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Home My WebLink AboutReference Agenda City Council - 11/30/1999AGENDA CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING CITY HALL - COUNCIL CHAMBERS 1201 LEOPARD NOVEMBER 30, 1~999; 12:00 P.M. ~.~ (~ ~._~ PUBLIC NOTICE- THE USE OF CELLULAR PHONES AND SOUND ACTIVATED PAGERS ARE PROHIBITED IN THE CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS DURING MEETINGS OF THE CITY COUNCIL. Members of the audience will be provided an opportunity to address the Council after the Presentations section. Please speak intothemicrophonelocatedatthepodiumandstateyournameandaddress. Yourpresentationwillbelimitedtothreeminutes. If you have a petition or other information pertaining to your subject, please present it to the City Secretary. Si ud. Decca didgirse al Concilio y cree qua su ingles es limitado, habr~ un interprete ingles-espat~ol en todas las juntas del Concilio para ayudarle. Persons with disabilities who plan to attend this meeting and who may need auxiliary aids or services are requested to contact the City Secretary's office (at 512 880-3105) at least 48 hours in advance so that appropriate arrangements can be made. B. C. D. Mayor Samuel L. Neal, Jr. Mayor Pro Tern Javier D. Colmenero Council Members: Mayor Samuel L. Neal, Jr. to call the meeting to order. / Invocation to be given b~/everend Jerry Weiss, Trinity Worship Center. of Allegiance to the Flag of the United States. ~ Ki~ i~0~ Pledge City Secretary Armando Chapa to call the roll of the required Charter Officers. Melody Cooper Henry Garrett Dr. Arnold Gonzales Rex Kinnison Betty Jean Longoria John Longoria Mark Scott City Manager David R. Garcia City Attorney James R. Bray, Jr. City Secretary Armando Chapa E. MINUTES: 1. \/Approval of City/County Joint Meeting of November 8, 1999 and Regular Meeting of November 16, -- 1999. (Attachment # 1) ,Agenda Regular Council Meeting November 30, 1999 Page 2 He BOARDS & COMMITTEE APPOINTMENTS: (NONE) PRESENTATIONS: * ~) Update on proposed 2000 Bond Issue process * f~ Discussion of funding options and cooperative efforts in construction of multi-purpose facilities/arena ~_~ Festival Area Sites * ~) Review of Seawall Repair Study * y'~ Bayfront Arts & Science Park Development Project and Art ~ Museum of South Texas Expansion Project 2:00 P.M. - PUBLIC COMMENT FROM THE AUDIENCE ON MATTERS NOT SCHEDULED ON THE AGENDA. PLEASE LIMIT PRESENTATIONS TO THREE MINUTES. IF YOU PLAN TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL DURING THIS TIME PERIOD, PLEA SE SIGN THE FORM A T THE REAR OF THE COUNCIL CHAMBER, GIVING YOUR NAME, ADDRESS AND TOPIC. (A recording is made of the meeting; therefore, please speak into the microphone located at the podium and state your name and address. If you have a petition or other information pertaining to your subject, please present it to the City Secretao/.) Si usted se dirige a la junta y cree que su inglOs es limitado, habr~ un intOrprete inglOs-espa~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. EXPLANATION OF COUNCIL ACTION: For administrative convenience, certain of the agenda items are listed as motions, resolutions, orordinances. Ifdeemedappropriate, the CityCouncil 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 CITY COUNCIL PRIORITY ISSUES (Refer to legend at the end of the agenda summary) Agenda Regular Council Meeting November30,1999 Page 3 subsequent special meeting; such agendas are incorporated herein for reconsideration and action on any reconsidered item. CONSENT AGENDA Notice to the Public The following 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. Ali 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 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.) Motion approving the purchase of 44 police package sedans in accordance with Bid Invitation No. BI-0035-00 from Crosstown Ford Sales, Inc., Corpus Christi, Texas based on Iow bid for a total amount of $911,548. Thirty-five (35) of the sedans are replacements for Police Patrol; seven (7) are additional units for the Crime Control District; and two (2) are additions to the fleet to be used by Municipal Court's Marshal Program. All items are budgeted in the FY99-00 Capital Outlay. (Attachment # 2) Motion authorizing the City Manager or his designee to execute two professional service contracts with