HomeMy WebLinkAbout032160 ORD - 07/21/2020 One-Reading Ordinance approving an agreement between the City of
Corpus Christi and the Corpus Christi Business and Job
Development Corporation in an amount up to $500,000 for Type A
funding of arterial and collector streets within the City; approving a
Chapter 380 agreement in an amount up to $500,000 with United Way
of the Coastal Bend for nonprofit organizations; appropriating an
amount up to $500,000 from the unreserved fund balance of the
Business and Job Development Fund for use on the arterial and
collector street improvements; amending the operating and capital
budget.
WHEREAS, on November 5, 2002, residents of the City of Corpus Christi ("City") passed
Proposition 2, New and Expanded Business Enterprises, which authorized the adoption
of a sales and use tax for the promotion and development of new and expanded
businesses enterprises within the City at a rate of one-eighth of a percent for 15 years;
WHEREAS, the 1/8th cent sales tax authorized by passage of Proposition 2 was
subsequently enacted by the City Council and filed with the State Comptroller of Texas,
effective April 1, 2003, to be administered by the Corpus Christi Business and Job
Development Corporation Board ("Type A Board");
WHEREAS, on June 8, 2020 the Type A Board voted to enter into an Agreement with the
City to provide $500,000 in funding to the City to repair specified arterial and collector
streets in the City through the City's Street Preventative Maintenance Program and to
support the City's plan to implement a nonprofit recovery program to assist nonprofit
organizations in the City during the COVID-19 pandemic;
WHEREAS, the following arterial and/or collector streets in the City are in need of repair:
Cooper's Alley from Tancahua to Shoreline Blvd and Staples Street from South Padre
Island Drive to Gollihar Road and said streets are necessary for the promotion or
development of new and expanded business enterprises within the City (the "Project");
WHEREAS, the Project is consistent with the purposes for which the Business and Job
Development Fund was created and approved by the voters of the City, in that the use of
the funds allows for the promotion or development of new and expanded business
enterprises, the development of programs and facilities that assist small companies that
can produce jobs of the future, and assistance to businesses for the creation of
mearingful, wealth-producing jobs within the City;
WHEREAS, the City will also create a nonprofit recovery fund which complies with Article
III, Section 52-a of the Texas Constitution and Chapter 380 of the Texas Local
Government Fund ("Chapter 380") to support nonprofit organizations ("NGO's") in the city
that are struggling during the COVID-19 pandemic;
WHEREAS, the United Way of the Coastal Bend ("United Way") has agreed to enter into
a Chapter 380 Agreement with the City to administer a $500,000 nonprofit recovery
program for the City that will aid NGO's in the city with their mission of providing food,
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clothing, shelter, medical assistance, education,job and skills training and other essential
services to local businesses and persons in need during the COVID-19 pandemic;
WHEREAS, the City recognizes the positive economic impact that the proposed Chapter
380 agreement and nonprofit recovery program will have on the City through retention of
jobs, support of local businesses, stimulation of business and commercial activity in the
City during the COVID-19 pandemic.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CORPUS
CHRISTI, TEXAS:
SECTION 1. That the City Council hereby finds that the foregoing statements included in
the preamble of this ordinance are true and correct and adopts such findings for all intents
and purposes related to the authorization of this project.
SECTION 2. That the Project as approved by the Type A Board on June 8, 2020 to
expend $500,000 for Street Preventative Maintenance Program repairs to specified
arterial and collector streets within the City is approved.
SECTION 3. That $500,000 from the unreserved fund balance in the Fund No. 1140
Business/Job Development Fund is appropriated for the repairs to specified arterial and
collector streets within the City.
SECTION 4. That Ordinance No. 031870, which adopted the FY 2019-2020 Operating
and Capital Budget, is amended to increase proposed expenditures in the No. 1140
Business/Job Development Fund by $500,000 for the repairs to specified arterial and
collector streets within the City and transferring these funds to the 1041 Street Fund, to
decrease the expenditures in the No. 1020 General Fund for the transfer to the Street
Maintenance by $500,000, and increase the expenditures in the No. 1020 General Fund
by $500,000 for the Chapter 380 agreement with United Way.
SECTION 5. That the City Manager or designee is authorized to execute an agreement
with the Corpus Christi Business and Job Development Corporation in an amount not to
exceed $500,000 for Street Preventative Maintenance Program repairs to specified
arterial and collector streets within the City and to support the City with the creation of
nonprofit recovery fund to support local NGO's in the City during the COVID-19 pandemic.
