CITY OF LAREDO
CITY COUNCIL MEETING
A-2001-R-09
CITY
COUNCIL CHAMBERS
1110
HOUSTON STREET
LAREDO, TEXAS 78040
APRIL 2, 2001
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
February 1, 2001, February 5, 2001, February 20, 2001 and February 26, 2001.
V. COMMUNICATIONS AND RECOGNITIONS
Announcements
Invitations
Recognitions
a.
Recognizing United South Panther Boys and Girls Basketball
Teams for achieving the 30-5A District Championships, Area Champions and
Regional Quarter Finalists.
b. Recognizing students from local middle schools who have been chosen
as “Eighth Grader of the Month” for March by the Laredo Police Department
Community Relations Unit and local school counselors.
Communiqués
VI. APPOINTMENTS TO COMMISSION, BOARDS AND
COMMITTEES
a. Appointment of
Mr. Don Fields by Mayor Elizabeth G. Flores to the Tree Board Committee.
VII. PUBLIC HEARINGS
1. Public hearing
amending the City of Laredo’s Code of Ordinances Chapter 2, Article II, Sec.
2-16, which sets forth the departments of the city, by creating the
Environmental Services Department; providing for an effective date and amending
the City of Laredo FY 2000-2001 annual budget by creating two positions within
the Environmental Services Department which will be funded from reserves by the
N.P.D.E.S. Fund and the Hazardous Materials Fund and authorize the City Manager
to implement said budget.
INTRODUCTION
OF AN ORDINANCE
Amending
the City of Laredo’s Code of Ordinances Chapter 2, Article II, Sec. 2-16, which
sets forth the departments of the city, by creating the Environmental Services
Department; providing for an effective date and amending the City of Laredo FY
2000-2001 annual budget by creating two positions within the Environmental
Services Department which will be funded from reserves by the N.P.D.E.S. Fund
and the Hazardous Materials Fund and authorize the City Manager to implement
said budget.
2. Public hearing
amending the Zoning Ordinance (Map) of the City of Laredo by rezoning Lots 1,
2, 3, and 4, Block 1345, Eastern Division, located at 2315 Chihuahua St., from
R-O (Residential-Office District) and B-1 (Limited Commercial District) to B-3
(Community Business District). The
Planning and Zoning Commission recommended approval of the proposed zone
change.
INTRODUCTION OF AN ORDINANCE
Amending
the Zoning Ordinance (Map) of the City of Laredo by rezoning Lots 1, 2, 3, and
4, Block 1345, Eastern Division, located at 2315 Chihuahua St., from R-O
(Residential-Office District) and B-1 (Limited Commercial District) to B-3
(Community Business District); providing for publication and effective date.
3. Public
hearing amending the Zoning Ordinance (Map) of the City of Laredo by rezoning
20.73 acres, as further described by metes and bounds, located north of Cielito
Lindo Blvd. and east of St. David St., from AG (Agricultural District) to R-1A
(Single Family Reduced Area District).
The Planning and Zoning Commission recommended approval of the proposed
zone change.
INTRODUCTION OF AN ORDINANCE
Amending
the Zoning Ordinance (Map) of the City of Laredo by rezoning 20.73 acres, as
further described by metes and bounds, located north of Cielito Lindo Blvd. and
east of St. David St., from AG (Agricultural District) to R-1A (Single Family
Reduced Area District); providing for publication and effective date.
4. Public
hearing amending the Zoning Ordinance (Map) of the City of Laredo by rezoning
Lot 12, Block 685, Eastern Division, located at 1202 Gustavus St., from R-2
(Multi-Family Residential District) to B-1 (Limited Commercial District). The Planning and Zoning Commission
recommended approval of a B-1 Zone for only the north 57 ft. of Lot 12.
INTRODUCTION OF AN ORDINANCE
Amending
the Zoning Ordinance (Map) of the City of Laredo by rezoning Lot 12, Block 685,
Eastern Division, located at 1202 Gustavus St., from R-2 (Multi-Family
Residential District) to B-1 (Limited Commercial District); providing for
publication and effective date.
5. Public
hearing amending the Zoning Ordinance (Map) of the City of Laredo by rezoning
Lot 2, Block 245, Western Division, located at 620 Coke St., from B-1 (Limited
Commercial District) to B-3 (Community Business District). The Planning and Zoning Commission
recommended approval of the proposed zone change.
