CITY OF LAREDO
CITY COUNCIL MEETING
CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS
1110 HOUSTON STREET
LAREDO, TEXAS
5:30 P.M.
AGENDA
A98-R-14 MARCH 16, 1998
I. CALL TO ORDER
II. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
III. ROLL CALL
IV. APPROVAL OF MINUTES
2. City Council Meeting of February 2, 1998
City Council Special Meeting of February 9, 1998
Workshop on Economic Sales Tax February 11, 1998
City Council Meeting of February 17, 1998
Workshop Financing Bridge IV February 23, 1998
Tour of River Road Project February 26, 1998
V. INTRODUCTORY ORDINANCES
3. Amending Chapter 2, Article II, Division 6, of the Code of Ordinances
of the City of Laredo, entitled pay administration, by amending
Sections 2.87.7(d)(15)(b), thereby adopting a revised pay schedule
increasing all steps in all grades in the pay schedule from two and
one half percent (2 1/2%) to three and one-half percent (3 1/2%) with
an effective date of implementation of April 1, 1998; and
Amending Section 2.87.7(d)(15)(c), thereby adopting a revised pay
schedule decreasing all steps in all grades in the pay schedule from
two and one half percent (2 1/2%) to one and one half percent (1
1/2%), with an effective date of implementation of September 30, 1998.
4. Ordering and proclaiming a general city election to be held on
Saturday, May 2, 1998, designating polling places, designating the
run-off date, and providing for publication.
5. Ordinance of the City Council of the City of Laredo, Texas calling a
Section 4B Sales and Use Tax Special Election to be held within the
City on May 2, 1998, making provisions for the conduct thereof and
other provisions relating thereto. The proposed Section 4B Sales and
Use Tax would create a Development Corporation to undertake economic
development projects to create jobs and improve the quality of life in
Laredo, Texas. A one-fourth cent (1/4 cent) Sales and Use Tax is
proposed. (This item is related to Agenda Item No. 38 and should be
considered simultaneously).
VI. FINAL READINGS
6. 98-O-058 Ordinance to create two new positions as required by a
grant, awarded by the United States Environmental Protection
Agency through the Texas Natural Resource Conservation
Commission to develop a "HazMat Education and Enforcement
Program" for the period from January 1, 1998 through August
31, 1999 and authorizing the City Manager to implement
changes within the budget. (City Council)
7. 98-O-076 Establishing a 15% penalty on delinquent tax accounts as of
July 1, 1998, to defray cost of collection pursuant to
Section 33.07(a) of the Property Tax Code. (City Council)
8. 98-O-077 Approving the amendment to the contract with the Texas
Department of Health and budget in the amount of
$235,954.00, in additional funds for the Maternal and Child
Health (MCH) of the City of Laredo Health Department for the
period September 1, 1997, through August 31, 1998.
(City Council)
9. 98-O-078 Amending the City of Laredo Code of Ordinances by creating
Article IX of Chapter 21, titled "Noise Nuisances," thereby
establishing an article regulating excessive noise,
declaring noise nuisances and providing for a penalty
thereof; deleting subsection 21-17(5) concerning general
nuisances which having been incorporated into Article IX.;
deleting Chapter 28, Article IV. titled Sound Amplification
Devices, which having been incorporated into Article IX.
(City Council)
10. 98-O-079 Amending Section 24.82 of the Laredo Land Development Code
by allowing for the use of temporary signage along US and
State Highways during times of reconstruction on those
highways. (As Amended) (City Council)
11. 98-O-080 Amending ordinance 96-O-198 of the code of ordinances of the
City of Laredo to permit two-way traffic northbound and
southbound on the 100 to 300 blocks of San Pablo Avenue on a
three (3) block segment between Iturbide and Water Streets
and authorizing the City Manager to take the necessary steps
to enforce this ordinance. (Consuelo "Chelo" Montalvo)
12. 98-O-081 Amending the City of Laredo's FY 1997-98 Annual Budget by
authorizing the City Manager to execute an amendment
(increase) to the Laredo Municipal Transit Systems FY 1997-
98 operating budget (revenue and expenditures; Fund 558) in
the amount of $5,998.00, to $7,037,495.00 to $7,031,497.00;
transferring funds from the transit sales tax proceeds
budget reserve account (Fund 518). (City Council)
13. 98-O-082 Amending the City of Laredo's FY 1997-98 Hotel-Motel budget
in the amount of $36,454.00, to be used for direct
advertising and other related expenditures. These monies
result from excess FY 1996-1997 balances in the Hotel-Motel
fund from prior year collected taxes; and authorizing the
City Manager to implement said budget. (City Council)
VII. RESOLUTIONS
14. 98-R-03 Declaring the public necessity to acquire the "Surface Only"
of one parcel of land needed as Right-of-Way for the
widening of Gallagher Avenue from the North right-of-way
line of Calton Road, north to the South right-of-way line of
Hillside Road. Said parcel being the East fifteen feet of
Block No. 19 in the Calton Gardens Subdivision No. 1, City
of Laredo, Webb County, Texas, and authorizing the City
Attorney to initiate eminent domain proceedings to acquire
said parcel as Right-of-Way if staff is unable to acquire
through negotiations due to inability to agree to a purchase
price, conflict of ownership, owner's refusal to sell,
and/or inability to locate the listed owner.
