CITY OF LAREDO
CITY COUNCIL MEETING
A2000-R-010
LAREDO, TEXAS 78040
5:30 P.M.
II. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
III. ROLL CALL
IV. MINUTES
Approval of the minutes of March
20, 2000 and April 3, 2000.
Announcements
a. Presentation
by Council Member Louis H. Bruni, Director of the South Texas Rain Enhancement
Association, on an up-to-date progress report.
Invitations
Recognitions
a.
Deputy Police
Chief Fructuoso San Miguel, III, recently returned from the Federal Bureau of
Investigation’s National Academy as he graduated from the 200th
Session on March 24, 2000.
b.
Sgt. Jose
Jalomo, Jr., a 22-year veteran of the Laredo Police Department, was accepted to
attend in Quantico, Virginia, the 201st Federal Bureau of
Investigation’s National Academy Session.
c.
The
Nonprofit Management and Volunteer Center’s Volunteers in Action Program
awarded Saul G. Campillo the 1999 Volunteer of the Year Award for contributing
over 1,328 hours of labor to the library, and receiving the award for the
second year in a row.
d.
Recognition
to the Laredo Restaurant Association on their participation for the World Trade
Bridge Open House on April 9, 2000.
e.
Recognition
for the work done on the World Trade Bridge Globe by James Humphries, Ashley Humphries & Sanchez - Architects, and
commissioned to Armando Flores, Artist / Professional Welder.
f.
In
recognition of the countless hours of hard work and effort by the individuals involved
in an endeavor that will be remembered as the catalyst to the new millennium,
the Mayor and City Council dedicate the World Trade Bridge Global Monument to
these individuals who made this project possible.
Communiqués
1. Public hearing to amend
Ordinance No. 97-O-334 by transferring three
grant funded positions originally funded by the
United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) 319(h) grant to the NPDES
Fund in order to continue the Illegal Dumping Enforcement Program and to
enforce the other environmental ordinances and authorizing the City Manager to
implement changes within the 1999-2000 budget.
INTRODUCTION OF
AN ORDINANCE
Amending
Ordinance No. 97-O-334 by transferring three grant funded positions originally funded by the United States Environmental
Protection Agency (EPA) 319(h) grant to the NPDES Fund in order to continue the
Illegal Dumping Enforcement Program and to enforce the other environmental
ordinance and authorizing the City Manager to implement within the 1999-2000
Budget.
2. Public
hearing to amend the contract with the Texas Department of Health and Budget in
the amount of $2,497.00 for the Special Project Program, “Community-based
Tobacco Prevention Project” of the City of Laredo Health Department for the
period beginning May 1, 2000, through June 5, 2000; and increasing revenue line item no.
226-0000-357-2566 from $0 to $2,497.00, and increasing expenditure line item
no. 226-6400 from $0 to $2,497.00.
INTRODUCTION OF AN ORDINANCE
Ordinance amending the contract with the Texas
Department of Health and Budget in the amount of $2,497.00 for the Special
Project “Community-Based Tobacco Prevention Project” of the City of
Laredo Health Department for the period beginning May 1, 2000, through June 5,
2000; and
increasing revenue line item no. 226-0000-357-2566 from $0 to $2,497.00, and
increasing expenditure line item no. 226-6400 from $0 to $2,497.00.
VIII. GENERAL COUNCIL DISCUSSIONS AND PRESENTATIONS
1.
Report on the
April meeting of the Fannie Mae Impact Housing Council.
1. Status
report on the POP’s Program for Eastwood Subdivision.
C.
Request by Council Member Eliseo Valdez, Jr.
1. Status
report on the initiatives by Parks & Recreations and Crime Stoppers on the
vandalism of city parks.
D. Request by Council Member Mario G. Alvarado
1. Discussion on re-routing commercial traffic and regular vehicular traffic through the Mines Road area in response of the new bridge opening, with possible action.
2. Update from staff on traffic signal for Muller Elementary School at La Bota entrance, with possible action.
3. Update on the cleaning of the creek between Bristol Rd. and Flecha Lane, with possible action.
4. Presentation by local concrete providers to discuss designated route for concrete delivery, with possible action.
(Recess)
(Press Availability)
4. Ordinance authorizing the City Manager to execute a lease with
Aerocarga International, Inc., for approximately 2,040 square feet constituting
Building #1328 located at 4015 North Jarvis Avenue at the Laredo International
Airport. Lease term is for one (1) year
commencing on April 1, 2000 and ending March 31, 2001 and may be extended for
two-one year options ending on March 31, 2002 and March 31, 2003. Monthly rental shall be $315.00 and will be
adjusted annually according to changes in the Consumer Price Index.