Concentra Medical Centers, Corpus Christi: (1) to provide alcohol and drug testing services for City employees in the Gas Department and employees required to hold a Commercial Driver's License (CDL) to perform the essential functions of their positions, and as required by the Citywide and Marina Alcohol and Drug Policies; and (2) to provide for specific alcohol and drug testing services required by the Fire Department's Alcohol and Drug Policy. The estimated annual combined cost for two (2) contracts is $44,616. (Attachment # 3) CITY COUNCIL PRIORITY ISSUES (Refer to legend at the end of the agenda sumrna~) 99- 4O4 99- 4O5 Agenda Regular Council Meeting November 30, 1999 °age 4 7,5. Motion authorizing the City Manager or his designee to execute a professional services contract with Dennis A. Joiner & Associates, to provide promotional examination and assessment center services, as required by the agreements with the Corpus Christi Fireflghters' Association and the Corpus Christi Police Officer's Association, at an estimated annual cost of $66,000. (Attachment # 4) Motion approving the application from the Buccaneer Commission, Inc., to temporarily close the southbound leg of Shoreline Boulevard, between Interstate 37 and Peoples Street, beginning 10:00 a.m. December 28, 1999 and ending 12:00 midnight January 3, 2000, to conduct the "Millennium Carnival" festivities. (Attachment # 5) Motion authorizing the City Manager or his designee to execute an engineering services contract in the amount of $328,979 with Urban Engineering for the Savage Lane Pumping Plant Clearwell Replacement Project. (Attachment # 6) Motion authorizing the City Manager or his designee to accept a grant in the amount of $100,000 in Weed and Seed Assets Forfeiture funding from the U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, Executive Office for Weed and Seed, for support in Weed and Seed Sites I and 2. (Attachment # 7) Ordinance appropriating $100,000 of assets forfeiture funds from the U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, Executive Office for Weed and Seed, in the No. 1050 Federal/State Grants Fund to support Weed and Seed Sites 1 and 2. (Attachment # 7) Resolution authorizing the City Manager or his designee to submit a Community Outdoor Outreach Program Grant application for up to $28,239 to the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, to fund Outdoor Education and Recreation enhancements to the City's Summer Recreation Programs. (Attachment # 8) Resolution giving permission to Tarrant County Health Facilities Development Corporation for the issuance of bonds, the proceeds of which will be used to finance the cost of health facilities within the City of Corpus Christi, Texas. (Attachment # 9) CITY COUNCIL PRIORITY ISSUES (Refer to legend at the end of the agenda summary) 99- 406 9- 407 99- 4O8 99- 409 02355 023851 Agenda Regular Council Meeting November30,1999 Page 5 10.a. 10.b. 11. 12. Motion authorizing the City Manager to execute Attachment No. 01 to Contract No. 7460005741-2001 with the Texas Department of Health in the amount of $87,979 for tubemulosis prevention and control and expanded outreach services. (Attachment # 10) Ordinance appropriating a grant from the Texas Department of Health in the amount of $87,979 for tuberculosis prevention and control and expanded outreach services in the No. 1050 Federal/State Grant Fund. (Attachment # 10) Ordinance appropriating $115,000 from a Coastal Bend Community Foundation Grant in the No. 3210 Library CIP Fund for library materials for the Janet F. Harte Public Library; amending Ordinance No. 023703 which adopted the FY 99-00 Capital Budget, to add $115,000 to the Library program. (Attachment # 11) Ordinance authorizing the City Manager or his designee to execute a Use Privilege Agreement with Gary L. Martin and Mina K. Martin, to install, operate, maintain, and remove a 3" force main in and across the Hazel Bazemore Road street right-of-way, approximately 385-feet in length, to tie into an existing sanitary sewer manhole located in a 20- foot wide utility easement in the River Ridge Estates Subdivision, in consideration of payment of $530, and other specified conditions. (Attachment # 12) PUBLIC HEARINGS: 13. ZONING CASES: Case No. 1099-1, Georqe Mostaghase: A change of zoning from an "F-R" Farm-Rural District to "B-4" General Business District on Tract 1 and "R-lC" One-family Dwelling District on Tract 2 on Nueces River Irrigation Park Annex No. 2, Tract 1, located on the northeast corner of Northwest Boulevard (FM. 624) and Trinity River Drive. (Attachment # 13) Planning Commission's and Staffs Recommendation: Approval of an "R-lC" District on Tract 2, and approval ora "B-4" District on the south 275 feet of Tract 1 (Tract lB), and denial of a "B-4" District on the north 125 feet of Tract 1 ( Tract lA), and in lieu thereof, approval of an "AB" Professional Office District. CITY COUNCIL PRIORITY ISSUES (Refer to legend at the end of the agenda summa~) 99- 410 023952 023853 Agenda Regular Council Meeting November30,1999 Page6 14. 15. ORDINANCE Amending the Zoning Ordinance, upon application by George Mostaghase, by changing the zoning map in Reference to Tracts lA, lB, and 2 in Tract 1 of Nueces River Irrigation Park Annex No. 2; by changing the zoning of Tracts lA, lB, and 2 from "F-R" Farm-Rural District; changing Tract 1B to "B-4" General Business District; changing Tract lA to "AB" Professional Office District; changing Tract 2 to "R- 1C" One-Family Dwelling District; amending the Comprehensive Plan to account for any deviations from the existing Comprehensive Plan. Case No. 1099-5, Nasser Farahnakian: A change of zoning from an "B-1" Neighborhood Business District with a "SP" Special Permit to "B- 4" General Business District on Surrey Place Unit 1, Block 25, 0.43 acre out of Lot 3, located on the east side of Kostoryz Road, approximately 350 feet north of Tiger Lane. (Attachment # 14) Planning Commission's and Staff's Recommendation: Denial of the "B- 4" District, and in lieu thereof, approval of a Special Permit for auto- related uses subject to a site plan and six conditions. ORDINANCE Amending the Zoning Ordinance upon application by Nasser Farahnakian, by granting a Special Permit for auto related uses subject to a site plan and six (6) conditions to 0.43 acre out of Lot 3, Block 25, Surrey Place Unit 1; amending the zoning map; amending the Comprehensive Plan to account for any deviations from the existing Comprehensive Plan. Case No. 1099-6E, Coym, Rehmet & Gutierrez Enciineering: An exception to the standard screening fence requirement on Bob Lacy's Business Park, Block 1, Lot 1, located on the east side of U.S. Highway 77, approximately 900 feet south of Brookhaven Drive. (Attachment # 15) Planning Commission's and Staff's Recommendation: Approval of a wavier along the north property line and the deferral of the standard screening fence requirement along the south property line until such a time as the adjacent property develops with residential uses. CITY COUNCIL PRIORITY ISSUES (Refer to legend at the end of the agenda summary) Agenda Regular Council Meeting November 30, 1999 ~age 7 ORDINANCE Granting a standard screening fence exception to Coym, Rehmet & Gutierrez Engineering along the South and North property lines of Lot 1, Block 1, Bob Lacy's Business Park. REGULAR AGENDA CONSIDERATION OF MOTIONS, RESOLUTIONS AND ORDINANCES: 16. Resolution supporting the Nueces County Commissioner's Court in their effort to regain ownership of the Old County Courthouse in order to qualify for grant funding under the statewide Courthouse Preservation Program by authorizing the Court to institute tax foreclosure proceedings, sell the property, and, directing the City Manager to quitclaim the City's interest in the property to the Court for the mutual public purposes of the City and the County. (Attachment # 16) 17. Motion authorizing the City Manager or his designee to execute a contract amendment to the mobile data contract with Rockwell Collins, Inc. The amendment will cover increased cost for the mobile data component, the addition of Graphical Used Interface (GUI) software for public safety dispatching stations, and the addition of an emergency generator at the Violet radio tower location. The City's share of this additional cost is $159,858.60. (Attachment # 17) 18. Resolution authorizing the City Manager or his designee to execute an InterlocalAgreement with Nueces County to implement a Consolidated Emergency Dispatch Center. (Attachment # 18) 19.a. Motion authorizing the City Manager or his designee to execute a construction contract in the amount of $1,310,500 with R.S. Black