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CITY COUNCIL INFORMATION TRANSMITTAL November 19, 2015
The Following Council Action Requests Are Attached: Mary Rhodes Phase 2 Status Update .............................................................. 4
Memorandums Or Items Of Information Enclosed:
Upcoming Public meetings & Events ............................................................. 13 Scheduled City Council Agenda Items/Policy Issues ....................................... 16 Status of Choke Canyon/Lake Corpus Christi Reservoir System ....................... 20
CITY COUNCIL ACTION REQUESTS (CCARS) As of November 18, 2015
Ref. No.
Date
Requested Action Request Staff
Assigned
Current Status
Est.
CompletionDate
1. Mayor 11/10/15
Bring back a presentation to Council that clarifies the incentives for the proposed Type A program that will not risk tax-payer money and will skip the step of us being the builder, but instead allow us to be the conduit of the loan, keeping the project within the CDBG area.
Susan Thorpe Working 11/25/15
2. Mayor Riojas
11/10/15
Provide a memo to Council that reports the number of re-hab’s that have been done in the Rehabilitation Program within the last five year, and include what would need to be done to make the program self-sustaining through each Budget Cyle. Also provide Council Members a picture of a $60,000 house that has been completed by the Rehab program. Provide Council with a copy of the revised guidelines.
Susan Thorpe Working 11/25/15
3. Mayor 9/15/15
Within the next 90 days provide Council with an update for Bond Projects, Street Preventative maintenance Projects, and the Street Maintenance Fee list. Include the amount of money for each and which streets are being impacted.
Gus Gonzalez Working 1/6/16
4. Riojas 9/8/15
Provide a timeline of when the discussions will take place that proposes the separation of the water from the stormwater rates
Gus Gonzalez Working 1/6/16
5. Scott 8/18/15
Provide a memo update on Mary Rhodes 2 for Council
Gus Gonzalez Complete 11/18/15
6. 8/18/15 Schedule a Work session with Council to discuss the water contracts.
Gus Gonzalez Scheduled 1/11/16
7. Mayor 5/19/15
Provide a memo that includes the Cost Analysis for the Water Rates with proposed Wastewater Treatment Plant Consolidation.
Gus Gonzalez Working TBD
8. 3/10/15 Scott Riojas
Address the possibility of a Combined Water Supply index and when to implement it.
Gus Gonzalez Working TBD
INFORMAL STAFF REPORT
MEMORANDUM
To: Mayor and Council From: Ronald L. Olson, City Manager Date: November 19, 2015 Subject: Upcoming Public Meetings and Events For your convenience, attached is a calendar of upcoming public meetings and events, as submitted by City departments.
Please keep in mind that the City’s Ethics Ordinance prohibits Council members from speaking before City boards, commissions, and committees, except on behalf of your own personal financial interest, in which case you are to immediately state so publicly to the board, commission or committee. We hope this calendar will keep you informed about activities of interest taking place in your district and Citywide. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me.
11/19/2015 2:46 PMRebecca Huerta
November 17, 2015 Tuesday
11:30 AM - 5:00 PM COUNCIL MEETING -- Council Chambers
November 18, 2015 Wednesday
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM Parks and Recreation Advisory Committee -- City Hall, 6th floor Conference Room
November 21, 2015 Saturday
8:00 AM - 11:00 AM Volunteer Opportunity @ Oso Creek Park 2 @ End of Cimarron -- Mountain Bike and Nature Trails in OsoCreek Park Section 2
November 23, 2015 Monday
2:30 PM - 4:00 PM Transportation Advisory Committee -- City Council Chambers
November 25, 2015 Wednesday
1:30 PM - 2:30 PM Board of Adjustment -- City Hall, Council Chambers
December 01, 2015 Tuesday
10:30 AM - 11:30 AM Library Board Room -- La Retama Central Library - 2nd Floor Board Room
December 02, 2015 Wednesday
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM Beautify Corpus Christi Board Meetings -- BCCA Board Offices- 545 N. Upper Broadway
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM Committee For Persons With Disabilities -- City Council Chambers
December 03, 2015 Thursday
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM Human Relations Commission -- City Council Chambers
11/19/2015 2:47 PMRebecca Huerta
December 08, 2015 Tuesday
11:30 AM - 5:00 PM COUNCIL MEETING -- Council Chambers
December 09, 2015 Wednesday
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM Parks and Recreation Advisory Committee -- City Hall, 6th floor Conference Room
December 15, 2015 Tuesday
11:30 AM - 5:00 PM COUNCIL MEETING -- Council Chambers
December 17, 2015 Thursday
5:30 PM - 6:30 PM Community Youth Development Program Steering Committee -- Juvenile Assessment Center, 615 LeopardSuite 105
December 19, 2015 Saturday
8:00 AM - 11:00 AM Volunteer Opportunity @ Oso Creek Park 2 @ End of Cimarron -- Mountain Bike and Nature Trails in OsoCreek Park Section 2
11/19/2015 3:35 PM
CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI SCHEDULED
CITY COUNCIL AGENDA ITEMS/POLICY ISSUES As of November 19, 2015
*Please note that this schedule may change at anytime due to scheduling
conflicts and/or priority issues.
