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City of Corpus Christi

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Meeting Agenda - Final-revised
City Council
Tuesday, March 18, 2025

11:30 AM

Council Chambers

Addendums may be added on Friday.

Public Notice: Persons with disabilities who plan to attend this meeting and who may
need auxiliary aids or services are requested to contact the City Secretary’s office (at
361-826-3105) at least 48 hours in advance so that appropriate arrangements can be
made.
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This meeting may be held via videoconference call pursuant to Texas Government
Code § 551.127. If this meeting is held via videoconference call or other remote method
of meeting, then a member of this governmental body presiding over this meeting will
be physically present at the location of this meeting unless this meeting is held
pursuant to Texas Government Code § 551.125 due to an emergency or other public
necessity pursuant to Texas Government Code § 551.045.
A.

Mayor Paulette Guajardo to call the meeting to order.

B.

Invocation to be given by Pastor Rob Bailey with Southside Community Church.

C.

Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag of the United States and to the Texas Flag to be
led by Jonathan Anguiano, 12th grader from Roy Miller High School.

D.

City Secretary Rebecca L. Huerta to call the roll of the required Charter Officers.

E.

INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION ITEMS: (ITEM 1)
The following items are motions, resolutions or ordinances that may be considered and
voted on individually.

1.

24-1126

Presentation on the City’s Drought Contingency Plan and ordinance
amending City Code of Ordinances Chapter 55, Article XII Water
Resource Management sections 55-150, 55-152, 55-153, 55-154,
55-155; updating the City’s Drought Contingency Plan, providing an
effective date of March 19, 2025, and providing for penalties and
publication.
Sponsors: Corpus Christi Water

City of Corpus Christi

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PUBLIC COMMENT

G.

BOARD & COMMITTEE APPOINTMENTS: (ITEM 2)

2.

25-0253

H.

EXPLANATION OF COUNCIL ACTION:

March 18, 2025

Arts & Cultural Commission
Building Standards Board
Crime Control & Prevention District
Island Strategic Action Committee
Parks & Recreation Advisory Committee

For administrative convenience, certain of the agenda items are listed as motions,
resolutions, or ordinances. If deemed appropriate, the City Council will use a different
method of adoption from the one listed; may finally pass an ordinance by adopting it as
an emergency measure rather than a two reading ordinance; or may modify the action
specified.

I.

CONSENT AGENDA: (ITEMS 3 - 19)
NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC: The following items are consent motions, resolutions, and
ordinances of a routine or administrative nature. The Council has been furnished with
background and support material on each item, and/or it has been discussed at a
previous meeting. All items will be acted upon by one vote without being discussed
separately unless requested by a Council Member or a citizen, in which event the item
or items will immediately be withdrawn for individual consideration in its normal
sequence after the items not requiring separate discussion have been acted upon. The
remaining items will be adopted by one vote.

3.

25-0343

Approval of the February 25, 2025 Regular Meeting Minutes and March
6, 2025 Workshop Minutes
Sponsors: City Secretary's Office

Consent - Second Reading Ordinances

4.

25-0221

Ordinance authorizing acceptance of $15,000 grant from the Coastal
Bend Wellness Foundation to fund overtime and fringe benefits for the
Red Cord Initiative Diversion Program; and appropriating funds in the
amount of $15,000 to the Police Grants Fund.
Sponsors: Police Department

5.

24-2037

Ordinance authorizing the acceptance and appropriation of
$4,203,066.87 from the U.S. Department of Transportation, Pipeline and
Hazardous Materials Safety Administration, under the FY 2024 Natural
Gas Distribution Infrastructure Safety and Modernization Grant for use
by the Gas Department to replace existing steel gas mains with
polyethylene (PE) pipe; and amending the Gas Grant Fund and FY
2025 Capital Budget.
Sponsors: Gas Department

Consent - Contracts and Procurement
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25-0262

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Motion authorizing the purchase of 68 additional body-worn cameras
and related equipment from Turn-Key Mobile, of Jefferson City,
Missouri, through the Texas Department of Information Resources, for
the Corpus Christi Police Department in an amount of $141,848.00, with
FY 2025 funding from the Police Grants Fund, the Law Enforcement
Trust Fund, and the General Fund.
Sponsors: Police Department and Contracts and Procurement

7.

25-0172

Motion authorizing the purchase of 40 additional and 10 replacement
Panasonic mobile data computers with dash camera systems from
Turn-Key Mobile, Inc, of Jefferson City, Missouri, through the Texas
Department of Information Resources, for the Corpus Christi Police
Department in the amount of $878,300.00, with FY 2025 funding in the
amount of $737,772.00 from the Fleet Equipment Replacement Fund
and $140,528.00 from the Crime Control and Prevention District Fund.
Sponsors: Police Department, Asset Management Department and Finance &

Procurement

8.

