Agenda

City Council Meeting
Municipal Plaza Building
City Hall Complex
103 Main Plaza
San Antonio, Texas 78205
June 5, 2003

At any time during the "B" Session or the Regular City Council Meeting, the City Council may meet in executive session for consultation concerning attorney-client matters (real estate, litigation, contracts, personnel and security). 

I.        The City Council will convene for a "B" Session in the B Room of the Municipal Plaza Building at 10:00 A.M. for the following: 

Fiscal Year 2004 Budget Process Orientation. [Presented by Lou Lendman, Director, Management and Budget; Christopher J. Brady, Assistant City Manager] 

II.     The City Council will convene in Council Chambers, Municipal Plaza Building in a Regular Council Meeting at 1:00 P.M. 

1. Invocation by Rev. Douglas A. Diehl, Crossroads Baptist Church, and Pledge of Allegiance. 

2.      Ceremonial Items. 

3.      Approval of the minutes of the Regular City Council Meeting of May 1, 2003. 

DISABILITY ACCESS STATEMENT

This meeting is wheelchair accessible.  The accessible entrance is located at 103 Main Plaza.  Accessible parking spaces are located at City Hall, 100 Military Plaza.  Auxiliary aids and services are available upon request (interpreters for the deaf must be requested forty-eight (48) hours prior to the meeting) by calling (210) 207-7245 V/TTY for assistance. Closed captioning is available on broadcasts of the Council meetings on 21-TVSA.

 Questions regarding this agenda notice should be directed to the City Agenda Coordinator at 207-7080.

THE FOLLOWING ITEMS WILL BE CONSIDERED AT THE TIMES INDICATED: 

4.      2:00 P.M. - Public Hearing and consideration of an authorizing the reprogramming of FY 2002 Emergency Shelter Grant (ESG) funds in the amount of $7,426.00 available from the St. Peter St. Joseph Children's Home; authorizing the close-out and cancellation of the affected project and the creation and/or modification of the appropriate project and project budget; revising the appropriate project budgets; authorizing the appropriation and allocation of said funds to the Department of Community Initiatives, Community Action Division for the purpose of operating the Dwyer Avenue Center; authorizing the execution and submission of contracts and other documents as necessary in connection therewith; and providing for payment. [Presented by Dennis J. Campa, Director, Community Initiatives; Frances A. Gonzalez, Assistant to the City Manager] 

5.      5:00 P.M. - Citizens to Be Heard. 

6.      7:00 P.M. - The City Council will convene for a Budget Open House to solicit citizen input on the question "What Is A Basic City Service or a Priority City Function?" 

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 of various companies to provide the City of San Antonio with   Navistar International & Crane Carrier Corp. Truck parts & service, truck & industrial tires, Onan generator parts & service, and rental of material power screener on an annual basis for Fiscal Year 2003-2004 for a total amount of approximately $326,300.00. [Presented by Janie B. Cantu, Director, Purchasing & General Services; Travis M. Bishop, Assistant City Manager] 

8.      An extending and amending a contract with Syncline, Inc. to provide the City of San Antonio Public Works Right-of-Way Management Division with continued web-hosting, maintenance and support of the Web-Based Street Cutting Permit Application software program for a one year period beginning on June 12, 2003 through June 12, 2004, and to provide tracking and reporting enhancements to the software for a total sum of $35,000.00.  [Presented by Janie B. Cantu, Director, Purchasing & General Services; Travis M. Bishop, Assistant City Manager] 

Capital Improvement Items 

9.      An O selecting Gould Evans Associates, P.L.L.C., to provide professional architectural services in connection with the Great Northwest Branch Library Expansion Project, located in Council District 6; authorizing the negotiation and execution of a professional services contract in an amount not to exceed $135,394.00 from 1999 G.O. Library Bond funds; authorizing $5,000.00 for reimbursable expenses; authorizing $1,000.00 for advertising expenses and $13,500.00 for miscellaneous contingency expenses, for an overall total amount of $154,894.00; appropriating funds; and providing for payment. [Presented by Thomas G. Wendorf, Director, Public Works; Melissa Byrne Vossmer, Assistant City Manager] 

10. An approving Field Alteration No. 4 in the amount of $26,411.54 to San Antonio Constructors, Ltd. for construction expenses in connection with the St. Francis from Dowdy to Probandt Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Project located in Council District 5; authorizing $2,641.15 for construction contingency expenses; authorizing $1,848.40 for expense recovery for a total amount of $30,901.09; revising the project budget; and providing for payment. [Presented by Thomas G. Wendorf, Director, Public Works; Melissa Byrne Vossmer, Assistant City Manager] 

