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HomeMy WebLinkAboutReference Agenda City Council - 03/09/19991:45 Certificate of Commendation - Appointment of Mr. Roland Guzman to Governor's Committee on People with Disabilities. Certification of Commendation - Selena Abundez for outstanding community service. Proclamation declaring March 13, 1999 as "Irish Day." 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. B. C. D. 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 Page 2 ACTION/COMMENTS Fm Hm 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 Agenda Regular Council Meeting March 9, 1999 Page 3 ACTION/COMMENTS .otice to t.e ...,it X- 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.) , 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) i oo -I 99- 05 S 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) Agenda Regular Council Meeting March 9, 1999 Page 4 ACTION/COMMENTS 5.b Km 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) ' ~ 0235?0 02357,t 1501-3 023572, 023573 5-1&-qq Agenda Regular Council Meeting March 9,1999 Page 5 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) 10. 11. 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. ACTION/COMMENTS 0 2 3 5 '7 4 13ol - 2178 13ol- 21?8 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 Agenda Regular Council Meeting March 9,1999 Page 6 ACTION/COMMENTS 12. 13. 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. //// ~~rou~ ORDINANCE 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 023576 13ol- al'Tg Agenda Regular Council Meeting March 9, 1999 Page 7 ACTION/COMMENTS 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: 99- 062 5oo-I 99- Agenda Regular Council Meeting March 9,1999 Page 8 ACTION/COMMENTS Nm 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 Agenda Regular Council Meeting Mamh 9,1999 Page 9 ACTION/COMMENTS 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. ~,Z C) C) ULU