CITY OF LAREDO
CITY COUNCIL MEETING
A98-R-41
CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS
1110 HOUSTON STREET
LAREDO, TEXAS 78040
SEPTEMBER 21, 1998
5:30 P.M.
I. CALL TO ORDER
II. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
III. ROLL CALL
IV. INTRODUCTORY ORDINANCE
1. Authorizing the City Manager to enter into a lease agreement with
Adorable Promotions Inc., (A.P.I.), for the use of Veterans Field to
conduct and promote a boxing event.
2. Authorizing the City Manager to enter into a lease agreement with
Borderplex Adult Softball League for the use of Benavides Complex to
conduct, promote, and establish year round softball leagues and events.
3. Amending Chapter 2, Article II, Division 6, of the Code of Ordinances
of the City of Laredo, entitled pay administration, by suspending
Sections 2.87.7 (D), numbers one through seven, for Fiscal Year 1998-
1999 and modifying number fifteen (15) in Section 2-87.7, by adopting a
revised pay schedule with effective date of implementation of October
1, 1998.
V. FINAL READINGS
4. 98-O-238 Ordinance authorizing the City Manager to enter into an
agreement with Clemente M. Bedia for the leasing of 624.77
square feet of building space at the South Laredo Pool Park
site. (City Council)
5. 98-O-239 Ordinance authorizing the City Manager to enter into a lease
agreement by and between the Laredo Municipal Transit System
and the City of Laredo Department of Community Development
for the lease of 6,628 square feet of building space at the
Laredo Intermodal Transit Center located at 1301 Farragut
(East), for the monthly sum of $3,314; to be paid as follows:
Community Development Block Grant $2,534.50; Home Investment
Partnership Program $159.50; and City of Laredo General Fund
$620.00. (City Council)
6. 98-O-240 Ordinance amending the City of Laredo FY 1997-1998 annual
budget by reclassifying three firefighters to three captain
positions as authorized by City Council to be effective upon
adoption and authorizing the City Manager to implement said
budget. (City Council)
7. 98-O-241 Ordinance to adopt the Annual Budget for fiscal year 1998-
1999 appropriating the estimated revenues and balances
reported therein for the year beginning October 1, 1998 and
ending September 30, 1999, consistent with the financial plan
described in said Annual Budget; and authorizing the City
Manager to implement said Annual Budget. (City Council)
8. 98-O-242 Ordinance providing for the levy and the collection of
General and Special Ad Valorem and Alcoholic Beverage Taxes
for the City of Laredo for the tax year 1998 and the fiscal
year 1998-1999. To adopt the tax rate and authorize staff to
proceed with the proposed ad valorem tax rate and set the
date of September 21, 1998, at 5:30p.m. in the City Council
Chambers as the date to take the final vote. (City Council)
9. 98-O-243 Ordinance amending the City of Laredo Health Department FY
97-98 annual budget (City of Laredo) by an additional
$156,000; and increasing the General Fund transfer to the
Health Fund by $156,000 to pay for the completion of a
roofing project. (City Council)
10. 98-O-244 Ordinance authorizing the City Manager to amend the City of
Laredo Fire Department FY 1997-1998 budget in the amount of
$6,848.00 for funds distributed from Senate Bill 102
Emergency Medical Services Trauma Care System Fund, to be
used toward the purchase of educational and training
equipment. (City Council)
VI. RESOLUTIONS
11. 98-R-133 Authorizing the City Manager to accept an amendment to the
City of Laredo's 1997-1998 Annual Budget in the amount of
$4,000.00 for the purchase of three canine cages to be
installed in Task Force vehicles for the Financial Disruption
Task Force for the period of January 1, 1998 and ending
December 31, 1998.
12. 98-R-161 Authorizing the City Manager to accept a grant award from the
Governor's Automobile Theft Prevention Authority in the
amount of $253,000 with the City designating $73,318 in
matching funds and Webb County designating $39,935 in
matching funds for a total of $366,253 for funding the Laredo
Auto Theft Task Force for the period of September 1, 1998
through August 31, 1999.
13. 98-R-162 Adopting the City of Laredo International Airport Noise
Compatibility Program Policy Guide as the official guidance
document for the administration of the City of Laredo
International Airport Noise Compatibility Program.
VII. MOTIONS
14. Approval of bid specifications and authorization to advertise for bids
for the following:
a) Automotive fuel, Annual Contract - Fleet Maintenance Division
b) Cellular Phone Service - Two Year Contract - All Departments
c) Copier Replacement Program
15. Authorizing the City Manager to accept a bid from the LOW BIDDER,
Fiesta Housing, Inc., for a 2-pc., double-wide, pre-constructed
building: 28' wide x 44' long in the amount of $41,576.00, contingent
on approval from the Texas Department of Health, WIC Agency, and the
U.S.D.A., to be used by the City of Laredo Health Department's WIC
Program.
