City of San Antonio AGENDA
City Council A Session Municipal Plaza Building
114 W. Commerce Street
San Antonio, Texas 78205
Thursday, May 11, 2023
9:00 AM
Municipal Plaza Building
The City Council will hold its regular meeting in the Norma S. Rodriguez Council Chamber in the Municipal Plaza Building located at 114 W. Commerce Street beginning at the above referenced date and time for the following items. Once convened, the City Council will take up the following items in any order during the meeting but no sooner than the designated times.
9:00AM: Call to Order
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During the meeting, the City Council may meet in executive session for consultation with the City Attorney's Office concerning attorney-client matters under Chapter 551 of the Texas Government Code.
ACCESS STATEMENT
The City of San Antonio ensures meaningful access to City meetings, programs and services by reasonably providing: translation and interpretation, materials in alternate formats, and other accommodations upon request. To request these services call (210) 207-2098 or Relay Texas 711 or by requesting these services online at https://www.sanantonio.gov/gpa/LanguageServices. Providing at least 72 hours’ notice will help to ensure availability.
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For additional information on any item on this agenda, please visit www.sanantonio.gov or call (210) 207-7080.
PROCEDURAL
1.
Invocation
2.
Pledge of Allegiance
3.
Approval of minutes for the City Council meetings of April 19, 2023 and April 20, 2023.
Ordinance approving a contract with Automated Logic Contracting Services, Inc., in the amount of $100,000 to provide a replacement Building Automation System for the Public Safety Answering Point (PSAP) 911 Emergency Dispatch Center. Funding is from FY 2023 Tax Notes and included in the FY 2023 Deferred Maintenance Program. [Ben Gorzell Jr., Chief Financial Officer; Troy Elliott, Deputy Chief Financial Officer, Finance]
One or more files are marked confidential or are not available at this time.
Ordinance approving a contract with FarrWest Environmental Supply, Inc., for two handheld chemical detectors for the San Antonio Fire Department for a total cost of $56,420.10. Funding is from the 2020 Urban Area Security Initiative (UASI) Grant. [Ben Gorzell Jr., Chief Financial Officer; Troy Elliott, Deputy Chief Financial Officer, Finance]
One or more files are marked confidential or are not available at this time.
Ordinance approving a contract with FarrWest Environmental Supply, Inc., for ten portable wireless gamma radiation and toxic industrial chemical monitors for the San Antonio Fire Department for a total cost of $59,001. Funding is from the 2020 Urban Area Security Initiative (UASI) Grant. [Ben Gorzell Jr., Chief Financial Officer; Troy Elliott, Deputy Chief Financial Officer, Finance]
One or more files are marked confidential or are not available at this time.
Ordinance approving a contract with Triad Marine & Industrial Supply, Inc., to provide the San Antonio Fire and Police Departments with four inflatable boats and four transport trailers for a total cost of $131,322. Funding is from the 2020 Urban Area Security Initiative (UASI) Grant. [Ben Gorzell Jr., Chief Financial Officer; Troy Elliott, Deputy Chief Financial Officer, Finance]
One or more files are marked confidential or are not available at this time.
Ordinance amending the River Walk Lease Agreement between BGSCR Riverwalk, LLC, doing business as Bubba Gump Shrimp, and the City of San Antonio to exercise its five-year renewal term, commencing on July 1, 2023, and expiring on June 30, 2028. Additional revenue of $152,048 over the five years will be deposited into the Riverwalk Capital Improvement Fund. [Lori Houston, Assistant City Manager; John Jacks, Director, Center City Development and Operations Department]
One or more files are marked confidential or are not available at this time.
Ordinance approving a Sister City Agreement with Baguio, Philippines. [Alejandra Lopez, Assistant City Manager; Brenda Hicks-Sorensen, Director, Economic Development]
One or more files are marked confidential or are not available at this time.
