Meeting Name: City Council Agenda status: Final
Meeting date/time: 10/14/2014 11:30 AM Minutes status: Final  
Meeting location: Council Chambers
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14-001137 11. ProclamationsProclamation declaring October 9-15, 2014 as, "Wildlife In Focus - Wondrous Wildlife Week" Proclamation declaring October 13-17, 2014 as, "Court Observance Week" Proclamation declaring October 25, 2014 as, "Drug Free Youth Day" Proclamation declaring October 27-31, 2014 as, "Red Ribbon Week" Certificate of Commendation - Susan Shelby Torrance, Member of the Class of 2014 Texas Sports Hall of Fame Swearing-in Ceremony for Municipal Court Judge Ray Gonzalez Swearing-in Ceremony for Newly Appointed Board, Commission and Committee Memberspresented  Action details Video Video
14-001136 12. 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.withdrawn  Action details Not available
14-001150 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
14-001027 210. OrdinanceSecond Reading Ordinance - Approving the Southside FM 2444 Annexation (1st Reading 9/16/14) (Tabled 9/30/14) (Requires 2/3 vote) Ordinance annexing Laureles Farm Tracts adjacent to the City limits located along and on both sides of FM 2444, areas south of FM 2444 and west of County Road 41, commonly referred to as a portion of the Chapman Ranch and a portion of the proposed APEX Wind Farm; providing for a Municipal Services Plan for the annexed tracts of land; providing that the owner and inhabitants are entitled to all rights, privileges, and burdens of other citizens and property owners of the City of Corpus Christi and are subject to and bound by the City Charter, Ordinances, Resolutions and Rules; providing for amendment of the official maps of the City of Corpus Christi; designating area to be added to City Council District number 5; providing for severence; and providing an effective date.passed on second reading as amendedPass Action details Video Video
14-001107 111. ResolutionApproving the funding of utility improvements in the Southside FM 2444 Annexation Area (Tabled 9/30/14) (Requires 2/3 vote) Resolution regarding the funding of utility improvements in the Southside FM 2444 Annexation Area with property taxes from the area.passedPass Action details Video Video
14-001045 112. ResolutionDevelopment Agreements for Property Owners with Exemptions in the Southside FM 2444 Annexation Area (Tabled 9/30/14) (Requires 2/3 vote) Resolution granting a Development Agreement for properties in the Proposed Southside FM 2444 Annexation Area where the property contains an agricultural, wildlife management, or timber land exemption established by the Nueces County Appraisal District and where the property owner has requested the City grant a development agreement in lieu of annexation on their qualifying property; providing for a 15 year time limit; providing that the City will not annex land that is the subject of a Development Agreement; providing that the development agreement authorizes the City to enforce all regulations and planning authority of the municipality provided the authority does not interfere with the use of the area for agriculture, wildlife management, or timber land uses; providing that the area under the Development Agreement is considered adjacent or contiguous to the city; providing that the agreement is automatically terminated if the landowner files anypassedPass Action details Video Video
14-001049 113. OrdinanceSecond Reading Ordinance - Appropriating Funds for and awarding the purchase and installation of two (2) 911 workstations (Requires 2/3 vote) (1st Reading 10/14/14) Ordinance appropriating $335,866.17 from the Unreserved Fund Balance into the No. 5210 Municipal Information System Fund for the purchase and installation of two (2) 911 workstations; changing the FY 2014-2015 Operating Budget adopted by Ordinance No. 030294 by increasing expenditures by $335,866.17 in the No. 5210 Municipal Information System Fund; and approving the purchase and installation of two (2) workstations from Intrado System Corporation for $335,866.17 based on the cooperative purchasing agreement with the Houston-Galveston Area Council of Governments.passed on first readingPass Action details Video Video
14-001138 14. MinutesRegular Meeting of September 30, 2014passedPass Action details Video Video
14-001088 17. ResolutionType A Grant for Acción Texas Loan Buy Down Program for Fiscal Year 2014-2015 Resolution approving the renewal of a Small Business Incentives Agreement between the Corpus Christi Business and Job Development Corporation and Acción Texas, Inc. ("Acción") to provide grant amount up to $250,000 for the interest buy down and grant programs for small businesses.passed as amendedPass Action details Video Video
14-00978 15. MotionSupply agreement for lease of computers, servers and other computer peripherals and related products (Requires 2/3 vote) Motion approving a supply agreement with CSI Leasing, Inc., Saint Louis, Missouri for lease of approximately 300 desktop computers, 200 laptop computers, 20 servers, and other computer peripherals and related products in accordance with the State of Texas cooperative purchasing program and the City's Master Lease Agreement No. 1880CCC for an estimated expenditure of $1,398,138.27, of which $30,503.23 is required for the remainder of FY 2013-2014. The term of the contract will be for twelve months with an option to extend for up to three additional twelve month periods subject to the approval of the supplier and the City Manager or designee.passedPass Action details Not available