15. 98-R-035 Authorizing the use of surplus proceeds from the contractual
obligation series 1995 in the amount of $72,597.06 to
purchase vehicles with CNG System, in addition to the
February sale of $16,160,000.00, Certificates of Obligation.
16. 98-R-042 Authorizing the City Manager to enter into an agreement with
the Department of Treasury/U.S. Customs Service for the
reimbursement of $5,000.00, for funding the Laredo Border
Violence Task Force to assist in conducting official
Treasury investigations. These monies will be used to pay
overtime wages to Laredo Police Narcotics officers involved
in this operation. This will be the first year the City has
entered into this agreement and is at no cost to the City.
17. 98-R-043 Expressing official intent to reimburse costs of
International Bridge Systems Improvements for the Laredo
Northwest International Bridge project (Bridge IV) in the
amount of $36,900,000.00, from the permanent financing
facility which will include State Infrastructure Bond (SIB)
loans, a tax-exempt debt issue, and a taxable debt issue.
18. 98-R-044 Authorizing the City Manager of the City of Laredo to accept
a grant (reimbursement program) from the Texas Historical
Commission for certified local government funding in the
amount of $3,500.00 for the production of a Laredo Area
Cemetery Preservation Plan; and authorizing the City Manager
to execute the necessary documents.
19. 98-R-045 Amending Resolution No. 97-R-127, which authorized the
execution of a Right of Entry and Possession instrument
between the City of Laredo and Fasken Ltd., a Texas Limited
Partnership, and by which the City was granted the right to
enter upon, and take possession of two tracts containing
57.5827 and 11.2571 acres of land, respectively, and owned
by Fasken Ltd. Said proposed amendment will provide for the
addition of a third 5.1907 acre tract of land to the above
referenced Right of Entry and Possession instrument for an
amended total of 74.02 acres.
VIII. MOTIONS
20. Approval of bid specifications and authorization to advertise for bids
for the following:
a) Copier Rental - Engineering Department
b) Anionic Polymer (Water Treatment Chemical)
Utilities Department
c) Creek Cleaning Equipment - Public Works Department
2 - 12 cubic yard dump trucks
2 - Tractor with 24" boom brush cutter
1 - Tractor with 60" side-mounted rotary mower and 96" rear mounted
lift type rotary mower
1 - Tractor with 60" rotary mower
A tentative award date is scheduled for April 20, 1998.
21. Approval of the construction plans and authorization to advertise for
bids for Street Improvements on the 2500 Block of South Malinche
Avenue between Zacatecas - Chacota and Parking Lot Improvements for
the Cigarroa Park and South Laredo Fire Station with tentative award
on April 20, 1998. This is a cost sharing project with the Laredo
National Bank contributing $97,460.00, and the City's share being
$50,000.00, plus right-of-way dedication and engineering services.
Funding is available in the 1998 Contractual Obligation Issue Cigarroa
Parking Lot Construction Project.
22. Approval of the specifications and authorization to advertise for bids
for the Pre-Engineered/ Prefabricated Steel Pedestrian Bridge for the
Northeast Hillside Recreation Center and Park, and approval to seek
Request for Proposals for structural engineering services for the
design of bridge abutments; and proposals for geotechnical
(subsurface) evaluation, if needed, with tentative award on April 20,
1998. Funding is available in the Capital Improvement Fund Northeast
Hillside Park.
23. Authorization to advertise for Request for Proposals (RFPs) for
consulting engineering services to identify alternative alignments for
the extension of Bartlett Avenue from Hillside Road to Del Mar Blvd.,
approximately 16,500 linear feet, and to include surveys/plats for the
right-of-way acquisition, and ultimately for the design and
preparation of construction plans and specifications for the project.
