Meeting Name: City Council Agenda status: Final-revised
Meeting date/time: 7/26/2016 11:30 AM Minutes status: Final  
Meeting location: Council Chambers
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16-0835 21. ProclamationsProclamation declaring July 30, 2016, "Feria de las Flores Pageant Day". Proclamation declaring July 31, 2016, "1966 Melon March Commemoration Day". Proclamation declaring July 31-August 2, 2016, "2016 Texas Citizen Police Academy Alumni Association Convention Week". Presentation of Honorary Citizen Certificates to Five 2016 Sister City Exchange Students. City Manager Recognition of the Communication Department Swearing-in ceremony of newly appointed Board, Commission and Committee members.presented  Action details Video Video
16-0843 12. MinutesRegular Meeting of July 19, 2016passedPass Action details Video Video
16-0415 13. MotionApproving a service agreement for a chemical vent hood replacement at the Police Department Motion approving a service agreement with Haldeman Homme, Inc. of Minneapolis, Minnesota with offices in Austin, Texas and Houston, Texas for the chemical vent hood replacement at the Corpus Christi Police Department, Forensics Division, in accordance with Bid Event No. 84, based on the lowest, responsive, responsible bid for an amount of $88,215.00. Funds are available in FY 2015-2016.passedPass Action details Not available
16-0745 14. MotionApproving the purchase of a Peterbilt Encore Light and Air Fire Rescue Unit Motion approving the purchase of a Peterbilt Encore Light and Air Fire Rescue Unit from Siddons-Martin Emergency Group, Houston, Texas for a total amount of $397,000.00. The award is based on the cooperative purchasing agreement with Texas Local Government Purchasing Cooperative (TLGPC), dba BuyBoard. Funds have been budgeted by Fleet Maintenance Services in FY 2015-2016.passedPass Action details Not available
16-0762 15. MotionApproving Master Agreement for Facilities Multiple Award Contract (FMAC) for the Minor Construction, Repair, Rehabilitation, and Alteration of Facilities Motion authorizing the City Manager or designee to execute a Master Agreement for Facilities Multiple Award Contract (FMAC) for a one-year term with option to renew administratively for up to two one-year periods, with no guaranteed minimum and a maximum aggregate of $2,000,000 per agreement in any one year; authorizing the City Manager or designee to execute all Facilities Multiple Award Contracts thereunder not exceeding $500,000 with the following: Spaw Glass Barcom Construction Cruz Maintenance & Construction, Inc. J E Construction Services (Alternate Contractor)passedPass Action details Not available
16-0594 16. MotionApproving a service agreement for roof repair at Greenwood Senior Center Motion authorizing the City Manager, or designee, to execute a service agreement with South Texas Metal Roofing of Corpus Christi, Texas, for the roof repair of Greenwood Senior Center, in accordance with Bid Event No. 120, based on lowest, responsive and responsible bid for an amount not to exceed $184,250.00 and an additional 10% project contingency in the amount of $18,425 for unforeseen repairs. Funds have been budgeted through a Certificate of Obligation in FY 2015-2016.passedPass Action details Not available
16-0709 28. OrdinanceSecond Reading Ordinance - Accepting and appropriating State grant for motor vehicle theft enforcement (1st Reading 7/19/16) Ordinance authorizing the City Manager or the City Manager’s designee to execute all documents necessary to accept a grant from the Texas Automobile Burglary Theft Prevention Authority (ABTPA) grant in the amount of $410,973 to continue the motor vehicle theft enforcement grant within the Police Department for Year 16, with a City match of $660,714, in-kind match of $55,985 in the No. 1020 Police General Fund, and program income match of $1,020 for a total project cost of $1,128,692; designating the Chief of Police as Program Director and Director of Finance as financial officer for this ABTPA grant; appropriating $410,973 from the ABTPA in the No. 1061 Police Grants Fund; and appropriating $1,020 in program income match in the No. 1061 Police Grants Fund to continue the motor vehicle theft enforcement grant within the Police Department.passed on second readingPass Action details Not available
16-0748 29. OrdinanceSecond Reading Ordinance - Appropriating abandoned/unclaimed monies from the Police Property Room (1st Reading 7/19/16) Ordinance appropriating $5,573.49 from abandoned/unclaimed monies from the Police Property Room, changing the FY 2015-2016 Operating Budget adopted by Ordinance No.030620 by increasing revenue and expenditures in the General Fund No. 1020 by $5,573.49 each.passed on second readingPass Action details Not available