11. An amending an agreement with the San Antonio River Authority and authorizing an additional $500,000.00 from Regional Stormwater Detention Facilities funds payable to San Antonio River Authority for the construction of Phase II of the Salado 15R Flood Control Dam being constructed in McAllister Park, located in Council District 9; 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 

12. An authorizing payment in the amount of $8,400.00 payable to Lawyers Title of San Antonio as escrow agent for JPMorgan Chase Bank, Trustee of the William and Chave Gonzaba Trust U/A dated 9/19/89 for fee simple title to one parcel ($7,800.00) and title fees ($600.00) in connection with the Octavia Drainage #63, Phase II, Part 1 Project, located in Council District 5; appropriating funds; and providing for payment. [Presented by Thomas G. Wendorf, Director, Public Works; Melissa Byrne Vossmer, Assistant City Manager] 

13. An authorizing the renewal of two-year lease and one-year license agreements for seven tenants who operate businesses in the Farmers Market Plaza in the City of San Antonio's Market Square in City Council District 1, in accordance with the terms of their original lease agreements approved in Ordinance No. 96012 on June 27, 2002. [Presented by Malcolm Matthews, Director, Parks and Recreation; Melissa Byrne Vossmer, Assistant City Manager] 

14. An authorizing the execution of a standard five (5) year Lease Agreement with Dick's Last Resort of Texas, Inc. d/b/a Dick's Last Resort for lease of patio space on the San Antonio River Walk in City Council District 1 for outdoor dining purposes. [Presented by Malcolm Matthews, Director, Parks and Recreation; Melissa Byrne Vossmer, Assistant City Manager] 

15. An approving the assignment and amendment of an eight (8) year Lease Agreement from Ms. Odilia Castoreno d/b/a Odie's Imports to Mr. Antonio Amezcua d/b/a Lyris Imports in the City of San Antonio's Farmer's Market at Market Square in City Council District 1. [Presented by Malcolm Matthews, Director, Parks and Recreation; Melissa Byrne Vossmer, Assistant City Manager] 

16. An granting a license agreement to Laredo JM, Ltd. to use and maintain only for the purpose of landscaping an irregular portion of Old Thousand Oaks Drive Public Right of Way located approximately 850 feet southeast of Jones Maltsberger Road, in NCB 13732, for a ten (10) year term and the total consideration of $5,000.00. [Presented by Rebecca Waldman, Director, Asset Management; Erik J. Walsh, Assistant to the City Manager] 

17. An declaring approximately 1,400 square feet in NCB 8323, Block 4, located at 5341 West Commerce Street as surplus to the needs of the City of San Antonio and authorizing the San Antonio Water System Board of Trustees to sell the parcel to the adjacent property owner only. [Presented by Rebecca Waldman, Director, Asset Management; Erik J. Walsh, Assistant to the City Manager] 

18. An authorizing payment in the amount of $100,500.00 from the Stinson Airport Improvements and Contingency fund to 99th Street Incorporated for acquisition of one metal storage hangar located at 1234 99th Street, City of San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas in connection with the Stinson Airport Improvements 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] 

Miscellaneous 

19. An authorizing the City Manager or her designee to exercise the option for a one-year extension and amendment with Employee Assistance Program International (a wholly owned subsidiary of Horizon Behavioral Services) to provide an Employee Assistance Program for all non-uniformed active City employees and their eligible family members for evaluation, assessment and short-term counseling for an estimated amount of $151,017.00 for the term August 1, 2003 through July 31, 2004. [Presented by Elisa Peņa Bernal, Director, Human Resources; Travis M. Bishop, Assistant City Manager]

20. An authorizing the submission of an application for a U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Lead Based Paint Hazard Reduction Control Program Grant in the amount of $3,000,000.00 to meet the application process requirements; authorizing the acceptance of the HUD Lead Based Paint Hazard Reduction Control Program Grant award to continue the City of San Antonio's Lead Based Paint Hazard Reduction Control Program to offset the cost of addressing the lead abatement requirements imposed on HUD funded residential rehabilitation projects, and to assist with screening high-risk youth for elevated lead level; and authorizing an increase in the total budget amount of rehabilitation projects in all City sponsored rehabilitation programs by the amount of the HUD Lead Based Paint Hazard Reduction Control Program Grant. [Presented by David D. Garza, Director, Neighborhood Action; Jelynne LeBlanc Burley, Assistant City Manager] 

21. An authorizing the acceptance of a grant in the amount of $50,000.00 from the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) for the San Antonio Metropolitan Health District (SAMHD) to conduct an effort meant to increase community involvement in environmental health issues during the period June 1, 2003 through May 31, 2004; adopting the project budget and authorizing payments for an outside facilitator and printing services.  [Presented by Dr. Fernando A. Guerra, Director, Health; Frances A. Gonzalez, Assistant to the City Manager] 

Board, Commissions and Committee Appointments.  

