Meeting Name: City Council Agenda status: Final
Meeting date/time: 9/23/2014 11:30 AM Minutes status: Final  
Meeting location: Council Chambers
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14-001046 11. ProclamationsProclamation declaring September 20-27, 2014 as, "2nd Annual National Estuaries Week" Proclamation declaring September 23, 2014 as, "Leave It Better Than You Found It Pledge Partner Day" Proclamation declaring September 27, 2014 as, "Walk 'N Roll Celebration for Disability Awareness Day" Proclamation declaring the third week in September as, "Literacy Week" Swearing-in Ceremony for Newly Appointed Board, Commission and Committee Memberspresented  Action details Video Video
14-001073 12. PresentationImpact to Broadcast Services Regarding the Proposed APEX Windfarm Developmentpresented  Action details Video Video
14-001076 13. E-Session ItemExecutive Session pursuant to Section 551.071 of theTexas Government Code and Texas Disciplinary Rules of Professional Conduct Rule 1.05 to consult with attorneys on annexation, with possible action and discussion in open session.discussed in executive session  Action details Video Video
14-001069 14. E-Session ItemExecutive session pursuant to Section 551.071 of the Texas Government Code for consultation with attorneys regarding fire collective bargaining negotiations with possible discussion and action in open session.discussed in executive session  Action details Not available
14-001072 15. MinutesRegular Meeting of September 16, 2014passed  Action details Video Video
14-00879 16. MotionPurchase of two (2) Police Interceptor sedans Motion approving the purchase of two (2) police interceptor sedans from Caldwell Country Chevrolet, Caldwell, Texas for a total amount of $55,172.00. The award is based on the cooperative purchasing agreement with the Texas Local Government Purchasing Cooperative (TLGPC). Funds have been budgeted in FY 2013-2014.passedPass Action details Not available
14-00915 17. MotionPurchase of thirty-one (31) Police Vehicles Motion approving the purchase of thirty-one (31) police vehicles from Sames Ford, Corpus Christi, Texas in accordance with Bid Invitation No. BI-0224-14, based on lowest responsible bid for a total expenditure of $794,185.49. Funds have been budgeted in FY 2013-2014.passedPass Action details Not available
14-00918 18. MotionPurchase of four (4) Tahoe Police Special Service Vehicles Motion approving the purchase of four (4) Tahoe police special service vehicles from Caldwell Country Chevrolet, Caldwell, Texas for a total expenditure of $133,088.00. The award is based on the cooperative purchasing agreement with the Texas Local Government Purchasing Cooperative (TLGPC). Funds have been budgeted in FY 2013-2014.passedPass Action details Not available
14-001014 19. MotionPurchase and Lease Purchase of Backhoes five (5) in total Motion approving the purchase of two (2) Series III Tractor Loader Backhoes and Lease Purchase of three (3) Series IV Tractor Loader Backhoes from Doggett Machinery of Corpus Christi, Texas, based on lowest responsible bid in accordance with Bid Invitation BI-0237-14 for a total amount of $364,353. The backhoe will be used by the Gas, Park & Recreation, Water and Wastewater Department. These units are replacement to the fleet. Funds for the purchase of (2) two tractor loader backhoes are available in the FY 2013-2014 Capital Outlay Budget of the Maintenance Services. Funds for the lease purchase of three (3) tractor loader backhoes will be provided through the City's lease/purchase financing program.passedPass Action details Not available
14-001025 110. MotionPurchase and Lease Purchase of five (5) CNG Vehicles, one (1) Hybrid Vehicle and four (4) Heavy Trucks Motion approving the purchase two (2) CNG vehicles, one (1) hybrid vehicle, four (4) heavy trucks and the lease-purchase of two (2) CNG Vans and one (1) heavy trucks from Caldwell Country Chevrolet, Caldwell, Texas for a total amount of $403,915.23. The award is based on the cooperative purchasing agreement with the Texas Local Government Purchasing Cooperative (TLGPC). Funds for the purchase of the vehicles have been budgeted in FY 2013-2014. Financing for the lease-purchase of the vehicles will be provided through the City's lease-purchase financing contractor.passedPass Action details Not available
14-00951 111. MotionPurchase of one (1) Wheel Loader and one (1) Skid Steer Loader Motion approving the purchase of one (1) Wheel Loader and one (1) Skid Steer Loader from Waukesha - Pearce Industries Inc., Corpus Christi, Texas for the total amount of $97,519.53. The award is based on the cooperative purchasing agreement with the Texas Local Government Purchasing Cooperative (TLGPC). Funding for the purchase of the loaders is available in the Fleet Maintenance Services Fund in FY 2013- 2014.passedPass Action details Not available
