>> God, bid knowledge our
finite
humanity, recognize our
frailties
and limitations before you.
Through election, our citizens
have
conferred to these, the mantle
of
leadership.
They bear the confidence of our
community, therefore, we would
humbly ask that you and I'll
and
empower this assembly with
attributes necessary to
accomplish
the tasks their positions
require
of them of the betterment of
corpus
christi.
Ladies and him him and assemble
before you have many talents
and
abilities.
We ask that you harness them in
unity to the betterment and
prosperity of our city.
The tasks before them are
daunting,
challenging, and far-reaching,
but
they are not beyond your scope
of
understanding.
We are assured that you have a
perfect plan and we'll share it
if
we seek it in earnest.
Lord, we would also ask your
protection on those of the
employment of our city, for
those
who toil to keep our city and
repair and those who wear the
different uniforms of agencies
that
provide protection of life and
property.
we ask that they be safe and
have
the blessing of returning to
their
homes and families at the end
of
their days work.
Father, bless corpus christi,
bless
her city leadership, and May
your
will be done here today.
We praise you for your goodness
and
your faithfulness.
Amen.
>> amen.
Thank you, reverend.
If I can ask for the director
of
facilities if you can come and
lead
us in pledge.
>> good morning.
Please join me in the pledge of
allegiance.
I pledge allegiance to the flag
of
the united states of america,
and
to the republic for which it
stands, one nation, under God,
indivisible with liberty and
justice for all.
>> thank you, Mr. Gonzales.
If we can have our city
secretary
call the role of the required
officers, please.
>> [Roll call]
>> thank you very much.
We'll go on to item number g.
City manager comments and
update on
city operation.
>> mayor, it's easy today.
I don't have any comments for
the
council today.
>> thank you very much.
on executive session we have
the
collective bargaining
negotiations
on here on number 1.
However, we have no business to
discuss.
Going to item number 1 --
excuse
me.
Item I.
Do I have a motion -- if you
can
bring those forward to us,
please.
>> we've presented the minutes
of
the regular meeting of October
14th
for your consideration.
>> motion to amend.
Trying to find the item.
>> for item number 7, the
motion
was seconded by david low.
>> okay.
There's a motion to amend.
I have a second.
Any discussion?
All in favor?
Motion carries.
We can vote as amended, please.
May I have the motion to accept
as
amended?
Second.
If you can take the role.
>> for passage of the motion --
for
passage to approve the minutes.
>> [Roll call] The minutes
are
approved.
>> thank you.
We'll go on to item l consent
agenda three through 13.
Is there anyone from the public
that has a comment on item
number 3
through 13?
ms. Mcintyre.
>> I just have a comment,
mayor, on
number 8.
>> yes, ma'am.
>> excuse me.
Hold on.
Yeah, it is number 8.
Sorry about that.
I know we passed this on first
reading last week, but I was
just
kind of curious about -- and
I'm
going to support this but I did
have a question and wanted some
feedback during the budget
cycle I
had asked about within the
business
plan for the police department
and
the manpower study, so I'm just
kind of bringing that forward
and
wondering what is the timeline
or
what's the status of that study
and
when will it be brought forward
for
consideration going into future
budget years.
I recognize that's what we did
here
today or what we are about to
do is, as I see, part of the
solution,
but I want to look more long-
term.
For me it sounded like that
manpower study was going to be
information that would help
guide
us in making the decisions
later on.
So I'm just asking that.
>> this, actually, is probably
the
one that you're talking about
probably a year and a half old.
When troy was police chief, he
commissioned a study of the
entire
department was probably three
or
four years ago.
I came in and did a tuneup for
his
patrol only, and so the city
manager would have to directly
answer that.
Whenever he wanted to come come
forward is when from my view it
will come forward.
Just so you know when it comes
forward, probably that's out of
date.
>> one was the tuneup done?
It's already outdated.
>> it's probably a year and a
half
old.
>> I think this is a good
question
to ask at this point.
In the ordinance the council
passed
a meeting or two ago, we put
authorize numbers for police
and
fire.
The authorized number for the
police department actually does
line up with what you're
talking
about.
The kind of ongoing concern
that
I've had about staffing is more
enterprise oriented.
In other words, we have what I
think is a credible study for
manpower in the police
department.
We have a better idea I think
in
the fire department than most
other
departments, but when you look
at
the other 30 departments that
exist
in the study, I don't think we
have
a good idea of what the
manpower
are for those requirements.
So as we speak, I have efforts
going on with my assistant city
managers to make a
determination on
that and then my intent to come
back sometime after the first
of
the year and have that
discussion
with the council about what the
enterprise requirements are for
adequate and even ideal staff.
It's my full intent as we move
into
the next budget cycle to
recognize
the staffing requirements
across
the enterprise so that the
police
department and every other
department, their staffing
requirements in order to
achieve
their core mission is
recognized
and from there we can launch
into a
plan to start to meet those
enterprise requirements.
I am concerned we focus on one
department only and just talk
about
that because, as I said before,
the
city is an enterprise is a
balanced
effort, and you need to make
sure
that the entire enterprise is
balanced in terms of the
services
being provided.
I intend to have that
discussion.
When I can answer the
questions.
>> okay.
In the meantime, can I get a
copy?
>> I will provide it to the
entirety.
>> thank you, chief.
Thank you, ron.
>> what was also something that
can
be -- I can't tell you how much
I
appreciate your comments
because it
is a holistic.
We are all interdependent in
every
city department and how we
operate
24/7.
It's good to have the big
picture
idea, but what I do like about
the
study is the original emphasis
they
had on community policing, and
there were also best practices
that
are separate and apart from
staffing that we always
addressed
today, but there's also
economies
of scale and efficiencies, and
I
know that chief riggs at the
time
also reorganized the department
from some of the
recommendations of
low.
I think maybe if we can get a
timeline of at least at a
minimum
January to let us know and
maybe
get a report from the chief as
far
as some of the best practices,
because I think those also help
with some of the operational
efficiencies that affect
$-dollar-sign-dollar sign.
And those in the end will help
us
become educated in how we talk
about -- you know, how we staff
it.
I think those go together.
>> I think they do.
I assure you will bring this
forward as soon as we can
reasonably do that.
The police department has an
advantage in a way because
they've
got revenue sources separate
from
the general fund that they can
use
for the study.
I can't remember the cost of
the
study.
Somewhere between 50 and a
hundred
thousand.
>> yes.
So the tuneup study that I can
speak to that I did was 25,000.
I want to say thanks to the
community because they pay for
it.
The public tax dollars did not
go
for that study.
It was through our confiscated
drug
funds.
If I can say one other thing,
I'm a
team member.
Nobody recognizes the
enterprise
other than probably ron and
susan
and you guys.
We fully know where we sit in
in
the grand scheme of things.
I'm the police chief, so I'll
always advocate for more
resources
for my department, and I don't
want
to put anybody in any position
of
undue pressure.
So I'm trying to walk that
line.
Yes, mayor, there have been
some
efficiencies gained that troy
instituted, and I also probably
give up some political capital
from
my standpoint on doing some
things
a bit different like the minor
accidents, not responding to
certain calls, all the things
that
we've been talking about.
The final piece is we're going
to
be coming forward with I think
some
wonderful things in the area of
technology that is multiplying
our
police force, and I promised
the
city manager and I promised
this
body that I would do everything
I
can to squeeze everything out of
before I came to you asking for
anything more.
I think we probably at that
point.
I'd hate to be in your
position.
The things that keep you up at
night are probably multiplied
by
what you guys have to do with
streets and water and all of
those
things.
I'm trying to be very careful
by
not putting people in a
position
that I'm pushing to get more
staffing, but I am pushing to
get
more staffing.
I just don't want to create any
undue pressure on anybody.
>> that the conversation I want
to
have as a backup plan.
Got further that the past.
I think we need to be prepared
for
that, worst-case scenario.
I don't want to be caught in a
situation.
That's a separate conversation.
>> we try to keep a balance of
about 2 million for that very
reason, and so we try to -- we
think about that as we go
through
our spending so that in the
event
something happens, it buys us
time
to create a plan so that we can
continue with the staffing
levels
that we already have.
>> and I appreciate you
publicly
acknowledging the importance of
the
bigger picture, because we all
have
our needs, and God knows this
is a
good decision today, but also
working directly with our city
manager as we go through
budgeting
process, that is an important
key.
>> let me add one other
thought.
Part of what I was trying to
say in
terms of cost is the police
department has the ability to
pay
initially about $100,000 for
this
study.
But when you look at the
enterprise, you know, the
police
department is 500 employees out
of
3000.
So the general fund doesn't
have
the luxury at this point to put
in
300, $400, $400,000 for a
similar study
to look at the balance of the
enterprise.
So we'll be doing that in-
house.
We'll be doing it ourselves.
Probably going to take a bit
longer
to get it done.
I think it's important.
I know the methodology that was
used on the police manpower
started.
I'd like to have something
similarly reliable when we talk
about staffing for the rest of
the
enterprise.
