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CITY OF CITY COUNCIL
MEETING A-2004-R-013 CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS
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Thank you for your consideration. I.
CALL TO ORDER II. PLEDGE
OF ALLEGIANCE III. ROLL
CALL IV. MINUTES Approval of the minutes of V. COMMUNICATIONS
AND RECOGNITIONS Announcements Invitations Recognitions a.
Recognition of Vicente Moreno of the Parks and Recreation Department on
his selection as June 2004 City of b.
Recognition of Mr. Humberto Garza, Operations Manager for the c.
Recognition of Bernadette Galvan for placing 1st place in
both the 2003 National Physique Committee (NPC) Cornerstone Classic
Competition and the 2004 (NPC) Lonestar Classic Competition. VI. APPOINTMENTS
TO COMMISSIONS, BOARDS AND COMMITTEES a.
Appointment by Council
Member Johnny Rendon of: 1.
Jesus D. Romero to the
Airport Advisory Committee 2.
Joseph H. Hein to the
Citizen's Environmental Advisory Committee 3.
Melba N. Gonzales to
the Library Advisory Committee 4.
Delia Peña to the Parks
& Recreation Advisory Committee 5.
Veronica R. Cantu to
the Planning and Zoning Commission 6.
Luis Meza to the
Transportation & Traffic Safety Advisory Committee 7.
Frances G. Wawroski and
Alicia Medina to the Laredo Women’s Commission 8.
Eliseo Valdez Jr. to
the 9.
Ray Ayala to the Third
Party Funding Advisory Committee 10.
Rosy Gregory to the
Tree Advisory Committee VII.
PUBLIC HEARINGS 1.
Public hearing and introductory ordinance amending the City of 2.
Public
hearing and introductory ordinance amending the City of Laredo FY
2003-2004 annual budget by increasing revenues and expenditures in the amount
of $20,017.00 in additional funds, totaling $85,767.00 from the Texas
Department of Health for the Immunization Action Program of the City of
Laredo Health Department for the grant period beginning January 1, 2004,
through December 31, 2004. (Recess) (Press Availability) VIII.
INTRODUCTORY ORDINANCE 3.
Authorizing the City
Manager to execute an Assignment of that Rental Car Agency Concession and
Lease Agreement entered into between the City of IX.
FINAL 4.
2004-O-142 Amending
the Zoning Ordinance Map of the City of 2004-O-143 Amending
the Zoning Ordinance Map of the City of Laredo by rezoning Block 42, Eastern
Division, located at 305 Corpus Christi Street, from M-1 (Light Manufacturing
District) and B-3 (Community Business District) to B-3 (Community Business
District); providing for publication and effective date. 2004-O-144 Amending
the Zoning Ordinance Map of the City of Laredo by rezoning 17.0722 acres, as
further described by metes and bounds in attached Exhibit “A”, located north
of Hwy 359, from R-1 (Single-Family Residential District) to B-4 (Highway
Commercial District); providing for publication and effective date. 2004-O-145 Amending
the Zoning Ordinance Map of the City of Laredo by rezoning 19.7148 acres, as
further described by metes and bounds in attached Exhibit “A”, located north
of Hwy 359, from R-1 (Single-Family Residential District) to B-4 (Highway
Commercial District); providing for publication and effective date. 2004-O-146 Amending
the Zoning Ordinance Map of the City of Laredo by rezoning 18.4346 acres, as
further described by metes and bounds in attached Exhibit “A”, located north
of Hwy 359, from R-1 (Single-Family Residential District) to M-1 (Light
Manufacturing District); providing for publication and effective date. 2004-O-147 Amending
the Zoning Ordinance Map of the City of Laredo by rezoning Lots 10, 11, 12,
Block 891, Eastern Division, located at 1618 and 1620 Chihuahua St., from R-O
(Residential/Office District) to B-1 (Limited Commercial District); providing
for publication and effective date. 2004-O-148 Amending
the Zoning Ordinance Map of the City of Laredo by rezoning 7.16 acres, as
further described by metes and bounds in attached Exhibit “A”, located
approximately east of Saldaña Avenue and west of the proposed Bartlett Avenue extension,
from R-1 (Single-Family Residential District) to B-3 (Community Business
District); providing for publication and effective date. 2004-O-149 Amending
the Zoning Ordinance Map of the City of Laredo by rezoning 19.14 acres, as
further described by metes and bounds in attached Exhibit “A”, located south
