[6:26] >>> good morning.

[6:30] If I can ask you all to turn

[6:31] off your cell phones, please or

[6:34] lot them on vibrate or silence

[6:39] them, I would appreciate that.

[6:41] And also, happy hanukkah and

[6:42] merry christmas.

[6:45] I am going to ask the

[6:50] invocation to be given by jason

[6:50] teague.

[6:53] He is with asbury united

[6:54] methodist church.

[6:54] Welcome.

[6:54] >> thank you.

[6:55] Leapt's pray.

[6:58] We give you thanks for this

[6:59] opportunity today.

[7:01] There are a great many

[7:02] decisions before the council

[7:04] this morning and weeny that

[7:07] many of them seem routine and

[7:09] just sort of ordinary, but

[7:10] lord, there are also other de-

[7:14] sixes before them and all of

[7:16] the decisions, they can maybe

[7:18] change the lives and

[7:19] livelihoods of more than

[7:21] 316,000 people who live in the

[7:21] city.

[7:24] And so, lord, we pray your

[7:26] divine guidance upon the

[7:29] council members and upon those

[7:30] who with items to discuss

[7:32] before the council this

[7:36] morning, lord, we pray your

[7:38] blessing and with that always

[7:38] comes guidance.

[7:41] We thank you and we praise you

[7:44] in christ's name I pray, amen.

[7:44] >> amen.

[7:48] If I can ask bill green, the

[7:51] director of the environmental

[7:55] to lead us in the pledge.

[7:56] >> I pledge allegiance to the

[7:57] flag of the united states of

[7:57] america, and to the republic

[7:58] for which it stands, one nation

[7:59] under God, indivisible, with

[8:09] liberty and justice for all.

[8:12] >> thank you, Mr. Green.

[8:15] if I can ask my city secretary,

[8:17] rebecca huerta to please call

[8:19] the roll.

[8:20] >> nelda martinez.

[8:20] >> here.

[8:22] >> rudy garza.

[8:23] >> here.

[8:23] >> kelley allen.

[8:23] >> here.

[8:28] [Inaudible-low volume]

[8:29] David loeb.

[8:29] >> here.

[8:34] >> chad magill.

[8:39] >> here colleen mcintyre.

[8:39] Lillian riojas.

[8:40] Mark scott.

[8:40] Ron ole.

[8:40] >> here.

[8:41] >> miles.

[8:42] >> a quorum of the council is

[8:44] present and the required

[8:45] officers are present to conduct

[8:47] the meeting.

[8:51] >> thank you very much, Ms.

[8:51] Huerta.

[8:55] We are going move move for-

[8:59] -going to move forward to city

[9:00] manager's comments.

[9:00] >> thank you, mayor.

[9:03] First item I would like to

[9:03] bring to the council's

[9:07] attention today, I want to talk

[9:08] for a moment about our computer

[9:10] system that we have been

[9:13] working on for a year.

[9:16] It is called an erp, enterprise

[9:16] resource planning system.

[9:19] It really is the basic

[9:23] accounting system, hr system,

[9:25] and support system that will

[9:29] help us in our city.

[9:32] We have become, as an

[9:35] organization, as a society, so

[9:36] dependent on technology.

[9:38] It is like if the power goes

[9:41] off or something happens to the

[9:43] computer, it goes down,

[9:45] everyone just stops working

[9:47] because all of the aspects of

[9:49] their work are connected to

[9:50] technology in some fashion.

[9:52] My paint is that this

[9:54] technology -- my point is that

[9:55] this technology is just vital

[9:57] to the way we do our business.

[10:01] A couple of years ago, we

[10:03] evaluated our base computer

[10:03] system.

[10:08] What we found was it was

[10:09] approaching 13 or 14-years-old.

[10:12] It was outdated and needed to

[10:13] be replaced.

[10:18] We went to work on writing

[10:19] specifications, making

[10:22] proposals, and, excuse me,

[10:25] actually, awarded the system

[10:26] that worked out.

[10:29] And that was kind of the

[10:30] beginning of the work and in a

[10:31] way, it was the end of what the

[10:33] city council had to do.

[10:35] You voted on it, you

[10:36] appropriated the money.

[10:37] But the organization then went

[10:39] to work, this was well over a

[10:39] year ago.

[10:44] Since that time, we have

[10:47] installed our base financial

[10:49] system, fleet fleet operations,-

[10:49] -fleet operations, hr systems.

[10:53] Payroll should be up by the end

[10:54] of this year.

[10:58] That is key component to any

[10:58] operation, obviously.

[11:03] During the next year, we will

[11:05] install utility billing

[11:08] software community development

[11:10] and regulation support

[11:10] software.

[11:11] And our budgeting software.

[11:12] So we are about halfway through

[11:13] it.

[11:17] And I wanted to bring this to

[11:20] the council's attention because

[11:22] so many people inside have been

[11:25] working so hard on this.

[11:27] This is an invisible thing that

[11:29] so giant operation for the toy.

[11:31] I have asked people of the

[11:32] people, they have been working

[11:35] on that over the past year, to

[11:40] come inned to, and be

[11:42] recognized by the council.

[11:44] Again, we are, about halfway

[11:45] through the implementation.

[11:48] So there is a still a lot of

[11:49] work to be done.

[11:51] But can we have all of the city

[11:54] employees who have been working

[12:05] on this system please stand and

[12:06] be recognized?

[12:07] [Applause]

[12:08] >> and I want to express my

[12:10] personal thanks to all of you

[12:13] and I know there are a lot of

[12:15] people who are not here.

[12:17] I want to thank you for all of

[12:25] the hard work you have been

[12:26] doing.

[12:29] So thank you very much.

[12:31] The other thing I wanted to

[12:33] mentioned to, mayor, is that we

[12:35] have completed one of the

[12:38] projects, that I want to bring

[12:41] to your attention from the 2008

[12:41] bond.

[12:43] Tomorrow, would be a ribbon

[12:46] cutting on fire station number

[12:46] five.

[12:51] This is a replacement fire

[12:54] station that is associated with

[12:57] the joint use with the corpus

[12:58] christi independent school

[12:59] district, delmar, and it is

[13:02] going to also be not only an

[13:04] active fire station, but a

[13:09] training location for our

[13:10] active duty firefighters.

[13:11] This new building replaces an

[13:13] old building that was first

[13:18] constructed in 1956 that had

[13:18] become outdated.

[13:20] Not as usable as it needed to

[13:21] be.

[13:26] The new building will be

[13:28] hurricane resistant an energy

[13:28] efficient.

[13:31] And tomorrow at 10:00 A.M., we

[13:32] will have a ribbon cut together

[13:33] initiate the use of that

[13:33] building.

[13:37] And I can not think of anything

[13:39] else for the moment.

[13:41] Thank you.

[13:44] >> thank you very much, Mr.

[13:44] Olson.

[13:47] Thank you for your leadership

[13:49] in acknowledging our hard

[13:51] working department and those

[13:55] doing their own initiatives in

[13:56] their departments related.

[13:58] We are going tom brady move

[14:02] forward -- we are going to move

[14:06] forward now to our minutes

[14:07] under I. Ms. Huerta.

[14:10] >> we present the minutes of

[14:11] the regular meeting of

[14:13] December 9th for your

[14:13] consideration.

[14:16] >> thank you, they have been

[14:17] presented.

[14:19] Do I have a motion to approve?

[14:24] >> I have a motion and a

[14:25] second.

[14:27] All in favor, I. Opposed, same

[14:28] sign.

[14:28] Motion carries.

[14:32] We are going to move forward to

[14:37] item l, consent agenda items 7-

[14:37] 50.

[14:39] Is there anyone in the audience

[14:44] that would like to comment on

[14:56] item l, consent agenda item, or

[14:57] items, 7-50.

[14:57] Please come forward.

[15:02] >> I am not going be voting on

[15:03] item 24.

[15:08] >> thank you, appreciate that.

[15:11] >> and Ms. Huerta, if you can

[15:19] do that, and move forward on

[15:19] consent agenda.