We'll get it back to you as
soon
after the first of the year.
>> just wanted to add.
The solution study was 161
pages
across $90,000, forfeiture
funds.
The two big things that I got
out
of it was the need in metro,
and
also the goal, which I've heard
through your efforts over the
last
four years is to get to
proactive
policing and the numbers that
were
needed to get from -- I think
you're at about 43 minutes out
of
60 in terms of reactive and 17
minutes in proactive to get to
30.
>> the ideal spot is 30 minutes
of
proactive neighbor patrols not
find
two calls versus 30 minutes of
responding to call.
Rhonda is exactly right.
I really like the methodology.
A lot of people throw out the
offer
choose for proposition.
That's not my preferred way.
My preferred way is workload,
which
is what the study were load
uses.
What's defined as travel time,
examining the time that it
takes to
do certain offenses or make
arrest,
the time it takes to go to
briefing
and all of those things that
officers do day in and day out.
So that's what the study is
about.
I agree with it was a very good
study to undertake and it was
very
revealing from my perspective.
>> great.
And that's where
decentralization
came in and deficiencies and
multiplying efforts.
I think you're working the plan
,
but I look forward to an
updated
study and understanding where
we
are today and how we continue.
Hopefully, one day be more
proactive than reactive.
I know you're doing the best
you
can.
>> thank you.
>> if you want to get a
snapshot of
that study, I know it's toward
the
end.
You can google it.
It gives you an overview and
talks
about the emphasis on metro
calm.
Just for the benefit of the
public,
can you help me spell it?
>> etico
>> etico.
>> that way they can have a
sense
of what we're talking about if
they
google it.
It's a good day for corpus
christi
and public safety.
Is there any other questions,
Ms. Mcintyre?
>> that which we can google is
the
one that was three and half
years
old.
>> correct.
It was also carried on our
website
for quite some time, but the
new
one since has not been
revealed.
That was not available.
>> that really is about are
directed patrol officers and
not
the entity.
>> yes.
Now, the one that I
commissioned
kind of as a tuneup to the
original
looked at patrol.
>> and one last question.
When you talk about the
workload
and things like that, does it
also
take into consideration -- what
I've heard several times is
whether
people are on sick leave for
vacation time.
So does take into account all
those
available to be hands on deck.
>> as a general rule, if I have
nine officers assigned to a
shift,
seven we'll show up.
And so the number that we use
is
that seven number when it comes
to
deployment.
It's quite interesting, because
without fail that happens.
So we have minimal staffing
level,
which not only for our officers
but
our chief.
If I have three chiefs we all
can't
take off at the same time.
And so that's what the minimum
staffing is.
The study is based on minimum.
>> let's vote on it for right
now.
>> for passage of item number
8.
On second reading, ordinance
number 8 on 2nd reading.
[Roll call] Item number 8
passes.
>> thank you very much.
And the balance of them?
>> the balance of the items for
passage of items three through
13
but the exception of item
eight.
Mayor martinez?
[Roll call] The consent
agenda
passes.
>> thank you.
Regular agenda item.
>> good morning.
For the record, director of
government relations.
Last week --
>> I'm sorry, tom.
An event that?
>> sorry.
>> last week we presented
several
items for your consideration
and
preparation of the 84th
legislative
session that begins January
13th
2015.
You have on your desk a revised
resolution incorporating some
of
the changes we discussed.
If you approve the amended
resolution today, the city's
priority legislative agenda
will
include nine items, including
two
appropriation requests and
seven
statutory provisions.
Those are items that we will
have
drafted into stand-alone bills.
We actively support category,
which
are not items that we will have
drafted include 10 items.
The staff initiated proposals
on
administrative approval of
change
orders and limits on design
build
projects have been moved to
this
category.
The changes would be nice to
have
but they're not the city's
highest
priority.
I've wordsmith the item on
transparency.
Also added was a marine jobs
bill
the city supported two years
ago.
The goal is to encourage large
boats but talked in other
states or
foreign countries to come back
to
texas by limiting the financial
penalty.
Under the endorse category, it
includes the language preferred
by
the corpus christi regional
transit
authority protecting their
decal
system for fuel taxes, added
payday
loan language, and summarize
support for funding the
workforce
commission instead of listing
the
agencies appropriation
requests.
There are 10 items in the
endorse
category.
I expect there to be additional
items in the future on a
case-by-case basis.
I'm happy to answer any
questions
you May have, and your vote
today
would be the motion to amend
the
resolution is presented last
week
with the resolution that you
have
before you.
Any questions I'm happy to
take.
>> thank you.
May I have a motion to amend as
stated?
Who made the motion?
Thank you.
Is there any discussion on the
amendment?
All those in favor?
And he opposed.
If we can get a vote as
amended.
>> for passage of resolution
number 14.
>> I apologize.
I need to ask for public
comment.
Anyone from the public have a
comment on item number and-14?
Seeing none.
>> for passage of roussell --
of
resolution.
[Roll call] The resolution
passes.
>> thank you very much.
First reading ordinance is.
>> Ms. Payne?
>> good afternoon.
Item 15 is an ordinance
appropriating --
>> if you can state your name
and
your role in your department.
>> dan grimm spoke, director of
develop and services.
>> thank you.
>> item 15 is an ordinance
appropriating funds of $3956
and 6
cents from the wastewater trunk
system fund to refund Mr. And
Mrs. Baze and four wastewater
lot
acreage fees paid since water
services are not available nor
we'll be available within the
next
five years.
>> is there anyone from the
public
that has a comment on item
number 15?
Anyone from the council?
>> for passage of ordinance
number 15 on the first reading.
Mayor martinez?
[Roll call] The ordinance
passes.
>> thank you.
Can you spell your last name
for
me?
>> yes.
Grimsbo.
>> item 16 is an ordinance
authorizing the execution of
the
distribution maine and
reimbursement agreement with
the
icon at corpus christi limited
partnership for the
construction
and distribution in waterline
and
appropriating $60,193.60 from
the
distribution maine trust fund
to
reimburse the developer in
accordance with the koreans.
This is to install 1853-foot 8-
inch
pvc waterline to provide water
supply to a new 304 unit
apartment
project.
>> thank you.
Anyone from the public that has
comment on item number 16?
There's none from accountable
--
from the council.
>> [Roll call]
>> thank you.
Number 17.
>> item 17 is an ordinance
authorizing the execution of
the
developer participation
agreement
with online investment
incorporated
to reimburse the developer
277,000
for the city share for the cost
to
extend north also parkway.
Developers can construct
approximately 1006 and a 14
feet of
roadway.
>> thank you.
Is there anyone from the public
that has a comment on item
number 17?
Seeing none from the council.
>> [Roll call] The ordinance
passes.
>> thank you.
Mr. Segundo, I know you want to
come up here and get rocking
and
rolling before public comments,
but
it is right at 11:59, about to
be
12:00.
If I can ask those who for
public
comment can come forward and
state
your name and your address.
>> john kelly, 3621 austin.
I'm here for neighborhoods
first.
First of all, I want to talk
about
-- I have a piece of paper here
with the opinion from the navy
on
here that says the current
proposed
wind farm does not interfere
with
the base.
There's also an article here
filed
yesterday that the federal
aviation
committee nixed a wind farm
near
pennsylvania because of radar
problems.
These are two pieces of paper
that
proves the government says bill
regulate windfarms.
For the benefit of communities.
You have offered not one single
piece of factual paper to the
contrary to the.
Strictly innuendo and
conspiracy
theory.
Now, that disturbs me from a
number
of stem points.
Number 1, that you would pass
legislation or legislation on
that
basis.
Second of all, the resolution
that
you passed last week does not
put
any limits on the fund.
Thirdly, passage of that
resolution
was an illegal act.
It was not red or listed.
Its content was not listed in
the
meeting on the 14th, nor was it
was
the last week in a written
agenda
here available at the council.
So the public had no ability to
respond to it.
That violates open meetings act
and
is an illegal act and we'll
consequently need to be
repassed, I
believe.
Thirdly, you've entered into a
legal battle, which I do not
believe you can win.
It is undoubtedly the fact that
the
wind farm the land owners will
likely sue you over land rights
in
the federal decision.
The supreme court clearly said
that
you cannot take an economic
advantage of one and give it to
another.
That was a condemnation case,
but
the same principle applies
here.
Also, what one would need to do
as
an attorney is present the
previous
council meetings where did you
say
that your intent is to stop the
wind farm to give the advantage
to
developers.
That's all I have.
I think you've entered a very
perilous task, and I think
you've
made a huge mistake for the
citizens of corpus christi and
further annexation will only
compound that mistake.
We are planning to oppose you
for
doing so.
Thank you.
>> thank you, Mr. Kelly.
Would you like to get with him
to
address the comment about
legality?
>> the item was posted as item
11
on the agenda.
>> okay.
In lieu of -- is there anyone
else?
At the appropriate time, you
can
address the
>> that Mr. Kelly has brought
forward.
