HomeMy WebLinkAbout2008/09/30-Agenda-City Council CITY COUNCIL AGENDA
FOR THE MEETING AT 10:00 A.M. TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 2008
CITY COUNCIL CHAMBER, CITY HALL
1000 THROCKMORTON, FORT WORTH, TEXAS
I. CALL TO ORDER
II. INVOCATION - Pastor Bud Beverely, St. Paul Lutheran Church
III. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
IV. CONSIDERATION OF MINUTES OF REGULAR MEETING OF TUESDAY,
SEPTEMBER 23, 2008
V. SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS, INTRODUCTIONS, ETC.
1. Presentation of Proclamation for the 18th Annual Cowtown Brush Up Day
2. Presentation of Proclamation for Hispanic Heritage Month
3. Presentation of Proclamation Celebrating Twenty Years of Fear Month
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 ITEMS TO BE WITHDRAWN FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA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 ITEMS TO BE CONTINUED OR WITHDRAWN BY STAFF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-1687-Notice of Claims for Alleged Damages and/or Injuries
2. **OCS-1688-Liability Bonds Approval
XIII. RESOLUTION
1. A Resolution Approving the Fiscal Year 2008-2009 Tarrant County 9-1-1
District Budget
XIV. REPORT OF THE CITY MANAGER
A. General
1. M&C G- - Consider a Waiver for a High Impact Gas Well Pad
16228 Site Permit Requested by Chesapeake Operating,
Inc., for the Fox Lease Located at 1093 Oak Grove
Road within 600 Feet of Carter Park (Continued
from a Previous Meeting) (PUBLIC HEARING)
a. Report of City Staff
b. Citizen Presentations
c. Council Action
Council Date: 9/30/2008
**2. M&C G- - Adopt Resolution Authorizing Increase in Payment to
16287 Whitaker, Chalk, Swindle and Sawyer, LLP, by
$50,000.00 to Represent the City in a Lawsuit Styled:
City of Fort Worth v. Arcadia Park, L.P., and Site
Concrete, Inc., Cause No. 153-222641-07 and Adopt
Appropriation Ordinance
**3. M&C G- - Adopt Resolution Authorizing Increase to the
16288 Maximum Amount to be Paid to the Law Firm of
Whitaker, Chalk, Swindle and Sawyer, LLP, to Assist
the City in Matters Concerning the Water Department
and Transportation and Public Works Contracts in an
Amount Not to Exceed $50,000.00 and Adopt
Appropriation Ordinance
**4. M&C G- - Authorize Temporary Closure of Macie Avenue
16289 Between Angle Avenue and Sansom Park Drive and
Sansom Park Drive Between Angle Avenue and
Rock Island Drive from October 6, 2008 Until
December 19, 2008
**5. M&C G- - Approval to Temporarily Discount Pet Registration
16290 Tag Fee for Low Cost Rabies Vaccination Clinics
**6. M&C G- - Authorize the Transfer of Funds for the Siting and
16291 Construction of Drop-Off Station No. 4 and Adopt
Appropriation Ordinance
**7. M&C G- - Authorize the Provision of Water Service at 1.25
16292 Times the Retail Rate to TexSand Distributors, L.P.,
Located at 2301 Terminal Road, North of Terminal
Road and West of Deen Road in Saginaw, Texas,
Outside of the Fort Worth City Limits Pursuant to City
Code Section 35-60B a€oeUses Outside Citya€
**8. M&C G- - Approve the Correction of M&C G-16251 to Authorize
16293 the Provision of Water and Sewer Service at 1.25
Times the Retail Rate to Realtex Ventures, LP, to
Serve Lot 18, Block 1 of Emerald Park Addition, a
Property Located North of Bonds Ranch and West of
Irish Glen Trail in Tarrant County, Outside of the Fort
Worth City Limits Pursuant to City Code Section 35-
60B a€oeUses Outside Citya€
9. M&C G- - Approve a Timetable for Proposed City Initiated
16294 Annexation and Authorize the City Manager to
Initiate Zoning Changes of Approximately 62.4 Acres
of Land, or 0.098 Square Miles, More or Less,
Located North of Golden Triangle Boulevard and
East of Interstate 35W with an Estimated
Maintenance Cost of $200,000.00, AX-08-005 Keller
Hicks Road, in the Far North Sector in Accordance
with the 2008 Comprehensive Plan
10. M&C G- - Approve a Timetable for Proposed City Initiated
16295 Annexation and Authorize the City Manager to
Initiate Zoning Changes of Approximately 193.0
Acres of Land, or 0.302 Square Miles, More or Less,
Located South of Park Drive and West of Old
Decatur Road with an Estimated Maintenance Cost
