HomeMy WebLinkAbout032468 RES - 06/15/2021Resolution awarding a professional services contract to Urban
Engineering, Corpus Christi, Texas, for design services to Replace
Piers A, B, C, D, & L, located in Council District 1, in an amount of
$939,767.00, with FY 2021 funding available from the Seawall CIP
Fund.
WHEREAS, on November 7, 2000, residents of the City of Corpus Christi ("City")
passed Proposition 4, Seawall Improvement, which authorized the adoption of a sales
and use tax for the promotion and development improvements to the downtown seawall
and for maintenance and operating costs of said seawall improvements for the life thereof
to be imposed for 25 years;
WHEREAS, the 1/8th cent sales tax authorized by passage of Proposition 4 was
subsequently enacted by the City Council and filed with the State Comptroller of Texas,
effective April 1, 2001, to be administered by the Corpus Christi Business and Job
Development Corporation Board ("Board");
WHEREAS, the Board has determined that it is in the best interest of the citizens
of the City that Seawall improvement funds be used to pay for a certain public
improvement, namely the replacement of docks A,B,C,D, and L at the Corpus Christi
Municipal Marina (the "Marina");
WHEREAS, the Project is consistent with the purposes for which the Seawall
Improvement Fund was created and approved by the voters of the City;
WHEREAS, the Marina is an integral part of the seawall complex that enhances
the tourism or economic development value thereof;
WHEREAS, replacement of docks A, B, C, D, and L will serve to beautify the
seawall complex, increase safety, and eliminate an impediment to the commercial use of
the Marina, thereby enhancing the value of the seawall as a facility that promotes new or
expanded business development;
WHEREAS, the Marina was constructed as part of the original seawall project,
connects directly to the seawall, and is surrounded by seawall improvements, including
the Seawall breakwaters;
WHEREAS, the Marina is part of the downtown seawall and was included in
seawall improvement project at the time that Proposition 4 was approved by voters; and
WHEREAS, the replacement of docks A, B, C, D, and L is a Seawall improvement
for purposes of the Seawall Improvement sales tax approved by the City's voters.
Be it resolved by the City Council of the City of Corpus Christi, Texas:
Section 1. The City Council specifically finds that the foregoing statements included in
the preamble of this resolution are true and correct and adopts such findings for all intents
and purposes related to the authorization of this procurement.
Section 2. The City Manager, or designee, is authorized to execute all documents
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032468
SCANNED
necessary to secure professional services contract to Urban Engineering, Corpus Christi,
Texas, for design services to Replace Piers A, B, C, D, & L, located in Council District 1,
in an amount of $939,767.00.
PASSED AND APPROVED on the (`�' � day of 1U Aq , 2021:
Paulette M. Guajardo
Roland Barrera
Gil Hernandez
Michael Hunter
Billy Lerma
John Martinez
Ben Molina
Mike Pusley
Greg Smith
ATTEST:
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Rebecca Huerta Paulette M. Guajardo
City Secretary Mayor
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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: June 15, 2021
Legistar Number: 21-0494
Agenda Item: Resolution awarding a professional services contract to Urban Engineering, Corpus
Christi, Texas, for design services to Replace Piers A, B, C, D, & L, located in Council District 1, in an
amount of $939,767.00, with FY 2021 funding available from the Seawall CIP Fund.
Amount Required: $ 939,767.00
Fund Name
Accounting
Unit
Account
No.
Activity No.
Amount
Seawall Sys CIP
3271-707
550950
21026 -3271 -EXP
$939,767.00
Total
$939,767.00
Director of Financial Services
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