>> you May want to turn off
microphone so we don't have
feedback.
>> thank you so much.
I don't know whether these
allegations are true or not but
it's sad when people can't
acceptable.
We've been accused so many
things
that we don't know what it is.
The interest today is not so
much
in the developers.
Each is devoted because they
were
concerned for the whole city,
the
safety of the whole city.
If it has a negative impact on
one
part of the city, it has a
negative
impact on the other parts of
the
city.
I know you're going to be
threatened by this.
I don't know how much others
are.
I wish people would deal with
the
issues.
I wish that the public will see
those people that continue to
come
before you and attack your
character and credibility.
I would like for you to raise
your
hands.
Tell me which one of you came
today
to say, I'm going to do what I
can
not to serve the city well?
How many of you got up this
morning
to say that?
I thought to get elected so I
don't
have to present myself well in
to
do this the city.
That's a democracy.
Regardless if it's me or anyone
else, we are in the position to
respond.
When you can't respond, guess
what
happens?
The public thinks it's true.
I would like the city attorney
to
be a lot more aggressive, more
assertive when they bring
allegations.
Enough is enough.
>> thank you.
Thank you for helping with the
microphone also.
>> hello.
I met 5426 chevy chase drive.
I'm here as the President Of
corpus
christi taxpayers association
and
also the chair of the cleaner
economy coalition.
All of my members in both of
those
organizations and myself and my
family are going to ask you to,
please, let's don't annex
another
40 square miles of property.
We've been encumbered up to the
point where we are bleeding
folks
with the tax money that goes
out.
I can't believe that we would
want
to go ahead and encumber
ourselves
with having to provide sewers
and
stuff to farmland.
That's from my entire group.
But I'll just leave it right
there.
Thank you.
>> thank you.
>> can you hear me?
>> yes.
>> good afternoon.
My name is luis chapman.
I'm a resident of corpus
christi.
I am truly puzzled by the
actions
of the city council over the
last
several months.
When the top of annexation
began,
the idea was to prevent
impediment
to city growth.
The fact is the city is simply
not
going to grow past the 30,000
acres
of undeveloped land outside the
city limits, that is prior to
last
week annexation.
This is just not going to
happen
within the lifespan of the
proposed
wind farm.
There've been a number of land
developers at council meetings
pushing for annexation.
The fact is now that their
objective has been
accomplished, it
will be much cheaper for
developers
to hook into the infrastructure
required by annexation.
You should know that you cannot
regulate it, but you can tax
it.
You can tax the turbines, and
you
can text my and my family's
historic ranch and farmland.
The letter does not seem very
fair
to me in that it should be
obvious
that I'm very interested the
letter
is simply taxing the turbines,
the
farmer.
The turbines, that can be seen
as a
land grab.
Now the city's rhetoric seems
to be
concerned over possible effects
on
our military basis I am deeply
concerned about the basis and
their
enormous importance to this
area.
I would like to know what is
the
real reason behind the city's
actions.
Why does the storyline keep
changing?
Is the council concerned about
the
image at this point?
And why when required good
faith
negotiations between the city
and
aipac for making good progress
to
the council decide to vote to
annex
and declare intent to annex
another
20,000 acres May peaking --
making
corpus christi almost as large
an
area of the city of corpus
christi.
This is the part where I would
laugh because it's ludicrous.
>> Mrs. Chapman, I've given you
an
extra 20 seconds.
>> thank you very much.
>> thank you for coming.
Mr. Gordy.
>> jack gordy.
I'm down here for the same
thing
the other people spoke about.
When I leave home, I always
bring a
little comment samples me, and
I
asked if we do the same thing.
As I've said before, if they
were
against the windfarms, because
they
interfered with flight
operations,
everybody out there using a
grain
of common sense would know that
the
federal government would file a
lawsuit and stop it.
That.-period-full stop those
windfarms any times they want
to.
This city council, I wish the
city
council would at least be
honest
with the citizens and tell them
the
truth.
Tell them the truth and tell
them
why you won't annex the
property.
Nine out of 10 people that I've
talked to is against the
annexation.
It will take 30 years for the
city
to collect off a property tax
that
would take 30 years to collect
what
it's going to cost to annex it
and
put him infrastructure.
I think you need to reconfirm
the
annexation and let the
government
take action to stop the
windfarms
if it's going to interfere with
flight operations.
Like I said, when you leave
home to
come down here, start bringing
some
common sense with you.
>> thank you, Mr. Gordy.
>> Mr. 01.
>> I'm one of many owners of
the [
Inaudible] Rant.
I listened to what you said
last
week.
I understand and agree with you
in
keeping with the station is of
paramount importance, but I do
not
understand why you voted to
annex
the property last week rather
than
table the vote until further
information can be gathered and
could be made more informed
decision.
The navy is working with and
has
said that there is no problem
with
the project as reported on
September 16th.
Citing the public affairs
officer
for corpus christi, the navy
has
not taken no position on the
wind
farm development because there
does
not appear to be a conflict for
the
stations.
I understand that you don't
believe
that there is a spokesperson
for
the real navy, whatever the
real
navy might be.
Relying on unsubstantiated
personal
conversations with unnamed
naval
personnel should not be
consider
reliable testimony to this
council's decision.
However, by annexing our
property
last week, you have guaranteed
a
much larger windfarms than the
one
aipac and the land owners were
willing to build.
A compromise that would've
removed
turbines from within 5 miles of
the
city, plus payments in lieu of
taxes and other concessions.
During the public hearing on
august 26th, apex has the right
to
build this project, that they
are
going to build this project,
and if
annex would have to build a
larger
project to pay the additional
city
taxes.
So I am left with the
conclusion
that your primary goal in
annexation is not providing for
future growth core doors but to
get
the tax revenue from a fully
wind
farm.
Clearly, the naval air station
does
not need to be saved from a
wind
farm development that the navy
says
it is not a problem.
Please do not compound your
mistakes by annexing most of
the
rest of the projects that now
lies
in the new e tj, that only
makes
the tax burden bigger and the
windfarms even larger.
Thank you.
>> thank you, Mr. 01.
>> mayor, council members, I am
jimmy dodson.
I live in the county, a former
resident of corpus christi, but
I
own property that's very near
the
county at a farm about 5000
acres
of the chapman ranch owners
association blanch that's going
to
be impacted by the wind farm.
And by your annexation action.
I wanted to say that I believe
the
city annexation and development
and
planning process needs to be
predictable, needs to be fair.
It needs to do no harm without
compensating owners who are
armed
-- were harmed and it needs to
be
cautious about evaluating
property
rights.
In my other life, I'm Chairman
Of
the credit bank of texas, which
is
a $24 billion corporation of
lenders in texas, louisiana,
mississippi, alabama, and
mexico.
I've been the Chairman For
several
years.
I've been on that board for 12
now.
I'm not speaking for the bank
today, but I will tell you that
private property rights is a
key
issue for us because 70 percent
of
our portfolio is in first
position
mortgages in the state of
texas,
primarily murder rural and
small
cities with a population of
less
than 2500.
What your actions have done
have
made it hard to predict as a
lender
who take security interest in
property what the city's action
will do.
It's my understanding that the
city
doesn't allow the discharge of
firearms, for instance, and now
you
have 20,000 acres, maybe 40
that
will, ultimately, the annexed.
That's an income stream that's
gone.
For me as a farmer, it's very
important because we have hogs
that
destroy our crops every year.
Without them, trap them.
We don't poison them because
that's
against the law, but if we
could,
we would because they're the
worst
pests that we have.
What your action has done has
made
it illegal for me to manage
that
test.
I want to know if animal
control is
going to do that for me.
That would be a challenge, but
I
would like to have some
assistance.
The branch area is wonderful
farmland, but it's poorly
drained.
All of the water has to run to
get
to the zero so or to the laguna
largo.
The king ranch is owned by
another
large family.
They're very influential and
very
good people.
I want to know if the city will
continue to work to get water
off
the chapman ranch land and out
to
the lagoon and out to the zero
so
where it belongs.
We had our brain the other day
and
I understand the city should
understand about that problem.
Also, I think the shape of the
exterior is very interesting.
It looks to me that it's just
the
windfarms.
If that's the case, then it
doesn't
make much sense to me, because
there's an area inside the
original
e tj before the annexation
that's a
vital interest to the city.
It needs to be managed.
There's uneven development
there.
There is land.
There are oilfield service
companies that have bunkers for
explosives and radioactive
materials within shouting
distance
of school.
There's all kinds of problems
there
that the city can be fixing.
>> thank you.
>> let me say one last thing.
The development of services
area in
the city and the staff is the
best
it's ever been.
I'm not complaining about that.
I think that you owe us a
better
explanation for what you've
done.
>> thank you.
>> my name is john quinn.
5302 capernaum here in corpus.
I'm a cotton and grain sorter.
I'm a cotton and corn producer
here.
Part of my farmland is that I
don't
own, I'm the lieutenant farmer
but
it is within the new annexed
area.
Anyway.
A few points I wanted to make.