14-00952 112. MotionPurchase and Lease Purchase of six (6) Mowers, three (3) Tractors and seven (7) Heavy Trucks (CNG) Motion approving the purchase five (5) mowers, three (3) tractors, four (4) heavy trucks (CNG), and the lease-purchase of one (1) mower, and three (3) heavy trucks (CNG) from the following companies for the following amounts for a total amount of $1,593,206.52. The award is based on the cooperative purchasing agreement with the Houston Galveston Area Council (H-GAC). Funding for the purchase of mowers, tractors and heavy trucks are available in the Capital Outlay Budget of the Maintenance Service Fund and the Municipal Information System Fund. Financing for the lease-purchase of mower and heavy trucks will be provided through the City's lease-purchase financing contractor. John Deere Company Houston Freightliner Kubota Tractor Corp. Cary, NC Houston, TX Torrance, CA Items 1, 2, & 3 Items 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 & 9 Items 10 & 11 $118,389.52 $1,391,583.00 $83,234.passedPass Action details Not available
14-00953 113. MotionPurchase and Lease of five (5) Excavators Motion approving the purchase of four (4) excavators and the lease purchase of one (1) excavator from Doggett Machinery, Corpus Christi, TX for the total amount of $221,674.00. The award is based on the lowest responsible bid in accordance to Bid Invitation BI-0223-14. Funding for the purchase of excavators is available in the Fleet Maintenance Services Fund in FY 2013-2014. Funds for the lease purchase of excavator will be provided through the City's lease purchase financing program.passedPass Action details Not available
14-00954 114. MotionPurchase of one (1) Forklift Motion approving the purchase of one (1) Forklift from American Material Handling, Inc. Watkinsville, GA for the total amount of $58,863.00. The award is based on the lowest responsible bid in accordance with Bid Invitation BI-0226-14. Funding for the purchase of the forklift is available in Fleet Maintenance Services Fund in FY 2013- 2014.passedPass Action details Not available
14-00846 115. ResolutionApproving new rental and recreational use fees for fiscal year 2014-2015 Resolution adding new rental and recreational use fees for fiscal year 2014-2015 and providing for publication; effective date; and severance of the same.passedPass Action details Not available
14-00885 116. MotionApproving engineering contract amendment no. 2 for water program management Motion authorizing the City Manager or designee to execute Amendment No. 2 to the engineering contract with URS Corporation of Corpus Christi, Texas in the amount of $250,000 for a total restated fee not to exceed $550,000 for Water Program Management.passedPass Action details Not available
14-00899 117. MotionApproving amendment no. 1 to the engineering services contract for the Nueces Bay System Salinity and Freshwater Inflow Monitoring 2014-2015 Motion authorizing the City Manager or designee to execute Amendment No. 1 to the monitoring services contract with the Conrad Blucher Institute at Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi in the amount of $97,687, for a total restated fee of $192,292 for the Nueces Bay System Salinity and Freshwater Inflow Monitoring 2014-2015.passedPass Action details Not available
14-001031 118. ResolutionResolution to acknowledge the Homeless Housing and Service Program funding from TDHCA to the Mother Teresa Shelter, Inc. Resolution to acknowledge the current FY2014-2015 funding allocation of $199,843 provided by the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs to Mother Teresa Shelter, Inc. for the Homeless Housing and Services Program; and to have each City Council member submit a TDHCA "Uniform Previous Participation Form".passedPass Action details Not available
14-001001 219. OrdinanceSecond Reading Ordinance - Accepting and appropriating grant and reimbursement funds from Texas State Library and Archives Commission for special library services (1st Reading 9/16/14) Ordinance authorizing the City Manager or designee to execute all documents necessary to accept grants from the Texas State Library and Archives Commission ("TSLAC") in the amount of $8,373 for the Impact Grant, in the amount of $37,226 for the Special Projects Grant, in the amount of $4,822 for the Edge Implementation Reimbursement Program, and in the amount of $3,000 for the Texas Reads Grant; and appropriating $53,421 from TSLAC in the Library Grants Fund No. 1068.passed on second readingPass Action details Not available
14-00991 220. OrdinanceSecond Reading Ordinance - Accepting and appropriating amendment no. 2 of the Federal Aviation Administration grant for upgrading security and perimeter road systems at the airport (1st Reading 9/16/14) Ordinance appropriating $92,864 from the Federal Aviation Administration Grant No. 3-48-0051-048-2011, Amendment No. 2, in the No. 3020 Airport Capital Improvement Fund to upgrade security and perimeter road systems at Corpus Christi International Airport; changing the FY 2013-2014 capital budget adopted by Ordinance No. 029916 by increasing revenues and expenditures by $92,864.passed on second readingPass Action details Not available
