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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1993/11/16-Agenda-Pre-Council �. -� Ask PRE-COUNCIL MEETING TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 1993 ' 8:30 A.M. PRE-COUNCIL CHAMBER 1) Responses to M&C's Continued from a Previous Week- None 2) Questions Concerning Current Agenda Items - Bob Terrell, City Manager 3) PAY$ Awards Presentation-Hank Wilke, Personnel Administrator, Ora Woods, PAY$ Coordinator 4) Discussion of December City Council Meetings - Alice Church, City Secretary 5) Feasibility of Waiving Wrecker Fees for Crime Victims (I.R. #7773) - Libby Watson, Assistant City Manager 6) Community Development Block Grant Programs(M&C G10432)-Tabby Watson, Assistant City Manager 7) Discussion of Draft Financial Management Policies - Charles Boswell, Assistant City Manager 8) City Council Request for Future Agenda Items The Pre-Council Meeting is scheduled to end at 9:45 a.m. THE PURPOSE OFA PRE-COUNCIL MEETING HELD PRIOR TO A REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING IS TO ALLOW THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS TO INFORMALLY DISCUSS ITEMS ON THE AGENDA AND TO SECURE INFORMATION FROM THE CRY MANAGER AND THE STAFF.ALTHOUGH THE MEETING IS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC, CITIZENS ARE REQUESTED TO RESERVE COMMENTS AND QUESTIONS FOR THE SUBSEQUENT COUNCIL MEETING SO THEY WILL BE A PART OF THE PUBLIC RECORD. "This facility is wheelchair accessible For accommodations or sign�Mhatym ove'servkes, please call the City Manager's Office at 871-6140,48 hours in advance." do& OFFICIAL RECORD CITY SECRETARY FT. WORTH, TE)L NOTES FROM NOVEMBER 16, 1993 PRE-COUNCIL AND COUNCIL MEETINGS FOR NOVEMBER 17, 1993 CITY MANAGER'S STAFF MEETING PRE-COUNCIL 1. Responses to M&C's Continued from a Previous Week - None. 2. Questions Concerning Current Agenda Items a) M&C C-14079 - Contract with Conatser Construction Company for Water and Sewer Replacements in Waltham Avenue from Walton Avenue to Welch Avenue and Wales Avenue from Walton Avenue to Welch Avenue. SUMMARY: Ms. Woods stated that Wales has been torn up for two years and asked if this would represent the last of it. She also asked if Wales could be done first. STAFF: ACM Groomer stated that if this M&C is passed today, the contract would be awarded within 30 days. Mr. Terrell stated that we would need to check with the department before committing to performing the work on Wales first. ACTION: None. 3. PAY$ Awards Presentation SUMMARY: Ora Woods presented the PAY$ to City employees. She stated that implementation of their suggestions will save the City over $19,000 annually. ACTION:= None. 4. Discussion of December City Council Meetings SUMMARY: Alice Church stated that Council is required by Charter to hold 48 meetings each year, and that 49 meetings will have been held this year by the end of November. She asked for Council direction regarding the meetings to be held during December. COUNCIL: Council agreed to cancel the December 28th meeting only. ACTION: Cancel the December 28th Council meeting. OFFICIAL RECORD 1 CITY SECRETARY fT. WORTH, TEX. w' t 5.Feasibility of Waiving Wrecker Fees for Crime Victims (I.R. 7773) SUMMARY: ACM Watson summarized the information found in I.R. 7773 and stated that the net cost to the General Fund would be $393,000 - $543,000 annually. COUNCIL: Mr. Lane asked what would happen legally if we waived the fee for only those who are not insured with comprehensive insurance coverage. STAFF: Wade Adkins stated that he does not believe that we could legally waive the fee for only those who do not carry comprehensive insurance. Mr. Terrell stated that we currently review on a case-by-case basis based on hardship, and that we will continue to do that. He stated that citizens could contact either the Chief's office or Captain T.J. Brown for consideration of individual cases. He stated that staff does not recommend a full-scale waiver of fees. ACTION: None. 6. Community Development Block Grant Programs (M&C G-10432) SUMMARY: ACM Watson again presented the proposed policy for CDBG eligible areas. She stated that under the new program, funding would be more narrowly defined by neighborhoods and census tracts. COUNCIL: Rev. Jackson asked if only those neighborhoods on the map would qualify for funding. STAFF: ACM Watson stated that the shaded areas on the map represent the census tracts that meet the low/moderate income guidelines, but that individuals from other areas would also be eligible to receive specific services if they income-qualify. COUNCIL: Mr. Meadows stated that this proposed program represents a significant departure from the last decade. He stated that community