CITY OF LAREDO
CITY COUNCIL MEETING
A2000-R-04
CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS
1110 HOUSTON STREET
LAREDO, TEXAS 78040
FEBRUARY 7, 2000
5:30 P.M.
I. CALL TO ORDER
II. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
III. ROLL CALL
IV. MINUTES
Approval of the minutes of City Council Meeting - January
03, 2000 and City Council Workshop - January 12, 2000.
V. COMMUNICATIONS AND RECOGNITIONS
Announcements
a. Proclamation of the month of February as
Customer Service Month.
Invitations
a. Streets of Laredo Mall extends an invitation to the
"Noche de Carnaval, Mardi Gras" to be held on Friday,
February 11, 2000.
Recognitions
a. Recognizing the City of Laredo for winning "The Best
Little Blood Drive on the Border" held on November 2, 1999
by the South Texas Blood and Tissue Center.
b. Recognizing the City of Laredo Public Works Department
for being selected by International City / County Management
Association (ICMA) as one of the top 6 in the nation for
it's Landfill Methane Outreach Program.
VI. APPOINTMENTS TO COMMISSION, BOARDS AND COMMITTEES
VII. PUBLIC HEARINGS
1. Public hearing concerning an application by Alfonso
Arguindegui, amending the Zoning Ordinance (Map) of the
City of Laredo by rezoning the south 75 ft. of Lot 1, the
south 75 ft. of the west 49 ft. of Lot 2, and the north 36.11
ft. of Lots 1 & 2, Block 59, Western Division, located at 801
and 803 Flores Ave., from CBD (Central Business District) to
B-4 (Highway Commercial District). This is an appeal from
an unfavorable recommendation by the Planning and Zoning
Commission.
INTRODUCTION OF AN ORDINANCE
Ordinance amending the Zoning Ordinance (Map) of the City of
Laredo by rezoning the south 75 ft. of Lot 1, the south 75 ft.
of the west 49 ft. of Lot 2, and the north 36.11 ft. of Lots
1 & 2, Block 59, Western Division, located at 801 and 803 Flores
Ave., from CBD (Central Business District) to B-4 (Highway
Commercial District).
2. Public hearing concerning the approval of an amendment
to the contract with the Texas Department of Health and
Budget in the amount of $111,336.00 for the Children's
Health Insurance Program (CHIP) outreach and enrollment
assistance activity of the City of Laredo Health Department
for the period beginning January 1, 2000 through December
31, 2000.
INTRODUCTION OF AN ORDINANCE
Ordinance amending the contract with the Texas Department of
Health and Budget in the amount of $111,336.00 for the
Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) outreach and
enrollment assistance activity of the City of Laredo Health
Department for the period beginning January 1, 2000 through
December 31, 2000; and increase revenue line item
226-0000-323-4082 from $0 to $111,336.00, and expenditure
line item 226-6022 from $0 to $111,336.00.
3. Public hearing concerning the approval of an amendment to
the contract with the Texas Department of Health and Budget
in the amount of $100,000.00 to operate the Women, Infants
and Children (WIC) Program of the City of Laredo Health
Department for the period beginning October 1, 1999 through
September 30, 2000.
INTRODUCTION OF AN ORDINANCE
Ordinance amending the contract with the Texas Department of
Health and Budget in the amount of $100,000.00 in additional
funds for the Women, Infants and Children (WIC) Program of
the City of Laredo Health Department for the period beginning
October 1, 1999, through September 30, 2000; and increasing
revenue line item for the WIC Program 226-0000-323-4037 from
$2,106,480.00 to $2,206,480.00 and expenditure line item
226-6014 from $2,106,480.00 to $2,206,480.00
4. Public hearing concerning the amendment of the City of
Laredo's 1999-2000 annual budget in the amount of $55,519.00
with the Office of National Drug Control Policy (HIDTA)
contributing $49,888.00 and the City of Laredo designating
$5,631.00 to fund the Multi-Agency Major Organization
Investigation Task Force for the period of January 1, 2000
through December 31, 2000.
