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Home My WebLink About1986/02/18-Agenda-Pre-Council A G E N D A PRE-COUNCIL MEETING TUESDAY , FEBRUARY 18 , 1986 9: 15 A.M. PRE-COUNCIL CHAMBER 1 ) Status of Federal Budget Proposal - Charles Boswell , Director , Office of Management Services ( 30 Min . ) 2 ) Impact of Federal Budget Proposals on Housing Authority - Michael Hanratty , Executive Director , Fort Worth Housing Authority ( 10 Min . ) 3) Other Issues * To add or make revisions , please call the City Manager' s Office , 870-6140 , before 3:00 P .M . , Monday , February 17 , 1986 The purpose of the Pre-Council Conference held prior to a regular City Council Meeting is to allow the Mayor and Councilmembers to discuss informally items on the agenda and to secure information from the City 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 . OFFICIAL RECO"O - - CITY SECRETARY ;. FT. WORTH, TEX. PRE-COUNCIL FEBRUARY 18, 1986 ABSENT VANCE ITEM 1. STATUS OF FEDERAL BUDGET PROPOSAL - CHARLES BOSWELL Mr. Boswell discussed the implications of the Gramm-Rudman Deficit Reduction Act as it applies to the City of Fort Worth. Half of the federal cuts will come from the defense side and half from the domestic side. Areas to be exempt from the automatic cuts include interest on the national debt, social security, medicaid, AFDC, SSI, food stamps and children's nutrition programs. Areas of immediate concern are 1986 reductions in revenue sharing, estimated to be down $500,000 to $600,000 for Fort Worth and reductions in CDBG funds, estimated cut of 31%. In 1987 the cuts go even further. The President's budget cuts in revenue sharing are even deeper than Gramm-Rudman proposes. Texas, with $667 million in proposed cuts, ranks 3rd on the list of states undergoing the largest funding cuts. Other significant cuts will be in Federal Aid to highways, Educational programs and EPA grants for wastewater treatment. With respect to the immediate issue of what to do with the 4.3% across the board cuts for 1986, the Office of Management Services is working with city departments to identify expenditure reductions. For FY 1986-87, Mr. Boswell suggested that it would be prudent to assume that there will be no revenue sharing funds forthcoming. To make up this difference would require a 4.0 to 4.5 cents tax rate increase. The President's budget would eliminate the last quarter payment for revenue sharing, eliminate EPA wastewater treatment grants and, importantly, would recall any unspent UDAG and EDA grants such as that recently awarded for the Stockyards area. Lancaster: Notice that during the 1st quarter the departments were exceeding their targets. Anv concern on that? 'Boswell: Funds for salary adjustments have not been transferred form non-departmental to the individual departments. Once that is accomplished the departments will be back on line. ) 2. IMPACT OF FEDERAL BUDGET PROPOSALS ON HOUSING AUTHORITY - MICHAEL 11ANRATTY Mr. Hanratty discussed the implications of the federal budget proposals in general and as they relate to the Fort Worth Housing Authority. The President's budget recommends no additional public housing construction, a substantial72fAR � nL�URD additional housing vouchers and elimination of rehab funds in 1987.. �(p The FWHA administers 1800 Section 8 units and has a waiting list of �R�ARY past several years, Fort Worth has been receiving an additional 75JJX.If an additional 75 units/year are not forthcoming this could mean LA $250,000 into the local economy/year. The President's budget also proposes to fund only 50% of the administrative costs of 4 the Sec.8 program. Fort Worth would thus have to come up with S350,000. The Modernization Program is targeted to be cut from $1.5 billion to $225 million. This would diminish the amount of funds available in Fort Worth for modernization of public housing by $125,000. Mr. Hanrattv closed by stating that 39% of the revenues for the FW11A come from federal subsidy and that the FWHA cannot be its own lobbyist at the federal level but needs the City's support. Williams: What would be the consequences if the city did not agree to pay the 50% administration costs? (Hanratty: It is unclear at this point, but if the funds were matching then there would be no money for the program.) Wetherby: Would it be possible for the City to purchase some of the houses we recommend to be abated and contract with the private sector to rehab and lease as low -income rental property? (Harman: We still have to face the issue of where the money for this program would come from.) Adkins: There is also a potential problem in getting the title to the house. Bolen: I would like to see the Housing Task Force accelerate the writing of its report. Harman: What control does FWHA have over the demolition of existing housing?