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Home My WebLink AboutReference Agenda City Council - 03/17/2026 (2)City of Corpus Christi Meeting Agenda - Final -revised City Council 1201 Leopard Street Corpus Christi, TX 78401 corpuschristitx.gov POSTED 3/11/2026 6:18:31 PM Rebecca Huerta City Secretary Tuesday, March 17, 2026 11:30 AM Council Chambers 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 Bishop C.E. Richardson Sr. with Calvary First Baptist Church. C. Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag of the United States and to the Texas Flag to be led by Briana Suri Perez, senior at Foy H. Moody 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: (ITEM 1) 1. 26-0347 85th Police Academy Graduation and Spring 2026 Fire Leadership Promotions City of Corpus Christi Page 1 Printed on 3/11/2026 SCANNED City Council Meeting Agenda - Final -revised March 17, 2026 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 https://www.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 361-826-3211 to coordinate. This is a public hearing for all items on this agenda. G. BOARD & COMMITTEE APPOINTMENTS: (ITEM 2) 2. 26-0389 Animal Care Advisory Committee Building Standards Board Construction Trade Advisory & Appeals Board Landmark Commission Corpus Christi Aquifer Storage & Recovery Conservation District (Confirmation of Officers) H. 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. I. CONSENT AGENDA: (ITEMS 3 - 12) 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. 3. 26-0371 Approval of the February 24, 2026 Regular Meeting Minutes. sponsors: City Secretary's Office Consent - Second Reading Ordinances 4. 25-2025 Ordinance authorizing the acceptance of two grant awards for a total 0 3 3 8 8 3 11 amount of $5,000.00 from the ONEOK Emergency Responder Grant City of Corpus Christi Page 2 Printed on 3/11/2026 City Council Meeting Agenda - Final -revised March 17, 2026 5. 26-0156 033 884 90,14s\,\ Program for funding toward the purchase of three new HAZMAT training suits, two new drone dropper systems, six new drone landing pads, two additional drone batteries for the Corpus Christi Fire Department and 131 additional emergency weather radios for the Local Emergency Planning Committee; and appropriating $5,000.00 into the Fire Grants Fund. sponsors: Fire Department and Finance & Procurement Ordinance annexing a 1.00-acre tract of land located along the southside of FM 43, east of CR 47 and west of SH 286 per petition by the landowner, BRBG Investments, LLC; approving the related service plan; adding the - annexed area to City Council District 3; seeking removal of annexed territory from Emergency Services District; rezoning the 1.00 acres from the "FR" Farm Rural District to the "CN-1" Neighborhood Commercial District; and providing for a penalty not to exceed $2,000 and publication. sponsors: Planning and Economic Development Department and Development Services Consent - Contracts and Procurement 6. 26-0282 Resolution authorizing a three-year service agreement with eLynx Technologies, LLC, of Tulsa, Oklahoma, in an amount up to $307,125.00 0 3 3 8 8 5 for monitoring, support, and maintenance services and the purchase of expansion equipment for the web -based Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) system used by the Gas Operations Department, with FY 2026 funding of $102,375.00 from the Gas Fund. sponsors: Gas Department and Finance & Procurement Consent - Capital Projects 7. 26-0281 Motion awarding a construction contract to KJM Commercial, Inc. dba as Victory Building Team of Corpus Christi for the Whitecap Wastewater 2026 021 Treatment Plant Operations & Control Center in an amount not to exceed $3,658,500.00, located in Council District 4, with FY 2026 funding available from the Wastewater Capital Fund. Sponsors: Corpus Christi Water, Engineering Services and Finance & Procurement 8. 