(T) – Indicates Tentative Scheduling
December 8, 2015
*Regular Meeting
1. (15-1195) Ordinance authorizing the City Manager or designee to execute all
documents necessary to accept an amendment to a grant contract for the Tuberculosis Prevention and Control-Federal (TB/PC-FED) grant increasing the total amount to $64,693, from the Texas Department of State Health Services in the No. 1066 Health Grants Fund, with an increase in the city match to $12,939, for a total project cost of $77,632, for the amended contract period September 1, 2014, through December 31, 2015; authorizing the transfer of $3,235, from the No. 1020 General Fund to the No. 1066 Health Grants Fund, appropriating the increased cash match and increased grant amount; and ratifying acceptance of the amended grant agreement to begin September 1, 2015.
2. (15-1198) Ordinance amending the FY 2016 Capital Improvement Budget adopted by Ordinance No. 030621 by transferring $850,000 from Fund 3549 Street 2013 GO Bond 2012, Project #E12095 South Staples Street from Brawner Parkway to Kostoryz Road to the Tuloso Road from IH 37 to Leopard Street Project (Bond 2012); increasing expenditures in the amount of $850,000; and authorizing the City Manager, or designee, to execute a construction contract with Haas Anderson Construction, Inc. of Corpus Christi, Texas in the amount of $5,014,449.60 for Tuloso Road from IH 37 to Leopard Street Project (BOND 2012) for the total Base Bid.
3. (15-1235) Motion approving the lease-purchase of one box van and one mobile
camera inspection unit from the following companies for the amounts below for a total cost of $181,366.80. The award is based on the cooperative purchasing agreement with the Houston-Galveston Area Council of Government (H-GAC). Funding is available from the City's lease purchase financing contractor.
Houston Freightliner Green Equipment Company
11/19/2015 3:35 PM
Houston, TX Manvel, TX Box Van Mobile camera inspection unit $47,861.00 $122,461.62
Lease Purchase: $170,322.62 Interest: $11,044.18
Total Cost: $181,366.80
4. (15-1265) Ordinance authorizing the City Manager or designee to execute a License for an electronic sign located within the Street Right of Way for Butler & Diaz, Inc., d/b/a Yorktown Mini Storage, a Texas small business corporation, (“Licensee”) for an electronic Advertisement Sign installation, subject to the Licensee’ compliance with specified conditions.
5. (15-1269) Motion authorizing the City Manager or designee to execute two contract amendments, Amendment No. 6 with LNV, Inc. of Corpus Christi, Texas in the amount of $129,275 for a total restated fee not to exceed $671,745, and Amendment No. 2 with Urban Engineering of Corpus Christi, Texas in the amount of $120,880 for a total restated fee not to exceed $362,640. These two contract amendments provide for engineering design services for the City’s wastewater collection system.
6. (15-1270) Motion authorizing the City Manager or designee to execute a
construction contract with Palacios Marine & Industrial Coating, Inc. of Palacios, Texas in the amount of $87,788.60 for the Greenwood Wastewater Treatment Plant Flare Permit Metering Rebid for the total Base Bid.
7. (15-1276) Motion authorizing the City Manager or designee to execute a
construction contract with PM Construction & Rehab, LLC of Pasadena, Texas in the amount of $3,750,000 for the City-Wide Collection System Pipebursting Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity for the total Base Bid.
8. (15–1277) Ordinance amending the FY 2016 Capital Improvement Budget adopted
by Ordinance No. 030621 to add Project No. E15103 On Call Services/Solid Waste; transferring funds in the amount of $280,000 from Solid Waste Project Reserves to the On Call Services/Solid Waste Project; and authorizing the City Manager or designee to execute a master service agreement with Naismith Engineering, Inc. of Corpus Christi, Texas in the amount of $250,000.00 for On Call Services/Solid Waste for engineering services as may be required.
11/19/2015 3:35 PM
9. (15-1304) Resolution authorizing the City Manager, or designee, to purchase a Digital Information Management System Server and storage upgrade from Linear Systems, Rancho Cucamonga, California, for a total cost of $50,164. The final cost includes a $10,000 trade in credit for the existing out dated hardware. Funds are being used by the Police Grant Fund 1061 for the fiscal year 2016.
10. (15-1320) Ordinance exempting the Lewis & Cook Addition, Block 1, lot 1
subdivision located at the intersection of Agnes Street (Business State HWY No. 44) and Bockholt Road, from the payment of the wastewater lot/acreage fees under Section 8.5.2.g.1 of the Unified Development Code; requiring the owner/developer to comply with the specified conditions.