14-00921 16. MotionEngineering construction contract for the Schanen Ditch Improvements Phase 2 Project (Requires 2/3 vote) Motion authorizing the City Manager, or designee, to execute a construction contract with Saenz Brothers Construction, LLC, in the amount of $678,276.00 for the Schanen Ditch Improvements Phase 2 project for Total Base Bid.passedPass Action details Not available
14-001070 28. OrdinanceSecond Reading Ordinance - Amending City Code to implement cost of living increase for City employees (1st Reading 9/30/14) Ordinance amending the Corpus Christi Code of Ordinances, Chapter 39, Personnel, Article III Employee Classification and Compensation System to revise Section 39-303, adjusting the pay grades and steps to implement a one and a half percent (1.5%) cost of living increase as approved in the Fiscal Year 2015 Budget and to add new pay grades 401 and 402; repealing conflicting ordinances and rules; providing for effective date and providing for severance.passed on second readingPass Action details Not available
14-001057 29. OrdinanceSecond Reading Ordinance - Appropriating program income revenue for laboratory and public health services (1st Reading 9/30/14) (Requires 2/3 vote) Ordinance appropriating $459,000 from the estimated program income revenue in the No. 1066 Health Grants Fund as State fiscal year 2014-2015 program income to fund laboratory and public health services for the period of September 1, 2014 through August 31, 2015.passed on second readingPass Action details Not available
14-001093 114. OrdinanceSecond Reading Ordinance - Appropriating funds for and awarding the purchase of two (2) Peterbilt trucks (Requires 2/3 vote)(1st Reading 10/14/14) Ordinance appropriating $437,530 from the Unreserved Fund Balance into the No. 4200 Wastewater Fund for the purchase of two (2) trucks; changing the FY 2014-2015 Operating Budget adopted by Ordinance No. 030294 by increasing expenditures by $437,530 in the No. 4200 Wastewater Fund; and approving the purchase of two (2) trucks from Rush Truck Center of Texas for $437,530 based on the cooperative purchasing agreement with the Houston-Galveston Area Council of Governments.passed on first readingPass Action details Video Video
14-001094 115. OrdinanceSecond Reading Ordinance - Appropriating funds for and awarding the purchase of twenty-three (23) round bottom containers (Requires 2/3 vote)(1st Reading 10/14/14) Ordinance appropriating $164,149 from the Unreserved Fund Balance into the No. 4200 Wastewater Fund for the purchase of 23 containers; changing the FY 2014-2015 Operating Budget adopted by Ordinance No. 030294 by increasing expenditures by $164,149 in the No. 4200 Wastewater Fund; and approving the purchase of 23 containers from Wastequip, Beeville, Texas, for $164,149 based on the cooperative purchasing agreement with the National Joint Powers Alliance.passed on first readingPass Action details Video Video
14-001071 116. OrdinanceSecond Reading Ordinance - Approving the FY2014-2015 Crime Control and Prevention District Budget (Requires 2/3 vote)(1st Reading 10/14/14) Ordinance approving the FY 2014-2015 amended budget for the Corpus Christi Crime Control and Prevention District to appropriate expenditures of $1,296,212 for the addition of eleven (11) officers, two (2) lieutenants, four (4) vehicles, and related equipment and supplies; and amending the FY 2014-2015 Operating Budget adopted by Ordinance No. 030294, by increasing the number of authorized "Police Lieutenant" positions by two (2) and the number of authorized "Police Officer and Senior Police Officer" by forty eight (48).passed on first reading as amendedPass Action details Video Video
14-001106 117. OrdinanceSecond Reading Ordinance - Accepting and appropriating State grant for Law Enforcement Terrorism Prevention Activities (LETPA) (Requires 2/3 vote)(1st Reading 10/14/14) Ordinance authorizing the City Manager or designee to execute all documents necessary to accept a grant from the Texas Department of Public Safety/Texas Homeland Security State Administrative Agency in the amount of $73,235.00 for FY 2014 Homeland Security Grant Program, State Homeland Security Program Law Enforcement Terrorism Prevention Activity; and appropriating $73,235.00 from the Texas Department of Public Safety/Texas Homeland Security State Administrative Agency, FY 2014 Homeland Security Grant Program, State Homeland Security Program (SHSP), into the No. 1062 Fire Grants Fund to carry out law enforcement terrorism prevention and protection-oriented activities such as planning, organization, training, exercises, and purchase needed equipmentpassed on first readingPass Action details Video Video
