officers. E. CITY MANAGER'S COMMENTS / UPDATE ON CITY OPERATIONS: (ITEMS 1 - 4) 1. 24-1511 Moment of Silence for fallen Dallas Police Officer, Darron Burks, and recognition of all first responders, led by Mayor Paulette Guajardo 2. 24-1506 FM 624 (Northwest Boulevard) from Wildcat Drive to CR 73 Project Overview 3. 24-1471 Bond 2024 and Sale Tax Reauthorization Informational Material 4. 24-1466 Pe "ood P- ry Prografns l>J tlki\N O,O City of Corpus Christi Page 1 Printed on 8/30/2024 SCANNED City Council Meeting Agenda - Final -revised September 3, 2024 F. PUBLIC COMMENT - APPROXIMATELY 12:00 P.M. To speak during this public comment period on a city -related matter or agenda item, you must sign up before the meeting begins. Each speaker is limited to a total of no more than 3 minutes per speaker. You will not be allowed to speak again on an item when the Council is considering the item. Time limits may be restricted further by the Mayor at any meeting. If you have a petition or other information pertaining to your subject, please present it to the City Secretary. Written comments may be submitted at cctexas.com/departments/city-secretary. Electronic media that you would like to use may only be introduced into the City system IF approved by the City's Communications Department at least 24 hours prior to the Meeting. Please contact Communications at 826-3211 to coordinate. This is a public hearing for all items on this agenda. G. BOARD & COMMITTEE APPOINTMENTS: (ITEM 5) 5. 24-1331 Corpus Christi B Corporation (Type B Board) - 5 vacancies Corpus Christi Business and Job Development Corporation (Type A Board) - 5 vacancies Corpus Christi Downtown Management District - 7 vacancies H. BUDGET RELATED ITEMS: (ITEMS 6 -17) 6. 24-1427 Public Hearing and First Reading Ordinance adopting the Corpus Christi Operating Budget for Fiscal Year 2024-2025, beginning October 1, 2024; authorizing personnel complements; providing for a copy to be filed with the County Clerk; and appropriating funds as provided in the budget. Sponsors: Office of Management and Budget 7. 24-1424 Public Hearing and First Reading Ordinance adopting the Corpus Christi Fiscal Year 2024 - 2025 Capital Budget, beginning October 1, 2024. Sponsors: Office of Management and Budget 8. 24-1433 Public Hearing and First Reading Ordinance setting a property tax rate of $0.599774 per $100 valuation which is effectively a 6.03% increase over the no -new -revenue tax rate and approving the tax roll as calculated. (60 percent favorable vote required) sponsors: Finance & Procurement 9. 24-1434 Public Hearing and First Reading Ordinance ratifying the property tax increase reflected in the FY 2024-2025 Operating Budget that will require raising more revenue from property taxes than in the FY 2023-2024 Operating Budget in amount of $531,037. sponsors: Office of Management and Budget 10. 24-1176 Ordinance amending the Code of Ordinances, Chapter 9, Aviation, Section 9-35 - Parking Rates, by revising the parking rates at the Corpus City of Corpus Christi Page 2 Printed on 8/30/2024 City Council Meeting Agenda - Final -revised September 3, 2024 11. 24-1458 Christi International Airport, effective October 1, 2024. sponsors: Aviation Department Ordinance amending Corpus Christi Code Section 55-50 regarding water rates and Section 55-100 regarding wastewater rates effective January 1, 2025. Sponsors: Corpus Christi Water 12. 24-1448 Ordinance amending Corpus Christi Code Section 55-159.1 to increase the Non -mandatory drought surcharge exemption fee effective January 1, 2025. Sponsors: Corpus Christi Water 13. 24-1443 Ordinance amending Section 14-1313 of the Corpus Christi Code to amend the roofing and siding building permit fees, certificate of occupancy fees, and oversized load permit fees; amending Sections 14-1313, 14-1321, 14-1341, 14-1351, 14-1361 10-30, and 10-38 of the Corpus Christi Code to clarify future indexing of the Development Services fees, including the fees for roofing and siding building permits, certificate of occupancy, Plan Review, Building Permits, Technical Construction Code Permits, Excavation and Fill Permits, Unified Development Code Fees, Public Improvement Fees, Zoning Fees, Beachfront Construction Fees, Dune Protection Fees, and Sign Permit Fee; reauthorizing increasing the Infrastructure Trust Fund lot and acreage fees by 10% for FY25; effective October 1, 2024. Sponsors: Development Services 14. 24-0424 Ordinance amending Corpus Christi Code Section 18-4 Fire Prevention permit fee schedule and Section 18-20 Ambulance rates to include a supplementary charge for non -emergency lift assist fee, effective October 1, 2024. Sponsors: Fire Department 15. 24-1449 Ordinance amending Sections 19-33, 19-44, 23-20, 23-22, 23-57, and 38-9 of the Corpus Christi Code to increase fees for food health permits, vendor permits, food handler certificates, on -site sewage facilities inspections, daycare and foster home inspections, and commercial swimming pool inspections; and providing for penalty, publication, and effective date of October 1, 2024. Sponsors: Health Department 16. 24-1444 Ordinance amending the City Code of Ordinances, Chapter 36 Parks, Recreation, Cultural and Leisure Time Activities, Section 36-7 Rental Rates and Recreation Fees and Charges, effective October 1, 2024. Sponsors: Parks and Recreation Department 17. 