I'm sitting at my house just
thinking through the annexed
area.
What is the growth been?
This is all supposedly about
corpus
growing.
I went and looked, and within
my
lifetime, the last 30 years or
so,
although growth on the south
side
of corpus, you can draw three-
mile
circle, and it's almost all
great
there.
I started looking.
I say, we're worried about
chapman
ranch and windfarms affecting
the
growth of corpus.
I can find a 6-mile circle that
is
in a more desirable area in the
court for the next 50 years or
so,
and a further the wind farm is
supposed to last from maybe 30
years, and it would be logical
for
the wind farm to be there,
develop
that part of corpus and it
grows in
at the end of the lifecycle of
the
wind farm.
I'm just thinking logically, it
doesn't make sense to think we
have
to annex out there because
that's
going to affect growth.
Questions that I have as a
producer.
Jimmy spoke to some of these,
but
are we able to speak on our
cell
phones out there?
Are we going to be able to talk
on
our cell phones?
He talked about discharge of
firearms and the hard problems.
Snakes, coyotes.
What are we doing about animals
out
there customer what are we
legally
allowed to do?
The drainage issues.
What about building equipment
sheds?
Are we going to have to meet
city
code to build a barn to put our
tractors and equipment into?
A lot of questions I have as a
producer along those lines that
I
haven't seen answers to.
I'd like to see the facts you
used
to reach your conclusion that
annexation was necessary to
protect
the growth.
It's been stated many times
this
morning already about the
military.
I go to church with several
naval
officers inflate students and
flight instructors, and I look
them
in the eye and said, is this a
problem?
They said, no, it's not a
problem.
It's not a problem to the
military.
From the people that I've seen
in
the planes themselves.
They have a rich agricultural
issue.
As far as I know, they desire
their
land to stay in farming for the
foreseeable future.
Farming scott tougher.
Government programs changing
and
other things in south texas
especially with hydro, it's
unpredictable.
So I think they're looking at
trying to keep farming.
They want this to be a green
belt
and protect the farming, keep
it in
farming as well as have green
energy.
How much greener can you get
with
got to have green crops grown
with
green energy?
>> thank you.
>> last thing I'll say, I just
think that chapman family is
one of
the most generous -- generous
families I know.
You don't have to look far to
see
their contributions to the city
of
corpus and south texas.
I don't think this is fair to
them
to be able to penalize them in
this
way.
That's where look at it, it's a
penalty.
I think it's very unfair to
them.
>> if I can ask you to please
be
mindful of the three-minute
limit
for public comment.
Mr. Loeb.
>> on a very large acre tract,
is
legal in the city limits if it
was
annex after 1981.
There's a bunch of law -- bunch
of
stuff in local government about
it.
>> since that has been a
question
asked by at least two of the
commenters, he is correct.
Since that we are annexing
after
1981, it's attracted more than
10 acres.
We cannot regulate shotguns,
rifles, or pistols being
discharged
and track the more than 50
acres we
cannot regulate.
>> okay.
Thank you.
>> my name is diane vandermark.
I own farm property in the city
of
corpus christi.
Formerly chapman ranch.
I also own farmland in what is
left
of chapman ranch at least for
the
moment.
Last week not only did you
annex
all of the property, most of
which
has been in the e tj for about
30
years, but you announced that
you
will begin a second phase of
annexation with no explanation.
Is there a third?
Is there a fourth phase of
annexation and that the patriot
wind farm that Councilman Stop
scott spoke about last week?
Will you continue to lollipop
annex
where you will until you've
gobbled
up all of the lucrative parts
of
nueces county?
Last week and previously you
said
that annexation was the only
tool
in your toolbox to stop the
wind
farm.
Well, here's another idea for
you
next time you're looking for a
tool.
What about the telephone?
Not one of you nor any of your
staff ever reached out to any
of
the land owners to discuss this
prior to your vote to begin the
annexation process.
In fact, I found out about your
plans to annex or property in a
newspaper article dated March
18th.
Since then, one and only one
person
on the council has reached out
to
one and only one member of my
extended family who owned
property
at chapman ranch, and that was
after the annexation process
was
unleashed.
I'm sure carole kirkpatrick
would
have appreciated a call as well
.
We felt compelled to hire
lawyers
to defend ourselves against
your
hostile actions.
It first and only communication
came to all of the land owners
in
the form of the development
agreement postmarked July 17th.
As we all heard last week, the
language in those letters was
burdened with particularly
obtuse
legalese.
But I don't understand is why
he
voted to annex or property last
week rather than table the vote
since they've informed us that
the
negotiations we are proceeding
with
your staff.
Also, an independent study by
emmons engineering to evaluate
broadcast, wireless, public
safety,
microwave, radar, and other
spectrum signals using industry
and
f tc standards is imminent.
It's less than one week away
from
being published.
You and the public could've
read
what unbiased experts have to
say
about the state of technology
right
now rather than using dated
information and hearsay to make
a
decision.
Now, it seems you've crossed
the
rubicon.
We have one tool in our
toolbox,
and that is democracy.
Please let me know if there are
any
other options for us to work
with
you.
Thank you.
>> thank you.
>> is there anyone else here
for
public comment?
>> good afternoon, council.
Kerry robertson-meyer.
I stand with the taxpayers and
the
neighborhood first people and
the
chapmans in my opinion about
this,
and it's basically an opinion
because all the facts are
behind
the green wall heater in
executive
session.
It -- until you can bring those
facts forward when you're
sitting
in these chairs here, until
everyone out here is told the
details, voting for annexation
was
wrong.
That's my opinion.
We need to fix what we have
before
building more, and this is the
opposite of that.
Like Mr. Owens said, you should
have tabled the discussion
until
you can bring facts out until
you're finished, until you have
an
agreement, until it's not all a
secret.
You're not relying -- or you
are
relying on unsubstantiated
information.
It's just what people stand up
here
and say.
I'd like to ask you to not
double
your mistake by doubling the
annexation.
We are already in the steep
enough,
and the new counsel in January
we'll have to deal with it
then.
So I guess it's obvious I'm
very
disappointed in the direction
that
our city is going, because I
believe that we need to do
infill
and redevelopment and fill in
the
gaps to pay for what we are
already
paying for, what we've already
invested in, and we were just
starting to do that and you
guys
started talking about this.
We were just starting to talk
about
residential streets and fixing
what
we have and everything was
looking
good, and then the focus went
way
south.
That's wrong.
Please don't double annex and
thievery -- please reconsider
your
first conclusion
>> thank you.
Is there anyone else for public
comment?
We'll go to item number 18.
.
>>> the passage of ordinance
number 18 on the first reading.
>> they are martinez [Roll
call].
>> ordinance passes.
>> thank you.
>> item number 19.
>> good afternoon, Madam Mayor,
and west pierson -- wes person,
assistant city manager, item
number 19 is a first reading
ordinance approving the lease
purchase agreement between the
city and the texas state
aquarium.
We initially presented this on
September 30th, the concept and
I would like to remind you of
some of the things
that we talked about on that
date.
This is a significant
investment the texas state
aquarium is making expanding
the current building by 65,000
square feet and walk through
the lease purchase terms. It
will be a 50 year lease and the
requirement would be they offer
the association some of the
continuing offering the
facilities.
There's no financial obligation
for the city and the
association May exercise the
option to purchase
plan improvement after -- first
they have to spend the minimum
of $45,000 investment and they
have to complete the expansion
and open to the public and
third you need to complete the
payment of outstanding debt
obligation.
The city sold revenue tax
obligation notes that they have
been paying forever since their
then diligently and they have
to finalize the payment on tax
notes.
>>> additionally the provisions
will be -- fund provisions will
be placed in special warranty
to protect the intended use of
the facility.
If there was a desire for the
texas state aquarium to sell it
in the future the city will
have the right of up refusal
for the purchase and the land
of improvements.
Second there's a requirement
for the city to repay -- for
them to repay the city the
initial $14.5 million that the
city put in that it was built
in the late 80's.
The special warranty deed
required that there will be a
75 year restricted covenant
that will require the facility
to be operated as an aquarium,
there will be a referred her
clause in place and there was a
violation of that restrictive
covenant been the land and
improvements will revert active
ownership of -- to the
ownership of the city.
I believe there's a wastewater
-- solid stormwater drain that
is currently in the footprint
of the property and part of it
is
underneath the existing
aquarium and the expansion
built over it again the texas
association will be required to
maintain and repair that.
And if there was a desire to
relocate that line they will
have to pay for that and also
provide the easeman necessary
to make that happen.
>> our work on the agreement is
finalized.
We have it for your
consideration today and he will
be the first reading for the
ordinance in the second reading
is required by the city charter
will take place on November 18
of this year and the final
lease will go into effect on
January 172015.
I stand ready to answer any
question you May have and happy
to answer any question the
public May have.
>>> Mr. Scott Mr. Scott.
>> I am glad we are able to
take a breath. Now we are
talking about something that's
very cool.
I was thinking about the eyes
firmly focus on the future.