16-0642 210. OrdinanceSecond Reading Ordinance - Accepting and appropriating a State grant and approving a Professional Services Contract for an Aquifer Storage and Recovery (ASR) Feasibility Study (1st Reading 7/19/16) Ordinance amending the FY 2016 Capital Improvement Budget adopted by Ordinance No. 030621 to add Project No. E16265 Corpus Christi Aquifer Storage and Recovery (ASR) Feasibility Study; accepting a Texas Water Development Board grant in the amount of $433,388; appropriating $1,099,320 from Raw Water Supply Development Fund No. 4041; and authorizing the City Manager or designee to execute a Professional Services Contract with HDR Engineering, Inc. of Austin, Texas in the amount of $601,980 for an ASR Feasibility Study.passed on second readingPass Action details Not available
16-0712 17. MotionLease-purchase of four Peterbilt 367 trucks for Solid Waste Operations Motion approving the lease-purchase of four Peterbilt 367 trucks from Rush Truck Centers of Texas, L.P., of Houston, Texas for a total amount not to exceed $855,000.00. Two trucks will be truck tractors used to pull large refuse trailers and two trucks will be equipped with Heil low lift 22 ft. roll-off beds to carry roll-off refuse containers. The award is based on the cooperative purchasing agreement with the Houston-Galveston Area Council (H-GAC). (2) Peterbilt 367 Haul Truck Tractor (2) Peterbilt 367 with Roll-Off $343,922.00 $456,350.00 Total Lease-Purchase Price $800,272.00 Total Allowable Interest for Lease $54,728.00 Grand Total: $855,000.00passedPass Action details Video Video
16-0799 114. Public Hearing / First ReadingSecond Reading Ordinance - Rezoning property located located on the south side of Compton Road approximately 1,250 feet west of Waldron Road (1st Reading 7/26/16) Case No. 0616-05 CCSemloh Partnership, Ltd.: A change of zoning from the “RE” Residential Estate District and “CG-1” General Commercial District to the “CG-2” General Commercial District. The property to be rezoned is described as Tract 1: Being 10.536 acres out of Lots 6 and 11, Section 48, Flour Bluff and Encinal Farm and Garden Tracts and Tract 2: Being 0.552 acres out of Lots 7 and 10, Section 48, Flour Bluff and Encinal Farm and Garden Tracts, located on the south side of Compton Road approximately 1,250 feet west of Waldron Road. Planning Commission and Staff Recommendation (June 29, 2016): Tract 1: Denial of the change of zoning from the “RE” Residential Estate District and “CG-1” General Commercial District to the “CG-2” General Commercial District, and in lieu thereof, approval of a “RE/SP” Residential Estate District with a Special Permit for a boat and recreational vehicle storage facility subject to compliancheard on public hearing and passed on first readingPass Action details Video Video
16-0800 115. Public Hearing / First ReadingSecond Reading Ordinance - Rezoning property located at 1322 Rhew Road (1st Reading 7/26/16) Case No. 0616-06 Isaias Franco: A change of zoning from the “R-MH” Manufactured Home District to the “IL/SP” Light Industrial District with a Special Permit on Tract 1 for a concrete batching plant and to the “IL” Light Industrial District on Tract 2. Tract 1 is described as a 4.00-acre tract and Tract 2 is described as a 25.003-acre tract, both tracts being out of the Anthony C. Page Survey 591, Abstract 1010 and the A.M. French Survey 312, Abstract 1018. The subject property is located on the east side of Rhew Road between Leopard Street and Sedwick Road. Planning Commission and Staff Recommendation (June 29, 2016): Tract 1: Approval of the “IL/SP” Light Industrial District with a Special Permit subject to nine conditions. Tract 2: Approval of the “IL” Light Industrial District. Ordinance: Ordinance amending the Unified Development Code (“UDC”), upon application by Isaias Franco (“Owner”), by changing the UDC Zoning Map in reference to Tract 1, described as a 4.00-acre tract, to the “heard on public hearing and passed on first readingPass Action details Video Video
16-0753 116. ResolutionResolution authorizing a natural gas supply contract Resolution authorizing the City Manager, or the City Manager’s designee, to execute a five-year natural gas supply contract with NextEra Energy Power Marketing, LLC (“NextEra”), Juno Beach, Florida for an estimated amount $125,000,000.00, of which $1,500,000.00 is needed for the remainder of the FY 2015-2016, for the purchase of 100% of the City’s natural gas requirement from August 1, 2016 to July 31, 2021.passedPass Action details Video Video
16-0858 117. Emergency OrdinanceOne Reading Action Item - Engineering Contract for Water System Assessment and Optimization Ordinance amending the FY 2016 Capital Improvement Budget adopted by Ordinance No. 030621 to add Project No. E16332 City of Corpus Christi Water System Assessment and Optimization; transferring funds in the amount of $555,000 from Water Capital Reserves; and authorizing the City Manager or designee to execute a contract for professional services with Hazen and Sawyer of Corpus Christi, Texas in the amount of $500,000 for the City of Corpus Christi Water System Assessment and Optimization Project; and declaring an emergency.passed on emergencyPass Action details Video Video
