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Home My WebLink About2006/05/23-Agenda-City Council CITY COUNCIL AGENDA FOR THE MEETING AT 10:00 A.M. TUESDAY, MAY 23, 2006 CITY COUNCIL CHAMBER, CITY HALL 1000 THROCKMORTON, FORT WORTH, TEXAS I. CALL TO ORDER II. INVOCATION - Reverend Johnny Caster, Sagamore Hills Baptist Church III. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE IV. CONSIDERATION OF MINUTES OF REGULAR MEETING OF TUESDAY, MAY 16, 2006 V. SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS, INTRODUCTIONS, ETC. VI. ANNOUNCEMENTS BY CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS AND STAFF VII. ITEMS TO BE WITHDRAWN FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA VIII. ITEMS TO BE CONTINUED OR WITHDRAWN BY STAFF IX. CONSENT AGENDA All items with asterisks (**)are a part of the Consent Agenda and require little or no deliberation by the City Council. Approval of the Consent Agenda authorizes the City Manager, or his designee, to implement each item in accordance with staff recommendations. X. PRESENTATIONS BY THE CITY COUNCIL 1. Changes in Membership on Boards and Commissions XI. PRESENTATIONS AND/OR COMMUNICATIONS FROM BOARDS, COMMISSIONS AND/OR CITY COUNCIL COMMITTEES XII. PRESENTATIONS BY THE CITY SECRETARY 1. **OCS-1556-Notice of Claims for Alleged Damages and/or Injuries 2. OCS-1557-Resolution Setting Regular Zoning Hearing for June 13,2006 XIII. RESOLUTIONS 1. Resolution Canvassing Returns and Declaration of Results of Special District 4 Council Election Held on May 13, 2006 2. Resolution Canvassing Returns and Declaration of Results of Special Election on Proposed Amendments to the Charter of the City of Fort Worth Held on May 13, 2006 XIV. REPORT OF THE CITY MANAGER A. General **1. M&C G- - Authorize Transfer of Revenue from the Risk 15204 Management Fund to the Specially Funded Capital Projects Fund to Cover the Commercial Property Insurance Deductible for Damage Sustained at Various City Properties **2. M&C G- 15205 Authorization to Accept Two Buffer Zone Protection Program Grants from the Office of the Governor, Division of Emergency Management and Adoption of Council Date: 5/23/2006 an Appropriation Ordinance **3. M&C G- - Authorize Application and Acceptance of aA A Grant 15206 from theA A Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to Upgrade Public Access Computers for the Library, Authorize Execution of Grant Agreement and Adopt Appropriation Ordinance 4. M&C G- - Adopt Appropriation Ordinance for Hilton (formerly 15207 Radisson) Parking Garage Program Income Fund and Authorization of Expenditures Related to Housing Department Rehabilitation Division Staff Relocation to Meacham Airport Aviation Building 5. M&C G- - Authorize Fort Worth as an Eligible Loan Area for the 15208 Tarrant County Housing Finance Corporation's Bond Program 6. M&C G- - Adopt Amendment of Ordinance 13543, as Amended 15209 by Ordinance Nos. 13672, 13673, 13674, 13842 and 15862, Codified as Chapter 2, Article Vi, Division 1, Entitled a€oeEmployeesa€TM Retirement Funda€ of the Code of the City of Fort Worth (1986), as Amended, Providing for a Higher Earnings Ceiling Before Earnings are Disregarded; and Amending the Definition of Earnings to Include Worker's Compensation Earnings and Providing for the Citya€TMs Payment of Retirement Contributions When Temporary Income Benefits Have Been Paid 7. M&C G- - Approve Settlement between the City of Fort Worth 15210 and the Employeesa€TM Retirement Fund Regarding a Dispute Over the Meaning and Intent of Section 504.051 of the Texas Labor Code, and Provide for the Payment of$2,800,000.00 8. M&C G- - Adopt Ordinance Requiring Verizon, TXU Electric 15211 Delivery, Tri-County Electric Cooperative, Inc., One Source Communications, and Atmos Energy to Relocate Utility Facilities Located in City Right-of- Way in or along Keller-Hicks Road, at the Utilitya€TMs Sole Cost and Expense, to Allow the Widening of Keller-Hicks Road 9. M&C G- - Approval of Extension of Injury Leave-of-Absence 15212 Pay Benefits for Police Sergeant Gary Wilson 10. M&C G- - Adopt Resolution Stating that the City of Fort Worth 15213 Elects to be Eligible to Participate in Tax Abatement and Adoption of a Tax Abatement Policy 11. M&C G- - Adopt Appropriation Ordinance for the Stormwater 15214 Utility Fund 12. M&C G- - Adopt Appropriation Ordinance and Authorize 15215 Transfer of Impact Fee Revenues to Operating Budget 13. M&C G- - Adopt Ordinance Designating Tax Abatement 15216 Reinvestment Zone No. 54, City of Fort Worth, Texas (PUBLIC HEARING) a. Report of City Staff b. Citizen Presentations Council Date: 5/23/2006 c. Council Action 14. M&C G- - Approve Mid-Year Amendments to FY2005-2006 15217 Crime Control and Prevention District Budget for Funding of Summer Strategies for Continued Crime Reduction andA A Adopt Appropriation Ordinance (PUBLIC HEARING) a. Report of City Staff b. Citizen Presentations c. Council Action B. Purchase of Equipment, Materials, and Services **1. M&C P- - Authorize Purchase of New Regenerative Air 10385 Sweeper Utilizing a Houston Galveston Area Council Contract With