5. Ordinance Authorizing
the City Manager to execute a lease between the City of Laredo, as Lessor, and
Jett Racing & Sales, as Lessee, for a tract of land containing
approximately 3.01 acres located on Block No. 1, Lot No. 3 as Recorded in
Volume 5, Page1, Plat Records of Webb County, Texas, said property is located
at the Laredo International Airport and is further described by metes and
bounds description in the lease agreement.
Lease term is for twenty (20) years commencing on April 1, 2000 and
ending on March 31, 2020 plus two consecutive ten-year renewal option periods
until March 31, 2040. Monthly rent
shall be $1,966.75 plus annual rent adjustment based on changes in the Consumer
Price Index and the rental obligation shall be further adjusted based on Fair
Market appraisal at each ten (10) year anniversary.
X. FINAL READINGS OF ORDINANCES
6. 2000-O-088 Approval of a contract with the U.S. Department of
Commerce, U.S. Census 2000, for in-kind funding in the amount not to exceed
$2,500.00 for the City of Laredo Health Department, Public Health Promotion
Division, for the period beginning February 22, 2000, through June 30, 2000.
(City
Council)
2000-O-089 Approval
of an amendment to the contract with the Texas Department of Health for the
purpose of upgrading a .5 Full Time Equivalent (FTE) Caseworker position to a
1.0 Caseworker position for the HIV Ryan White Title II Project of the City of
Laredo Health Department for the period
beginning April 1, 2000, through March 31, 2001. (City Council)
2000-O-090 Amending the Zoning Ordinance (Map) of the City of Laredo by
rezoning 31.803 acres, as further described by metes and bounds, located north
of Hwy. 359 and east of Loop 20, from R-1 (Single Family Residential District)
to B-4 (Highway Commercial District); providing for publication and effective date. (As amended) (Cm. Louis H. Bruni)
2000-O-091
Amending the Zoning Ordinance (Map) of
the City of Laredo by rezoning 5.352 acres, as further described by metes and
bounds, located north of Hwy. 359 and east of Loop 20, from R-1 (Single Family
Residential District) to M-1 (Light Manufacturing District); providing for
publication and effective date. (Cm. Joe A. Guerra)
2000-O-092 Accepting donations for the City Cemetery Irrigation Project
totaling $3,384.01 from Elks Lodge, Episcopal, Mexican Masonic, and Woodman Of
The World Organization and amending the City of Laredo Annual Budget for
1999-2000 by appropriating donations to increase the Revenue & Expenses for
the Cemetery Improvement Project under the Capital Improvement Fund in the same
amount. (City Council)
2000-O-094 Authorizing the City Manager to execute a lease with Webb County
Head Start for approximately 380 square feet constituting Suite No.9 of
Building No. S-1 located at 1718 E. Calton Road. This space is occupied by Laredo Webb County Community Head Start
Program. Lease term is for one (1) year
commencing on March 1, 2000 and ending on February 28, 2001, and may be
extended for one (1) year ending on February 29, 2002. New monthly rent shall be $450.00. Currently monthly rent is $429.45. (City Council)
2000-O-095 Authorizing the City Manager to execute a lease amendment to the lease agreement authorized by Ordinance No. 99-0-200 dated July 19, 1999, between the City of Laredo, as Lessor, and Jose Mario Flores, as Lessee, for Building No. 2075 located at 1720 E. Hillside Road at the Laredo International Airport, to amend Section 1.04 (B), entitled “Rental Obligation and Mode of Payment”, so that payment of monthly rent be effective March 1, 2000 instead of December 1, 1999. All other terms and conditions remain unchanged and in effect. (City Council)
2000-O-096 Authorizing
the City Manager to execute a Scheduled Airline Operating Agreement and
Terminal Building Lease with Compass AirWays, Inc., for 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 fifteen
(15) months effective April 1, 2000 and ending June 30, 2001. The
monthly rent including landing fees is capped at $1.50 per enplaned revenue
passenger. (As amended) (City Council)
2000-O-097 Establishing a 15% penalty on the 1999
delinquent tax accounts as of July 1, 2000, to defray costs of collection,
pursuant to section 33.07 (a) of the Texas State Property Tax Code; providing
for notification and effective date.
