City Council
Council Chambers
Agenda — 55 items
- 1 Public Notice: Persons with disabilities who plan to attend this meeting and who may need auxiliary aids or services are requested to contact the City Secretary’s office (at 361-826-3105) at least 48 hours in advance so that appropriate arrangements can be made. Si Usted desea dirigirse al Concilio y cree que su inglés es limitado, habrá un intérprete inglés-español en todas las juntas del Concilio para ayudarle. This meeting may be held via videoconference call pursuant to Texas Government Code § 551.127. If this meeting is held via videoconference call or other remote method of meeting, then a member of this governmental body presiding over this meeting will be physically present at the location of this meeting unless this meeting is held pursuant to Texas Government Code § 551.125 due to an emergency or other public necessity pursuant to Texas Government Code § 551.045.
- A. Mayor Paulette Guajardo to call the meeting to order.
- B. Invocation to be given by Chaplin Rodney Appleby with the Corpus Christi Fire Department.
- C. Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag of the United States and to the Texas Flag to be led by Hewett Williams, 2nd grader at Annapolis Christian Academy.
- D. City Secretary Rebecca L. Huerta to call the roll of the required Charter Officers.
- E. PUBLIC COMMENT
- F. BOARD & COMMITTEE APPOINTMENTS: (ITEM 1)
- 1. Airport Board Planning Commission Airport Zoning Commission
- G. EXPLANATION OF COUNCIL ACTION:
- H. CONSENT AGENDA: (ITEMS 2 - 15)
- 10 Approval of the Consent Agenda
- 2. Approval of the May 8, 2025 Workshop Meeting Minutes, June 17, 2025 and June 24, 2025 Regular Meeting Minutes.
- 12 Consent - Second Reading Ordinances
- 3. Ordinance 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 identification and disruption of narcotics trafficking as part of the FY 2025 Texas Coastal Corridor High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area Initiative in an amount of $41,800.00; and appropriating $41,800.00 in the Police Grants Fund.
- 4. Ordinance ratifying the acceptance of an amendment in the amount of $6,329 increasing the HOME Investment Partnerships Program - American Rescue Plan (HOME-ARP) grant M-21-MP-48-0502 from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development and amending the Fiscal Year 2025 budget by appropriating $6,329 into Grant Fund 9045
- 15 Consent - Contracts and Procurement
- 5. Motion authorizing execution of a one-year cooperative purchase agreement, with two one-year options, with Fastenal Company, of Winona, Minnesota, with an office in Corpus Christi, through the Sourcewell Cooperative, in an amount up to $600,000.00, with a potential up to $1,800,000.00, for the purchase of operational supplies and personal protective equipment through a managed inventory program for Corpus Christi Water, with FY 2025 funding of $600,000.00 from the Water Fund.
- 6. Motion authorizing execution of a one-year supply agreement, with two one-year options, with Ferguson Enterprises, LLC, in an amount up to $280,745.42, with a potential up to $842,236.26 if options are exercised, for the purchase of meter boxes and lids for Corpus Christi Water, with FY 2025 funding of $280,745.42 from the Water Fund.
- 7. Motion authorizing a three-month service agreement with April L. Trejo, dba Alice Lawn Care, of Orange Grove in the amount of $129,474.50 for replacement of fencing at the Garcia Softball Complex, adjacent to Salinas Park located in City Council District 3, for the Parks & Recreation Department, with FY 2025 funding from CDBG Funds.
- 8. Resolution authorizing a six-month service agreement with Progressive Commercial Aquatics, LLC, dba Landmark Aquatic, of Austin, through the BuyBoard Cooperative, in an amount not to exceed $239,875.00 for completion of the Greenwood Pool Filter Renovation project for the Parks & Recreation Department, with FY 2025 funding from CDBG Funds.
- 9. Motion authorizing execution of a three-month service agreement with Clearfield Construction, LLC, dba Alamo Decks and Fence, of San Antonio, in the amount of $208,845.00 for the New Bayview Cemetery Fence for the Parks & Recreation Department, with FY 2025 funding from CDBG Funds.
- 21 Consent - Capital Projects
- 10. Motion authorizing a professional services contract with HDR, Inc. of Corpus Christi to provide preliminary design services (Phase 1) for the South Side Water Transmission Grid Completion project to plan and prioritize interconnections between multiple water transmission mains to enhance the system’s redundancy, improve chlorine residuals, and more effectively transport potable water around the City in an amount up to $285,716.00, located Citywide, with FY 2025 funding available from the Water Capital Fund.
