CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS

1110 HOUSTON STREET

LAREDO, TEXAS 78040

JULY 28, 2004

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. MOTION

1. Consideration for approval to award a construction contract to Leyendecker Construction, Laredo, Texas, in the amount not to exceed $19,059,090.00 for the City of Laredo Bridge of Americas Modification Project (El Portal). Funding is available in the Bridge, Water, and Sewer Systems –Bridge Revenue Bond Series 2002 and 2004 – Sewer 2003 Certificate of Obligation and Water 1997 Certificate of Obligation.

V. STAFF REPORT

2. Submission of the Fiscal Year 2004-2005 Annual Budget as per Article VI, Section 6.02 Submission of Budget of the Charter of the City of Laredo which requires that “sixty (60) days before the end of the fiscal year, or any time before that, the City Manager shall present to the Council, in an open public meeting, after proper public notice, and having been placed on the council meeting agenda, a budget for the ensuring fiscal year with an accompanying message.”

VI. EXECUTIVE SESSION

The City Council hereby reserves the right to go into executive session at any time during this public meeting, if such is requested by the City Attorney or other legal counsel for the City, pursuant to his or her duty under Section 551.071(2) of the Government Code, to consult privately with his or her client on an item on the agenda, or on a matter arising out of such item.

VII. 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, July 23, 2004, at 5:30 p.m.

Gustavo Guevara, Jr.

City Secretary