16. Award of contract to the LOW BIDDER, Power Equipment International,
Corpus Christi, Texas, in the amount of $42,474.15, for the purchase
of one (1), three ton truck with service body. This truck will be
assigned to the Utilities Department - Water Distribution Division.
This truck will be delivered within one hundred and twenty days.
17. Award of construction contract to the LOW BIDDER, Summit Contracting,
Inc., Weslaco, Texas, in the amount of $2,182,436.60 for the Laredo
Northwest International Bridge (Fourth Bridge). Funding is available
in the Bridge System Improvements Other Than Building.
18. Approval of amendment no. 5, for an amount not to exceed $15,162.50 to
the engineering contract with Structural Engineering Company (SEA),
San Antonio, Texas, for the Laredo Northwest International Bridge
(Fourth Bridge) to perform an additional border station site survey
around the perimeter of the site which is required to complete the
site grading plan due to the implementation of the perimeter berms and
walls and the drainage outfall near the river. The original
engineering contract amount was $70,450.00. This amendment brings the
total engineering contract amount to $2,094,924.78. Funding is
available in the Bridge System Architectural Fees.
19. Approval of change order no. 2, a net decrease of $1,033.50 for the
balance of quantities actually constructed in place, acceptance of the
Street Improvements on the 2500 Block of South Malinche Avenue between
Zacatecas - Chacota and Parking Lot Improvements for the Cigarroa Park
and South Laredo Fire Station and approval of final payment in the
amount of $67,171.04 to Ramex Construction Company, Inc., Houston,
Texas. The original construction contract amount was $181,249.10.
This amendment brings the total construction contract amount to
$136,379.60. Funding is available in the 1998 Contractor Obligation
Issue Cigarroa Parking Lot Construction Project.
20. Authorizing the City Manager to execute professional services renewal
contracts for one year with the providers listed below to provide
physician coverage/pharmaceuticals to clients of the City of Laredo
Health Department for the period beginning September 1, 1998, through
August 31, 1999.
Contract Amount Program
Provider Name (Not to Exceed)
MCH Carlos Cruz, M.D. $20,000
MCH Victor D. Trevino, M.D. $25,000
La Familia J&A Pharmacy $30,000
21. Authorizing the City Manager to enter into appraisal services
contracts with State Certified, Independent, Real Estate Fee
Appraisers: Ms. Frances Villarreal, State Certified General Real
Estate Appraiser, and Mr. Robbie Snyder, SRA, as property appraisers
for a fee not to exceed $350.00 per appraisal; Mr. Byron B. Hinton,
JDH/AUSTIN, as Avigation Easement appraiser for a fee not to exceed
$650.00 per appraisal; and Mr. Vicente Segura, State Certified General
Real Estate Appraiser, as appraisal reviewer, for a fee not to exceed
$200.00 per review appraisal. These contracts need to be executed in
order to implement the 1998 City of Laredo International Airport Noise
Compatibility Program.
22. Amending the City of Laredo's 19th and 20th Action Year (AY) Community
Development Block Grant (CDBG) Final Statements and its 1995 and 1996
Consolidated Plans as they pertain to the use of 21st and 22nd AY CDBG
funds for the purpose of reprogramming project balances for the
acquisition of the Plaza Theater. CDBG funds and project balances to
be reprogrammed include:
19th Action Year CDBG (Project Balances)
Paving Project #51 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$ 15,733
J. Ortiz - E. Valdez Park . . . . . . . . . . . .$ 2,628
Tarver Improvements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$ 3,483
East Central Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$ 2,604
Street Lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$ 1,881
20th Action Year CDBG (Project Balances)
Paving Project #57 Grants. . . . . . . . . . . . .$ 7,042 Paving
Project #58 Grants. . . . . . . . . . . . .$ 5,896
Neighborhood Housing Services. . . . . . . . . . .$ 28,090
Reserve Appropriation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$ 3,306
21st Action Year CDBG (Project Balances)
Pace Street Drainage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$ 74,206
Southgate Pilot Channel. . . . . . . . . . . . . .$ 20,142
22nd Action Year CDBG (Project Balances)
San Salvador/Pine/Chestnut Drainage. . . . . . . .$198,000
Paving Project #59 Grants. . . . . . . . . . . . .$ 14,012 Graffiti
Removal Program . . . . . . . . . . . . .$ 477
Total of Funds to be Reprogrammed. . . . . . . . .$377,500
VIII. CITY MANAGER'S REPORT
23. Presentation regarding the City of Laredo International Airport Land
Use Master Plan.
24. Status report regarding negotiations with commercial passenger
airlines operating at the Laredo International Airport.
25. Authorization to submit an application to the U.S. Department of
Housing and Urban Development (HUD) for designation as an Empowerment
Zone and further authorizing the City Manager to execute any and all
documents which result from this submission.
26. Advising the City Council of procedural action taken on possible
International Bridge Toll rate increases as directed at the City
Council budget workshops on August 12 - 15, 1998 along with
recommendations.
