Communications

Calvary First Baptist Church, in collaboration with the Corpus Christi Parks and Recreation Department, will host a dedication of the newly constructed pavilion at the Dr. H.C. Dilworth Park, located at 3000 Elgin Street.

The Corpus Christi Police Department (CCPD) Headquarters will experience a temporary utility power interruption on August 3 from approximately 5:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. This scheduled outage is necessary to examine the existing CCPD main switchgear and install a new backup power generator.

West Broadway Street from Port Avenue to Lexington Avenue will be closed for construction beginning Monday, August 4, through Wednesday, August 6.

Vector Control is actively working to manage mosquito populations across the city.

Beginning Wednesday, August 13, the Corpus Christi-Nueces County Public Health District will host “Wellness Wednesdays,” a weekly community fitness and wellness series held at the Health District auditorium, located at 1702 Horne Road. 

Waterline improvements on Mt. Vernon Street at the intersection of Everhart Road will temporarily close the road from July 31 through August 2. During construction, Mt. Vernon Street will be closed from Everhart Road to Wynona Drive.

The City of Corpus Christi and the Flour Bluff Independent School District (FBISD) are committed to maintaining a safe and secure campus for all students and staff.

At today’s regularly scheduled City Council meeting, Mayor Paulette Guajardo and the City Council authorized a sales agreement with the City of Rockport to purchase the assets of the City of Rockport Natural Gas Utility System. Funding for the $5.5 million purchase comes from the 2025 Utility System Revenue Bond.

At today’s scheduled City Council meeting, Mayor Paulette Guajardo and the City Council approved a $100.6 million construction contract with Reytec Construction Resources, Inc. of Houston to replace the aging chlorine gas system at O.N. Stevens Water Treatment Plant (ONSWTP) with a safer on-site chlorine generation system.

City Manager Peter Zanoni provided the City Council with the Fiscal Year 2026 Proposed Operating & Capital Budget before the first Council Budget Workshop scheduled for August 7.