(As amended) (City
Council)
2000-O-099 Authorizing the City Manager to execute a two-year (2) lease with the Laredo Amateur Boxing Club, Inc. for the use of City property at 1610 Guadalupe, property known as the Orlando and Gaby Canizalez Boxing Gym. (City Council)
2000-O-100 Granting a consent easement to P.G. & E. Gas Transmission, Texas Corporation, P.G. & E. Gas Transmission Teco, Inc., and P.G. & E. Energy Trading – Gas Corporation, their wholly owned subsidiary corporations and wholly owned subsidiary general and limited partnerships, and their successors, lessees or assigns, to maintain, use and operate certain natural gas and/or natural gas liquids transmission pipelines along, across, and under certain designated public property and rights of way in the City of Laredo, Texas, for a term of 25 years. (City Council)
2000-O-101 Designating as a one-way westbound that
section of Moctezuma, Block Number 800, between Santa Ursula Avenue on the east
and San Bernardo Avenue on the west, providing for the installation of
appropriate signs to indicate one-way traffic in the west direction and
providing for publication and effective date.
(Mayor Pro Tempore Consuelo
“Chelo” Montalvo)
XI. RESOLUTIONS
7. 2000-R-053 A
resolution whereby the City Manager is designated as an authorized
representative of the City of Laredo with signature authority for all necessary
applications and documents for the transfer of water rights on the books of the
Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission (TNRCC).
8. 2000-R-054 A resolution authorizing the City of Laredo
to intervene in Central Power and Light Company’s transmission and distribution
rate case at the Public Utility Commission of Texas; authorizing the joining
with other intervening cities to protect municipal and ratepayer interests;
authorizing the hiring of attorneys and consultants requiring reimbursement of
rate case expenses incurred by the City; and requiring delivery of this
resolution to a representative of Central Power and Light Company.
9. 2000-R-056 A
resolution authorizing the City Manager to enter into a Pipeline Crossing
Agreement with Union Pacific Railroad Company, whereby said company grants the
City of Laredo the right to construct, maintain and operate a 17-foot, 4-inch
potable water pipeline crossing in the Milo Interchange area, at a License Fee
cost of $1,500.00, to be paid by the City of Laredo to Union Pacific Railroad
Company. Said 17-foot, 4-inch pipeline
being delineated in Engineer’s Sketch.
10. 2000-R-059 A resolution to authorizing the use of
$80,000.00 budgeted from the City of Laredo – Public Property Finance
Contractual Obligations (PPFCO), Series 2000, for the purchase of one 15’
tractor mower, to purchase three, full size trucks and one kid builder play
structure for the Parks and Recreation Department.
11. 2000-R-060 A resolution authorizing the City Manager to
accept a grant from the Texas Department of Health in the amount of $2,497.00
for the “Community-based Tobacco Prevention Project” of the City of
Laredo Health Department for the period beginning May 1, 2000, through June 5,
2000.
XII. MOTIONS
12. Consideration to refund property tax to the following taxpayers and
companies:
1.
J.C.
Penney #658-5 in the amount of $5,037.74 due to a Court Order.
2.
Sears
Roebuck & Co. in the amount of $3,656.33 due to a Court Order.
3.
The Pep
Boys-Manny, Moe and Jack in the amount of $1,181.47 due to a Court Order.
4.
W.E.
Haynes c/o Templo Jesus es Señor, Inc. in amount of $502.17 due to the property
being exempt.
5.
Auto
Lineas America in the amount of $2,463.02 due to that it did not exist on the 1st
of the year 1999.
6.
K-mart
Corp. in the amount of $4,051.95 due to a Court Order.
13. Consideration to approve monthly adjustments to the tax roll. The amount to be adjusted for the month of
March 2000, which represents an increase in levy, is $1,567.47. These adjustments are determined by the
County Appraisal District and by Court Orders.
14. Consideration to award an annual maintenance contract for library
automation, network services, software, Vmark licenses and equipment for the
libraries’ Dynix Network to epixtech co., formerly Ameritech Library Services,
in the amount of $54,226.76. Funding is
available in the Library General Fund.
