HomeMy WebLinkAbout033475 RES - 09/17/2024 Resolution authorizing the submission of a grant application of up to $988,567.12
to the Office of the Governor for funding from the Texas Military Preparedness
Commission's Defense Economic Adjustment Assistance Grant Program to
remove and replace two aging and deteriorating pumps and motors at a wastewater
lift station within the NASCC and to install a new diesel-powered emergency
generator at the lift station; the grant will require a match contribution of up to
$269,609.22 from the City to fund project management and grant administration
services.
WHEREAS, with 15 major installations and the Army Futures Command, numerous
headquarters, open spaces for realistic training, low cost of living and outstanding support
to military and families, Texas has a long, significant, and proud history of partnership
with the defense of our nation; and
WHEREAS, active duty and reserve installations across the branches of service in Texas,
the Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts estimates these military installations
contributed at least$114.1 billion to the Texas economy in 2021 and supported more than
622,790 jobs in communities across the state; and
WHEREAS, these military installations are also part of the fabric of many communities
and are a source of great pride, provide skilled workforce, add to population growth, and
have significant economic impact; and
WHEREAS, Naval Air Station Corpus Christi (NASCC) and the Corpus Christi Army
Depot (CCAD) have an estimated employment of more than 9,400 full-time and contract
employees making CCAD the largest employer in the City and NASCC the sixth largest;
and
WHEREAS, the mission of NASCC is to provide the best possible service and facilities
to its customers with pride. Its primary function is to maintain and operate facilities, and
provide service and material, to support operations of aviation facilities and units of the
Naval Air Training Command and other tenant activities and units. NASCC consists of
more than 75 buildings spread out over more than 2,800 acres housing 29 tenant
commands, including the Corpus Christi Army Depot (CCAD), the Defense Logistics
Agency (DLA), Department of Homeland Security, Chief of Naval Air Training (CNATRA),
and Morale Welfare and Recreation (MWR); and
WHEREAS, CCAD is the premiere rotary wing aircraft and component repair facility in
the world which was established in 1961 to ensure aviation readiness through overhaul,
repair, modification, retrofit, testing, recapitalization, and modernization of helicopters,
engines and components using the expertise of civilian artisans who take aging aircraft
and transform them into practically new, fully-modernized helicopters packed with
additional capabilities and cutting-edge technologies to handle anything on the battlefield;
and
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WHEREAS, Phase 2 of the previously awarded Naval Air Station Corpus Christi (NASCC)
wastewater collection system project will remove and replace two submersible sewage
grinder pumps within an underground wastewater lift stations; replace the associated
control panels; install a diesel-powered emergency generator for the lift station; and route
new electrical power supply; and
WHEREAS, this lift station supports the primary distribution of domestic waste created by
the Corpus Christi Army Depot (CCAD) Industrial Complex to the NASCC Wastewater
Treatment Plant (WWTP) and is currently listed as a critical facility for the Continuity of
Operations; the modernized lift station will comply with federal and state environmental
standards and meet both Department of Defense (DoD) and Naval Facilities Engineering
Command (NAVFAC) criteria for functioning lift stations and the modernized lift stations
will meet the Department of Navy Installation Energy Resilience Goals for resiliency,
reliability, and efficiency of critical utility assets that support the mission; and
WHEREAS, the NASCC WWTP has a Texas Pollutant Discharge Elimination System
(TPDES) permit from the TCEQ to discharge wastewater into Corpus Christi Bay. The
environment, specifically Corpus Christi Bay, will benefit from reduced potential for
violations associated with the domestic wastewater collection and treatment system.
The Environmental Protection Agency designated the Corpus Christi Bay system as
an estuary of national significance. According to the Harte Research Institute at Texas
A&M University Corpus Christi, more than 234 species of fish are found in the bay; and
WHEREAS, NASCC has committed to match the City's DEAAG request with funding from
the Naval Facilities Command budget for the replacement of the lift station; and
WHEREAS, the Texas Legislature appropriated $30 million in the FY24-FY 25 biennial
to the Texas Military Preparedness Commission (TMPC) Defense Economic Adjustment
Assistance Grant (DEAAG) fund to assist defense communities that have been, or may
potentially be, impacted by a past or future BRAC action, to obtain economic assistance
to mitigate or prevent or otherwise positively affect their local economy through funded
projects. The DEAAG application period is now open and approximately $15 million is
available for this round. The TMPC deadline for submitting DEAAG applications is
October 11, 2024; and
WHERAS, this project will build on the strong partnership between Naval Air Station
Corpus Christi, the Corpus Christi Army Depot, the State of Texas, and the City of Corpus
Christi,
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS:
SECTION 1. The City Manager, or designee, is authorized to submit a grant application
of up to nine hundred and eighty-eight thousand five hundred sixty-seven dollars and
twelve cents ($988,567.12) to the Office of the Governor for funding from the Texas
Military Preparedness Commission's Defense Economic Adjustment Assistance Grant
Program to remove and replace two aging and deteriorating pumps and motors at a
wastewater lift stations within the NASCC and to install a new diesel-powered emergency
generator at the lift station with a match contribution of up to two hundred and sixty-nine
thousand six hundred nine dollars and twenty-two cents ($269,609.22) from the City to
fund project management and grant administration services.
SECTION 2. The City Manager or his designee is authorized to sign any and all contracts,
agreements or other documents to apply for the above-referenced grant and/or to spend
or appropriate any.of the funds referenced in this resolution and the grant documents.
PASSED AND APPROVED on the 1�day of nk�V(-- , 2024.
ATTEST:
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Paulette Guajardo, a)r Rebecca Huerta, City Secretary
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