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City Council
Tuesday, July 15, 2025
11:30 AM
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Corpus Christi, TX 78401
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A. Mayor Paulette Guajardo to call the meeting to order.
B. Invocation to be given by Rajan ed, President -of Universat-Sociey of
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C. Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag of the United States and to the Texas Flag to be
led by Hewett Williams, 2nd grader at Annapolis Christian Academy.
D. City Secretary Rebecca L. Huerta to call the roll of the required Charter Officers.
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E. PUBLIC COMMENT - Public comment prior to the General Public Comment
period, scheduled at approximately 5:30 p.m., will only be on action items on this
City Council agenda unless otherwise specified. To speak during any public
comment period (including a public hearing) on a city -related matter or agenda
item, you must sign up at least one hour before the meeting begins. Sign-up is at
www.corpuschristitx.gov/signin or at the City Council kiosk. Each speaker is
limited to a total of no more than 3 minutes per speaker. 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
https://corpuschristitx.gov/department-directory/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. The
right to publicly comment prior to any item being considered constitutes a public
hearing for all items on this agenda.
F. BOARD & COMMITTEE APPOINTMENTS: (ITEM 1)
1. 25-1033 Airport Board
Planning Commission
Airport Zoning Commission
G. EXPLANATION OF COUNCIL ACTION:
Certain 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.
H. CONSENT AGENDA: (ITEMS 2 - 15)
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.
2. 25-1017 Approval of the May 8, 2025 Workshop Meeting Minutes, June 17, 2025
and June 24, 2025 Regular Meeting Minutes.
Sponsors: City Secretary's Office
Consent - Second Reading Ordinances
3. 25-0822 Ordinance authorizing acceptance of a grant from the Executive Office of
6 the President, Office of National Drug Control Policy, for overtime for two
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sworn officers and lease payments on two vehicles for identification and
disruption of narcotics trafficking as part of the FY 2025 Texas Coastal
Corridor High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area Initiative in an amount of
$41,800.00; and appropriating $41,800.00 in the Police Grants Fund.
sponsors: Police Department
4. 25-0923 Ordinance ratifying the acceptance of an amendment in the amount of
$6,329 increasing the HOME Investment Partnerships Program - American
Rescue Plan (HOME -ARP) grant M-21-MP-48-0502 from the U.S.
033682 Department of Housing and Urban Development; and amending the Fiscal
Year 2025 budget by appropriating $6,329 into Grant Fund 9045.
Sponsors: Planning and Community Development Department
Consent - Contracts and Procurement
5. 25-0426 Motion authorizing execution of a one-year cooperative purchase
agreement, with two one-year options, with Fastenal Company, of Winona,
2 o 2 ,� .� 8 2 Minnesota, with an office in Corpus Christi, through the Sourcewell
L 1 Cooperative, in an amount up to $600,000.00, with a potential up to
$1,800,000.00, for the purchase of operational supplies and personal
protective equipment through a managed inventory program for Corpus
Christi Water, with FY 2025 funding of $600,000.00 from the Water Fund.
sponsors: Corpus Christi Water and Finance & Procurement
6. 25-0766 Motion authorizing execution of a one-year supply agreement, with two
one-year options, with Ferguson Enterprises, LLC, in an amount up to
2025
025 08 $280,745.42, with a potential up to $842,236.26 if options are exercised,
for the purchase of meter boxes and lids for Corpus Christi Water, with FY
2025 funding of $280,745.42 from the Water Fund.
Sponsors: Corpus Christi Water and Finance & Procurement
7. 25-1022 Motion authorizing a three-month service agreement with April L. Trejo,
dba Alice Lawn Care, of Orange Grove in the amount of $129,474.50 for
2 0 2 5 084 replacement of fencing at the Garcia Softball Complex, adjacent to Salinas
Park located in City Council District 3, for the Parks & Recreation
Department, with FY 2025 funding from CDBG Funds.
Sponsors: Parks and Recreation Department and Finance & Procurement
25-1023
033685
Resolution authorizing a six-month service agreement with Progressive
Commercial Aquatics, LLC, dba Landmark Aquatic, of Austin, through the
BuyBoard Cooperative, in an amount not to exceed $239,875.00 for
completion of the Greenwood Pool Filter Renovation project for the Parks
& Recreation Department, with FY 2025 funding from CDBG Funds.