INTRODUCTION OF AN ORDINANCE
Ordinance amending the City of Laredo's 1999-2000 annual
budget in the amount of $55,519.00 with the Office of National
Drug Control Policy (HIDTA) contributing $49,888.00 and City
of Laredo designating $5,631.00 to fund the Multi-Agency
Major Organization Investigation Task Force for the period of
January 1, 2000 through December 31, 2000.
5. Public hearing concerning the amendment of the City of
Laredo FY1999-2000 annual budget in the amount of $770,496.00
to fund the Multi-Agency Financial Disruption Task Force.
The National Drug Control Policy (HIDTA) High Intensity Drug
Trafficking Area is funding the operation at no cost to the
City. Funds will be used to pay for personnel salaries,
travel and operational expenses beginning January 1, 2000
through December 31, 2000.
INTRODUCTION OF AN ORDINANCE
Ordinance amending the City of Laredo FY1999-2000 annual
budget in the amount of $770,496.00 to fund the Multi-Agency
Financial Disruption Task Force. The National Drug Control
Policy (HIDTA) High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area is
funding the operation at no cost to the City. Funds will be
used to pay for personnel salaries, travel and operational
expenses beginning January 1, 2000 through December 31, 2000.
6. Public hearing concerning the amendment of the City of
Laredo's 1999-2000 annual budget in the amount of $729,000.00
for the Multi-Agency Narcotic Task Force. Funding is
available from the opening balance of the Narcotic Task
Force Division and will be used to pay salaries and overtime
from December 1999 through May 2000, and to purchase
equipment. Grant period is from June 1, 1999 through May
31, 2000.
INTRODUCTION OF AN ORDINANCE
Ordinance amending the City of Laredo's 1999-2000 annual
budget in the amount of $729,000.00 for the Multi-Agency
Narcotic Task Force. Funding is available from the opening
balance of the Narcotic Task Force Division and will be used
to pay salaries and overtime from December 1999 through
May 2000, and to purchase equipment. Grant period is from
June 1, 1999 through May 31, 2000.
VIII. GENERAL COUNCIL DISCUSSIONS AND PRESENTATIONS
7. A. Request by Council Member Cecilia May Moreno
1. Discussion with possible action to conduct the study
for speed humps at the 300 and 400 blocks of Garden St.
leading to the Zacate Creek Park.
2. Status report on the Sidewalk Project for District IV.
B. Request by Council Member Eliseo Valdez, Jr.
1. Status report on the C.O.P.S. Sub-Station site in
District V.
C. Request by Council Member Joe A. Guerra
1. Discussion by Dr. Hector Farias and Manuel Menchaca
on health and environmental issues.
D. Request by Council Member Mario G. Alvarado
1. Status report on Mines Road Task Force activities
and/or recommendations for traffic control on FM1472,
with possible action.
2. Request for inventory of Union Pacific rail crossings
that need maintenance up keep, for review on the
meeting of February 22, 2000, with possible action.
3. Status report on the Santa Maria Ave. Reconstruction
Project with possible action.
4. Status report on the Lafayette Bridge Relocation
Project with possible action.
(Recess)
(Press Availability)
IX. INTRODUCTORY ORDINANCES
8. Ordinance authorizing the City Manager to execute a
Scheduled Airline Operating Agreement and Terminal Building
Lease with Continental Express for exclusive and non-exclusive
joint use space located at the Laredo International Airport
passenger terminal for the purpose of conducting commercial
air transportation services. The term of the agreement is for
three (3) years effective July 1, 1998 and ending on June 30,
2001. The monthly rent including landing fees is capped at
$1.50 per enplaned revenue passenger and is retroactive to
July 1, 1998.
9. Rescinding Ordinance No.97-0-011, entitled Industrial
Fire District Designation, methodology for fire protection
costs and contract for Industrial District Fire Fighting
Services.