Our eyes are firmly focused on
the future.
So the lexington breaking
cutting the ribbon on the
improvement of their facility.
We have a $45 million
expansion it texas state
aquarium, that's phenomenal as
far as aquarium goes that will
be talked about across the
country and in 2015 the project
-- project will come on board
fully.
I mean this is a great time to
be in corpus christi and I want
to talk about that for a minute
because we spent the last 20
minutes talking about some
negative stuff, this is good
stuff, corpus needs dues
delivery and I have no money in
my pocket by the way.
My wife carol did not give me
my allowance this week.
This is a great time, this is
great for
corpus christi and the aquarium
is great for corpus christi and
I want to thank you for working
with them and they felt like it
was a good conversation and i
wanted to take of the breath
and change the rhetoric and
change
the energy level so we can just
pause and take note of profound
positive project not only
corpus christi this the coastal
bend.
>> thank you.
Mrs. Mcintyre.
>> thank you.
I want to briefly echo that.
I met an employee
that I've known before and she
talked about how excited the
employees are about the
expansion and having been there
for the opening.
It's going to be amazing.
I am happy that we are able to
extend it, they will be able to
do this and have the lease
option performance-based lease
option available it's a great
idea.
Thank you.
>> thank you.
Anyone from the public who
wants a -- to comment on number
19?
Mr. Alonso.
>> I -- my chair is broken.
I live in -- I would like to
agree with you, I would like to
say that once in a while you
guys something positive.
That's animal enormous impact
in the city.
That's an example in the
private sector and local
government to work together.
I remember years ago -- and all
the negative impact and
comments.
Let me tell did board of
directors and executive
director,
the public don't know this, I
don't know what percentage the
people will go to the aquarium
or visitors I don't know what
percentage, do you know?
It's important we tell the
public because they come and
they use the hotels, they come
and the rent our cars, they come
in they buy groceries whatever
they need
and contributes to the tax base.
In the general fund, it goes to
fixing infrastructure.
What better that we'll will
have people and -- we will have
people in and outside of the
community to contribute to the
infrastructure we need and
things we need.
Why can't people concentrate on
that.
I don't understand thank you.
>> anyone else from the audience
, on number 19?
>> passage of ordinance number
19 on its first reading mayor
nelda martinez.
>> [Roll call].
>> the ordinance passes.
>> we will be taking that to
next presentation item -- the
next presentation item number
20 with the general economic
development corporation and
then 21 texas department of
transportation projects and
then we will take a short break
and then finish up the meeting
with item number 22.
>> Mr. Culvert since.
>> and Mr. Leroux.
>> great to have you here.
>> nice to be here with a
different hat on.
>> welcome.
>> thank you.
>> pleasure to be here.
I have
my my -- emily's right here.
Emily martinez to make sure I
don't mess anything up.
The port commission meetings
they don't -- port commission
meetings they don't let me do
that.
They give a lot more power to
people here.
>> I start -- start off with
employment I set there and it
continues to grow with the
August numbers -- mining,
logging and construction, it's
up over a thousand.
Leisure and hospitality almost
2000.
What you were talking about was
what's going on, you can see in
the employment numbers and we
see it every day and my other
role at the port.
Very strong numbers and
continues to grow
and we don't see any pushback.
Activity, this this attraction,
I -- business attraction, I
will talk about those and what
we're trying to do with
attracting new business and is
existing industry at the same
time. We seem to be in a.
Where not that we are taking a
pause, but
there's been so much activity
in the past five years that we
are now working through the
projects that we have and I
think that is a very good thing.
If you look around and you are
all familiar because you have
worked with all of them both
you and the state
tcp oh four -- those projects
are already under construction,
tcp oh is on the second page
already. If you haven't been
on the site in three months it
made amazing projects in -- and
the last time I talk to them
that expected to be finished
before the end of next year.
Tremendous amount of activity
on the existing industry, both
our existing base, whether
flint hills or the o or leisure
projects, what we like to refer
-- liked referred to as -- like
to refer to as the new line of
energy or new star and magellan
and claims and traffic or are
all proceeding with major
projects in those -- and those
projects are either in
permitting or construction.
There's major activity across
the board and in all sectors of
the community.
The city has been a tremendous
part of those discussions and
with the way the projects are
proceeding and the mayor has
said several times, it really
wouldn't happen without the
regional effort with those
counties and the city on both
sides of the ship channel and
each side of the they
perceiving.
Shamir is the biggest project
of all $13 billion, they have
finalized the final
environmental review and that
review is completed they are
now in the waiting phase, they
expect to have the permit first
quarter of 2015 and be under --
the under construction next
summer.
Tremendous amount of activity
just continues, edc staff is
continuing to work with your
staff, with both county sun
making sure that all of the
incentives and process are in
place and we just see a very
right 2015 and we have several
new projects that we are
working on and hope to bring to
fruition
in 2015 as we get closer, the
staff will be briefing you on
those.
This is in the industry update
and I mention all that's going
on and edc, staff and the board
continue to meet with industry
throughout the region
and will continue to do that.
The only note I point out use
on agricultural workers, 650,
we see that with cost and
warehousing.
A lot of decent year for cotton.
If you have driven around
throughout you will see cotton
starting to be moved and it's a
major project for this region
on the agricultural side of the
port, we will see between now
and March significant movement
of
soybeans and other projects to
asia.
A huge crop in the midwest
which will be moving -- be
moving here biovail and we will
supplement that 650 person
number over the next six months
.
>>> I will be glad to answer
any questions.
>> Mr. Scott.
>> some of the second phase of
tip co-is much larger than the
first phase. Oh, my God
that's monumental and you go
know what to you see second, is
there a relationship?
>> what you see is probably 10%
final construction.
>> just imagine 90% more the
mayor and I were there about a
year and a half ago and toward
their plant and she knows the
size of the plant. It's
incredible.
I should have
mentioned tcpo that will have a
10-inch and economic council on
thursday. They want to sign an
mou with the region and the
mayor was there a year and a
half ago and roland mauer and i
were there would would -- and
those I know in August and we
met with the group again and
this is commission for the
whole region and it's a very
large very large economic
development,
they are bringing people this
week to look at the second tier
of tcpo.
What other industries can we
attract in the region --
region not just related to
tcpo, but want to get a
foothold in the united states
and north america. We will be
having some meetings later this
week and hopeful that the next
step which we look far beyond
tcpo will happen very soon.
>>> I was laughing the other
day I felt the number was 31
billion in development and
Chairman Holly said it was 32
billion the only thing I can
think of was 30, 31 billion got
together and had a baby and the
joey the numbers growing,
growing a billion here or a
billion there and I don't know
any other community in the
country that's talking about
32 billion, places like san
francisco or los angeles can
say -- say stuff like 32
billion.
We get kind of wrapped up, we
get none because it went from 31
to 32 and we get wrapped up in
negative seeing things and
people outside of corpus
christi's, they are saying
what is happening down there
and certainly because of us,
no, because of the work you do
and edc.
I want to -- roland and I are
good close personal friends.
He is leaving san antonio
tomorrow to go on a trip.
>> I know he is already there.
>> ways to travel together and
paid my own way by the way.
He's a close personal friend.
This organization has not
missed a beat. You came on
board and shepherd in and you
have not missed a beat and
economic development
corporation.
That's a big thing for me
representing the city and I
feel good telling the
constituents that we have a
great organization and its not
-- it's not built on one person
, it's a team that works. Even
if one person is not there.
I want to say thank you for
your work
and you have done a great job.
>> we have an excellent team
and an excellent board of
directors.
They have started the search
that is underway right now. I
am hopeful the sooner the
better,
that by the end of the year we
can make a selection for a new
executive director and someone
will be on board within 30 to
45 days after that.
It's moving well. We expect to
see some candidates for review
by the selection committee of
the edc within the next 60 days
.
>> thank you, Mr. Loeb.
>> I was wondering there's a
lot of news right now that the
price of oil is falling.
What effect do you think that
hassle believes -- hassle and
leads we've gotten in a economy
in general?
>> so far we haven't -- I
talked to some of our new
customers, I haven't talked --
seen anybody say anything that
they are backing off from
anything.
I assume if there's a further
significant drop in the
eyes of oil when did you -- you
got down below 60 that you will
start start to see some
slowdown in some of the
activity and probably some
impact on some of the natural
gas projects. Right now
everybody is proceeding as
planned and don't foresee any
changes.
>> you always wonder how that
affects the margins.
>> Mr. Leroux well done.
>> good to see you all.
>> texas dot.
>> valerie gray, interim
executive director of public
works.
A presentation on the update on
texas dot yearly projects and
here to present is
the district and engineer of the
district, Mr. Mr. Lonnie [
Audio not understandable].
>> welcome.
>> congratulations on the
election.
>> district engineer for texas
dot, I will update you on the
project.