[15:20] >> it is regarding [Inaudible

[15:21] -low volume] Refining.

[15:22] Other than that, we are going

[15:26] to goat vot on the consent iraq

[15:31] or afghanistan -- we are going

[15:32] vote on the consent agenda.

[15:44] [Roll call vote taken] The

[15:46] consent agenda passes.

[15:55] >> thank you very much.

[15:55] we move forward.

[15:57] Were we going to bring one

[15:58] forward?

[16:00] Of the people here in down.

[16:04] Had we discussed that on one of

[16:05] the items?

[16:08] If we did not, then I am going

[16:11] to move forward to the staff

[16:22] presentations starting on m,

[16:28] public hearing 51, please.

[16:30] >> mayor, coin -- council,

[16:31] director of development

[16:31] service.

[16:33] It is a request by a property

[16:36] owner to rezone a total of

[16:39] 19.72-acres for vacant land on

[16:41] the north side

[16:43] between airline

[16:45] road and rodco road.

[16:46] The property is currently zoned

[16:48] farm, rural and the owner wants

[16:53] to rezone to a general

[16:53] commercial.

[16:55] The purpose is to allow

[16:58] construction of a retail

[17:00] shopping center which could

[17:03] include a grocery store, fuel

[17:06] station, and car wash.

[17:08] And if the rezoning goes with

[17:11] the future land use plan and

[17:14] south side area development

[17:14] plan.

[17:15] The planning commission

[17:19] recommends approval of this

[17:19] rezoning.

[17:22] Available for any questions.

[17:27] >> thank you very much.

[17:27] Mrs. Riojas?

[17:28] Okay.

[17:30] Is there, I have a motion to

[17:31] open up the public hearing.

[17:33] I have a motion and a second.

[17:37] All in favor, say I. Opposed,

[17:38] same sign.

[17:38] Motion kir richardsons.

[17:39] Is -- carries.

[17:41] Is there anyone from the public

[17:45] with a comment on item m5 1?

[17:47] Seeing none, a motion to close

[17:48] public hearing.

[17:50] a motion and a second.

[17:54] All in favor.

[17:55] Opposed, same sign.

[17:55] Motion carries.

[17:56] Ms. Huerta.

[18:01] >> for passage of ordnance,

[18:01] number 51.

[18:10] [Roll call vote taken]

[18:16] >> the ordnance passes.

[18:17] >> thank you very much.

[18:19] >> and let's move to item

[18:21] number 52, please.

[18:25] >> mayor, council members,

[18:26] development services, item

[18:29] number 52 is a request to

[18:29] resewn approximately five acres

[18:32] of vacant land that is located

[18:37] on the southeast corner of the

[18:37] boulevard.

[18:39] The property is currently zone

[18:41] hs single family and

[18:41] manufactured home districts.

[18:44] They want to rezone it to a

[18:46] light industrial district to

[18:50] allow the development of the

[18:53] property into a boat and rv

[18:54] storage facility.

[18:54] Background on this, the boat

[18:58] and rv storage use is

[18:59] considered a commercial use.

[19:03] The reason for the il, or light

[19:06] industrial request is to allow

[19:09] larger units, partly the space

[19:11] that general commercial is

[19:15] limited to 400 square feet

[19:15] maximum per storage unit.

[19:20] It is going to be used as a

[19:23] large rv and boat storage, the

[19:27] owner is request to go build

[19:28] approximately 450 square foot

[19:30] unit in the facility.

[19:33] And because of that, I lirks

[19:36] would be the better suited

[19:36] zoning.

[19:39] But the staff is recommending

[19:41] the cn district with a special

[19:47] permit to allow for the larger

[19:48] units.

[19:48] Along with that reck

[19:49] degradation, -- recommendation,

[19:51] there would be a number of

[19:55] conditions on that permit to

[19:57] allow only the uses allowednd

[19:58] the neighborhood commercial,

[20:01] with the except of this

[20:02] storage.

[20:05] -- with the exception of this

[20:05] storage.

[20:06] Also, any other condition such

[20:10] as buffer yard requirements

[20:13] along the eastbound richardson

[20:14] property -- east boundary

[20:16] property line and other items

[20:19] such as vehicle stacking and

[20:21] those kind of conditions.

[20:22] So staff has requested that a

[20:24] special permit with issued with

[20:28] the cn zoning instead of the

[20:33] light industrial, the

[20:33] 5applicant

[20:39] is aware of that and he finds

[20:39] the conditions acceptable.

[20:40] He has submitted a site plan

[20:44] and at this point, we recommend

[20:45] the denial of the light

[20:53] industrial in lieu of the cn1

[20:53] neighborhood commercial.

[20:54] And I will answer any questions

[20:55] that you have.

[20:56] >> thank you.

[20:58] Can you show me, it was over

[21:00] well, probably well over two

[21:04] years ago, we had an applicant

[21:05] that wanted to put a storage

[21:12] unit in this area, do you

[21:12] recall that?

[21:13] It was with Mr. Brian johnson.

[21:15] >> I do not recall the exact

[21:16] location on this particular

[21:16] one.

[21:18] >> okay, is there any way that

[21:20] you can find out exactly if

[21:22] there is someone listening in

[21:24] city staff, where the location

[21:28] was and, and I am thinking the

[21:36] difference between, and it was

[21:44] denyied, there were huge

[21:46] limitations on this to be

[21:47] neighborhood friendly.

[21:47] >> correct.

[21:51] >> and so that, I just wanted

[21:56] to find out where that other

[21:56] location was.

[21:56] >> okay.

[21:59] >> and I want to make the

[22:00] distinctions.

[22:01] But there are quite a built of

[22:03] restrictions that we put on

[22:06] this one, I know for sure,

[22:09] compared to the last one.

[22:10] >> if I remember correctly,

[22:12] that was a straight rezoning

[22:12] request.

[22:13] >> yes.

[22:15] >> as a posed to this one, -- as

[22:17] opposed to this one, that the

[22:19] applicant is willing to accept

[22:19] the conditions.

[22:21] And I think at that time, that

[22:23] applicant did not want the

[22:24] restrictions.

[22:26] >> yes, I mean, these are

[22:27] significant more restrictions.

[22:28] I know forture, I remember

[22:30] that, it was a straight, any

[22:33] way, I am glad.

[22:35] But I would be curious about

[22:36] the other.

[22:37] Any way, May I have a motion to

[22:38] open up the public hearing.

[22:39] >> second.

[22:42] >> I have a motion and a

[22:43] second.

[22:43] Any discussion?

[22:47] All in favor, opposed, same

[22:47] sign.

[22:47] Motion carries.

[22:52] I ask the public to come

[22:52] forward.

[23:15] Mr. Meyer, on item number m5 1.

[23:20] >> good afternoon.

[23:21] I am wayne meyer.

[23:23] Live at 4038 walter road.

[23:27] I am on the southwest of

[23:29] yorktown, so the road,

[23:31] basically from york town south

[23:32] dead ends into the power plant.

[23:34] So it is a debt end street.

[23:37] On my side of the street -- a

[23:37] dead end street.

[23:41] on my side of the street, it is

[23:42] all residential units [

[23:47] Inaudible-low volume]. Capt.

[23:49] Bryan johnson cease project-

[23:50] -brian johnson's project was --

[23:53] >> okay, it was on the

[23:56] interior, closer to the

[23:57] interior residential locations

[24:00] instead on a secondary

[24:01] arterial.

[24:01] Is that correct?

[24:01] >> yes.

[24:04] >> is that what you are saying?

[24:05] >> yes, across from [Inaudible

[24:08] -low volume]. And there was a

[24:11] notch out where glenn oak goes

[24:12] down this way.

[24:15] It was an l shaped piece of

[24:15] property.

[24:17] I am sorry.

[24:18] >> that is okay.

[24:19] >> and brian is a friend of

[24:20] mine, I loaned him the money to

[24:23] buy that property when I was a

[24:23] banker.