INTRODUCTION OF AN ORDINANCE
Amending
the Zoning Ordinance (Map) of the City of Laredo by rezoning Lot 2, Block 245,
Western Division, located at 620 Coke St., from B-1 (Limited Commercial
District) to B-3 (Community Business District); providing for publication and
effective date.
6. Public
hearing amending the issuance of a Special Use Permit for sand and gravel sales
and storage, on 10 acres, as further described by metes and bounds, located at
18015 FM 1472. The Planning and Zoning
Commission recommended approval of the proposed Special Use Permit.
INTRODUCTION OF AN ORDINANCE
Amending
the issuance of a Special Use Permit for sand and gravel sales and storage, on
10 acres, as further described by metes and bounds, located at 18015 FM 1472;
providing for publication and effective date.
7. Public
hearing amending the City of Laredo FY 2000-2001 Annual Budget in the amount of
$70,000.00 for a donation by the Friends of the Library, Laredo, Texas, Inc.,
providing for effective date. (Approval
of Resolution 2001-R-036 is needed before Public Hearing)
INTRODUCTION OF AN ORDINANCE
Amending
the City of Laredo FY 2000-2001 Annual Budget in the amount of $70,000.00 for a
donation by the Friends of the Library, Laredo, Texas, Inc., providing for
effective date.
8. Public
hearing amending the City of Laredo Code of Ordinances Chapter 12, entitled
Fire Protection and Prevention, by amending Section 12-2, Fire Prevention
Code-Adopted, and adopting the 2000 Edition of the International Fire Code;
Section 12-3 same amendments, by adopting four supplementations to the 2000
Edition of the International Fire Code as adopted in Section 12-2; creating
Section 12-6 Life Safety Code 101 and Handbook-Adopted; providing for
severability; publication, and effective date.
INTRODUCTION OF AN ORDINANCE
Amending
the City of Laredo Code of Ordinances Chapter 12, entitled Fire Protection and
Prevention, by amending Section 12-2, Fire Prevention Code-Adopted, and
adopting the 2000 Edition of the International Fire Code; Section 12-3 same
amendments, by adopting four supplementations to the 2000 Edition of the
International Fire Code as adopted in Section 12-2; creating Section 12-6 Life
Safety Code 101 and Handbook-Adopted; providing for severability; publication,
and effective date.
9. Public
hearing creating a Special Revenue Fund to account for the proceeds of a
one-fourth of one cent sales and use tax and the related debt service, and to
appropriate revenues and expenditures in the amount of $2,265,914.00 for
FY2000-2001; creating a Capital Project Fund to account for bond proceeds for
the construction of the arena facility, and to appropriate revenues and
expenditures in the amount of $35,500,000.00 for FY2000-2001; and authorizing
the City Manager to implement such budget and fund in current and future city
budgets.
INTRODUCTION OF AN ORDINANCE
Creating
a Special Revenue Fund to account for the proceeds of a one-fourth of one cent
sales and use tax and the related debt service, and to appropriate revenues and
expenditures in the amount of $2,265,914.00 for FY2000-2001; creating a Capital
Project Fund to account for bond proceeds for the construction of the arena
facility, and to appropriate revenues and expenditures in the amount of
$35,500,000.00 for FY2000-2001; and authorizing the City Manager to implement
such budget and fund in current and future city budgets.
VIII.
GENERAL COUNCIL DISCUSSIONS AND PRESENTATIONS
10. A. Request
by Council Member John C. Galo
1. Staff report on vacant land in District III available to be used as baseball field, with possible action.
2. Staff update on the Sidewalk Project in District III, with possible action.
3. Staff update on the progress of the Chacon Meadow Bridge, with possible action.
B.
Request by Council Member Jose A. Valdez, Jr.
1. Status of animal control sweep in District VI, with possible
action.
C.
Request by Council Member Juan Ramirez
1. Discussion on
the cutting of public streets and failure to resurface the street, with
possible action.
2. Discussion on
the flooding problems at the intersection of Vidaurri Avenue and Sanchez
Street, with possible action.
3. Discussion on
the construction of sidewalks on the 1600-1700 block of Sanchez Street and the
1500-1600 block of Park Street, with possible action.
4. Discussion on
the cleanup and maintenance of the 4 city owned blocks by the River Drive Mall
that are used for parking, with possible action.
