CITY OF LAREDO
CITY COUNCIL MEETING
A-2000-R-24
CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS
1110 HOUSTON STREET
LAREDO, TEXAS 78040
SEPTEMBER 5, 2000
5:30 P.M.
DISABILITY ACCESS STATEMENT
Persons with disabilities who plan to attend this
meeting and who may need auxiliary aid or services, are requested to contact
Gustavo Guevara, City Secretary at (956) 791-7308 at least two working days
prior to the meeting so that appropriate arrangements can be made. The accessible entrance and accessible
parking spaces are located at City Hall, 1100 Victoria Ave.
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meetings, please turn off all cellular phones and pagers, or place on inaudible
signal. Thank you for your
consideration.
I.
CALL TO ORDER
II. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
III. ROLL CALL
IV. MINUTES
Approval of the minutes of July 20, 2000 and July 24, 2000.
V.
COMMUNICATIONS
AND RECOGNITIONS
Announcements
Invitations
Recognitions
Communiqués
VI.
APPOINTMENTS TO COMMISSION, BOARDS AND COMMITTEES
VII. PUBLIC
HEARINGS
1. Public
hearing to adopt the Annual Budget for Fiscal Year 2000-2001 by appropriating
the estimated revenues and balances reported therein for the year beginning
October 1, 2000 and ending September 30, 2001, consistent with the financial plan
described in said Annual Budget; and authorizing the City Manager to implement
said Annual Budget.
INTRODUCTION
OF AN ORDINANCE
Adopting the Annual Budget for Fiscal Year 2000-2001 by appropriating the
estimated revenues and balances reported therein for the year beginning October
1, 2000 and ending September 30, 2001, consistent with the financial plan
described in said Annual Budget; and authorizing the City Manager to implement
said Annual Budget.
2. Public hearing to amend the City of
Laredo FY 1999-2000 Budget in the amount of $20,000.00 for the Children’s
Dental Health Program of the City of Laredo Health Department to reflect an
amendment to the contract with the Texas Health Science Center at Houston
Dental Branch for the period beginning August 1, 2000 through July 31, 2001.
INTRODUCTION OF
AN ORDINANCE
Amending the City of Laredo FY
1999-2000 Budget in the amount of $20,000.00 for the Children’s Dental Health
Program of the City of Laredo Health Department to reflect an amendment to the
contract with the Texas Health Science Center at Houston Dental Branch for the
period beginning August 1, 2000 through July 31, 2001; and increase revenue
line item 226-0000 from $0 to $20,000 and expenditure line item 226-6301 from
$0 to $20,000.
3.
Public
hearing to amend the City of Laredo FY 1999-2000 Airport Budget to recognize
additional revenues from a grant received from the Federal Aviation
Administration being grant project no. 3-48-0136-26-00 in the amount of
$849,845.00 for the purpose of rehabilitating a portion of Runway 17R/35L and for the purpose of acquiring a
parcel of land to expand the Runway Protection Zone to Runway 35L and
appropriating said grant revenue and local match to the appropriate expenditure
accounts and authorizing the City Manager to implement said budget amendment.
INTRODUCTION OF AN ORDINANCE
Amending the City of Laredo FY 1999-2000 Airport
Budget to recognize additional revenues from a grant received from the Federal
Aviation Administration being grant project no. 3-48-0136-26-00 in the amount
of $849,845.00 for the purpose of rehabilitating a portion of Runway 17R/35L and for the purpose of
acquiring a parcel of land to expand the Runway Protection Zone to Runway 35L
and appropriating said grant revenue and local match to the appropriate
expenditure accounts and authorizing the City Manager to implement said budget
amendment.
4.
Public
hearing for the adoption of a tax rate of $0.576358/$100 value with a
Maintenance Operation rate of $0.417755/$100 and an Interest and Sinking fund
rate of $0.158603/$100. Motion to set a
date of September 18, 2000 to introduce an ordinance for the adoption of the
tax rate.
5.
Public
hearing of an ordinance amending the City of Laredo FY 1999-2000 budget by
transferring the revised budget from General Fund Improvements Other than
Building in the amount of $125,000.00 and Professional Services in the amount
of $134,784.00 for the Skate Board Park in order for monies not to lapse and
completion of project to continue and be finalized in FY 2000-2001 and
authorizing the City Manager to implement said Budget.
INTRODUCTION OF AN ORDINANCE
An ordinance amending the City of Laredo FY 1999-2000
budget by transferring the revised budget from General Fund Improvements Other
than Building in the amount of $125,000.00 and Professional Services in the
amount of $134,784.00 for the Skate Board Park in order for monies not to lapse
and completion of project to continue and be finalized in FY 2000-2001 and
authorizing the City Manager to implement said Budget.
VIII. GENERAL COUNCIL DISCUSSIONS AND
PRESENTATIONS
6. A. Request by Council Member Louis H. Bruni
1. Discussion with possible action updating the FAR PART 150 Airport Noise Compatibility Study.
2. Discussion on processing a rezoning on those properties in the proximity to the proposed UISD Sports Facility at the intersection of the Bob Bullock Loop and State Highway 359 from M-1 to B-4, with possible action. (Co-sponsored by Council Member Alfredo Agredano)
B. Request by
Council Member Johnny Amaya
1. Status
report on the Operation Clean Up Program with possible action.
2. Status
report on the number of junk vehicles tagged by Code Enforcement during the
recent detail coverage in District IV.
C. Request by
Council Member Eliseo Valdez, Jr.