27. Presentation of Delinquent Tax Collections for the year beginning July
1, 1997 and ending June 30, 1998.
IX. COMMUNICATIONS
X. CITY COUNCIL PRESENTATION AND DISCUSSION
28. Requests by Mayor and City Council members for presentation and
discussion.
A. Request by Council member Alfredo Agredano
1. Rio Bravo requests authorization to annex 1/2 mile to the north
and 1/2 mile south of its present boundaries.
(Co-sponsored by Council member Louis H. Bruni)
B. Request by Council member Louis H. Bruni
1. Discussion and possible action regarding the August 29, 1998
workshop for Council, boards, and commissions and the need for
developing formal meeting protocol guidelines for all Council,
board, and commission meetings.
2. Discussion and possible action on the two city owned buildings on
Cactus Street being used by the CAA.
3. Request for Executive Session pursuant to Section 551.074 (a)(1)
of the Texas Local Government Code to deliberate the re-assignment
of City employee Christina Fracchia and return for open session
for possible action.
C. Request by Council member Eliseo Valdez Jr.
1. Status report on the Community Park Improvements.
XI. PUBLIC HEARINGS
29. Public hearing amending the City of Laredo's 1997-1998 Annual budget
to reflect an appropriation in Transportation Planning Funds. The
appropriation is for the remainder of the 1997-1998 fiscal year, as
authorized under the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century.
INTRODUCTION OF AN ORDINANCE
Ordinance amending the City of Laredo's 1997-1998 Annual budget to
reflect an appropriation in Transportation Planning Funds. The
appropriation is for the remainder of the 1997-1998 fiscal year, as
authorized under the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century;
providing for publication and effective date.
30. Public hearing authorizing the City Manager to amend the City of
Laredo FY 1997-1998 EDA Airport Medical Fund Budget to appropriate
$27,316.00 and authorizing the City Manager to implement said budget
to increase the funding for the EDA Airport Medical Fund Budget by an
amount of $27,316.00 to cover unbudgeted construction expenses
consisting of additional surveying and utility improvements.
INTRODUCTION OF AN ORDINANCE
Ordinance authorizing the City Manager to amend the City of Laredo FY
1997-1998 EDA Airport Medical Fund Budget to appropriate $27,316.00
and authorizing the City Manager to implement said budget to increase
the funding for the EDA Airport Medical Fund Budget by an amount of
$27,316.00 to cover unbudgeted construction expenses consisting of
additional surveying and utility improvements; providing for
publication and effective date.
31. Public hearing amending the City of Laredo's 1997-1998 Annual Budget
in the amount of $76,195.00 for personnel overtime costs for a Multi-
Agency Narcotics Task Force for the period of June 1, 1998 and ending
May 31, 1999.
INTRODUCTION OF AN ORDINANCE
Ordinance amending the City of Laredo's 1997-1998 Annual Budget in the
amount of $76,195.00 for personnel overtime costs for a Multi-Agency
Narcotics Task Force for the period of June 1, 1998 and ending May 31,
1999; providing for publication and effective date.
32. Public hearing amending the City of Laredo's 1997-1998 Annual Budget
in the amount of $4,000.00 for the purchase of three canine cages to
be installed in task force vehicles for the Financial Disruption Task
Force for the period of January 1, 1998 and ending December 31, 1998.
INTRODUCTION OF AN ORDINANCE
Ordinance amending the City of Laredo's 1997-1998 Annual Budget in the
amount of $4,000.00 for the purchase of three canine cages to be
installed in task force vehicles for the Financial Disruption Task
Force for the period of January 1, 1998 and ending December 31, 1998;
providing for publication and effective date.
33. Public hearing amending the City of Laredo's 1997-1998 Annual Budget
in the amount of $366,253.00 for the Governor's Automobile Theft
Prevention Authority grant. A.T.P.A. is contributing $253,000, the
City designating $73,318 in matching funds and Webb County designating
$39,935 in matching funds for a total of $366,253 to fund the Laredo
Auto Theft Task Force for the period of September 1, 1998 through
August 31, 1999.
INTRODUCTION OF AN ORDINANCE
Ordinance amending the City of Laredo's 1997-1998 Annual Budget in the
amount of $366,253.00 for the Governor's Automobile Theft Prevention
Authority grant. A.T.P.A. is contributing $253,000, the City
designating $73,318 in matching funds and Webb County designating
$39,935 in matching funds for a total of $366,253 to fund the Laredo
Auto Theft Task Force for the period of September 1, 1998 through
August 31, 1999; providing for publication and effective date.
XII. MOTION TO RECESS AND CONVENE AS THE LAREDO MASS TRANSIT BOARD
34. Approval of bid specifications and authorization to advertise
for bids for the following:
a) Automotive Fuel, Annual Contract
b) Copier Replacement Program
XIII. 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 Wednesday, September 16, 1998, at 5:30 p.m.
_________________________
Gustavo Guevara, Jr.
City Secretary