CITY OF LAREDO CITY COUNCIL MEETING A-2009-R-013 CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS 1110 HOUSTON STREET LAREDO, TEXAS 78040 July 20, 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 June 29, 2009 and July 6, 2009 V. COMMUNICATIONS AND RECOGNITIONS Recognitions a. Recognizing Doctor’s Hospital of Laredo for their outstanding 35 years of service excellence to the community and for receiving the 2008 Service Excellence Award from the Universal Health Service Corporation. b. Recognition of Abigail Palacios, Junior at United High School, for winning first place at the following events since August of 2008: • Five (5) Laredo Junior Association Golf (LJGA) Tournaments • Three (3) High School Tournaments including District 29 5A Championship • Two (2) South Texas PGA Tournaments most recently on July 14, 2009, at Casa Blanca Golf Course c. Recognition of Kassandra ”Kassey” Ramirez, TAMIU student, and her seeing eye dog “Zoogi” in partnership with the Fernando A. Salinas Foundation, TAMIU , Webb County Judge Danny Valdez and Mayor Raul G. Salinas. 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. PUBLIC HEARINGS 1. Public hearing and introductory ordinance accepting funds from D & J Alexander Management, L.P., Laredo, Texas in the amount of $29,028.45 for the McPherson Lift Station and amending the City of Laredo FY 2008- 2009 budget for the 2006 Utility Sewer Bond by appropriating revenues and project expenditures in the amount of $29,028.45. (Approved by Finance Committee) 2. Public hearing and introductory ordinance amending the City of Laredo 2008-2009 Autotheft Task Force Annual Budget in the amount of $76,056.00 to fund the Laredo Autotheft Task Force and accepting a grant award in the amount of $433,514.00 from the State of Texas Auto Burglary and Theft Prevention Authority. The City of Laredo will be designating $231,349.00 in matching funds, and Webb County will be designating $37,661.00 in matching funds for a total grant amount of $702,524.00. This grant is effective from September 1, 2009 through August 31, 2010. (Approved by Finance Committee) 3. Public hearing and introductory ordinance authorizing the City Manager to implement the FY 2010 and FY 2011 South Texas 9-1-1 Regional Administration Strategic Plan as approved by the Commission on State Emergency Communication (CSEC) on July 14, 2009; and amending the FY 2010 9-1-1 Regional Administration Fund by appropriating revenues and expenditures in the amount of $86,819.00 for administrative, equipment and program budgets for Jim Hogg, Starr, Webb, and Zapata counties for the period beginning September 1, 2009 and ending August 31, 2010. Funding for subsequent years is contingent upon future budget approvals. (Approved by Operations & Finance Committees) 4. Public hearing and introductory ordinance accepting funds in the amount of $14,338.00 from the South Texas 9-1-1 Regional Administration Division to cost share personnel at the Laredo Police Department Public Safety Answering Point in accordance to Section 771.0751 of the Texas Health and Safety Code and Rule 251.3 Use of Revenue in Certain Counties from the Commission on State Emergency Communications; and 2 amending the FY 2009-2010 General Fund Budget of the City of Laredo by appropriating revenues and expenditures in the amount of $14,338.00 for salary expenses for Laredo Police Department Communications Division salaries. 5. Public hearing and introductory ordinance amending the City of Laredo FY 2008-2009 annual budget by appropriating revenues from the Social and Health Research Center-University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (SAHRC-UTHSCSA) and expenditures in the amount of $250,000.00 for Proyecto Bienestar-Laredo to conduct an additional year of intervention in the early school health based diabetes reduction project for the term period beginning May 1, 2009 through April 30, 2010. (Approved by Operations & Finance Committees) (Recess) (Press Availability) VII. INTRODUCTORY ORDINANCES 6. Designating as a one-way eastbound that one (1) block section of Denmark Lane, and as a one-way westbound that one (1) block section of Yukon Lane, between Backwoods Drive on the east and Greenland Drive on the west, during the peak hours of 7:00 a.m. to 8:00 a.m., and 2:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. Monday thru Friday, during