1. Presentation by Officer Luis
E. Dovalina, President of the Laredo Police Officers’ Association, regarding
the City Employee Retirement Benefit Package, proposing a number of ideas that
would allow for the creation of a better benefits package for every city
employee.
(Recess)
(Press Availability)
IX. INTRODUCTORY
ORDINANCES
7. An ordinance closing as a
public easement that section of the 1900 block of Poggenpohl Street
between Sta. Rita and Vidaurri Avenues
situated in the Western Division, City of Laredo, County of Webb, Texas and
providing for an effective date.
X. FINAL READINGS OF ORDINANCES
8. 2000-O-218 Amending the Zoning Ordinance (Map) of the City of Laredo by
authorizing the issuance of a Special Use Permit for the E 2/3 of Lot 2, Block
2165A, and Lots 3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10, 11 and 12, Block 1480, Eastern Division,
located at 2600 block of Diaz Street; providing for publication and effective
date
2000-O-219 Amending the Zoning Ordinance (Map) of the
City of Laredo by rezoning the E 2/3 of Lot 2, Block 2165A, and Lots
3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11 and 12, Block 1480, Eastern Division, located at the 2600
block of Diaz Street, from R-2 (Multi-Family Residential District) to B-3
(Community Business District); providing for publication and effective date.
XI. RESOLUTIONS
9. 2000-R-125 A resolution authorizing the City Manager
to accept a grant, if offered, from the Federal Aviation Administration Airport
Improvement Program in the amount of $4,500,000.00 for the purpose of
constructing a portion of parallel taxiway to Runway 17L/35R. The City’s ten (10%) percent local match for
this project in the amount of $500,000.00 is available in the Airport Land
Reimbursement Account.
10. 2000-R-128 A resolution declaring the City of Laredo’s
intent to sponsor the construction of a Fifth International non-commercial,
bridge crossing joining the Mexican State of Tamaulipas and the State of Texas
and located in the City of Laredo for the purpose of meeting the needs of the
area’s growing populous; instructing the City Manager to notify all applicable
levels of government in Mexico and the United States of the City’s intent and
to formalize discussions necessary in moving this project forward; and further
directing the City Manager to receive proposals to undertake preliminary
studies in regard to location, design, financial feasibility, and the social
and environmental impact of the project.
XII. MOTIONS
11. Consideration to authorize the City Manager to submit a grant
application for $153,470.00 to the Texas Department of Health for continuation
of the HIV/AIDS Prevention Activities Project of the City of Laredo Health
Department for the period beginning January 1, 2001, through December 31, 2001.
12. Consideration authorizing the City Manager to execute an
amendment to the contract with the University of Texas Health Science Center at
Houston – Dental Branch to provide Dental Student/Residential Training at the
City of Laredo Department for the period beginning August 1, 2000, through July
31, 2001.
13. Consideration
authorizing the City Manager to submit a grant application for $183,186.00 to
the Texas Department of Health for continuation of the Tuberculosis Elimination
– Federal Project of the City of Laredo Health Department for the period
beginning January 1, 2001, through December 31, 2001.
14. Consideration to award
contract number FY00-139, to the LOW BIDDER, Park Place Recreation Designs,
Inc., San Antonio, Texas, in the amount of $13,319.00, for the purchase and
installation of a play structure for the Ochoa Park complex and rejecting all
bids received for a second play structure.
The design of the second play structure has been modified and new bids
are currently being requested. Funding
for this project has been allocated in the 2000 Contractual Obligation Bond.
15. Consideration to transfer funds in an amount of $30,090.00
from the CPL Road Project, Account #402-4323-535-5002 to the Parks and
Recreation Department for the purchase and installation of one shaded play
structure at Santa Maria Ave. and Circle Drive play area and also the purchase
and installation of an upgraded shaded play structure at Father McNaboe Park.
16. Consideration to authorize Amendment No. 2 for $100,000.00 to
the Groundwater Source Development contract with CH2MHILL Engineers. This amendment represents Phase II of the
contract for work related to the development of the project requirements and
specifications, and assistance to the City on the technical/financial aspects
of the final contract negotiation with the selected firm. This amendment brings the total groundwater
contract to $305,000.00. Funding is
available in the Water Availability Fund.
17. Consideration to award an engineering contract to Foster Engineering
Company, Laredo, Texas, for an amount not to exceed $77,278.00 for design and
preparation of plans and specifications for the San Francisco Xavier Road. Funding is available in the Capital
Improvement Fund.
18. Consideration for approval of change
order no. 4 for an increase amount of $40,950.00 for additional construction
work at the Calton Road Widening Project at the Public Library and the
McPherson Road Widening Project from Calton Road to the Culvert Drainage
Channel at Cotulla’s Restaurant to provide additional asphalt paving along
McPherson from the Calton/McPherson intersection to the bridge at Cotulla’s
Restaurant, approximately 1300 L.F. and provide new pavement appearance to the
entire scope of the project at Calton Road and McPherson.
XIV. EXECUTIVE SESSION
The
City Council hereby reserves the right to go into executive session at any time
during this public meeting, when it deems it necessary to consult privately
with its attorney about any item upon this agenda, pursuant to the provisions
of Section 551.071(2) of the Texas Government Code.
19. Request for Executive Session pursuant to Texas Government
Code e551.071 (1)(A) & (B) to consult with City Attorney regarding
contemplated litigation and possible settlement offer regarding property
located at 1704 Lane St., and return to open session for possible action.
20. 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 proposed City Landfill site, 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.
XIV. 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, August 30, 2000 at 6:00 p.m.
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Gustavo
Guevara, Jr.