Ordinance approving a one-year interlocal cooperation agreement for fire protection, hazmat, and emergency response services with CPS Energy for the Calaveras Power Station Facilities, effective May 1, 2022 through April 30, 2023 in the amount of $30,900, with automatic renewals and fee increases. This ordinance also accepts payment of $100,000 from CPS for the purchase of a watercraft. [Maria Villagómez, Deputy City Manager; Charles N. Hood, Fire Chief]
One or more files are marked confidential or are not available at this time.
Resolution of No Objection for Culebra Road Apartments, LP’s application for 2023 Non-Competitive 4% Housing Tax Credits (HTC) from the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs (TDHCA) for the development of a 199-unit affordable multi-family rental housing development named Culebra Road Apartments, located at 4740 Culebra Road and acknowledgment that more than 20% of the total housing in the Census Tract is supported by HTC. [Lori Houston, Assistant City Manager; Veronica Garcia, Director, Neighborhood and Housing Services]
One or more files are marked confidential or are not available at this time.
Ordinance approving a Chapter 380 Economic Development Agreement in the amount of $247,008.75 from the Inner City Tax Increment Reinvestment Zone #11 between the City of San Antonio and Alamo City Studios for the Eastside Youth Content Creators Summer 2023 Program. [Lori Houston, Assistant City Manager; Veronica Garcia, Director, Neighborhood and Housing Services]
One or more files are marked confidential or are not available at this time.
Ordinance approving an agreement to contribute right-of-way funds (fixed price) between the City of San Antonio and the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) and authorizing payment in the amount not to exceed $9,200.20 to TxDOT for the acquisition of right-of-way associated with the TxDOT Highway US 90 Improvements project located 0.8 miles west of IH 410 to IH 410. Funding is from the FY 2023 General Fund Budget. [Roderick Sanchez, Assistant City Manager; Razi Hosseini, Director, Public Works]
One or more files are marked confidential or are not available at this time.
Ordinance approving a Tender and Release Agreement between the Great American Insurance Company (GAIC) and the City of San Antonio to accept funds in an amount not to exceed $138,464.01 as defined in the agreement for the original construction contract award between the City of San Antonio and All In Construction, LLC related to the Animal Care Services Parking Lot Expansion Project; and authorizing the appropriation of these funds from the GAIC to the Animal Care Services Parking Lot Expansion Project which is included in the FY 2023 - FY 2028 Capital Improvement Program. [Roderick Sanchez, Assistant City Manager; Razi Hosseini, Director, Public Works]
One or more files are marked confidential or are not available at this time.
Ordinance approving a contract with Monterrey Iron & Metal to provide Recycling of Metals Services to the Solid Waste Management Department for a term of three years, with two additional one-year renewals. The estimated annual revenue of $60,000 will be deposited into the Solid Waste Operating and Maintenance Fund. [David W. McCary, Assistant City Manager; David Newman, Director, Solid Waste Management]
One or more files are marked confidential or are not available at this time.
At any time during the meeting, the City Council may recess into executive session in the B Room to consult with the City Attorney's Office (Texas Government Code Section 551.071) and deliberate or discuss any of the following:
A.
Economic development negotiations pursuant to Texas Government Code Section 551.087 (economic development).
B.
The purchase, exchange, lease or value of real property pursuant to Texas Government Code Section 551.072 (real property).
C.
Legal issues related to litigation involving the City pursuant to Texas Government Code Section 551.071 (consultation with attorney).
D.
Legal issues relating to COVID-19 preparedness pursuant to Texas Government Code Section 551.071 (consultation with attorney).
E.
Deliberate issues related to the San Antonio Public Safety Radio System pursuant to Texas Government Code Sections 551.076 (security devices and audits) and 551.071 (consultation with attorney).
ADJOURNMENT
THE CITY COUNCIL MAY RECESS FOR LUNCH AND RECONVENE TO CONSIDER ANY UNFINISHED COUNCIL BUSINESS
6:00 P.M. – If the Council has not yet adjourned, the presiding officer shall entertain a motion to continue the council meeting, postpone the remaining items to the next council meeting date, or recess and reconvene the meeting at a specified time on the following day.