X. FINAL READINGS OF ORDINANCES
10. 2000-O-026 Ordinance amending the Zoning Ordinance
(Map) of the City of Laredo by authorizing the
issuance of a Conditional Use Permit for a police
substation on Lot 20, Block 5, Sierra Vista Police
Station Plat, located on the north side of Sierra
Vista Blvd. and east of Hwy 83.(Cm Alfredo Agredano)
2000-O-027 Ordinance authorizing the issuance of a Special
Use Permit for above ground fuel tanks on Lot 4, Block
1, Laredo International Airport Manufacturing Facilities,
located at 5513 Thomas Ave. (Cm Louis H. Bruni)
2000-O-028 Ordinance amending the Zoning Ordinance (Map)
of the City of Laredo by rezoning 1.0441 acres, as
further described by metes and bounds on attached
Exhibit "A", located east of Bob Bullock Loop and
south of Hwy 59, from R-1 (Single Family Residential)
to R-1A (Single Family Reduced Area District).
(Cm Louis H. Bruni)
2000-O-029 Ordinance amending the Zoning Ordinance (Map)
of the City of Laredo by rezoning 2.000 acres, as
further described by metes and bounds on attached
Exhibit "A", located east of Bob Bullock Loop and
south of Hwy. 59, from R-1 (Single Family Residential
District) to R-O (Residential/Office District).
(Cm Louis H. Bruni)
2000-O-030 Ordinance amending the Zoning Ordinance (Map)
of the City of Laredo by rezoning 5.6740 acres, as
further described by metes and bounds on attached
Exhibit "A", located east of Bob Bullock Loop and
south of Clark Blvd., from R-1 (Single Family
Residential District) to B-4 (Highway Commercial
District). (Cm Louis H. Bruni)
2000-O-031 Ordinance amending the Zoning Ordinance (Map)
of the City of Laredo by authorizing the issuance
of a Conditional Use Permit for outdoor storage of
pallets on Lots 3 and 4, Block 98, Eastern Division,
located at 809 Market St. (City Council)
2000-O-032 Ordinance amending the Zoning Ordinance (Map)
of the City of Laredo by rezoning 4.7714 acres,
as further described by metes and bounds on attached
exhibit "A", located at the northwest corner of
Springfield Ave. and Calle Del Norte Rd., from B-3
(Community Business District) to B-4 (Highway
Commercial District). (Cm Joe A. Guerra)
2000-O-033 Ordinance amending the Zoning Ordinance (Map)
of the City of Laredo by rezoning Lots 1-A and 1-B,
Block 3, G&M Apartment and Townhouse Project, Del
Mar Hills, located at the southeast corner of Del
Mar Blvd. and Village Blvd., from R-2 (Multi-Family
Residential District) to R-O (Residential/Office
District). (Cm Joe A. Guerra)
2000-O-034 Ordinance amending the Zoning Ordinance (Map)
of the City of Laredo by rezoning 566.409 acres,
as further described by metes and bounds on attached
Exhibit "A", located east of the intersection of
FM 1472 and FM 3338, from R-1 (Single Family
Residential District) to M-1 (Light Manufacturing
District). (Cm Mario G. Alvarado)
2000-O-035 Ordinance amending the City of Laredo fiscal
year 2000 Solid Waste Management Fund Annual Budget
by appropriating capital lease proceeds in the
amount of $899,856.00 for the lease purchase of
eight (8) garbage trucks for the Sanitation Division.
(City Council)
2000-O-036 Ordinance authorizing the City Manager to
execute a lease with the Washington's Birthday
Celebration Association, Inc. (WBCA) for
approximately one (1.0) acre of land located on
the north end of the Air Operations Area of the
Laredo International Airport for the purpose of
hosting the Air Show 2000. Lease term is for one
(1) day commencing on February 20, 2000. Rental
obligation will be $1.00 because this event is
free to the public. This event complements the
rest of the activities celebrated by the WBCA.
(Cm Louis H. Bruni)
XI. RESOLUTIONS
11. 2000-R-014 Accepting a grant from the Texas Department
of Health in the amount of $111,336.00 for the
Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) outreach
and enrollment assistance activity of the City of
Laredo Health Department for the period beginning
January 1, 2000 through December 31, 2000.
12. 2000-R-016 Authorizing the City Manager to enter
into and execute an Interlocal Cooperation Agreement
between the City of Laredo and the County of Webb
for the provision of Fire Protection, Emergency,
Medical and Rescue Services for all unincorporated
areas of the County of Webb, Texas, lying outside
the incorporated limits of the City of Laredo.