A lot going on. I heard this
morning there's a lot of growth
and with growth comes
an opportunity for construction
projects and we have a really
dynamic large construction
program currently and I see we
should move north with good
fortune coming up sometime
after the first of the year we
hope to get the project underway
. You have seen a lot of work
going on in of $700 million in
investment going on right now
in the area.
A list of those projects there
and whole lot of -- one of the
things we saw coming in a lot
of the freeway system and road
system with the pavement
condition really below what we
would want in a freeway system.
We have gone in and invested
about 18.7 million in the last
year that's 358 I have a list
of those and you see work in 386
in the project on park road 22,
frontage road near the mall
area.
That was an an area were we had
to pull some funds together we
used -- use the general
district funds to take care of
some of that as well as some
eto funds and we have that
going on in the great separation
at tellico and
we have some travel lanes and
upgrading freeways, we have to
design build projects they are
not in nueces county that they
are close by.
To get 69 on the number one
that's underway, get that
designation from corpus christi
into kingsville, that's one --
this one of the goals of the
committee and one of our says
well.
That's $79 million job if you
have been to bishop
we will -- you will see that
were progressing very well we
hired a group to design and
build and there's a short
maintenance periods tacked onto
the end of that in that project
as well as the harbour bridge
-- harbor bridge, is in
procurement
and we have $70 million of
other design projects that we
are working on in the largest
scoped project on that would be
the ramp reversal. 358 on the
southbound and eastbound down
north padre.
Some of the the surface project
are listed. You have seen them.
We have talked numerous town
time on park road 22 and those
projects they have a surface
that are 10 to
15-years-old and days are
starting to get rough.
We have sporadic failures.
We had to do emergency repair
work.
You have gotten into that
heavily and I will not go
through -- that is something
that will continue next year.
286 is one that we would do
maintenance funds and across
town going back toward
loretto street tie in about the
interchange however it's laid
out, we don't want to resurface
something and get it torn back
up with the harbor project.
That's high on our priority.
Great separation and tellico,
that's a project and po funded
with prop 12 contractor bae and
that is working well and $13
million job.
We hope to have that thing
completed late spring early
summer of next year.
It is driven by safety.
As well as the plan to get a
controlled facility eventually.
2444 staples street.
That project some time back, it
was a prop 12 project and we
had time restriction on the
funding and the city worked
with us and we had right-of-way
to purchase and we are getting
very close to having that
wrapped up and -- will be
building that and we are
targeting mid-November and
anticipate completion.
It's about 2.5 year project.
It's an urban project you are
building how far road at a --
half a road at a time and
maintaining traffic volume.
Running around 7500 and that
project is about $24.4 million
project on whoever wrote the
project is been underway for a
while we started in January 14
and the limits go from 2861
yorktown boulevard and building
a five lane urban section.
They're building that project
and we anticipate
construction next spring and
that's roughly $9.9 million
project.
The one in 361 -- one that is
important important --
that will make an urban section
and add pedestrian pass it goes
from avenue g-tube beach access
road one and he will be similar
to weber road project where we
have four lanes with a raised
median and curb and gutter
section and protected left
turns and -- we are starting
work in building the project
and they will be starting in
November.
It will take roughly two years
to build and it's a $13 million
project to get onto 86 project
it's our largest project
underway in the city, extending
the freeway out from saratoga
to weber. The contractor
contractor -- they began working
in March of this year and
completion date I wish it was
winter of 15, it is --
optimistically between you and
me I would love to be in the
end, but we are looking at
2017, a three-year project.
That's optimism, it will be the
full complement freeway and
have overpasses at -- landfill
as well as weber road.
I 69, I highlight the two
projects, it's part of our goal
to get the interstate
designation down to kingsville
and ultimately further south
into the valley and they are
building a portion from state
highway 40 -- state highway
442892 in -- and the project
has been going on since
13 and we should be completed
close to next year and it's
11.3 million another project
adjacent of that moving south
from f and 892 in robstown
2886, austin bridge and their
limited
>>> whenever you're ready,
rick.
>> sorry, Mr. -- can you
confirm only because I don't
see a live screen, is it
because I see the presentation
does it mean we are ready to go?
On the screen?
Thank you.
>> there we are.
Let's go and move forward,
thank you, Ms. Womack.
>> I have as I was mentioning
there's a lot of emphasis going
on on I 69, we will be left
with the cap that driscoll on
we will complete the connection
between robstown arai 37 and
kingsville.
That project is in the process
of getting into the right of
acquisition they have coming to
agreement with the county to --
county to contribute funds on
that to pay the 10%.
We have the maps and we will be
going to purchasing the
property in the near future.
This is a shot of the project I
mentioned earlier the design
build project showing you
kingsville looking north on a
-- and the project is well
underway at this point and it's
a design build between austin
bridge and road and a limited.
Pardon me?
The harbor bridge,
we have worked it, there's been
a tremendous working
relationship with the city staff
the port of corpus christi has
really been a great partner and
as well as our city and county
noesis &-ampersand-and sign
patrizio and we are in the
environmental process and
there's work to be done and
targeting try to get a record
of decision and we could move
forward in January of 15 in the
final request for proposal
posted October 2nd.
We have seven proposals come in
on the project and we go
through a ranking system and
four of them move forward and
we are working with four teams
of developers
and it's a design build.
Basically you have aspects of
the project delivery in one
contract. They will design it,
build it, they have inspection
and we have inspection as well
and then they will maintain the
project. It's a signature type
bridge, very large structure
and it will be a cable stay
because of the link of the span
over the channel to cover cover
-- to have nothing obstructing
navigation in the harbor and
ship channel.
We will have a 25 year
maintenance.
On this project and that's
where we went out in the
proposal and they will maintain
the facility to a level of
satisfaction. To build a high-
quality product because you
have a long-term maintenance
which will be cumbersome on the
project of this nature.
Our target condition award is
in the March March 2015
commission meeting. It will
take about six months maybe less
for the notice to proceed. It
will be estimated to begin
toward the latter part of next
year a project that will take
four years to construct and it
will time to take the old
structure and approaches to it
and our schedule is using the
new structure in 2020.
Another project -- that's high-
profile for the npl and the
community is to do the rep
reversal and we have the
project funded for letting the
January 2016 a year from this
January and it will reverse the
ramps on -- weber, everhart,
staples and we will get as far
as we can we are in development
and we don't have final estimate
we will take the critical one
first.
We are taking care of those
during the holiday season where
we have severe index and the
main system
that's a project and high-
priority from a safety
standpoint and traffic flow of
the loan 358.
His 30 -- this $38 million
primarily our largest and feel
project at this time. I think
that's all I have.
I will open up for -- the
question of dialogue.
>> Mr. Scott?
What me through this outside
again.
On the south side we have
extension across town is that
okay?
That will be done at the end of
this year?
Year 2015 [Laughter] I was
optimistic area okay.
That is a 44 million.
>> $45 million.
>> that will be done by end of
17?.
>> yes, sir 17.
>> south staples expansion five
lanes, how much and how long?
$24 million, 24 million 20.4 we
have some right away sin
utilities we had to get cleared
it was tied to the proposition
12 funding and there will be a
time to get the right-of-way
and utility adjusted and the
city has been working with us
to get the adjustment completed
and we anticipate the completion
in summer of 17.
It's about a 30 months project.
>> it's going to be finished by
the same time question.
>> it will be close.
>> the challenges you are
building a 10 little pieces
because you have to maintain
traffic itself big fruit print
to work with it's a lot less
work, but it's tougher work to
get reduction.
>> it's five lane, four lanes
with continuous?
>> yes, sir, after you get past
the curve
their shoulders on it as well.
>> okay.
No center needed right now?
>> no not in that area.
>> the weather extension is how
much and how long.
>> it's $9.9 million project.
We will be done sometime next
year.
>> spring time of 15.
>> the fortune.
>> that the city's doing under
reconstruction project to tie
in the site south side grade
yorktown, staples, everhart
airline and no -- on the bond
election, I think if we are
successful we will complete the
newly constructed bridge on the
south side and you are giving
your improvements and -- doing
your improvements and we can
wake up at the end of 2017 and
go okay you can get from a to b
in five different ways and not
have to reconstruct the rack
and stealing the rough roads.
I want to thank you for that.
>> one -- wendy we looked at
and martin can come for an
answer
specific questions, one of the
challenges, how do we handle
traffic, you want to be route
weather and then you hit
another construction project in
the interchange their, whether
and to 80 -- weber and 286 cost
him
if got milestones to incentivize
expedite construction, we added
some lanes left turn lanes.
Our contractors that we have
the will be looking for ways to
extend I traffic you we are
trying to build it.
We have a lot of construction
175 -- been a long time since
we had a volume like that of
work and we have looked at how
we can incentivize. This
incentivize and adding some
design features.
Your union evening commutes and
morning commutes have you get
them through their -- their him
build a left turn lanes first
and get them place for storage
and traffic wanted to get
through I bet you he will make
adjustments as being in, the
traffic.
>> if that's completed -- if we
have rep reversal, you might
have people go back down lever,
staples, to get in the sb id,
to get on sb id it easier.