Sponsors: Parks and Recreation Department and Finance & Procurement
9. 25-1052 Motion authorizing execution of a three-month service agreement with
2025 Clearfield Construction, LLC, dba Alamo Decks and Fence, of San
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Antonio, in the amount of $208,845.00 for the New Bayview Cemetery
Fence for the Parks & Recreation Department, with FY 2025 funding from
CDBG Funds.
Sponsors: Parks and Recreation Department and Finance & Procurement
Consent - Capital Projects
10. 25-0862 Motion authorizing a professional services contract with HDR, Inc. of
Corpus Christi to provide preliminary design services (Phase 1) for the
South Side Water Transmission Grid Completion project to plan and
2025 086 prioritize interconnections between multiple water transmission mains to
enhance the system's redundancy, improve chlorine residuals, and more
effectively transport potable water around the City in an amount up to
$285,716.00, located Citywide, with FY 2025 funding available from the
Water Capital Fund.
sponsors: Corpus Christi Water, Engineering Services and Finance & Procurement
Consent - First Reading Ordinances
11. 25-0646 Ordinance authorizing the appropriation of $40,000.00 in grant program
income under the Motor Vehicle Crime and Prevention Authority grant in
the Police Grants Fund; and authorizing the appropriation of $11,863.63 in
insurance claim proceeds into the Police Grants Fund; and amending the
FY 2025 Police Grants Fund Budget by a total amount of $51,863.63.
sponsors: Police Department and Finance & Procurement
12. 25-0737
Ordinance authorizing submission of reimbursement requests to the Texas
Department of Emergency Management, Coastal Bend Regional Advisory
Council, Texas A&M University -Extension Service, and the Texas
Emergency Medical Task Force; and, upon receipt of funds, accepting and
appropriating in the Emergency Management Grants Fund for budgeting
and accounting purposes; and execution of all necessary documents.
sponsors: Finance & Procurement and Fire Department
13. 25-0981 Ordinance authorizing the acceptance of $30,000.00 from the American
Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, under the FY 2025
National Shelter Initiative Grant - Rescue Effect Campaign, for use by the
Animal Care Services Department for make-ready costs including
adoption fees, microchips, vaccinations, testing, and spay/neuter surgery;
and appropriating in the Animal Care Services Grant Fund.
Sponsors: Animal Care Services
14. 25-0990 One -Reading ordinance authorizing execution of a construction contract
Ci with Southern Trenchless Solutions, LLC of La Feria, Texas, for the
033684 Defense Economic Adjustment Assistance Grant -Naval Air Station Corpus
Christi Wastewater collection lines and Manholes Replacement Project in
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an amount up to $4,562,499.62 for the Total Base Bid Plus Additive
Alternate No. 1; appropriating $2,951,340.62 from the U.S Department of
the Navy; and amending the FY 2025 Operating and Capital Budgets,
located in Council District 4, by $1,611,159.00 with FY 2025 funding
available from the Community Development Grant Fund.
Sponsors: Intergovernmental Relations, Engineering Services and Finance &
Procurement
15. 25-0572 Ordinance authorizing the acceptance of $15,000.00 from the National
Recreation & Park Association for use by the Parks & Recreation
Department for the Heart Your Park Volunteer Days and appropriating
$15,000.00 in the Parks & Recreation Grants Fund.
Sponsors: Parks and Recreation Department
I. RECESS FOR LUNCH
The City Council will take a lunch break at approximately 1:30 p.m.
J. PUBLIC HEARINGS: (ITEMS 16 - 18)
The following items are public hearings and public hearings with first reading ordinances.
Each item will be considered individually.
16. 25-0564 Ordinance abandoning, vacating, and closing 2.5193 acres of improved
and unimproved public right-of-way identified as sections of Washington
Street, Williams Avenue, Hatch Street, Summers Street, John Street,
Dempsey Street, Priour Avenue, Nueces Street and Coke Street for no fee
as provided in the Harbor Bridge Replacement Project Four Party
Agreement.
