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HomeMy WebLinkAboutReference Agenda City Council - 09/14/1999 PUBLIC NOTICE is given that the City Council will meet jointly with the Crime Control and Prevention District at a 12:00 noon luncheon meeting Tuesday, September 14, 1999 in the City Hall, Basement Training Room to receive an update on the Crime Control and Prevention District projects and discuss the District's 1999 - 2000 budget and the Five Year Plan. (Attach. ment# 1) :45 p.m, P~oclamation declaring September t 7 -23, 1999 as "Daughters of the American Revolution Constitution Week" Proclamation declaring September 12 - 18, 1999 as Regional Transit Authority "Try Transit Week" Certificate of Commendation to Gulf Coast Ali-Star Girls Fast Pitch National Teams AGENDA CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING CITY HALL - COUNCIL CHAMBERS 1201 LEOPARD SEPTEMBER 14, 1999 PUBLIC NOTICE - THE USE OF CELLULAR PHONES AND SOUND ACTIVATED PAGERS 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 intothemicrephonelocatedatthepodiumandstateyournameandaddress. Yourpresentationwiilbelimitedtothreeminutes. 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 cree que su ingl¢s es limitado, habr~ un int¢rprete ingl¢s-espaf~ol en todas las juntas del Concilio para ayudarle. 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 512 880-3105) at least 48 hours in advance so that appropriate arrangements can be made. Mayor Samuel L. Neal, Jr. to call the meeting to order. Invocation to be given by'astor Charley Taylor, Church of Christ South. Pledge of Allegiallce to the Flag of the United States. -- D. City Secretary Armando Chapa to call the roll of the required Charter Officers. ,/ Mayor Samuel L. Neat, Ja [,"'/~ Mayor Pro Tem Rex A. Kinnison [./ Council Members: Javier D. Colmenero Melody Cooper Henry Garrett Dr. Arnold Gonzales Betty Jean Longoria John Longoria Mark Scott Agenda Regular Council Meeting September14,1999 Page 2 ACTION/COMMENTS E. MINUTES: 2. ~/~pproval of Workshop and Regular Meeting of August 31, 1999. (Attachment # 2) BOARDS & COMMITTEE APPOINTMENTS: (Attachment # 3) C. C. Regional Transportation Authority Nueces County Community Action Agency Museum of Science and History Park and Recreation Advisory Committee PRESENTATIONS: (NONE) CLOSED MEETING: Closed session pursuantto Texas Government Code Section 551.074 to deliberate the appointment of a Municipal Court Judge with possible action related thereto in open session. PUBLIC COMMENT FROM THE AUDIENCE ON MATTERS NOT SCHEDULED ON THE AGENDA. PLEASE LIMIT PRESENTATIONS TO THREE MINUTES. IF YOU PLAN TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL DURING THIS TIME PERIOD, PLEASE SIGN THE FORM AT 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-eapaf~ol en la reunion de la junta para ayudarle. 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 99-- 315 Agenda Regular Council Meeting September14,1999 Page 3 ACTION/COMMENTS 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 reconsideration and action on any reconsidered item. CONSENT AGENDA Notice to the Public 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. 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. 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 a supply agreement for approximately 253 gate valves ranging in size from 3" to 12", with U.S. Filter Distribution Group, Corpus Christi, Texas, in accordance with Bid Invitation No. B1-0148-99 for an estimated annual expenditure of $55,348.37, based on Iow bid. The term of the contract is for twelve months with options to extend for up to two additional twelve-month periods, subject to the approval of the contractor and the City Manager or his designee. (Attachment # 4) Motion approving a supply agreement for serial publication services, consisting of 530 magazine, newspaper and trade journal subscriptions, in accordance with Bid Invitation No. BI-0004-00 with Popular Subscription Service, Terre Haute, Indiana, based on Iow bid for an estimated annual expenditure of $30,021.03. The term of the contract shall be for twelve months with an option to extend for up to two additional twelve-month periods, subject to the approval of the supplier and the City Manager or his designee. Funds have been budgeted by the Corpus Christi Public Library and the South Texas Library System in FY99-2000. (Attachment # 5) Motion approving.