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Meeting Agenda - Final -revised
City Council
Tuesday, September 5, 2023
11:30 AM
1201 Leopard Street
Corpus Christi, TX 78401
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Rebecca Huerta
City Secretary
Council Chambers
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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 Deacon Richard Longoria, St. Helena of the True
Cross of Jesus.
C. Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag of the United States and to the Texas Flag to be
led by Emma Wilson, Senior at Richard King 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. 23-1463 Corpus Christi Firefighters C.A.R.E. (Cancer Awareness Relief Effort) shirt
sale at City Hall on September 18, presented by Carlos Torres
2. 23-1494 Communication Plan for transitioning the Council Meetings to the RTA
Building while the City Hall Council Chambers are being renovated
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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. BOARD & COMMITTEE APPOINTMENTS:
3. 23-1429 Animal Care Advisory Committee (1 vacancy)
Corpus Christi B Corporation - Type B Board (3 vacancies)
Corpus Christi Business and Job Development Corporation - Type A
Board (3 vacancies)
Ethics Commission (3 vacancies)
Parks and Recreation Advisory Committee (1 vacancy)
Planning Commission / Airport Zoning Commission (1 Vacancy)
H. 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.
I. BUDGET RELATED ITEMS: (ITEMS 4 - 16)
4. 23-1464 Resolution tamending Financial Budgetary Policies adopted by Resolution
n pr 033103 and providing financial policy direction on preparation of the FY
0 1t 2024 operating and capital budgets.
Sponsors: Office of Manage.• - nt and Budget
5. 23-1484 Motion authorizing • =yment of a refund to Flint esources for
$290,184.30 f• industrial district payments ceived by the City fro ax
Gg%-& years 201', 2020, 2021, and 2022 ($49 = 3.63, $73,563.42, $: •,890.65,
and '. ,916.60, respectively) as a - ult of decreased pro.• rty values
fr• the property appeals proc with the Nueces Co y Appraisal
'strict, subject to approval o he FY 2024 Operatin• :udget.
Sponsors: Finance & Procurement
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Budget - Second Reading Ordinances
6. 23-1354
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7. 23-1440
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Ordinance amending the Code of Ordinances, Chapter 9, Aviation,
Section 9-35 - Parking Rates, by revising the parking rate for long-term
parking at the Corpus Christi International Airport.
Sponsors: Aviation Department
Ordinance affirming Development Services fee schedules including fee
schedules for Technical Construction Codes, Excavation and Fill, Unified
Development Code, Zoning, Beachfront Construction, Dune Protection,
and Billboards.
sponsors: Development Services
8. 23-1460 Ordinance authorizing updates to the City of Corpus Christi's Texas
Municipal Retirement System benefits (1) adopting non -retroactive
3 Q repeating COLAs for retirees and their beneficiaries under Texas
03 �P Municipal Retirement System Act and (2) authorizing annually accruing
updated service credits; decreasing the TMRS contribution rate from
16.57% to 16.29% for calendar year 2024.
Sponsors: Human Resources
9. 23-1389 Ordinance amending various sections of the Code of Ordinances, Chapter
21, Solid Waste, by revising applicable rates, fees, and charges; and
03 3 14 providing an effective date.
C 6i CO Sponsors: Solid Waste Operations
10. 23-1282 Ordinance amending Section 55-709, Drainage Utility Charge, of the
x 1 Corpus Christi Code of Ordinances, to levy an amended schedule of storm
0J 1 ``��_ water drainage charges, and providing an effective date.
Sponsors: Public Works/Street Department
11. 23-1403 Ordinance amending Corpus Christi Code Section 55-50 regarding water
t rates and section 55-100 regarding wastewater rates effective January 1,
03 3149 2024
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12. 23-1401 Ordinance amending Ordinance 17150 by increasing the exemption for ad
valorem taxes for all qualified residence homesteads from 10% to 20% of
0 3 3 1 5 ® 1 assessed value commencing Tax Year 2024 and increasing the exemption
!� n 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 2024; providing that
�P- 1 this ordinance is cumulative and for an effective date, severance,
publication, and codification.
