CITY OF LAREDO
CITY COUNCIL MEETING
A-2000-R-25
CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS
1110 HOUSTON STREET
LAREDO, TEXAS 78040
SEPTEMBER 18, 2000
5:30 P.M.
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I.
CALL TO ORDER
II. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
III.ROLL CALL
IV. MINUTES
Approval of the minutes of August 7, 2000, August 10, 2000, August 14,
2000 and August 15, 2000.
V.
COMMUNICATIONS
AND RECOGNITIONS
Announcements
Invitations
Recognitions
Communiqués
VI.
APPOINTMENTS TO COMMISSION, BOARDS AND COMMITTEES
a.
Appointments by Council
Member Juan Ramirez of Rosa Elia Trevińo to the Laredo
Commission for Women, Arturo Tijerina to the Planning and Zoning Commission,
Lily Perez to the Re-Districting Commission, and Richard Gentry to the Tree Advisory Committee.
VII. PUBLIC
HEARINGS
1. Public
hearing to amend the City of Laredo FY 1999-2000 budget by appropriating
revenues and expenditures by $8,150.00 in the Convention & Visitors Bureau
Fund – Special Events budget due to receipt of donations from the private
sector for the annual City of Laredo Washington Trip to meet with members of
Congress and federal agencies and incurring expenditures associated with said
project and authorizing the City Manager to implement said budget.
INTRODUCTION
OF AN ORDINANCE
Amending
the City of Laredo FY 1999-2000 budget by appropriating revenues and
expenditures by $8,150.00 in the Convention & Visitors Bureau Fund –
Special Events budget due to receipt of donations from the private sector for
the annual City of Laredo Washington Trip to meet with members of Congress and
federal agencies and incurring expenditures associated with said project and
authorizing the City Manager to implement said budget.
2. 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.
3-48-0136-27-00 in the amount of $4,400,000.00 for the purpose of constructing
a portion of a parallel taxiway to Runway 17L/35R 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. 3-48-0136-27-00 in the
amount of $4,400,000.00 for the purpose of constructing a portion of a parallel
taxiway to Runway 17L/35R and appropriating said grant revenue and local match
to the appropriate expenditure accounts and authorizing the City Manager to
implement said budget amendment.
3.
Public
hearing concerning an application by Petra Limon amending the Zoning Ordinance
(Map) of the City of Laredo by rezoning Lot 2, Block 290, Eastern Division,
located at 605 Clark Blvd., from B-1 (Limited Business District) to B-3
(Community Business District). The
Planning and Zoning Commission recommended denial
of the proposed zone change.
INTRODUCTION OF
AN ORDINANCE
Amending the Zoning Ordinance (Map)
of the City of Laredo by rezoning Lot 2, Block 290, Eastern Division, for use
as a car lot, located at 605 Clark Blvd., from B-1 (Limited Business District)
to B-3 (Community Business District); providing for publication and effective
date.
4.
Public
hearing concerning an application by Gerardo Mendoza amending the Zoning
Ordinance (Map) of the City of Laredo by rezoning Lot 1 and the W 16’ of Lot 2,
Lot 12 and the W 16’ of Lot 11, Block 1231, Eastern Division, located at 2101
Kearney St., from R-3 (Mixed Residential District) to B-3 (Community Business
District). The Planning and Zoning
Commission recommended denial of the proposed zone change.
INTRODUCTION OF
AN ORDINANCE
Amending the Zoning Ordinance (Map)
of the City of Laredo by rezoning Lot 1 and the W 16’ of Lot 2, Lot 12 and the
W 16’ of Lot 11, Block 1231, Eastern Division, located at 2101 Kearney St.,
from R-3 (Mixed Residential District) to B-3 (Community Business District);
providing for publication and effective date.
5.
Public
hearing and adoption of Resolution 2000-R-126 adopting the 2001-2005 Capital Improvement Program for
the City of Laredo.