of Southgate Boulevard, from AG (Agricultural District) to R-1A
(Single-Family Reduced Area District); providing for publication and
effective date. 2004-O-150 Amending
the Zoning Ordinance Map of the City of Laredo by rezoning 7.61 acres, as
further described by metes and bounds in attached Exhibit “A”, located south
of Southgate Boulevard, from AG (Agricultural District) to B-1 (Limited
Commercial District); providing for publication and effective date. 2004-O-151 Amending
the Zoning Ordinance Map of the City of Laredo by rezoning 24.236 acres, as
further described by metes and bounds in attached Exhibit “A”, located north
of Merida Drive, from R-1 (Single-Family Residential District) to R-1A
(Single-Family Reduced Area District); providing for publication and
effective date. 2004-O-152 Amending
the Zoning Ordinance Map of the City of 2004-O-153 Amending
the Zoning Ordinance Map of the City of Laredo by rezoning 55.75 acres, as
further described by metes and bounds in attached Exhibit “A”, located
northwest of Summerwind Subdivision, Unit I, from B-1 (Limited Commercial
District) and R-1 (Single-Family Residential District) to B-3 (Community
Business District); providing for publication and effective date. 2004-O-154 Amending
the Zoning Ordinance Map of the City of Laredo by rezoning 2.74 acres, as
further described by metes and bounds in attached Exhibit “A”, located
northwest of Summerwind Subdivision, Unit I, from R-1 (Single-Family
Residential District) to B-1 (Limited Commercial District); providing for
publication and effective date. 2004-O-155 Amending
the Zoning Ordinance Map of the City of Laredo by rezoning 46.40 acres, as
further described by metes and bounds in attached Exhibit “A”, located west
of R.W. Emerson Loop, from R-1 (Single-Family Residential District) to R-2
(Multi-Family Residential District); providing for publication and effective
date. 2004-O-156 Amending
City of 2004-O-157 Amending
the City of Laredo’s Land Development Code Handbook, Chapter 24: Article IV,
Section 24.65.6: Single Family Manufactured Housing District: Subsection (1),
to allow for non-manufactured home development in R-1-MH zone districts, and
Section 24.77.1: Dimensional Standards, by increasing the minimum lot area
required for a manufactured home in R-1-MH zone districts to 4,500 square feet,
and the minimum lot area required in R-O zone districts to 4,500 square feet;
providing for publication and effective date. 2004-O-158 Amending the City of Laredo FY
2003-2004 Hotel Motel Fund budget by appropriating a drawdown of $250,000.00
from the opening balance by amending the transfer of funds to the Convention
and Visitors Fund, and amending the City of Laredo’s Convention and Visitors
Fund budget by appropriating revenues and expenses in the amount of
$250,000.00, which will be placed in a Miss Texas Pageant division, and
authorizing the City Manager to implement said budgets. 2004-O-159 Amending
the City of Laredo FY 2003-2004 annual budget by appropriating revenues and
expenditures in the amount of $16,573.00 from Mercy Ministries of 2004-O-160 Authorizing
the City Manager to amend the City of Laredo FY 2003-2004 annual budget by
decreasing revenues and expenditures in the amount of $742.00 from the Texas
Department of Health for the Binational
TB Card Pilot Project of the City of Laredo Health Department for the
contract period beginning 2004-O-161 Amending
the City of Laredo FY 2003-2004 annual budget by appropriating revenues and
expenditures in the amount of $15,000.00 in funds from the Texas Department
of Health to conduct the Childhood
Lead Poisoning Prevention Program of the City of Laredo Health
Department for the period beginning 2004-O-162 Amending
the City of Laredo
FY 2003/2004 General Fund Budget to appropriate grant revenues and expenses
from the 2003 and 2004 State Homeland Security Grant Subrecipient agreements
between the City of Laredo and the Texas Engineering Extension Service (TEEX)
in the original amount of $1,195,134.00 and accepting and appropriating the
2004 calculated base grant award in the amount of $216,658.00 for a total amount of
$1,411,792.00. In addition, the
acceptance and appropriation of the State Homeland Security Grant through the
State Law Enforcement Terrorism Prevention Program Sub-grant will be $51,142.00.