- 23 Consent - First Reading Ordinances
- 11. Ordinance authorizing the appropriation of $40,000.00 in grant program income under the Motor Vehicle Crime and Prevention Authority grant in the Police Grants Fund; and authorizing the appropriation of $11,863.63 in insurance claim proceeds into the Police Grants Fund; and amending the FY 2025 Police Grants Fund Budget by a total amount of $51,863.63.
- 12. Ordinance authorizing submission of reimbursement requests to the Texas Department of Emergency Management, Coastal Bend Regional Advisory Council, Texas A&M University-Extension Service, and the Texas Emergency Medical Task Force; and, upon receipt of funds, accepting and appropriating in the Emergency Management Grants Fund for budgeting and accounting purposes; and execution of all necessary documents.
- 13. Ordinance authorizing the acceptance of $30,000.00 from the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, under the FY 2025 National Shelter Initiative Grant - Rescue Effect Campaign, for use by the Animal Care Services Department for make-ready costs including adoption fees, microchips, vaccinations, testing, and spay/neuter surgery; and appropriating in the Animal Care Services Grant Fund.
- 14. One-Reading ordinance authorizing execution of a construction contract with Southern Trenchless Solutions, LLC of La Feria, Texas, for the Defense Economic Adjustment Assistance Grant-Naval Air Station Corpus Christi Wastewater collection lines and Manholes Replacement Project in an amount up to $4,562,499.62 for the Total Base Bid Plus Additive Alternate No. 1; appropriating $2,951,340.62 from the U.S Department of the Navy; and amending the FY 2025 Operating and Capital Budgets, located in Council District 4, by $1,611,159.00 with FY 2025 funding available from the Community Development Grant Fund.
- 15. Ordinance authorizing the acceptance of $15,000.00 from the National Recreation & Park Association for use by the Parks & Recreation Department for the Heart Your Park Volunteer Days and appropriating $15,000.00 in the Parks & Recreation Grants Fund.
- I. RECESS FOR LUNCH
- J. PUBLIC HEARINGS: (ITEMS 16 - 18)
- 16. Ordinance abandoning, vacating, and closing 2.5193 acres of improved and unimproved public right-of-way identified as sections of Washington Street, Williams Avenue, Hatch Street, Summers Street, John Street, Dempsey Street, Priour Avenue, Nueces Street and Coke Street for no fee as provided in the Harbor Bridge Replacement Project Four Party Agreement.
- 17. Zoning Case No. ZN8534, Port of Corpus Christi Authority (District 1). Ordinance rezoning various properties along Lexington Avenue, located south of Minton Street and north of Martin Luther King Drive, from the “RS-6” Single-Family 6 District to the “IL” Light Industrial District; providing for a penalty not to exceed $2,000 and publication. (Planning Commission and Staff recommend approval).
- 18. Zoning Case No. ZN8553, Port of Corpus Christi Authority (District 1). Ordinance rezoning various properties at or near 1901 through 2202 Nueces Street, located north of Interstate Highway 37 (IH 37), along with portions of West Broadway Street, Washington Street, Williams Avenue, Hatch Street, Summers Street, John Street, Dempsey Street, Priour Street, Nueces Street and Coke Street, from the “RM-1” Multifamily District and the “CN-1” Neighborhood Commercial District to the “IL” Light Industrial District; providing for a penalty not to exceed $2,000 and publication. (Staff recommends approval) (Planning Commission recommends denial of requested IH and a change to “IL” Light Industrial District in lieu of IH. Requires 3/4 favorable vote to overrule Planning Commission).
- K. INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION ITEMS: (ITEMS 19 - 22)
- 19. Consideration and approval of an ordinance authorizing the issuance of “City of Corpus Christi, Texas Combination Tax and Limited Pledge Revenue Certificates of Obligation, Taxable Series 2025B” for solid waste improvements approved by City Council in the FY 2025 CIP Budget in an amount not to exceed $4,480,000, within set parameters and according to the plan of finance set by the City’s financial advisors; providing for the payment of said certificates by the levy of an ad valorem tax upon all taxable property within the City and further securing said certificates by a lien on and pledge of the pledged revenues of the solid waste system; delegating authority to the City Manager, Assistant City Manager over Finance, Director of Finance and Procurement and certain other authorized officials to approve and execute documents relating to the issuance, sale and delivery of the certificates; enacting other provisions incident and related thereto; and providing an effective date.