ADOPTION OF
RESOLUTION 2000-R-126
Adopting the 2001-2005 Capital Improvement Program for
the City of Laredo.
6.
Public
hearing and adoption of Resolution 2000-R-136 adopting the Comprehensive Plan
of the City of Laredo without amendment in compliance with Article IX, Section
9.03 of the Charter of the City of Laredo.
ADOPTION OF
RESOLUTION 2000-R-136
Adopting the Comprehensive Plan of
the City of Laredo without amendment in compliance with Article IX, Section
9.03 of the Charter of the City of Laredo.
7.
Public
hearing to identify and grant retiree medical benefits to employees who retire
between October 1, 2000 through March 31, 2001 with the exception of
Firefighters and Police Officers who are provided for under a collective
bargaining agreement and providing for and effective date of October 1, 2000.
INTRODUCTION OF
AN ORDINANCE
Identifying employees and granting
retiree medical benefits to those employees who retire between October 1, 2000
through March 31, 2001 with the exception of Firefighters and Police Officers
who are provided for under a collective bargaining agreement and providing and
effective date of October 1, 2000.
8.
Public
hearing to amend the City of Laredo Code of Ordinances as follows: Chapter 2, Article II, Division 6 (Pay
Administration), Section 2-87.7 (12)(a) except as otherwise stated in any
collective bargaining agreement and providing for an effective date of October
1, 2000.
INTRODUCTION OF
AN ORDINANCE
Amending the City of Laredo Code of
Ordinances as follows: Chapter 2,
Article II, Division 6 (Pay Administration), Section 2-87.7 (12)(a) except as
otherwise stated in any collective bargaining agreement and providing for an
effective date of October 1, 2000.
9.
Public
hearing to amend the City of Laredo FY 1999-2000 Annual Budget by appropriating
Revenues and Expenditures in the Fleet Management Fund by $240,000.00 due to
the increase in fuel costs.
INTRODUCTION OF
AN ORDINANCE
Authorizing the City Manager to
amend the City of Laredo’s FY 1999-2000 annual budget in the amount of
$240,000.00 for fuel cost increase.
10. Public hearing amending the contract with the
Texas Department of Health and budget in the amount of $17,139.00 for the
Hepatitis C Study Project of the City of Laredo Health Department for the
period beginning September 1, 2000 through August 31, 2001.
INTRODUCTION OF
AN ORDINANCE
Amending the contract with the Texas
Department of Health and budget in the amount of $17,139.00 for the Hepatitis C
Study Project of the City of Laredo Health Department for the period beginning
September 1, 2000 through August 31, 2001: and increasing revenue line item
226-0000-323-4085 from $0 to $17,139.00 and expenditure line item 226-6036 from
$0 to $17,139.00.
11. Public hearing amending the contract with the
Texas Department of Health and budget in the amount of $2,654,500.00 to operate
the Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) Program, and to issue approximately
$13,000,000.00 in federal food vouchers by the City of Laredo Health Department
for the period beginning October 1, 2000, through September 30, 2001.
INTRODUCTION OF
AN ORDINANCE
Amending the contract with the Texas
Department of Health and budget in the amount of $2,654,500.00 to operate the
Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) Program, and to issue approximately
$13,000,000.00 in federal food vouchers by the City of Laredo Health Department
for the period beginning October 1, 2000, through September 30, 2001; and
increasing revenue line item form the WIC Program 226-0000-323-4037 from $0 to
$2,654,500.00 and expenditure line item 226-6035 from $0 to $2,654,500.00.
12. Public hearing to amend the contract with the
Texas Department of Health and budget in the amount of $4,470.00 in additional
funds from $149,000.00 to $153,470.00 for the HIV/AIDS Prevention and Education
Project of the City of Laredo Health Department for the period beginning
January 1, 2000, through December 31, 2000.