This is a Certificate of Obligation Bond Project and funding is
available from the 1998 Contractural Obligation Issue Construction
Projects.
24. Award of contract to the LOW BIDDER, Acetylene Oxygen Company, Alice,
Texas, in the estimated amount of $20,880.00, for the purchase of
trichlor tablets needed for the chlorination process for all the
City's swimming pools. The bid pricing is approximately 18% less that
the previous contract pricing.
25. Award of annual contract to the LOW BIDDER, S.L.C. Hydro-Metric,
Inc., Waterford, MI., in the estimated amount of $12,650.00, for
rebuilding water meters for the Utilities Department. The contract
pricing is approximately 40% less than the previous contract. Meter
repairs are requested on an as need basis.
26. Award of contract to the LOW BIDDER, Laredo Discount Metal Building
Components, Laredo, Texas, in the amount of $35,396.68, for furnishing
prefabricated wrought iron fence sections for the City Cemetery. The
contract vendor will deliver ten foot fence sections to the City for
installation by City crews and contract labor. Approximately 970
linear feet of fence will be required to match the existing wrought
iron fence installed by Mercy Regional Center. A total of five bids
were received for the purchase of this fence. Funding is available in
the Capital Improvement Fund Cemetery Improvements.
27. Award of contract to the following LOW BIDDERS, for the purchase of
vehicles authorized in the FY98 capital equipment budgets:
Sames Motor Co., Laredo, Texas:
8 - 1/2 ton extended cab trucks
(dedicated CNG) $173,200.00
4 - midsize sedans (conventional
due to limited range) 72,780.00
$229,980.00
Philpott Motors, Port Neches, Texas:
9 - 1/2 ton trucks (bi-fuel) $169,776.00
2 - Cargo Van (dedicated CNG) 43,396.00
$213,172.00
Powell Watson Motors, Laredo, Texas:
3 - 3/4 ton trucks (dedicated CNG) $ 57,924.00
Brown Chevrolet, Devine, Texas:
1 - 4 wheel drive utility vehicle
(conventional engine for Fire
Department use) $ 24,521.06
$525,597.06
Delivery is expected within ninety days. $453,000.00 was allotted for
this purchase in the February 2, 1998, Bond Sale. The difference of
$72,597.06, will come from surplus funds in previous CO issues.
(Please refer to Resolution No. 98-R-035)
28. Award of a construction contract to the LOWEST BIDDER, Dominguez
Development, Laredo, Texas, in
the amount of amount of $83,487.00, for the Laredo Independent School
District (LISD) Ochoa-Sanchez Park located at Locust Street and
Monterrey Avenue. This is a City of Laredo/LISD Project with funding
available from the Community Development CDBG Ochoa Elementary Park.
29. Award of an engineering contract to G.G. Salinas Engineering Company,
Laredo, Texas, for an amount not to exceed $106,384.32, to provide
surveys, design and preparation of plans and specifications for Paving
Project 61 (36 Blocks) City of Laredo Capital Improvements Projects
for FY 97-98. Funding is available in Community Development CDBG
Paving Project 61 and Capital Improvement Fund Paving Project 61.
30. Award of an professional services contract to Raba-Kistner
Consultants, Inc., Laredo, Texas, for an amount not to exceed
$41,928.00, to provide Laboratory, Sampling and Testing Services of
materials for quality control for the Father Charles McNaboe
Recreational Complex. Funding is available in the Capital Improvement
Fund Father Charles McNaboe Park.
31. Award of an professional consulting services for an amount not to
exceed $27,000.00, to Sepulveda Associates, Inc., Laredo, Texas, to
develop, design and prepare engineering plans and specifications for
implementing the Storm Water Management and Ecology Demonstration park
at Laredo Community College Campus on fast tract basis. Funding is
available in NPDES Funds Purchase Professional Services - Ecology
Grant project.
32. Approval of amendment no. 1, an increase of $29,648.00, to the
engineering contract for the Toll System Upgrade and Electronic Toll
Collection Implementation to include conceptual plan, design,
construction implementation, system testing phases with B.W. Zimmerman
and Associates, Harrisburg, PA, to add the design and construction
management of the toll system at the proposed Fourth International
Bridge and to increase the contract time by fourteen (14) months to
test prototype of the proposed system, to implement final design,
installation phase, and oversee final checkout of all the equipment,
and includes two months for the proposed Fourth International Bridge.
