CITY OF LAREDO
CITY COUNCIL MEETING
A-2002-R-05
CITY
COUNCIL CHAMBERS
1110
HOUSTON STREET
LAREDO, TEXAS 78040
MARCH 11, 2002
5:30 P.M.
DISABILITY ACCESS STATEMENT
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I. CALL TO ORDER
II. PLEDGE
OF ALLEGIANCE
III. ROLL
CALL
IV. MINUTES
Approval of the minutes
of February 11, 2002.
V. COMMUNICATIONS
AND RECOGNITIONS
Announcements
Invitations
Recognitions
a.
Recognition
of the International Soccer League President and Board for their 2nd
year youth soccer games at the Father McNaboe Park.
b. Recognition of the Laredo Police Department Community
Relations Unit for winning 1st place honors in the WBCA Youth Parade (Best
Commercial Float).
c. Recognition of
the American Heart Walk participants.
Communiqués
a.
Certificate presented to Mayor
Elizabeth G. Flores by the New York Fire Department in appreciation to the
contributions of the people of the City of Laredo.
b.
Brief report on meetings held in
Washington, D.C. on March 4, 2002 through March 6, 2002 by Mayor Elizabeth G.
Flores, Council Member Alfredo Agredano, and Council Member Johnny Amaya.
VI. APPOINTMENTS
TO COMMISSIONS, BOARDS AND COMMITTEES
VII. PUBLIC
HEARINGS
1. Public hearing and introductory ordinance amending the City of Laredo
fiscal year 2002 General Fund and Fire Training Facility Fund Budget by
appropriating $1,500,000.00 for a transfer out to Fire Training Facility Fund
from the General Fund and appropriating a transfer in and expenditure in the
Fire/Law Enforcement Training Facility in the amount of $1,500,000.00 for the
purpose of completing the Fire/Law Enforcement Training Facility. The amendment will draw down $1,500,000.00
from the General Fund opening balance as authorized by Section 6.04 of the City
Charter that states “Excess carry over funds from a prior fiscal year may be
appropriated in the ensuing fiscal year for a one time appropriations only.”
2. Public hearing and introductory ordinance authorizing
the City Manager to accept and execute all documentation from the Texas
Department of Health for the HIV Ryan White Title II Project of the City of
Laredo Health Department in the amount of $151,764.00 for the period beginning
April 1, 2002, through August 31, 2002, and amending the City of Laredo FY
2001-2002 budget in the same amount.
3. Public hearing and introductory ordinance authorizing the City Manager to
amend Chapter 19, Motor Vehicle and Traffic, Article XI, Truck Traffic,
Division 5, Truck Stopping, Standing and Parking, by adding two (2) new
sections namely, Section 19-489 Controlled Access Parking Lots and Section
19-490, Parking Lot Rates and Hours of Operation, of Code of Ordinances, City
of Laredo; authorizing the establishment of parking rates, enforcement
regulations, and hours of operation at the Colombia Solidarity Bridge Export
Lot, providing for effective date and publication.
4. Public hearing and introductory ordinance authorizing the City Manager to
accept and execute the Federal Transit Administration Grant, section 5307, in
the amount of $3,511,128.00 for Fiscal Year 2001-02 and amending the Transit
Systems Operating budget by increasing the Federal Transit Administration
Operating Grant contribution from $3,500,000.00 to $3,511,128.00 and decreasing
the sales tax match for operating expenses from $2,733,648.00 to $2,722,520.00
and providing for grant funds to be deposited in the City of Laredo Transit
Fund.
5. Public hearing and introductory ordinance authorizing the City Manager to
amend the City of Laredo’s FY 2001-2002 Full Time Equivalent positions by
amending the budget and creating one district chief and one captain for the
International Fire Training Facility Division in the Fire Department. Funding for these positions is available in
the reserve appropriations and will be transferred to the International
Training Facility Division in the amount of $40,454.00.
VIII. GENERAL COUNCIL DISCUSSIONS AND
PRESENTATIONS
6. A. Request by Council Member John C. Galo
1.
Status
on Chacon Creek clean up and Texas Parks & Wildlife Grant.
2.
Operation
Clean up for District III.
3.
Authorizing
allocation of $25,000.00 from discretionary funds for playground equipment for
Santa Fe Park.
