Agenda

THE FOLLOWING ITEMS WILL BE CONSIDERED AT THE TIMES INDICATED: 

4.      2:00 P.M. - by the San Antonio Water System (SAWS) on the Results of a Comprehensive Cost of Service Rate Study Illustrating the Necessity for Additional Revenue Required for the System’s Water Delivery and Waste Water Core Businesses. [Introduced by Ben Gorzell, Public Utilities Supervisor/Assistant Director, Finance; Presented by Alex Hinojosa, Director, Finance, SAWS] 

5.      3:00 P.M. – Public Hearing and Consideration of the following Ordinances:  [Presented by Rebecca Waldman, Director, Asset Management; Erik J. Walsh, Assistant to the City Manager] 

A.     An closing, vacating and abandoning an improved portion of San Luis Street Public Right of Way located between South Calaveras and South Chupaderas Streets adjacent to NCB 2384 in Council District 5, for the expansion and redevelopment of the adjacent De Zavala Elementary School, as requested by the San Antonio Independent School District, for the total consideration of $10,033.00.  

B.     An closing, vacating and abandoning an unimproved (paper street) portion of Gertrude Alley Public Right of Way located south of Ellerman Street and dead-ending into NCB 2899 in Council District 5, for use by the adjacent Alamo Achievement Center, as requested by the San Antonio Independent School District, for the total consideration of $5,461.00. 

6.      5:00 P.M. – Citizens to Be Heard. 

THE FOLLOWING ITEMS MAY BE CONSIDERED AT ANY TIME DURING THE REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING: 

CONSENT AGENDA 

Items Concerning the Purchase of Equipment, Supplies and Services 

7.      An accepting the bids submitted by Grande Truck Center, Inc., and Cooper Equipment Company to provide the City of San Antonio Public Works Department’s Trucking Efficiency Program with cabs and chassis and live bottom trailers for a total amount of $1,524,960.00.   [Presented by Janie B. Cantu, Director, Purchasing & General Services; Erik J. Walsh, Assistant to the City Manager] 

8.      An accepting the bids of various companies to provide the City of San Antonio with the various types of commodities and services on an annual contract basis for Fiscal Year 2003-2004 for an estimated combined annual cost of $624,118.00 to include contracts for Spanish language books and videocassettes, Veritas license renewals, maintenance and support and concrete ready mix. [Presented by Janie B. Cantu, Director, Purchasing & General Services; Erik J. Walsh, Assistant to the City Manager] 

Capital Improvement Items  

9.      An accepting the low, responsive bid of G G & G Construction in the base amount of $249,000.00, with bid alternates 3 and 5, for a total contract amount of $258,050.00, in connection with the Nani Falcone Community Park Improvements Project, located in Council District 7; authorizing the execution of a standard construction contract; authorizing $9,215.00 for miscellaneous construction contingency expenses; authorizing $10,000.00 for architectural services contingency; transferring funds in the amount of $127,161.00 from land acquisition expenses to construction expenses; appropriating $143,700.29 in 1994-1999 Park Bond funds and accepting a $6,403.71 donation from the Northwest Neighborhood Alliance, for a total project budget of $277,265.00; authorizing the execution of a professional services agreement for the donation of artwork from the Pompeo Coppini Lodge, Order Sons of Italy in America, Inc., that will be placed in the park; and providing for payment. [Presented by Malcolm Matthews, Director, Parks and Recreation; Christopher J. Brady, Assistant City Manager] 

10. An authorizing payment in the amount of $61,114.21 from Certificates of Obligation to the Texas Department of Transportation for construction costs in connection with the Houston Street – Walters to Onslow MPO Project, located in Council District 2; appropriating funds; and providing for payment. [Presented by Thomas G. Wendorf, Director, Public Works; Melissa Byrne Vossmer, Assistant City Manager] 

11. An accepting a proposal and authorizing payment in the amount of $165,337.25 from Certificates of Obligation to Eagle Construction and Environmental Services, L.P., for environmental remediation services under an existing professional service agreement in connection with the Mission Trails Package 2 MPO Project, located in Council District 3; appropriating funds; and providing for payment. [Presented by Thomas G. Wendorf, Director, Public Works; Melissa Byrne Vossmer, Assistant City Manager] 

