HomeMy WebLinkAbout025182 RES - 01/28/2003RESOLUTION
TENTATIVELY APPROVING THE STORM WATER MANAGEMENT
POLICES, AND DIRECTING STAFF TO PROCEED WITH
PREPARATION OF THE STORM WATER CRITERIA AND DESIGN
MANUAL, INCLUDING THE PREPARATION OF ALTERNATE LEVELS
OF PROTECTION
WHEREAS, the City Council authorized the City Manager to enter into a contract with
Goldston Engineering, Inc. to prepare a Storm Water Criteria and Design Manual and
Storm Water Master Plan for the City of Corpus Christi on August 28, 2001; and
WHEREAS, the City's consultants recommended the preparation of storm water
management policies as the first step in the process to ensure community support for
the standards that would be used in the Storm Water Criteria and Design Manual and
Storm Water Master Plan; and
WHEREAS, the City's consultants and staff undertook the process of developing the
storm water management policies through meetings with the City Council, Storm Water
Management Advisory Committee, Planning Commission, Development Advisory
Group, other government entities, trade groups, and citizens; and
WHEREAS, a technical advisory group composed of developers, builders, consulting
engineers, environmental interests, and City staff was organized to develop and critique
the proposals prepared by the City's consultants; and
WHEREAS, as a result of the input from the various groups the final draft of the City of
Corpus Christi Storm Water Management Policies, dated January 7, 2003, was
provided to the Storm Water Management Advisory Committee and Planning
Commission for their review and recommendations; and
WHEREAS, the Storm Water Management Advisory Committee, at its meeting on
January 13, 2003, recommended the tentative approval of the policies, but requested
that several issues be addressed before the policies are formally adopted as an element
of the City's Comprehensive Plan; and
WHEREAS, the Planning Commission, at its meeting on January 15, 2003, also
recommended the tentative approval of the policies, and also requested that several
issues be addressed before the policies are formally adopted as an element of the City's
Comprehensive Plan; and
WHEREAS, the City staff agrees that the issues raised by the Storm Water
Management Advisory Committee and Planning Commission need further development,
but that further work on the Storm Water Criteria and Design Manual cannot proceed
until the City Council provides additional guidance on the policies; and
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WHEREAS, the Storm Water Management Policies and Storm Water Master Plan will
not go into effect or be applied until they are formally adopted as elements of the City's
Comprehensive Plan; and
WHEREAS, once adopted as elements of the City's Comprehensive Plan, the Storm
Water Management Policies and Storm Water Master Plan, and the Storm Water
Criteria and Design Manual, will apply to future developments platted in both the City
and its extraterritorial jurisdiction and to developments constructed within the City that
require construction permits;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS:
SECTION 1. The final draft of the City of Corpus Christi Storm Water Management
Policies, dated January 7, 2003, are tentatively approved subject to further refinement.
SECTION 2. The City staff is directed to proceed with the preparation of the Storm
Water Criteria and Design Manual based on these policies. During the preparation, City
staff is directed to examine the following issues:
a. Whether the appropriate level of protection for the storm water collector
system should be based on a 10 year or 25 year storm event.
b. The number of traffic lanes that should be passable on collector and arterial
streets during a 5-year storm event.
c. Whether 5-year level of ponding in residential streets should be set at the top
of curb, back of sidewalk, or some intermediate standard.
d. The amount of design freeboard that is most appropriate for major drainage
channels.
e. Whether there should be a prohibition of future direct discharges into the
receiving waters, such as the Nueces River and Cayo del Oso, that have not
been filtered through a vegetative or mechanical filtering mechanism.
f. The specific standards, guidance, and review procedures for the issuance of
variances, and who should be involved in the process.
g. When detention ponds would be practical and necessary for small sites and
developments.
h. The required inlet spacing for the proposed levels of protection.
i. The appropriate drainage area sizing for the minor, collector, and major
drainage areas.
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SECTION 3. Since the existing draft is based on the assumption that the City may
participate in some of the costs involved in developing new drainage facilities, the City
staff is directed to continue consideration of alternative funding mechanisms.
SECTION 4. In formulating the final recommendation on the City's storm water
management policies, the City staff is directed to develop additional information and
determine what the impact the proposed policies and alternatives will have on developer
costs, future City capital improvement programs, and storm water operating costs, as
well as the potential costs that might be incurred by individual residents when the
recommended policies, if modified, are presented for formal adoption.
ATTEST:
Armando Chapa
City Secretary
Mayor
APPROVED: 23rd day of January, 2003.
James R. Bray, Jr.
City Attorney
Fidst As~sistant city Attorney
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The above resolution was passed by the following vote:
Samuel L. Neal, Jr.
Brent Chesney
Javier D. Colmenero
Henry Garrett
Bill Kelly
Rex A. Kinnison
John Longoria
Jesse Noyola
Mark Scott
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