Sponsors: Public Works/Street Department
17. 25-0263 Zoning Case No. ZN8534, Port of Corpus Christi Authority (District 1).
Ordinance rezoning various properties along Lexington Avenue, located
south of Minton Street and north of Martin Luther King Drive, from the
"RS-6" Single -Family 6 District to the "IL" Light Industrial District; providing
for a penalty not to exceed $2,000 and publication. (Planning Commission
and Staff recommend approval).
Sponsors: Development Services
18. 25-0787 Zoning Case No. ZN8553, Port of Corpus Christi Authority (District 1).
Ordinance rezoning various properties at or near 1901 through 2202
Nueces Street, located north of Interstate Highway 37 (IH 37), along with
portions of West Broadway Street, Washington Street, Williams Avenue,
Hatch Street, Summers Street, John Street, Dempsey Street, Priour Street,
Nueces Street and Coke Street, from the "RM-1" Multifamily District and
the "CN-1" Neighborhood Commercial District to the "IH" Heavy Industrial
District; providing for a penalty not to exceed $2,000 and publication. (Staff
recommends approval) (Planning Commission recommends denial of
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requested IH and a change to "IL" Light Industrial District in lieu of IH.
Requires 3/4 favorable vote to overrule Planning Commission).
Sponsors: Development Services
K. INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION ITEMS: (ITEMS 19 - 22)
The following items are motions, resolutions or ordinances that may be considered and
voted on individually.
19. 25-0867 Consideration and approval of an ordinance authorizing the issuance of
"City of Corpus Christi, Texas Combination Tax and Limited Pledge
Revenue Certificates of Obligation, Taxable Series 2025B" for solid waste
improvements approved by City Council in the FY 2025 CIP Budget in an
amount not to exceed $4,480,000, within set parameters and according to
the plan of finance set by the City's financial advisors; providing for the
payment of said certificates by the levy of an ad valorem tax upon all
taxable property within the City and further securing said certificates by a
lien on and pledge of the pledged revenues of the solid waste system;
delegating authority to the City Manager, Assistant City Manager over
Finance, Director of Finance and Procurement and certain other
authorized officials to approve and execute documents relating to the
issuance, sale and delivery of the certificates; enacting other provisions
incident and related thereto; and providing an effective date.
Sponsors: Finance & Procurement
20. 25-0868 Consideration and approval of an ordinance authorizing the issuance of
"City of Corpus Christi, Texas, General Improvement and/or Refunding
Bonds, Series 2025", for the second issuance of bonds from the Bond
2022 authorization for projects approved by the voters in November 2022
in an amount not to exceed $30,000,000 and or refinancings in an amount
not to exceed $35,785,000 for the refunding, within set parameters and
according to the plan of finance set by the City's financial advisors; levying
a continuing direct annual ad valorem tax for the payment of the bonds;
delegating authority to the City Manager, Assistant City Manager over
Finance, Director of Finance and Procurement , and certain other
authorized officials to approve and execute documents relating to the
issuance, sale, and delivery of the bonds; enacting other provisions
incident and related thereto; and providing for an effective date.
sponsors: Finance & Procurement
21. 25-0869 Consideration and approval of ordinance authorizing the issuance of City
of Corpus Christi, Texas combination tax and limited pledge revenue
certificates of obligation, series 2025A" for capital improvements to
streets, public health and safety facilities, parks, public facilities, and storm
water infrastructure approved by City Council in the FY 2025 CIP Budget in
an amount not to exceed $38,720,000, within set parameters and
according to the plan of finance set by the City's financial advisors;
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providing for the payment of said certificates by the levy of an ad valorem
tax upon all taxable property within the City and further securing said
certificates by a lien on and pledge of the pledged revenues of the solid
waste system; delegating authority to the City Manager, Assistant City
Manager over Finance, Director of Finance and Procurement and certain
other authorized officials to approve and execute documents relating to the
issuance, sale, and delivery of the certificates; enacting other provisions
incident and related thereto; and providing an effective date.