(Recess)
(Press Availability)
IX. INTRODUCTORY ORDINANCES
11. An ordinance authorizing the City Manager to execute a lease with Border Area Nutrition Council for approximately 481 square feet constituting Suite No. 25 of Building No. S-1 located at 1718 E. Calton Road at the Laredo International Airport. Lease term is for one (1) year commencing on January 1, 2001, and ending on December 31, 2001, and may be extended for two (2) terms of one (1) year each ending on December 31, 2002, and December 31, 2003. Monthly rent shall be $600.00 and will be adjusted annually during the primary and extension terms of this lease according to changes in the Consumer Price Index; providing for effective date.
12. An ordinance to authorize the City Manager to execute lease with Kiwanis International for a tract of land containing approximately 4.95 acres located on Block 1 at the Laredo International Airport. Lease term is for three (3) days commencing on April 20, 2001, and ending on April 22, 2001. Rent shall be $1,800.00; providing for effective date.
13. An ordinance closing as a public easement that section of the 300 block of Laredo St. between Springfield Ave. and the east right-of-way line of the Texas Mexican Railroad Co. situated in the Eastern Division, City of Laredo, County of Webb, Texas and providing for an effective date.
X. FINAL READINGS OF ORDINANCES
14. 2001-O-065 Establishing a 15% penalty on the 2000
delinquent tax accounts as of July 1, 2001 to defray costs of collection
pursuant to section 33.07 (a) of the Texas State Property Tax Code; providing
for publication and effective date.
(City Council)
2001-O-066
Amending the City of Laredo
FY 2000-2001 budget in the amount of $7,500.00 in additional funds for the
Chronic Disease Prevention Program, Breast and Cervical Cancer Control Project
(BCCCP), of the City of Laredo Health Department for the period beginning
September 1, 2000, through August 31, 2001.
(City Council)
2001-O-067
Authorizing the City Manager to
execute a Budget Amendment to appropriate State Funds from the Texas Department
of Transportation State Project No. VCR 0101 (22), Contract No. #5112256004 in
the amount of $574,793.00 providing for a local match of $166.00 from the
Transit Sales Tax Proceeds Budget Reserve Account No. 518-5162-584-9900. (City Council)
XI. RESOLUTIONS
15. 2001-R-035 A resolution authorizing the City Manager
to submit a grant application to the National Endowment for the Humanities’
General Preservation Assessment Grant Program in the amount of $5,000.00 to
assess five archival collections in Webb County.
16. 2001-R-036 A resolution authorizing the City Manager
to accept a donation from the Friends of the Library, Laredo, Texas, Inc. in
the amount of $70,000.00 for the purchase of books and equipment to augment
programs and services at Laredo Public Library.
17. 2001-R-037 A
resolution declaring the public necessity to acquire the “Surface Only” of one
parcel of land for the Chacon Creek Improvements Project. Said parcel of land
being Lots 1, 2, 3, 7, & 8, Block 1719, Eastern Division, City of Laredo,
Webb County, Texas; being delineated on City Plat; and authorizing staff to
negotiate with the owner for the acquisition of said parcel by donation or
purchase at a market value to be established by a State Certified Real Estate
Appraiser, and further authorizing the City Attorney to initiate condemnation
proceedings to acquire said parcel if staff is unable to acquire through
negotiations due to inability to agree to a purchase price, conflict of
ownership, owner refusal to sell, and/or inability to locate the listed
owner.
18. 2001-R-038 A resolution directing publication of
notice of intention to issue City of Laredo, Texas Sales Tax Revenue Bond,
Series 2001 in the principal amount of $35,500,000.00 for paying all or a
portion of the City’s Laredo Entertainment Center.
19. 2001-R-039 A resolution authorizing the City Manager
to submit a grant application with the Office of the Governor, Criminal Justice
Division to fund the Texas Narcotics Control Program. This funding will be used to pay salaries, overtime, indirect
operating expenses, and the purchase of equipment from June 1, 2001 through May
31, 2002.
XII. MOTIONS
20.
Consideration to authorize
the City Manager to enter into a contract with the Texas Department of Health
for the continuation of the Title V Maternal and Child Health Program in
the amount of $592,000.00, the Title V Population Based – Community Health
Education Project in the amount of $150,000.00, the Breast and Cervical
Cancer Control Project in the amount of $50,000.00, and the Community
Oriented Public Health – La Familia Health Care Program in the amount of
$225,000.00 of the City of Laredo Health Department for the period beginning
September 1, 2001, through August 31, 2002.
21. Consideration
to authorize the City Manager to execute professional services renewal
contracts for two years with J&A Pharmacy not to exceed $200,000.00 to
provide pharmaceutical services to HIV/AIDS clients of the City of Laredo
Health Department for the period beginning April 1, 2001, through March 31,
2003. State grant funds are utilized
for these services.
