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CITY OF CITY COUNCIL
MEETING A-2007-R-23 CITY
COUNCIL CHAMBERS
DECEMBER 3, 2007 5:30 P.M.
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Thank you for your consideration. I.
CALL TO ORDER II.
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE III.
ROLL CALL IV.
MINUTES V.
COMMUNICATIONS AND RECOGNITIONS Recognitions a.
Recognition of Lauren Nicole Guzman for winning Miss Texas Teen USA®
Pageant. b.
Recognition of the City of Communiqués Presentation
by Minita Ramirez, WBCA President, regarding the 2008 Washington Birthday
Celebration. 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 Appointment by Mayor Raul G. Salinas of Daniel Rodriguez
to the Convention and Visitors Bureau Advisory Committee. VII.
GENERAL COUNCIL DISCUSSIONS AND
PRESENTATIONS 1.
A.
Request by
Council Member Hector J. Garcia 1.
Discussion with possible action to consider amending the priority
procedures manual by placing the general Council discussion items at the end
of the agenda as opposed to the current order in which they are placed as per
the City Council’s action of November 20, 2006. B.
Request by Mayor
Pro-Tempore Gene Belmares 1.
Discussion with
possible action on appropriating funds for re-striping the JSJ Estates entrance. 2.
Status report on the replacement
of waterlines and the recycling of streets at Regency Subdivision. 3.
Status report on the
temporary traffic lights at Alexander and Winfield Estates. 4.
Discussion with
possible action on a temporary traffic light installation at C.
Request by
Council Member Juan Chavez 1.
Discussion on finding a solution to the vagrant situation especially
those that are causing problems in the community with possible action. D.
Request by Council
Member Juan Ramirez 1.
Discussion with
possible action on extending the deadline for request for proposals for the
water park until January 2008. VIII.
PUBLIC HEARINGS 2.
Public hearing and introductory ordinance amending
the City of 3.
Public hearing
and introductory ordinance amending the City of Laredo Land Development Code, Chapter 24 Article
III, by creating section 24-56, entitled “Parkland Dedication Ordinance”, and
amending the City of Laredo Land Development Code, Appendix A, by adding the
Parkland Dedication Fee Methodology as
per the attached Exhibit A; providing for severability, publication and
effective date. (Recess) (Press Availability) IX.
INTRODUCTORY ORDINANCES 4.
Authorizing the City Manager to grant License
Extension to that certain License Agreement by and between The City of
Laredo, Texas and AT&T Corp., dated September 15, 1997 for the use of one
(1) inner duct in the Juarez-Lincoln Bridge and 555.5 linear feet of
right-of-way. 1.
Term of the extension shall be for five (5) years commencing at 12:00
a.m., October 1, 2007 and terminating at 12:00 p.m., September 30, 2012. 2.
Annual duct fee shall be $17,000.00 and will increase by five percent
(5%) every year the license is in place. In addition to the duct fee,
Licensee shall pay a six dollar ($6.00) linear foot right-of-way fee, and
will increase by five percent (5%) every year. X.
FINAL 5.
2007-O-242
Amending Article II,
Section 2-16, “Departments of the City,” of the Code of Ordinances of the
City of Laredo, Texas, by creating, consolidating and eliminating departments;
and providing for severability and an effective date. (As amended) 2007-O-243
Amending Chapter 2
Administration Article VI Investment Policy of the Code of Ordinances in
order to: Add new
Section 2.257 Authorizing Investment Advisors; and 1.
Add new Section 2.270 Investment Strategy by
Fund Type; 2.
Deleting part of renumbered Section 2.258
Authorized Investments, to delete thereform (d) Bankers Notes and (e)
Commercial Paper; and 3.