26-0201 Motion authorizing Change Order No. 2 with SR Trident, Inc., of Gregory, Texas for the Peoples Boardwalk Project in an amount of $703,179.80 for 2026 022 a total contract amount not to exceed $6,797,367.90 to address sinkhole conditions under Peoples Street, separation of Harrison's Landing from the City's Boardwalk structure and underground debris, located in Council District 1, with FY 2026 funding available from the Seawall Capital Improvement Fund. Sponsors: Parks and Recreation Department and Engineering Services City of Corpus Christi Page 3 Printed on 3/11/2026 City Council Meeting Agenda - Final -revised March 17, 2026 General Consent Items 9. 26-0229 Resolution accepting a grant in the amount of $243,191.00 from the State of Texas Governor's Homeland Security Grants Division for Operation 0 3 v 8 0 6 Stonegarden (drug and human trafficking) for overtime, fringe benefits, one 3 replacement police vehicle, and fuel/maintenance for the Corpus Christi Police Department. sponsors: Police Department Consent - First Reading Ordinances 10. 26-0184 Ordinance accepting and appropriating $100,000.00 from the Texas Department of Transportation for the FY 2026 Routine Airport Maintenance Program (RAMP) Grant to fund airport maintenance at the Corpus Christi International Airport; appropriating the RAMP Grant of $100,000.00 into the Airport Grant Fund with a cash match of $11,111.11 from the FY 2026 Operating Budget. sponsors: Aviation Department 11. 26-0279 Ordinance accepting a payment of $75,000.00 from the Corpus Christi Housing Authority to support procurement of professional services to develop a Housing Needs Assessment and Toolkit; appropriating $75,000 into the Corpus Christi Housing Finance Corporation Fund; and amending the FY 2026 Operating Budget. Sponsors: Planning and Economic Development Department 12. 26-0376 Ordinance approving a project and financing plan as recommended and adopted by the Board of Directors for Tax Increment Reinvestment Zone Number Seven, City of Corpus Christi; making various findings related to such plan; providing a severability clause; and providing an effective date. Sponsors: Planning and Economic Development Department J. RECESS FOR LUNCH The City Council will take a lunch break at approximately 1:30 p.m. K. PUBLIC HEARINGS: (ITEMS 13 - 15) The following items are public hearings and public hearings with first reading ordinances. Each item will be considered individually. 13. 26-0143 Zoning Case No. ZN8771, Jason Luby (District 2). Ordinance rezoning a property at or near 2409 Viola Avenue from the "RS-6" Single Family 6 District to the "CN-1/SP" Neighborhood Commercial District with a Special Permit; providing for a penalty not to exceed $2,000 and publication. (Staff recommends approval). Sponsors: Development Services City of Corpus Christi Page 4 Printed on 3/11/2026 City Council Meeting Agenda - Final -revised March 17, 2026 14. 26-0313 Ordinance amending the Unified Development Code ("UDC"), §8.5 to revise water and wastewater trust fund administration, fees, and reimbursement procedures; §8.4 UDC to revise participation agreements; and providing for publication. 15. 26-0392 No o W Sponsors: Development Services Resolution - ing a public aring on May 12, 20 , to consider e possib - doption of er, waste er, storm er, and roadway impact fee or the Cit Corpus Chi.' i and its a aterritorial 'urisdictio (no ,a'ction is ne ed on this it if Couny rection is to • main on Trust Funds13). sponsors: Development Services L. INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION ITEMS: (ITEMS 16 - 22) The following items are motions, resolutions or ordinances that may be considered and voted on individually. 16. 26-0385 One -Reading ordinance amending certain terms in Ordinance 033784 authorizing execution of a Groundwater Rights Purchase and Sale 033887 Agreement with Evangeline/Laguna, LP. Sponsors: Corpus Christi Water 17. 