16-0871 118. ResolutionOne Reading Action item - Authorization to declare emergency and expedite procurement of goods and services associated with water quality Resolution declaring an emergency and expediting the procurement of goods and services necessary for water quality improvements in an amount not to exceed $2,720,000, and authorizing the City Manager, or designee, to execute all documents necessary for these emergency procurements pursuant to State law and Article X, Section 2 of the Charter of the City of Corpus Christi.passedPass Action details Video Video
16-0844 119. Emergency OrdinanceOne Reading Action Item - Transfer of Wastewater Reserves to expedite payment to contractor for work already completed Ordinance authorizing transfer of Wastewater Reserves in the amount of $241,335.85 in Fund No. 4249 to project E16331 for payment to National Power Rodding for emergency wastewater repairs on May 17 and May 22, 2016; changing the FY 2015-2016 Capital Improvement Budget adopted by Ordinance No. 030621 to increase expenditures by $241,335.85; and declaring an emergency.passed on emergencyPass Action details Video Video
16-0751 121. OrdinanceSecond Reading Ordinance - Amending City Code regarding Sister City Committee (1st Reading 7/26/16) Ordinance amending City Code of Ordinances regarding Sister City Committee and authorizing the City Manager or designee to execute a Memorandum of Agreement with the Corpus Christi Convention and Visitors Bureau regarding management of the committeepassed on first readingPass Action details Video Video
16-0781 111. E-Session ItemExecutive session pursuant to Texas Government Code § 551.071 for consultation with attorneys regarding collective bargaining matters, (including litigation) between the City of Corpus Christi and the Corpus Christi Firefighters Association.discussed in executive session  Action details Not available
16-0794 112. E-Session ItemExecutive Session pursuant to Texas Government Code § 551.071 and Texas Disciplinary Rules of Professional Conduct Rule 1.05 to consult with attorneys concerning legal issues (including TCEQ and EPA regulations) related to the provision of utility services in industrial districts, desalination, utility rate design, and water and wastewater treatment and distribution and pursuant to Texas Government Code § 551.072 to discuss and deliberate the purchase, exchange, lease, and/or value of property for a potential desalination plant where deliberation in an open meeting would have a detrimental effect on the position of the governmental body in negotiations with a third person.discussed in executive session  Action details Not available
16-0867 113. E-Session ItemExecutive Session pursuant to Texas Government Code § 551.074 (Personnel Matters) to discuss the appointment, employment, and duties of public officers or employees, including, but not limited to, the position of the City Manager.passed after executive sessionPass Action details Video Video
16-0842 120. OrdinanceSecond Reading Ordinance - Accepting a grant from KaBOOM! and a donation from Beautify Corpus Christi Association (BCCA) to build a playground and improve Dr. H. C. Dilworth Park (1st Reading 7/26/16) Ordinance authorizing the City Manager or designee to execute documents to apply for and accept park equipment estimated value of $300,000 from KaBOOM! for park improvements at Dr. H. C. Dillworth Park and to accept $8,500 in donated funds from Beautify Corpus Christi Association, and to appropriate said funds in the no. 4720 Community Enrichment Fund for the park improvements.passed on first readingPass Action details Video Video
16-0714 122. OrdinanceSecond Reading Ordinance - Exemption from the Wastewater Acreage/Lot Fees for Nueces Garden No.2, Lot 49A located south of Leopard Street and west of Starlite Lane within Allison Service Area (1st Reading 7/26/16) Ordinance exempting Nueces Garden No.2, Lot 49A located south of Leopard Street and West of Starlite Lane, from the payment of wastewater lot and acreage fees pursuant to Section 8.5.2.G.1. of the Unified Development Code; requiring the owner/developer to comply with the specified conditions.passed on first readingPass Action details Video Video
16-0808 123. OrdinanceSecond Reading Ordinance - Approving agreement and appropriating funds to reimburse developer for the construction of a water distribution main located alongside Up River Road, south of Interstate Highway 37, east of McKenzie Road and north of Leopard Street. (1st Reading 7/26/16) Ordinance authorizing city manager or designee to execute a distribution main extension and construction and reimbursement agreement (“Agreement”) with Vantage at Corpus Christi, LLC., (“Developer”), for the construction of a water distribution main line and appropriating $4,154.50 from the No. 4030 Water Distribution Main Trust Fund to reimburse the Developer in accordance with the Agreement.passed on first readingPass Action details Video Video