of $113,000.00, AX-08-006, 8800 Block of Boat Club
Road, in the Far Northwest Sector in Accordance
Council Date: 9/30/2008
with the 2008 Comprehensive Plan
11. M&C G- - Approve a Timetable for Proposed City Initiated
16296 Annexation and Authorize the City Manager to
Initiate Zoning Changes of Approximately 25.7 Acres
of Land, or 0.040 Square Miles, More or Less,
Located South of Cromwell Marine Creek Road and
East of Boat Club Road with an Estimated
Maintenance Cost of $2,000.00, AX-08-007, 6400
Block of Boat Club Road, in the Far Northwest
Sector, in Accordance with the 2008 Comprehensive
Plan
12. M&C G- - Approve a Timetable for Proposed City Initiated
16297 Limited Purpose Annexation and Authorize the City
Manager to Initiate Zoning Changes of Approximately
575.5 Acres of Land, or 0.899 Square Miles, More or
Less, Located South of Cleburne Crowley Road and
West of West Cleburne Road with an Estimated
Maintenance Cost of $2,000.00, AX-08-010, State
Highway 121 T/FM 1187 Growth Center, in the Far
Southwest Sector in Accordance with the 2008
Comprehensive Plan
13. M&C G- - Approve a Timetable for Proposed City Initiated
16298 Annexation and Authorize the City Manager to
Initiate Zoning Changes of Approximately 1.0 Acres
of Land, or 0.002 Square Miles, More or Less,
Located North of Chapin Road and West of Chapel
Creek Boulevard with an Estimated Maintenance
Cost of $0.00, AX-08-009, 10598 Chapin Road, in
the Far West Sector, in Accordance with the 2008
Comprehensive Plan
14. M&C G- - Adopt City Council Resolution Changing Retiree
16299 Healthcare Benefits for Employees Hired on or after
January 1, 2009
15. M&C G- - Authorize Transfer of $943,848.00 from the Fiscal
16300 Year 2007-2008 Water and Sewer Cash-Funded
Capital Projects Fund to the Fort Worth Public Art
Program and Adopt Appropriation Ordinance
16. M&C G- - Adopt Ordinance Revising Retail Water Rates for
16301 Usage and Amending Chapter 35 "Water and
Sewer," Article III "Charges," Section 35-56(b)
17. M&C G- - Adopt Ordinance Revising Wholesale Water,
16302 Wastewater and Raw Water Service Rates and
Amending Chapter 35 "Water and Sewer," Article III
"Charges," Sections 35-56(g) and 35-56(h) "Water
and Sewer Rates Within City"
18. M&C G- - Adopt Ordinance Combining the Department of
16303 Finance and the Budget and Management Services
Department and Changing the Name to the Financial
Management Services Department
19. M&C G- - Adopt Ordinance Merging the Department of
16304 Engineering into the Department of Transportation
and Public Works
20. M&C G- - Adopt Ordinance Combiningthe Department of
p
Council Date: 9/30/2008
16305 Housing and the Economic and Community
Development Department as the Housing and
Economic Development Department
B. Purchase of Equipment, Materials, and Services
**1. M&C P- - Rescind Purchase Agreement with Texas Star
10850 Envelopes for Water Bill Envelopes and Award to
Cardinal UnijaxA for the Water Department for a
Projected Amount Not to Exceed $57,400.00
**2. M&C P- - Authorize Non-Exclusive Purchase Agreements for
10851 Steel-Toe Safety Footwear with Work Wear Shoe
and Safety and Rocky Brands Retail, LLC., d/b/a
Lehigh Safety Shoe Company, for the Water
Department for a Projected Amount Not to Exceed
$40)000.00
**3. M&C P- - Authorize a Sole Source Purchase Agreement with
10852 Mapsco, Inc., for Mapsco Street Guide and Directory
Publications for an Amount Not to Exceed
$75,000.00
**4. M&C P- - Authorize a Purchase Agreement for Slow Release
10853 Fertilizer and Paper Mulch with Justin Seed
Company for the Transportation and Public Works
Department for a Projected Amount Not to Exceed
$50)000.00
**5. M&C P- - Authorize the Purchase of a Toro 580-D Mower from
10854 Professional Turf Products using Texas Association
of School Boards Cooperative Contract for the Parks
and Community Services Department for a Cost Not
to Exceed $70,848.26; and Adopt Supplemental
Appropriation Ordinance
**6. M&C P- - Confirm the Purchase of Catering Services for the
10855 Annual Code Blue Seminar with Vance Godbey's
Company for the Police Department in the Amount of
$26)325.00