Civil Engineers & Contractors/Machinery & Materials, Inc., a Joint Venture, for the Laguna Madre Wastewater Treatment Plant Biosolids Facilities Improvements Project. (Attachment # 19) 19.b. Motion authorizing the City Manager or his designee to execute Amendment No. 3 in the amount of $52,600 to the contract with Goldston Engineering, Inc., for the Laguna Madre Wastewater Treatment Plant Biosolids Facilities Improvement Project to include additional construction inspection services. (Attachment# 19) CITY COUNCIL PRIORITY ISSUES (Refer to legend at the end of the agenda summary) 02385 99- 411 99- 412 99- Agenda Regular Council Meeting November 30, 1999 Page 8 20.a. 20.b. 21. 22. 23. M= Ordinance appropriating $401,200 in the No. 4621 Airport Passenger Facility Charge (PFC) Fund for Landside Roadway Improvements; amending the FY 99-00 Capital Improvement Program (CIP) Budget, adopted by Ordinance No. 023703, by adding $401,200 to the Airport CIP Program. (Attachment # 20) Motion authorizing the City Manager or his designee to execute Amendment No. 2 to the contract with Russell Veteto Engineering in the amount of $385,000 to provide engineering services for the Landside Roadway - Entrance Road and Parking Lot Improvements projects at Corpus Christi International Airport, for a revised total fee not to exceed $508,600. (Attachment # 20) Resolution by the City Council of the City of Corpus Christi, Texas directing the City Manager to proceed in preparing the necessary documents and taking other measures in connection with the issuance of General Airport Revenue Bonds to finance improvements at Corpus Christi International Airport. (Attachment# 21) Motion authorizing the City Manager to execute amendments to the collective bargaining agreement with Corpus Christi Firefighters Association as negotiated by City representatives and ratified by the Association's membership. (Attachment # 22) Resolution allocating access line categories for certificated telecommunications providers pursuant to House Bill 1777 adopted by the Seventy-Sixth Texas Legislature. (Attachment # 23) EXECUTIVE SESSIONS: PUBLIC NOT/CE is given that the City Council may elect to go into executive session at any time dudng the meeting in order to discuss matters listed on the agenda, when authorized by the provisions of the Open Meetings Act, Chapter 551 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. CITY COUNCIL PRIORI'rY ISSUES (Refer to legend at the end of the agenda summary) 023860 99- 4 99- Agenda Regular Council Meeting November 30, 1999 Page 9 CITY COUNCIL PRIORITY ISSUES (Refer to legend at the end of the agenda summary) Planned Executive 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: Executive session pursuant to Texas Government Code Section 551.071 regarding City of San Benito et al v. PG&E Gas Transmission, Texas Corporation et al, No. 96-12-7404-A, 107th District Court, Cameron County, Texas,,,with possible~dis.~;u,s_sion nd ctio related thereto in open session. ~_~.~ j."-,(_.~/(j~)[/~ ~a(~¢~ __ Executive session pursuant to the Texas Government Code, Section 551.071 regarding legal issues related to Southwestern Bell franchise agreement. 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 bdef discussions regarding city-related matters. 24. CITY MANAGER'S REPORT * Upcoming Items * Y2K Zero Day Update 25. MAYOR'S UPDATE 0 .3863 / Resolution authorizing the City Manager and Cit,' Attorney, in City of San Benito et al v. PG&E Gas Transmission, Texas Corporation et al, No. 96-12-7404-A, 107~ District Court, Cameron County, Texas, to file objections to the proposed settlement agreement, to opt the City of Corpus Christi out of the litigation, and to take all other steps as may be necessary to exclude the City of Corpus Christi from the proposed settlement and preserve the rights of the City with respect to the subject matter of the litigation. 26. COUNCIL AND OTHER REPORTS ADJOURNMENT: Agenda Regular Council Meeting November 30, 1999 Page 10 POSTING STATEMENT: This agenda was posted on the City's official bulletin board at the front entrance to City Hall, 1201 Leopard Street, at 12:00 p.m., November24 ,1999. CITY COUNCIL PRIORITY ISSUES (Refer to legend at the end of the agenda summary) 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. 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