B. Request
by Council Member Johnny Amaya
1.
Status report on the Inner City Park.
C. Request
by Mayor Pro-Tempore Eliseo Valdez, Jr.
1.
Discussion with possible action
regarding Casa Verde water sewer extension project. (Co-sponsored by Council Member Louis H. Bruni)
D. Request by Council Member Juan Ramirez
1.
Discussion with possible action
on the use of Las Palmas Park for the Easter Sunday Holiday.
2.
Status report on the two city
blocks owned by the City at River Drive Mall on Ventura and Piedregal.
3.
Status report on 2615 San
Agustin.
(Recess)
(Press
Availability)
IX. INTRODUCTORY ORDINANCES
7. Authorizing the City Manager to execute a lease with Corpus
Christi SMSA Limited Partnership, dba Cingular Wireless, by its general
partner, Southwestern Bell Wireless, L.L.C. for ground space at the Fire
Station located at 5210 Highway 359 Laredo, Webb County, Texas and being more
fully described in exhibit “A” of lease agreement to construct on such premises
a 100 feet high monopole and related equipment building for use with is
communications business. Term of the
lease is ten (10) years commencing March 25, 2002 and ending March 24, 2012
with three (3) successive renewal terms of five (5) years. Annual base rent shall be $8,400.00 each
year during the term of the lease and will be adjusted by four percent (4%) on
each anniversary of the commencement date, providing for publication and
effective date.
8. Amending Ordinance 98-071 by authorizing the City Manager to
execute an amendment to that certain ground lease between the City of Laredo
and ATC Tower Services, dated October 20, 1998, for the purpose of correctly
describing the property that the City of Laredo is leasing to ATC Tower
Services. All terms and conditions of
the lease remain in full force and effect.
X. FINAL READINGS OF ORDINANCES
9. 2002-O-037 Authorizing the City Manager to amend FY
2001-2002 budget in the amount of $17,833.00 in additional funds for the Tuberculosis
Elimination Program of the City of Laredo Health Department for the period
beginning September 1, 2001, through August 31, 2002.
2002-O-038 Authorizing the City Manager to accept and
execute all documentation from the Texas Department of Health for the HIV/AIDS
Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS Project of the City of Laredo
Health Department in the amount of $55,072.00 in additional funds for the period
beginning February 1, 2002, through January 31, 2003, amending the City of
Laredo FY 2001-2002 budget in the same amount.
2002-O-039 Establishing a fee structure for Tecolote
Baseball Game ticket prices at Veteran’s Field, including special rates for
senior citizens age 55 and over as well as children 12 and under.
2002-O-040 Amending the Zoning Ordinance (Map) of the
City of Laredo by rezoning 4.06 acres, as further described by metes and bounds
in attached exhibit “A”, located south of Mines Road and approximately 5 miles west
of La Bota Ranch Subdivision, from AG (Agricultural District) to M-1 (Light
Manufacturing District); providing for publication and effective date. The Planning and Zoning Commission has
recommended approval of the proposed zone change.
2002-O-041 Amending
the Zoning Ordinance (Map)
of the City of Laredo by rezoning Lot 252, Block 13, Del Mar Hills Subdivision,
Section 1, Area “A”, located at #2 Lindenwood Drive, from R-1 (Single Family
Residential District) to R-O (Residential-Office District); providing for
publication and effective date. The
Planning and Zoning Commission has recommended denial of the proposed zone
change.
2002-O-042 Authorizing the issuance of a Special Use
Permit to Harry E. Sames, III for an above ground fuel storage tank on Lot 1,
Block 1, TXDOT-IH-35 Subdivision, Phase I, located at 6105 San Dario Avenue;
providing for publication and effective date.
The Planning and Zoning Commission has recommended approval of the
proposed Special Use Permit.
2002-O-043 Amending
the Zoning Ordinance (Map)
of the City of Laredo by rezoning Lot 9, Block 1108, Western Division, located
at 117 Houston Street from B-1 (Limited Commercial District) to B-3 (Community
Business District); providing for publication and effective date. The Planning and Zoning Commission has
recommended approval of the proposed zone change.
