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CITY COUNCIL MEETING A-2009-R-06 CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS 1110 HOUSTON STREET LAREDO, TEXAS 78040 April 6, 2009 5:30 P.M

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CITY COUNCIL MEETING A-2009-R-06 CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS 1110 HOUSTON STREET LAREDO, TEXAS 78040 April 6, 2009 5:30 P.M CITY OF LAREDO CITY COUNCIL MEETING A-2009-R-06 CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS 1110 HOUSTON STREET LAREDO, TEXAS 78040 April 6, 2009 5:30 P.M. DISABILITY ACCESS STATEMENT Persons with disabilities who plan to attend this meeting and who may need auxiliary aid or services are requested to contact Gustavo Guevara, City Secretary at (956) 791-7308 at least two working days prior to the meeting so that appropriate arrangements can be made. The accessible entrance and accessible parking spaces are located at City Hall, 1100 Victoria Ave. Out of consideration for all attendees of the City Council meetings, please turn off all cellular phones and pagers, or place on inaudible signal. Thank you for your consideration. I. CALL TO ORDER II. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE III. ROLL CALL IV. MINUTES Approval of the minutes of March 16, 2009. V. COMMUNICATIONS AND RECOGNITIONS Recognitions a. Recognizing Eloy Vega, City of Laredo Fire Department Public Information Officer, for his heroic CPR response to a 4 year old boy found unconscious in a pool Thursday, March 26, 2009. CPR training is of up most importance in everyone lives. b. Recognizing the First United Methodist Church of McKinney, Texas for their volunteer work and re-construction of a fence along Ejido St. in South Laredo. Citizen comments Citizens are required to fill out a witness card and identify themselves at the microphone. Comments should be relevant to City business and delivered in a professional manner. No derogatory remarks will be permitted. There is a time limit of three minutes per speaker. VI. APPOINTMENTS TO COMMISSIONS, BOARDS AND COMMITTEES a. Appointment by Council Member Juan Narvaez of Juan Cue to the Telecommunications Advisory Committee. b. Appointment by Council Member Juan Narvaez of San Juanita Martinez Hunter to the Historical/ Landmark Board. c. Appointment by Council Member Johnny Rendon of Joe Martinez to the Telecommunications Advisory Committee. VII. PUBLIC HEARING 1. Public hearing and introductory ordinance authorizing the City Manager to accept FY 2009 Federal Planning Funds (PL112) in the amount of $8,429.00 and amending the City of Laredo’s FY 2009 General Fund Budget to match PL112’s budget by increasing revenues by $8,429.00 and expenditures by $8,429.00. The PL112 funds come from the 2008-2009 approved Unified Planning Work Program (UPWP).(Approved by the Operations Committee and Finance Committee) 2. Public hearing and introductory ordinance authorizing the City Manager to amend the FY 2008-2009 Transit Capital Grants Budget in the amount of $1,155,995.00 by appropriating capital funds from the Texas Department of Transportation Vehicle Capital Replacement Grant No. VCR0902(22)042 in the amount of $959,480.00 in state match and $196,515.00 in local match.(Approved by the Operations Committee and Finance Committee) 3. Public hearing and introductory ordinance amending the City of Laredo FY 2008-2009 budget for the Texas Department of Transportation Reimbursement Agreement for the 2008 Utility Bond by appropriating revenues and project expenditures in an amount not to exceed $714,678.50, which consists of $595,268.25 from the 2008 Water Bond and $119,410.25 from the 2008 Sewer Bond. (Approved by the Operations Committee and the Finance Committee as amended) 4. Public hearing and introductory ordinance amending the City of Laredo Fiscal Year 2009 Budget by appropriating revenues and expenditures in the amount of $763,873.00 derived from interest earnings for various Certificates of Obligation Bond Funds in order to provide the necessary funding for the Bartlett Extension Project totaling $2,700,000.00. The closing of various project activities totaling $1,279,180.00 plus the appropriation of $763,873.00 will generate the $2,043,053.00 from Certificates of Obligations Bond Series 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005 and 2006. Other funding sources that will finalize the completion of the project include funding from the Environmental Services Bonds, Water and Sewer Bonds, 2 FTA grant and District II ($50,000.00) and District V ($150,000.00) Discretionary Funds. Amounts from these funding sources will be based on the final construction figures. (Approved by the Operations Committee) 5. Public hearing and introductory ordinance authorizing the City Manager to amend the FY 2008-2009 Annual Budget Capital Improvements Fund by appropriating revenues and expenditures in the amount of $12,950.00 and generated through cash payments in lieu of parkland dedication for the construction of Independence Hills Park also known as Vaquillas Park. (Approved by the Operations Committee) 6. Public hearing and introductory ordinance authorizing the City Manager to accept a grant from the Texas Department of State Health Services- Office