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AGENDA
CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS
REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING
CITY HALL - COUNCIL CHAMBERS
1201 LEOPARD
MARCH 9, 1999
2:00 P.M.
PUBLIC NOTICE - THE USE OF CELLULAR PHONES AND SOUND ACTIVATED PACERS ARE
PROHIBITED IN THE CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS DURING MEETINGS OF THE CITY COUNCIL.
Members of the audience will be provided an opportunity to address the Council after the Presentations section. Please speak
into the microphone located at the podium and state your name and address. Your presentation will be limited to three minutes.
If you have a petition or other information pertaining to your subject, please present it to the City Secretary.
Si ud. Desea dirigirse al Concilio y cme que su ingl~s es limitado, habr~ un int~rprete ingl~s-espai~ol en todas las juntas de/
Concilio para ayudade.
Persons with disabilities who plan to attend this meeting and who may need aux~iary aids or services are requested to contact
the City Secretary's office (at 512 880-3~05) at least 48 hours in advance so that appropriate arrangements can be made.
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Mayor Samuel L. Neal, Jr.
Mayor Pro Tern Melody Cooper
Mayor Samuel L. Neal, Jr. to call the meeting to order.
Invocation to be given by~everend Phil Dunlap, Second Baptist Church.
Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag of the United States. -
City Secretary Armando Chapa to call the roll of the required Charter Officers.
Council Members:
Javier D. Colmenero
Alex L. Garcia, Jr.
Dr. Arnold Gonzales
Betty Jean Longoria
John Longoria
Edward Martin
Dr. David McNichols
City Manager David R. Garcia
City Attorney James R. Bray, Jr.
City Secretary Armando Chapa
E. MINUTES:
1. ZApproval of Regular Meeting of February 23, 1999. (Attachment # 1)
Agenda
Regular Council Meeting
March 9, 1999
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BOARDS & COMMITTEE APPOINTMENTS: (None)
PRESENTATIONS:
Public comment will not be solicited on Presentation items.
Recognition of Mrs. M. Guadalupe L. Rangel, for her service as
a Regent for the Texas A & M University Systems.
Presentation by Mike Carrell, Frost Bank, on the banking
industry's Y2K preparedness.
Freese & Nichols' recommended repair option on Wesley
Seale Dam Spillway Stabilization Project.
PUBLIC COMMENT FROM THE AUDIENCE ON MATTERS NOT
SCHEDULED ON THE AGENDA. PLEASE LIMIT PRESENTATIONS
TO THREE MINUTES./F YOU PLAN TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL DURING
THIS TIME PERIOD, PLEA SE SIGN THE FORM A T THE REAR OF THE COUNCIL
CHAMBER, GIVING YOUR NAME. ADDRESS AND TOPIC. (A recording is made
of the meeting; therefore, please speak into the microphone located at the podium
and state your name and address. If you have a petition or other information
pertaining to your subject, please present it to the City Secretary.)
Si usted se dirige a la junta y cree que su ingl~s es limitado, habr~ un int~rprete
ingl~s-espa~ol en la reunion de la junta para ayudade.
PER CITY COUNCIL POLICY, NO COUNCIL MEMBER, STAFF
PERSON, OR MEMBERS OF THE AUDIENCE SHALL BERATE,
EMBARRASS, ACCUSE, OR SHOW ANY PERSONAL
DISRESPECT FOR ANY MEMBER OF THE STAFF, COUNCIL
MEMBERS, OR THE PUBLIC AT ANY COUNCIL MEETING.
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. A motion to
reconsider may be made at this meeting of a vote at the last regular, or a
subsequent special meeting; such agendas are incorporated herein for
reconsideretion and action on any reconsidered item.
J. CONSENT AGENDA
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March 9, 1999
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The following items are 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. Aft 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.
CONSENT MOTIONS, RESOLUTIONS, ORDINANCES AND ORDINANCES
FROM PREVIOUS MEETINGS:
(At this point the Council will vote on all motions, resolutions and ordinances not
removed for individual consideration.)
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Motion approving the purchase of interactive computer based training
software from ITC Learning Corporation, Herndon, VA in accordance
with Request for Proposal No. B1-0032-99 for a total of $22,200. The
software will be used by the Gas Department to train Gas Department
employees. Funds have been budgeted by the Gas Department in
FY 98-99. (Attachment # 2 )
Motion approving the purchase of a van for a total cost of $23,717
through a cooperative purchasing agreement with the Houston-
Galveston Area Council (HGAC). The van will be used in the City's
Solid Waste Reduction Community Awareness Program and funding
is provided from a Coastal Bend Council of Government pass-through
grant ($22,266) and the Solid Waste Services operating budget
($1,451). (Attachment # 3)
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Motion authorizing the City Manager or his designee to execute a
construction contract with Fox Tree & Landscaping Nursery, Inc in the 9 9 '"" 0 5 9
amount of $133,802.15 for the Whitecap Wastewater Treatment 600
Plant: Expansion from 0.8 to 2.5 MGD Landscaping project. / '3
(Attachment # 4) (Requires two-thirds vote)
5.a.