( Hanratty: HUD retains control. ) 3. IMPLICATIONS FOR CDBG FUNDS - RAMON GUAJARDO Mr. Guajardo stated that for the next CDBG fiscal year which starts June 1 , 1986, the City estimates a 30%-31% cutback or S1.8 million in funds. This figure assumes passage of the President' s budget. Mr. Guajardo recommended at review of the City's housing programs and philosophy in light of the budget cutbacks. The President's budget proposes to defer the $500 million allotted for this vear until next. Whether it will still be there next vear is in doubt. y The CDC will come back to Council with its Block Grant budget during the second week of April. It must submit its budget to HUD at the end of April. Bagsby: Can we use CDBG funds for the 50% administrative costs? (Guajardo: I will have to look into that with Mr. Hanratty.) Bagsby: I would like to see us reserve these funds in the event they are needed. I do not want to see housing compete with the Museums etc. in October. Guajardo: We are keeping in tact the $2 million allocated to fund streeiFFICIAL RECORD assessments. (Bagsby: We may have to take another look at that also.) CITY SECRETARY 4. PERSONNEL RULES REVISIONS - CIIARLIE SIIAPARD FT. WORTH, T--j. Mr. Shapard distributed copies of the revised personnel rules and indicat" -th,"t a M&C would be forthcoming in a couple of weeks for Council approval of the revised rules. CITY COUNCIL MEETING ADMINISTRATIVE ACTION REQUESTED FEBRUARY 18, 1986 ABSENT VANCE ITEM 1. ITEMS TO BE CONTINUED OR WITHDRAWN Lancaster: M&C C-9503 - to be brought back ASAP with a report on the company Harman: M&C P-1868 - continued for one week 2. ITEMS TO BE WITHDRAWN FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA Garrison: M&C C-9502 3. APPOINTMENTS TO BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS Williams: City Plan Commission, Place 5 - Timothy Stuart Garrison: Aviation Board, Place 3 - Neil Anderson -1 4. CITY COUNCIL PRESENTATIONS J a. Williams: Moved that the Council reconsider on March 18 Councilman Zapata's Resolution on the DFW Airport Board's voting procedures. - approved b. Bolen: Mayor Bolen addressed his remarks to Councilman Lancaster and requested that in the future correspondence asking for a response from the Mayor be delivered to the Mayor at the same time as copies are sent to the rest of the Council. 5. REPORT OF THE CITY MANAGER M&C G-6576 Night Council Meeting Time Change - approved — M&C G-6582 A-85-26 Annexation - approved Newkirk: Are annexations zoned when they come into the city? (Bilardi: We try to schedule both the annexation and the zoning items together. However, sometimes there is a week or two delay.) Newkirk: Have we started deffered zoning yet? (Bilardi: No.) 0� RECCDn rt,,1A1. nLUUU M&C P-1867 Tabulation of Bids - approved CITY SECRETARY M&C C-9502 Intercity Agreement with Euless - approved ��{' 1�#oR4H, TEXT Garrison: I would like Mr. Santerre to explain just what exactly is- ! 'r ng wlith this. (Santerre: There are two water line projects going on at the same time which require work in the street itself. This agreement stipulates that the Fart Worth Water Department, Euless Water Department and Fort Worth T&PW Department will each pay their share of the work which needs to be done. The quality of the present road will be improved slightly. Fort Worth will have responsibility over the quality of the street repairs. 6. CITIZEN PRESENTATIONS a. Dr. Robert Garland, TCOM - spoke in favor of a non-smoking ordinance. b. Dr. Johannes Steincolm, TCOM - spoke in favor of a non-smoking ordinance. O'"t1Al REMjtw " C1TY S�CR��ARY