Amending and modifying the other sections of
Article IV in order to make the article comply with Chapter 2256 of the
Government Code known as the Public-Investment Act; and providing for an
effective date. 2007-O-244
Amending the Zoning Ordinance (Map) of the City of 2007-O-245
Amending the City of Laredo Code of Ordinances, Chapter 17 Library,
Article 1, in General, Section “Fines and Fees for Library Services”,
allowing for the addition of a new fee associated with the Laredo Public
Library Main Branch becoming a Passport Acceptance Facility; Providing for publication
and effective date. 2007-O-246
Amending Section 903.2.7 of the International Building Code [Adopted as
the Building Code of the City under Section 7-1 of Chapter 7 of the Code of
Ordinances] in order to provide for deletion of requirement of an automatic sprinkler
system for a four (4) Dwelling Unit; providing for publication and effective
date. 2007-O-247
Amending Section 108.3 of the International
Building Code [Adopted as the Building Code of the City under Section 7
Chapter 7 of the Code of Ordinances] in order to: 1.
Correct a printing error; and 2.
Reduce the building permit valuation for utility buildings from $20.40
to $11.00; and providing for an effective
date and publication. 2007-O-248
Amending Chapter 12 [Fire Prevention and
Protection] of
the Code of Ordinances in the following respects: Amending
Section 903.27 of the International Fire Code [Adopted as the Fire Code of
the City under Section 12-2 of Chapter 12 of the Code of Ordinances] in order
to provide for deletion of the requirement of the requirement of an automatic
sprinkler system for a four dwelling unit: a.
Deletion of Section 12-5 [Fire Prevention
Code] b.
Deleting Section 12-6 [Life Safety Code
101] c.
and providing for an effective date and
publication. 2007-O-249
Amending the lease between the City of Laredo & Webb County of Lots
9 & 10, Block 320, Eastern Division, a copy of which amendment is
attached as Exhibit A, in which the changes are as follows: 1.
Providing for contribution from the City of $300,000.00 towards the
cost of constructing the community center for the elderly on the leased
premises; 2.
Adding a tract of 5,069.85 sq. ft., out of Lexington Avenue between
Stewart Street and Reynolds Street, described by metes and bounds and survey
attached as Exhibit 3 of Exhibit A and 3.
Adding a tract of land of 7,717.28 sq. ft., out of the north half of XI.
RESOLUTIONS
6.
2007-R-092 Authorizing the
City Manager to enter into negotiations for a tax abatement agreement with
Laredo WLE, LP as provided in Section 3.9 (b) of the City’s Guidelines and
Criteria Governing Tax Abatements. XII.
MOTIONS 7.
Consideration to award
contract number FY 08—018 to the low bidder Pabo Industries, Inc., 8.
Authorizing the City Manager to acquire through negotiations, the
“Surface Only” of one (1) parcel of land for the Chacon Creek Acquisition
Project. Said parcel being a 26.11 acres tract of land known as Shares 2
& 3 of the Moreno Partition of part of Porcion 30, Original Grantee, Jose
F. C. Moreno, as per Plat recorded in Volume 1, Page 81, Webb County Plat
Records; and authorizing staff to negotiate with the owner for the
acquisition of said parcel in an amount not to exceed $523,000.00 plus,
approximately $5,000.00 in incidental expenses. This will be a voluntary
transaction. Funding is available in
the 2005 Certificates of Obligation, Chacon Creek Acquisition Project. 9.
Authorizing the City Manager to enter into a purchase agreement with
Clear Technologies, 10.
Authorizing the City
Manager to sell excess water and sewer capacity from the over-sizing effort
of the Colonias project in the form of Living Unit Equivalency (LUE) in the
amount of $315.00 per LUE. The
provisions for sewer are made available through the over sizing of the water
and wastewater line extensions for the Colonias Project on XIII.
STAFF REPORTS 11.
Status report by Mario
G. Medina, P.E., Laredo District Engineer, Texas Department of
Transportation, on the World Trade and Colombia-Solidarity Border Inspection
Facilities. XIV.
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. XV.
ADJOURNMENT This notice was posted at the
Municipal Government Offices,
Gustavo Guevara, Jr. City
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