The original contract amount was $105,517.00. This amendment brings
the total contract amount to $135,165.00. Funding is available in the
Bridge System Toll Plaza Improvements.
33. Approval of amendment no. 1, an increase of $60,000.00, to the
engineering contract with Sherfey Engineering Company, L.C.C., Laredo,
Texas, for additional engineering services to design and prepare plans
and specifications to include analysis and sizing of belt filter press
and related appurtenances and building to house unit for the North
Laredo Wastewater Treatment Plant Odor Control Project. Original
architectural engineering amount of $12,000.00, is amended to
$72,000.00. Funding is available in the Sewer System Oxygen/Hydrogen
Sulfide Control.
34. Approval of amendment no. 1, an increase of $94,000.00, for additional
engineering surveying services to the engineering contract with G.G.
Salinas Engineering Company, Laredo, Texas, for the Reconstruction of
Santa Maria Avenue between Markley Lane and Del Mar Blvd. The
additional engineering services are due to project changes required by
the City. The Santa Maria Avenue Reconstruction Project was intended
to be designed and constructed in conjunction with the Santa Maria
Avenue Drainage Project, however, due to funding issues, the project
is now being done in two phases; Also additional surveying of twenty
(20) individual parcels of land for right-of-way acquisition and/or to
identify encroachments. The original contract amount was $189,500.00.
This amendment brings the total contract amount to $283,500.00.
Funding is available in the 1998 Contractural Obligation Issue.
35. Approval of amendment no. 3, an increase of $13,640.00 for additional
Resident Project Representative (inspection services) to the
engineering contract with Mejia Engineering Company, Laredo, Texas for
the Manadas Creek 24 Inch Wastewater Interceptor as part of the North
Laredo/Webb County Infrastructure Improvements Project (McPherson Road
Extension) Economic Development Administration (EDA) Project No. 08-
01-02878. The additional contract time is due mainly to delays
associated with additional Federal and State Requirements on
Environmental Assessment and an antiquity assessment required by the
Environmental Protection Agency and the Texas Historical Commission,
respectively, and to contract time added to the construction contract.
Amended architectural engineering contract amount is $536,273.42.
Funding is available in the Sewer System Manadas Creek Interceptor.
36. Authorizing the City Manager to submit a grant application to the
Texas Department of Health for continuation of the La Familia Health
Care Program of the City of Laredo Health Department.
37. Acceptance of the Sidewalks Project at B.P. Newman Elementary School
and approval of final payment in the amount of $18,898.32, to Pete
Gallegos Paving, Inc., Laredo, Texas. Total contract amount is
$80,850.00. Funding is available in the Capital Improvement Fund
Newman Elementary Sidewalks.
IX. CITY MANAGER'S REPORT
38. Presentation with possible City Council action regarding the proposed
one-quarter cent (1/4 cent) Section 4B Sales and Use Tax by the City's
Economic Development Advisory Council.
39. Report advising City Council that unidentified utilities deposits in
the amount of $98,384.22, for the Waterworks System would be
transferred to a miscellaneous revenue account. The audit firm of Baum
& Mejia CPAs, in their Letter to Management, recommends that such
deposits be applied or refunded.
40. Discussion and possible action regarding the acquisition of three
Utility Easements from Ms. Mary F. Gomez and Mr. Rafael Gomez. Said
easements being described as a thirty-foot-wide Utility Easement
consisting of Part 1 (0.19 of an acre of land), more or less, Part 2
(0.02 of an acre of land), more or less; and a thirty-foot-wide
Utility Easement consisting of 1.7218 acres of land, more or less,
respectively, in Webb County, Texas; with possible Executive Session
for deliberations regarding real property as authorized by V.T.C.A.
Government Code Section 551.072 and return to Open Session for
possible action.
41. Discussion and possible action regarding the acceptance of the
donation of Blocks 1717, 1718, 1778, 1873, 2159, 2160 and 1630,
Eastern Division, from the Laredo Noon Optimist Club, Inc., from which
a Utility Easement needs to be acquired out of Blocks 1778, 1873, and
2159, Eastern Division. Said easement being described as a thirty-
foot-wide Utility Easement consisting of Block 1778, part 1 (0.19 of
an acre of land), more less, Block 1873, Part 2 (0.08 of an acre of
land), more or less, and Block 2159, Part 3 (0.18 of an acre of land),
more or less, and Block 2159, Part 3 (0.18 of an acre o land), more or
less, and being situated within the area comprising the Dryden
Memorial Park grounds, Eastern Division, Webb County, Texas; with
possible Executive Session for deliberations regarding real property
as authorized by V.T.C.A. Government Code Section 551.072, and return
to Open Session for possible action.