INTRODUCTION OF
AN ORDINANCE
Amending the contract with the Texas
Department of Health and budget in the amount of $4,470.00 in additional funds
from $149,000.00 to $153,470.00 for the HIV/AIDS Prevention and Education
Project of the City of Laredo Health Department for the period beginning
January 1, 2000, through December 31, 2000; and increasing revenue line item
226-000-323-4043 from $149,000.00 to $153,470.00 and expenditure line item
226-6016 from $149,000.00 to $153,470.00.
VIII. GENERAL COUNCIL DISCUSSIONS AND
PRESENTATIONS
13. A. Request by Mayor Elizabeth G. Flores
1. Discussion on the possibility
of opening the Civic Center Pool on weekends during the extended warm weather
months.
B. Request by Council Member Alfredo Agredano
1. Status report on the meeting between the Laredo Police Association and Staff regarding the Investigators positions, with possible action.
C. Request by
Council Member Louis H. Bruni
1. Status report on the Letter of
Intent from the City of Laredo on the Secondary Water Source, with possible
action. (Co-sponsored by Council Member John C. Galo and Joe A. Guerra)
2. Discussion
and possible action on providing alternative routes to alleviate and reduce
truck traffic on Calton Rd. and McPherson Rd.
3. Status
report on the extension of Bartlett St. to Gale St., with possible action.
D. Request by
Council Member Eliseo Valdez, Jr.
1. Discussion with possible
action on El Metro’s - El Lift Program and the service provided by their
automated and response telephone system.
E. Request by
Council Member Jose A. Valdez, Jr.
1. Discussion
with possible action on requesting staff to conduct a noise impact study caused
by the increase in railroad traffic and find available federal funding to
mitigate any adverse impact to affected areas near the railroad right-of-ways.
2. Discussion
with possible action to initiate a bus study for an additional bus rout from
downtown to Indian Sunset Subdivision.
3. Status
report on the safety signalization at the Lafayette Bridge overpass, with
possible action.
F. Request
by Council Member Juan Ramirez
1. Discussion
with possible action on park benches around the Civic Center and Los Dos
Laredos Park.
2. Discussion
with possible action on the construction of a sidewalk at the 1400 block of San
Eduardo St. on the west side and the 1600 block of San Eduardo on the east
side.
3. Discussion
with possible action on increasing the salaries of the Mayor and City Council.
(Recess)
(Press Availability)
IX. INTRODUCTORY
ORDINANCES
14. An
ordinance providing for the levy and collection of General and Special Ad
Valorem and Alcoholic Beverage taxes for the City of Laredo for the tax year
2000. Therefore, providing revenue for
the operation of the City and payment of the Interest and Sinking fund for Debt
Service.
15. An ordinance adopting the City of Laredo
Policy on Workplace Violence.
16. An ordinance adopting the City of Laredo
Policy on Sexual and Other Forms of Harassment.
X. FINAL READINGS OF ORDINANCES
17. 2000-O-209 Repealing the Ambulance Advisory Council
Ordinance dated April 7, 1981 consisting of eight (8) members for the purpose
of advising and consulting with the City of Laredo in regards to operations of
both the public and private ambulance systems.
2000-O-220 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. (City Council)
2000-O-221 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. (City Council)
2000-O-222 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.
(City Council)
2000-O-224 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 $9,784.00 to the Capital Improvement Fund for a total 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. (AS
AMENDED) (City Council)
2000-O-225 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.
(City
Council)
XI. RESOLUTIONS
18. 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.
19. 2000-R-131 A
resolution accepting a grant from the Texas Department of Health in the amount
of $17,139.00 for the Hepatitis C Study Project of the City of Laredo Health
Department for the period beginning September 1, 2000, through August 31, 2001.
20. 2000-R-132 A
resolution accepting a grant from the Texas Department of Health in the amount
of $2,654,500.00 to operate the Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) Program, and
issue approximately $13,000,000.00 in federal food vouchers by the City of
Laredo Health Department for the period beginning October 1, 2000, through
September 30, 2001.