[24:26] And now he is doing a nice

[24:27] residential development on that

[24:28] will the, which is what the

[24:31] people until the neighborhood

[24:31] wanted.

[24:33] -- people in the neighborhood

[24:33] wants.

[24:36] Ten years ago, I bought ten

[24:40] acres and didn't need it, soy

[24:42] divided it into two-five acre

[24:42] tracts.

[24:44] There are some restrictions on

[24:45] the property with the zoning

[24:47] and rather than going and

[24:49] trying to do smaller lots, I

[24:51] did two five acre lots.

[24:52] Sold the other five acres and

[24:55] both of us built nice houses on

[24:56] that property.

[25:00] If you take my house and my

[25:01] neighbor's house, mike, mike

[25:03] rodriguez, who is against this

[25:05] problem correct, his fence line

[25:09] is within 200 feet of this

[25:14] project minus 300 feet.

[25:16] the tax value is $979,370.

[25:18] We sit on nice tracts of land.

[25:21] We have oak trees, we have pine

[25:21] trees, we have ponds.

[25:26] It is a nice use of that

[25:26] property.

[25:27] The property on the other side

[25:29] of the street was 20-acres

[25:33] zoned by a woman who raises

[25:33] horses.

[25:35] And the other 60-acres is owned

[25:38] by a woman who has horses and

[25:38] does riding lessons.

[25:39] And there are oak trees and I

[25:41] guess it is all zoned the same

[25:46] on the other side, which is low

[25:47] density rural real estate type

[25:48] development and I think it is a

[25:50] good use for that property.

[25:53] There is net any side streets

[25:57] on my section and I do not

[25:59] think it will ever be extended

[25:59] past the power plant.

[26:01] Soy only have one way in and

[26:01] one way out.

[26:04] So when I leave for the rest of

[26:08] my day, I will driving by 14-

[26:11] foot tall boat barns.

[26:12] I did not want to invest thatch

[26:15] money to have some residential

[26:17] property rezoned into

[26:17] commercial.

[26:22] I just, my wife and I are 100%

[26:23] against this.

[26:26] And fear we have also is this

[26:28] the lady that sold the five

[26:30] acres to him, now she has ten

[26:35] acres, and she is not from

[26:38] here, she was divorced and

[26:39] needed to sell property to

[26:41] raise money, she wants to sell

[26:43] the rest of her ten acres so

[26:44] that she can leaf.

[26:48] So our fear is that once this

[26:50] is approved, then at some point

[26:52] in the future, the next buyer

[26:56] for her other two tracts of

[26:59] land is going to be for other

[27:02] boat and rv storage.

[27:04] Well, there is commercial

[27:05] property on the other side.

[27:09] There are boat barns and rv

[27:11] developments on the other side

[27:12] of yorktown.

[27:14] But not on this side.

[27:20] And so, I likened this end of

[27:20] walgreens to like dead oak.

[27:23] There are a lot of high end

[27:23] nice homes.

[27:24] And on this side, it can also

[27:28] be that and it is headed that

[27:28] way.

[27:29] Ten acres have already

[27:31] developed that way and I think

[27:33] there is going to be more

[27:37] acreage with high end homes

[27:37] immediately surrounding this

[27:39] property, and it could be on

[27:40] this property also.

[27:41] Thank you.

[27:53] >> thank you very much, Mr.

[28:13] Meyer.

[28:16] >> I live on the block at the

[28:17] end of the road.

[28:20] I am here to speak on a couple

[28:20] of things.

[28:22] He is correct that the storm

[28:24] warning barns are on the -- barns

[28:26] are -- that the storage barns are

[28:27] on the east side of york town

[28:29] and that property next to them

[28:31] is for sale.

[28:34] It is about twice the retail

[28:39] value of the land that is in

[28:39] question today.

[28:42] So person that wants, they

[28:42] could have bought that land,

[28:47] but he would have had to invs.

[28:47] Vest -- invest for.

[28:49] It is cheeper to come to you

[28:50] and buying land that is half as

[28:51] much and getting it zoned for

[28:56] change than it is to buy a

[28:56] commercial prommerty and build

[28:58] this -- property and build this

[28:59] building directly across the

[29:02] street from where he is want

[29:03] together build now.

[29:06] Secondarily, I have been there

[29:07] since 1983, my family has been

[29:09] there and we have a great deal

[29:13] of money invested on that

[29:13] property.

[29:18] The navy has taken a fly over

[29:22] zone and made my five acres

[29:22] irregular.

[29:24] And cutting into my property

[29:25] would just increase the money

[29:28] that I am losing for property

[29:28] values.

[29:30] Also, one other thing I would

[29:37] like to mention is there is no

[29:39] red light at yorktown.

[29:44] And we are talking about large

[29:47] rv and boat storage units here?

[29:49] You are going have a truck and

[29:51] a trailer at a very slow pace

[29:53] at very early hours of the

[29:55] morning when it is still dark,

[29:57] that is when people come to get

[29:58] their boats.

[30:04] So we are talking about a very

[30:08] serious traffic hazard here.

[30:10] We are talking ant vehicles

[30:15] that -- about vehicles that will

[30:17] be turning both on from wall

[30:19] wren, or from yorktown, into

[30:20] the parking lot, into the unit

[30:23] itself and it is going create

[30:23] many, many traffic hazards.

[30:27] There is a trailer park across

[30:30] the street with small children

[30:34] that live there.

[30:38] When you have big big vehicles

[30:40] in dark -- have big vehicles and

[30:41] trailers, many times the lights

[30:43] do not work on the trailer.

[30:46] It is a lot of dangers.

[30:47] It is not ongoing hurt my

[30:49] property values but it is going

[30:52] to hurt the safety and

[30:59] happiness in our community.

[31:04] Thank you.

[31:11] >> thank you, sir.

[31:13] >> council, thank you for

[31:14] hearing me speak.

[31:16] I am david [Inaudible] And I

[31:18] own the fife acres a -- the five

[31:21] acres next to where the boat

[31:24] barn is going to do, a property

[31:26] that I brought two yearsing a

[31:29] to build my wife's dream house

[31:29] on.

[31:31] We have 123-acres -- we have 23

[31:32] acres next to this property.

[31:35] I want to point out a couple of

[31:36] things.

[31:37] First and foremost, as I said,

[31:39] I am going do be building my

[31:41] wife her dream house here.

[31:43] You said there are

[31:44] restrictions, mayor, on the

[31:45] property.

[31:46] Would you want it in your

[31:48] neighborhood if you were going

[31:49] to build your dream house?

[31:52] Would you still be okay having

[31:54] your wife stare out the kitchen

[31:56] window that you have tried to

[31:58] build and stair together at

[32:00] this boat -- and staring at this

[32:00] boat market every day.

[32:04] And this is a corner property,

[32:07] there are several properties

[32:07] like this on a secondary

[32:11] roadway where where they are

[32:12] building neighborhoods.

[32:13] There is one at flower bluff

[32:13] drive.

[32:16] So the location of the property

[32:17] is not an issue.

[32:19] These are all estate houses.

[32:21] If you look from pretty much

[32:24] all the way down to well,

[32:26] almost to laguna, it is all

[32:28] residential on this side of

[32:31] yorktown, every single one of

[32:33] them, estate homes, 20-acre

[32:34] tracts, five acres, ten acres,

[32:37] all the way down the line.

[32:39] This does not fit the use of

[32:43] that portion of york town at

[32:43] the all.

[32:47] These are not small tract type

[32:47] houses.

[32:50] These are half million dollar

[32:50] hours.

[32:51] I do not really think if you

[32:57] had that type of money in your

[32:57] house, regardless of the

[32:58] restrictions, you would want

[33:00] someone popping up with a boat

[33:00] barn.

[33:02] I do not think anybody would.

[33:04] As my neighborhood said, there

[33:05] was a commercial property

[33:06] across the street, I would not

[33:08] have issues with someone

[33:09] building on that property.

[33:12] It was zoned commercial when I

[33:12] brought my property.

[33:13] So knowing full well it was

[33:16] zoned that way, I brought the

[33:16] property.