25-0357

Resolution authorizing the purchase of 40 additional and 10
replacement L3Harris mobile communication radio systems from Dailey
and Wells Communications, of San Antonio, Texas, for the Corpus
Christi Police Department in the amount of $203,845.00, with FY 2025
funding in the amount of $167,826.60 from the Fleet Equipment
Replacement Fund and $36,018.40 from the Crime Control and
Prevention District Fund.
Sponsors: Police Department, Asset Management Department and Finance &

Procurement

9.

25-0251

Motion authorizing execution of a three-year renewal service agreement
with Astound Business Solutions, LLC, of Austin, through the TIPS
Cooperative, in the amount of $173,880.00 for dedicated fiber links to
the City’s backup data center, the radio system, and for Police
Department special use cases, with FY2025 funding of $28,980.00 from
the Information Technology Fund.
Sponsors: Information Technology Services and Finance & Procurement

10.

25-0252

Motion authorizing execution of a three-year service agreement with
Astound Business Solutions, LLC, of Austin, through the TIPS
Cooperative, in the amount of $191,520.00 for redundant fiber
connections to the City’s backup data center, City Hall, and the Police
Department; for a redundant connection between City Hall’s data center
and the City’s Service Center facilities; and to increase internet speeds
at the American Bank Center, with FY2025 funding of $27 ,120.00 from
the Information Technology Fund and $4,800.00 from the General Fund.
Sponsors: Information Technology Services and Finance & Procurement

Consent - Capital Projects

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25-0141

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Motion awarding 23 Master Service Agreements for professional
engineering services to 15 firms with an aggregate three-year not to
exceed amount of $46,350,000.00 for surveying and mapping,
subsurface utility engineering, general civil and facilities parking lot
projects, mechanical, electrical, and plumbing, and geotechnical and
construction materials testing to support the Bond and CIP program with
projects located Citywide, with FY 2025 funding available from the
Capital Program, Bond Program Funds and operating budgets.
Sponsors: Engineering Services and Contracts and Procurement

12.

25-0305

Motion awarding a construction contract to J. Carroll Weaver, Inc., of
Sinton, Texas, in an amount up to $5,000,000.00 with two renewal
options to be administratively authorized for a total amount up to
$15,000,000.00 for Citywide Water Line Repair/Replace-Small Diameter
Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) FY2024 project, located
Citywide, with FY 2025 funding available from the Water Capital Fund.
Sponsors: Corpus Christi Water, Engineering Services and Finance & Procurement

13.

25-0307

Motion awarding a construction contract to RUTS Construction, LLC,
Haslet, Texas, in an amount up to $5,000,000.00 with two renewal
options to be administratively authorized for a total amount not to
exceed $15,000,000.00 for Citywide Water Line Repair/Replace-Large
Diameter Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) FY2024 project,
located Citywide, with FY 2025 funding available from the Water Capital
Fund.
Sponsors: Corpus Christi Water, Engineering Services and Finance & Procurement

14.

25-0234

Motion authorizing the approval of Change Order No. 3 with Reytec
Construction Resources of Houston, Texas, for changes to the
pavement structure on Alameda Street, from Louisiana Ave to Texan
Trail, in the amount of $1,524,245.99 for a total amount not to exceed
$16,937,904.07, with funding available from Bond 2018.
Sponsors: Engineering Services and Public Works/Street Department

General Consent Items

15.

25-0285

Resolution authorizing the submission of three grant applications to the
Public Safety Office - Homeland Security Grants Division for the State
Homeland Security Program totaling $218,952.00 for ten new rifle-rated
armored shields for the Corpus Christi Police Department SWAT Team,
fourteen replacement SCUBA equipment for the Corpus Christi Police
Department Dive Team, and three additional stabilization kits for ladder
trucks for the Corpus Christi Fire Department.
Sponsors: Fire Department

Consent - First Reading Ordinances

16.

25-0244

City of Corpus Christi

Ordinance accepting a grant for $20,332.87 from the Texas Commission
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on Environmental Quality for the 2024 Local Emergency Planning
Committee Grant Program for the purchase of marketing materials and
media for the City of Corpus Christi-Nueces County Local Emergency
Planning Committee (LEPC); and appropriating $20,332.87 in the FY
2025 Fire Grants Fund.
Sponsors: Fire Department

17.

25-0220
Ordinance amending Section 53-254 of the City Code to reduce the
speed limit on Weber Road (FM 43), between Saratoga Boulevard (SH
357) and Oso Creek Bridge, and reduce the speed limit of Ennis Joslin
Road (Spur 3), between South Padre Island Drive and Ocean Drive;
providing for penalty and publication
Sponsors: Public Works/Street Department

18.

25-0298

Ordinance accepting and appropriating two grant awards in the amount
of $988,567.12 and $330,000 in funding from the Office of the
Governor’s Texas Military Preparedness Commission Defense
Economic Adjustment Assistance Grant (DEAAG) Program with the
required matching contributions from the City totaling $309,209.22 for
the Lift Station Modernization Project at Naval Air Station-Corpus Christi
and the Condensate Return Station Replacement Project at Corpus
Christi Army Depot
Sponsors: Intergovernmental Relations

19.