22. Consideration of the following board appointments: [Presented by Yolanda Ledesma, Acting City Clerk; Travis M. Bishop, Assistant City Manager] 

An O appointing Emily D. Thuss (Provider of Handicapped Services Category - Mayor) to the Disability Access Advisory Committee for a term of office to expire on June 30, 2005. 

ITEMS FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION 

23. An designating certain members of the 2003-2005 City Council as Mayor Pro Tem for specified periods of time from June 5, 2003 through May 31, 2005, and swearing in of Mayor Pro Tem for the period of June 5, 2003 through August 15, 2003, and providing for an immediate effective date upon passage of eight (8) affirmative votes. [Presented by Yolanda Ledesma, Acting City Clerk; Travis M. Bishop, Assistant City Manager]   

24. An authorizing the execution of delegate agency contracts for the provision of program services in support of the City's Human Development Core Issue of Early Childhood Education and Family Strengthening Initiatives wit the following agencies: Avance - $51,208.00, Family Services Association of San Antonio, Inc. - $24,231.00, University of the Incarnate Word - $78,220.00, Family Services Association of San Antonio, Inc. - $30,737.00, YMCA of Greater San Antonio and the Hill Country - $82,025.00, University of Texas at San Antonio - $48,306.00, Good Samaritan - $43,542.00; for an overall total amount of $358,269.00; and adopting a revised budged in connection with  said delegate agency contracts. [Presented by Dennis J. Campa, Director, Community Initiatives; Frances A. Gonzalez, Assistant to the City Manager] 

25. An complying with the requirements contained in Securities and Exchange Commission Rule 15c2-12, including the approval and distribution of a preliminary official statement pertaining to the issuance of approximately $47,595,000.00 City of San Antonio, Texas General Improvement Refunding Bonds, Series 2003-A; authorizing the City's staff, co-financial advisors and co-bond counsel to take all actions deemed necessary in connection with the sale of such obligations; and providing for an effective date. [Presented by Milo Nitschke, Director, Finance; Melissa Byrne Vossmer, Assistant City Manager] 

26. An approving a Dolorosa Street Parking Lot Lease Agreement in Market Square with Market Square Parking, L.L.C., for lease of approximately 14,615 square feet of parking lot space in City Council District 1 for a ten-year term with one five year extension, in consideration of an annual lease amount of $32,500.00 in Year One to $42,500.00 in Year 5 with market analysis adjustments thereafter. [Presented by Malcolm Matthews, Director, Parks and Recreation; Melissa Byrne Vossmer, Assistant City Manager] 

27 Authorization for Mayor Edward D. Garza who will travel to Tokyo and Nagoya, Japan from Saturday, June 7, 2003 through Wednesday, June 11, 2003 to meet with the CEO of Toyota Motor Corporation and with other Japanese corporate leaders and to visit a Toyota Motor plant.  

28. An authorizing the expenditure of $500.00 from the District 6 Contingency Account Fund, payable to the Edgewood Seminoles, to be used to purchase uniforms and equipment for the football and cheerleading teams; as requested by Councilman Enrique M. Barrera.  

29. An authorizing the transfer of $550.00 from the District 6 Contingency Account Fund to the Parks & Recreation Department for the use of one Showmobile, with sound system, for the Great Northwest Community Improvement Association's 2nd Annual Fiesta BBQ Cook-Off which was held on April 26, 2003; as requested by Councilman Enrique M. Barrera.  

30. An authorizing the transfer of $550.00 from the District 6 Contingency Account Fund to the Parks & Recreation Department for the use of one Showmobile, with sound system, for the John Jay High School TAKS Celebration which was held on May 7, 2003; as requested by Councilman Enrique M. Barrera.  

31. An authorizing the transfer of $3,842.10 from the District 7 Contingency Account Fund to the Parks & Recreation Department, to be used to offset the costs associated with the Earth Day Festival, which was held on April 19, 2003 at Woodlawn Lake Park; as requested by Councilman Julian Castro.   

32. City Manager's Report. 

33. Executive Session: Consultation concerning attorney-client matters (real estate, litigation, contracts, personnel and security) may be discussed. 

Discuss legal issues relating to Robert Milam v. City of San Antonio, SA-01-CA-1123-EP, and Robert Milam v. G. Escobedo, R. Coronado, R. Land, No. 2000-CI-17517; 150th Judicial District, pursuant to Texas Government Code Section 551.071 (consultation with attorney).