42. Request for Executive Session pursuant to Texas Government Code
Section 551.071(1)(a) to discuss contemplated litigation regarding
Fleet Maintenance Investigation, and return to open session for
possible action thereon.
43. Discussion regarding a request to amend the terms of a parking lot
lease located on River Vega Land, dated August 7, 1979 between the
City of Laredo and Lar-Hill, Inc., by extending the primary term of
said lease which terminates on August 6, 2007, by thirty (30) years
together with an adjustment of rent to increase the fair market rental
value to current rates plus annual consumer price index increases and
discussion regarding possible assignment of this parking lot lease as
amended, to Kabir Investments, Inc., as the prospective purchaser of
the Holiday Inn on the Rio Property, together with possible Executive
Session for deliberation regarding real property, as authorized and
pursuant to Section 551.072, of the Texas Government Code and return
to open session, for possible action thereon.
X. COMMUNICATIONS
XI. CITY COUNCIL DISCUSSION AND PRESENTATION
44. Requests by Mayor and City Councilmembers for discussion and
presentation.
A. Requests by Councilmember Louis H. Bruni
1. Status report on the ongoing construction on Hwy 59 (Saunders) with
possible action. (Co-sponsored by Councilman Eliseo Valdez).
2. Status report on the lack of waste water infrastructure on the north
side of Highway 59 between Ejido Street and the entrance of Casa
Blanca State Park.
3. Status report on the ongoing infrastructure improvements on the 2800,
2900, and 3000 blocks of Lane with possible action.
4. Status report on the ongoing activities that are being conducted by
different departments related
at Heritage Park.
B. Requests by Councilmember Alfonso I. "Poncho" Casso, Jr.
1. Discussion and possible action regarding the creation of a Tree Board
with possible appointees.
2. Discussion and possible action regarding the EMS Division of the Fire
Department.
C. Requests by Councilmember Eliseo Valdez, Jr.
1. Consideration and possible action directing staff to begin preliminary
analysis on the widening of McPherson Road between Calton Road and
Saunders Avenue with possible inclusion into the 1999-2003 Capital
Improvement Program. (Co-sponsored by Cm. Louis H. Bruni)
D. Requests by Councilmember Joe A. Guerra
1. Status report concerning the progress of the infrastructure work being
done along Gallagher Street in the Calton Gardens area.
2. Discussion and possible action regarding the request by the EMS
Division of the Laredo Fire Department to split the EMS District in
two in order to have three additional EMS supervisors. This action
would guarantee the presence of one supervisor per division at all
times.
E. Requests by Councilmember Consuelo Montalvo
1. Appointment of Jose Arrellano to the Parks and Recreation Advisory
Board.
XII. PUBLIC HEARINGS
45. Public hearing amending the City of Laredo's 1997-1998 annual budget
by increasing estimated revenues and appropriations in the General
Fund by $3,500.00 to fund the production of a Laredo Area Cemetery
Preservation Plan; and authorizing the City Manager to implement said
budget, providing for publication and effective date.
INTRODUCTION OF AN ORDINANCE
Amending the City of Laredo's 1997-1998 annual budget by increasing
estimated revenues and appropriations in the General Fund by $3,500.00
to fund the production of a Laredo Area Cemetery Preservation Plan;
and authorizing the City Manager to implement said budget, providing
for publication and effective date.
46. Public hearing amending the City of Laredo's 1997-1998 annual budget
drawing down $500,000.00, from fund balance and $209,048.00, from
salary savings reserve and transferring same to the Bridge Fund to
appropriate said funds for amendment no. 3 on the engineering contract
with Structural Engineering Company (SEA) and authorizing the City
Manager to implement said budget.
INTRODUCTION OF AN ORDINANCE
Amending the City of Laredo's 1997-1998 annual budget drawing down
$500,000.00, from fund balance and $209,048.00, from salary savings
reserve and transferring same to the Bridge Fund to appropriate said
funds for amendment no. 3 on the engineering contract with Structural
Engineering Company (SEA) and authorizing the City Manager to
implement said budget.
