Special City Council Meeting A-2010-Sc-08 City Council Chambers 1110 Houston Street Laredo, Texas 78040 November 8, 2010 5:30 P.M
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CITY OF LAREDO SPECIAL CITY COUNCIL MEETING A-2010-SC-08 CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS 1110 HOUSTON STREET LAREDO, TEXAS 78040 NOVEMBER 8, 2010 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 October 18, 2010, October 27, 2010 & November 1, 2010 V. COMMUNICATIONS AND RECOGNITIONS Recognitions a. Recognizing Juan “Johnny” Ramos, Kohl’s Store Manager, for his participation in the backpack distribution event held Wednesday, October 20, 2010, hosted by District IV. Communiqués a. Presentation by HEB staff regarding the upcoming 22nd Annual “Feast of Sharing” Thanksgiving Dinner. 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 Michael Landeck of Mr. Sabas Zapata to the Sports Ad Hoc Advisory Committee. VII. PUBLIC HEARINGS 1. Public hearing and introductory ordinance amending the City of Laredo Health Department FY 2010-2011 annual budget by authorizing the city manager to accept and appropriate revenues and expenditures in the amount of $200,000.00 from the Department of Health and Human Services Centers for disease control and prevention. The funds are for a partnership with the mid Rio Grande Border Area Health Education Center (AHEC) who will receive $161,000.00 to implement the assessment partnering with the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio Center for South Texas Programs and South Texas AHEC, several community partners and the City of Laredo Health Department who will receive $39,000.00 including one (1) FTE Clerk III along with various other local community partners, this project will conduct a health care needs assessment to project health care services, assess indigent care, address emerging health care issues and needs, health care professions development as well as improve health care access. This project is from September 1, 2010 through August 31, 2011. 2. Public hearing and introductory ordinance amending the City of Laredo Special Police Programs Fund FY 2010-2011 annual budget by authorizing the City Manager to amend the full time equivalent positions (FTE) by adding one (1) Evidence Tech and one (1) Network Specialist to the Special Police Program Fund. Funding for these positions is $71,301.00 and has been appropriated in the Special Police Program Fund and will be funded through The Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Program which will be used to pay for the salaries and fringe benefits for these positions. 3. Public hearing and introductory ordinance authorizing City Manager to accept, execute, and amend the City of Laredo Special Police Programs Fund FY 2010-2011 annual budget in the amount of $4,369,266.00 to fund the Community Oriented Policing Services COPS Grant and to amend the Full Time Equivalent Positions (FTE) by adding twenty-two (22) Police Officer Cadet positions grade 71 to the Special Police Program Fund. Funding for this project is available from the COPS Office and will be used to hire twenty-two (22) new police officer cadet positions and the program will pay 100% of the officer salaries and fringe benefits for the next three (3) years. 4. Public hearing and introductory ordinance amending the City of Laredo Municipal Court FY 2010-2011 annual budget and FTE’s by authorizing the City Manager to accept, execute and appropriate revenues and expenditures in the amount of $35,638.82 received from Linebarger, Goggan, Blair & Sampson, L.L.P. to offset the expense to the City of Laredo 2 for the creation of one (1) full time assistant court clerk position (salary and benefits) to handle data transfer, additional walk-in traffic, phone inquiries and other tasks associated with the implementation and administration of the contract for professional collection services. (Recess) (Press Availability) VIII. INTRODUCTORY ORDINANCES 5. Authorizing the City Manager to execute an amendment to the lease with Ronny Salamon d/b/a Avionics Services Intl., approved on November 7, 2005, by Ordinance No. 2005-O-277 for approximately 6,174 square feet constituting Building No. 1338 located at 4015 North Jarvis Avenue at the Laredo International Airport. Said Amendment adds three (3) years to the lease term ending on September 30, 2013 and amending Section 2.02 Lessee’s Duty to Repair, to obligate Lessee to make several improvements to the leased premises. All other terms and conditions of the lease remain unchanged and in effect; providing for an effective date. 6. Authorizing the City Manager to grant a Right-of-Entry to United States of America for a twenty-four (24) month period on City owned property located alongside the Rio Grande and directly under International Bridge I (as depicted in the attached survey Exhibit “A”), to allow access to the site, allow the installation of a temporary cofferdam, install a permanent surface, associated parking area, install lights at the parking area and improve the boat ramp. IX. FINAL READING OF ORDINANCES 7. 