13. 2000-R-018 Authorizing the City Manager to accept a
grant from (HDTA) High Intensity Drug Trafficking
Agency in the amount of $770,496.00 to fund the
Multi-Agency Financial Disruption Task Force.
The National Drug Control Policy (HIDTA) High
Intensity Drug Trafficking Agency is funding the
operation at no cost to the City. Funds will be
used to pay for personnel salaries, travel and
operation expenses beginning January 1, 2000
through December 31, 2000.
14. 2000-R-019 Authorizing the City Manager to accept
a grant from the Office of National Drug Control
Policy (HIDTA) in the amount of $49,888.00, with
the City of Laredo designating $5,631.00 for a
total of $55,519.00 to fund the Multi-Agency Major
Organization Investigation Task Force for the
period of January 1, 2000 through December 31, 2000.
XII. MOTIONS
15. Consideration to authorize the City Manager to approve
change Order No.1 for an amount not to exceed $49,365.57
to the B. W. Zimmerman & Associates contract for an
outstanding debt to the original B. W. Zimmerman &
Associates contract to perform additional work necessary
to insure complete installation of the total system
upgrade. The total cost for this additional work
which has yet to be paid is $49,365.57. This change
will bring the total present contract amount to
$299,360.57. Funding is available in bridge construction
fund account.
16. Consideration to authorize the City Manager to award
an abatement contract to the Low Bidder, Bexar
Environmental, Inc., of San Antonio, Texas, in an
amount not to exceed $56,900.00 to remove and dispose
of asbestos containing materials from buildings No.
574, No. 1112, No. 1448 and No. 1439 located at the
Laredo International Airport. Upon completion of the
abatement work the subject buildings will be demolished.
A total of three (3) bids were received. Funding is
available in the FY 1999-2000 Airport Fund Operating Budget.
17. Consideration to authorize the City Manager to select
a consultant and enter into negotiations for the
Comprehensive Mobility Plan for Laredo, TX. The
consultant recommended for selection is Wilbur Smith
Associates. The study will identify the location and
impact of rail vehicle conflicts, as well as identify
and analyze capital improvement alternatives. Funding
for the project is available through the Metropolitan
Planning Organization (MPO) account.
18. Consideration to authorize the City Manager to award
a contract to Competitive Government Strategies in
an amount not to exceed $29,000.00 for the
preparation of Request for Proposal documents to
investigate the potential privatization of the
Utilities Department. Funding is available from
line item (Privatization RFP) by transferring
$29,000.00 from line item (Reserve Appropriation)
to the Privatization RFP line item.
19. Consideration to authorize the City Manager to award
a contract to Camp Dresser & McKee Inc., San Antonio,
Texas for an amount not to exceed $49,800.00 to perform
a feasibility study at the Zacate Wastewater Treatment
Plant. The scope of services includes the identification
and qualification of odor and corrosion sources,
exploration of process control to reduce the corrosion
in the plant, exploration of odor control technologies
to handle air streams, and a recommendation for capital
improvements. Funding is available in the Zacate Creek
Wastewater Treatment Plant Corrosion Control Account.
20. Consideration to authorize the City Manager to
refund property taxes to the following taxpayers and
companies:
a. The Laredo National Bank in the amount of $1,459.13
due to an overpayment.
b. Chase Manhattan Mortgage Corporation in the amount
of $890.51. Payment was made on an incorrect amount.
c. Carlos Contreras in the amount of $510.53 due to an
overpayment.
d. Evelyn Maria Morales Cruz & Miguel A. Figueroa in
the amount of $1,222.56 due to an overpayment.
These refunds will be paid from line Item Deferred
Revenue/Unapplied Payments.
21. Consideration to authorize the City Manager to award
a construction contract to the lowest bidder Pete
Gallegos Paving Inc., Laredo, Texas, in the amount of
$757,770.00 for the 16" Waterline Extension on Hwy 359.
