Meeting Name: City Council Agenda status: Final-revised
Meeting date/time: 9/5/2023 11:30 AM Minutes status: Final  
Meeting location: Council Chambers
Addendums may be added on Friday.
Published agenda: Agenda Agenda Published minutes: Minutes Minutes  
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23-1463 11. BriefingCorpus Christi Firefighters C.A.R.E. (Cancer Awareness Relief Effort) shirt sale at City Hall on September 18, presented by Carlos Torresheld  Action details Video Video
23-1494 12. BriefingCommunication Plan for transitioning the Council Meetings to the RTA Building while the City Hall Council Chambers are being renovatedheld  Action details Video Video
23-1429 13. AppointmentAnimal 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)held  Action details Video Video
23-1464 14. ResolutionResolution amending Financial Budgetary Policies adopted by Resolution 033103 and providing financial policy direction on preparation of the FY 2024 operating and capital budgets.passedPass Action details Video Video
23-1484 15. MotionMotion authorizing payment of a refund to Flint Hills Resources for $290,184.30 for industrial district payments received by the City from tax years 2019, 2020, 2021, and 2022 ($49,813.63, $73,563.42, $80,890.65, and $85,916.60, respectively) as a result of decreased property values from the property appeals process with the Nueces County Appraisal District, subject to approval of the FY 2024 Operating Budget.tabledPass Action details Video Video
23-1354 16. OrdinanceOrdinance 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.passed on second readingPass Action details Video Video
23-1440 17. OrdinanceOrdinance 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.passed on second readingPass Action details Video Video
23-1460 18. OrdinanceOrdinance authorizing updates to the City of Corpus Christi’s Texas Municipal Retirement System benefits (1) adopting non-retroactive repeating COLAs for retirees and their beneficiaries under Texas 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.passed on second readingPass Action details Video Video
23-1389 19. OrdinanceOrdinance amending various sections of the Code of Ordinances, Chapter 21, Solid Waste, by revising applicable rates, fees, and charges; and providing an effective date.passed on second readingPass Action details Video Video
23-1282 110. OrdinanceOrdinance amending Section 55-709, Drainage Utility Charge, of the Corpus Christi Code of Ordinances, to levy an amended schedule of storm water drainage charges, and providing an effective date.passed on second readingPass Action details Video Video
23-1403 111. OrdinanceOrdinance amending Corpus Christi Code Section 55-50 regarding water rates and section 55-100 regarding wastewater rates effective January 1, 2024passed on second readingPass Action details Video Video
23-1401 112. OrdinanceOrdinance amending Ordinance 17150 by increasing the exemption for ad valorem taxes for all qualified residence homesteads from 10% to 20% of assessed value commencing Tax Year 2024 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 2024; providing that this ordinance is cumulative and for an effective date, severance, publication, and codification.passed on second readingPass Action details Video Video
23-1363 113. Public Hearing / First ReadingOrdinance adopting the City of Corpus Christi operating budget for the fiscal year 2023-2024 beginning October 1, 2023; authorizing personnel 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.passed on second reading as amendedPass Action details Video Video
23-1387 114. OrdinanceOrdinance adopting the Corpus Christi Fiscal Year 2023 - 2024 Capital Budget in the amount of $703,026,801 as amended by the schedule of adjustments, beginning October 1, 2023.passed on second readingPass Action details Video Video
23-1400 115. Public Hearing / First ReadingOrdinance 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 approving the tax roll as calculated.(60 percent favorable vote required)passed on second readingPass Action details Video Video
23-1364 116. OrdinanceOrdinance ratifying the property tax increase reflected in the FY 2023-2024 Operating Budget that will require raising more revenue from property taxes than in the FY 2022-2023 Operating Budget in amount of $13,499,855.passed on second readingPass Action details Video Video
23-1462 117. MinutesApproval of the August 29, 2023 Regular Meeting MinutespassedPass Action details Not available
23-1329 118. OrdinanceOrdinance authorizing acceptance of grant funds in an amount of $167,000.00 from the Texas Department of Transportation for the 2024 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.passed on second readingPass Action details Not available
23-1103 119. Public Hearing / First ReadingOrdinance amending Section 14-231 of the City Code to amend the Building Code to provide an exemption for certain government, industrial, and agricultural facilities from permits, amending Sections 14-281 and 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.passed on second readingPass Action details Not available
23-1284 120. OrdinanceOrdinance authorizing the City Manager to execute a lease agreement with ARINC, Incorporated for space on the ground floor of the Corpus Christi International Airport terminal building for a five-year term, with the option to renew for two additional five-year terms.passed on second readingPass Action details Not available
23-1362 121. OrdinanceOrdinance appropriating $1,700,000.00 of anticipated hotel occupancy tax (HOT) revenues in the No. 1030 HOT Fund for a contractual payment to 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.passed on second readingPass Action details Not available
23-1374 122. OrdinanceOrdinance authorizing the approval of Change Order No. 1 with Fulton Coastcon General Contractors of Corpus Christi, Texas, in an amount of $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.passed on second readingPass Action details Video Video
23-1292 123. MotionMotion authorizing execution of a one-year service agreement, with two one-year options, with Rush Truck Centers of Texas, LP, dba Rush Truck Center - Corpus Christi, of Robstown in an amount not to exceed $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.passedPass Action details Not available
23-1277 124. MotionMotion authorizing the purchase of 26 utility trailers for a combined total amount of $299,604.92 with the following vendors: Ron Hoover Equipment, of Corpus Christi, for $50,776.42; J & B Pavelka, 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.passedPass Action details Not available
23-1342 125. OrdinanceOrdinance 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.passed on first readingPass Action details Not available
23-1360 126. OrdinanceSecond Reading Ordinance approving amendments to the Tax Increment Reinvestment Zone #2 Amended Project & Financing Plans approved by the Board of Directors of Reinvestment Zone Number Two, Corpus Christi, 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.passed on second readingPass Action details Video Video
23-1421 127. OrdinanceOne-Reading Ordinance authorizing the designation of Industrial Districts No. 9, 10, and 11 within the extraterritorial jurisdiction of the City of Corpus Christi, Texas.passed on emergencyPass Action details Video Video
23-1466 128. OrdinanceOrdinance 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 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.passed on first readingPass Action details Video Video
23-1343 129. ResolutionResolution authorizing payment of $983,636.00 for the annual renewal of Excess Liability and Workers’ Compensation policy through Broker of Record, Carlisle Insurance Agency, for upcoming policy year October 1, 2023 - September 30, 2024.passedPass Action details Video Video