15. Consideration to authorize the payment of
retainage $15,000.00 to Brown & Root for the Chacon Creek Flood Protection
Plan. This project is being made
possible through a grant from the Texas Water Development Board. The study includes hydrological and
hydraulic data for the submittal of a letter of Map Revision (LOMR) to the
Federal Emergency Management Agency which will establish a storm water
information database identifying hydraulic structures in the floodplain,
develop a Flood Protection Plan including proposed regulations for structural
improvements. Funding is available in
the Chacon Creek Flood Protection Plan.
16. Consideration to authorize amendment no. 2 to extend the contract
with Brown & Root until July 7, 2000, to complete the Storm Water
Management Master Plan for the Zacate Creek Watershed. The original contract date was until
November 25, 1999. On February 7, 2000,
Council authorized amendment no. 1 to extend the contract from November 25,
1999 to April, 2000. Due to delay in
collection of data processing of the Digital Terrain Model and completion of
the survey, the consultant requested the additional time.
17. Consideration to accept the Stormwater Management and Ecology Demonstration Park at Laredo Community College and authorizing the final payment in the amount of $10,000.00 to Pete Gallegos Paving, Inc., for the construction. Funding is available in the NPDES Fund – Ecology Grant Project.
18. Consideration to award a professional engineering contract to
Secor International Inc., Houston, Texas, for an amount not to exceed
$54,990.00 for the engineering and construction quality assurance services for
Type IV Cell for the City of Laredo Landfill as per requirements of the Texas
Natural Resources Conservation Commission.
Funding is available in the Solid Waste Fund.
19. Consideration to award contract number 00-080, to the LOW BIDDER,
Nueces Power Equipment, Laredo, Texas, in the amount of $148,244.55, for the
purchase of two backhoes for the Public Works Department and one for the Solid
Waste Fund – landfill operations. The
bid includes a five year extended warranty.
Delivery is expected within 30 days.
Funding for the purchase of these backhoes is available from Public
Property Finance Contractual Obligations (PPFCO) proceeds and Solid Waste Fund
Capital Outlay.
20. Consideration of an award of contract number FY99-147, to the SOLE BIDDER, H.D. Industries, Jacksonville, Texas, in the amount of $87,970.00, for the purchase of one pot patcher truck, for the Public Works Department. This truck will be assigned to the Street Maintenance Division. Delivery of this truck is expected within ninety days. Funding is available from Public Property Finance Contractual Obligation (PPFCO) proceeds.
21. Consideration to donate to
the City of Matamoros, Tamaulipas, Mexico, the obsolete Pressure Filter Tanks
located at the old Del Mar Water Treatment Plant. The Utilities Department wishes to demolish the old Del Mar Water
Treatment Plant to sell the land. The
removal of the filters is part of the demolition process. The removal and disposal of the filters, net
of its salvage value, would cost the City $6,200.00. The City of Matamoros will remove the equipment at their expense;
therefore lowering the City’s ultimate demolition cost by that amount.
22. Consideration to award a contract number 99-081 to the LOW BIDDER meeting specifications, Al and Rob Sales, Laredo, Texas, in the estimated amount of $57,700.35, for the purchase of uniforms and Skaggs, San Antonio, Texas, in the amount of $9,553.53, for the purchase of windbreakers for the Bridge Department personnel. Full service contracts, which include alteration services, will be awarded to the low bidder. The City did receive lower bids from other vendors, however, the uniforms proposed by these vendors did not meet specification. Funding is available in the Bridge System Fund.
23. Consideration to award a contract to the SOLE BIDDER, Bruce
Zimmerman & Associates in the amount of $249,430.00 to provide consultant
services for the complete marketing plan of the up coming Automated Vehicle Identification
and Weigh in Motion System. This is to
include the development of a logo and the name of our transponders. Funding is available in the Toll Equipment
Fund.
24. Consideration to award contract number FY00-087, to the LOW BIDDER,
Cantu Electrical, Inc., Laredo, Texas, in the amount of $47,560.00, for the
installation of a Little League lighting system for the Cruz Baseball Field
located at 200 West Travis. The
contractor will be responsible for the removal of the existing lighting system
and the installation of galvanized pole lighting system. Funding is available from 25th
Action Year Community Development Budget.
25. Consideration to authorize
the purchase of three, full size, four door trucks, through the Houston
Galveston Area Council of Governments (HGAC) – Cooperative Purchasing Program,
in the total amount of $67,024.78, for the Parks and Recreation
Department. These are replacement
trucks and will be assigned to the Parks crews. Funding is available from Public Property Finance Contractual
Obligations (PPFCO) proceeds.