21. 2000-R-133 A resolution
resolving that the City Manager is authorized to execute a Subordination,
Non-Disturbance and Attornment Agreement between the City of Laredo, as Lessor,
L.A. Ventures, Inc., as Lessee and International Bank of Commerce as Lender
thereby encumbering the leasehold interest in the amount of $427,520.00
regarding Lot No. 9 authorized by Ordinance No. 95-O-252 dated February 20,
1996 to finance the construction of a 22,550 square foot air cargo
facility. The subject property is
located in Block No. 1 at the Laredo International Airpark Subdivision at the
Laredo International Airport.
22. 2000-R-134 A resolution
resolving that the City Manager is authorized to execute a Subordination,
Non-Distrubance and Attornment Agreement
between the City of Laredo, as Lessor, L.A. Venture, Inc., as Lessee and
International Bank of Commerce as Lender thereby encumbering the leasehold
interest in the amount of $415,000.00 regarding Lot No. 10 authorized by
Ordinance No. 99-O-176 dated June 28, 1999 to finance the construction of a
22,500 square foot air cargo facility.
The subject property is located in Block No. 1 at the Laredo
International Airpark Subdivision at the Laredo International Airport.
23. 2000-R-135 A resolution
to adopt a new health benefits rate structure by increasing all medical
contribution amounts by ten percent (10%) for the City of Laredo’s Medical Plan
and providing for an effective date of October 1, 2000.
24. 2000-R-138 Opposing the designation of San Antonio International
Airport for Customs processing of certain private aircraft arriving in the
United States and urging other border communities to oppose SEC. 1433 of
H. R. 4868 which enables the
designation and authorizing the City Manager to provide a copy of Resolution
No. 99-R-95 to the Honorable U. S. Senator Phil Gramm, the Honorable U. S.
Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison, and to the Honorable U. S. Congressman Henry
Bonilla.
XII. MOTIONS
25.
Consideration
to refund property tax to the following taxpayers and companies:
a. A
refund in the amount of $762.27 for Daniel L. Bell due to an overpayment made
by Harbor Financial Mortgage Corp.
26. Consideration to approve monthly adjustments to the tax
roll. The amount to be adjusted for the
month of August 2000, which represents an decrease in levy, is $10,628.66.
These adjustments are determined by the Webb County Appraisal District
and by Court Orders.
27. Consideration to award
a contract to the sole source supplier HTE, Inc., of Lake Mary, Fla., in the
amount of $44,328.00 for the purchase of software for centralizing database for
parking ticket inquiries and reconciling the Parking Division Account
Receivable. Funding is available in the
Parking Meter Fund.
28. Consideration
to award contract number FY00-142, to the LOW BIDDER, Air Weld Inc., Laredo,
Texas, in the amount of $18,960.79, for the installation of two, ADA compliant
rest rooms at the Civic Center auditorium.
Funding is available in the Civic Center Fund.
29.
Consideration to award contract number FY00-143, to
the LOW BIDDER, Rush Truck Center – San Antonio, Texas, in the amount of
$50,856.00, for the purchase of one, three ton truck with service body for the
Utilities Department – Wastewater Treatment Division. Funding for the crew cab truck are available in the Utilities
Department Budget.
30. Consideration to award
annual contract number 00-144, to the SOLE BIDDER, Aldo T. Rodriguez DBA Laredo
Electric Motor Service, Laredo, Texas, in the estimated amount of $60,000.00,
for providing electric motor repair services for the Utilities Department. The bid pricing will be firm during the
contract period and all repair work will be secured on an as needed basis. Funding is available in the Utilities
Department Fund.
31. Consideration to award contract number
FY00-145, to the LOW BIDDER, Playland Adventures, Laredo, Texas, in the amount
of $38,800.00, for the purchase and installation of two play structures. One play structure will be installed in the
Father McNaboe Park and the other at Santa Maria Ave. and Circle Drive play
area. Funding is available in the
Capital Improvement Project Budget.