12. An amending the professional services contract and authorizing Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funds in an amount not to exceed $9,430.00 payable to Twyla Arthur for additional design services in connection with the Fulton Street – Blanco to N. Flores CDBG Project, located in Council District 1; revising the project budget; appropriating funds; and providing for payment. [Presented by Thomas G. Wendorf, Director, Public Works; Melissa Byrne Vossmer, Assistant City Manager] 

Items Concerning the Purchase, Sale or Lease of Real Property 

13. An authorizing the acquisition of fee simple title to one (1) parcel of land and authorizing the expenditure $207,500.00 payable to Alamo Title Company as escrow agent for Laura Noriega for such acquisition; authorizing $2,075.00 for related title fees for a total amount of $209,575.00, in connection with the Culebra Drainage #58F, Phase 2 Community Development Block Grant Project, located in Council District 7; revising the project budget; appropriating funds; and providing for payment. [Presented by Thomas G. Wendorf, Director, Public Works; Melissa Byrne Vossmer, Assistant City Manager] 

14. An authorizing the negotiation and acquisition of fee simple title to three (3) parcels of privately owned real property; establishing just compensation for such acquisitions and authorizing the expenditure of $24,500.00 in Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funds in connection with the District 6 Affordable Showcase of Homes CDBG Project for fee simple title to three (3) parcels and related expenses; authorizing the execution of all documents; revising the project budget; appropriating funds; and providing for payment. [Presented by David Garza, Director, Neighborhood Action; Jelynne LeBlanc Burley, Assistant City Manager]  

Miscellaneous  

15. An approving the terms and conditions and authorizing the execution of an agreement with Bexar County, which establishes certain terms by which the City of San Antonio will consent to the creation of Emergency Services District No. 4 within the City’s extraterritorial jurisdiction for the provision by the District of fire suppression and emergency medical services for individuals residing within its boundaries. [Presented by Jim Campbell, Director, External Relations; Christopher J. Brady, Assistant City Manager] 

16. An authorizing the City Manager or her designee to exercise and execute a second one-year option to renew the contract with Progressive Financial Services, Inc. for the collection of delinquent parking fines for the period from January 1, 2004 through December 31, 2004. [Presented by Quentin B. Porter, Director, Municipal Court; Melissa Byrne Vossmer, Assistant City Manager] 

17. An amending the Traffic Control Devices Schedules established by Chapter 19, Section 68 of City Code to include additions to the Official Traffic Control Device Schedule for “Parking Prohibited at All Times including Sundays and Holidays” at Loop 1604 from Bulverde Road to 1500 feet east of Bulverde Road in Council District 10; and at I.H. 35 South from 1250 feet north of Binz-Engleman to 2000 feet north of Petroleum Drive in Council District 2; authorizing the permanent installation of said devices; declaring them as Official Traffic Control Devices of the City of San Antonio; and declaring violations of such devices to be civil parking violations subject to the enforcement provisions of City Code Section 19-225; and establishing an effective date.  [Presented by Thomas G. Wendorf, Director, Public Works; Melissa Byrne Vossmer, Assistant City Manager] 

18. A authorizing the City Manager or her designee to submit four (4) or more grant applications, for an approximate total amount of $474,908.00, to the Alamo Area Council of Governments for Fiscal Year 2004 Regional Solid Waste Pass-Through Grant funds from the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality to support environmental programming efforts related to recycling, solid waste stream reduction, and municipal enforcement of anti-dumping laws. [Presented by Daniel V. Cardenas, Director, Environmental Services; Melissa Byrne Vossmer, Assistant City Manager]  

Approval of Temporary Street Closures and Traffic Control Procedures for Special Events 

19. An approving the parade permit and authorizing the temporary closure of portions of certain streets in the downtown area in connection with the Race for the Cure sponsored by the Susan G. Komen Foundation to be held from 7:00 A.M. to 9:30 A.M. on Saturday, March 27, 2004. [Presented by Roland A. Lozano, Assistant to the City Manager; Terry M. Brechtel, City Manager] 

Board, Commissions and Committee Appointments.  