14-00994 221. OrdinanceSecond Reading Ordinance - Appropriating Federal Aviation Administration grant funds for taxiway improvements at the airport (1st Reading 9/16/14) Ordinance appropriating $6,500,000 from the Federal Aviation Administration Grant No. 3-48-0051-051-2014 in the No. 3020 Airport Capital Improvement Fund to rehabilitate Taxiways B, B1, B2, B3, B4 and B5 at Corpus Christi International Airport; changing the FY 2013-2014 capital budget adopted by Ordinance No. 029916 by increasing revenues and expenditures by $6,500,000.passed on second readingPass Action details Not available
14-001033 222. OrdinanceSecond Reading Ordinance - Amending the Capital Improvement Budget to accelerate funding for Mary Rhodes Pipeline Phase 2 due to change in fiscal year (1st Reading 9/16/14) Ordinance amending the FY 2014 Capital Improvement Budget adopted by Ordinance No. 029916 by accelerating funding for the Mary Rhodes Pipeline Phase 2 in the amount of $14,000,000 from Fiscal Year 2015 to Fiscal Year 2014; and increasing expenditures in the amount of $14,000,000.passed on second readingPass Action details Not available
14-00988 123. OrdinanceSecond Reading Ordinance - Rezoning from Single-Family to Neighborhood Commercial and Multi-family at 7901 South Padre Island Drive (1st Reading 9/23/14) Case No. 0814-01 Gladys Mattie Smith Marital Trust, Patricia Peterson Nuss and Chris Ann Peterson Brown: A change of zoning from “RS-6” Single Family 6 to “CN-1” Neighborhood Commercial District on Tract 1 and “RM-3” Multifamily 3 District on Tract 2 resulting in a change to the Future Land Use Plan. The property is described as being 14.24 acres out of Lots 23 and 24, Section 28, Flour Bluff and Encinal Farm and Garden Tracts, located south of Williams Drive between Ennis Joslin Road and Paul Jones Avenue. Planning Commission and Staff Recommendation (August 13, 2014): Approval of the rezoning from the “RS-6” Single-Family 6 District to “CN-1” Neighborhood Commercial District on Tract 1 and “RM-3” Multifamily 3 District on Tract 2. Ordinance: Ordinance amending the Unified Development Code (“UDC”), upon application by Gladys Mattie Smith Marital Trust, Patricia Peterson Nuss and Chris Ann Peterson Brown (“Owners”), by cheard on public hearing and passed on first readingPass Action details Video Video
14-001028 224. OrdinanceSecond Reading Ordinance - Adopting the Proposed FY 2014-2015 Operating Budget (1st Reading 9/16/14) Ordinance adopting the City of Corpus Christi budget for the ensuing fiscal year beginning October 1, 2014; to be filed with the County Clerk; appropriating monies as provided in the budget; and providing for severance.passed on second readingPass Action details Video Video
14-001030 225. OrdinanceSecond Reading Ordinance - Adjusting Water, Wastewater and Gas Rates (1st Reading 9/16/14) Ordinance amending the Code of Ordinances, Chapter 55, regarding water, gas and wastewater rates and fees; water laboratory charges; compressed natural gas rates and charges; providing for publication, providing for severance, and providing effective date.passed on second readingPass Action details Video Video
14-00979 126. OrdinanceSecond Reading Ordinance - Approving the Capital Improvement Budget for fiscal year 2014-2015 (1st Reading 9/23/14) Ordinance approving the Fiscal Year 2014 - 2015 Capital Budget and Capital Improvement Planning Guide in the amount of $265,257,900.passed on first readingPass Action details Video Video
14-001058 127. OrdinanceSecond Reading Ordinance - Appropriating fund proceeds in the City's Capital Improvement Program Funds (1st Reading 9/23/14) Ordinance appropriating funds as detailed in Attachment 1 summarized as follows: $19,293.27 in AIRPORT interest earnings for the City’s match for future FAA Grant Projects; $201,380.61 in BOND PROCEED interest earnings for Bayfront, Public Facilities, Fire, Police, Public Health and Safety, Sanitary Landfill, Convention Center, Parks, and Streets for the stated bond projects not yet complete, similar projects to be approved by City Council or the payment of debt service; $272,814.59 in UTILITY REVENUE BOND interest earnings for the support of the City’s approved Capital Improvement Program; $135,529.63 in SPECIALTY BOND PROCEED interest earnings for Sales Tax Bonds for the Seawall, Packery Channel Bonds, and Energy Efficiency Bonds for the stated bond projects not yet complete, the support of the City’s approved Capital Improvement Program, specific military supported projects and as determined by the Type A Board; and appropriating $239,234.33 in OTHER Upassed on first readingPass Action details Video Video
14-001053 128. OrdinanceSecond Reading Ordinance - Appropriating funds for Corpus Christi Downtown Revitalization Alliance (CCDRA) Development Director (1st Reading 9/23/14) Ordinance appropriating $30,000 in the Parking Improvement Fund 1040 from Parking Meter Collection revenue for payment to the Corpus Christi Downtown Revitalization Alliance and changing the FT2013-2014 Operating Budget adopted by Ordinance No. 029915 by increasing expenditures in the Parking Improvement Fund by $30,000.passed on first readingPass Action details Video Video