7. M&C P- - Authorize a Purchase Agreement for Hot Mix Asphalt
10856 with JLB Contracting, LP, for the City of Fort Worth
using Tarrant County Cooperative Contract for a
Projected Amount Not to Exceed $263,000.00
8. M&C P- - Authorize Purchase Agreements with R4 Industries,
10857 Inc., as Primary Vendor, and Cen-Tex Uniform Sales,
Inc., as Secondary Vendor for Standard Work
Uniforms for the City of Fort Worth for a Projected
Amount Not to Exceed $330,000.00
9. M&C P- - Authorize Execution of a Purchase Agreement for
10858 Regular Trash Container Services and Waste
Disposal Services with Republic Waste Services of
Texas, LTD, d/b/a Duncan Disposal, for the City of
Fort Worth for a Projected Amount Not to Exceed
$800)000.00
10. M&C P- - Authorize the Purchase of New Dump Truck Beds
10859 and Spreaders From the Texas Department of
Criminal Justice for the Water and Transportation
and Public Works Departments for a Cost Not to
Council Date: 9/30/2008
Exceed $184,350.00
C. Land
1. M&C L- - Authorization to Enter into a Lease with TECH Fort
14647 Worth for the Former Guinn School Gymnasium
Building Located at 1120 South Freeway (Continued
from a Previous Meeting)
2. M&C L- - Authorize the Conversion of Approximately .0129
14650 Acres of Parkland at Rosemont Park, Located at
1400 West Seminary Drive, for the Installation of a
Stealth Telecommunications Tower with Support
Facilities and Authorize the Execution of a License
Agreement with T-Mobile West Corporation in the
Amount of$365,000.00 (PUBLIC HEARING)
a. Report of City Staff
b. Citizen Presentations
c. Council Action
3. M&C L- - Authorize the Conversion of Approximately .0368
14651 Acres of Parkland at Sandy Lane Park, Located at
2001 Sandy Lane Drive, for the Installation of a
Stealth Telecommunications Tower with Support
Facilities and Authorize the Execution of a License
Agreement with T-Mobile West Company in the
Amount of$365,000.00 (PUBLIC HEARING)
a. Report of City Staff
b. Citizen Presentations
c. Council Action
D. Planning &Zoning
**1. M&C PZ- - Adopt Ordinance Vacating a Portion of an Alley,
2799 127.5 Feet Long by 15 Feet Wide, Containing
Approximately 1,913 Square Feet, or 0.044 Acres of
Land, Within Lot 1, Block 1, Women's Center
Addition, in the City of Fort Worth, Tarrant County,
Texas, and Waive Purchase Fees
E. Award of Contract
1. M&C C- - Authorize Execution of Agreement with Fort Worth
23071 MedTech Center, Inc., d/b/a TECH Fort Worth, to
Provide Business Incubation Services for Ten Years
at an Amount Not to Exceed $455,760.00 in the First
Year(Continued from a Previous Meeting)
**2. M&C C- - Authorize the Execution of a Contract in an Amount
23074 Not to Exceed $63,998.00 with the Alliance for
Children to Assist with Funding of the Child Abuse
Prevention Programs
**3. M&C C- - Authorize the Execution of aA A Contract with Artes
23075 de la Rosa in an Amount Not to Exceed $60,000.00
for Assistance in Marketing the Rose Marine Theatre
**4. M&C C- -
23076 Authorize the Execution of a Contract in an Amount
Not to Exceed $50,000.00 with Imagination
Council Date: 9/30/2008
Celebration Fort Worth for Assistance in Funding
Educational Outreach Youth Programs
**5. M&C C- - Authorize the Execution of a Contract in an Amount
23077 Not to Exceed $51,000.00 with Mental Health Mental
Retardation of Tarrant County for the Youth
Recovery Campus
**6. M&C C- - Authorize the Execution of a Contract in an Amount
23078 Not to Exceed $25,000.00 with the North Texas
Leaders and Executives Advocating Diversity for
Assistance in Funding Professional Workplace
Diversity Programs
**7. M&C C- - Authorize Execution of Professional Services
23079 Agreement in an Amount Not to Exceed $85,800.00
with Patrick A. Svacina, d/b/a PAS Communications,
for Consulting Services Related to State Legislative
and Administrative Issues and Concerns in the
Upcoming State Legislative Session
**8. M&C C- - Authorize the Execution of a Contract in an Amount
23080 Not to Exceed $50,000.00 with the Recovery
Resource Council for Assistance in Funding Alcohol
and Substance Abuse Prevention and Intervention
Programs