The total amount appropriated from the State Homeland Security Grant will be
$1,462,934.00. Equipment received
through the grant agreement will be used for the City’s Fire, Police and
Health Departments. The appropriation
of the said grant revenue and expenditures will account for grant proceeds
and equipment purchased through the grant and authorizing the City Manager to
implement said budget amendment. The
above said grant requires no in kind or matching funds. 2004-O-163 Amending
the City of Laredo FY
2003-2004 annual budget by increasing Operation Cooperation (Southbound)
by $20,000.00. The United States
Customs Service will reimburse this full amount for overtime expenses
incurred by police officers working in conjunction through joint task forces. The term of the original agreement is from 2004-O-165 Closing as public easements, certain
platted but unopened city street sections
described in Exhibits “A”, “B”, “C” and “D” said street sections being
situated in the Eastern Division, City of Laredo, Webb County, Texas, and
authorizing the City Manager to (1) convey fee simple title to the “surface
only” of the tracts described in Exhibits “A”, “B”, and “C” to David
Slaughter and Wife Millicent B. Slaughter; provided however, that the City of
Laredo will retain as utility easements the two tracts described in Exhibits
“B” and “C” as utility easements; and (2) to convey fee simple title to the
“surface only” of the tract described in Exhibit “D” to Sheila Slaughter
Glassford; said conveyances being in partial consideration by the city for
the City’s pending purchase of the Slaughter Farm, for the creation of a
future park in 2004-O-166 Closing as a public easement that section
of 2004-O-167 Closing as a public easement that section
of Eistetter Circle which is bounded by Eistetter Street and surrounded by
Block 478 as per the Amended Retama Park Subdivision Plat recorded in Volume
2, Page 171, of the Plat Records of Webb County, Texas situated in the Retama
Park Subdivision, City of Laredo, County of Webb, Texas; and providing for an
effective date. 2004-O-168 Authorizing the City Manager to execute a
contract by and on behalf of the City of Laredo, Zone Grantee of
Foreign-Trade Zone No. 94, Site I, and specifically authorizing the City
Manager to enter into an operations agreement with International Dairy Products,
Inc., Zone Site Operator, for approximately 15,000 square feet of activated
space located at 5400 Thomas Avenue at Foreign-Trade Zone No. 94, Site I,
effective upon execution of this contract and ending on October 31, 2009. Providing activation, administration, and
transaction fees to the City and providing for an effective date. 2004-O-169 Closing as public easements those sections
of: C.
All
said streets are situated in the Western Division, City of 2004-O-170 Authorizing the City Manager to execute an Assignment of
the lease agreement approved by Ordinance No. 2001-O-042 dated February 20,
2001, as amended, between the City of Laredo, as Lessor, and Fedlaredo
Partnership, L.P., a Pennsylvania
limited partnership. Said Lease Assignment is to GLK, L.P., a X.
RESOLUTIONS
5.
2004-R-049 A resolution of
support for the water use strategy of sea water desalination for the purposes
of providing additional sources of water for the 6.