>> they -- it will be very
similar to what we have in
front of the mall going
westbound.
>> I think those work very
well.
>> for safety and efficient.
>> the lighting of the bridge,
it's iconic fascinating to hear
people talk about that is that
included in the new bridge?
>>
we will be some lighting
features, how they come up with
it is -- bishop harmon's and
expectations on the harbor
bridge.
I thought it was well done, I
know we have talked
scott and mcintyre.
>> those teams they are trying
to compete to provide the best
project project.
Not just the cheapest cost it's
the best value in this you
score these things out be
furnished them -- to prioritize
these and we work with several
members. These are really
important and we furnished that
is referenced document to the
development teams to consider.
>> when the lighting came out I
was a take it or the leavitt
kind of guy and people talk
about it and they talk about it
in context of other iconic
structures all over the world,
my last thought was lights on
for safety.
You know there are parts of the
state in country that have the
concept were you come over and
sit in certain area and it
doesn't have adequate or good
traffic flow as you might want
and they have the signs that say
welcome to the island lights on
for safety and
it said welcome to port -- just
the thought of until we get 361
and we all wanted, it might
increase safety if everybody
turns there headlights on.
That might be a conversation
for you
in the city. That's the way we
can provide additional safety
to a lot of people who come here
and if they have their
headlights on it might reduce
some traffic.
>> I appreciate that the
condition.
>> tonight -- can I interrupt
for a minute, because there's
no turning leaner middling the
shoulders practically nil and
passing is difficult and they
have two-lane going both ways
and considering the compounding
traffic and increase -- the
increase in tourism and frankly
in rooftops sure would like to
see lights on for safety.
>> I went out there to the
taste -- .
To the taste of the island and
at the port royale and that is
high-risk area.
Actually think that something
we could
get something achievable in the
partnership with signs, lights
on for safety at a minimum that
would be great.
>> we do have planned projects
that's not funded at this time
but in conjunction that we
appreciate that.
>> I think you are doing
everything you can to improve
day.
They could try this concept, I
love riding a bicycle so I am
now all into lights if you're
going to hit me I want to
eliminate the excuse that you
did not see me.
if you turn the lights on it
provides an extra level of
safety.
>> during the day. Obviously
it's during the night for legal
requirements.
I want to be clear, that would
be great if we can do that
during the day.
And a good project May be with
point
-- you're doing a great job
thank you for all you're doing.
>> thank you, Mr. Scott, Ms.
Ms. Mcintyre.
>> mike, I am glad you think
they only hit you if they don't
see you as opposed to they see
you.
>> the lights on -- on for
safety at 11 not on that, I
knows 361 we are working on
improvements in the cap goes
down and we are looking at for
the rest and that would be huge
and they have that comment
coming from the residents
recently.
Thank you for addressing the
harbor bridge, on the design
build on the proposal that can
-- they can come up with ideas
on what they do differently on
the original drawing drawing.
>> they have to approve it is a
better value and there is when
you do a project there's a
footprint and you have the
movement that you want.
How they deliver those it's 50%.
You want to allow innovation
and creativity through the
process.
To me as you witness what goes
on in one of these from where
we are at where we have been
connected to a couple of them
it's good to have that many
smart folks working on it
coming up with it, they have
latitude.
There's also the ascetic piece
of it and access issue and how
we address those, we struggle
on how we get them to
understand where we want to go
with this
and we did that through that
study.
I read that thing and -- in for
the amount of time very
thoughtful and gives a vision
to people -- the people that
are visionary and we are
looking out -- level of service
travel time
those types of things how can
you expedite the movement of
traffic in and out it will be
an opportunity for high-growth
in tourism, but also for people
who make the morning and
evening commute.
>> thank you.
Fourth of July and labor day
were great.
The traffic did not backup.
We had snacks during
construction and I appreciate
all the work you put into it to
make sure we don't have those
in the future and the extension
of the turn lanes are really
enhance the area and made it
phenomenal and the fourth of
July and labor day there's no
backup that we have previously
and we appreciate the effort.
The also parkway when we met
talk before with the -- the
signal being put in in.
>> they did not get the
language.
>> the contract has been
notified.
>> can we get a schedule?
We will get you scheduled.
>> once they break ground.
On when that will occur.
>> great.
that's all I have.
>> rate thank you.
>> thank you, Mr. Love.
>> I want to say that access on
the harbor bridge is incredibly
important.
I said that before.
The other thing is I think ramp
reversal is probably going to
be the most impactful on the
projects on traffic.
I drive both sides of the
highway and the difference in
safety and traffic flow and
ease of use is completely
different on the mall side of it
in the mall gets more -- and
the markets more traffic on the
other side.
I think that will have an
impact on that entire area
three or 4 miles away will
impact traffic when we get the
ramp reversal and it will
impact it for the better
and I hope that when they get
that done we can work on
synchronizing the lights
because I know a lot of the
issues on the lights is to make
sure traffic doesn't backup on
to the highway once we do ramp
reversal
we should be able to solve one
of those issues.
Maybe -- maybe not on staples,
but the mall plaza like but on
the other streets and he will
make a big difference and I
want to thank you guys
promoting it as quickly as you
can on that.
>> thank you.
>> Mr. Garza.
>> along the same line as
david, I was in the planning
commission when we started
talking about the reversal and
I was confused
did not know how it would work
on the ninth pleasantly
surprised and impressed with
impact on the north side of 361.
List -- Mr. Land been acquired
for the right-of-way.
>> we are in the process of
purchasing land I don't know
what percentage.
I had -- we have acquired
several parcels already part of
the timeline to get the project
if the clock the funding
becomes available and we are in
the process.
Thank you for that question.
>> I appreciate all the project
you to 86 and the projects --
besides the harbor bridge the
largest impact will be the
reversal project.
>> on the south side.
Things for all your hard work.
>> thank you Mr. Garza, Mr.
Magill.
>> thank you for the sheer
magnitude of the world that you
are completing moving forward
is great. It's a great time in
corpus christi and your timing
is impeccable to have gotten
the funding to make it happen
today.
When creek citizen request a
piece of rebar on the west is
bay boulevard under the
overpass that sticking out and
people who work in the -- there
each day
that's a quick citizenry quiz,
I know that I could've e-mailed
that to you, but you're here
today we are talking about ramp
reversal. I know it takes time
to get things on a project list
to -- the project was to get
them funded, but is there --
their any idea of thought in
terms of ramp reversal between
baldwin in 19? Baldwin
important?
port and horn?
Onto 86?
I know there's not a as much
traffic, but it's very similar,
some of that will it taken care
of, the exit on leopard, when
you start talking about the
quick -- it's a similar -- this
a similar problem, but with
less traffic, it is two, four,
six years out?
Where are when are we going to
look at the ramp reverses?
I might be wrong on the
location.
The limit on the new project
for the interchange the port
adjacent east of the new
interchange those ramps will be
brought up to standard in the
footprint and the rams met an
old standard, you don't have a
lot of distance will be call the
bridge distance, and the
footprint from nueces boulevard
into the inner-city that will
be addressed as part of the
design project for the harbor
bridge.
We are building a bridge, but
there's a huge interchange that
changes a lot of things just
the sheer magnitude of -- of it
and building to a higher design
state and safety standard about
half of the project up in the
air and the other half with the
two connection the beach and,
that portion is a thing covered
in the future design along that
37.
>> I am talking about -- on
cost down.
>> the south the laredo, however
to schlow impact.
>> we will need to look at
those.
>> I see that as a growth area
in terms of infield and
development and I realize two
oh 46 years that you have to
start the project send we are
seeing when hundreds of and
plus million dollars projects
because we have the -- 10 years
ago to make it happen.
Unless question
is, you mentioned prop 12 a
couple times, what is the next
round of funding for give me an
idea of how that comes forward.
Onto 86 extensions --
extensions have the weber to
connect the staples 2444 that
would be the next round, what
are some elements the community
can look forward to?
>> the next opportunity for
funding is in November.
The proposition which utilizes
the portion of the rainy days
and two above the certain cap
to go into the highway fund to
build projects
and road improvements.
The funding pretty well spent
-- we have been ability find,
and prop 12 which been has been
voted on and to bryan mims
projects which we are fortunate
to capitalize on the dash be
funded by those dollars.
Depending on the will of the
public, the projects in the
planning that we have done is
financially constrained to the
infield these are types of
projects we need to hear so we
can have advisory committee
analyze and prioritize those.
I strongly support the ramp
reversal.
That came on a number of years
ago was the need to look for
the dollar.
That's a process that comes
into input
that you're given the right
now.
>> thank you for your work and
i was encouraged to see that
improvements out of -- that
means that could be continued
somewhat that some portion.
>> at least a couple members on
this, we have long-range that
we would have a full load
expanded to four legs and
although sends a high price tag
. It's a fix community --
fixed community on both and said
how you keep traffic moving and
address the safety concern
there's an immediacy on that we
had had a fatality said a
couple folks who killed
pedestrian traffic
recently.
