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AGENDA
CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS
REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING
CITY HALL - COUNCIL CHAMBERS
1201 LEOPARD
OCTOBER 12, 1999
:oo A.M.
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Mayor Samuel L. Neal, Jr. to call the meeting to order.
Invocation to be given by Reverend E. F. Bennett. V'/
Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag of the United States. - ~ [ ~'(~
D. City Secretary Armando Chapa to call the roll of the required Charter Officers.
Mayor Samuel L. Neal, Jr. ~
Mayor Pro Tem Rex A. Kinnison
Council Members:
Javier D. Colmenero
Melody Cooper
Henry Garrett
rjr. Arnold Gonzales
Betty Jean Longoria
John Longoria
Mark Scott
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City Manager David R. Garcia
City Attorney James R. Bray, Jr.
City Secretary Armando Chapa
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E. MINUTES:
1. V~Approval of
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Regular Meeting of September 28, 1999.
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BOARDS & COMMITTEE APPOINTMENTS: (Attachment # 2)
Corpus Christi Downtown Management District
Ethics Commission
Nueces County Tax Appraisal District
Port of Corpus Christi Authority
Sister City Committee
SPECIAL CONSIDERATION ITEM:
Consideration of developmental process for proposed Year 2000
Capital Improvement Bond Program. (Attachment # 3)
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 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.
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 Tex~3s~G-overnment Code Section~
551.071, regarding the follo~yiag'cases against the City of C~:~s
Christi et al in the United. d.~tes District Court for the Sou~ District
of Texas, Corpus C~,r-i~ti Division: William Busseyj.NecC-99-171, John
Betz No. C~, J~3, Mark Scha_u_er
No. C~I lam Livingston No.
C-99~lbe~ Garcia No. C-99-
170/w~here~.orCin open session.
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Notice to the Public
The fo/Iowing 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. Ail items will be acted upon by one vote without
being discussed separately un/ess requested by a Council Member or a citizen, in
which event the item or items wi// immediately be withdrawn for individual
consideration in its normal sequence after the items not requiring separate
discussion have been acted upon. The remaining items wi//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 1,000 galvanized sign posts, 500
yellow sign posts, and 1,500 anchor sets in accordance with Bid
Invitation No. BI-0013-00, from Northwest Pipe Company, Houston,
Texas, based on the Iow total bid of $34,740. The posts and anchors
will be used by the Traffic Division of the Street Services Department.
(Attachment Cf 4)
Motion approving a supply agreement with Bio-Aquatic Testing, Inc.,
Carrollton, Texas for biomonitoring in accordance with Bid Invitation
No. BI-0173-99 based on Iow bid for an estimated annual expenditure
of $16,010. The term of the supply agreement will 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. This biomonitoring testing will be performed for the
six Wastewater Treatment Plants. Funds have been budgeted in FY
99-00 by the Wastewater Department. (Attachment # 5)
Motion approving a supply agreement with Safe Tire Disposal, San
Antonio, Texas for used tire disposal service in accordance with Bid
Invitation No. BI-0176-99 based on Iow bid for an estimated annual
expenditure of $75,900. The term of the supply agreement will 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 Solid Waste
Services and Maintenance Services in FY99-00. (Attachment cf 6)
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Motion approving the purchase of an inspection boat and trailer from
Gulf Coast Marine, Inc., Corpus Christi, Texas to be used by the
Water Department at the Wesley E. Seale Dam, based on Iow bid, in
accordance with Bid Invitation No. B1-0015-00 for a total of $18,173.
Funds have been budgeted by the Water Department for FY99-00.
(Attachment # 7)
Motion authorizing the City Manager or his designee to execute a
construction contract in the amount of $248,799 with Don L. Owen,
Inc. of Balch Springs, Texas for the Gollihar Elevated Storage Tank
Rehabilitation project. (Attachment # 8)
Motion authorizing the City Manager or his designee to execute a
construction contract in the amount of $505,415 with Texas Bridge of
Humble, Texas for the Alameda Elevated Storage Tank Rehabilitation
project. (Attachment # 9)
10.
