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I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing is a true and correct copy of the minutes as amended of the
Workshop Meeting of the Corpus Christi City Council of April 27, 2017 which were approved by the
City Council on May 9, 2017.
WITNESSETH MY HAND AND SEAL, on this the 9th day of May, 2017.
Rebecca Huerta
City Secretary
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Meeting Minutes
City Council Workshop Session
Thursday,April 27,2017 3:00 PM 1201 Leopard Street
Basement Training Room
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A. Mayor Pro Tern Lucy Rubio to call the meeting to order.
Mayor Pro Tern Lucy Rubio called the meeting to order at 3:00 p.m.
B. City Secretary Rebecca L. Huerta to call the roll of the required Charter Officers.
City Secretary Rebecca L.Huerta called the roll and verified that a quorum of
the City Council and the required Charter Officers were present to conduct the
meeting.
Charter Officers:
City Manager Margie C.Rose,Assistant City Attorney Buck Brice,and City
Secretary Rebecca L.Huerta.
Note:Council Member Paulette Guajardo arrived at 3:01 p.m.
Present 8- Council Member Carolyn Vaughn,Council Member Lucy Rubio,Council
Member Rudy Garza Jr., Council Member Michael Hunter,Council
Member Greg Smith, Council Member Paulette Guajardo, Council
Member Joe McComb, and Council Member Ben Molina
C. BRIEFINGS TO CITY COUNCIL:
1. New Residential Street Construction
Mayor Pro Tem Lucy Rubio referred to Item 1.City Manager Margie C.Rose
provided opening remarks regarding New Residential Street Construction and
introduced Assistant City Manager Keith Selman who provided background
information and a summary of topics to be discussed.
Interim Director of Development Services Julio Dimas presented information
on the following topics: typical development process;detailed development
process,including the typical and deferred process and timeframes of each;
and a description of unit phasing.
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Director of Engineering Services Jeff Edmonds presented information on the
following topics: street design standards;residential street design standards;
minimum residential street design standards for asphalt and concrete;and
typical maintenance lifecycle for asphalt and concrete.
Council members and staff discussed the structural strength of a limestone
versus caliche base on developer-constructed streets.
Council members and staff discussed street standards applied on different city
bond programs.
Council members and staff went on to discuss the following topics related to
developer-constructed streets: street standards applicable to phased
developments;that the street construction standard approved in a preliminary
platting permit continues in effect during the term of the permit and any
extension(s)thereof;the process whereby the Planning Commission grants
extensions of preliminary platting permits;requiring a new preliminary plat
upon expiration of a preliminary platting permit;the standard width of two-way
streets;whether developers are still building streets with a caliche base as an
approved standard;an explanation of"vested rights";the number of permit
extensions granted by the Planning Commission;the duration of a preliminary
platting permit;and clarifying,in the Unified Development Code(UDC),the
number of preliminary plat permit extensions that can be granted.
MOTION OF DIRECTION
Council Member Smith made a motion directing the City Manager to examine
the UDC regarding platting extensions,seconded by Council Member Vaughn.
Council Members and staff discussed the following additional topics related to
developer-constructed streets: the extension of a preliminary platting permit
being granted subject to street construction standards current at the time an
extension is granted;and legal considerations regarding changing street
construction standards upon extension of a plat.
The motion directing the City Manager to examine the UDC regarding platting
was approved unanimously.
Council members and staff discussed the following additional topics relating
to developer-constructed streets: when soil sampling is conducted in the
street design/construction process;how street construction standards are
verified once streets are built;and the city maintaining street
construction-related data.
Council members and staff discussed whether a geo-grid or additional depth
of limestone base is required/used on city bond projects.
Assistant City Manager Keith Selman presented the following additional
information: the pros and cons of concrete versus asphalt;and new
residential street development issues.
Council members and staff discussed the following topics: digging up new
streets when utility repairs have to be made; not locating utilities under
streets;maintenance of concrete versus asphalt streets;and evaluating the
value of concrete versus asphalt when considering street construction bids.
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Mayor Pro Tem Rubio called for comments from the public. Chuck Urban,
Urban Engineering,provided a history of developments in which developers
constructed streets using concrete,the cost of using concrete versus asphalt
in developer-constructed streets,and the effect weather and rainfall have on
streets. Fred Braselton,Braselton Homes,spoke regarding concerns about
the cost of developer-constructed streets that are a part of developers'overall
costs of a development;reasons for phased subdivisions,the time needed to
build out subdivisions,and platting permit extensions.
Council members and staff discussed the following additional topics:
location-specific design standards for street construction location;the Street
Department's capacity to maintain existing concrete streets;developing a
concrete street maintenance plan;that the City currently contracts out
replacement of concrete street panels;status of progress on the Street
Preventive Maintenance Program(SPMP);and extending the warranty period
and/or requiring bonding from developers relating to developer-constructed
streets.
MOTION OF DIRECTION
Council Member Rubio made a motion directing the City Manager to extend the
warranty period for public improvements from one year to two years,seconded
by Council Member Guajardo and passed unanimously(Council Member
Vaughn-absent).
D. ADJOURNMENT
The meeting was adjourned at 5:00 p.m.
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