[33:19] This property next door was not

[33:20] zoned commercial.

[33:21] So for someone to come in and

[33:23] put something in that is not

[33:24] going to bring value to the

[33:26] community, it is really, it

[33:28] does not make any sense.

[33:30] Lastly, I want to touch on

[33:33] something that is important to

[33:35] the city council and the city,

[33:36] the taxes.

[33:38] If you look at taxes of other

[33:39] facilities just like this, they

[33:41] do not come near to where the

[33:43] house I am going to build, as

[33:46] far as the taxes it is again

[33:47] rating for the city.

[33:52] So yes, in the short term, they

[33:55] are going to extend the sewer

[33:57] line, well, yes, in the short

[34:00] term, that going to happen.

[34:02] In the long term the tax value

[34:03] nowhere near the taxes that are

[34:06] going to be drawn from my house

[34:07] to houses surrounding it.

[34:08] Now you are going to lower that

[34:11] and it makes no sense at all.

[34:15] Again, there is a lot of issues

[34:15] here.

[34:17] You know you have two different

[34:17] people.

[34:18] This is america everybody wants

[34:19] to do what they want to do.

[34:23] I spent eight years in the army

[34:24] expending that.

[34:25] But the fact that is that it

[34:28] does not fit.W a neighborhood

[34:29] or a residential area, a good

[34:31] thing going, you do not want

[34:32] room by someone who did not

[34:35] want to spend the money on the

[34:36] building that was already

[34:36] there.

[34:37] So before you vote on this,

[34:44] please d not just look at the

[34:48] emotional side,, look at the

[34:48] taxes.

[34:50] I -- side, look at the taxes.

[34:53] I am going to have a $500,000

[34:53] home there.

[34:54] There is a huge difference in

[34:59] what the city will draw in

[35:00] taxes.

[35:00] Thank you.

[35:01] >> thank you.

[35:07] Anyone else for public comment

[35:09] on item number m5 1? Motion to

[35:09] close public comment.

[35:13] We have a motion and a second.

[35:15] Is there any discussion?

[35:18] All in favor.

[35:20] Opposed, same sign.

[35:20] Motion carries.

[35:21] Mr. Loeb.

[35:23] >> what is the future land use

[35:25] map say on this sight?

[35:27] >> the future land use map does

[35:31] call it for low family

[35:32] residential.

[35:32] >> okay.

[35:33] Does it call for any commercial

[35:35] south of yorktown?

[35:37] >> no, the area development

[35:42] plan, the flower bluff plan

[35:43] calls for commercial uses

[35:45] between fire bluff and laguna.

[35:47] So that is a reason why we did

[35:48] choose to go with a

[35:52] neighborhood commercial zoning

[35:53] for this property.

[36:00] >> okay, are there vacant, the

[36:04] corner sight just to the north

[36:04] is vacant?

[36:05] >> yes.

[36:07] >> how many vacant property is

[36:08] there?

[36:10] >> could you also point out toe

[36:12] that on the -- out to that on the

[36:15] map and make that area a little

[36:15] larger?

[36:18] >> yes, do you have closer?

[36:29] >> I think, do psg~we have the next

[36:30] slide over?

[36:31] >> okay, that shows that

[36:38] property to the north, that is

[36:38] currently zoned commercial.

[36:45] >> okay, can you point to it?

[36:45] Okay.

[36:48] Thank you.

[36:50] >> we can see you writing on

[36:51] it.

[36:51] >> oh, I am sorry.

[36:55] >> it is not showing up on my

[36:55] screen.

[37:02] This property right here is the

[37:03] commercial property.

[37:08] It is current I will vacant and

[37:10] to the -- currently vacant and in

[37:13] the north you can see the

[37:15] storage that silty that is-

[37:16] -storage facility that is

[37:17] already there.

[37:19] It is already zoned commercial.

[37:21] I just want to know that note-

[37:24] -want to note that again, it is

[37:26] zoned commercial, it would

[37:27] still have the limitations of

[37:31] 400 square feet for that

[37:31] property.

[37:32] Also, I just want to mention

[37:34] that the south portion of this

[37:36] property right now is currently

[37:37] zoned for a mobile home.

[37:39] So if someone wanted to come in

[37:43] and place a mobile home on that

[37:45] property, they could without

[37:45] any rezoning.

[37:46] >> all right.

[37:47] >> that is near residential

[37:55] area that we are speak to go

[37:55] today?

[37:56] >> yes.

[37:59] -- that we are speaking to

[38:00] today.

[38:00] >> I believe there is more

[38:02] property to the north but also,

[38:06] keep in mind, we do not have a

[38:08] map here, but there is the aq

[38:09] zone that comes off the field

[38:14] and a lot of that is limited by

[38:15] that particular --

[38:18] >> but a boat barn is fine

[38:19] there, right?

[38:20] >> correct.

[38:20] >> okay.

[38:24] But the the estate -- but the

[38:25] estate residential is a

[38:28] preferred use there as well, it

[38:28] is not?

[38:31] >> yes it is.

[38:34] >> all right, the 20% rule?

[38:34] >> yes.

[38:39] >> does that mean it is

[38:40] unanimous?

[38:40] >> it requires a three-quarter

[38:43] vote of the council.

[38:43] So that is seven.

[38:46] >> that is all of us?

[38:48] >> I am not really convinced on

[38:54] this so I think I am going to

[38:55] vote no.

[38:56] I think, I think this is

[39:00] problem based on the zoning

[39:03] districts we put together.

[39:07] And so I, the thing, people

[39:09] want to put boat barns near the

[39:10] water around people want to

[39:11] live near the water.

[39:13] And I think it is really

[39:17] beneficial for staff to work on

[39:22] a zoning district that would

[39:28] allow some of those water

[39:31] oriented commercial

[39:32] developments that are not

[39:32] consistent.

[39:34] Because I think doing all of

[39:36] those by special permit is a

[39:40] bad idea and I think generally,

[39:43] just giving people industrial

[39:46] zoning for them is really bad.

[39:48] And then kind of just doing

[39:51] them all case by case with the

[39:53] special permit to maybe, maybe

[39:56] it is changing cg1 to give it

[40:00] an extra 60 feet if that is

[40:03] what a standard boat barn bay

[40:03] is.

[40:07] But it just seems like the

[40:08] ordnance is unwieldy and this

[40:10] is maybe where we need to do

[40:15] some work.

[40:16] So that is my thoughts.

[40:17] >> thank you.

[40:19] You know, that is why we have

[40:22] the process and we listen to

[40:22] the public.

[40:25] And I will tell you what

[40:27] resinated with me, what Mr.

[40:28] Meyer also said is the

[40:29] President [Inaudible-low

[40:32] volume] With the neighboring

[40:36] property when it gets sold.

[40:37] And once we do set a precedent

[40:39] and then you are right, they

[40:43] say well, we did it here and

[40:45] you changed the whole intent.

[40:50] So, I am listening to you.

[40:54] And I hear you.

[40:55] Ms. Mcintyre.

[40:55] >> thank you.

[40:56] Just listening and hearing for

[40:56] little while on this one, I

[40:59] have to tell you and it is a

[40:59] hard one.

[41:00] Because you want boats near the

[41:02] water and you want to have

[41:03] people have storage and with

[41:05] code enforcement reel I will

[41:07] trying to be strict about that,

[41:10] it does create a great renied.

[41:12] But I would echo david's

[41:14] comments that having a zoning

[41:17] that makes us not go to special

[41:17] per nit every time -- permit

[41:21] every time would be very

[41:21] helpful.

[41:27] When you go down yorktown, you

[41:28] start the at the bridge and-

[41:29] -start at the bridge and I

[41:31] think it is important to keep

[41:34] that, when you look, also

[41:35] driving through flower bluff

[41:40] and seeing how much commercial

[41:42] property is available in the

[41:46] bluff as general, it also

[41:47] serves its purpose.

[41:52] [Inaudible-low volume] That

[41:54] has development just platted

[41:55] recently, to take that out of

[41:58] that and you look at properties

[41:59] that are being put in the bluff

[42:00] right now.