24-1446 Public Hearing and First Reading Ordinance amending Section 55-709, Drainage Utility Charge, of the Corpus Christi Code of Ordinances, to levy City of Corpus Christi Page 3 Printed on 8/30/2024 City Council Meeting Agenda - Final -revised September 3, 2024 an amended schedule of stormwater drainage charges, effective October 1, 2024. Sponsors: Public Works/Street Department I. EXPLANATION OF COUNCIL ACTION: For administrative convenience, certain of the agenda items are listed as motions, resolutions, or ordinances. If deemed appropriate, the City Council will use a different method of adoption from the one listed; may finally pass an ordinance by adopting it as an emergency measure rather than a two reading ordinance; or may modify the action specified. J. CONSENT AGENDA: (ITEMS 18 - 30) NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC: The following items are consent motions, resolutions, and ordinances of a routine or administrative nature. The Council has been furnished with background and support material on each item, and/or it has been discussed at a previous meeting. All items will be acted upon by one vote without being discussed separately unless requested by a Council Member or a citizen, in which event the item or items will immediately be withdrawn for individual consideration in its normal sequence after the items not requiring separate discussion have been acted upon. The remaining items will be adopted by one vote. 18. 24-1465 Approval of the August 8, 2024 and August 15, 2024 Budget Workshop Minutes, and August 27, 2024 Regular Meeting Minutes Sponsors: City Secretary's Office Consent - Second Reading Ordinances 19. 24-1408 Ordinance authorizing execution of new 15 year Industrial District Agreements (IDAs); and reestablishing the land areas located within the 0 3 3 4 extraterritorial jurisdiction of the City of Corpus Christi, Texas as Industrial Districts Nos. 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, and 11. Sponsors: City Manager's Office and Legal Department Consent - Contracts and Procurement 20. 24-1274 Resolution authorizing a total payment of $994,688 for the annual renewal of Excess Liability and Excess Workers' Compensation insurance ,.5) A� coverage through its' Broker of Record, Acrisure LLC, dba Carlisle Insurance, for upcoming policy year October 1, 2024 - September 30, 2025. sponsors: Legal Department 21. 24-1354 Motion authorizing a one-year service agreement with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas, of Richardson, Texas, for stop loss coverage for the City's 2 0 s F � Lf self -funded employee health benefit plans from October 1, 2024, through September 30, 2025, with funding from the proposed FY 2025 budget for an estimated amount of $2,436,190.00 payable from the Police, Fire, and Civilian health benefit funds. City of Corpus Christi Page 4 Printed on 8/30/2024 City Council Meeting Agenda - Final -revised September 3, 2024 22. 24-0533 9324 140 23. 24-0959 2024 1 4.` Sponsors: Human Resources and Finance & Procurement Motion authorizing execution of a two-year professional services agreement with Axim Geospatial, LLC, of Sun Prairie, Wisconsin, through the Texas Department of Information Resources, for $525,959.47 to replace the outdated 20-year-old version of the ESRI Utility Network for the City's Water and Wastewater Geographic Information System (GIS) database, which will no longer be supported in the fall of 2025 and to implement an upgrade to the utility network system to be managed by Corpus Christi Water, with FY 2024 funding of $315,000 from the Water Fund. sponsors: Information Technology Services, Corpus Christi Water and Finance & Procurement Motion authorizing the execution of a one-year supply agreement, with two one-year option periods, with Rush Truck Centers of Texas, dba Rush Truck Center, of Corpus Christi, Texas, through the BuyBoard Cooperative for heavy equipment automotive repair parts for the Asset Management Department in an amount up to $290,000.00, and a potential total amount up to $870,000.00 if both one-year option periods are exercised, with FY 2024 funding of $48,333.33 from the Fleet Maintenance Fund. sponsors: Asset Management Department and Finance & Procurement 24. 24-1289 Motion authorizing execution of a one-year cooperative purchase agreement with Rehrig Pacific Company, through the OMNIA Partners 2 n 2 4 1 , , 7 Cooperative, for $675,324.00, to purchase refuse and recycling carts for r t_, the City's Residential Curbside Collection by the Solid Waste Services Department, with FY 2025 funding from the General Fund, subject to budget approval. sponsors: Solid Waste Operations and Finance & Procurement 25. 24-1226 Motion authorizing execution of a three-month service agreement with Zeitenergy, LLC, of Irving, Texas, for the purchase, removal and installation 2 024 14.3 43 of two compressed natural gas dispensers to replace the existing dispensers located at the Ayers CNG Station, for $239,742.50, for Gas Operations, with FY 2024 funding from the Gas Operations Fund. Sponsors: Gas Department and Finance & Procurement Consent - Capital Projects 26. 