2002-O-045 Amending
the Zoning Ordinance (Map)
of the City of Laredo by rezoning 0.0145 acres, as further described by metes
and bounds in attached exhibit “A”, located east of the Bob Bullock Loop and
north of Del Mar Blvd. from R-1 (Single Family Residential District) to B-4
(Highway Commercial District); providing for publication and effective
date. The Planning and Zoning
Commission has recommended approval of the proposed zone change.
2002-O-046 Amending the City of Laredo FY 2001-2002
General Fund Budget by transferring $22,000.00 from the General Fund Reserve
Appropriation. The amendment will
withdraw $22,000.00 and transfer the monies to the Veterans Field Fund amending
the Professional Services-Tecolotes Contract line item by $22,000. This transfer is for the purpose of
fulfilling contractual obligations with Grupo Vision Empresarial d.b.a.
Tecolotes de Los Dos Laredos.
2002-O-047 Amending Ordinance 2001-O-259 by adding
voting precincts 227 and 250 to District II; defining and correcting boundary
lines for precincts 227, 250, and 231; and providing for publication and
effective date.
2002-O-048 Authorizing the City Manager to execute a
lease renewal with Pinkerton for two office spaces totaling approximately 500
square feet and located at International Bridges I & II.
1.
Lease term is for one (1) year
commencing on November 1, 2001 and ending on October 31, 2002.
2.
Monthly rent will be $2,000.00 for
both properties.
3.
City of Laredo may terminate
this lease with ninety (90) days written notice.
2002-O-049 Authorizing the City Manager to accept and
execute all documentation from the Texas Department of Health for the
Tuberculosis Prevention/Control Federal Project of the City of Laredo Health
Department in the amount of $161,793.00 for the period beginning January 1,
2002, through December 31, 2002, and amending the City of Laredo’s FY 2001-2002
budget in the same amount.
XI. RESOLUTIONS
10.
2002-R-018 Authorizing the
use of surplus proceeds from the City of Laredo - Public Property Finance Contractual
Obligations (PPFCO), Series 2000-A, in the amount of $33,000.00, for the
purchase of one, service truck and cutter mower attachment for the Parks and
Recreation Department; and authorizing the purchase of this service truck
through the Texas Local Government Purchasing Cooperative (Buy Board) contract
from Lawrence Marshall Dealerships, Austin, Texas, in the total amount of
$21,165.00.
11.
2002-R-020 Authorizing the
use of surplus proceeds from the City of Laredo - Contractual Obligations, Series
97-B Certificate of Obligation, in the amount of $49,318.00, for the purchase
of security system equipment for the City Hall building; and awarding contract
number FY01-067, to the Low Bidder, AET, Inc., Laredo, Texas, in the
amount of $49,318.00, for the purchase and installation of security equipment
at the City Hall building. The system
will include video surveillance, intrusion (alarm), and building access
equipment.
12.
2002-R-021 Authorizing the
City Manager to submit a grant application to the Office of the National Drug
Control Policy (ONDCP) High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area (HIDTA) to fund the
Laredo Financial Disruption Task Force at no cost to the City.
13.
2002-R-022 Authorizing the
City Manager to submit a grant application to the Office of the National Drug
Control Policy (ONDCP) High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area (HIDTA) to fund the
Public Corruption Task Force at no cost to the City.
14.
2002-R-023 Authorizing the
City Manager to submit an application to the United States Environmental
Protection Agency for a grant in the amount of $150,000.00 with the City
designating $7,500.00 in matching funds and/or in-kind services for a total of
$157,500.00 to be used for a municipal storm water inspection training and
Inflow/Infiltration study to identify sewer infiltration into the storm sewer
system. Matching funds are available in
the NPDES Fund.
15.
2002-R-024 Ordering and
proclaiming a general city election to be held on Saturday, May 4, 2002;
designating polling places; designating a run-off date; providing for
publication; and authorizing the City Manager to enter into contract with the
Webb County Elections Administrator for the purpose of conducting a joint
election with the City of Laredo.
16.
2002-R-025 Resolution opposing
the unilateral sponsorship and construction by Webb County of a bridge across
the Rio Grande within the corporate city limits of the City of Laredo; refusing
the consent of the City of Laredo to the construction by Webb County of a
bridge across the Rio Grande River within the corporate limits of the City of
Laredo; and setting forth reasons for such opposition and refusal of consent.