Motion authorizing the City Manager or his designee to execute a
contract for engineering services in the amount of $51,400 with
Southern Ecology Management, Inc. for environmental and
regulatory services associated with the J. C. Elliott and Westside
Landfills. (Attachment # 10)
11.
Motion authorizing the City Manager or his designee to execute
Amendment No. 1 to the Engineering Services contract with Goldston
Engineering, Inc. in the amount of $77,708 to expand the scope of
services of the Laguna Madre Service Area Collection System
Rehabilitation Project to include additional services for Closed Circuit
Television Inspection. (Attachment # 11)
12. Motion authorizing the City Manager or his designee to execute
Amendment No. 2 to the engineering services contract with Urban
Engineering, Inc. in the amount of $205,260 for the Broadway Service
Area Collection System Rehabilitation project. (Attachment # 12)
Ordinance appropriating $, ,~,~, 3 of interest earnings in the No. 3357
Public Health and Safety Bound F,,und for the Cpfe F. Valenzuela
Landfill. (Attachment# 13) ~6 ]L~(~
l~Motion authorizing the City Manager or his designee to execute
Amendment No. 7 for engineering services and assignment of
contract to Shiner, Moseley & Associates, Inc. in the amount of
$579,260 for design phase services for the Cefe F. Valenzuela
Landfill. (Attachment # 13)
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/~Ordinance appropriating $139,121.58 from the Unreserved Fund
Balance of the No. 4240 Capital Improvements Fund to pay the
arbitrage rebate to the Internal Revenue Service; adding $139,121.58
to the No. 4240 Capital Improvements Bond Fund. (Attachment# 14)
.Motion authorizing City Manager, or designee,
the
his
to
rebate
$139,121,58 to the U.S. Treasury for the Series 1994A bonds issued
for utility improvements as required by the Tax Reform Act of 1986,
Section 148(F) of the Internal Revenue Code. (Attachment # 14)
15.a.
Ordinance appropriating $20,000 from the ClearSource, Inc.,
Franchise Application Fee in the No. 1020 General Fund to fund
additional services of the Baller-Herbst Law Group, P.C. to assist the
City of Corpus Christi in the cable television franchise granting and
renewal process; amending Ordinance No. 023702, which adopted
the FY 99-00 Budget by adding $20,000 to the No. 1020 General
Fund. (Attachment # 15)
Motion amending Motion M98-404 which authorized a professional
services agreement with Adrian Herbst, the Bailer Herbst Law Group,
P.C., to increase the estimated cost by $20,000 for additional services
required in connection with the cable franchise application by
ClearSource, Inc. (Attachment # 15)
16.
Resolution authorizing condemnation proceedings by the City to
condemn fee simple title to Lot 1R, Block 15, Edgewater Terrace
Subdivision, from the owner, Leone Estes, to construct street and
utility improvements as part of the Spur 3, Phase 2 project and for
other municipal purposes. (Attachment # 16)
17.
Resolution authorizing the City Manager or his designee to apply for
a grant of $133,900 from the State of Texas, Criminal Justice Division
to fund a project to prevent minors from purchasing and consuming
alcohol by using police officers on overtime. (Attachment # 17)
18.
Ordinance appropriating $8,000 from an anonymous donation in the
No. 1020 General Fund to fund a basketball program at Ben Garza
Gym; amending Ordinance No. 023702, which adopted the FY99-00
Budget by adding $8,000 to the No. 1020 General Fund. (Attachment
# 18)
ACTION/COMMENTS
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Ordinance appropriating $1,540 in the No. 6010 Trust Fund - Police
Canine Unit for Police Canine Unit expenditures; amending Ordinance
No. 023702 which adopted the FY99-00 budget by adding $1,540 to
the No. 6010 Trust Fund - Police Canine Unit. (Attachment # 19)
Second Reading Ordinance - Amending the Code of Ordinances,
Chapter 53 - Traffic, Article VIII ~ Schedules, Section 53-255,
Schedule VI, amending the times for the Alameda Street Hospital
Zone speed limit; providing for penalties. (First Reading 9-28-99)
(Attachment # 20)
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STREET CLOSURE:
21.