Funding is available in the Line Extensions Fund from the
1999 Bond Issues Account.
22. Consideration to authorize the City Manager to award
contract number FY00-0048, to the LOW BIDDER MEETING
SPECIFICATIONS, Rush Truck Center, Laredo, Texas, in
the principal amount of $899,856.00, for the lease
purchase of eight refuse trucks and authorizing the
City Manager to execute the necessary lease purchase
documents. These trucks will be leased purchased by
the Solid Waste Management Fund on a three year lease
purchase contract. Delivery of these trucks is
expected within one hundred and eighty days. Financing
will be provided by The Associates, Dallas, Texas,
Solid Waste Management Fund Account with an annual
percentage rate of 5.88%.
23. Consideration to authorize the City Manager to purchase
ten lane barrier gates, in the amount of $42,220.00,
from the SOLE PROVIDER, Magnetic Automation Corp.,
Rockledge, Florida. Eight gates will be installed at
the World Trade Bridge and two will be installed at the
Colombia Bridge. These are designed to work in
conjunction with the toll equipment being installed.
Funding for this project has been allocated in the
Bridge Fund.
24. Consideration to authorize the City Manager to purchase
twelve (12) portable radios for the Police Department
through the Houston Galveston Area Council of
Governments (HGAC) - Cooperative Purchasing Program,
in the principal amount of $39,222.48. These voice
secure digital radios will be purchased through the
cooperative purchasing contract vendor Motorola.
Delivery of these radios is expected within sixty days.
These radios will be purchased using the Police Department
- Auto Theft Task Force Grant Funding Account.
25. Consideration to authorize the City Manager to award
an annual service contract #00-055, to Castaneda Sand
and Gravel, Inc., Laredo, Texas, in the estimated
amount of $51,000.00, for providing hauling services
for the Utilities Department. The contract vendor
will be hauling approximately 1,000 cubic yards of
dry sludge per month from the Water Treatment Plant
to the City Landfill. Castaneda's Sand and Gravel
maintains all the required registrations from TNRCC
and the City of Laredo. Funding is available from
Utilities Department - Water Treatment Division Budget.
26. Consideration to authorize the City Manager to award
contract # 00-57, for the re-plastering/fiber glassing
of the Thomas swimming pool, to the LOW BIDDER, Rainbo
Resurfacing Inc., Chicago, Ill., in the amount of
$78,500.00, for fiberglass resurfacing and installation
of Kool Decking. $75,000.00 has been allocated in the
capital improvement budget. A budget transfer of $3,500.00
will be prepared from the Parks Department operation
budget to secure the additional funds needed to award
this contract.
Border Pools, Laredo, Texas, did submit a lower bid for
this work, however, this vendor did not submit the
required bid bond with the bid package and therefore is
not being considered for an award of contract.
27. Consideration to authorize the City Manager to award
contract # 00-056 to the LOW BIDDER, Quest, Walsenburg,
CO., in the amount of $60,835.20, for the purchase of
protective clothing (bunker gear) for the Fire
Department. The clothing includes fifty protective
suits for conventional fire fighting situations and
ten aluminized suits for the use in aviation type fires.
The proposed gear meets all the standards of the National
Fire Protection Association (NFPA). Funding is available
in the Fire Department Operations Budget, Capital Outlay
Account.
28. Consideration to authorize the City Manager to award
contract number FY00-58, to the LOW BIDDER, Leslies
Swimming Pool Supplies, Chatsworth, CA., in the
estimated amount of $27,317.25 for the purchase of
trichlor tablets needed for the chlorination process
for all the City's swimming pools. The bid pricing
is approximately 3% less than the previous contract
pricing. Funding is available from the Parks
Department - Chemicals Account.
29. Award of six month supply contracts (#00-038) for
the purchase of safety footwear for city maintenance
personnel, to the following vendors:
a. Iron Age Corp., San Antonio, Texas $19,225.00
(three safety footwear styles)
b. Gateway Uniform Service, Laredo, Texas $13,797.50
(two safety footwear styles)
c. Lehigh Safety Shoe Co., San Antonio, Texas $12,597.50
(three safety footwear styles)
d. Skaggs Co. Inc., San Antonio, Texas $ 6,329.00
(one safety footwear style)
Contract pricing has been secured for boot styles
approved for use by the Fire Department personnel and
different styles for city maintenance personnel. Each
department will have the option to choose the type of
boot best suited for the work environment and budget
allocation. All safety footwear is purchased on an
as needed basis.