[42:01] It is a great place to live and

[42:03] people want to be there.

[42:06] And there is residential

[42:08] property being planned and

[42:09] developed, you cannot drive

[42:10] down the road without seeing a

[42:13] new neighborhood coming up on a

[42:13] regular basis.

[42:16] And so it does not matter for

[42:21] me to say this, I am not going

[42:25] to support the changes.

[42:26] >> Mr. Magill.

[42:31] >> orange the traffic concern,

[42:32] is there, is there not a

[42:33] stoplight or a stop line?

[42:35] I know there is not a light,

[42:37] but is there not a stop sign?

[42:41] >> it is an one-way stop line.

[42:43] It is a two-way, I guess.

[42:45] >> yes, can we take a look at

[42:47] that as staff just to make sure

[42:50] that that is the best possible

[42:53] within the means of the

[42:53] financial availability.

[42:54] I just want to make sure that

[42:56] is not a concern in the future.

[42:57] >> will do.

[42:59] >> and with this, regarding the

[43:03] fact that it would require a

[43:04] two-thirds, or three-quarters

[43:11] today, is that with the zoning,

[43:12] that Councilman Loeb and

[43:15] Councilwoman Mcentire brought

[43:15] up, I agree.

[43:18] We give vast time to come back

[43:20] with -- can we give staff time to

[43:23] come back, can we table this?

[43:26] Or I am just, I am posing the

[43:27] question, do we give staff time

[43:29] to come back with a zoning?

[43:35] >> well, I think that is a fair

[43:35] question.

[43:38] However, to me, now, listening

[43:40] to the concerns and I was very

[43:43] impressed with the applicant of

[43:45] taking all of those

[43:46] restrictions and trying to

[43:49] coexist and work well with the

[43:50] neighbors.

[43:51] But, it is not going to change

[43:55] this area that was once

[43:56] considered to me, my concern is

[43:59] once this is dealt with, what

[44:02] it does with the precedent

[44:02] going forward.

[44:06] And I am prepared to voted to

[44:07] on this.

[44:12] But, if is there anyone else,

[44:18] excuse me, to Mr. Magill's

[44:18] subjoinsdown.

[44:18] Mr. Loeb.

[44:19] >> -- suggestion.

[44:19] Mr. Loeb.

[44:21] >> I am ready to vote on this

[44:22] today.

[44:22] But separately.

[44:24] I think staff needs to work on

[44:26] modifying it so it is a

[44:30] standard size, or whatever the

[44:33] base zoning district for the

[44:34] commercial is that allows

[44:36] storage but upping it enough so

[44:39] this, you know, the standard

[44:41] vote will fit in one of those

[44:44] or doing a different zoning

[44:44] district.

[44:45] But I think that is something

[44:46] that staff needs to take some

[44:49] time to really lock at rather

[44:51] than just -- to look at rather

[44:53] than us just telling them one

[44:54] or another.

[44:56] >> this is the second request

[45:00] similar to this with the size

[45:01] limb limitations.

[45:01] -- limitations.

[45:03] So the talk has been do we need

[45:05] to modify that 400 square foot

[45:09] limit to something like 600 or

[45:11] 500 because it seems like 400,

[45:15] 500 has been a common number

[45:15] already twice.

[45:16] So that conversation has

[45:18] already been started.

[45:21] >> yes, to Mr. Magill's point,

[45:22] to have that separate

[45:26] conservation and then come

[45:26] back.

[45:27] Mr. Magill, sorry.

[45:30] >> thank you, I appreciate the

[45:31] clarification.

[45:31] So thank you.

[45:35] >> thank you, Mr. Magill.

[45:37] Appreciate your comments.

[45:37] Mr. Garza.

[45:38] >> thanks.

[45:41] I was going to say the same

[45:43] thing about us creating a

[45:44] different zoning, it is

[45:47] something that we missed when

[45:47] working on the zoning

[45:48] committee.

[45:49] And it is the second time that

[45:52] I have seen this issue come up.

[45:53] But I do want to articulate

[45:55] that we are going to be seeing,

[45:59] I think, more and more requests

[46:00] for zoning for boat storages

[46:04] and RVs because of all of the

[46:08] activity that we are seeing in

[46:10] the laguna and in our area.

[46:12] At some point, we are going to

[46:14] rezone it and be able to allow.

[46:16] Because it is going to take

[46:20] some of the vote traffic out

[46:22] and allow -- the boat traffic out

[46:26] and let people just haul them

[46:29] down the block, to the marina [

[46:31] Inaudible-low volume] We

[46:34] need to keep that in mind.

[46:37] >> thank you, Mr. Garza.

[46:37] Ms. Mcentire.

[46:41] >> thank you, I wanted, we just

[46:43] dealt with this over at graham

[46:45] and thompson road, right

[46:46] between the two of those and

[46:47] the size was the biggest

[46:48] concern there as well.

[46:50] And if we can have it so that

[46:51] it is able to get in without

[46:54] having to do a special permit,

[46:57] I did want to echo, I made some

[47:00] notes on one other thing that I

[47:03] did want to say, the

[47:04] developers, I think they are

[47:06] great at putting in the

[47:08] property and keeping it nice

[47:09] and clean.

[47:11] And really, you need to be

[47:14] within code and building a

[47:15] quality product that you really

[47:17] want to live next to.

[47:19] That is one, when you look at

[47:24] their other ones, they are good

[47:26] with being responsible with the

[47:27] neighborhood.

[47:30] I think that their ability to

[47:31] work with the neighborhood has

[47:32] been commendable.

[47:33] >> and thank you for saying

[47:35] that about the priest family.

[47:37] Because their intention of the,

[47:38] what they were trying to do to

[47:40] coexist, to me, it is more the

[47:43] long term of changing the whole

[47:45] nature of this area for those

[47:46] who invested in their homes.

[47:48] That is what I have concerns

[47:48] with.

[47:52] And there is no doubt that the

[47:52] priest family are first class

[47:56] and really care about the

[47:57] community.

[48:01] Mrs. Huerta, we are ready to

[48:01] vote.

[48:03] >> okay, for ordnance number

[48:03] 52.

[48:04] >> excuse me, it is 51.

[48:06] >> it is 52.

[48:07] >> oh, I am sorry.

[48:08] That was my error.

[48:13] >> it is way on the bottom.

[48:17] >> thank you.

[48:18] >> for passage of ordnance.

[48:30] >> [Roll call vote taken]

[48:32] >> the ordnance fails.

[48:35] >>> thank you, item number 53.

[48:38] >> oh, let ice move forward to

[48:39] disturb-let's move forward to

[48:40] public comment.

[48:42] We would like to have it

[48:43] approximately around 12:00 P.M.

[48:46] Thank you for the patience of

[48:48] those who are waiting.

[48:51] if you can come forward around

[49:02] state your name an address

[49:05] appreciate that, thank you.

[49:07] >> mayor, council, jim,

[49:08] recording secretary of U.S.

[49:08] Local 235.

[49:10] I am hear to share with the -- I

[49:13] am here to share with the

[49:16] council, and you, mayor, the

[49:23] status of the ongoing labor

[49:23] issue happening across the bay.

[49:30] I would just like to share some

[49:30] highlights with you.

[49:34] Since bargaining started in

[49:37] July of 2014, we have demanded

[49:40] deep cuts in pay and benefits

[49:43] for our local numbers.

[49:45] -- members.

[49:48] On October 10th, after re-

[49:50] rejected their offer, the

[49:55] company locked the gates and

[49:55] locking out 450 families.

[49:59] It effects our economic base

[49:59] here in the

[50:03] city and we feel

[50:07] that the cuts are unnecessary,

[50:11] sherwin is an extremely

[50:11] profitable company.

[50:15] They have falling production

[50:16] costs with rising production

[50:19] over the last ten years.

[50:25] They are 100% owned by glenn

[50:26] core ag.

[50:28] And publicly owned trading and

[50:34] mining company head quartered

[50:34] in switzerland.