**9. M&C C- - Authorize the Execution of a Contract in an Amount
23081 Not to Exceed $60,195.00 with the Safe Cities
Commission for Assistance in Funding Youth-
Oriented Crime Prevention Programs
**10. M&C C- - Authorize the Execution of a Contract in an Amount
23082 Not to Exceed $90,000.00 with Safe Haven of
Tarrant County for Assistance in Funding a Shelter
and Social Service Program for Abused Persons
**11. M&C C- - Authorize the Execution of a Contract in an Amount
23083 Not to Exceed $75,000.00 with the Women's Center
of Tarrant County for Assistance in Funding Rape
Crisis Services
**12. M&C C- - Authorize the Execution of a Contract in an Amount
23084 Not to Exceed $33,000.00 with the World Affairs
Council of Greater Fort Worth for Assistance in
Funding Local Events Related to the State
Department's Bureau of Education and Cultural
Affairs Programs
**13. M&C C- - Authorize Execution of Amendment No. 3 to City
23085 Secretary Contract No. 35398 with Salvaggio, Teal &
Associates to Extend the Term of the Agreement for
Enterprise Resource Planning Negotiations in an
Amount Not to Exceed $150,000.00 and Adopt an
Appropriation Ordinance Transferring Funds from
Year 2008 Information Systems Fund to the
Enterprise Resource Planning Project Fund
**14. M&C C- - Authorize Execution of an Interlocal Agreement with
23086 the Texas Transportation Institute in the Amount of
$36,000.00 to Evaluate and Plan a Citywide
Comprehensive Railroad Crossing Monitoring
System
Council Date: 9/30/2008
**15. M&C C- - Authorize Execution of Change Order No. 2 in the
23087 Amount of$35,478.00 to City Secretary Contract No.
35282 with Stabile and Winn, Inc., for Pavement
Reconstruction and Water and Sanitary Sewer
Replacements on Portions of Avenue H, Avenue A,
Newark Avenue, Avenue I, Court Street, Parkdale
Avenue and Avenue G (Project No. 00275)
**16. M&C C- - Authorize Execution of a Contract with the Safe City
23088 Commission to Continue Operation of a Community
Advocacy Crime Prevention Program in the Amount
of$235,195.00
**17. M&C C- - Authorize Execution of Interlocal Agreements with
23089 Various Tarrant County Municipalities for the
Purpose of Providing Animal and Rabies Control and
Rabies Specimen Shipment During Fiscal Year 2009
**18. M&C C- - Authorize Execution of an Interlocal Agreement with
23090 Tarrant County to Provide Animal and Rabies
Control in Unincorporated Areas of Tarrant County
During Fiscal Year 2009
**19. M&C C- - Authorize Execution of Amendment No. 1 to City
23091 Secretary Contract No. 37151 with Intercon
Environmental, Inc., in the Amount of $64,653.51 to
Cover Additional Costs Associated with the
Demolition and Asbestos Abatement Services of 40
Structures Adjacent to Fort Worth Meacham
International Airport
**20. M&C C- - Authorize the Execution of a Consent to Sublease
23092 Agreement of City Secretary Contract No. 12887, as
Subleased by Williamson-Dickie Manufacturing
Company to Colin Bailey at Fort Worth Meacham
International Airport
**21. M&C C- - Authorize Execution of Amendment No. 2 to City
23093 Secretary Contract No. 17930 with the City of Haslet
Providing for the Construction of a Fourth Point of
Connection to the Fort Worth Water System
**22. M&C C- - Authorize a Sole Source Maintenance Agreement
23094 with IBM, Inc., for Syclo SMART Software Licenses
and Maintenance Support for the Water Department
for a Cost Not to Exceed $96,280.00
23. M&C C- - Authorize the Execution of a Contract with the Arts
23095 Council of Fort Worth and Tarrant County in the
Amount of $1,220,484.00, with $280,000.00 coming
from General Fund and $940,484.00 coming from
Cultural and Tourism Fund, to Promote Artistic and
Cultural Activities
24. M&C C- - Authorize the Execution of a Contract in an Amount
23096 Not to Exceed $572,149.00 with the Fort Worth
Museum of Science and History to Promote Artistic
and Cultural Activities
25. M&C C- - Authorize the Execution of a Contract in an Amount
23097 Not to Exceed $378,420.00 with Fort Worth Sister
Cities International to Administer Fort Worth Sister
Cities Programs
Council Date: 9/30/2008
26. M&C C- - Authorize the Execution of a Contract in an Amount
23098 Not to Exceed $100,000.00 with the Van Cliburn