of Border Health and amending the City of Laredo Health Department FY 2008-2009 annual budget by appropriating revenues and expenses in the amount of $7,700.00 to support activities of the Los Dos Laredos Council and The Healthy Border 2010 objectives, for the period beginning February 1, 2009 through August 31, 2009. (Approved by the Operations Committee and Finance Committee) 7. Public hearing and introductory ordinance amending Sections 13-23 penalty for violation of article and 13-39 (fees) of Division 2 (license) of Article II (food products establishments) Chapter 13, food and food products, of the code of ordinances by increasing the annual license fee paid by a food establishment (which will continue to be based upon the number of employees in an establishment) as follows: a.)Two (2) or fewer employees an increasing fee from fifty dollars ($50.00) to seventy ($70.00) dollars; b.)Two (2) and not more than six (6) employees to increase fee from one hundred dollars ($100.00) to one hundred forty ($140.00) dollars; c.)Six (6) and not more than ten (10) employees to increase fee from two hundred dollars ($200.00) to two hundred eighty ($280.00) dollars; d.) More than ten (10) employees, to increase fee from four hundred dollars ($400.00) to five hundred sixty ($560.00) dollars; e.) Increasing the meat and seafood markets to increase fee to one hundred dollars ($100.00) to one hundred fifty ($150.00) dollars; f.) Increasing the “new food products establishment” increase fee of fifty dollars ($50.00) to one hundred ($100.00) dollars; 3 g.) Increasing a “request for inspection” fee from twenty five dollars ($25.00) to fifty dollars ($50.00); h.) Establishing a new fee of fifty ($50.00) dollars for late payment of a food license; i.) A new fee of seventy five ($75.00) dollars for additional follow-up inspections. All fees will be implemented on January 1, 2010 except for the penalty fee of not less than $300.00 and the re-inspection fee of $75.00 after second inspection effective 60 days following public hearing and introduction; and providing for publication and effective date. (Approved by the Operations Committee and amended by the Finance Committee to include items c. – i. only) 8. Public hearing and introductory ordinance amending the City of Laredo 2008 Homeland Security Grant annual budget by increasing revenues and expenses by $350,000.00 for a total award amount of $850,000.00 from the 2008 State Homeland Security Grant Sub-Recipient agreement between the City of Laredo and the Texas Division of Emergency Management. Funding received through the grant agreement will be used to acquire a Mobile Command Unit (MCU) to enhance public safety response. The appropriation of said grant revenue and expenditure 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 inkind matching funds. (Approved by the Operations Committee and Finance Committee) (Recess) (Press Availability) VIII. INTRODUCTORY ORDINANCES 9. Amending Ordinance No. 2009-O-035 (Granting a ten (10) year easement to the United States of America by and through U.S. Customs and Border Protection over 25.53 acres of City property along the Rio Grande River Bend for the purpose of carrying out the Carrizo Cane Eradication Project of the Laredo Sector of U.S. Border Patrol) to exclude any aerial spraying of any kind of herbicide along the banks of the Rio Grande as part of the eradication project; and authorizing the City Manager to execute the easement, as so amended, in the form and content attached as Exhibit 1, of which Exhibit A of the easement sets forth the description of the 25.53 acres; and authorizing the City Manager to sign a waiver of appraisal in the form attached as Exhibit 2. 4 10. Authorizing the City Manager to execute a lease agreement between the City of Laredo and Laura Salcedo D.B.A. Hot Dog Express for the use of retail space “Suite B” of the “Mercado Square” located at 1000 Hidalgo Street. The lease term is for two (2) years at a rental rate of eight hundred sixteen ($816.00) dollars per month, for the first year, increasing the second year based on the change in 2009 consumer price index and providing for May 1, 2009, as effective date. (Approved by the Operations Committee) 11. Authorizing the City Manager to execute all necessary documents to grant an easement to AEP Texas Central Company to install electrical facilities to serve Slaughter Park within Block 707, eastern division. The said easement containing 808.48 sq. ft. being out of lot numbers 5 and 6, Block 707, Eastern Division, City of Laredo, Webb County, Texas and being described on attached Exhibit 1. (Approved by the Operations Committee) IX. FINAL READING OF ORDINANCES 12. 2009-O-045 Amending Chapter 28 Article II entitled “Excavations” of the Laredo Code of Ordinances, Division I, II, III, and IV, Sections 28-16 thru 28-78, save and except for Sections 28-40, by deleting said sections and adding Article IX to be entitled “Public Right of Way Management” Sections 28-164 thru 28-239; providing for a repealing clause; providing a severability clause; providing for a penalty of fine not to exceed two thousand dollars ($2,000.00); and providing for an effective date.
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