16-0746 124. OrdinanceSecond Reading Ordinance - Closing a utility easement located at 4000 S. Staples (1st Reading 7/26/16) Ordinance abandoning and vacating a 0.041-Acre portion of an existing utility easement out of a part of Lots 7 and 8, Block 5 of Hamlin Place Unit 2-Corpus Christi Subdivision, located at 4000 S. Staples and requiring the owner, American Electric Power (AEP) Texas Central Company, to comply with the specified conditions.passed on first readingPass Action details Video Video
16-0802 126. OrdinanceSecond Reading Ordinance - Appropriating estimated increased revenues related to Warehouse merchandise sold (1st Reading 7/26/16) Ordinance appropriating estimated increased revenues of $700,000 in the No. 5010 Stores Fund to cover projected increased expenses in the City’s Warehouse related to the cost of Warehouse merchandise sold and amending the FY 2015-2016 operating budget adopted by Ordinance No. 030620 by increasing revenues and expenditures by $700,000 each.passed on first readingPass Action details Video Video
16-0832 127. MotionSetting the City Council Meeting Date to Adopt the Property Tax Rate Motion setting September 13, 2016 as the date of the adoption of the ad valorem tax rate of $0.606264 per $100 valuation.recommended to the consent agenda  Action details Video Video
16-0834 128. MotionScheduling Two Public Hearings Related to Fiscal Year 2016-2017 Property Tax Motion setting a public hearing on the ad valorem tax rate for August 23, 2016 and a second public hearing for August 30, 2016 during the City Council meeting beginning at 11:30 a.m. at City Hall, 1201 Leopard Street, Corpus Christi, Texas.recommended to the consent agenda  Action details Not available
16-0801 129. ResolutionResolution for the purchase of Body Worn Video Cameras for the Police Department Resolution authorizing the City Manager, or designee, to purchase body worn video cameras for the Police Department from Coban Technologies Inc., of Houston, Texas, for a total cost of $130,414.00, with funding available in the FY 2015-2016 Police Grants Fund.recommended to the consent agenda  Action details Not available
16-0807 130. MotionPurchase of 37 Ford Explorer Vehicles for the Police Department Motion approving the purchase of 37 Ford Explorer Vehicles from Caldwell Country Ford-Chevrolet, Caldwell, Texas for a total amount of $1,077,680.90. The award is based on the cooperative purchasing agreement with Texas Local Government Purchasing Cooperative (TLGPC), dba BuyBoard. Funds have been budgeted by CC Crime Control and Fleet Maintenance Services in FY 2015-2016.recommended to the consent agenda  Action details Not available
16-0708 131. MotionRenewal of state and federal external legislative consultant contracts Motion authorizing the City Manager to execute 24-month renewal agreements for governmental relation services with Focused Advocacy for state governmental relations services for $108,000 per year plus reasonable expenses and with Meyers & Associates for federal governmental relations services for $78,000 per year plus reasonable expenses.recommended to the consent agenda  Action details Video Video
16-0796 125. OrdinanceSecond Reading Ordinance - Authorizing a Participation Agreement for Bicycle Sharing Program with the Corpus Christi Downtown Management District (1st Reading 7/26/16) Ordinance authorizing the City Manager or designee to execute a participation agreement for Bicycle Sharing program with the Corpus Christi Downtown Management District for $90,000 over 3 years; and authorizing the City Manager or his designee to execute Licenses for Use of City Property to install bicycle racks for bicycle sharing service with Zagster, Inc (" Licensee")passed on first readingPass Action details Video Video
16-0820 135. ResolutionConsideration of an appeal filed by Oscar De Los Santos of the Building Standards Board's decision to require demolition of the residential and accessory structures of the property located at 3769 Wilson Drive.passedPass Action details Video Video
16-0824 136. ResolutionConsideration of an appeal filed by Beatrice Rodriguez of the Building Standards Board's decision to require demolition of the residential and accessory structures on the property located at 4501 Mokry Drive.passedPass Action details Video Video
16-0860 132. PresentationBond Continuation Projectspresented  Action details Video Video
16-0861 133. PresentationDraft Ballot Language for November 8, 2016 Special Electionpresented  Action details Video Video
16-0838 134. PresentationDiscussion regarding Nueces County's application to the Secretary of State for participation in the Countywide Polling Place Programpresented  Action details Video Video