26. Consideration to authorize the City Manager to submit a grant
application in the amount of $125,730.00 to the Texas Department of Health for
continuation of the “Childhood Immunization Action Plan Program” of the
City of Laredo Health Department; $46,113.00 in state-paid staff, and
approximately $1,485,745.00 in vaccines for the period beginning September 1,
2000, through August 31, 2001.
27. Consideration to authorize
the City Manager to submit a grant application in the amount of $4,999.00 to
the Texas Department of Health for the “Youth Tobacco Prevention Campaign”
of the City of Laredo Health Department for the period beginning July 1, 2000,
through August 19, 2000.
28. Consideration to authorize
the City Manager to submit a grant application in the amount of $150,000.00 to
the Texas Department of Health for an innovation grant “Laredo Food
Handler’s Online” Project of the City of Laredo Health Department for the
period beginning July 1, 2000, through August 31, 2001.
29. Consideration for acceptance
of the Telecommunications Offices and Public Access Facility Project located at
1101 Garden Street and approval of final payment in the amount of $23,187.78 to
Faulkner Construction, Inc., Austin, Texas.
Final contract amount is $972,511.00.
Funding is available in the
Public Access Channel - PAC- Building & Improvements.
30. Consideration for approval of
final change order no. 3, an increase of $1,959.30 for the balance of
quantities actually constructed in place, acceptance of the Zacate Creek
Beautification Project Phase I and approval of final payment in the amount of
$39,346.87 to Dominguez Development and Construction, Laredo, Texas. Final construction contract amount is
$303,566.80. Funding is available in
the 23rd Action Year Community Development Budget.
31. Consideration to award an
engineering contract to G.G. Salinas Engineering Company, Laredo, Texas, for an
amount not to exceed $27,541.80 for surveys, design, and preparation of plans
and specifications for the City Wide – Sidewalks Project No. 12 (33 Blocks) and
Project No. 17 (4 Blocks) for a total of 37 Blocks. Funding is available in the 20th Action Year Community
Development Budget.
32. Consideration for approval of
final change order no. 1, a decrease of
$59,167.50 for the balance of quantities actually constructed in place,
and to add an additional 38 working days to the construction contract time due
to utility conflicts, acceptance of the Street Paving Improvements Project 61-A
(10 Blocks) and approval of final payment in the amount of $72,890.33 to Pete
Gallegos Paving, Inc., Laredo, Texas.
Final construction contract amount is $245,594.25. Funding is available in the 25th
Action Year Community Development Budget.
33. Consideration for approval of
construction plans and authorization to advertise for bids for three Police
Substations to be located at Sierra Vista Blvd. at Cenizo Loop, Springfield
Ave. at Ryan Street and Santa Maria Ave. at Ortiz St. This item is being presented to the City Council Engineering
Contract Review Committee for their review and recommendation. Funding is available in the Capital
Improvement Fund / Community Development District I, District V, Farias Police
Substation.
34. Consideration to designate
Cable Television Channel 55 to Laredo Community College to be used as an
educational channel, effective May 1, 2000.
This channel will increase the educational cable programming with such
programs as adult literacy, vocational skills and college careers.
35. Quarterly report on the Down Payment Assistance Program under the
HOME Investment Partnership Program.
36. Staff report on Mines Road
Task Force activities and/or recommendations for traffic control on FM1472,
with possible action.
37. A report by the Laredo Police Department concerning the future
sited of the COP’S workstation to be located on Mines Rd.
38. Informing Council that the
funding for the Neural Tube Defects Project of the City of Laredo Health
Department will end on August 31, 2000.
The Texas Birth Registry Program will continue to monitor the
NTD-affected births in Laredo and Webb County, and the Health Department will
continue the intervention project, which is the distribution of the vitamins
containing folic acid to women of childbearing age attending our clinic,
particularly the WIC Program and the Maternity Program.
XIV.
EXECUTIVE
SESSION
39. Request for Executive Session
pursuant to Section 551.071 (1)(A) Texas Government Code to consult with the
City Attorney regarding contemplated litigation to (a) identify and obtain
certain currently unrendered taxable real and personal property for the City’s
Tax Roll, and (b) collect all taxes potentially owed to the City for the
applicable statutory roll-back period; and return to open session for possible
action.
XV. 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, April 12, 2000 at 6:00 p.m.
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Gustavo Guevara, Jr.