Foundation, Inc., to Promote Artistic and Cultural
Activities
27. M&C C- - Authorize Execution of Engineering Agreement in an
23099 Amount Not to Exceed $109,973.00 with TCB, Inc.,
for Pedestrian and Streetscape Improvements in the
Six Points Urban Village (Project No. 00705; DOE
No. 6056)
28. M&C C- - Authorize Execution of Engineering Agreement in an
23100 Amount Not to Exceed $109,983.00 with TCB, Inc.,
for Pedestrian and Streetscape Improvements in the
South Main Urban Village (Project No. 00705; DOE
No. 6057)
29. M&C C- - Authorize Professional Services Agreement with the
23101 Arts Council of Fort Worth and Tarrant County, Inc.,
in the Amount of $500,000.00 for Fiscal Year 2008-
2009 Management of the Fort Worth Public Art
Program and Maintenance of the Public Art
Collection, Authorize Transfer of Funds from the
Specially Funded Capital Projects Fund to the
General Fund and Adopt Appropriation Ordinances
30. M&C C- - Authorize the Execution of the Fourth Renewal of an
23102 Agreement with Concentra Medical Centers as the
Citya€TMS Preferred Provider for Occupational Health
Care Services for Fiscal Year 2008 - 2009 for an
Amount Not to Exceed $250,000.00 Annually
31. M&C C- - Authorize the Execution of an Agreement with Social
23103 Compact, Inc., for an Urban DrillDown Economic
Analysis of the Northeast, Northwest, and Southwest
Quadrants of the City of Fort Worth, for an Amount
Not to Exceed $75,000.00
32. M&C C- - Adopt a Resolution Authorizing Execution of a Local
23104 Project Advance Funding Agreement with the Texas
Department of Transportation for the Widening of
Golden Triangle Boulevard from Interstate Highway
35W to US 377 with City Participation in the Amount
of $14,162,710.00, Authorize Execution of an
Interlocal Agreement with Tarrant County for its Cost
Participation in an Amount up to $7,300,000.00 and
Adopt Appropriation Ordinances (Project No. 00140)
33. M&C C- - Authorize a License Agreement in the Amount of
23105 $242,125.00 with Wallingford Software, Ltd., for
Asset and Survey Data Management Software and
Hydrologic and Hydraulic Modeling Software for the
Transportation and Public Works Department, Storm
Water Engineering Division, and Adopt Supplemental
Appropriation Ordinance
34. M&C C- - Authorize Execution of a Texas Emissions Reduction
23106 Program Grant Agreement with the Texas
Commission on Environmental Quality for
Reimbursement for the Purchase of One Low
Emission Vehicle in an Amount Not to Exceed
$32,300.00 and Adopt Appropriation Ordinance
Council Date: 9/30/2008
35. M&C C- - Authorize Execution of Contracts with Community-
23107 Based Organizations that Meet and Support One or
More Goals of the Crime Control and Prevention
District Fund in the Amount Totaling $200,000.00
36. M&C C- - Authorize the Purchase of an IBM iSeries M25
23108 Power6 Server from IBM Corporation for
$273,943.09 and a Three Year Maintenance
Agreement, Implementation and Training
ServicesA in an Amount Not to Exceed $148,363.31
from KS2 Technologies, Inc., for the Water
Department
37. M&C C- - Authorize Execution of a Community Facilities
23109 Agreement with Industrial Development International,
Texas, L.P., for Construction of Water and Sewer
Services to Serve Speedway Distribution Center
Located in the Extra-Territorial Jurisdiction North of
Fort Worth, Texas, with City Participation in the
Amount of$148,464.00
38. M&C C- - Authorize Execution of Engineering Amendment No.
23110 2 in the Amount of $127,900.00 to City Secretary
Contact No. 28418 with Halff Associates, Inc., for the
General Support and Contract Administration
Services for the Village Creek Wastewater Treatment
Plant Bio-Solids Processing and Disposal Projects
39. M&C C- - Authorize Execution of an Engineering Agreement
23111 with Black and Veatch Corporation for the
Construction Management of the Westside Water
Treatment Plant Project in the Amount of
$2,205,000.00 and Adopt Appropriation Ordinance
XV. CITIZEN PRESENTATIONS
1. Joe Don Brandon, P.O. Box 1155 - 922 South Freeway, Texas Black
Workers' Headquarters
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: 9/30/2008