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AGENDA
CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS
REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING
CITY HALL - COUNCIL CHAMBERS
1201 LEOPARD
SEPTEMBER 21, 1999
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Mayor Samuel L. Neal, Jr.
Mayor Pro Tem Rex A. Kinnison
Mayor Samuel L. Neal, Jr. to call the meeting to order.
Invocation to be given by Reverend Dr. David Evans, Parkway Presbyterian. ~//
of Allegiance to the Flag of the United States. - ~l ~
Pledge
City Secretary Armando Chapa to call the roll of the required Charter Officers.
Council Members:
Javier D. Colmenero
Melody Cooper
Henry Garrett
Dr. Arnold Gonzales
Betty Jean Longoria
John Longoria
,vlark Scoff
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City Manager David R. Garcia___V_¢_.
City Attorney James R. Bray, Jr~_._
City Secretary Armando Chapa ~/
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September21,1999
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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, Chapter551 of the Te x as 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:
Closed session pursuant to Texas Government Code Section
551.071, regarding legal advice as to contracts related to the
Columbus Ships.
Closed session pursuant to Texas Government Code Section
551.071, regarding Odilia Benavidez et al v. City of Corpus Christi et
al, No. 97-3828-H, 347t~ District Court, Nueces County, Texas.
(City Council will reconvene in open session at 1:30 p.m.)
MINUTES:
Approval of Joint and Regular Meetings of September 14, 1999.
(Attachment # 1)
SWEARING IN CEREMONY OF MUNICIPAL COURT JUDGE: (2:00
p.m)
* Deeanne Svoboda Galvan
BOARDS & COMMITTEE APPOINTMENTS: (NONE)
PUBLIC COMMENT FROM THE AUDIENCE ON MATTERS NOT
SCHEDULED ON THE AGENDA. PLEASE LIMIT PRESENTATIONS
TOTHREE MINUTES. IFYOUPLANTOADDRESSTHECOUNCILDURING
THIS TIME PERIOD, PLEASE SIGN THE FORM AT THE REAR OF THE
COUNCIL CHAMBER, GIVING YOUR NAME, ADDRESS AND TOPIC. (A
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other information pertaining to your subject, please present it to the City Secretary.)
ACTION/COMMENTS
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Regular Council Meeting
September21,1999
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Si usted se dirige a la junta y cree que su ing/~s es limitado, habr~ un int~rprete
ingl~s-espat~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 A T ANY COUNCIL MEETING.
J. 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
reconsideration and action on any reconsidered item.
K. CONSENT AGENDA
Notice to the Public -~ ~-I ~
The following items are of a rputine 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.)
Resolution amending Resolution No. 023673, which adopted the
FY99-00 Crime Control District Budget, by adopting the substitute
budget, as amended. (Attachment # 2)
Motion approving a supply agreement for NCR, book and cover stock
paper in accordance with Bid Invitation No. BI-0011-00 with
FasClampitt Paper Store, Corpus Christi, Texas for the estimated total
amount of $16,440.63, based on only 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
ACTION/COMMENTS
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the City Manager, or his designee. The paper will be used in the
printing and reproduction services by the Print Shop Division of
Materials Management Department. (Attachment # 3)
Motion approving the purchase of two rear steer brush loaders from
Davis Truck & Equipment, San Antonio, Texas for the total amount of
$195,800, based on sole manufacturer. The brush loaders will be
used by Solid Waste Services Department and are budgeted as a
five-year lease/purchase. (Attachment ~ )
Motion approving the purchase of eleven brush trucks in accordance
with Bid Invitation No. BI-0005-00 from Power Equipment
International Inc., Corpus Christi, Texas for $648,952.92 based on Iow
bid. Nine of the brush trucks will be used by Solid Waste Services
and two will be used by Park and Recreation. The brush trucks are
budgeted as five-year lease/purchases. (Attachment # 4)
Motion authorizing the City Manager or his designee to execute a
construction contract in the amount of $165,600 with Total Protection
Systems for the City Hall Alarm System Upgrade. (Attachment # 5)
Motion authorizing the City Manager or his designee to execute
attachment No. 05 to contract No. 7460005741-2000 with the Texas
Department of Health in the amount of $308,059 and providing for the
Bureau of Clinical and Nutrition Services to fund group nutrition
education, individual counseling, immunization services, and to
distribute food vouchers at no cost to individuals identified as having
nutritional deficiencies and/or nutritional risk during the period October
1, 1999 through March 31,2000. (Attachment # 6)
Ordinance appropriating a grant from the Texas Department of
Health, in the amount of $308,059 in the No. 1050 Federal/State
Grants fund to fund nutrition education, individual counseling,
immunization services, and to distribute food vouchers at no cost to
individuals identified as having nutritional deficiencies and/or
nutritional risk. (Attachment # 6)
Resolution authorizing condemnation proceedings by the City to
condemn fee simple title to 2,191 square feet out of Lot 7, Block 15,