XII. MOTIONS
17. Consideration
to award contract number FY 02-071, to the Sole
Bidder, Naztec, Inc., Sugar Land, Texas,
in the amount of $102,100.00 for the purchase of eight traffic signal cabinets
and controllers. These will be
installed at the following intersections:
McPherson & Jacaman, Jacaman & Loop 20, Jacaman & Sinatra
Parkway, San Francisco & US 59, Jefferson & San Francisco, Cielito
Lindo & US 83, Wal-Mart entrance & Loop 20, and Del Mar & Country
Club Drive. Funding is available in the
Capital Improvement Project Fund, Sports and Community Venue Fund (Arena
Project) and 1998 Contractual Obligations proceeds.
18. Motion
to award a professional services contract to Garza, Martinez & Company,
P.L.L.C., Certified Public Accountants for a period of two years in the amounts
not to exceed $80,000.00 and $77,000.00 to provide audit services for fiscal
year ending September 30, 2002 and for fiscal year ending September 30,
2003. Contract will be subject to
future budget appropriation for fiscal year 2003 and 2004. Audit fees will be allocated to the
professional services line item among the different funds to be audited.
19. Consideration
for approval of amendment no. 2 an increase of $388,000.00 to the
architectural/engineering contract with Frank Architects, Inc., Laredo, Texas,
for the Gateway to the Americas Bridge (Bridge I) Access, Export Lot &
Parking Lot Modifications to prepare construction documents, specifications and
bid documents. Funding is available in
the Bridge Improvements Project.
20. Approval of selection of consultant and
authorization to negotiate a professional services contract with Carter &
Burgess, Inc. Fort Worth, Texas to provide consulting services for the Texas
Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (TPDES) storm water permit application
project. The purpose of the project is
to develop a comprehensive TPDES stormwater permit application for the City of
Laredo to comply with the state and federal stormwater regulations. Funding is available in the NPDES Fund. The scope of services that include, but are
not limited to the following elements.
1. Review and
analyze the stormwater data for the last five years,
2. Review the legal
authority, and produce the outfall information in GIS format,
3. Review the
revenue and expenditure for the proposed permit compliance,
4. Prepare, submit
and negotiate the permit with TNRCC to represent the City’s best interest to
protect the waters of the United States,
5. Agency Coordination (TNRCC/EPA/IBWC/USACE etc.)
for necessary permits and approval.
21. Rescinding
the award of 2001 Emergency Shelter Grant (ESG) Funds of $15,200.00 to the
local chapter of the Salvation Army as per the request of the same, and further
authorizing the increase of 2001 ESG funds to the Laredo Webb County Community
Action Agency (CAA) from $15,200.00 to $30,400.00 for the provision of homeless
prevention assistance.
22. Consideration to award contract number
FY02-070, for the purchase of vehicles authorized in the FY 02 budget to the
following bidders:
Philpott Motors,
Nederland, Tx. - $373,511.00
5 - Sport Utility
Vehicles, 4 x 4 - $144,270.00 - Low Bidder Meeting Specifications
1 - Full Size Car -
$20,594.00 – Low Bidder Meeting Specifications
1 - ½ ton Truck -
$15,696.00 – Low Bidder
9 - ¾ ton Trucks, 4 dr.
crew cab, long bed – $192,951.00 - Low Bidder
Paul Young Co., Laredo, Texas -
$263,155.00
1 – Mini Passenger Van -
$19,184.00 - Bidders Principal Place of
Business Provision
1 – Mid Size Car-
$13,484.00 – Low Bidder
9 – ½ ton Reg. Cab Truck,
long bed - $131,787.00 – Bidders Principal Place of Business Provision
4 – ½ ton Trucks, 4 dr.
crew cab, short bed - $98,700.00 – Low Bidder Meeting Specifications
Boerne Chrysler, Boerne, TX. - $254,830.26
1 - 8 passenger van -
$17,974.00 - Low Bidder
2 - ¾ ton Cargo vans
w/racks - $32,613.26 - Low Bidder Meeting Specifications
6 - ¾ Ton Ext. Cab Truck - $111,252.00 - Low Bidder Meeting Specifications
4 - ½ Ext. Cab Truck, short bed - $72,280.00 – Low Bidder
1 – ½ Ton Ext. Cab Truck,
short bed, 4 x 4 - $20,711.00 – Low Bidder
23. Consideration
for approval of change order no. 1 an increase of $28,600.00 to the
construction with C.F. Jordan, L.P., El Paso, Texas, for the rehabilitation of
concrete bridge deck, repairs, structural evaluation and assessment of load
carrying capacity, and strengthening of the Laredo International Bridge 1 for
the additional milling of unforeseen existing concrete topping and scarifying
of the bridge deck. Funding is
available in the Bridge System Toll Plaza Improvements.
