HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes City Council - 10/03/2025 - 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 October 3, 2025, which were
approved by the City Council on October 14, 2025.
WITNESSETH MY HAND AND SEAL, on this the 14th day of October 2025.
(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
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City of Corpus Christi
Meeting Minutes
City Council Workshop
1201 Leopard Street
Corpus Christi, TX 78401
cctexas.com
Friday, October 3, 2025
9:00 AM Council Chambers
Inner Harbor Water Treatment Campus Alternate Project Delivery Options Workshop
A. Mayor Paulette Guajardo to call the meeting to order.
Mayor Guajardo called the meeting to order at 9:08 a.m.
B. Assistant City Secretary Stephanie Box to call the roll of the required Charter
Officers
Assistant City Secretary Stephanie Box 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 Assistant
City Secretary Stephanie Box
Note: Council Members Paxson and Vaughn arrived at 9:13 a.m.
Present 9 - Mayor Paulette Guajardo, Council Member Roland Barrera, Council Member Gil
Hernandez, Council Member Kaylynn Paxson, Council Member Eric Cantu, Council
Member Carolyn Vaughn, Council Member Everett Roy, Council Member Sylvia Campos,
and Council Member Mark Scott
C. BRIEFINGS
25-1575 Overview of Inner Harbor Water Treatment Campus Alternate Project Delivery
Options, and update on Water Supply Projects
Director of Water Supply Management Brett Van Hazel presented information on the
following topics: presentation overview; Inner Harbor alternate project delivery options;
project status recap; option #1: #2 ranked progressive design build team-Acciona;
option #1: proceed with #2 ranked progressive design build team; option #2: Gulf Coast
Authority (GCA); option #2 continued: assign contracts to GCA; option #3: proceed with
new project delivery process -design bid build; option #4: proceed with new project
delivery process -public private partnership (P3); and project delivery option comparison.
Director of Finance and Procurement Sergio Villasana presented information on the
following topics: Texas Water Development Board (TWDB) Loan Update: TWDB
SWIFT loan status as of 9/30/25; and next steps.
Interim Chief Operating Officer (COO) of Corpus Christi Water (CCW) Nick Winkelmann
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presented information on the following topics: water supply projects update; Nueces
River Groundwater Wells; Evangeline Groundwater; NRA-Harbor Island Seawater
Desalination; reuse alternatives; CC Polymers Seawater Desalination Plant; South
Texas Water Authority; EV Ranch; and supplemental water supply projects.
City Manager Peter Zanoni, Director Van Hazel, Director Villasana, COO Winkelmann,
Water Resource Manager Esteban Ramos, and Partner with Norton Rose Fulbright
Stephanie Leibe, responded to Council questions.
D. Adiournment
There being no further business, Mayor Guajardo adjourned the meeting at 12:28 p.m.
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