14-001075 129. OrdinanceSecond Reading Ordinance - Appropriating funds to pay for emergency repairs to Police Department roof. (1st Reading 9/23/14) Ordinance appropriating $267,214.82 from the unreserved fund balance in the No. 1020 General Fund for emergency repairs to the roof of the Police Department; and changing the FY 2013-2014 operating budget adopted by Ordinance No. 029915 by increasing expenditures by $267,214.82.passed on first readingPass Action details Video Video
14-00964 130. OrdinanceSecond Reading Ordinance - Appropriating funds to refund wastewater lot/acreage fees paid (1st Reading 9/23/14) Ordinance appropriating $5,928.97 from the No. 4220 Wastewater Trunk System Trust Fund to refund Jack R. Day, Jr., the wastewater lot/acreage fee paid since wastewater services are not available nor will it be available within the next 5 years as related to Oak Terrace Unit 2, Block 4, Lot 6A.passed on first readingPass Action details Video Video
14-001032 131. OrdinanceSecond Reading Ordinance - Approving a wastewater reimbursement agreement and appropriating funds for property located on the south side along Holly Road, east of Rodd Field Road (SH 357) and west of Encino Drive. (1st Reading 9/23/14) Ordinance authorizing execution of a wastewater collection line extension construction and reimbursement agreement ("Agreement") with Palm Land Investment, Inc. ("Developer"), for the construction of a wastewater collection line and appropriating $243,846.90 from the No. 4220 Sanitary Sewer Collection Line Trust Fund to reimburse the Developer in accordance with the Agreement.passed on first readingPass Action details Video Video
14-00923 132. MotionApproving a construction contract and an engineering contract for construction observation services for the Wastewater Service Line Repair and Clean-out Installation and Man-hole Ring and Cover Adjustment Program FY 2014-2015 Motion authorizing the City Manager or designee to execute a construction contract with RCM Constructors, Inc. of Corpus Christi, Texas in the amount of $657,391 for the Wastewater Service Line Repair and Clean-out Installation and Manhole Ring and Cover Adjustment Program FY 2014-2015 for the base bid and to execute an engineering contract with Engineering & Construction Management Services, LLCof Corpus Christi, Texas in the amount of $69,300, for the Wastewater Service Line Repair and Clean-out Installation and Manhole Ring and Cover Adjustment Program FY 2014-2015 for construction observation services.recommended to the consent agenda  Action details Video Video
14-001029 133. MotionPurchase Six Months End of Lease Extension from ePlus for Mobile Data Terminals used by Public Safety Motion authorizing the City Manager or designee to execute all documents necessary to purchase six months end of lease extension from ePlus of Herndon, Virginia for 207 Public Safety mobile data terminals in the amount of $31,643.43 per month for a total cost of $189,860.58. Funds are available in the MIS FY2013-2014 budget.recommended to the consent agenda  Action details Not available
14-001041 134. MotionPurchase of Localizer Array System for the Corpus Christi International Airport Motion approving the purchase of a localizer array system for the Corpus Christi International Airport (CCIA) with Thales ATM, U.S., Overland Park, Kansas, based on sole source for the total amount of $268,612.00. Ninety (90) percent of the project is funded through a Federal Administration Grant with a ten (10) percent local match.recommended to the consent agenda  Action details Not available
14-001065 135. MotionInstallation of Monitors for the Multi-User Flight Information Display System Motion approving the installation of twenty nine (29) monitors and related materials at the Corpus Christi International Airport (CCIA) for the Multi-User Flight Information Display System (MUFIDS) from MCFSA LTD., San Antonio, Texas in accordance with the State of Texas Cooperative Purchasing Program for a total expenditure of $155,050.00. Funds have been budgeted in the Airport Fund No. 4610 in FY 2013- 2014.recommended to the consent agenda  Action details Not available
14-001062 136. MotionApproving a legal services contract with Tim Brown for general water issues Motion to authorize the City Manager or designee to execute a legal services agreement with Timothy L. Brown to advise the City on water rights and general water law issues, at monthly rate of $7,000 plus expenses.recommended to the consent agenda  Action details Not available
14-001079 137. ResolutionApproval of Tax Abatement Guidelines Resolution adopting the City's Guidelines and Criteria for Granting Tax Abatementsrecommended to the consent agenda  Action details Not available
14-001035 138. PresentationEconomic Development Overviewpresented  Action details Video Video