[50:38] Glenn core is the tenth largest

[50:42] company in the world.

[50:48] They have revenues of $233

[50:48] billion in 2013.

[50:50] Net profits of $4.6 billion.

[50:52] This is the first labor dispute

[50:58] that we have had since they

[51:01] bought us in 2007.

[51:02] The repercussions on this

[51:04] economically and e. Coli

[51:04] notionally to the -- and

[51:08] emotionally, we would like to

[51:09] ask the council to support both

[51:13] sides on this an urge them to

[51:16] come back to the table and

[51:17] reach a good resolution so

[51:19] everyone can move on with their

[51:19] lives and our neighborhood can

[51:23] get back to where it needs to

[51:23] be.

[51:25] Thank you very much.

[51:26] >> thank you for coming today.

[51:27] >> [Inaudible-multiple

[51:27] speakers]

[51:31] >> we are not able to engage

[51:34] per the open meetings act, only

[51:35] for clarifications and

[51:36] corrections.

[51:36] >> very good.

[51:37] Thank you all very much.

[51:38] You have a good holiday.

[51:48] >> thank you, same to you, sir.

[51:55] Anyone else here for public

[51:55] comment?

[51:56] >> good afternoon, kerry

[51:58] robertson meyer, glad to see

[51:59] all of you all.

[52:00] I have a packet for each

[52:10] person, can I pass that out?

[52:10] >> sure.

[52:11] >> okay.

[52:18] >> can you restart the clock,

[52:19] please for Ms. Meyer?

[52:22] >> I will not be long any way.

[52:24] He is passing out something

[52:26] from the kn.E

[52:27] rbeach community

[52:27] association.

[52:31] I am the President Of that

[52:33] group in north beach.

[52:34] Colleen just said that flower

[52:35] bluff is a great place to live

[52:40] and people want to be there.

[52:45] And because of that, your, your

[52:46] discussion revolved around the

[52:49] fact that you are representing

[52:50] residents and taxpayers and

[52:51] keeping them in mind.

[52:52] And that is what we want to

[52:52] north beach.

[52:54] It is a great place to live and

[52:55] people want to be there.

[52:57] And yet in my neighborhood, on

[53:00] the authority end of not beach,

[53:01] street -- north end of north

[53:04] beach, the street is filled

[53:05] with potholes most of the time.

[53:08] This is no sidewalk, no

[53:10] gutters, no curbs, the water

[53:12] pipe is six inch and it is

[53:14] water front land that is empty

[53:16] with a six in67 water pipe and

[53:20] it has -- inch water pipe and-

[53:23] -and it has been that way in a

[53:24] long, long time.

[53:26] In the 1990s, the city invested

[53:33] on the south side of the beach

[53:34] and improved the infrastructure

[53:35] there.

[53:36] And it is beautiful when you

[53:39] drive all the way to the

[53:40] aquarium in the lexington.

[53:41] But on the north half at beach

[53:43] up there where the tax bayers

[53:47] live, that area has not been

[53:47] improved.

[53:48] We got improvements on the

[53:51] beach through a bond but we

[53:52] have not had neighborhood

[53:53] improve.

[53:57] S. So that is what the pack-

[53:57] -improve.

[54:00] S. So what is what the pack -- so

[54:02] that is what the packet here is

[54:02] about.

[54:05] The first one is not

[54:07] necessarily for infrastructure.

[54:10] This is the hotel tax, it is

[54:11] asking you use that on north

[54:12] beach for the things that it

[54:14] can be used for on the beach

[54:14] itself.

[54:17] And that is explained in the

[54:19] first letter.

[54:22] The second letter talks about a

[54:24] tax financing zone and we have

[54:26] been talking about this for a

[54:27] long time.

[54:29] In fact joe and kevin came to

[54:31] talk to us in 2009 and told us

[54:32] what it would take, how we

[54:34] needed to do it, how the

[54:36] process would work and you

[54:40] know, it fell between the

[54:40] activities.

[54:41] We didn't --- between the cracks.

[54:42] We didn't have a champion.

[54:45] And because there is no funding

[54:47] for north beach.

[54:51] For authority beach improves.

[54:53] You now -- for north beach

[54:53] improve ments.

[54:56] It is like how do you get in

[54:57] line.

[54:58] You know, how do we do this?

[55:01] Well, right now, it is |Spjust not

[55:01] on the radar.

[55:04] So we are not going to get on

[55:05] the improve project list

[55:06] really, for major improve.

[55:09] S so we think that if we did a

[55:11] tiff, just like downtown has

[55:28] and the island and other areas.

[55:29] >> thank you, Miss Meyer.

[55:31] Thank you for coming.

[55:31] >> mayor, council, I am [

[55:33] Inaudible-low volume]

[55:36] >> can you move the microphone

[55:38] closer to you.

[55:39] That is lot better.

[55:43] >> I am Ms. Waller.

[55:47] I live at 6133 hastings drive

[55:48] in Mr. Garza's district.

[55:51] And it is my privilege to serve

[55:54] a third time as the Chairman Of

[56:02] the corpus christi housing q-x`

[56:07] authority board of

[56:09] commissioners. I want to talk

[56:16] about where we have a major

[56:17] roadblock.

[56:22] When I cam on the board, it was

[56:25] in dis-awry, we were facing a

[56:27] shutdown, a quite sincere

[56:33] shutdown effort on the part of

[56:37] ud-part of hud because it was

[56:38] mess.

[56:43] And it had been neglected.

[56:43] There was a crisis.

[56:46] And in recorder to you have

[56:48] problem, a -- and in order to

[56:50] solve that problem, a new board

[56:52] was picked to get this thing

[56:53] back together.

[56:55] Now hud, unlike a lot of

[56:56] federal agencies takes the

[56:57] position that if you are not

[56:58] doing thicks well, you do-

[57:01] -things well, you do not get

[57:01] money.

[57:04] They decrease your money as you

[57:05] do things worse and worse.

[57:07] And we were a troubled agency.

[57:10] Over the years we have been

[57:12] able to moved from a troubled

[57:15] agency to one that is a high

[57:16] performance agency.

[57:18] And I am going to tell you

[57:20] frankly, we have done it

[57:24] without the help from the city

[57:25] of corpus christi.

[57:28] We have had good leaper ship

[57:29] and -- good leadership and

[57:30] excellent staff.

[57:36] In that time we have been 1)]Not

[57:40] only to right a sink ship.

[57:41] We built housing for the

[57:45] elderly and we have been trying

[57:47] for years to renovate, to make

[57:49] it from a place that no one

[57:51] wants to even walk in to a

[57:54] place where you want to be

[57:56] there and to be, to raise your

[58:00] children there in a safe, good

[58:01] environment.

[58:04] I know of two times we have

[58:11] tried to get an old hope sticks

[58:12] project.

[58:14] And that federal money to

[58:15] revitalize an area, zero help.

[58:17] And the last time that hope

[58:20] sticks was funded, we were in a

[58:22] tie for the last bit of money.

[58:24] And the reason we were told

[58:26] that we didn't get it, one of

[58:29] the main reasons was that we

[58:31] had no support from the city.

[58:32] Well, I have talked too long.

[58:33] >> thank you.

[58:35] >> I would like a chance to

[58:38] talk with any of the council

[58:39] members individually, if they

[58:40] want a briefing on what we are

[58:51] doing and what we are trying to

[58:51] do.

[58:53] >> thank you, Miss Waller.

[58:58] >> I am gary, I am the ceo of

[59:00] the housing authority.

[59:02] I think that the piece that Ms.

[59:03] Waller didn't get to was the

[59:05] real reason that we are here

[59:06] today.

[59:09] We have been working through

[59:11] the city so processes to -- city

[59:13] processes to get some gap

[59:14] funding to make this process,

[59:15] or this plan work.

[59:18] And in the last two days, we

[59:21] have been removed from two two

[59:22] agendas that we thought were

[59:24] going to put us in a position

[59:26] to move forward.