30. Consideration to authorize the City Manager to ratify a
professional services contract to Raba-Kistner Consultants,
Inc., San Antonio, Texas, for an amount not to exceed
$66,369.00 to provide laboratory, sampling and testing
services of materials for quality control for the
Reconstruction of Portions of Taxiways "A", "F", and
"G" Laredo International Airport AIP Project No.
3-48-0136-22 and Reconstruction of Portion of Southwest
Cargo Apron to include new construction of a new section
of air cargo apron at the Laredo International Airport
AIP Project No. 3-48-0136-23. Funding is available in
the Airport Budget Account.
31. Consideration to authorize the City Manager to award a
professional services contract to Trinity Testing
Laboratories Inc., Laredo, Texas, for an amount not to
exceed $72,860.00 to provide laboratory, sampling and
testing services of materials for quality control during
the construction of the South Laredo Wastewater
Interceptor from South Laredo Wastewater Treatment to
U.S. Hwy 59. Funding is available in the Wastewater
System 94 Bond Chacon Creek Interceptor Account.
32. Consideration to authorize the City Manager to approve
the construction plans and authorization to advertise
for bids for the 1999-2000 Street Recycling Project
(175 Blocks). Funding is available in the Capital
Improvement Fund Street Material/Cutler Repaving Account.
33. Consideration to authorize the City Manager to award a
contract # FY00-064, to the SOLE BIDDER, Austec Services,
Olney, Texas, in the amount of $201,764.00, for the
provision of a fiber optic network to provide voice,
data, and video communication service from Bridge 3
(Colombia) to Fire Station 9 located on the Mines Road.
The City, under a separate contract, has provisioned a
fiber optic network from Fire Station 9 to the World
Trade Bridge. This network will provide the path of
communication for the Toll System being implemented at
all four bridge locations and allow integration of these
sites to the City's Institutional Network (I-Net). The
funding for this project has been allocated in the Bridge
Fund.
34. Consideration to authorize the City Manager to enter into
and execute a right-of-entry agreement with the U.S. Army
Corps of Engineers for the purpose of testing soils at
Robert Muller Park as part of the City of Laredo's
Environmental Protection Agency Site Investigation
Brownfields Program. The site investigations are being
funded through the Environmental Protection Agency
(Superfund) and charged against the EPA Brownsfield Grant.
35. Consideration to authorize the City Manager to accept
the Martingale Drainage Improvements from Village Boulevard
to Martingale as complete. The project consisted of
approximately 150 linear feet concrete channelization
designed and constructed by In-House forces. Funding is
available in the Capital Improvements Projects Creek
Concrete Pilot Channel.
36. Consideration to authorize the City Manager to approve
Amendment No. 3 an increase of $26,068.98 for additional
engineering services to the Santa Maria Reconstruction
Project engineering contract with G.G. Salinas Engineering
Company, Laredo, Texas, to provide the design for the
construction of a 12" thick non-reinforced fast track
paving section in lieu of the asphalt paving over
asphalt stabilized base section for the intersections
of Mann Road and Industrial Blvd. at Santa Maria Avenue.
Funding is available in the 1998 CO Issue Santa Maria
Reconstruction.
37. Consideration to authorize the City Manager to approve
change order no. 3 a net increase of $133,735.25 to the
Santa Maria Reconstruction Project with Pete Gallegos
Paving, Inc., Laredo, Texas, for additional construction
work to include the concrete paving at the Mann Road
Intersection and Industrial Blvd. Intersection with a
12" thick non-reinforced fast track paving section in
lieu of the asphalt paving over asphalt stabilized base
section. Funding is available in the 1998 CO Issue
Santa Maria Reconstruction.
38. Consideration to authorize the City Manager to submit
request for proposals (RFP) for the Gateway to the
Americas Bridge (Bridge I) Access, Export Lot, and
Parking Modifications. Funding is available in the
Bridge System Toll Plaza Improvements.