2010-O-165 Amending the Code of Ordinances section 15-5 (fees for influenza, pneumococcal, childhood and other immunizations) by specifying charges for influenza from $15.00 to $20.00 and pneumococcal from $20.00 to $35.00, and raising the administrative fee from $4.00 to $8.00 for children and qualifying adults; section 15-9 (fees for maternal and child health program) by establishing a fee of $26.00 per visit for early detection, screening, nursing and/or sexually transmitted disease services; section 15- 12 (fees for clinical health services provided in the adult health/primary health care, disease prevention, chronic disease services, early detection or sexually transmitted disease services) by adding a first visit fee of $26.00 and a follow-up general fee of $15.00; section 15-13 by increasing the fee of $15.00 for water bacteriological testing to $18.00 for routine testing and $25.00 for microorganism type testing and repealing ordinances 2008-o-163 and 2000-o-169; by adding additional definitions and clarification to comply with state and federal fee guidelines (income, Title V, Medicaid or Medicare) and/or as accepted by motion during the budget workshop. This action will allow for additional patient care services needed to assure appropriate care, protect the public’s health and to prevent disease outbreaks. Providing for public hearing, publication and effective date. (AS AMENDED) 3 2010-O-166 Amending section 24-78, of the Laredo Land Development Code, entitled off-street parking and loading requirements, by creating section 24-78.1 purpose, by amending (a) general requirements establishing minimum parking space requirement formulas and establishing valet parking provisions, amending (c) parking space dimension by establishing minimum standards for single family residential parking, amending (i) location of parking spaces by establishing the methodology for measuring distances between commercial uses and off-site parking facilities, amending (k) joint use by defining overlap and requiring an agreement be created between the parties for joint use of parking spaces; providing for publication and effective date. (AS AMENDED) 2010-O-167 Amending the Zoning Ordinance (Map) of the City of Laredo by rezoning Lot 12 & the west three (3) feet of Lot 11, Block 1627, Eastern Division, located at 2720 Ross Street, from B-1 (Limited Commercial District) to B-3 (Community Business District); providing for publication and effective date. 2010-O-168 Amending the Zoning Ordinance (Map) of the City of Laredo by rezoning Lot 10 and East ½ of Lot 11, Block 925, Eastern Division, located at 1706 Chihuahua Street, from R-O (Residential/Office District) to B-1 (Limited Commercial District); providing for publication and effective date. 2010-O-169 Amending the Zoning Ordinance (Map) of the City of Laredo by authorizing a Special Use Permit for the storage of flammable and explosive products on Lots 5, 6, and 7, Block 1, San Isidro Business Park, located at 410 Crossroads Street; providing for publication and effective date. X. RESOLUTIONS 8. 2010-R-027 Correcting a duplication of the numbering of Resolution 2010- R-022, ratifying approval and acceptance of the donation of a parcel of land for one (1) utility easement from Gabriel Perez and Alberta Perez, for Pueblo Nuevo Subdivision Easement Acquisition Project; said parcel of land, being a 600 square foot tract of land out of lot 6, block 10, Pueblo Nuevo Subdivision, said tract conveyed by deed to Luz Olivia Gonzales, recorded in volume 1458, pages 200-203, official public records, Webb County, Texas, and being more particularly described by metes and bounds and a survey; hereto attached, as exhibits “A” & “B”, respectively. 9. 2010-R-095 Authorizing the City Manager to accept a grant from the Bulletproof Vest Partnership (BVP) Program. The U.S. Department of Justice BVP program will fund $5,774.00, and the City of Laredo will designate $5,774.00 in matching funds for a total program budget of $11,548.00.