22. Consideration to authorize the City Manager to submit a grant
proposal to the Texas Department of Health in the amount of $120,000.00 for the
continuation of the Nutricion Familiar/Family Nutrition Project of the City of
Laredo Health Department for the period beginning September 1, 2001, through
August 31, 2002.
23. Ratifying addendum to 1999-2000
Collective Bargaining Agreement between the City of Laredo and the Laredo
Police Officers’ Association regarding processing of the clothing allowance
under Article 13, Section 5 of the Agreement allowing for the payment of the
allowance with the regular paycheck and taxing of the payment at each officer’s
computed tax rate.
24.
Consideration to authorize the City Manager to submit a
grant application in the amount of $1,500,000.00 from the U.S. Department of
Justice COPS Office for the funding of the COPS MORE 2001 Program. The funding will be used to purchase
equipment/technology for the implementation of mobile data terminals at the
Laredo Police Department. The total
grant award for this program is $1,500,000.00 with the U.S. Department of
Justice providing 66% ($1,000,000.00) of the total grant award and the City
contributing 34% ($500,000.00) in matching funds. This grant provides funding for one year and requires the City to
maintain the equipment for one additional budget cycle after federal funding
has ended and adhere to the program’s retention policy.
25. Consideration to award a contract to
Harry Jewett and Associates, of Laredo, Texas, for $205,170.00 for the design
and construction services of water transmission lines to serve the Mines Road
Colonias. The contract will be paid for
by the Texas Water Development Board Colonias Grant.
26. Consideration for approval of Change Order
No. 4 for an increase of $23,402.50 for additional utility work to the
construction contract with Pate & Pate Enterprises, Inc., The Woodlands,
Texas, for the South Laredo/Chacon Creek Interceptor Project. This Change Order No. 4
covers the cost to rehabilitate an 8” wastewater line with a cure in place
lining system to avoid replacing the line with the open-cut technique. Funding
is available in the 1998-A Bond Issue Chacon Interceptor. This Change Order No.
4 brings the total contract amount to $9,530,383.12.
27. Consideration to award a contract to CH2MHILL of San Antonio, Texas, for $212,500.00 for the design and construction services of water transmission lines, booster station, and distribution system to serve the Mines Road Colonias. The contract will be paid for the Texas Water Development Board Colonias Grant.
28.
Consideration
to award a contract to NRS Engineers, of Harlingen, Texas, for $110,500.00 for
the design and construction services of a booster station and ground and
elevated storage tanks to serve the HWY 359 Colonias. The contract will be paid for by the Texas Water Development
Board Colonias Grant.
29. Consideration to authorize the
conversion of the City Cemetery Ad Hoc Committee into a standing Advisory
Committee for the purpose of providing permanent assistance and advice in
evaluating services in association with ongoing Cemetery issues.
30. Consideration to authorize the purchase of one replacement fire pumper truck for the Fire Department through the Houston Galveston Area council of Governments (HGAC) – Cooperative Purchasing Program, in the total amount of $324,667.02. This truck will be delivered within eight months and is a replacement for the fire pumper truck assigned to Station No. 5. Funding is available in the 2000-A Public Property Finance Contractual Obligation Bond proceeds.
31. Consideration to award annual supply contract FY01-067 to the LOW BIDDERS, US Filter Distribution Group, Laredo, Texas ($60,097.57), Hughes Supply, Inc., San Antonio, Texas ($22,637.37), and Municipal Pipe and Supply, McAllen, Texas ($18,259.55), for the purchase of water works materials for construction and repair projects by the Utilities Department. The City received four bids for an annual supply contract for providing water materials such as service saddles, couplings, and mechanical joint fittings and clamps. Funding is available in the Utilities Department – Water Distribution Operation.
32.
Consideration to award a six month
supply contract (FY01-078) to the LOW BIDDERS, Arnold Oil Co. d/b/a Lone
Star Lubricants, Laredo, Texas in the estimated amount of $41,587.72, and
Arguindegui Oil Co., Laredo, Texas, in the estimated amount of $3,780.00. for
the purchase of lubricants for the Fleet Maintenance Division. The bid pricing will be firm during this
six-month period and all items will be purchased on an as needed basis. Funding is available in the Fleet
Maintenance Fund.
33. Consideration
to approve the award of an engineering contract to Foster Engineering Company,
Laredo, Texas, for an amount not to exceed $80,900.00 for design and
preparation of plans and specifications for the Del Mar Widening (McPherson to
Fenwick) approximately 3,175 linear feet.
