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I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing is a true and correct copy of the minutes of the Workshop
Meeting of the Corpus Christi City Council of May 18, 2017 which were approved by the City
Council on May 30, 2017.
WITNESSETH MY HAND AND SEAL, on this the 30th day of May, 2017.
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Meeting Minutes
City Council Workshop Session
Thursday,May 18,2017 3:00 PM 1201 Leopard Street
Basement Training Room
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COUNCIL.
A. Mayor Joe McComb to call the meeting to order.
Mayor Joe McComb called the meeting to order at 3:00 p.m.
B. Assistant City Secretary Paul Pierce to call the roll of the required Charter
Officers.
Assistant City Secretary Paul Pierce 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,City Attorney Miles Risley,and Assistant City
Secretary Paul Pierce.
Present 8- Mayor Joe McComb,Council Member Rudy Garza Jr.,Council Member
Paulette Guajardo,Council Member Michael Hunter,Council Member Ben
Molina,Council Member Lucy Rubio, Council Member Greg Smith, and
Council Member Carolyn Vaughn
Note: Council Member Michael Hunter arrived at 3:11 p.m.
C. BRIEFINGS TO CITY COUNCIL:
1. Creation of Airport Zoning Commission
Mayor Joe McComb referred to Item 1. City Manager Margie C.Rose provided
opening remarks regarding the creation of an Airport Zoning Commission.
Director of Aviation Fred Segundo presented information on the following
topics relating to the establishment and implementation of an Airport Zoning
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Commission(AZC): background;definitions;authority to establish an AZC or
Joint Airport Zoning Board(JAZB);the attributes of an AZC versus a JAZB;an
AZC's proposed structure;airport zoning regulations;a description of
controlled compatible land use area;the AZC's boundaries;and an
implementation schedule.
Council Members Greg Smith,Joe McComb,Lucy Rubio,Michael Hunter and
Ben Molina stated they would abstain from discussing Item 1. City Attorney
Miles Risley and Assistant City Secretary Paul Pierce clarified that,although a
majority of city council members were abstaining due to a conflict of interest,
Texas'conflict of interest laws do not prevent discussion or voting on the item
if a majority of the members of city council have similar conflicts of interest on
this item. Thus,all council members remained in the meeting and the
discussion continued.
Council members and staff discussed the following additional topics: the
reasons for establishing an AZC;the AZC's authority in the City's Extra
Territorial Jurisdiction(ETJ);that the AZC will give the City land use regulatory
authority outside the corporate limits;encroachment issues at local military
airfields;protecting the U.S.Navy's mission;height issues;lighting concerns;
that the Planning Commission is intended to serve as the AZC;concerns that a
new commission adds more bureaucracy;private property rights;additional
—regulations on property owners;the AZC requiring additional review by the
Development Services Department;how and by whom were the proposed
AZC's boundaries defined;protecting the U.S.Navy by regulating development
in areas adjacent to military air fields;protecting the Corpus Christi
International Airport from development encroachment;that the applicable law
allows an AZC's regulatory authority to apply only to the area outside the
airport/Navy airfields;restrictions relating to the use of farmland near airfields;
grandfathering existing structures;and reasons that past efforts to establish a
JAZB were not successful.
Council Member Garza made a motion directing the City Manager to move
forward in setting up the Airport Zoning Commission(AZC),seconded by
Council Member Rubio and passed unanimously.
2. Solid Waste Services Recycling Program and Contract
Mayor Joe McComb referred to Item 2. City Manager Margie C.Rose provided
a brief introduction to the City's Solid Waste Services recycling program and
contract.
Director of Solid Waste Operations Lawrence Mikolaczyk presented
information on the following topics: history of recycling in Corpus Christi;a
summary of the current recycling contract;historical recycling volumes;key
benefits of recycling since 2011;the terms of the current recycling contract;
annual net recycling contract proceeds(rebate minus processing fee);pros
and cons for the City and Contractor of the proposed contract amendment;
and that it is recommended that the recycling contract be amended as
proposed.
General Manager of Republic Services(recycling contractor)Robert Bradley
provided a summary of the proposed contract amendment,discussed
educating residents regarding what is recyclable and enforcement issues.
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Council members and city staff discussed the following topics: net revenue
received by the City from the recycling contract;a reduction in contamination
of recyclables being in the City's financial best interest;the contractor's need
to recoup costs;the City's annual cost to collect recyclables;the City tagging
trash and recycling carts as a means of reducing contamination of recyclables;
educating residents;that the contractor will make a capital investment in an
optical plastic bottle sorter should the proposed contract amendment be
approved;that the current contract expires in 2021;the term of the proposed
contract amendment;the recycling program's positive net revenue includes
revenue from the monthly fee paid by residents for the recycling program;the
reasons to keep the recycling program that is subsidized by fees paid by
residents;landfill and quality of life considerations;total annual revenue
realized from fees paid by residents for the recycling program;the total annual
cost of the recycling program;the annual tonnage of regular garbage and the
percentage that recycling is of that amount;the cost per ton the City pays its
contractor for push-and-pack services;alternatives for turning trash into an
energy source;and how other communities operate their recycling programs.
Council Member Smith made a motion directing the City Manager to proceed
with amending the recycling contract as proposed,seconded by Council
Member Rubio and passed unanimously.
D. ADJOURNMENT
The meeting was adjourned at 4:43 p.m.
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