39. Consideration to authorize the City Manager to submit a
proposal for a loan of $500,000.00 to the Environmental
Protection Agency's Brownfields Cleanup Revolving Loan
Fund (BCRLF) Pilot Program to provide funds to make
loans to public and private parties to facilitate the
cleanup and redevelopment of Brownfields properties.
40. Consideration to authorize the City Manager to
reschedule the regular City Council meeting from Monday,
February 21, 2000 to Tuesday, February 22, 2000, in
observation of President's Day.
41. Consideration to authorize the City Manager to approve
Amendment No. 1 to extend the contract with Brown &
Root, Inc., until April 7, 2000 to complete the Storm
Water Management Master Plan for the Zacate Creek
Watershed. Due to delay in collection of data processing
of the Digital Terrain Model and completion of the survey,
the consultant requested the additional time.
42. Consideration to authorize the City Manager to approve
Amendment No. 2 for the "Chacon Creek Flood Protection
Plan" engineering contract with Brown & Root, Inc.,
Houston, Texas to extend the contract time to March 20,
2000 to complete the work described in the contract.
43. Consideration to authorize the City Manager to approve
change Order No. 1 to the contract with III PG Enterprises
for an additional 60 calendar day extension to the contract.
This contract is for the demolition for the building
located on 2518 Cedar. There will be no financial
impact.
XIII. STAFF REPORT
44. Discussion on the progress made towards the selection
of a partner for the development of a secondary source
of water, with possible action.
XIV. RECESS AND CONVENE AS THE LAREDO MUNICIPAL HOUSING CORPORATION
45. 2000-RMH-001 Approval from the Laredo Municipal Housing
Corporation (LMHC) Board of Directors to
implement new rental rates on four (4)
vacant rental units at the Jose A. Flores
Apartments as recommended by the LMHC Ad
Hoc Committee, effective February 8, 2000.
The proposed rental rates for these four (4)
rental units are as follows: $388.00 for a
2-bedroom, $485.00 for a 3-bedroom and $546.00
for a 4-bedroom. The proposed rental rates
are calculated at 80% of fair market rents.
46. 2000-RMH-002 Approval from the Laredo Municipal Housing
Corporation (LMHC) Board of Directors to
implement new tenant security deposits at the
Jose A. Flores Apartments as recommended by the
LMHC Ad Hoc Committee. The proposed tenant
security deposits will be equivalent to one (1)
month's rent for new and renewed dwelling leases
executed after February 8, 2000. New tenants
will be allowed to pay $200.00 upon executing
the dwelling lease and the balance to be paid in
four equal payments during the next four months.
The proposed tenant security deposits are being
recommended to be increased as an incentive for
tenants to take better care of their rental units
and for LMHC to be able to cover some of the costs
incurred to repair and clean rental units when
they are vacated.
XV. EXECUTIVE SESSION
47. Request for Executive Session pursuant to Texas Government
Code Section 551.071(1)(A)(B) to discuss settlement offer
for pending litigation regarding the City of Laredo vs.
Laredo Distribution Center, Inc., a Texas Corporation,
Cause No.99CVQ00005-C1, and return to open session for
possible action.
48. Request for Executive Session pursuant to Texas Government
Code Section 551.072 in regards to deliberating the
purchase, exchange, lease, or value of real property for
a parcel being considered for acquisition to construct
a park in the Zacate Creek area, because deliberation in
an open meeting would have a detrimental effect on the
position of the governmental body in negotiations with a
third person; and return to Open Session for possible
action.
49. Request for Executive Session pursuant to Texas Government
Code Section 551.071 (1)(A)(B) to discuss contemplated
litigation and settlement offer regarding the City of
San Benito vs. PG & E Gas Transmission, Texas Corporation
et al.; Cause No. 96-12-7404-A; in the 107th Judicial
District Court of Cameron County, Texas, and return to
open session for possible action.
XVII. ADJOURNMENT
This notice was posted at the Municipal Government Offices,
1110 Houston Street, Laredo, Texas, at a place convenient
and readily accessible to the public at all times. Said
notice was posted on Wednesday, February 02, 2000 at 6:00 p.m.
Gustavo Guevara, Jr.
City Secretary