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Meeting Agenda - Final -revised
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Corpus Christi, TX 78401
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3/24/2023 2:16:13 PM
Rebecca Huerta
City Secretary
Tuesday, March 28, 2023
11:30 AM
Council Chambers
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be physically present at the location of this meeting unless this meeting is held
pursuant to Texas Government Code § 551.125 due to an emergency or other public
necessity pursuant to Texas Government Code § 551.045.
A. Mayor Paulette Guajardo to call the meeting to order.
B. Invocation to be given by Pastor David Bendett, Rock City Church.
C. Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag of the United States and to the Texas Flag to be
led by Lathaniel Trae Johnson, Junior at Moody High School.
D. City Secretary Rebecca L. Huerta to call the roll of the required Charter Officers.
E. CITY MANAGER'S COMMENTS / UPDATE ON CITY OPERATIONS:
1. 23-0591
Stage 1 Drought Update and Update on the Barney Davis Site
Evaluation for Potential Desalination Plant - Michael Murphy, Chief
Operating Officer of Corpus Christi Water.
2. 23-0599 North Beach Eco Park Update
3. 23-0593
Annual Public Health Fair on April 5, 2023 - Dr. Fauzia Khan, Public
Health Director
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F. PUBLIC COMMENT - APPROXIMATELY 12:00 P.M. To speak during this public
comment period, you must sign up before the meeting begins. Each speaker is
limited to a total of no more than 3 minutes per speaker. You will not be allowed
to speak again on an item when the Council is considering the item. Time limits
may be restricted further by the Mayor at any meeting. If you have a petition or
other information pertaining to your subject, please present it to the City
Secretary. Written comments may be submitted at
cctexas.com/departments/city-secretary. Electronic media that you would like to
use may only be introduced into the City system IF approved by the City's
Information Technology (IT) Department at least 24 hours prior to the Meeting.
Please contact IT at 826-3211 to coordinate. This is a public hearing for all items
on this agenda.
G. APPOINTMENT OF NEW FIRE CHIEF
4. 23-0588 Motion confirming the City Manager's appointment of Brandon Wade as
Fire Chief.
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Sponsors: City Manager's Office
H. BOARD & COMMITTEE APPOINTMENTS: (NONE)
EXPLANATION OF COUNCIL ACTION:
For administrative convenience, certain of the agenda items are listed as motions,
resolutions, or ordinances. If deemed appropriate, the City Council 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.
J. CONSENT AGENDA: (ITEMS 5 - 10)
NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC: The following items are consent motions, resolutions, and
ordinances 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. All items will be acted upon by one vote without being discussed
separately unless 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 - Second Reading Ordinances
5. 23-0392 Case No. 0223-01 Mehran and Sepideh Vatankhah (District 1):
Ordinance rezoning a property at or near 12102 Leopard Street,
03300 6 located along the north side of Leopard Street, east of Callicoatte
(� Road, and south of Interstate Highway 37 (IH -37), from the "RS -6"
`'�\�� Single -Family 6 District to the "CG -2" General Commercial District.
(Planning Commission and Staff recommend approval of the
rezoning request from the "RS -6" Single -Family 6 District to the
"CG -2" General Commercial District).
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Sponsors: Development Services
6. 23-0485 Ordinance amending Chapter 29 of the Corpus Christi Code to replace
terms that are "coterminous with the term of the appointing City Council"
0 3 3 0 0 7 ; with definite two-year terms for Municipal Judge Appointments.
CO1. C ,� Sponsors: Municipal Court Committee and City Secretary's Office
Consent - Contracts and Procurement
7. 23-0400 Motion authorizing a one-year supply agreement, with a one-year
option, with ProForce Marketing, Inc., of Prescott, Arizona, for the
2023 0.4 0 purchase of training ammunition for the Corpus Christi Police
Department in an amount not to exceed $138,270.00, and a potential
total amount of $276,540.00 if the one-year option is exercised, with FY
2023 funding of $138,270.00 from the Law Enforcement Trust Fund, the
Crime Control and Prevention District Fund, and the General Fund.
Sponsors: Police Department and Finance & Procurement
8. 23-0367 Motion authorizing execution of a two-year service agreement with CAP
Fleet Upfitters, LLC of Houston in an amount not to exceed
2023 0 4 1 $557,980.28, through the BuyBoard Cooperative, for the purchase and
installation of parts and equipment for 30 new police vehicles, with
FY2023 funding of $425,775.46 from the Fleet Equipment Replacement
Fund and $132,204.82 from the Crime Control Fund.
Sponsors: Asset Management Department, Police Department and Finance &
Procurement
Consent - First Reading Ordinances
9. 23-0432 Ordinance accepting $20,169.56 from the State of Texas - Law
Enforcement Officer Standards and Education Account for training
courses and training -related travel for approximately 25 full-time sworn
and civilian Corpus Christi Police Department personnel; and
appropriating $20,169.56 in the FY 2023 in the Police Grants Fund.