24-1415 Motion awarding a professional services contract to Hazen and Sawyer, Corpus Christi, Texas, to provide design, bid, and construction phase 2 0 2 4 1 4- 4 services to fully upgrade the complete Fluoride system utilized at the O.N. Stevens Water Treatment Plant (ONSWTP) in an amount not to exceed $532,418 with FY 2024 funding available from the Water Capital Fund. Sponsors: Engineering Services, Water Utilities Department and Contracts and Procurement City of Corpus Christi Page 5 Printed on 8/30/2024 City Council Meeting Agenda - Final -revised September 3, 2024 27. 24-1335 Motion authorizing a professional services contract with Urban Engineering, LLC, Corpus Christi, Texas, to provide a Preliminary 2024 145 Engineering Report for the Northwest Blvd Wastewater Infrastructure Upgrade Project in an amount not to exceed $80,210.00, located in Council District 1, with FY 2024 funding available from Wastewater Capital Fund. Sponsors: Engineering Services, Water Utilities Department and Contracts and Procurement General Consent Items 28. 24-1349 033 450 Resolution Adopting the Nueces County Multi -Jurisdictional Hazard Mitigation Action Plan used to reduce vulnerability to future hazards, acquire disaster funding, and lower flood insurance costs. Sponsors: Public Works/Street Department Consent - First Reading Ordinances 29. 24-1381 Ordinance authorizing the acceptance of a grant from the Motor Vehicle Crime Prevention Authority in the amount of $864,514.00 with a City cash match of $184,005.00 and an in -kind match of $750,763.00, for a total project cost of $1,048,519.00 for salaries, overtime, and fringe benefits for four sworn officers and three civilians, and for operational needs for the Corpus Christi Police Department's Auto Theft Task Force; and designating several City staff members as designated officials for the grant; and authorizing four sworn and three civilian positions that currently exist; and appropriating $864,514.00 in the Police Grants Fund. sponsors: Police Department 30. 24-1383 Ordinance authorizing the acceptance of a grant from the Motor Vehicle Crime Prevention Authority for catalytic converter theft detection and prevention in the amount of $98,728.00 for overtime for four sworn officers and two civilians, and for equipment and supplies for the Corpus Christi Police Department's Auto Theft Task Force; and designating several City staff members as designated officials for the grant; and appropriating $98,728.00 in the Police Grants Fund. sponsors: Police Department K. RECESS FOR LUNCH The City Council will take a lunch break at approximately 1:30 p.m. L. PUBLIC HEARINGS: (NONE) The following items are public hearings and public hearings with first reading ordinances. Each item will be considered individually. M. INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION ITEMS: (ITEM 31) City of Corpus Christi Page 6 Printed on 8/30/2024 City Council Meeting Agenda - Final -revised September 3, 2024 The following items are motions, resolutions or ordinances that may be considered and voted on individually. 31. 24-1513 Citizen Refe d'm - Request rCouncil Repnsideration of Ordinance 033436 ending Sectio -330 of the Co of Ordinances to provide for outsi representatio of City Officials alleged viola9 rt s before the Et ics Commissign. Sponsors: City Secretary's Office N. BRIEFINGS: (ITEM 32) Briefing information will be provided to the City Council during the Council meeting. Briefings are for Council information only. No action will be taken and no public comment will be solicited. The City Manager or City Council Liaison for any city board, commission, committee or corporation (including Type A or B Corporation) may report on the action(s) or discussion(s) of any such body's public meeting that occurred within one month prior to this City Council meeting. 32. 24-1512 City of Corpus Christi's American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) Funding Update Sponsors: Finance & Procurement O. EXECUTIVE SESSION: (NONE) PUBLIC NOTICE is given that the City Council may elect to go into executive session at any time during the meeting in order to discuss any matters listed on the agenda, when authorized by the provisions of the Open Meeting Act, Chapter 551 of the Texas Government Code, and that the City Council specifically expects to go into executive session on the following matters. If the Council elects to go into executive session regarding an agenda item, the section or sections of the Open Meetings Act authorizing the executive session will be publicly announced by the presiding officer. The City Council may deliberate and take action in open session on any issue that may be discussed in executive session. The description of an item in "Executive Sessions" constitutes the written interpretation by the City Attorney of Chapter 551 of the Texas Government Code and his determination that said item may be legally discussed in Closed Meeting in compliance with Chapter 551 the Texas Government Code. P. ADJOURNMENT City of Corpus Christi Page 7 Printed on 8/30/2024 9 2\\\ 2\ \\\ y � 2\\ 2.z� � :�\ d \ \ \ /3.\ \ \ \ Q- 4 \\\ \\\\\ .g- -r-6 \\ c-- 2'\ ,,2\'\ c,_ 1\ 434 a\Q_ 1\\\\ Z z \ \ 1 \it:), i \ '0 \\\\'',- 22\ >' A aoc \\\(:)., la 1 OP. Guajardo IR. Barrera IS. Campos G. Hernandez M. Hunter J. Klein 1M. Pusley D. 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