Edgewater Terrace Subdivision, from the owners, John L. Johnson
and wife Janet J. Johnson, from the lienholder, Frank Millar, to
construct street and utility improvements as part of the Spur 3, Phase
2 project and for other municipal purposes. (Attachment # 7)
ACTION/COMII~ENTS
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99- 9
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Ordinance appropriating $957.60 from the Estate of Mildred Sessions
in the No. 6010 Trust Fund - Museum Donations; amending
Ordinance No. 23702 which adopted the FY 99-00 Budget by adding
$957.60 to the No. 6010 Trust Fund - Museum Donations; authorizing
the transfer of $957.60 to the Friends of the Corpus Christi Museum
of Science and History for the benefit of the Museum. (Attachment
# 8)
First Reading Ordinance - Authorizing the City Manager or his
designee to execute a fifteen year lease with MDC, Inc. (MDC), with
three 5-year options to renew, for 82,064 square feet fronting Pinson
Drive on the west side of the Airport, with the right to lease an
additional 13,280 square feet, to construct a transportation terminal,
in consideration of MDC paying .12¢ per square foot of improved
areas and .05¢ per square foot of unimproved areas, adjusted every
three years; authorizing a sublease from MDC to Airborne Freight
Corporation to operate a transportation terminal. (Attachment # 9)
Second Reading Ordinance - Authorizing the City Manager or his
designee to execute a five-year conduit use agreement with KMC
Telecom Inc. ("KMC") to install, operate and maintain KMC
Telecommunications facilities within city conduit located in Ocean
Drive right-of-way between Alameda Street and Sand Dollar Drive in
consideration of the City's use of inner ducts purchased and installed
by KMC within said City conduit and KMC giving the city the following
equipment with approximate value of $90,000: one Siccor fusion
splicer and one OC-3OC/12 test set. (First Reading 8-24-99)
(Attachment # 10)
Second 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. (First
Reading 9-14-99) (Attachment # 11)
Second 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. (First Reading 9-14-99) (Attachment # 12)
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14.
15.
PUBLIC HEARINGS:
ZONING CASES:
Case No. 899-1, Mary McLeod Bethune Day Nursery: A change of
zoning from an "AB" Professional Office District and "B-4" General
Business District to "B-5" Primary Business District on Blucher
Subdivision, Lot N, located on the east side of Waco Street,
approximately 75 feet north of Kinney Street. (Attachment # 13)
Planning Commission's and Staff's Recommendation: Approval of the
"B-5" Primary Business District.
ORDINANCE
Amending the Zoning Ordinance upon application by Mary McLeod
Bethune Day Nursery, Inc., by changing the zoning map in reference
to north 1.92 acres out of Lot N, Blucher Subdivision from "AB"
Professional Office District and "B-4" General Business District to "B-
5" Primary Business District; amending the Comprehensive Plan to
account for any deviations from the existing Comprehensive Plan.
Case No. 899~2, 5102 Joint Venture: A change of zoning from an "R-
lB" One-family Dwelling District to a "B-1" Neighborhood Business
District on Gardendale Subdivision, Block 8, Lot 20 and southeast %
of Lot 21, located on the north side of Holly Road, approximately 450
feet east of Nelson Lane. (Attachment # 14)
Planninq Commission's and Staff's Recommendation: Approval of the
"B-I" Neighborhood Business District.
ORDINANCE
Amending the Zoning Ordinance upon application by 5102 Joint
Venture, by changing the zoning map in reference to Lot 20 and
southeast % of Lot 21, Block 8, Gardendale Subdivision from "R-lB"
One-family Dwelling District to "B-I" Neighborhood Business District;
amending the Comprehensive Plan to account for any deviations from
the existing Comprehensive Plan.
AIRPORT MASTER PLAN UPDATE
First Reading Ordinance - Adopting the Corpus Christi International
Airport Master Plan Update, draft part 150 Noise Compatibility Study,
Drainage Study, Heliport Feasibility Study, and Airport Intermodal
ACTION/COMMENTS
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Terminal Development Study. (Attachment # 15) (Also see separate
attachment)
M. REGULAR AGENDA
(NO REGULAR ITEMS)
CONSIDERATION OF MOTIONS, RESOLUTIONS, AND ORDINANCES:
N. PRESENTATIONS:
Public comment will not be solicited on Presentation items.
* America's Promise - Texas Summit
* Livability Outreach Tour - Recognition of Gordon J. Linton,
Federal Transportation Administration
* Museum of Science and History Discovery Hall Expansion
Project
* Status of ClearSource Communications Franchise Application
* Freese-Nichols, Inc. update on Wesley Seale Dam
Stabilization project
* Capital Improvement Bond Program Process (Attachment
#
* Discussion of Staff Recommendation on Alameda Street
Hospital Zone (Attachment # 17)
* Legislative framework for annexation
O. 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.
18. CITY MANAGER'S REPORT
* Upcoming Items
19. MAYOR'S UPDATE
ACTION/COMMENTS
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20. COUNCIL AND OTHER REPORTS
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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 3:00 p.m., September 17 ,1999.
Armando Chapa
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.