24. Amending
the City Capital Improvement Program Number 04-225-003 to include a sidewalk
project for Stewart Street.
25. Award
of a design build contract to Reliant Energy, in the amount not to exceed
$455,985.00 and authorizing the City Manager to execute the necessary contract
document for the design and build contract for a CNG fueling facility for the
City of Laredo. Funding is available in
the Fleet Management Fund.
26. Consideration to accept the Shiloh Drive Widening Project from
IH 35 McPherson Road and approval of final payment in the amount of $62,533.70
to Price Construction, Inc. Laredo, Texas.
Final contract amount is $609,392.10.
Funding is available in the Shiloh Widening Project.
27. Consideration to award a professional services contract in the
amount not to exceed $52,450.00 to Foster Engineering Company, Laredo, Texas, for
surveying services along Chacon Creek from Rio Grande River to Hwy 359 in
conjunction with the Chacon Creek Flood Management Program and Park
Development. Funding is available in
the CD Projects/Chacon Creek Improvements.
28. Authorizing
City Manager to enter into contract with St. Augustine High School for use of
Veterans Field for the 2002 baseball season and granting request to waive all
existing fees.
29. Consideration
to award a one year contract to Hector Chapa, Juan Gamez and Miguel Gamez d.b.a.
J&H Concessions to provide food and beverage concessions as well as
alcoholic beverage sales at Veterans Field for a twelve (12) month term. Services will be provided for the twenty
(20) games for the 2002 season of the Tecolotes de Los Dos Laredos and any
other event at Veterans Field. The
concessionaire pays a 20-percent commission to the City of its gross sales on
food, beverage and alcohol.
30. Consideration
for the City of Laredo to renew their contract with Grupo Vision Empresarial,
Nuevo Laredo, S.A. de C.V., a Mexican corporation operating as the Tecolotes de
Los Dos Laredos of the professional “Triple-A” Mexican Baseball League for the
2002 season and in an amount not to exceed $150,000. The Tecolotes play twenty
(20) games at Veterans Field.
31. Authorizing
the City Manager to execute an Interim Agreement for Secondary Water Supply
Services with the Laredo City Water Local Government Corporation, at a cost not
to exceed $280,000.00, while completing negotiations for the Secondary Water
Supply Agreement, and appropriating funds not to exceed $280,000.00 for such
purpose from the Water Availability Fund.
XIII. STAFF REPORTS
32. Presentation by the Traffic Safety Department regarding the speeding concern within the Buena Vista Subdivision, with possible action.
33. Status report on the construction of a
Veteran’s Monument at the Civic Center grounds.
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. RECESS
AND CONVENE AS THE LAREDO MUNICIPAL HOUSING CORPORATION
34. Consideration
to award contract number FY 02-070 to the Low
Bidder, Boerne Chrysler, Boerne,
Texas, in the amount of $18,070.00 for the purchase of one ½ ton extended cab
truck and Paul Young Company, Laredo, Texas, in the amount of $14,643.00 for
the purchase of one, ½ ton regular cab truck.
Funding is available in the Municipal Housing budget. The truck being purchased from the Paul
Young Company, Laredo, Texas is being secured using provisions of Section
271.905 of the Local Government Code that allow municipalities with a
population less than 200,000 to consider the location of the bidders principal
place of business in awarding contracts.
XVI. RECESS AND CONVENE AS THE LAREDO CITY WATER
LOCAL
GOVERNMENT
CORPORATION
35.
2002-RW-002 Authorizing the President
of The Laredo City Water Local Government Corporation to execute an advanced
authorization to proceed agreement with MWH Americas, Inc. for interim work
while finalizing negotiations for the Secondary Water Supply Agreement, at a
cost not to exceed $280,000.00.
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, March 6, 2002 at 6:00 p.m.
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Gustavo Guevara, Jr.