Tymco International LTD for the Aviation Department **2. M&C P- - Authorize a Purchase Agreement for Grass Seed & 10386 Sod with Turfgrass America d/b/a Thomas Grass for the City of Fort Worth **3. M&C P- - Authorize the Sole Source Purchase of a Two Cues 10387 Closed Circuit Television Cameras and Two Ultra Short 21 Transporters from Renfro Equipment and Supplies for the Water Department **4. M&C P- - Authorize a Sole Source Purchase Agreement for 10388 Maintenance of the Computer Aided DispatchA A System Software from Compudyne Public Safety & Justice, Inc., for the Information Technology Solutions Department **5. M&C P- - Authorize Purchase of New Police Mobile Storefronts 10389 Utilizing a General Services Administration Contract with Metro Fire Apparatus Specialist **6. M&C P- - Authorize a Purchase with Comsys Services, LLC for 10390 Consulting Services for the Information Technology Solutions Department **7. M&C P- - Authorize an Amendment to aA A Purchase 10391 Agreement with Cornerstone Systems, Inc., for Mainframe Computer Programming Services for the Information Technology Solutions Department 8. M&C P- - Confirm Emergency Purchase of Rental of 10392 Passenger Vans from Enterprise Rent A Car, d/b/a Enterprise Leasing of DFW, to Transport Hurricane Katrina Guests C. Land **1. M&C L- - Authorize the Purchase of Property Located at 8506 14193 Marks Lane, Lakeland Addition, Tarrant County, Texas **2. M&C L- - Authorize the Sale of Tax Foreclosed Property in 14194 Accordance with Section 34.05 of the Texas State Property Tax Code (DOE 920) **3. M&C L- - Acceptance of One Special Warranty Deed from 14195 Steven S. Robson for the Construction of an Offsite Council Date: 5/23/2006 Water Booster Pump Station to Serve the Lago Vista at Bonds Ranch Subdivision Located on Bonds Ranch Road South of Highway 287 in Far Northwest Fort Worth **4. M&C L- - Approve the Sale of 21 Tax Foreclosed Properties in 14196 Accordance with Section 272.001 of the Texas Local Government Code 5. M&C L- - Authorization for Conversion of Live Oak Park for 14197 the Subsurface Drilling and Extraction of Natural Gas from an Off Site Location (PUBLIC HEARING) a. Report of City Staff b. Citizen Presentations c. Council Action D. Planning &Zoning 1. M&C PZ- - Adopt an Ordinance Vacating a Portion of Excess 2680 Right-of-Way Adjacent to IH-30 and Lot A, Block 14, Sycamore Heights Addition, an Addition to the City of Fort Worth, Tarrant County, Texas as Recorded in Volume 6510, Page 95 DRTCT, Containing Approximately 41,499 Square Feet, or 0.953 Acres E. Award of Contract **1. M&C C- - Authorization to Extend the Contract with Aramark 21463 Corporation to Provide Exclusive Concession and Alcoholic Beverage Services at the Fort Worth Convention Center 88 **2. M&C C- - AdoptA A Appropriation Ordinance and Authorize 21464 Execution of an Engineering Agreement with Baird, Hampton & Brown, Inc., for Water and Sanitary Sewer Replacement (on Walton Avenue and Woodway Lane) Contract, 2005 WSM-1 (City Project No. 00395) **3. M&C C- - Authorize the City Manager to Renew the Lease 21465 Agreement withA A the Lake Worth Sailing Club for City Owned Property Located at 4064 Peninsula Club Circle, Lot 5, Block 19, Lake Worth Lease S u rvey **4. M&C C- - Authorize Application and Acceptance of a Grant 21466 from the Texas State Library and Archives Commission and the U. S. Department of Education for the Interlibrary Loan Program, Authorize Execution of Grant Agreement and Adopt Appropriation Ordinance 5. M&C C- 21467 Authorize Submission of Request for Planning Funding to the 800 MHz Transition Administrator;A A Authority to Enter into a Planning Funding Agreement with Sprint Nextel; Authority to Enter into a Reconfiguration Planning and Negotiation Phase Agreement with Motorola, Inc.; Authority to Hire Outside Counsel;A A AdoptA A a Resolution for Outside Counsel Fees and Adopt Council Date: 5/23/2006 Appropriation Ordinance for the Frequency Reconfiguration Project for the City's 800 M HzA A Public Safety Radio Systems 6. M&C C- - Authorization to Enter into Agreement with Safety, 21468 Environmental & Engineering Solutions Consultants, LLC. for Occupational Safety Training 7. M&C C- - Authorization to Enter Into a Contract with Owens 21469 Service Company to Provide Electric, Water and Compressed Air Services for Facility Users and Exhibitors at the Fort Worth Convention Center XV. CITIZEN PRESENTATIONS 1. Mr. Joe Epps, 828 Firewheel Trail-Expression of Appreciation to Council Member Becky Haskin 2. Mr. Joe Don Brandon, 1415 East Lancaster-Criminal Activity on Lancaster XVI. EXECUTIVE SESSION (PRE-COUNCIL CHAMBER) -See Attachment XVII. ADJOURNMENT According to the City Council Rules of Procedures, individual citizen presentations shall be limited to three minutes, and group presentations shall be limited to ten minutes. The Mayor, at his discretion, may reasonably extend these limits. This facility is wheelchair accessible. For accommodations or sign interpretive services, please call the City Manager's Office at 817-392- 6143, 48 hours in advance. Council Date: 5/23/2006