Motion authorizing the City Manager or his designee to accept a grant
in the amount of $57,517 and to execute a contract and all related
documents with the Texas State Library and Archives Commission for
the operation of the Technical Assistance Program through South
Texas Library System, which is located at Corpus Christi Public
Library, for the state fiscal year 1998-99. (Attachment # 5) (Requires
two-thirds vote)
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Ordinance appropriating $57,517 from the Texas State Library and
Archives Commission to operate the Technical Assistance Program
through South Texas Library Systems located at Corpus Christi Public
Library in the No. 1050 Federal/State grants funds. (Attachment # 5)
(Requires t~vo-thirds vote)
Resolution recognizing the dedicated, laudable and meritorious
service of Cefe F. Velenzuela to the citizens of Corpus Christi and
directing that Corpus Christi's new municipal landfill be named in his
honor. (Attachment # 6)
Ordinance amending Ordinance 023283 passed and approved on
April 21, 1998, by amending Section 3 to adopt the final assessment
roll and assessments to be levied against the owners of property
abutting on the following streets included in the Harvard Street
Improvements project: (Attachment # 7)
Harvard Street - Prescott Street to Vestal Street;
Vitemb Street - Hudson Street to Rosalie Street;
Vestal Street- Hudson Street to about 150 I.f. south of Rosalie
Street;
Rosalie Street - Vitemb Street to about 150 I.f. west of Vitemb
Street (north side only.)
Second Reading Ordinance - Amending Ordinance 8127, as
amended, Section 550, Administration of the Compensation Plan,
Subsection 551.5, Rate of Pay on Promotion, and Subsection 551.6
Rate of Pay Classification Changes, to provide the City Manager
authority upon promotion or reclassification of an employee to
approve compensation at any salary amount between minimum and
maximum salary range in the higher salary grade when any
exceptional experience, training, or labor market conditions justify the
action. (First Reading 2/23/99) (Attachment # 8)
PUBLIC HEARINGS:
Street Name Change
9.a. First Reading Ordinance - blishing the street name of" rthwest
Boulevard" for F M ' way 624 between U S Hig y 77 and the
west city li~9) ' ~
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9.c. First Reading Ordinance - Ch ing the street name of" eopard
Street" on the west side of t nterstate 37 Expresswa o "Interstate
37 Access" between oint 2,500-feet north o ipple Road to
Redbird Lane. (Art ment# 9)
9.d. First Rea ' g Ordinance - Changing t street name of "Leopard
(Attachment # 9)
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Zoning Cases:
Case No. 299-1, Gardner L Grant, Trustee: A change of zoning from
an "R-1B" One-family Dwelling District to a "B-I" Neighborhood
Business District on Travis Addition Unit 3, Lot 1, located on the
southeast corner of Dalraida Street and Carroll Lane. (Attachment
# 10) (Requires two-thirds vote)
Planning Commission and Staffs Recommendation: Approval of the
"B-I" District.
ORDINANCE
Amending the Zoning Ordinance upon application by Gardner L.
Grant, Trustee, by changing the zoning map in reference to Lot 1,
Travis Addition Unit 3, from "R-1B" One-family Dwelling District to "B-
1" Neighborhood Business District; amending the Comprehensive
Plan to account for any deviations from the existing Comprehensive
Plan.
Case No. 299-2, Richland Enterprises Ltd.: A change of zoning from
an "R-1B" One-family Dwelling District to an "1-2" Light Industrial
District on Brezina Farm Tracts, Block 2, Lot 1, located on the
southeast corner of Bratton and Brezina Roads. (Attachment # 11)
(Requires two-thirds vote)
Planning Commission and Staffs Recommendation: Approval of the
"1-2" District.
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ORDINANCE
Amending the Zoning Ordinance upon application by Richland
Enterprises Ltd., by changing the zoning map in reference to Lot 1,
Block 2, Brezina Farm Tracts, from "R-1B" One-family Dwelling
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District to "1-2" Light Industrial District; amending the Comprehensive
Plan to account for any deviations from the existing Comprehensive
Plan.
Case No. 299-3. ONAC Developer's Inc.: A change of zoning from an
"A-1" Apartment House District and "B-4" General Business District to
an "R-1C" One-family Dwelling District on Bohemian Colony Lands,
Section 7, being 8.61 acres out of the northwest portion of 36.01
acres out of Lot 8, located on the south side of Holly Road,
approximately 110 feet east of Palo Verde Street. (Attachment # 12)
(Requires hvo-thirds vote)
Planning Commission and Staffs Recommendation: Approval of the
"R-1C" District.
ORDINANCE
Amending the Zoning Ordinance upon application by ONAC
Developers, Inc., by changing the zoning map in reference to being
8.61 acres out of the northwest portion of 36.01 acres out of Lot 8,
Section 7, Bohemian Colony Lands, from "A-I" Apartment House
District and "B-4" General Business District to "R-1C" One-family
Dwelling District; amending the Comprehensive Plan to account for
any deviations from the existing Comprehensive Plan.
