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2026-10-27 - City Council Meeting

Summary

Built from the final-revised posted agenda only; no minutes or video recorded yet.

  • Consent items 2-13; no public hearings or individual items. Votes are not yet recorded (minutes not posted).
  • Accepts a $17,830,308 U.S. Department of War (OLDCC) Defense Community Infrastructure grant for the Leopard Street and Up River Road water line replacement, with a $7,641,561 Water Capital Fund match: Defense Community Infrastructure Water Line Grant.
  • Zoning ZN9401, Texas Store Properties, 2060 Tuloso Road: staff and the Planning Commission recommend denial of the request and approval of an alternative special permit: Tuloso Road Special Permit Amendment.
  • Groundwater rights lease with Evangeline Laguna LP, $1,000,000 initial payment: Evangeline Groundwater Program.
  • Temporary raw water sales contract with Formosa Plastics, up to 10,000 acre-feet of Lake Texana water in 2027 at $900 per acre-foot, take-or-pay 2,500 acre-feet ($2,250,000): Raw Water Contract with Formosa Plastics.
  • FEMA hazard mitigation grant of $6,677,961.03 for La Volla Creek drainage, with a $2,206,332.91 match: La Volla Creek Drainage FEMA Grant.
  • Other purchases: ACT Pipe manhole covers up to $246,465.95 and fire hydrants up to $340,376; Longyards lease up to $213,000; Texas A&M-Kingsville interlocal agreement $140,004; speed limit ordinance for SH 286, US 181 and SH 361; 40-year airport lease to Dlugosch III LLC (The Texan Stores), up to 8 acres, for a convenience store and fuel station.
  • Executive session items 14-17: Calderon v. City judgment; Ajit David / Elevate QOF LLC (Homewood Suites, Corpus Christi B Corporation: see Homewood Suites Incentive Disapproval); a SOAH/PUC docket on an outside-city ratepayer appeal; LM & JM Investments v. City (Unified Development Code water and wastewater trust fund provisions).

Agenda

  • Consent items 2-13; no public hearings or individual items. Votes are not yet recorded (minutes not posted).
  • Accepts a $17,830,308 U.S. Department of War (OLDCC) Defense Community Infrastructure grant for the Leopard Street and Up River Road water line replacement, with a $7,641,561 Water Capital Fund match: Defense Community Infrastructure Water Line Grant.
  • Zoning ZN9401, Texas Store Properties, 2060 Tuloso Road: staff and the Planning Commission recommend denial of the request and approval of an alternative special permit: Tuloso Road Special Permit Amendment.
  • Groundwater rights lease with Evangeline Laguna LP, $1,000,000 initial payment: Evangeline Groundwater Program.
  • Temporary raw water sales contract with Formosa Plastics, up to 10,000 acre-feet of Lake Texana water in 2027 at $900 per acre-foot, take-or-pay 2,500 acre-feet ($2,250,000): Raw Water Contract with Formosa Plastics.
  • FEMA hazard mitigation grant of $6,677,961.03 for La Volla Creek drainage, with a $2,206,332.91 match: La Volla Creek Drainage FEMA Grant.
  • Other purchases: ACT Pipe manhole covers up to $246,465.95 and fire hydrants up to $340,376; Longyards lease up to $213,000; Texas A&M-Kingsville interlocal agreement $140,004; speed limit ordinance for SH 286, US 181 and SH 361; 40-year airport lease to Dlugosch III LLC (The Texan Stores), up to 8 acres, for a convenience store and fuel station.
  • Executive session items 14-17: Calderon v. City judgment; Ajit David / Elevate QOF LLC (Homewood Suites, Corpus Christi B Corporation: see Homewood Suites Incentive Disapproval); a SOAH/PUC docket on an outside-city ratepayer appeal; LM & JM Investments v. City (Unified Development Code water and wastewater trust fund provisions).

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