HomeMy WebLinkAbout033042 RES - 05/09/2023Resolution authorizing a professional services contract with Turner
Ramirez Architects of Corpus Christi Texas to provide design of the
New Boat Haul Out Office Retail Facility in an amount not to exceed
$648,588.00, with FY 2023 funding available from the Seawall 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 new Boat Haul Out Office Retail Facility at the City's 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, the new Boat Haul Out Office Retail Facility will serve to beautify the
seawall complex, increase safety, increase available retail space, 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 new Boat Haul Out Office Retail Facility 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
necessary to secure a professional services contract with Turner Ramirez Architects of
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033 042
SCANNED
Corpus Christi Texas to provide a Design of the New Boat Haul Out Office Retail Facility
in an amount not to exceed $648,588.00
PASSED AND APPROVED on the i tV\ day of 2023.
Paulette Guajardo
Roland Barrera
Sylvia Campos
Gil Hernandez
Michael Hunter
Jim Klein
Mike Pusley
Everett Roy
Dan Suckley
ATTEST:
Rebecca Huerta
City Secretary
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F CORPUS CHRISTI
aulette Guajardo
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: May 9, 2023
Agenda Item:
Legistar Number: 21-0912
Resolution authorizing a professional services contract with Turner Ramirez Architects of Corpus
Christi Texas to provide design of the New Boat Haul Out Office Retail Facility in an amount not
to exceed $648,588.00, with FY 2023 funding available from the Seawall Fund.
AmouAkequired: $648,588.00
Fund Name
Accounting
Unit
Account
No.
Activity No.
Amount
Seawall Sys CIP
3271-57-89
550950
21028 -3271 -EXP
$648,588.00
Total
$648,588.00
6-1A, Director of Fin nci I Services
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