- 20. Consideration and approval of an ordinance authorizing the issuance of “City of Corpus Christi, Texas, General Improvement and/or Refunding Bonds, Series 2025”, for the second issuance of bonds from the Bond 2022 authorization for projects approved by the voters in November 2022 in an amount not to exceed $30,000,000 and or refinancings in an amount not to exceed $35,785,000 for the refunding, within set parameters and according to the plan of finance set by the City’s financial advisors; levying a continuing direct annual ad valorem tax for the payment of the bonds; delegating authority to the City Manager, Assistant City Manager over Finance, Director of Finance and Procurement , and certain other authorized officials to approve and execute documents relating to the issuance, sale, and delivery of the bonds; enacting other provisions incident and related thereto; and providing for an effective date.
- 21. Consideration and approval of ordinance authorizing the issuance of City of Corpus Christi, Texas combination tax and limited pledge revenue certificates of obligation, series 2025A” for capital improvements to streets, public health and safety facilities, parks, public facilities, and storm water infrastructure approved by City Council in the FY 2025 CIP Budget in an amount not to exceed $38,720,000, within set parameters and according to the plan of finance set by the City’s financial advisors; providing for the payment of said certificates by the levy of an ad valorem tax upon all taxable property within the City and further securing said certificates by a lien on and pledge of the pledged revenues of the solid waste system; delegating authority to the City Manager, Assistant City Manager over Finance, Director of Finance and Procurement and certain other authorized officials to approve and execute documents relating to the issuance, sale, and delivery of the certificates; enacting other provisions incident and related thereto; and providing an effective date.
- 22. Consideration and approval of an ordinance authorizing the issuance of “City of Corpus Christi, Texas Limited Tax Notes, Series 2025”, for public safety, vehicles and streets approved by City Council in the FY 2025 CIP Budget in an amount not to exceed $11,120,000; levying an annual ad valorem tax, within the limitations prescribed by law, for the payment of the obligations; delegating authority to the City Manager, Assistant City Manager over Finance, Director of Finance and Procurement to execute documents relating to the sale of the notes; enacting other provisions incident and related thereto; and providing an effective date.
- L. BRIEFINGS: (ITEMS 23 - 25)
- 23. Briefing on City Proposed London Area Tax Increment Reinvestment Zone (TIRZ) #7
- 24. Briefing on the news released by the Department of Justice (DOJ) related to the former Global Spectrum, LP, d/b/a Oak View Group (OVG) Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Timothy Leiweke.
- 25. Briefing on the Inner Harbor Water Treatment Campus Update, including results from the Inner Harbor Ship Channel Near and Far Field Study
- M. COUNCIL REQUESTED ITEMS: (ITEM 26 - 30)
- 26. Reconsideration of "Ordinance amending the Roadway Master Plan Map and the Urban Transportation Plan Map of Mobility CC, transportation elements of the Comprehensive Plan of the City of Corpus Christi, by modifying County Road 22 between SH286 and County Road 43 from an A2 Arterial to a C1 Collector, modifying County Road 22 between County Road 43 and a proposed P1 Parkway from a C3 Collector to a C1 Collector, and modifying a planned road between County Road 22 and County Road 20A from a C3 Collector to a C1 Collector; amending related elements of the Comprehensive Plan of the City; and providing for publication," as submitted by Mayor Paulette Guajardo and Councilman Roland Barrera.
- 27. Consider and act on amending public comment policy to allow each member of the public who desires to address the body regarding an item on an agenda or any other city related item at the 5:30 p.m. public comment period, as requested by Council Members Kaylynn Paxson, Gil Hernandez, Carolyn Vaughn.
- 28. Consider and act on having no requirement to sign up in advance to speak on an item on an agenda and allowing each member of the public who desires to speak to have three minutes time to speak, as requested by Council Members Kaylynn Paxson, Gil Hernandez, and Carolyn Vaughn.
- 29. Consider and act on amending the decorum of public comment to allow commentors the ability to ask questions with the understanding that the mayor, council and staff shall not answer any questions during the public comment period, as requested by Council Members Kaylynn Paxson, Gil Hernandez, and Carolyn Vaughn.
- 30. Consider and act on allowing each member of the public who desires to address the body regarding an item on an agenda or any other city related item to have the ability to sign up for public comment starting the day before the meeting at 8:00 am and ending the day of the meeting at 4:00 pm, as requested by Council Members Kaylynn Paxson, Gil Hernandez, and Carolyn Vaughn.
- N. CITY MANAGER’S COMMENTS / UPDATE ON CITY OPERATIONS: (ITEM 31)
- 31. Update on Alternative Water Supply Projects
- O. EXECUTIVE SESSION: (ITEM 32)
- 32. Executive 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 related to Global Spectrum, L.P., dba OVG360.
- P. GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT
- Q. ADJOURNMENT