Funding is available in the Capital Improvements Fund.
34.
Consideration to award a construction contract to the LOW
BIDDER, L&M Construction Company, Laredo, Texas, in the net base bid
amount of $19,725.00 for the Main Library sign. Funding is available in the New Public Library Improvements Other
Than Buildings.
35.
Consideration
for approval of Change Order No. 1 an increase of $16,233.75 to the
construction contract with Brothers Paving, Inc., Laredo, Texas, for the
Jacaman Road Extension Project to install additional 1,665 linear feet 7’ high
security fence with three strand barbed wire per FAA specifications along the
east and west boundary line of the Airport newly acquired 114.77 acre tract,
south of Jacaman Road and to add an additional 20 working days to the
construction contract time. Funding is
available in the Building and Improvements to Buildings.
36.
Consideration for approval of construction plans and
authorization to advertise for bids for the Calle Del Norte/Springfield Street
Improvements Right-Turn Lane. Funding
is available in the 2000 C.O. Issue Springfield/Calle Del Norte.
37. Consideration for approval of Change
Order No. 1 an increase of $23,000.00 to the construction contract with Pete
Gallegos Paving, Inc., Laredo, Texas, for the City-Wide Sidewalks Project No.
14 (37 Blocks) to construct the sidewalks at the Community League Field Park
located at 400 St. James between Conrad Drive/Martens. Funding is available in
the Capital Improvement Project.
38.
Consideration for approval of Change Order No. 2 an increase
of $803.00 for the balance of quantities actually constructed in place,
acceptance of the McPherson Acres Subdivision Drainage Improvements Phase I,
and approval of final payment in the amount of $57,320.03 to Ramos Industries, Inc.,
Pasadena, Texas. Final contract amount
is $555,424.50. Funding is available in
the 1998 C.O. Issue McPherson Acres Drainage Improvements.
39.
Consideration
to authorize the award of a contract in the amount of $53,300.00 to Post,
Buckley, Schuh & Jernigan (PBS&J) for the development of a School Zone
Safety Study for Laredo, TX. The study
will evaluate the area around selected schools in order to resolve pedestrian
and vehicular conflicts and to identify specific improvements that would
increase the safety of pedestrians, as well as identify possible funding
sources for such improvements. Funding
for the project is available through the Metropolitan Planning Organization
(MPO) Account.
40.
Consideration
to authorize the award of a contract in the amount of $72,000.00 to Carter
& Burgess, Inc., for the Corridors & Intersections Analysis – Phase II
for Laredo, TX. The study will identify
necessary capital improvements that are key intersections to enhance the safety
of the traveling public and expedite the flow of cars and trucks to and through
Laredo. The study will provide
locations and impact of infrastructure deficiencies along identified corridors,
capital improvement alternatives, cost estimates, alternative circulation
recommendations and order of implementation for proposed improvements. Funding for the project is available through
the Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) Account.
41. Consideration to approve a five-year
professional service contract with Estrada-Hinojosa & Company, Inc., of Dallas,
Texas, for Financial Advisory Services for the City of Laredo. Financial advisory services fees are based
on the size of the debt issuance sold and are paid from said proceeds. Funding for these services will be available
from proceeds of the debt issuance.
42. Consideration
to authorize the City Manager to sell five surplus vehicles to our Sister City
of Cienega de Flores, Nuevo Leon and eleven surplus vehicles to our Sister City
Guadalupe, Nuevo Leon.
XIII. STAFF REPORT
43. Presentation by Mike Personett, water rights consultant, to
the City of Laredo, on an update report on the efforts to identify
opportunities to purchase water rights from agricultural entities and others
who may be willing to transact long-term rights or contracts in exchange for
project funds. This approach was
identified in Senate Bill 1 as the most important issue in making water
available for municipalities.
44. Staff report on the traffic conditions
along Shiloh Blvd. as a result of the meetings with the various neighborhood
groups.
45. Staff report on the Speed Hump Program as
it concerns District VI.
46.
Presentation by Michael Heath, P.E., from Alliance Texas
Engineering Company, regarding the downtown parking and traffic circulation
plan for the Traffic Safety Department.
47.
Presentation on the Plan of Finance by Noe Hinojosa of
Estrada-Hinojosa Financial Consultants on a proposed sale of a Sales Tax
Revenue Bond for the construction of an arena.
48. Status of the Veterans Monument, 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.
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, March 28, 2001 at 6:00 p.m.
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Gustavo
Guevara, Jr.