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Meeting Minutes
Reinvestment Zone No. 3 - Downtown
1201 Leopard Street
Corpus Christi, TX 78401
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Tuesday, June 22, 2021
9:30 AM Council Chambers
A. Chair Billy Lerma to call the meeting to order.
Chairman Lerma called the meeting to order at 9:47 a.m.
B. City Secretary Rebecca Huerta to call roll of the Corporation Directors.
City Secretary Rebecca L. Huerta called the roll and verified that a quorum of the Board
was present to conduct the meeting.
Note: Board Member Barbara Canales participated by video conference.
Present 11 - Board Member Billy A. Lerma, Board Member Roland Barrera, Board Member Barbara
Canales, Board Member Paulette M. Guajardo, Board Member Gil Hernandez, Board
Member Michael Hunter, Board Member Susan Hutchinson, Board Member John
Martinez, Board Member Ben Molina, Board Member Mike Pusley, and Board Member
James Sedwick
Absent 1 - Board Member Greg Smith
C. PUBLIC COMMENT:
Chairman Lerma referred to Public Comment. There were no public comments.
D. MINUTES:
1. 21-0713 Approval of the Minutes of the April 27, 2021 Regular Meeting and May 25, 2021
Special Meeting.
Chairman Lerma referred to Item 1.
Board Member Molina made a motion to approve the minutes, seconded by Board
Member Hernandez and passed unanimously.
E. FINANCIAL REPORT:
2. 21-0663 TIRZ #3 Financial Reports as of April 30, 2021
Chairman Lerma referred to Item 2.
Director of Finance Heather Hurlbert presented the financial report for Tax Reinvestment
Zone No. 3 for the seven months ending April 30, 2021, including: commitments; project
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specific; Chaparral Street Grant Program; Downtown Living Initiative; new tenant finish
out; and streetscape and safety improvement program.
There were no questions from the Board.
F. EXECUTIVE SESSION ITEMS:None
G. AGENDA ITEMS:
3. 21-0727 Motion to approve Rules of Procedure for the Tax Increment Reinvestment Zone
No. 3 and provide an alternative method in which items are placed on a meeting
agenda.
Chairman Lerma referred to Item 3.
Senior Management Analyst Randy Almaguer stated that the purpose of this item is to
modify how items are placed on the agenda.
There were no questions from the Board.
Board Member Guajardo made a motion to approve the motion, seconded by Board
Member Molina. This Motion was passed and approved with the following vote:
Aye:
11 - Board Member Lerma, Board Member Barrera, Board Member Canales, Board Member
Guajardo, Board Member Hernandez, Board Member Hunter, Board Member Hutchinson,
Board Member Martinez, Board Member Molina, Board Member Pusley, and Board
Member Sedwick
Absent: 1 - Board Member Smith
Abstained: 0
H. PRESENTATION ITEMS:
4. 21-0730 Presentation of the Proposed FY 21-22 Reinvestment Zone #3 Budget
Chairman Lerma referred to Item 4.
Director of Management and Budget Eddie Houlihan presented information on the
following topics: budgeted revenues; program budget; proposed expenses; and budget
overview.
Board Members, City Manager Peter Zanoni, Executive Director of the Downtown
Management District (DMD) Alyssa Barrera Mason and Assistant City Attorney Aimee
Alcorn -Reed discussed the following topics: parking improvements are a priority to the
downtown development, so parking will continue to be discussed at the TIRZ #3
meetings; in response to a Board Member's concern regarding the downtown vacant
building policy, the DMD is working on a proactive model, and the rehabilitation part was
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put on hold in order to move forward with the code enforcement component; the Nueces
County Hospital District is no longer authorized to participate in the Tax Increment
Reinvestment Zones; and TIRZ #3 expires on December 31, 2028.
1. ADJOURNMENT
The meeting was adjourned at 10:01 a.m.
* Regardless of the agenda heading under which any item is listed, any word or phrase of any item listed on this agenda shall
be considered a subject for consideration for purposes of the Texas Open Meetings Act and other relevant laws, and the
Board of Directors may deliberate and vote upon any such subject and resolutions related thereto. Any descriptions of
property or amounts stated in this agenda are descriptive and not restrictive, and property and amounts may be changed in
the motions, actions or documents. In addition to other items listed in this agenda, policies and procedures of this
corporation, legal analysis of any items, policies or procedures, and any items that are currently receiving funding from this
corporation may be discussed and deliberated and these matters are added as subjects of discussion to this meeting. This
agenda has been reviewed and approved by the attorney for the governing body, and the presence of any subject or
description in the Executive Session portion of this agenda constitutes a written interpretation of Chapter 551 of the Texas
Local Government Code by the attorney for this corporation indicating that said subject or description thereof may be legally
discussed in a closed meeting.
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