~q~:rCply agreement with the~f, oik~wing companies~ for sludge de~.wa'tedng polymers in accor~e with Bid Invitati~:R~b. BI-0109~based on Iow bid~e~stirnated annual~erraiture of 99- 3 99- 1'7 Agenda Regular Council Meeting September14,1999 Page 4 ACTION/COMMENTS $84,943.13. The term of the~.supply agreement will b.b..e for twelve months with an option to e~te~d for up to two additior)a'l'twelve-month periods subject to the..~p~roval of the supplier a~f~he City ManageCr or his designee...~nds have been budge_.~ in FY 99-00 .by'the Fort Bend S.~r~ices~e,~~ytec Infantries, Inc. ~ West I~terson, NJ Oso ~atment Plant Bro.sd(.vay Treatment Plant Alli. sO'n Treatment Plant T..¢al $43 ~al $30,526 85 /,~tal $11,058.62 Gr~d Total: $84,94~13 ~' Motion approving a supply agreement for an estimated 3,013 cases of white copy paper and 267 cases of colored copy paper in accordance with Bid Invitation No. BI-0171-99 with Gulf Coast Paper Co., Corpus Christi, Texas, for the total amount of $80,041.02, based on Iow bid. The term of the contract is for twelve months with options to extend for up to two additional twelve-month periods, subject to the approval of the contractor and the City Manager or his designee. The paper will be used by various City departments. (Attachment # 7) Motion approving supply agreements for an estimated 1,144 replacement batteries for Ericsson radios in accordance with Bid Invitation No. B1-0168-99 to the following firms, based on Iow bid and best bid. The term of the contracts is twelve months with options to extend for up to two additional twelve-month periods, subject to the approval of the contractor and the City Manager or his designee. The batteries are used by various City departments. Attachment # 8) Battery Network, Inc. DeWitt & Associates McHenry, IL Grapevine, TX 720 Units 424 Units $46,957.00 $31,146.26 Total of Awards: $78,103,26 Motion authorizing the City Manager or his designee to execute a construction contract in the amount of $121,150 with Sal Con Construction for compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act at City Hall. (Attachment # 9) Motion auth~o~g the City Manag~signee to exo~cx~e~a constru~n contract in the am. gufffof $165,600 with To.9.taH~otection SycCoCms for the City Hall~t'm System Upgrad.~Attachment # 10) Motion authorizing the City Manager or his designee to execute Change Order No. 1 in the amount of $52,625 with King-Isles, Inc. of Corpus Christi, Texas for the Schanen Ditch Restoration project. (Attachment # 11) 99- 99 Agenda Regular Coundil Meeting September14,1999 Page 5 ACTION/COMMENTS 12. 14.a. 14.b. 15.a. 15.b. 16.a. 16.b. Motion authorizing the City Manager or his designee to execute Change Order No. 5 with Kinsei Industries, Inc. of Houston, Texas in the amount of $279,412.32 for the O.N. Stevens Sedimentation Basins 1 & 2 Rehabilitation project. (Attachment # 12) Motion authorizing the City Manager or his designee to apply and to execute all necessary documents for continued financial assistance through the Texas General Land Office for beach cleaning and life guarding on Padre Island during FY 1999-2000. (Attachment # 13) Motion approving the reimbursement application submitted by Robert W. Harman, owner and developer of Lot 1, Block 1, Heritage West, for the installation of an off-site, over-sized and over-depth sanitary sewer collection line. (Attachment # 14) Ordinance appropriating $35,765 from the No. 4220 Sanitary Sewer Line Trust Fund to pay Robert W. Harman's reimbursement request for installing an off-site, over-sized and over-depth sanitary sewer collection line to develop Lot 1, Block 1, Heritage West. (Attachment # 14) Motion authorizing the City Manager or his designee to accept a grant in the amount of $101,524 in funding from the Executive Office of the President, Office of National Drug Control Policy, to support the Police Department's role in the Texas Coastal Corridor Initiative in the Houston High-Intensity Drug