Ordinance closing and abandoning a 3,163-square foot portion of San
Antonio Street right-of-way north of the Alta Plaza Street right-of-way,
between Lot 3, Block 2, Nolte Subdivision and Lot 10, Block 1, Alta
Plaza Subdivision, subject to compliance with the specified
conditions, and the owners, Brooke Sween-McGIoin, Patrick McGIoin,
and Gene Spencer, replatting the property within 180 days at their
expense. (Attachment # 21)
ZONING CASES.'.
22.
Case No. 999-2, Ha¥1e¥ Builders, Inc.: A change of zoning from an
"R-lA" One-family Dwelling District to an "A-2" Apartment House
District on Edgewater Terrace, Block 1, east half of Lot 9, located on
the north side of Ocean Drive, approximately 500 feet west of South
Alameda Street. (Attachment # 22)
Planning Commission's and Staff's Recommendation: Approval of the
"A-2" Apartment House District.
ORDINANCE
Amending the Zoning Ordinance upon application by Hayley Builders,
Inc., by changing the zoning map in reference to east half of Lot 1,
Block 1, Edgewater Terrace from "R-lA" One-family Dwelling District
to "A-2" Apartment House District; amending the Comprehensive Plan
to account for any deviations from the existing Comprehensive Plan.
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23.
24.
25.a.
Case No. 999-3, William R. Harvard: A change of zoning from an "F-
R" Farm-Rural District to a "B-4" General Business District on Wade
Riverside Subdivision, 1.0 acre out of Section 4, located on the
southwest corner of Northwest Boulevard (F.M. 624) and County
Road 73. (Attachment # 23)
Planning Commission's and Staff's Recommendation: Approval of the
"B-4" General Business District.
ORDINANCE
Amending the Zoning Ordinance upon application by William R.
Hayward, by changing the zoning map in reference to 1.0 acre out of
Section 4, Wade Riverside Subdivision, from "F-R" Farm-Rural District
to "B-4" General Business District; amending the Comprehensive Plan
to account for any deviations from the existing Comprehensive Plan.
Case No. 999-4, Doddridge Associates, Ltd.:A change of zoning from
a "B-I" Neighborhood Business District to a "B-4" General Business
District on United Savings Center, 1.033 acres out of Lot A, located
on the northwest corner of Doddridge and South Alameda Streets.
(Attachment # 24)
Planning Commission's and Staff's Recommendation: Approval of the
"B-4" General Business District.
ORDINANCE
Amending the Zoning Ordinance upon application by Doddridge
Associates, Ltd., by changing the zoning map in reference to 1.033
acres out of Lot A, United Savings Center from "B-I" Neighborhood
Business District to "B-4" General Business District; amending the
Comprehensive Plan to account for any deviations from the existing
Comprehensive Plan.
Case No. 899-9, Chester?. ~ A change of zon~ f~'rom an "F-R"
Farm-Rural District to an..~ Light Industrial Di~t on Russell Farmj
Blocks, all of Lot 5 a..l~f'portions of Lots 4~d 6, located on the e..ast'
side of Heinsoh..n.R'oad approximately..1.~40 feet north of Bear.~ne.
(Attache..#'25) ~ ~
Planr~q Commission's and ,~t'aff's Recommendatiop~' Denial of the
'l-~"Di~rict and in lieu the, p~"of, approval of a Spell Permit for "1-2"
District permitted uses ~bject to a site plan andfive (5) conditions.