Sponsors: Police Department
10. 23-0444 Ordinance authorizing the acceptance and appropriation of a $25,000
grant from the Texas Historical Commission Certified Local Government
program for the Upper Westside Historic Resource Survey project with a
City match of $25,000 budgeted and coming from the Development
Services fund.
Sponsors: Development Services
K. RECESS FOR LUNCH
The City Council will take a lunch break at approximately 1:30 p.m.
L. PUBLIC HEARINGS: (ITEMS 11 - 12)
The following items are public hearings and public hearings with first reading
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ordinances. Each item will be considered individually.
11. 22-2109 Case No. 1022-07 Arriba Development (District 1): Ordinance rezoning
property at or near 10902 Interstate Highway 37, located along the north
side of Interstate 37, west of Sessions Road from the "RS -6"
Single -Family 6 District and the "CN -1" Neighborhood Commercial
District to the "RM -1" and "RM -2" Multifamily Districts. (Planning
Commission and Staff recommend denial of the rezoning request, and
in lieu, approval of a change of zoning a "RS-6/SP" Single -Family 6
District with a Special Permit) (3/4 favorable vote required due to protest
by surrounding owners)
Sponsors: Development Services
12. 23-0459 Ordinance authorizing and approving a Substantial Amendment to the
Corpus Christi FY2022/PY2021 Consolidated Annual Action Plan for the
033008 U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development and approval of
the Corpus Christi HOME-ARPA Allocation Plan.
Sponsors: Neighborhood Services
M. INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION ITEMS: (ITEMS 13 - 22)
The following items are motions, resolutions and ordinances that will be considered and
voted on individually.
13. 23-0590 Ordinance amending Ordinance 17150 by increasing the exemption for
ad valorem taxes for all qualified homesteads from 10% to 20% of
assessed value but not less than $5,000 for all qualified resident
homesteads; and increasing the exemption for ad valorem taxes for
persons' residence who are disabled or 65 years of age or older from
$50,000 as approved by the citizens of Corpus Christi on April 4, 1987
to $62,500; Commencing Tax Year 2023.
sponsors: City Manager's Office
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Resolution/amending City Council Policy Section 16 to reduce the
number of City Council Members required to place an item on the
agenda from four members to one member.
Sponsors: Legal Department
15. 23-0585 Resolution'concurring with TXDOT'S plan to close the Power Street and
033010 Padre Street exits/ramps off US Highway 181 South and restoring Padre
Street as a two-way roadway between Tancahua and Ramirez streets.
Sponsors: Public Works/Street Department
16. 23-0457 Motion authorizing the approval of Change Order No. 2 with Reytec,
Corpus Christi, Texas, for the reconstruction of Junior Beck Road from
2023 042 Bear Lane to Old Brownsville Road Project, in an amount of
$750,000.00 for a total amount not to exceed $5,636,738.25 with FY
2022 funding available from the Storm Water Capital Improvement
Project (CI P) Funds.
Sponsors: Engineering Services, Public Works/Street Department and Contracts
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and Procurement
17. 23-0236 Motion awarding a construction contract to Reytec Construction
Resources, Inc., Corpus Christi, Texas, for Nueces River Raw Water
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3 Pump Station Transmission Main project in an amount of
$7,421,783.00, located in Council District 1, with FY 2023 funding
available from the Water Capital Fund.
Sponsors: Engineering Services, Corpus Christi Water and Contracts and
Procurement
18. 23-0455 Motion awarding a construction contract to JE Construction Services,
LLC., Corpus Christi, Texas, for reconstruction of Trinity River Drive
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improvements, in the amount of $1,777,485.00, located in Council
District 1, with FY 2023 funding available from the Street Bond 2020,
Storm Water, Water and Waste Water Funds.
Sponsors: Engineering Services, Public Works/Street Department and Contracts
and Procurement
19. 22-1945 Resolution authorizing a one-year supply agreement, with one option,
with Chemtrade Chemicals US, LLC, of Parsippany, New Jersey, for the
11 taf purchase of liquid aluminum sulfate for Corpus Christi Water in an
amount not to exceed $3,358,282.00 for the initial term and in an
amount not to exceed $4,834,282.00 if the option is exercised, for a
combined potential amount not to exceed $8,192,564.00, with FY 2023
funding of $1,760,750.00 from the Water Fund.
sponsors: Corpus Christi Water and Finance & Procurement
20. 22-1946 ,l esolution authorizing a one-year supply agreement, with one option,
with Chemtrade Chemicals US, LLC, of Parsippany, New Jersey, for the
0 3 3 1 2 purchase of liquid ammonium sulfate for Corpus Christi Water in an
0 1 amount not to exceed $790,532.00, for the initial term and in an amount
not to exceed $1,144,532.00 if the option is exercised, for a combined
potential amount not to exceed $1,935,064.00, with FY 2023 funding of
$422,250.00 from the Water Fund.