2004-R-057 Declaring the
public necessity to acquire the “Surface Only” of one parcel of land for the
Riverfront Development Project. Said
parcel being the South 69.44 feet of Lot 1, Block 50, Western Division, City
of Laredo, Webb County, Texas; as delineated on attached copy of City Plat;
and authorizing staff to negotiate with the owner for the acquisition of said
parcel by 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
due to inability to agree to a purchase price, conflict of ownership, owner
refusal to sell, and/or inability to locate the listed owner. 7.
2004-R-058 Accepting the
donation of one utility easement from Yolanda Avitia for the right-of-way
acquisition, Ranchitos 359 East Subdivision project. This being a strip of land 15 feet in
width, containing 3,209.25 square feet or 0.074 of an acre, more or less, and
being situated in porcion 31, abstract 3116, City of Laredo, Webb County,
Texas, and described by metes and bounds and survey attached as Exhibits A
and B. 8.
2004-R-059 Accepting the
donation of one utility easement from Teodoro Delgado and wife Hermelinda
Delgado for the right-of-way acquisition, Ranchitos 359 East Subdivision project. This being a strip of land 15 feet in
width, containing 3,209.25 square feet or 0.074 of an acre, more or less, and
being situated in porcion 31, abstract 3116, City of Laredo, Webb County,
Texas, and described by metes and bounds and survey attached as Exhibits A
and B. 9.
2004-R-060 Accepting the
donation of one utility easement from Luz Olivia Gonzalez for the Pueblo
Nuevo Subdivision easement acquisition project. This being a 0.02066 of an acre, more or
less, parcel, which is out of Lot 6, Block 10, Pueblo Nuevo Subdivision,
described by metes and bounds and survey attached as Exhibits A and B. 10.
2004-R-061 Accepting the
donation of one utility easement from Francisco Guerra, Jr., and the Guerra
Living Trust for the right-of-way acquisition, Laredo Ranchettes, Inc. project. This being a strip of land generally 30
feet in width, containing 25,432.52 square feet of 0.584 of an acre, more or
less, and being situated in porcion 31, abstract 3116, City of Laredo, Webb
County, Texas, and described by metes and bounds and survey attached as Exhibits
A and B. 11.
2004-R-062 Accepting the
donation of one utility easement from Manuel Gutierrez and wife, Maria Del
Socorro Gutierrez, and Jose D. 12.
2004-R-063 Accepting
donation of one utility easement from Juan Manuel Molina, Jr., for the right-of-way
acquisition, San Carlos Subdivision, Phase I project. This being a strip of land 15 feet in
width, containing 225.00 square feet or 0.005 of an acre, more or less, and
being situated in porcion 32, abstract 296, City of Laredo, Webb County,
Texas, and described by metes and bounds and survey attached as Exhibits A
and B. 13.
2004-R-065 Authorizing the
City Manager to submit a grant application to the South Texas Development
Council (STDC) in the amount of $35,000.00 with no matching funds required. Funds
will be used to promote two (2) electronic waste (e-waste) recycling events,
as well as for disposal fees for the materials collected. 14.
2004-R-066 Ratifying the City
Manager’s submittal of a grant application to the United States Environmental
Protection Agency’s US-Mexico Border Program in the amount of $30,000.00 with
the City designating $1,500.00 in matching funds for a total of $31,500.00
for the Los Dos Laredos Early Childhood Education Program for the
Environmental Services Department. XI.
MOTIONS 15.
Appointment of Mayor
Pro Tempore as per Ordinance # 90-O-101, which sets the second meeting of the
month of May or at the first meeting after all Council Members are elected
and qualified, City Council shall confirm one of the Council Members who
shall be known and designated as Mayor Pro Tempore. 16.
Consideration to
authorize the purchase and installation of a sports lighting system for the 17.