Sponsors: Finance & Procurement
13. 23-1363 Ordinance adopting the City of Corpus Christi operating budget for the
� fiscal year 2023-2024 beginning October 1, 2023; authorizing personnel
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complements; providing for copy to be filed with the county clerk;
appropriating funds as provided in the budget; and adopting the FY 2024 -
2028 Infrastructure Management Plan.
Sponsors: Office of Management and Budget
14. 23-1387 Ordinance adopting the Corpus Christi Fiscal Year 2023 - 2024 Capital
j Budget in the amount of $703,026,801 as amended by the schedule of
033152 adjustments, beginning October 1, 2023.
Sponsors: Office of Management and Budget
15. 23-1400 Ordinance setting a property tax rate of $0.599774 per $100 valuation
which is effectively an 8.3% increase over the no -new -revenue tax rate and
0 3 3 1 5 3 approving the tax roll as calculated.(60 percent favorable vote required)
sponsors: Finance & Procurement
16. 23-1364 Ordinance ratifying the property tax increase reflected in the FY 2023-2024
Operating Budget that will require raising more revenue from property
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the FY 2022-2023 Operating Budget in amount of
$1
Sponsors: Office of Management and Budget
J. CONSENT AGENDA: (ITEMS 17 - 25)
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.
17. 23-1462 Approval of the August 29, 2023 Regular Meeting Minutes
Sponsors: City Secretary's Office
Consent - Second Reading Ordinances
18. 23-1329 Ordinance authorizing acceptance of grant funds in an amount of
$167,000.00 from the Texas Department of Transportation for the 2024
0 3 3 1 5 5 Comprehensive Selective Traffic Enforcement Project for overtime for
sworn officers to increase traffic enforcement in Corpus Christi, with a City
match of $42,669.75 in fringe benefits and fuel expenses, with funds
available from the FY 2024 General Fund; and appropriating $167,000.00
in the Police Grants Fund.
Sponsors: Police Department
19. 23-1103 Ordinance amending Section 14-231 of the City Code to amend the
Building Code to provide an exemption for certain government, industrial,
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and agricultural facilities from permits, amending Sections 14-281 and
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14-291 of the City Code to amend the Plumbing and Residential
Construction Codes to incorporate Texas Commission on Environmental
Quality regulations for the testing of backflow assemblies and clarify
backflow device requirements for carbonated beverage dispensers,
amending Section 55-37 of the City Code to expand authority the
disconnection of services for failure to install, test, or maintain a required
backflow device; providing for a penalty not to exceed $2,000 and
publication.
Sponsors: Development Services
20. 23-1284 Ordinance authorizing the City Manager to execute a lease agreement
3 q with ARI NC, Incorporated for space on the ground floor of the Corpus
17 Christi International Airport terminal building for a five-year term, with the
option to renew for two additional five-year terms.
Sponsors: Aviation Department
21. 23-1362 Ordinance appropriating $1,700,000.00 of anticipated hotel occupancy tax
(HOT) revenues in the No. 1030 HOT Fund for a contractual payment to
033158 Visit Corpus Christi and for an emergency declaration for a transformer
failure at American Bank Center; appropriating $330,000.00 from the
unreserved fund balance in the HOT Fund for professional consulting
services related to the Convention Center Expansion Project; and
amending the FY 2023 Operating Budget.
Sponsors: Finance & Procurement
22. 23-1374 Ordinance authorizing the approval of Change Order No. 1 with Fulton
Coastcon General Contractors of Corpus Christi, Texas, in an amount of
033159 $298,444.04 for a total amount not to exceed $21,453,050.04 for the
Police Training Academy, located in Council District 5, amending the
Capital Budget with FY 2023 funding available from general fund.