Trafficking Area. (Attachment # 15) Ordinance appropriating $101,524 in the No. 1050 Federal/State Grants Fund from the Executive Office of the President, Office of National Drug Control Policy, to support the Police Department's role in the Texas Coastal Corridor Initiative in the Houston High-Intensity Drug Trafficking Area. (Attachment # 15) Resolution authorizing the City Manger or his designee to accept a grant application in the amount of $66,912 from the Texas Department of Transportation to fund a Safe and Sober Selective Traffic Enforcement Project (STEP) by the Police Department and to execute all related documents. (Attachment # 16) Ordinance appropriating $66,912 from the Texas Department of Transportation in the No. 1050 Federal/State Grants Fund to fund a Safe and Sober Selective Traffic Enforcement Project (STEP) by the Police Department. (Attachment # 16) 023757 023758 02.3?59 023760 Agenda Regular Council Meeting September14,1999 Page 6 ACTION/COMMENTS 17.a. 17.b. 19. 20. Resolution authorizing the City Manager or his designee to execute an Interlocal Agreement with the Housing Authority of the City of Corpus Christi (Authority) for the Police Department to provide supplemental police services to the Authority on a voluntary overtime basis, for up to two years at the Authority's expense not to exceed $110,010. (Attachment # 17) Ordinance appropriating $110,010 from the Housing Authority of the City of Corpus Christi (Authority) for supplemental police patrol at the Authority in the No. 1020 General Fund - Police Department; amending Ordinance No. 023702 which adopted the FY 99-00 budget by adding $110,010 to the No. 1020 General Fund - Police Department. (Attachment # 17) Resolution amending Resolution No. 022938 to decrease the number of Community Youth Development Steering Committee voting members from sixteen to nine, with half of the committee members appointed for terms of one year and the other half appointed for terms of two years and with the first term expiring August 31, 2000; eliminating the four non-voting advisory members; and setting an expiration date for the committee of August 31,2003, unless funds for the program end sooner. (Attachment # 18) Resolution endorsing two Coastal Management Program grant applications by the Padre Isles Property Owners Association and authorizing the City Manager to send letters in support. (Attachment # 19) PUBLIC HEARINGS: ZONING CASES: Case No. 799-2E, Marian Ann Coburn: An exception to the standard screening fence requirement on Holliday Harbor Subdivision, Block 1, Lots 21 through 33, located on the northwest corner of Yorktown Boulevard and Laguna Shores Road. (Attachment # 20) Planning Commission's and Staffs Recommendation: Approval of a reduction in the screening fence requirement along the east and west boundary lines subject to three conditions. t~ 023761 022?63 023764 99- Agenda Regular Council Meeting September14,1999 Page 7 ACTION/COMMENTS 21. MOTION Approving a reduction of the screening fence requirement along the east and west property lines of the T-lA Travel Trailer Park District, located on Lots 21 through 33, Block 1, Holliday Harbor, as specified in Section 7A-2(6) of the Zoning Ordinance, subject to the following three conditions: WEST PROPERTY LINE. A chain link fence with slats and height of not less than six feet must be located along the south 75 feet of the west property line. The area between the west property line and the boat barns must be maintained free of debris and weeds/grass over four inches in height. If the existing boat barns are destroyed or removed, a screening fence must be installed along the west property line. EAST PROPERTY LINE. An evergreen hedge containing 5- gallon oleanders planted every five feet shall be located along the east boundary line where it abuts the public rights-of-way and must be maintained at a minimum height of three feet after one year's growth. The hedge must be maintained in a healthy and growing condition at all times. TIME LIMIT. The property must be in compliance with the evergreen hedge and screening fence requirement within one year from the date the City Council approves the screening fence