14-001109 118. OrdinanceSecond Reading Ordinance - Accepting and appropriating State grant for homeland security projects (Requires 2/3 vote)(1st Reading 10/14/14) Ordinance authorizing the Mayor or designee to execute all documents necessary to accept a grant from the Texas Department of Public Safety/Texas Homeland Security State Administrative Agency in the amount of $161,165.00 for FY 2014 Homeland Security Grant Program, State Homeland Security Program; and appropriating $161,165.00 from the Texas Department of Public Safety/Texas Homeland Security State Administrative Agency, FY 2014 Homeland Security Grant Program, State Homeland Security Program, into the No. 1062 Fire Grants Fund to carry out homeland security projects that will significantly improve local and regional terrorism prevention, preparedness, response, and recovery capabilitiespassed on first readingPass Action details Video Video
14-001112 119. OrdinanceSecond Reading Ordinance - Accepting and appropriating grant for Emergiency Medical Services (EMS) supplies (Requires 2/3 vote)(1st Reading 10/14/14) Ordinance authorizing the City Manager or designee to accept a grant from the Coastal Bend Regional Advisory Council in the amount of $2,961.57 to be used for the purchase of supplies to support the delivery of emergency medical services for the Corpus Christi Fire Department; and appropriating $2,961.57 from the Coastal Bend Regional Advisory Council into the No. 1056 Ambulance Grant Fund to purchase supplies to support the delivery of emergency medical services for the Corpus Christi Fire Departmentpassed on first readingPass Action details Video Video
14-00982 120. OrdinanceSecond Reading Ordinance - Approving and appropriating funds for an engineering design contract for Choke Canyon Dam Spillway Gate Rehabilitation (Requires 2/3 vote)(1st Reading 10/14/14) Ordinance approving and appropriating a transfer of $4,300,000 from the Unreserved Fund Balance in No. 4050 Choke Canyon Fund Account No. 251400 Reserve for Choke Canyon Maintenance into Water CIP Fund 4080 for Project No. E14043 Choke Canyon Dam Spillway Gate Rehabilitation; amending the FY2014-2015 Operating Budget adopted by Ordinance No. 030294 to increase expenditures in the amount of $4,300,000; and authorizing the City Manager or designee to execute the engineering contract with Freese and Nichols, Inc. of Corpus Christi, Texas in the amount of $381,220 for the Choke Canyon Dam Spillway Gate Rehabilitation for design, bid, and construction phase services.passed on first readingPass Action details Video Video
14-001078 121. OrdinanceSecond Reading Ordinance - Type A Grant for Conexia Inc (Requires 2/3 vote)(1st Reading 10/14/14) Ordinance approving a Business Incentive Agreement between the Corpus Christi Business and Job Development Corporation ("Type A Corporation") and Conexia Inc ("Conexia") to provide a grant of up to $160,000, for the creation of jobs and authorizing the City Manager, or designee, to execute a Business Incentive Project Service Agreement with the Type A Corporation regarding implementation and administration of the Conexia Business Incentive Agreement for the creation of jobs; and appropriating $160,000 from the unreserved fund balance in the No. 1140 Business/Job Development Fund for said business incentive grant from the Type A Corporation to Conexia; and changing the FY 2014-2015 operating budget, adopted by Ordinance No. 030294, by increasing proposed expenditures by $160,000.passed on first readingPass Action details Video Video
14-001026 122. MotionSupply Agreement(s) for the purchase of supplies for the manufacturing and installation of traffic signs (Requires 2/3 vote) Motion approving supply agreement(s) with the following companies in the following amounts for traffic sign blanks, sheeting/roll goods, and traffic sign posts/anchors in accordance with Bid Invitation No. BI-0240-14, based on lowest responsible bidder, for an estimated annual expenditure of $201,523.65. The terms of the agreements shall be for twelve (12) months with options to extend for up to two (2) additional twelve-month periods, subject to the approval of the suppliers and the City Manager or designee. Funds have been budgeted by Streets Department in FY 2014- 2015. Custom Products Corp. Vulcan Signs 3M Company Jackson, Mississippi Foley, Alabama St. Paul, Minnesota Group I Group II Group III $42,114.00 $38,530.75 $53,110.40 Centerline Supply LLC San Antonio, Texas Group IV $67,768.50 Totarecommended to the consent agenda  Action details Not available
14-001024 123. ResolutionApproving agreement for temporary tax abatement for the development located in the 900 block of North Water Street (Requires 2/3 vote) Resolution authorizing the execution of an agreement with Prosperity Bank providing for temporary property tax abatement.recommended to the consent agenda  Action details Not available
14-00986 124. MotionApproving the FY2014-2015 HOME Program set-aside funds Motion to approve the FY2014-2015 HOME Program set-aside funds.recommended to the consent agenda  Action details Not available
14-00987 125. Corporation MeetingBoard of Director's Meeting of the Corpus Christi Community Improvement Corporation Board of Director's Meeting of the Corpus Christi Community Improvement Corporationrecommended to be held  Action details Video Video
14-00940 126. PresentationTexas Municipal League Presentation - Credit Access Business Regulation Ordinancepresented  Action details Video Video
14-001115 127. ResolutionAdopting the State Legislative Agenda for the 84th Texas Legislature Resolution Adopting the City of Corpus Christi’s State Legislative Agenda for the 84th Texas Legislature.recommended to the consent agenda  Action details Video Video