Sponsors: Finance & Procurement
22. 25-1006 Consideration and approval of an ordinance authorizing the issuance of
"City of Corpus Christi, Texas Limited Tax Notes, Series 2025", for public
safety, vehicles and streets approved by City Council in the FY 2025 CIP
Budget in an amount not to exceed $11,120,000; levying an annual ad
valorem tax, within the limitations prescribed by law, for the payment of the
obligations; delegating authority to the City Manager, Assistant City
Manager over Finance, Director of Finance and Procurement to execute
documents relating to the sale of the notes; enacting other provisions
incident and related thereto; and providing an effective date.
sponsors: Finance & Procurement
L. BRIEFINGS: (ITEMS 23 - 25)
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 8 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.
23. 25-0919 Briefing on City Proposed London AreaTax Increment Reinvestment Zone
(TI RZ) #7
Sponsors: Economic Development
24. 25-1119 Briefing on the news released by the Department of Justice (DOJ) related
to the former Global Spectrum, LP, d/b/a Oak View Group (OVG) Chief
Executive Officer (CEO), Timothy Leiweke.
Sponsors: Legal Department
25. 25-0953 Briefing on the Inner Harbor Water Treatment Campus Update, including
results from the Inner Harbor Ship Channel Near and Far Field Study
Sponsors: Inner Harbor Desalination Program Management Office
M. COUNCIL REQUESTED ITEMS: (ITEM 26 - 30)
26. 25-1111
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Reconsideration of "Ordinance amending the Roadway Master Plan Map
and the Urban Transportation Plan Map of Mobility CC, transportation
elements of the Comprehensive Plan of the City of Corpus Christi, by
modifying County Road 22 between SH286 and County Road 43 from an
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A2 Arterial to a C1 Collector, modifying County Road 22 between County
Road 43 and a proposed P1 Parkway from a C3 Collector to a C1
Collector, and modifying a planned road between County Road 22 and
County Road 20A from a C3 Collector to a C1 Collector; amending related
elements of the Comprehensive Plan of the City; and providing for
publication," as submitted by Mayor Paulette Guajardo and
Councilman Roland Barrera.
Sponsors: City Secretary's Office
27. 25-1121 Consider and act on amending public comment policy to allow each
member of the public who desires to address the body regarding an item
2025 088 on an agenda or any other city related item at the 5:30 p.m. public
comment period, as requested by Council Members Kaylynn Paxson,
Gil Hernandez, Carolyn Vaughn.
Sponsors: City Secretary's Office
28. 25-1123 Consider and act on having no requirement to sign up in advance to speak
on an item on an agenda and allowing each member of the public who
089 desires to speak to have three minutes time to speak, as requested by
2025 Council Members Kaylynn Paxson, Gil Hernandez, and Carolyn
Vaughn.
Sponsors: City Secretary's Office
29. 25-1124 Consider and act on amending the decorum of public comment to allow
commentors the ability to ask questions with the understanding that the
mayor, council and staff shall not answer any questions during the public
6 1 ) comment period, as requested by Council Members Kaylynn Paxson,
Gil Hernandez, and Carolyn Vaughn.
Sponsors: City Secretary's Office
30. 25-1125 Consider and act on allowing each member of the public who desires to
address the body regarding an item on an agenda or any other city related
j / 0 5 0 9 item to have the ability to sign up for public comment starting the day
�' before the meeting at 8:00 am and ending the day of the meeting at 5=00
OXvkkIN. pm, as requested by Council Members Kaylynn Paxson, Gil
Hernandez, and Carolyn Vaughn.
Sponsors: City Secretary's Office
N. CITY MANAGER'S COMMENTS / UPDATE ON CITY OPERATIONS: (ITEM 31)
31. 25-1081 Update on Alternative Water Supply Projects
O. EXECUTIVE SESSION: (ITEM 32)
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
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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.
32. 25-1120 Executive session pursuant to Texas Government Code § 551.071
and Texas Disciplinary Rules of Professional Conduct Rule 1.05 to consult
with attorneys concerning legal issues related to Global Spectrum, L.P.,
dba OVG360.
P. GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT — APPROXIMATELY 5:30 P.M. ON CITY -RELATED
MATTERS NOT ON THIS AGENDA AS ACTION ITEMS.
General Public Comment may continue during times that City Council Tacks a
quorum.
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