25-0345

Ordinance approving the Home to Texas Internship Program project
between the Corpus Christi B Corporation (Type B) and the University of
Texas at Austin for a job training project comprising a nine-week
summer internship for Corpus Christi students enrolled at UT Austin and
a contribution to a $5,000.00 scholarship upon completion of the job
training internship; appropriating $12,500.00 from the unreserved fund
balance of the Corpus Christi B Corporation Economic Development
fund; and amending the budget.
Sponsors: Economic Development

J.

RECESS FOR LUNCH
The City Council will take a lunch break at approximately 1:30 p.m.

K.

PUBLIC HEARINGS: (ITEMS 20 - 21)
The following items are public hearings and public hearings with first reading
ordinances. Each item will be considered individually.

20.

25-0129

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Annexation and Zoning Case ZN8474 Braselton Development
Company, Ltd. (District 3). Ordinance annexing a 63.239-acre tract of
land located along the east side of CR 33 (London Pirate Road), north
of FM 43 (Weber Rd) and abutting the southside of the Oso Creek per
owner petition; approving the related service plan; adding the annexed
area to City Council District 3; and rezoning from the “FR” Farm Rural
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District to the “RS-4.5” Single-Family 4.5 District; providing for a penalty
not to exceed $2,000 and publication. (Planning Commission and staff
recommend approval of Zoning Case ZN8474)
Sponsors: Planning and Community Development Department

21.

25-0295

Annexation and Zoning Case ZN8481 Texas Lone Star Abstract & Title
Investments Group, LLC. (District 3). Ordinance annexing a 2.00-acre
tract of land per owner petition located at the southeast corner of FM 43
and CR 47; annexing the abutting 299.98 linear-foot section of CR 47;
and annexing a 2,489.98 linear-foot section of FM 43; approving the
related service plan; adding the annexed area to City Council District 3;
rezoning the 2.00 acres from the “FR” Farm Rural District to the “CN-1”
Neighborhood Commercial District; and providing for a penalty not to
exceed $2,000 and publication. (Planning Commission and staff
recommend approval of Zoning Case ZN8481)
Sponsors: Planning and Community Development Department and Development

Services

L.

BRIEFINGS: (ITEMS 22 - 23)
Briefing information will be provided to the City Council during the Council meeting.
Briefings are for Council information only. No action will be taken and no public
comment will be solicited. The City Manager or City Council Liaison for any city board,
commission, committee or corporation (including Type A or B Corporation) may report
on the action(s) or discussion(s) of any such body's public meeting that occurred within
one month prior to this City Council meeting.

22.

25-0167

Briefing by OVG360 on the American Bank Center
Sponsors: Economic Development

23.

25-0402

Briefing on 89th Texas Legislative Session Update , Presented by Ryan
Skrobarczyk, Director of Intergovernmental Relations
Sponsors: Intergovernmental Relations

M.

EXECUTIVE SESSION: (ITEMS 24 - 25)
PUBLIC NOTICE is given that the City Council may elect to go into executive session at
any time during the meeting in order to discuss any matters listed on the agenda, when
authorized by the provisions of the Open Meeting Act, Chapter 551 of the Texas
Government Code, and that the City Council specifically expects to go into executive
session on the following matters. If the Council elects to go into executive session
regarding an agenda item, the section or sections of the Open Meetings Act authorizing
the executive session will be publicly announced by the presiding officer. The City
Council may deliberate and take action in open session on any issue that may be
discussed in executive session. The description of an item in “Executive Sessions”
constitutes the written interpretation by the City Attorney of Chapter 551 of the Texas
Government Code and his determination that said item may be legally discussed in
Closed Meeting in compliance with Chapter 551 the Texas Government Code.

24.

25-0309

City of Corpus Christi

Executive session pursuant to Texas Government Code § 551.071
and Texas Disciplinary Rules of Professional Conduct Rule 1.05 to
consult with attorneys concerning legal issues related to the contract
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with Global Spectrum, L.P., dba OVG360 for operation of the American
Bank Center
25.

25-0361

N.

ADJOURNMENT

City of Corpus Christi

Executive session pursuant to Texas Government Code § 551.071
and Texas Disciplinary Rules of Professional Conduct Rule 1.05 to
consult with attorneys concerning legal issues related to the potential
value and/or acquisition of properties at, adjacent, and/or near 13710
North Hillwood Trail, 13720 North Hillwood Trail, and/or 13724 North
Hillwood Trail for the water line crossing the Nueces River at Callallen
project-potential condemnation(s); and Texas Government Code §
551.072 to discuss and deliberate the purchase or value of the
aforementioned areas of real property because deliberation in an open
meeting would have a detrimental effect on the position of the
governmental body in negotiations with a third person, including, but not
limited to, potential consideration of authorization to enter agreement(s)
for the purchase of the property or property(ies) at and/or adjacent to
the aforementioned locations.

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