Case No. 299-4. C.W.S. Communities Trust: A change of zoning from
an "1-2" Light Industrial District to a "T-1B" Man ctured Home Park
District on Bohemian Colony Lands, Secti , Lot 8, located on the
east side of Ayers Road, approximatel 0 feet south of Holly Road.
(Attachment # 13) (Applicant has quested tabling of item until
3/30/99) (Requires two thlr
Planning Commission ar~SStStaffs Recommendation: Approv of the
"T-1B" District. ////
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Amen 'g the Zoning Ordinance upon plication by C.W.S.
Co unities Trust, by changing the zo ' g map in reference to a
t of Lot 8, Section 8, hemian Colony Lands from
"1-2" Light Industrial District to "T B" Manufactured Home'Park
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REGULAR AGENDA
CONSIDERATION OF MOTIONS, RESOLUTIONS, AND ORDINANCES:
14.
Motion authorizing the City Manager to accept the proposal of the law
firm of Lloyd, Gosselink, Blevins, Rochelle, Baldwin & Townsend,
P.C., to prepare and submit to the Texas Natural Resource
Conservation Commission, Corpus Christi's application for a five-year
renewal of its permit to discharge water from its storm sewers in
compliance with the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System
program. The hourly rate for assigned attorneys ranges from $135 to
$190 with a median estimate for total services of $225,000, subject to
appropriation which includes subcontracts for engineering services
necessary for the application. (Attachment # 14 ) (Requires two-
thirds vote)
15.a.
Motion authorizing the appointment of underwriters, Morgan Stanley
Dean Witter, as Senior Managers and Merrill Lynch, A.G. Edwards
and Estrada/Hinojosa & Co., as Co-managers, for issuance of Utility
System Bonds which will fund new projects, refund outstanding
Commercial Paper and Advance Refunding of certain maturities of
outstanding Series 1994 and 1995 Utility Systems Revenue Bonds.
(Attachment # 15)
15.b.
Motion authorizing the appointment of Morgan Stanley Dean Witter as
sole Manager to be the underwriter for Utility System Forward
Delivery Refunding Bonds. (Attachment # 15)
M. CLOSED MEETING:
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 matters listed on
the agenda, when authorized by the provisions of the Open Meetings Act,
Chapter 551 of the Texas Govemment Code. In the event 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.
Planned Closed Sessions and Related Action
in addition to the foregoing, notice is given specifically that the City
Council expects to go into executive session during this meeting
regarding the following additional matters:
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Closed session pursuant to Texas Government Code Section 551.071
regarding City of Corpus Christi v. Advisory Commission on State
Emergency Communications, No. 99-02304, 201st District Court,
Travis County, Texas, with possible action related thereto in open
session.
Closed session pursuant to Texas Government Code Section 551.071
regarding Texas Natural Resources Conservation Commission Notice
of Enforcement Action, City of Corpus Christi Public Water Supply
System, O.N. Stevens Water Treatment Plant, Corpus Christi, Nueces
County, Docket No. 1998-1391-PWS-E, with possible action related
thereto in open session.
Closed session pursuant to Texas Government Code Section 551.071
regarding City of Corpus Christi v. John Cornyn, Attorney General of
Texas, No. 99-02000, 53rd District Court, Travis County, Texas, with
possible action related thereto in open session.
Closed session pursuant to Texas Government Code Section 551.071
regarding Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission
The following reports include questions by Council to Staff regarding City
policies or activities; request by Council for information or reports from Staff,'
reports of activities of individual Council members and Staff,' constituent
concerns; current topics raised by media; follow-up on Staff assignments;
scheduling of future Council meetings and activities; and other brief
discussions regarding city-related matters.
16. CITY MANAGER'S REPORT
* Upcoming Items
Legislative Update and consideration of resolutions and
actions deemed appropriate by the City Council as to
legislative issues before the 76th Texas Legislature.
17. MAYOR'S UPDATE
18. COUNCIL AND OTHER REPORTS
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ADJOURNMENT: ~:
POSTING STATEMENT:
This agenda was posted on the City's official bulletin board at the front entrance to
City Hall, 1201 Leopard Street, at 2:30 p.m., March 5 ,1999.
Armando Chapa
City Secretary
NOTE:
The City Council Agenda can be found on the City's Home
Page at www. ci.corpus-chdsti.tx.us after 5:00 p.m. on the
Friday before regularly scheduled council meetings.
M.4. M99-064
Motion authorizng the City Manager to execute settlement documents
in State Office of Administrative Hearings Docket No. 582-98-2255,
Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission Docket No. 98-
1392-MSW, in the matter of the City of Corpus Christi proposed
permit No. MSW-2269, for operation of a new municipal landfill,
with Mr. and Mrs. Melvin Burch, Mr. Larry N. Koehn, and Ms. Yleen
F. George, as negotiated by the City's attorneys.
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