waiver. Case No. 799-3E, McDonald's Corporation: An exception to the standard screening fence requirement on Flour Bluff and Encinal Farm and Garden Tracts, Section 28, being 1.071 acres out of Lot 16, located on the south side of South Padre Island Drive and on the east side of Rodd Field Road. (Attachment # 21) Planning Commission's and StafFs Recommendation: Approval of the deferral of the standard screening fence requirement until such time as the adjacent properties develop with residential uses. ORDINANCE Granting a standard screening fence exception to McDonald's Corporation along the south and east property lines of 1.071 acres of Lot 16, Section 28, Flour Bluff and Encinal Farm and Garden Tracts. 02.3765 Agenda Regular Council Meeting September14,1999 Page 8 ACTION/COMMENTS REGULAR AGENDA CONSIDERATION OF MOTIONS, RESOLUTIONS, AND ORDINANCES: 22. First Reading Ordinance - Amending the Corpus Christi Code of Ethics to enact a preamble to prohibit participation in appointments of certain persons to certain entities, to provide for lobbyist registration, and to modify the attorney fees provision; providing for severability; and providing for penalties for violation of Section 2-316. (Attachment # 22) 23. Ordinance amending the Code of Ordinances, Chapter 29, Municipal Courts, by amending Section 29-19, Warrant of Arrest and by adding Section 29-49, City Marshals, to create the positions of City Marshal, Deputy City Marshal, and Deputy City Marshal Trainee for the Municipal Court of the City; amending Ordinance 3658, as amended, Subsection 257, adding City Marshal, Deputy City Marshal and Deputy City Marshal Trainee positions to the Classification Plan for ali positions in the classified service. (Attachment # 23) 24. First Reading Ordinance - Amending the Code of Ordinances by repealing Section 49-80, Trees or Shrubs Obstructing Passage, Vision, Etc., on Street or Sidewalk Prohibited, Section 49-81, Property Owner, Etc., to Trim Trees or Shrubs Overhanging Street or Sidewalk, Section 49-82, Procedure Upon Non-Compliance, Section 53-8, Obstructing Street and Sidewalk Traffic, and Section 53-9, Obstructing Street Intersections with Shrubs, Structures, Etc., adopting Sections 53-259 through 53-266 which pertain to vision and passage obstructions; providing for criminal penalties under City Code Section 1-6. (Attachment # 24) N. 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 Government 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. 023766 Agenda Regular Council Meeting September14,1999 Page 9 ACTION/COMMENTS 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: Closed session pursuant to Texas Government Code Section 551.071 regarding City of San Juan v. Central Power & Light Co., No. C-2510- 9 -D, 206 D~stnct Court, Hidalgo County, Texas, ,with possible a~ctio, n related thereto in open session. /,~,/ ~,A~.-',. /..* / % Closed session pursuant to Texas Government Code Sectief~ 551.071, regarding the following cases against the City of Corpus Christi et al in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas, Corpus Christi Division: William Bussey No. C-99-171, John Betz No. C-99-133, Arnulfo Guerrero, Jr. No. C-99-143, Mark Schauer No. C-99-144, Charles Bartels No. C-99-158, William Livingston No. C-99-159, Duane Pacheco No. C-99-168, Gilbert Garcia No. C-99- 170. REPORTS: 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. 25. CITY MANAGER'S REPORT 26. 27. * Upcoming Items MAYOR'S UPDATE COUNCIL AND OTHER REPORTS 99- 3_].4 Motion authorizing the City Manager to execute an agreement with Central Power and Light Company and Central and Southwest Corporation to opt out of the class action styled City of San Juan v. Central Power and Light Company, No. C-2510-96-F, 206th District Court, Hidalgo County, Texas, a substantial copy of which is on file with the City Secretary. Agenda Regular Council Meeting September14,1999 Page10 ACTION/COMMENTS 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., September 10 ,1999. City Secretary NOTE: The City Council Agenda can be found on the City's Home Page at www.ci.corpus-christi.tx.us after 5:00 p.m. on the Friday before regularly scheduled council meetings.