Consideration to
authorize the purchase and installation at the Santa Fe Neighborhood Park of
one Little League Baseball Sports Lighting System, lighting for three (3)
recreational basketball courts and lighting for the entire recreational park
from Musco Lighting System through the Texas Local Government Purchasing
Cooperative (Buy Board) contract in the total amount of $129,800.00. Utilizing the Buy Board contract pricing,
this sports lighting system will be installed and delivered at the 18.
Authorizing the City
Manager to acquire the “Surface Only” of Lots 2 & 3, Block 1719, Eastern
Division, City of 19.
Refund of property tax
to the following taxpayers and companies: 1.
A refund in the amount
of $972.13 payable to 3 M Rental due to a double payment. Account # 550-01330-080 2.
A refund in the amount
of $531.87 payable to Neel Title Corporation due to a double payment. Account
# 107-00313-040 3.
A refund in the amount
of $935.89 payable to John Patrick Hearn due to a double payment. Account #
909-00014-306 20.
Consideration to award contract number FY04-099 to the Low Bidder, Union
Metal Corp., 21.
Authorizing the City
Manager to execute a contract Renewal Agreement of a Professional Services
Contract entered into with W.D. Schock Company, Inc., on 22.
Authorizing the City Manager to execute a contract
for prenatal and family planning services entered into with Texas Department
of Health in the amount not to exceed $429,707.00 for the provision of
prenatal, preventive, primary child health, and family planning services for
Title V eligible clients. The contract
for prenatal is in the amount of $347,956.00 and $81,751.00 for family
planning services. This contract will
begin on 23.
Authorizing the City Manager to execute a contract
for services for tuberculosis prevention and control entered into with Texas
Department of Health in the amount not to exceed $205,860.00 for the
provision of basic and outreach services, to individual with tuberculosis
(TB) or are at high risk of developing TB.
This contract will begin on XII.
GENERAL COUNCIL
DISCUSSIONS AND PRESENTATIONS 24.
A.
Request by
Council Member Hector J. Garcia 1.
Update on all projects pending for District II. 2.
Discussion with possible action replacing dim lights down 3.
Discussion with possible action on moving/upgrading the water station
on Hwy 359. B.
Request by Mayor
Pro-Tempore John C. Galo 1.
Motion to reimburse up to
$100.00 per month to the tennis pro at the Market Street courts for the
purchase of tennis balls for the rest of the fiscal year and to ask staff to
bring back to City Council estimates for additional wind screens and for
misters to be placed under the patio area, as well as a spray module. 2.
Discussion regarding the
dumping problem on the first block of C.
Request by
Council Member Gene Belmares 1.
Discussion with possible action on creating a
farmer’s market. 2.
Discussion with possible action on creating an
Ordinance Review Committee. 3.
Discussion with possible action on amending the
Ordinance that creates the Historic District/Landmark Board. D.
Request by
Council Member Jose A. Valdez, Jr. 1.
Discussion with
possible action to consider amending the Land Development Code and
differentiate splash parks from swimming pools in relation to the number of
parking spaces required. 2.
Discussion with
possible action to consider common parking areas for such projects as joint
use community centers, etc. E.
Request by
Council Member Juan Ramirez 1.
Discussion with possible action on resurfacing 2.
Discussion with possible action on extending the
bus route to the Villa Del Rio Subdivision. 3.
Discussion with possible action on placing Council
Member requests at the beginning of the agenda. XIII.
EXECUTIVE
SESSION The City Council hereby
reserves the right to go into executive session at any time during this
public meeting, if such is requested by the City Attorney or other legal
counsel for the City, pursuant to his or her duty under Section 551.071(2) of
the Government Code, to consult privately with his or her client on an item
on the agenda, or on a matter arising out of such item. XIV.
RECESS AS THE 25.
Consideration to
exercise the option year for contract FY03-049 awarded to the lowest bidder,
National Embroiders, for the purchase of operator and supervisor uniforms in
the estimated annual amount of $35,354.34.
Funding is available in the Transit Systems budget. XV.
ADJOURN AS THE XVI.
ADJOURNMENT This notice was posted at the
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