32. Consideration to award contract number
FY00-146, to the LOWEST BIDDER MEETING SPECIFICATIONS, Easy Drive Inc., San
Antonio, Texas, in the amount of $22,591.77, for the purchase of surveying
equipment and software for the Engineering Department. The contract price includes three days of
training. Funding is available from
Public Property Finance Contractual Obligation (PPFCO) series 2000 proceeds.
33. Consideration to award contract number FY00-147, to the SOLE
BIDDER, Kinloch Equipment & Supply, Pasadena, Texas, in the amount of
$19,279.00, for the purchase of two, skid mounted, vacuum litter collection
equipment for the Public Works Department.
One will be used for the downtown area and the other will be used at the
City landfill. Funding is available in
the Public Works Department – Capital Outlay Budget and the Solid Waste Fund.
34. Consideration to award a professional
services contract to Freese and Nichols, Inc., Fort Worth, Texas, for an amount
not to exceed $75,709.50 to provide but not limited to engineering services to
include design(s), surveys, preparation of plans and specifications,
geotechnical testing, cost estimates, bid documents, and bid tabulation for the
rehabilitating of Runway 17R/35L to include declared distances for Runway
17R/35L. Funding for the engineering
services is available in Airport Project Engineering Fees, Account No.
242-3650-583-5512. The Federal Aviation
Administration has issued and Airport Improvement Program Grant Project No.
3-48-0136-26-00 to fund this project during FY 2000.
35. Consideration to authorize the City Manager to opt out of the Federal Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA), effective October 1, 2000 through September 30, 2001, as a result of the City currently meeting or exceeding minimum HIPAA benefit provisions.
36. Consideration to authorize the City Manager to amend the contract with Mercy Health Plans of Laredo increasing the cost from $225,000.00 to $228,000.00 for the second year of the two-year Children’s Health Insurance Project of the City of Laredo Health Department beginning on September 1, 1999, through August 31, 2000.
37.
Consideration
to authorize the City Manager to execute professional services renewal
contracts for one year with health care providers to provide public health
services to clients of the City of Laredo Health Department for the period
beginning September 1, 2000, through August 31, 2001.
38.
Consideration
for approval of final change order no. 6 a net decrease of $39,198.00 for the
balance of quantities actually constructed in place, acceptance of the Santa
Maria Reconstruction Project and approval of final payment in the amount of
$231,464.31 to Pete Gallegos Paving, Inc., Laredo, Texas. Final contact amount is $2,793,948.95. Funding is available in the 1998 CO Issue
Santa Maria Reconstruction.
39. Consideration for approval of the selection of consultant
Rosin Group, Inc., Laredo, Texas, for the Centro Iturbide Project and
authorization to negotiate a professional services contract. Funding is available in the Community
Development 25th Action Year.
40.
Consideration
to award a twelve (12) month Service Agreement Contract with Transcore,
Harrisburg, PA for an amount not to exceed $126,000.00 for a Service Center
Liaison to be responsible for the training, implementation and operation of the
Customer Service Center which will have a direct impact on the successful
implementation of our WIM/AVI System.
41.
Consideration
to approve a professional services contract with Estrada Hinojosa &
Company, Inc., Dallas, Texas, in connection with the negotiation of various
agreements related to the Laredo Entertainment Center. Funding for these services will be available
in the Proposed Sales Tax Revenue Bond closing. These service are exclusive of customary financial advisory
services.
42. Consideration to approve a professional services contract with
McCall, Parkhurst & Horton L.L.P., Dallas, Texas, in connection with the
negotiation of various agreements related to the Laredo Entertainment
Center. Funding for these services will
be available in the Proposed Sales Tax
Revenue Bond closing.
XIII.
STAFF
REPORT
43. Status report on the Laredo Entertainment Center Project negotiations
with Arena Ventures.
44. Presentation
on proposed programs related to water utility billing to assist customers on a
fixed income, with possible action.
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.
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, September 13, 2000 at 6:00 p.m.
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Gustavo
Guevara, Jr.