[59:28] Yesterday, re-were moved from

[59:30] the type a board and we were

[59:33] replaced by a presentation

[59:35] obama health the -- presentation

[59:41] and the value on the

[59:43] feasibility and impact of new

[59:43] home construction.

[59:46] So we are not sure why that

[59:47] happened and then thought, I

[59:48] thought -- and then today, I

[59:49] thought we were on the agenda

[59:51] to have a resolution of support

[59:53] that we were going to be able

[59:55] to use with hour hud

[1:00:01] application and that has been

[1:00:01] pulled as well.

[1:00:03] So we are trying to understand

[1:00:05] the process and be a good

[1:00:07] partner in trying to address

[1:00:08] the affordable housing crisis

[1:00:10] but we feel like we are not

[1:00:12] sure where we are in the

[1:00:14] process at this time and @3\~we

[1:00:16] wanted to bring this to the

[1:00:17] council's attention because we

[1:00:19] seem to hear good things from

[1:00:20] the council.

[1:00:22] But it does not seem like they

[1:00:24] are getting any traction in

[1:00:26] taking the next steps.

[1:00:28] So that would really conclude

[1:00:29] our ywm

[1:00:29] rovide

[1:00:31] the information that we thought

[1:00:33] you needed to know.

[1:00:35] >> thank you.

[1:00:36] Mr. Olson?

[1:00:39] >> just a clarifying comment on

[1:00:43] the meeting yesterday, it is my

[1:00:44] understanding that the board

[1:00:48] took up the question about

[1:00:49] modifying their policies that

[1:00:51] would, and voted on a 3-2 vote

[1:00:53] to go ahead and modify the

[1:00:55] policies that would allow for

[1:00:58] the use of type a money for

[1:00:59] rental which would then open

[1:01:01] the door to be able to deal

[1:01:03] with the issue [Inaudible-

[1:01:04] low volume]

[1:01:06] >> so toe clarify also -- so to

[1:01:08] clarify also, now that the vote

[1:01:10] has been taken, with changing

[1:01:12] their policy to using some of

[1:01:17] the affording housing type a

[1:01:19] funds for rentals, now it is on

[1:01:22] the agenda at our first January

[1:01:22] meeting.

[1:01:23] That is correct?

[1:01:29] >> I am not suring of the

[1:01:30] timing.

[1:01:33] >> it is on our next, first

[1:01:33] available meeting.

[1:01:35] >> it is January 13th.

[1:01:39] >> okay, could we put that on

[1:01:40] the agenda, please?

[1:01:41] >> [Inaudible-low volume]

[1:01:42] Says yes, behind you.

[1:01:44] >> okay, we are good then.

[1:01:48] >> if she says yes, that is

[1:01:48] yes.

[1:01:49] >> our deputy city manager,

[1:01:52] would you like to address the

[1:01:53] clarification any further?

[1:01:56] Okay, thank you, Mr. Olson.

[1:01:58] I appreciate that.

[1:01:58] Mr. Loeb.

[1:02:02] >> is that going to meet, the

[1:02:06] deadline to get stuff into hud?

[1:02:09] >> yes, it does meet the

[1:02:11] deadline, sort of.

[1:02:15] We do not have a drop dead date

[1:02:16] to submit the application.

[1:02:17] our biggest concern is that we

[1:02:20] have been work orange this for

[1:02:21] several months at this time and

[1:02:26] while we all have a place to go

[1:02:27] home to, there are many people

[1:02:30] in corpus christi that do not.

[1:02:31] And there are 90 units that we

[1:02:36] can be work together get online

[1:02:37] and make available for the low

[1:02:41] income families and we are not

[1:02:41] doing that.

[1:02:44] So time is important, as much

[1:02:44] as possible.

[1:02:46] >> I probably will not be

[1:02:47] voting in January.

[1:02:50] But in the meantime, just

[1:02:51] because the council cannot,

[1:02:54] does not have it on our agenda

[1:02:58] to have a resolution, does not

[1:03:09] keep us from individually

[1:03:09] commenting!

[1:03:10] Thank you.

[1:03:12] >> thank you.

[1:03:12] >> Mr. Ma dina?

[1:03:14] >> I am [Inaudible-heavy

[1:03:15] accent]

[1:03:17] I live at 5413 cane drive here

[1:03:18] in corpus christi.

[1:03:22] We had a problem with a code

[1:03:23] enforcement.

[1:03:28] It is a sad state of affairs,

[1:03:28] really.

[1:03:30] The codes are not enforced.

[1:03:31] The gentleman that is enforcing

[1:03:33] the code in my particular area,

[1:03:34] the day before yesterday, I was

[1:03:36] talking to him and my son, and

[1:03:40] he was telling me is there no

[1:03:42] code to address the fences back

[1:03:44] there, when a business butts

[1:03:44] with a residential.

[1:03:50] That is my case, my property.

[1:03:55] Also, is there no code, no book

[1:03:57] that the canopy trees that they

[1:03:58] are required to plant, tell

[1:04:00] them you need 30 feet, the

[1:04:03] trees have to be at least 30

[1:04:03] feet apart.

[1:04:06] The fence has to be at least

[1:04:08] six feet, I know that.

[1:04:09] but this gentleman does not

[1:04:12] know the rules how is he going

[1:04:13] to enforce them?

[1:04:15] We have a big problem on cane

[1:04:16] drive.

[1:04:18] They are going continue to

[1:04:23] build in that and they have not

[1:04:27] had any residential houses

[1:04:30] because the property was not

[1:04:31] for a sale.

[1:04:32] Two houses from mine, it is at

[1:04:35] least a foot and a half high

[1:04:39] and it has been like that for

[1:04:40] several months.

[1:04:41] Nay do not cut it.

[1:04:45] There are five or -- they do not

[1:04:45] cut it.

[1:04:47] When the trash goes out, nay

[1:04:48] put out both cans, all though

[1:04:52] they are required to only put

[1:04:53] one.

[1:04:53] >> [Captioners transitioning]

[1:06:38] >> Mr. Gordy.

[1:06:39] >> I live at 4118 ray drive.

[1:06:41] He's passing out some papers.

[1:06:44] >>> all of you got a letter

[1:06:47] from me talking about the code.

[1:06:52] It needs to be looked at and

[1:06:53] some changes need to be made,

[1:06:58] because the unified developing

[1:06:59] code says one thing, and the

[1:07:00] highway beautification act says

[1:07:00] something else.

[1:07:06] I would just like 2 -- the

[1:07:07] legal find out there come the

[1:07:08] state law says one thing and

[1:07:10] the unified developing code

[1:07:11] says something else.

[1:07:14] What you have there on the very

[1:07:18] front is the agreement, and

[1:07:18] eisai agreement come a the

[1:07:23] state attorney says it's not an

[1:07:24] agreement.

[1:07:24] But my impression is, and

[1:07:25] everyone else's, if the city

[1:07:26] says we will do something if we

[1:07:32] can get the money, to me, that

[1:07:37] is an agreement.

[1:07:38] And they will enforce the

[1:07:39] beautification act.

[1:07:44] and they say they will collect

[1:07:45] the sign permit.

[1:07:50] They taught me that in the

[1:07:50] first grade.

[1:07:51] You might want to look at that.

[1:07:54] The second page that you have

[1:08:05] there, the letter you got from

[1:08:07] susan thorpe.

[1:08:08] They said that your local

[1:08:12] government code restricts the

[1:08:14] municipality and they got a

[1:08:19] copy of that on the third page

[1:08:20] of the local government code.

[1:08:22] Yes, there are certain things

[1:08:23] you can't do.

[1:08:25] You can charge them for a

[1:08:25] permit, you can't make them pay

[1:08:28] so much per day to put the sign

[1:08:29] there, and you also got a copy

[1:08:33] of the state law and highway

[1:08:34] beautification act, you will

[1:08:46] notice the second part is

[1:08:46] highlighted.

[1:08:50] And, the highway beautification

[1:08:53] act doesn't cover political

[1:08:54] science.

[1:09:02] That doesn't couple cover the

[1:09:02] political science.