school days and as two-way that one (1) block section of Backwoods Drive, between Denmark Lane on the north and Yukon Lane on the south, all days of the week, providing for the installation of appropriate signs to indicate one-way and two-way traffic and providing for publication and effective date. (Approved by Operations Committee) 7. Closing as a public easement, that section of Burnside Street between Vidaurri and Santa Rita Avenue, also known as the 1900 block of Burnside Street, situated in the Western Division, City of Laredo Webb County, Texas; provided that the City retains the right to maintain, operate, repair and replace by itself or by any licensee or a holder of a franchise from the City, any poles, wires, pipes, conduits, sewer mains or any other facilities or equipment for the maintenance of operation of any utility now located in the street portion; hereof, closed as a public easement and providing for an effective date. (Approved by Operations Committee) VIII. FINAL READING OF ORDINANCES 8. 2009-O-112 Accepting a grant award under the 2009 JAG Recovery Grant Program from the Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, Bureau of Justice Assistance in the amount of $602,748.00 and amending the City of Laredo 2008-2009 Special Police Fund Annual Budget in the same amount. The Office of Justice Programs is contributing the full grant 3 amount of $602,748.00 with no match obligated to the City of Laredo or Webb County. The City of Laredo will receive $574,766.00 and Webb County will receive $27,982.00. The Laredo Police Department will utilize this funding for training, ammunition, supplies and the purchase of officer safety equipment for the period of March 01, 2009 through February 28, 2013. 2009-O-113 Amending Chapter 5 of the City of Laredo Code of Ordinance to allow the City of Laredo to issue two (2) year Alcoholic Beverage Permits and Licenses instead of the one (1) year which is currently issued. Senate Bill 1217 of the 80th Legislature amended the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Code to allow two (2) year permits and the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission has adopted Rule 33.25 to transition to the two (2) year permits and licenses by September 1, 2009. The City shall double the annual fee currently being assessed for the issuance of a two (2) year permit or license. This ordinance is also amended to update the list of permits and licenses and provide causes for denial or cancellation. 2009-O-114 Amending Ordinance No. 2009-O-057 dated April 20, 2009 and 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 decreasing the amount not to exceed $92,555.00, which consists of $85,927.00 from the 2008 Water Bond and $6,628.00 from the 2008 Sewer Bond. 2009-O-115 Amending the Zoning Ordinance (Map) of the City of Laredo by rezoning Lot 29A, Ferraez Subdivision, located at 260 W. Calton Road, from B-1 (Limited Commercial District) to B-3 (Community Business District). The Planning and Zoning Commission has recommended approval of the zone change. (District V) 2009-O-116 Amending the Zoning Ordinance (Map) of the City of Laredo by authorizing a Conditional Use Permit for an amusement redemption machine establishment on Lot 1, Block 1, Friends Association Subdivision, located at 9110 McPherson Road. The Planning and Zoning Commission has recommended approval of the Conditional Use Permit. (District VI) (AS AMENDED) 2009-O-117 Amending the Zoning Ordinance (Map) of the City of Laredo by authorizing a Conditional Use Permit for accessory parking on Lot 13, Block 6, Indian Sunset Subdivision Phase 11, located at 12921 Mohawk Drive. The Planning and Zoning Commission has recommended approval of the Conditional Use Permit with a six (6) month expiration date. (District VII) (AS AMENDED) 2009-O-118 Amending the Zoning Ordinance (Map) of the City of Laredo by authorizing a Conditional Use Permit for an amusement redemption machine establishment on Lots 9-12, Block 1, Vista Hermosa Subdivision, 4 Unit III, and Lots 13A and 14A, Block 1, Vista Hermosa Subdivision, Unit IV, located at 5517 McPherson Road, Suites #18 and 19. The Planning and Zoning Commission has recommended approval of the Conditional Use Permit with the limitation of forty (40) amusement redemption machines to allow for the Conditional Use Permit to comply with the parking ordinance.