Sponsors: Engineering Services, Contracts and Procurement, Asset Management
Department and Police Department
Consent - Contracts and Procurement
23. 23-1292 Motion authorizing execution of a one-year service agreement, with two
one-year options, with Rush Truck Centers of Texas, LP, dba Rush Truck
2023 1 3 3 Center - Corpus Christi, of Robstown in an amount not to exceed
J $224,375.00, and a potential amount up to $673,125.00 if options are
exercised, for repairs and servicing of Peterbilt, Hino and Isuzu trucks and
miscellaneous equipment for Asset Management - Fleet, with no funding
required for FY 2023, and funding in future fiscal years subject to budget
approval.
Sponsors: Asset Management Department and Finance & Procurement
24. 23-1277 Motion authorizing the purchase of 26 utility trailers for a combined total
amount of $299,604.92 with the following vendors: Ron Hoover Equipment,
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of Corpus Christi, for $50,776.42; J & B Pavelke, Inc., of Robstown, for
$92,886.00; Superior Trailer Sales of Corpus Christi, for $14,822.50; and
Technology International, Inc., of Lake Mary, Florida for $141,120.00, with
FY 2023 funding of $239,718.92 from the Fleet Equipment Replacement
Fund and $59,886.00 from the Streets Fund.
Sponsors: Asset Management Department and Finance & Procurement
Consent - First Reading Ordinances
25. 23-1342 Ordinance authorizing acceptance of a grant from the Executive Office of
the President, Office of National Drug Control Policy, for overtime for two
sworn officers and lease payments on two vehicles for the FY 2023 Texas
Coastal Corridor High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area Initiative in an amount
of $45,640.00; and appropriating $45,640.00 in the Police Grants Fund.
Sponsors: Police Department
K. RECESS FOR LUNCH
The City Council will take a lunch break at approximately 1:30 p.m.
L. PUBLIC HEARINGS: (ITEM 26)
The following items are public hearings and public hearings with first reading ordinances.
Each item will be considered individually.
26. 23-1360 Second Reading Ordinance approving amendments to the Tax Increment
Reinvestment Zone #2 Amended Project & Financing Plans approved by
d3 3 1 6 �j the Board of Directors of Reinvestment Zone Number Two, Corpus Christi,
J CD fit! Texas, recommending the allocation of $150,950,000 in future revenue to
specified projects including water and wastewater infrastructure, parks,
mobility projects, developer reimbursement, and administration costs.
Sponsors: Economic Development
M. INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION ITEMS: (ITEMS 27 - 29)
The following items are motions, resolutions and ordinances that will be considered and
voted on individually.
27. 23-1421 One -Reading Ordinance authorizing the designation of Industrial Districts
3 �{ No. 9, 10, and 11 within the extraterritorial jurisdiction of the City of Corpus
0 3 1 6 Christi, Texas.
Sponsors: Economic Development
28. 23-1466 Ordinance accepting and appropriating two grant awards in the amount of
$1,000,000 and $175,000 in funding from the Office of the Governor's
Texas Military Preparedness Commission Defense Economic Adjustment
Assistance Grant (DEAAG) Program with matching contributions from the
City totaling $130,000 for the Perimeter Fencing Project at Naval Air
Station Corpus Christi and acquisition of two portable solar -powered
electric vehicle charging stations for the Corpus Christi Army Depot; and
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authorizing the purchase of two portable solar -powered electric vehicle
charging stations from Beam Global of San Diego, California, via Federal
GSA for $171,740.48.
Sponsors: Intergovernmental Relations
29. 23-1343 Resolution authorizing payment of $983,636.00 for the annual renewal of
Excess Liability and Workers' Compensation policy through Broker of
033162 Z Record, Carlisle Insurance Agency, for upcoming policy year October 1,
2023 - September 30, 2024.
Sponsors: Legal Department
N. BRIEFINGS:
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:
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.
P. ADJOURNMENT
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