[1:09:05] This covers political signs on

[1:09:08] those 14 roadways, not the

[1:09:08] highway beautification act.

[1:09:10] The city staff needs to sort of

[1:09:13] go back to school and do some

[1:09:19] research and learn how to read.

[1:09:23] That's pretty clear how that

[1:09:26] senate bill 446, that covers

[1:09:31] political science.

[1:09:32] And also, the city with

[1:09:33] certified, easy on the third

[1:09:33] page when it was certified.

[1:09:35] And they got certified as the

[1:09:37] only two cities in corpus

[1:09:40] christi that were certified to

[1:09:42] enforce the highway

[1:09:43] beautification act.

[1:09:44] >> thank you Mr. Gordy.

[1:09:47] We finished, but a few -- we

[1:09:52] are going to get a memo

[1:09:58] requests for some of these

[1:09:58] contradict team language that

[1:09:59] has been brought to our

[1:10:00] attention.

[1:10:02] We will get into remission on

[1:10:03] that in writing.

[1:10:08] Thank you, Mr. Gordy.

[1:10:11] >> Mr. Montesano.

[1:10:17] >> rocco montesano, 2101 rialto

[1:10:17] drive.

[1:10:18] I'm not going to talk about

[1:10:19] housing, but so many good

[1:10:19] things have gone on in the city

[1:10:21] in the last year.

[1:10:22] I didn't want to end it with

[1:10:24] the bad note.

[1:10:28] Want to thank counsel and staff

[1:10:28] are taking action.

[1:10:31] The lexington problem on north

[1:10:33] beach in relation to water and

[1:10:35] my pipes breaking and also the

[1:10:40] sidewalk on the beach that fell

[1:10:40] in.

[1:10:43] Quite honestly, much faster

[1:10:43] than anticipated, the staff got

[1:10:53] on it and contracted it to be

[1:10:53] fixed.

[1:10:53] We went and talked to the guy

[1:10:54] putting the concrete in for the

[1:10:59] city and he agreed if we got

[1:10:59] him to come over to the patio

[1:11:01] to reroute my pipes under the

[1:11:03] patio, we were able to contract

[1:11:03] that.

[1:11:05] But the city stepped up and

[1:11:07] rerouted that water, so don't

[1:11:10] expect to see me back here

[1:11:11] talking about

[1:11:12] broken pipes in lexington, it

[1:11:22] cleaned up the area quite a

[1:11:22] bit.

[1:11:23] But as the year closes I wanted

[1:11:23] to thank the staff and council

[1:11:24] for actually taking some pretty

[1:11:25] good action over there on north

[1:11:25] beach to get lexington up and

[1:11:26] going again and hopefully

[1:11:28] present the problem in the

[1:11:28] future.

[1:11:32] Merry christmas and happy new

[1:11:32] year.

[1:11:33] >> thank you Mr. Montesano.

[1:11:45] anyone else here for public

[1:11:47] comment but.

[1:11:54] >> elena soldotna 4710 tackle

[1:11:54] drive.

[1:11:55] First of all, merry christmas

[1:11:56] or happy hanukkah, whichever

[1:11:56] when you celebrate.

[1:11:57] As the year comes to an end and

[1:12:01] we start a new year and a new

[1:12:03] counsel, please take into

[1:12:10] consideration some of the

[1:12:10] things.

[1:12:11] You have done some good things

[1:12:12] and I will never argue that you

[1:12:12] haven't, but I want you to keep

[1:12:13] in some of the things that you

[1:12:13] need to remember.

[1:12:17] There are all sorts of rumors

[1:12:17] about bayfront resurfacing.

[1:12:19] I hope that is not true.

[1:12:20] And I want you to make sure

[1:12:23] that you understand that the at-

[1:12:28] large representatives represent

[1:12:28] the

[1:12:28] whole city emma and that you

[1:12:29] keep that in mind as we go

[1:12:34] forward in this year.

[1:12:35] And, you know, that we get away

[1:12:36] from this illegal annexation

[1:12:38] and all the things that go

[1:12:38] along with it.

[1:12:39] We want to make sure that as

[1:12:41] you go into the new year, you

[1:12:45] have a prosperous year.

[1:12:45] And in that prosperity you

[1:12:47] keep the citizens in mind.

[1:12:49] So emma merry christmas.

[1:12:55] >> dairy christmas to you.

[1:12:58] Anyone else here for public

[1:12:58] comment?

[1:12:58] Okay.

[1:13:08] It's move into executive

[1:13:16] session.

[1:13:16] >>> before we move into

[1:13:19] executive session, I apologize.

[1:13:24] I'm meant to finish our public

[1:13:24] hearing.

[1:13:27] So let's finish up the last

[1:13:36] public hearing of item number

[1:13:37] 53 please.

[1:13:40] >>> this is the last public

[1:13:43] hearing item.

[1:13:44] We didn't get to 53, when it is

[1:13:46] to get into public comment.

[1:13:48] >> for the record councilmember

[1:13:50] alan will be abstaining from

[1:13:53] this item pay period mayor and

[1:13:57] council members, julio dimas.

[1:13:58] Item 53 is a request by the

[1:14:02] property owner to rezone land

[1:14:05] at the northwest corner of

[1:14:10] folly and south staples road.

[1:14:13] The owners requesting the

[1:14:15] rezoning to cg two, general

[1:14:16] commercial.

[1:14:20] To allow the construction of

[1:14:21] single-story approximately

[1:14:22] 18,400 square-foot restaurant

[1:14:25] and bar with about 7600 square-

[1:14:31] foot exterior deck space.

[1:14:34] The rezoning is consistent with

[1:14:36] the future land-use in the

[1:14:37] south side.

[1:14:38] Development plan.

[1:14:39] As such staff recommends

[1:14:41] approval of the rezone.

[1:14:44] I'd be happy to answer

[1:14:44] questions.

[1:14:47] >> I have a motion to open for

[1:14:49] public comment.

[1:14:49] Any discussion?

[1:14:51] All in favor?

[1:14:53] Same time opposed, motion

[1:14:53] carries.

[1:15:00] Anyone from the public like to

[1:15:01] comment on them 53?

[1:15:03] Seeing none, motion closed.

[1:15:04] Motion and second.

[1:15:06] Any discussion?

[1:15:11] All in favor, same sign, motion

[1:15:11] carries.

[1:15:12] Ms. Huerta.

[1:15:14] Pay period or passage of

[1:15:22] ordinance 15 on its first

[1:15:23] reading?

[1:15:24] [Roll call]

[1:15:25] The ordinance passes.

[1:15:28] >> incorporated you very much.

[1:15:29] Looking forward to the

[1:15:29] construction of this new

[1:15:31] addition to our community.

[1:15:36] Thank you for adding to the

[1:15:44] quality of life.

[1:15:45] >>> h age one executive session

[1:15:47] to consult with attorneys

[1:15:47] concerning legal issues related

[1:15:48] to renovations and prevents to

[1:15:48] the broadway wastewater

[1:15:49] treatment plant and other parts

[1:15:53] of the city sanitary sewer

[1:15:53] collection system, number two,

[1:15:59] executive session to consult

[1:16:02] with attorneys for concerning

[1:16:03] legal issues related to

[1:16:03] annexation.

[1:16:03] Item number three, executive

[1:16:04] session to deliberate police

[1:16:05] and/or value of real property

[1:16:07] including

[1:16:08] but not limited to existing or

[1:16:13] opposed lease agreements with

[1:16:17] signature flight operation,

[1:16:19] atlantic aviation aleppo

[1:16:20] holdings and rectory, --

[1:16:24] property at the corpus christi

[1:16:25] international airport.

[1:16:25] Executive session number four

[1:16:30] today so with attorneys

[1:16:30] regarding the honorable melissa

[1:16:31] munter go

[1:16:35] versus city of this christie.

[1:16:37] Number five, executive session

[1:16:44] with attorneys regarding fire

[1:16:44] elective bargaining

[1:16:45] negotiations between corpus

[1:16:45] christi and the corpus christi

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