Remarks by Paulette Guajardo
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“I'd like to call this meeting to order and welcome all of you to City Hall and to Council Chambers. Thank you for joining us this morning. This morning, our invocation will be given by Father Charles Silvas with St. Patrick Catholic Church. Father?”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“Amen. Thank you, Father. And the Pledge of Allegiance to the flag of the United States and to the Texas state flag will be led by Adeline Grace Alvarado. She is a senior at Teloso Midway, student body president, and a varsity cheer captain. Adeline?”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“City Secretary Rebecca Huerta, would you please call the roll?”
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City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“Thank you, your presentation. Thank you. So as we begin today's meeting, I want to take a moment to recognize two very difficult losses affecting our Corpus Christi family. So former council member Greg Smith and his family are mourning the passing of his beloved wife, Deborah. Deborah was a woman of deep faith who cherished her family, especially her six grandchildren. She devoted 14 years to teaching children in CCISD, first at Parkdale Elementary and later at Cocke Elementary. She never met a stranger and had a wonderful way of treating everyone that she encountered as a friend. Deborah…”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“THANK YOU, MR. KLEPPER. SKYLER BARKER. Then we'll have Bradley Bartleson, Vidal Conde, William Garner, and then Susie Saldana.”
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“William Garner. William Garner. Susie Saldana.”
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“Alejandro Chavera. Jared Suarez. And then we'll have Amanda Guerra, Janae Montalvo, Erin Price, and Isabella Riza.”
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“You too. Amanda Guerra. Amanda Guerra. Janae Montalvo. Janae Montalvo. Aaron Price.”
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“Thank you, sir. Isabella Reza from PAXIM.”
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“Yes, I could call them everybody at this table is my friend, including you.”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“Okay, thank you, Rebecca. We're gonna go ahead and go. That concludes our public comment period. We're gonna go to the consent agenda, items two through 15. Do we have any requests from the council to pull any items two through 15? Item number three, eight. 10 and 12.”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“No, Carolyn said 10, right? And Gil said 12. Anything else? Okay, any requests from the public to pull any items to make public comment on? Yes, ma'am. 13, okay. So I'm gonna, pardon? 11, okay. Oh, yeah, if you were going to speak on that, sir, you already spoke on it before, so we can't do it twice. Okay. I'm going to entertain a motion to approve the consent agenda with the exception of items 3, 8, 10, 12, and 13. We have a motion and a second. All in favor say aye. Aye. Any opposed say no. The motion carries. Item number three was the first item pulled, and that is an ordinance amending…”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“Second. We have a motion and a second. Would anyone? Oh, I'm sorry. Yeah, we have a motion and a second. Please submit your vote. Okay, the motion carries. Jennifer, thank you. The next item pulled was item number eight, and that is a motion authorizing execution of a one-year supply agreement with two one-year options with international corrosion control. And this is for the purchase of magnesium anodes for gas operations. Who pulled this one? Councilman Paxton, your question or comment?”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“Okay, we have a motion. We have a second. I please submit your vote. Okay, the motion carries. Next item pulled is item number 10, and that is the motion awarding a construction contract to PM Construction and Rehab, and this is for the citywide wastewater indefinite delivery indefinite quantity. And who pulled this item? Councilman Vaughn?”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“Okay, I'll entertain a motion to approve item number 10. So moved. We have a motion and a second. Please submit your vote. Okay, the motion carries. Item number 11 was pulled by a constituent to make public comment. Okay. Oh, I'm sorry, we didn't. Yes, no, ma'am. Yeah, that one. So not item 11. I'm sorry, I meant item 12. Was that a constituent comment? No, that was Councilman Hernandez. This is a resolution authorizing the submission of a grant application to the Corpus Christi Metropolitan Planning Organization for funding, or I'm sorry, for a District 5 trail connectivity. Councilman…”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“Yeah, and I'm going to jump in quickly on all three of these. There are three grant applications, submissions that are very important. Each one is over about a million dollars. This is through the MPO, and as an MPO board member, I'm going to be obviously very supportive of this. This fund entails over $6.5 million for projects such as this, that address pedestrian sidewalks um i know the um the sidewalk frontage road sidewalk for along u.s 181 which is north beach that has been something that multiple councils have worked on um because of the you know public safety issue and so all of these…”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“We have a motion and a second. Please submit your votes. Okay, the motion carries. The last item pulled was item number 13, and that was for public comment.”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“I don't go ahead Motion to approve we have a motion in a second. Please submit your votes. I Okay, the motion carries. Thank you, Ernie. Our last item of the day is under public hearings, item 16, and that is public hearing and ordinance approving the service plans, assessment plans, and updated assessment rules for the Corpus Christi Tourism Public Improvement District, or TPID.”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“Yes, go ahead. Come on up. It's a good thing that it passed on consent.”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“Thank you so much. And thank you for being here, everybody that's here or advocating for the museum. Thank you. Item number 16 is a public hearing and ordinance approving the service plans, assessment plans, and updated assessment rules for the Corpus Christi Tourism Public Improvement District, or TPID, as required under Texas Local Government Code Chapter 372.”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“Brooke, thank you. We appreciate everything. And you've really picked up the ball and ran with it. So you're doing a great job over at VC. So is your team. It takes a team. But thank you for that. And yeah, you should probably... Did we typically do quarterly or...”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026