SECTION 6. That the City Manager or designee is authorized to execute a Chapter 380
agreement with United Way in an amount not to exceed $500,000 to provide relief to
qualifying nonprofit organizations in the City.
SECTION 7. That upon written request of the Mayor or five Council members, copy
attached, the City Council (1) finds and declares an emergency due to the need for
immediate action necessary for the efficient and effective administration of City affairs
and (2) suspends the Charter rule that requires consideration of and voting upon
ordinances at two regular meetings so that this ordinance is passed and takes effect upon
first reading as an emergency measure on this the 16th day of June, 2020.
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This ordinance takes effect upon City Council approval on this the 4-I S�day of
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ATTEST: CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI
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Rebecc Huerta Joe omb
City Secretary Mayo
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Corpus Christi, Texas
PASSED AND APPROVED on this the i day of .3k-ik' , XX)
TO THE MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL
Corpus Christi, Texas
For the reasons set forth in the emergency clause of the foregoing ordinance, an emergency
exists requiring suspension of the Charter rule as to consideration and voting upon ordinances at
two regular meetings: I/we, therefore, request that you suspend said Charter rule and pass this
ordinance finally on the date it is introduced or at the present meeting of the City Council.
Respectfully, Respectfully,
Jo; cComb
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Council Members
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The above ordinance was passed by the
following vote:
Joe McComb
Roland Barrera f111 !_
Rudy Garza
Paulette M. Guajardo �, 1A IV
Gil Hemandez O
Michael Hunter
Ben Molina
Everett Roy 7n1y�
Greg Smith
032160
CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI
CERTIFICATION OF FUNDS
(City Charter Article IV, Sections 7 & 8)
I, the Director of Financial Services of the City of Corpus Christi, Texas (or his/her duly authorized
representative), hereby certify to the City Council and other appropriate officers that the money required
for the current fiscal year's portion of the contract, agreement, obligation or expenditure described
below is in the Treasury to the credit of the Fund specified below, from which it is to be drawn, and has
not been appropriated for any other purpose. Future payments are subject to annual appropriation
by the City Council.
City Council Action Date: July 21, 2020 Legistar Item No. 20-0719
Agenda Item:
One reading ordinance approving an agreement between the City of Corpus Christi and the Corpus Christi
Business and Job Development Corporation in an amount not to exceed $500,000 for Type A funding of
arterial and collector streets within the City; approving a Chapter 380 agreement in an amount not to
exceed $500,000 with United Way of the Coastal Bend, for nonprofit organizations; appropriating
$500,000 from the unreserved fund balance of the Business and Job Development Fund for use on the
arterial and collector street improvements; amending the operating and capital budget.
Amount Required: $ 500,000
Fund Name Accounting Unit Account No. Activity No. Amount
Business and Job 1140 251850 $500,000
Development
General Fund 1020-15100-707 540117 $500,000
Total
LJ Certification Not Required
Director of Financial Services
Date: /b1 )90
CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI
CERTIFICATION OF FUNDS
(City Charter Article IV, Sections 7& 8)
I, the Director of Financial Services of the City of Corpus Christi, Texas (or his/her duly authorized
representative), hereby certify to the City Council and other appropriate officers that the money required
for the current fiscal year's portion of the contract, agreement, obligation or expenditure described
below is in the Treasury to the credit of the Fund specified below, from which it is to be drawn, and has
not been appropriated for any other purpose. Future payments are subject to annual appropriation
by the City Council.
City Council Action Date: July 21, 2020 Legistar Item No. 20-0719
Agenda Item:
One reading ordinance approving an agreement between the City of Corpus Christi and the Corpus Christi
Business and Job Development Corporation in an amount not to exceed $500,000 for Type A funding of
arterial and collector streets within the City; approving a Chapter 380 agreement in an amount not to
exceed $500,000 with United Way of the Coastal Bend, for nonprofit organizations; appropriating
$500,000 from the unreserved fund balance of the Business and Job Development Fund for use on the
arterial and collector street improvements; amending the operating and capital budget.
Amount Required: $ 500,000
Fund Name Accounting Unit Account No. Activity No. Amount
Business and Job 1140 260800 $500,000
Development
General Fund 1020-15100-707 540117 $500,000
Total
al Certification Not Required
Director of Financial Services
Date: `-3-:( I&C 1'1