HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes City Council - 08/19/2021 - WorkshopI HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing is a true and correct copy of the minutes of the
Workshop Meeting of the Corpus Christi City Council of August 19, 2021, which were
approved by the City Council on August 31, 2021.
WITNESSETH MY HAND AND SEAL, on this the 31st day of August 2021.
(S E A L)
Rebecca Huerta
City Secretary
Corpus Christi, Texas
City of Corpus Christi
Rebecca Huerta, City Secretary
P.O. Box 9277
Corpus Christi, Texas 78469-9277
(361) 826-3105
rebeccah@cctexas.com
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City of Corpus Christi
Meeting Minutes
City Council Workshop Session
1201 Leopard Street
Corpus Christi, TX 78401
cctexas.com
Thursday, August 19, 2021
9:00 AM City Council Chambers
FY 2022 Budget Workshop for Development Services, Parks & Recreation, Libraries,
Health District, Neighborhood Services, and Asset Management Departments
A. Mayor Paulette M. Guajardo to call the meeting to order.
Mayor Guajardo called the meeting to order at 9:11 a.m.
B. City Secretary Rebecca L. Huerta to call the roll of the required Charter Officers.
City Secretary Rebecca L. Huerta called the roll and verified that a quorum of the City
Council and the required Charter Officers were present to conduct the meeting.
Charter Officers: City Manager Peter Zanoni, City Attorney Miles Risley and City
Secretary Rebecca L. Huerta.
Note: Council Member Michael Hunter participated by telephone conference.
Present 9 - Mayor Paulette M. Guajardo, Council Member Roland Barrera, Council Member Gil
Hernandez, Council Member Michael Hunter, Council Member Billy A. Lerma, Council
Member John Martinez, Council Member Ben Molina, Council Member Mike Pusley, and
Council Member Greg Smith
C. BRIEFINGS TO CITY COUNCIL:
1. 21-1003 FY 2022 Budget Workshop for Development Services, Parks & Recreation,
Libraries, Health District, Neighborhood Services, and Asset Management
Departments
Mayor Guajardo referred to Item 1.
Director of Public Health Annette Rodriguez presented information on the following
topics: organization; FY2021 achievements; performance measures; public health
services; FY2022 health district proposed budget: $31.8M; FY2022 proposed budget
city general fund: $3.6M; FY2022 proposed capital budget; and FY2022 enhancement 1.
Council Members, Director Rodriguez, Director of Management and Budget Eddie
Houlihan and City Manager Peter Zanoni discussed the following topics: a non-profit
sailing program would offer sailing classes on the Bay; overtime expenses were not
budgeted; statistics show that the 78415 zip code has the highest number of COVID
cases and deaths; the health department is working on establishing vaccination clinics at
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churches; Council Members would like to see the grant funds applied towards other
physical activities and promote healthy living, not just sailing; the importance of promoting
and marketing healthy living on social media; and most grant amounts are received
annually.
Director of Development Services Al Raymond presented information on the following
topics: mission statement; about development services; organization; FY2021
achievements; performance measures; services; FY2022 development services
department proposed budget: $13.1M; FY2022 proposed budget development services
fund: $13.1M; FY2022 enhancement 1; FY2022 enhancement 2; FY2022 enhancement
3; FY2022 enhancement 4; FY2022 enhancement 5; FY2022 enhancement 6; FY2022
enhancement 7; FY2022 enhancement 8; FY2022 enhancement 9; proposed revenue;
increase to existing fees; new revenue -proposed fees; engineering services inspections;
building scenarios -new residential; land development scenarios -zoning; land
development scenarios; and developer agreement scenarios.
Council Members, Director Raymond, City Manager Peter Zanoni, Assistant Director of
Development Services Nina Nixon Mendez, City Attorney Miles Risley and Assistant
Director of Engineering Services Brett Van Hazel discussed the following topics: when
new subdivisions are built the City does not charge the developer to go out and do
inspections or the planning review; the first floor of Development Services is 11,000
square feet; a Council Member's concern of the 20% fee increase for storm water; the
City is giving a $1 million discount to CCISD; the building permit includes the inspection
fees; commercial projects are evaluation based while residential projects are square
footage based; a Council Member wants to ensure that there is equal recovery for
services for both commercial and residential; CCISD gets a discount because they have
to use the City for inspections; if a school outside the city limits does not follow the City's
ordinances they won't receive a Certificate of Occupancy; the Frost Bank building will be
paid by Development Services fund balance that will include a new parking lot; and the
engineering team inspects anything that will be turned over to the City as infrastructure.
Interim Director of Parks and Recreation Dante Gonzalez presented information on the
following topics: about Parks and Recreation; organization; FY2021 achievements;
performance measures; services; FY2022 parks and recreation proposed budget:
$38.4M; FY2022 proposed budget general fund: $24.1M; FY2022 proposed budget
special revenue funds: $8.0M; FY2022 proposed budget enterprise funds: $4.9M;
FY2022 proposed budget grant funds: $1.4M; and FY2022 enhancements.
Council Members, Interim Director Gonzalez, Community Relations & Engagement
Superintendent Lisa Oliver and Assistant City Manager Neiman Young discussed the
following topics: the swim lessons will be $50 per session per child; a master plan is in
the budget for Labonte Park which will include an RV park, and new amenities will be
installed; a Council Member's concern about addressing the flood issue at Labonte Park
before adding any new amenities; a Council Member's concern that spending $1 million
dollars on two dog parks is an exorbitant amount of money; the proposed dog parks are
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modeled after Bill Witt Park, and most of the expenses cover the cost of amenities for
dog owners (e.g. restrooms); there has been a popular request from the community for
additional dog parks; the tentative date to bring community enrichment funds to Council is
August 31st; and there is a plan to replace more playgrounds in this budget.
D. ADJOURNMENT
There being no further business, Mayor Guajardo adjourned the meeting at 12:11 p.m.
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