46a. MOTION
Approval of amendment no. 3, for an amount not to exceed
$1,379,197.28, to the engineering contract with Structural Engineering
Company (SEA), San Antonio, Texas, for the Laredo Northwest
International Bridge (Fourth Bridge) to provide professional services
required to complete the design of the border station. Also included
are additional architectural/engineering (A/E) services required to
complete the scope of work in amendment no. 1 as a result of (1)
Changes in size of the buildings and docks and the quantity of paving
beyond initial estimates due to federal requirements. (2) The addition
of GSA Temporary Facilities. (3) The amount of project management due
to extensive required negotiations with Federal and State agencies.
The original contract amount was $70,450.00. This amendment brings the
total contract amount to $2,059,047.28. Funding is available in
Bridge System Fourth Bridge Architectural Fees.
47. Public hearing amending the City of Laredo's 1997-1998 U.S. Customs
Service Fund budget in the amount of $5,000.00, and authorizing the
City Manager to enter into an agreement with the Department of
Treasury/U.S. Customs Service for the reimbursement of $5,000.00 for
funding the Laredo Border Violence Task Force to assist U.S. Customs
Agents in conducting official Treasury investigations. These monies
will be used to pay overtime wages for Laredo Police Narcotics
officers involved in this Task Force. This will be the first year the
City has entered into this agreement and is at no cost to the City.
INTRODUCTION OF AN ORDINANCE
Amending the City of Laredo's 1997-1998 U.S. Customs Service Fund
budget in the amount of $5,000.00, and authorizing the City Manager to
enter into an agreement with the Department of Treasury/U.S. Customs
Service for the reimbursement of $5,000.00 for funding the Laredo
Border Violence Task Force to assist U.S. Customs Agents in conducting
official Treasury investigations. These monies will be used to pay
overtime wages for Laredo Police Narcotics officers involved in this
Task Force. This will be the first year the City has entered into this
agreement and is at no cost to the City; providing for publication and
effective date.
48. Public hearing altering and extending the boundary limits of the City
of Laredo, for the voluntary annexation of additional territory of
400.5859 acres, located in Porciones 12, 13, and 14 as further
described by metes and bounds, specifically the Unitec Industrial Park
Tract, providing for the effective date of the ordinance, adopting a
Service Plan for the annexed territory, and establishing the initial
zoning.
INTRODUCTION OF AN ORDINANCE
Altering and extending the boundary limits of the City of Laredo, for
the voluntary annexation additional territory of 400.5859 acres,
located in Porciones 12, 13, and 14 as further described by metes and
bounds, specifically the Unitec Industrial Park Tract, providing for
the effective date of the ordinance, adopting a Service Plan for the
annexed territory, and establishing the initial zoning.
49. Public hearing approving an amendment to the contract with the Texas
Department of Health and budget revision in the amount of $4,233.00,
for the HIV/AIDS Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS (HOPWA)
Project of the City of Laredo Health Department for the period
beginning February 1, 1998, through January 31, 1999.
INTRODUCTION OF AN ORDINANCE
Approving an amendment to the contract with the Texas Department of
Health and budget revision in the amount of $4,233.00, for the
HIV/AIDS Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS (HOPWA) Project
of the City of Laredo Health Department for the period beginning
February 1, 1998, through January 31, 1999.
50. Public hearing authorizing the City Manager to amend the 1997-98
Airport Fund Budget to appropriate $1,491,897.00, being the proceeds
from the sale of Airport non-aeronautical use land and to increase by
$245,000.00, the new airport passenger terminal construction line item
to provide funding for a food sanitizer, restaurant and to finish out
airline office space and ticket counters and to provide contingency
funding.
INTRODUCTION OF AN ORDINANCE
Authorizing the City Manager to amend the 1997-98 Airport Fund Budget
to appropriate #$1,491,897.00, being the proceeds from the sale of
Airport non-aeronautical use land and to increase by $245,000.00, the
new airport passenger terminal construction line item to provide
funding for a food sanitizer, restaurant and to finish out airline
office space and ticket counters and to provide contingency funding;
providing for publication and effective date.
XIV. MOTION TO RECESS AND CONVENE AS THE LAREDO MASS TRANSIT BOARD
51. Authorization to solicit bids for the purchase of seven replacement
para-transit vans. These vans have a capacity of eight passengers and
will be used by the El Lift Program. A tentative bid award date is
scheduled for April 20, 1998.
XVI. 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 FRIDAY, MARCH 13, 1998 AT 5:30 P.M.
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GUSTAVO GUEVARA, JR.
CITY SECRETARY