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ORDINANCE
Amending the Zoning Ordinance upo
Coker by changing the zoning map '
the west portion of Lot 4, J.C.
Rural District and "R-lB"
Business District on Tract
uses permitted by right
subject to a site and
Comprehensive PI;
Comprehensive
by C C.
to Lots 6 and
Farm-
y Dwelling to "B-3"
for those
District on Tract 2
amending the
,iations from the existing
Light
five (5) co
account for any
25.b.
Case No. 9 Chester C.
R" Farm- District and an
a "B-3' mess
of located on the sou
P Island Drive.
~ge of zoning from
One-family Dwelling Di
Farm Blocks, east 8.37 out
t corner ~ South
25)
Planning Commission'
"B-3" District.
)roval of the
ORDINANCE
Amending g Ordinance up~
Coker, by. the Zoning Map
of Lot 6 russell Farm Bio(
"R-1B"/. Dwelling D
amending the Comprehensive
the existing Comprehensive
application by Chester C.
:rence to the east portion
tand
to "B-3" Business District;
nt for any deviations from
N. SPECIAL DISCUSSION ITEM:
26.
Discussion and consideration of City utility service re-engineering
option. (Attachment # 26)
REGULAR AGENDA
CONSIDERATION OF MOTIONS, RESOLUTIONS, AND ORDINANCES:
27.a.
First Reading Ordinance - Granting to ClearSource, Inc. a non-
exclusive franchise to construct, maintain, and operate for a period of
o.9__nne year~ a cable television system and facilities and additions
thereto, in, under, over, along, across, and upon the streets, lanes,
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avenues, alleys, sidewalks, bridges, rights-of-way, easements,
highways and other places in the City of Corpus Christi, Texas.
(Attachment # 27)
27.b. First Reading Ordinance - Granting to ClearSource, Inc. a non-
exclusive franchise to construct, maintain, and operate for a period of
~fteen years, and during any extensions thereof, a cable television
system and facilities and additions thereto, in, under, over, along,
across and upon the streets, lanes, avenues, alleys, sidewalks,
bridges, rights-of-way, easements, highways and other places in the
City of Corpus Christi, Texas. (Attachment # 27)
Reading Ordinance~.~'=~a~blishing a Ma_sterCable Serv~.
27.c.
First
Reoulatorv Ordinanc~0overning use of~cJt,C~reets, lan~s~/~nues, '
--~lle-ys, sid'e~.w, alk~, bridges, right~?.[,w~, ~asemenis~ways and
other..plad'es in the City of ~us Christi, Te,~,aS' by providers of
c~in cable services. ~chment # 27) /
28. First Reading Ordinance -Establishing a Municipal Court Technology
Fund; providing for the assessment and collection of a four dollar
Municipal Court Technology fee as a cost of court; providing for
severability; providing for publication and effective date of December
1, 1999; and providing for expiration date of September 1, 2005.
(Attachment # 28)
29.
30.
First Reading Ordinance - Amending Section 29-48, Municipal Court
Building Security Fund and Security Fee as cost of court, to exclude
parking citations and to provide that such fund may be used to finance
continuing education on security issues for court personnel; providing
for publication and effective date. (Attachment # 29)
Ordinance appropriating a $14,300 grant from the Save Outdoor
Sculpture! Heritage Preservation organization in the No. 1030 Hotel
Occupancy Tax Fund - Arts Projects, to support restoration of the
Pompeo Coppini sculpture located at Schatzel and Lower Broadway
Streets; amending Ordinance No. 023702 which adopted the FY 99-00
budget, by adding $14,300 to the No. 1030 Hotel Occupancy Tax
Fund- Arts Projects. (Attachment # 30)
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
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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.
31. CITY MANAGER'S REPORT
32.
33.
Q.
* Upcoming Items
MAYOR'S UPDATE
COUNCIL AND OTHER REPORTS
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., October 8 ,1999.
Armando Chap~-'-
City Secretary
NOTE:
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