It's very concerning to us, if
you have driven in the rural
section, -- when we are put the
alternating passingly we have
seen a huge reduction in hit on
fatality's you could people out,
you get behind a slow-moving
vehicle enjoying the sights and
people who need -- of people
who need to go to work or do
business will take chances and
ask so we build it -- to those
in and rebuild a lot of --
if you take -- we have done
several and we have seen dress
reduction in fatality's and
that will be a short-term short
to mid term fix you can double
the traffic and we are seeing
the traffic volumes on some
roads
approaching double what we have
today.
Basically take weekend and that
traffic could be handled the
price tag is $2.5 million
construction cost
we could do an existing right-
of-way get passing both
directions 12 miles and it will
keep traffic flowing and our
intention is if you see
assigned to miles ahead I have
a chance to pass the majority
population is going to -- it is
shown to be very effective.
Longer term and will -- it will
be much more extensive.
>> my final, is the mauling on
cost town has improved I know
you have it budget three times
here, but it has improved and
it allows people entering and
exiting across town and baldwin
, they can see cars coming off
the road.
I appreciate that very much I
have seen him difference in
thank you I recognize that.
>> I know it's been a real
issue and still an issue the
campaign
the city's doing it is
propagating.
It looks -- I can notice it.
It's not perfect, but that
campaign and trying to educate
vote -- it's working.
I was amazed on how cool it was
and I spent several months a
few years ago it's noticeably
different, campaign plus
enforcement.
>> thank you.
I safely pulled aside this trust
to the side of the road, we had
a conversation about what he
puts in the back of his truck.
This riojas.
>> you educated him.
>> thanks for the feedback.
All I want to say is thanks for
the update. I know it's part
of our agenda packets today,
but I hope we do update have it
uploaded on the website because
it's great information to share
with the community about the
investment
so that people understand
timelines because we have a bit
of work construction not just
on our site on the stateside.
To give people information.
This one more thing.
Thanks for
being a great partner and making
mobility have been.
>> I will ask that -- .
>> I would echo colleen and mark
in the mirror said about my --
light on for safety.
That marked take the credit you
I do think there's a lot of
value for lights on for safety
not just at night or during -- ,
but during the day specially on
some of those high-traffic
corridors.
>> thank you.
>> even though we did not have
a conversation it's good they
bring it to our attention.
All you have to do is go drive
that without the passing lane,
that is scary.
>> I think we are done.
Thank you very much.
Before we take a break and then
after a break we will go over
item number 22, can you give us
some clarity on the concern
that was brought up earlier on
the legality of the
vote on annexation number 11.
>> the agenda from last week.
>> the concern was that funding
resolution was not properly
noticed and double checked
because when I hear something
like that I worry.
I double checked with registrar
and it appears 11 was on
properly on the agenda and the
agenda report was precedent
resolution was present and it
was present on the agenda as
well.
It will not be be open meeting
violation.
>> sleep was an accurate,
everything on our vote for
annexation is in compliance of
the legal request statutory
compliance with annexation.
>> I feel comfortable that is
all defensible.
>> we will take a break and be
back back.
We can get someone else, Ms.
Mcintyre, call someone else
from the back if you need to
handle something.
>> can someone from, thank you.
>> you for -- you've got one,
two, three, four.
>> she needs to go.
>> okay.
We're going to move forward to
item number 22 our last item on
the agenda, street
or vindictive exceedance plan
your one update and street
maintenance preventative year
number two work plan.
>> good afternoon, valerie
gray, interim executive
director public works.
Today I want to present an
update on one of the
street preventative program and
review does two work plans
which should be up must be
approved prior to execution
that you I want to tell you
that on the seat you will see
that what we did was to make
you a larger mat
that has all the info on it. I
learned from experience and I
know last time you said can we
get a bigger map and we try to
put everything on it and we read
-- we printed the attachments
for you.
On the first slide,
you can see that the slide
shows the status of your one,
and also
-- the first slightest overlay,
on the slide you can see the
status of your one overlay,
there are five delivery orders
totaling 264,000 total square
yards 14.1 miles.
The contractor is making good
progress and is at 56% complete
as shown on the chart to the
right.
On this next screen, shows the
status of the year one
seal coats with five delivery
orders totaling approximately
431,000 square yards or 25.1
miles.
This contractor had a late start
with the seal program and has
had some challenges with
resources.
Staff has been working with them
and working with a contractor
who is provided us recently a
plan of action to complete all
of the five deals by the end of
the year weather permitting.
He laid out a plan to get the
work done and we will work with
them and they believe he will
hit the target.
The seal work is faster than
the overlay work and we believe
he will be finishing up
close to the end of the year.
>> on the next slide, this is
simply a map of your one
location.
This is on the web and we have
to show you there
year one.
To briefly go through some of
things we learn from year one
which we consider they
had a program and we are trying
to approve and we both continue
to have a multi-your program
and the first thing is the use
of google map aerial view maps
when we are developing the
deals and working the plans for
the contractor instead of cad
drawings.
This allows the engineer to
mark the work features the
contract will see in the field
and it gives better clarity to
what is done and where it will
be done out in the field.
We learned to keep list of
alternates ready to allow for
swapping locations in the the
event of utility work is
required and reasons that we
might have two different
locations.
The third thing, that street
location methodology is working
very well we found a few
streets that needed to be
different due to identification
of utility work that is needed.
Remember, we tried our best not
to get into utility and try to
find a way to do for the
streetwear more extensive
utility work is needed area and
we also learned as number four
says, we need more inspections
and upfront testing and that
means we need to determine the
condition of basin in areas
were we do overlays whether we
should do overlays or -- we
need to verify the base to do
enough work and to ensure the
work is done and be being done
-- being done with the work
through and the staff and
engineering got does the walk
the work through the and your
work working on that.
>> the resident notification
protocol is doing very good in
our opinion and is evidence --
as evidence we only had to
vehicles that were told --
trying to contact those
residents and that was the only
issue I've heard so far and we
have been out in quite a few
areas.
We were able to up the
the striping in the streets we
are maintaining and we are
getting it in accordance with
the transportation plan and
that's a plus with the program
as well.
Last but not least the utility
coordination is working well.
Working harder to get our
locations -- locations who are
utility department and allowing
them to review the location and
in advance.
This is healthy must for the
location that the for a lot of
infrastructure work
you for making the discovery in
the field.
The coordination is -- as well
doing really well we do to
streets, we have gotten in an
area were we had to bring in
and make a repair. We are
getting better at it and doing
a good job with the program.
>> on the next slides, what I
did is take pictures you can
see the end product. We are
pretty proud of what's going on.
There are two over the
arterials in the locations --
and the locations are on the
bottom.
The next slide is to overlaid
-- electors completed and the
third slide are to overlaid
local streets completed.
In year one. In the next slide
two sealed arterials that have
been completed. Two sealed
collectors completed under you
one.
And this is to shield --
residential street part of year
one and -- completed through
the program as we move on to
year two, but I want to do is
show you the slides and this
was presented to you last
November on the street
selection criteria that was
approved to select the street
to location we put in the work
plan and you will know that it
is primarily based on the
pavement condition index or pci
and it's distributed by the
other factors listed here as we
work to develop the work plan.
>> this chart shows the target
and the comparison to the work
plan distribution for year two.
The pie chart on the top list
shows the street maintenance
need I district and the bottom
list shows the street
maintenance list by will --
road classification on on the
top right you will see the
chart shows what the year to
work plan distribution is by
district and the bottom right
shows the year to work plan by
road classification.
The chart the targets are
pretty closely meant that you
these percentages
without the streets portions
and the numbers once you add
industry distribution as well
get the numbers get closer to
the targets we have
represented.
>> this is simply a map of the
year to locations we have given
you the list attached in a
order by district and in order
by alphabet and the third list
is
the list of street projects
street operations with will be
ceiling and that's the three
list that's attached that we
strip it to you.
>> -- distributed to you.
This is the project did
schedule for year two, red,
completed task up the top today
in the presentation and the
next meeting that's coming up
on the 20, you will see a
resolution
that will be coming to you for
approval on the year to work
plan upon completion of that
work plan you will also see a
contract coming to you for the
consultant see archie -- crc,
delivery orders five and five
and overlay developed for year
two and they will have them
ready in anticipation for us to
begin construction at the first
of the year in 2015. We are
trying to get ready and have it
ready once we complete year one
, we can start right away on
the first of the year with the
second year of the sp mp.
>> if you have any questions I
would -- would be glad to
answers back I don't see any
questions.
Mr. Magill.
>> one quick comment.
I want to say for the record
because I was asked last night
in a meeting,
swan nervous and this spends
wegner will be the first road
-- road in lyndale to have
overlay or so-called even
though I've
for out of 17 are eligible and
I just want to say and for the
public, will be first in -- we
work thank you.
>> meetinghouse?
>> okay thank you.
You.
-- anything else?
>>
good thing I caught him after
lunch.
>> Mr. Wilson.
>> that's all I have for the
day.
>> we are urging.