Sponsors: Corpus Christi Water and Finance & Procurement
21. 23-0061 Motion authorizing a one-year supply agreement with Univar Solutions
USA, Inc., of Kent, Washington, in an amount not to exceed
2023 045 $270,000.00, for Hydrofluorosilicic Acid to be utilized by Corpus Christi
Water, with FY 2023 funding of $75,000.00 from the Water Fund.
Sponsors: Corpus Christi Water and Finance & Procurement
22. 23-0486 Ordinance appointing Jacqueline Del Llano Chapa as Presiding Judge,
Mike Alaniz as Division 1 Judge, Julianne Siracusa Rivera as Division 2
033013 Judge, David Walsh as Division 3 Judge, William Gregory "Bill" Bonilla
as Division 4 Judge, and George Picha as Division 5 Judge of the
Municipal Court; appointing Christopher E. Matt as part-time judge #1,
Douglas K. DeFratus as part-time judge #2, William Holt Feemster as
part-time judge #3, Mariana Garza as part-time judge #4, Mario A.
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N. BRIEFINGS:
Olivarez as part-time judge #5, Kali Guttman as part-time judge #6,
Robert Reyna as part-time judge #7, and Michael White as part-time
judge #8 of the Municipal Court; determining salary; providing a two year
term of office; and declaring an effective date.
Sponsors: Municipal Court Committee and City Secretary's Office
Briefing information will be provided to the City Council during the Council meeting.
Briefings are for Council information only. No action will be taken and no public
comment will be solicited. The City Manager or City Council Liaison for any city board,
commission, committee or corporation (including Type A or B Corporation) may report
on the action(s) or discussion(s) of any such body's public meeting that occurred within
one month prior to this City Council meeting.
O. EXECUTIVE SESSION: (ITEMS 23 - 26)
PUBLIC NOTICE is given that the City Council may elect to go into executive session at
any time during the meeting in order to discuss any matters listed on the agenda, when
authorized by the provisions of the Open Meeting Act, Chapter 551 of the Texas
Government Code, and that the City Council specifically expects to go into executive
session on the following matters. if 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. The City
Council may deliberate and take action in open session on any issue that may be
discussed in executive session. The description of an item in "Executive Sessions"
constitutes the written interpretation by the City Attorney of Chapter 551 of the Texas
Government Code and his determination that said item may be legally discussed in
Closed Meeting in compliance with Chapter 551 the Texas Government Code.
23. 23-0473 Executive Session pursuant to Texas Government Code § 551.071
and Texas Disciplinary Rules of Professional Conduct Rule 1.05 to
consult with attorneys concerning legal issues related to collective
bargaining matters in the Agreement with the Corpus Christi Police
Officers' Association, Chapters 143 and 172 of the Texas Local
Government Code, other collective bargaining agreements as
necessary, including potential approval in open session of matters
related thereto as necessary.
24. 23-0571 Executive Session pursuant to Texas Government Code §
551.071and Texas Disciplinary Rules of Professional Conduct Rule 1.05
to consult with attorneys concerning Texas Government Code §
551.007, et seq., Texas Government Code § 551.042, et. Seq, the U.S.
Constitution, Applicability and Legality of Selected Rules of Decorum,
and other legal matters relating to Chapter 551 of the Texas
Government Code.
25. 23-0586 Executive Session pursuant to Texas Government Code § 551.071
and Texas Disciplinary Rules of Professional Conduct Rule 1.05 to
consult with attorneys concerning legal issues related to legislation
pending or contemplated in the 88th Texas Legislature and potential
changes to the City's Legislative Agenda, including, but not limited to,
legislation involving preservation of local decision-making authority, land
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use, revenue caps, debt issuance, taxation, use of rights-of-way,
communication with legislators & administrative agencies, emergency
service districts, navigation districts, school districts, other special
districts, public health, military installations (including DEAGG Program
grants), tax exemptions, air quality, utilities, appraisal appeals, economic
development, school finance, transportation infrastructure, tourism and
hotel occupancy tax funding, homelessness, and affordable housing.
26. 23-0587 Executive Session pursuant to Texas Government Code § 551.071
and Texas Disciplinary Rules of Professional Conduct Rule 1.05 to
consult with attorneys concerning legal issues related to parks on land
owned by the City adjacent to Corpus Christi Bay, restrictions on said
underlying real property, and the value of said property, and Texas
Government Code § 551.072 to discuss and deliberate the value of the
aforementioned areas of said real property.
P. ADJOURNMENT
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