20. Consideration of the following board appointments: [Presented by Yolanda Ledesma, Acting City Clerk; Erik J. Walsh, Assistant to the City Manager]  

A.     An appointing Gloria C. Collier (District 4) to the Clean Up City Commission for a term of office to expire on February 24, 2006.  

B.     An reappointing Elizabeth B. Melson (District 7) to the Ethics Review Board for a term of office to expire on February 21, 2006.  

C.     An reappointing Susan K. Hughes (District 5) to the Open Space Advisory Board for a term of office to expire on August 29, 2005.  

D.     An reappointing Oralia Salame (District 5) to the Small Business Advocacy Committee for a term of office to expire on November 20, 2005.  

ITEMS FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION 

21. An creating places for board member appointments to the Alamo Workforce Development Board and assigning board members to places in order to clarify term lengths and expiration dates; and amending Ordinance Nos. 95159, 96999 and 98385, passed and approved on January 10, 2002, January 9, 2003, and October 30, 2003, respectively, in connection therewith. [Presented by Ramiro A. Cavazos, Director, Economic Development; J. Rolando Bono, Deputy City Manager] 

22. An approving the appointments of Richard Gonzalez (Place 10) and John E. Curran III (Place 12) to the Alamo Workforce Development Board for terms of office to expire on December 31, 2006 and December 31, 2004, respectively, for the purpose of filling two vacancies in the business category. [Presented by Ramiro A. Cavazos, Director, Economic Development; J. Rolando Bono, Deputy City Manager] 

23. Consideration of the following Ordinances: [Presented by Felix Padrón, Director, Cultural Affairs; Roland A. Lozano, Assistant to the City Manager] 

A.     An authorizing: 1) the acceptance of a Challenge America Access to the Arts Grant in the amount of $10,000.00 from the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA); and 2) a request by the City of San Antonio to the San Antonio Area Foundation, acceptance from and use of $21,300.00 from a designated fund entitled: "The Cultural Collaborative: A Fund for a Community Plan for San Antonio’s Creative Economy", previously established pursuant to City Council authority, with said funds to support the development of The Cultural Collaborative.  

B.     An approving the terms and conditions and authorizing the City Manager or her designee to execute any and all documents and agreements in connection with retaining Jerry Allen & Associates, a professional cultural planning consulting firm, to provide planning services for "The Cultural Collaborative: A Community Plan for San Antonio’s Creative Economy" for an amount not to exceed $150,000.00; and providing for payment from an NEA Challenge America Access to the Arts Grant in the amount of $10,000.00;  $20,000.00 from the designated fund at the San Antonio Area Foundation, entitled: "The Cultural Collaborative: A Fund for a Community Plan for San Antonio’s Creative Economy", and  $120,000.00 budgeted for Fiscal Year 2003 in the Community & Visitors’ Facility Fund. 

24. An accepting the low responsive bid of W.G. Yates & Sons Construction Company in the amount of $8,015,800.00 in connection with the Fire Fighting Training Academy Project, a 1999-2004 General Obligation Public Safety Improvement Bond funded project, located at 300 South Callaghan Road in Council District 6; authorizing the execution of a construction contract; authorizing $560,790.00 for miscellaneous construction contingency expenses; authorizing funds in an amount not to exceed $122,000.00 payable to San Antonio Water System (SAWS) for utility impact fees; authorizing an amendment to the professional services agreement with O'Neill Conrad Oppelt Architects, Inc. for additional professional services in the amount of $10,000.00, for a total project cost of $8,708,590.00; appropriating funds; and providing for payment.  [Presented by Thomas G. Wendorf, Director, Public Works; Melissa Byrne Vossmer, Assistant City Manager] 

25. An approving Fiscal Year 2005 and Fiscal Year 2006 Human Development Services  Consolidated funding goals and investment priorities; approving funding limits for delegate agencies; and approving the Human Development Services Consolidated funding process. [Presented by Dennis J. Campa, Director, Community Initiatives; Frances A. Gonzalez, Assistant City Manager] 

26. City Manager’s Report. 

27. The City Council will recess into an executive session to discuss the following:  

Deliberation and consideration of the annual performance evaluation of City Manager Terry M. Brechtel, pursuant to Texas Government Code Section 551.074 (personnel matters).