groups will have to become proactive for their neighborhoods. Mr. Barr expressed his desire to delay this M&C for one week to allow for further discussion on this issue. Mayor Granger asked staff to bring forward examples of the differences between the two programs. She stated that it is difficult to understand the differences just by looking at maps. Mr. Barr asked if the CDC had reviewed this. Rev. Jackson stated that he supports it because it brings Mosier Valley into the program. Ms. Woods asked if the new program would mean new storm drains for her district. , STAFF: Mr. Terrell stated that this M&C could be delayed without any 2 OFFICIAL RECORD CITY SECRETARY FT. WORTH, TEX. problems. He stated that with the proposed program, the focus for funding would be on the areas of greatest need. ACM Watson stated that the CDC has reviewed this proposed program. To Ms. Woods, ACM Watson stated that the shaded. areas on the map reflect the economic status of the people living there, and do not mean that the storm drains or housing stock in those areas are bad. ACM Watson suggested delaying this M&C for three weeks until the December worksession. ACTION: Provide specific examples to Council that will show the differences between the current and proposed programs and how the change to the new program will impact the neighborhoods. 7. Discussion of Draft Financial Management Policies SUMMARY: ACM Boswell reviewed the reasons that financial management policies would be helpful; and recommended that a Council ad-hoc committee be established to work with staff on this issue, and come back to the full Council by the end of January with a recommended policy. COUNCIL: Mayor Granger agreed and appointed Councilmembers Barr, Meadows, and Silcox to the ad-hoc committee. ACTION: None. 8. City Council Requests for Future Agenda Items - None. COUNCIL MEETING z VI. Items to be Withdrawn from the Consent Agenda a) M&C G-10425 - Supplemental Appropriation for the Environmental Management Fund from Prior Year Revenues and Interest Earnings. Mr. Terrell withdrew this item from the consent agenda. VII. Items to be Continued or Withdrawn by Staff a) M&C G-10425 - Supplemental Appropriation for the Environmental Management Fund from Prior Year Revenues and Interest Earnings. This M&C was continued for one week. 3 OFFICIAL RECORD CITY SECRETARY FT. WORTH, TEX,. ACTION: Continue M&C G-10425 for one week. b) M&C G-10432 - Community Development Block Grant Programs. This M&C was continued by Mr. TerrellL for three weeks. ACTION: Continue M&C G-10432 for three weeks (until December worksession) . XIII. Report of the City Manager a) M&C C-14084 - Engineering Agreement with Freese and Nichols, Inc. , for the Rehabilitation of , Chlorine and Ammonia Facilities at the Holly Water Treatment Plant, and Evaluation of Rolling Hills Water Treatment Plant and Booster Pump Stations. This M&C was approved with Mr. Meadows abstaining. ACTION: None. b) M&C C-14086 - Judgment Lien Forbearance and Settlement Agreement in City of Fort Worth et. al. v. SDC Land Partners, Ltd. , et. al. , No. 4-92-CV-501-A. This M&C was approved with Mr. Silcox opposed. ACTION: None. XIV. Citizen Presentations 1) Ms. Olivia Castillo stated that she is a minister who would like to speak with gangmembers, prostitutes, etc. at John Peter Smith Hospital, but that she can't approach them because she will be arrested. Mayor Granger and Mr. Lane referred her to the Tarrant County Hospital Board of Directors. OFFICIAL RECORD CITY SECRETAR t 4 FT. W ORTH, TEX. SPECIAL WORRSESSION WITH CITY COUNCIL: DHE AVAILABILITY AND DISPARITY STUDY SUMMARY: ACM Boswell stated that the consultant recommends going-back to a MBE/WBE program, since we have now documented that discrimination exists in the marketplace. He stated that because of that, the City now can establish MBE/WBE goals. He suggested that if Council agrees, staff will provide Council with the recommended members of the DBEAC in this Thursday's Council packet, with an action item regarding these members scheduled for November 23rd. The DBEAC would then be scheduled to recommend a new MBE/WBE program to Council by March 1, 1994. COUNCIL: Mr. Meadows stated that we are moving in the right direction. Other Councilmembers agreed. Mr. Lane asked if staff is comfortable with the recommended members of the DBEAC. STAFF: ACM Boswell stated that the recommended members of the DBEAC represent a good balance of backgrounds, and that he feels they will be an excellent group. ACTION: Provide the list of recommended members of the DBEAC in the Council packets this Thursday and bring forward an action item for Council consideration next week (11/23) . OFFICIAL RECORD CITY SECRETARY 5 FT. WORTH, TEX.