11. (15-1336) Ordinance authorizing the advance of up to $903,592, from the No. 1046
Health Medicaid Waiver Fund to the Texas Health and Human Services Commission (TXHHSC) and in turn the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) for the City’s local match for City projects under the Corpus Christi - Nueces County Public Health District’s (CCNCPHD) 1115 Waiver; funds to be repaid from the CMS by January 31, 2016. Additionally authorizing the City Manager, or designee, to execute all documents necessary to accept and appropriate the award fund upon receipt in the amount of approximately $1,204,158, from CMS and the TXHHSC to implement a program to reduce and prevent obesity in children and adolescents for the period of October 1, 2015, through September 30, 2016; and ratifying acceptance of the award fund to begin October 1, 2015.
12. (15-1339) Ordinance approving the transfer of an amount budgeted for Council
Member Carolyn Vaughn's salary, plus applicable payroll taxes, in the total amount of $6,459 from the No. 1020 General Fund to the No. 1042 Residential Street Fund and changing the FY 2015-2016 Operating Budget adopted by Ordinance 030620 to increase revenues and expenditures by $6,459 in the No. 1042 Residential Street Fund.
13. (15-1345) Motion approving the lease-purchase of two ambulances from Knapp,
Chevrolet, of Houston, Texas based on the Cooperative Purchasing Agreement with the Texas Local Government Cooperative, in the amount of $340,429.80, of which $22,695.32 is required in FY 2015-2016. The ambulances will be used by the EMS Division of the Fire Department. These units are a replacement to the fleet. Funds for the lease purchase of the ambulances will be provided through the City's lease/financing program.
Lease Purchase Price - $319,700.00 Interest for Lease - $20,729.80 Total Cost $340,429.80
11/19/2015 3:35 PM
14. (15-1346) Resolution approving the Director of the Corpus Christi Nueces County
Public Health District’s (CCNCPHD), appointment of Dr. William Burgin, Jr., to serve as the Local Health Authority for the Public Health District for a two year term beginning December 18, 2015 and ending December 18, 2017.
15. (15-1348) Resolution amending and reaffirming the City of Corpus Christi’s
Investment Policy and Investment Strategies for Fiscal Year 2015-2016.
16. (15-1350) Ordinance authorizing and allowing, under the act governing the Texas Municipal Retirement System, "Updated Service Credits" in said system for service performed by qualifying members of such system who presently are members of the City of Corpus Christi; providing for increased prior and current service annuities for retirees and beneficiaries of deceased retirees of the City; establishing an effective date for such actions; and providing for severance.
17. (15-1354) Resolution authorizing the City Manager, or his designee, to execute an
amendment to the Radio Communications System Interlocal Agreement between the City of Corpus Christi, the Regional Transportation Authority and Nueces County to include the Nueces County Emergency Services District #3 as a participant.
18. (15-1356) Resolution authorizing the City Manager, or his designee, to execute an
amendment to the Radio Communications System Interlocal Agreement between the City of Corpus Christi, the Regional Transportation Authority and Nueces County to include the Nueces County Emergency Services District #6 as a participant.
December 15, 2015
*Regular Meeting
19. (15-1268) Ordinance appropriating $6,338.37 in General Fund No. 1020 for the
reimbursement of services overpaid to McLemore Building Maintenance, Inc.; and changing the FY 2015-2016 Operating Budget adopted by Ordinance No. 030620 by increasing expenditures in the General Fund No. 1020 by $6,338.37.
As of: 11/19/2015
75.9%
Date Elevation Volume % Capacity Elevation Volume % Capacity Volume % Capacity Elevation Volume % Capacity
FULL 220.5 695,271 100% 94.0 257,260 100% 952,531 100% 44.0 161,085 100%
11/19/2015 197.7 242,011 34.8% 91.8 218,011 84.7% 460,022 48.3% 44.0 161,085 100.0%
11/18/2015 197.6 241,185 34.7% 91.8 218,185 84.8% 459,370 48.2% 43.9 160,156 99.4%
10/19/2015 197.8 242,711 34.9% 91.3 208,485 81.0% 451,196 47.4% 41.7 140,426 87.2%
11/19/2014 192.7 178,526 25.7% 86.2 128,902 50.1% 307,428 32.3% 39.9 125,280 77.8%
STATUS OF THE CHOKE CANYON / LAKE CORPUS CHRISTI / LAKE TEXANA RESERVOIR SYSTEM
RESERVOIR STATISTICS
Choke Canyon Reservoir Lake Corpus Christi CCR/LCC Combined Lake Texana
Combined Daily Water System Index
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50.1
32.3
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220.5
94.0
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86.2
39.9
197.7
91.8
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