26-0391 One -Reading ordinance authorizing Amendment No. 2 to the Construction Manager -At -Risk (CMAR) contract with Garney Companies, Inc. of Kansas City, Missouri for construction services in the amount of $187,876,831.00, 0 3 3 8 8 8 for a total contract amount of $373,266,623.00; Surface Use Agreements with R.H. Welder Heirs, Ltd, Oakes David Edwards, III Son's Trust 1976A, Jason S. Edwards Son's Trust 1976A, Estate of Oakes David Edwards, Jr, Hamilton-Ingelside Limited, E-H Partnership, Ltd and Diana Welder Hamilton Ranch Partnership, Ltd for a total amount up to $11,947,397.00; and a Contribution -in -Aid -of -Construction Agreement with American Electric Power, Texas (AEP) for $8,953,223.00 for the Evangeline/San Patricio Co. Groundwater Program; amending the FY 2026 Capital Budget; and establishing the City's intent to reimburse itself for the prior lawful expenditure of funds relating to any capital expenditures from the proceeds of one or more series of tax-exempt or taxable obligations to be issued by the City in an aggregate amount not to exceed $294,000,000.00, with FY 2026 funding available from Water Capital Fund. sponsors: Corpus Christi Water 18. 26-0415 Motion authorizing a professional services contract with Spheros Environmental Group Parent Inc. of Round Rock, TX for Far Field Modeling 2026 023 throughout the Corpus Christi Bay System in an amount not to exceed $298,210.00, with FY 2026 funding from Water Capital Fund. Sponsors: Corpus Christi Water City of Corpus Christi Page 5 Printed on 3/11/2026 City Council Meeting Agenda - Final -revised March 17, 2026 19. 26-0396 2026 024 20. 26-0417 033889 21. 26-0420 033890 22. 26-0064 Motion to Authorize City Staff to Collaborate with CPS Energy to Develop Options for Seawater Desalination at the Barney Davis Power Plant. Sponsors: Corpus Christi Water Resolution revising the City Council meeting schedule for calendar year 2026. Sponsors: City Secretary's Office Resolution amending the City's federal and state legislative agendas reflecting the City's diversified water supply strategy. Sponsors: Intergovernmental Relations Briefing on annual operations of Foresight Corpus Christi Golf, LLC and ordinance authorizing the third amendment to the Lease Agreement with Foresight Corpus Christi Golf, LLC, for the Gabe Lozano and Oso Beach Golf Centers to extend the current term of the lease by 10 years to end in 2041, with two five-year mutual renewals; and providing for publication. (28-day delay required between readings) Sponsors: Parks and Recreation Department M. BRIEFINGS: (ITEMS 23 - 241 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. 23. 26-0401 Briefing on updates to the City's Water Supply Dashboard Sponsors: Corpus Christi Water 24. 26-0349 Water Supply Update sponsors: Corpus Christi Water N. EXECUTIVE SESSION: (ITEM 25) 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. City of Corpus Christi Page 6 Printed on 3/11/2026 City Council Meeting Agenda - Final -revised March 17, 2026 25. 26-0350 Executive session pursupnt to Texas Governme iCode § 551.07 and Texas Disciplinar�y,Aules of Professionalponduct Rule 1.05 . consult with attorneys concerning legal issues reel ted to rules and re.- ations of 1'hh� . state ofTexas,.PA, TCEQ, TWDB,J..exas Railroad Com sion, San Lv , Patricio County Groundwater Copsbrvation District, apd egal rights, property ights, and/or contra9ts'related to purchase and/or sale of gr..v.:water, including water rights in property/abcessing the Evangeline quifer in San Patricio 26unty adjacent anIor near US Highway 181, S Highway 77, US Highway 77 Business, Ilfghway 89, and/or the Ar sas River, and other;sources, and Texas/overnment Code § 551. 2 to discuss andiieliberate the purchase or value of the aforem Toned rights to real property because delibera ion in an open meetingas(iould have a ,/, detrirypental effect on the posiip, n of the governments Jody in negotiatic9rts witt'a third person, includif, but not limited to, potential consideration of authorization to enter agr'e ment(s) for profession Is for services r,7'(ated to these property rights, (terlocal agreements an other agreeme `s with government entitie nnear the aforementione• •roperty(ies) an or the purchase of theroperty or property(ies) a -nd/or adjacent locations (if any) described herein and/or modified gr•undwater rights urchase and sale agre ent(s) with Evangeline La na, L.P. and rel ed entities for group ater rights in San Patricio County. 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