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CITY COUNCIL AGENDA
FOR THE MEETING AT 7:00 P.M. TUESDAY, DECEMBER 16, 2008
CITY COUNCIL CHAMBER, CITY HALL
1000 THROCKMORTON, FORT WORTH, TEXAS
I. CALL TO ORDER
II. INVOCATION - Reverend Tom Connolly, Edge Park United Church of Christ
III. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
IV. CONSIDERATION OF MINUTES OF REGULAR MEETING OF TUESDAY,
DECEMBER 09, 2008
V. SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS, INTRODUCTIONS, ETC.
VI. ANNOUNCEMENTS BY CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS AND STAFF
1. Upcoming and Recent Events
2. Recognition of Citizens
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 ITEMS TO BE WITHDRAWN FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA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 ITEMS TO BE CONTINUED OR WITHDRAWN BY STAFF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
2. Council Proposal No. 277 - Designation of the Oakland Corners Area as
a Neighborhood Empowerment Zone
XI. PRESENTATIONS AND/OR COMMUNICATIONS FROM BOARDS,
COMMISSIONS AND/OR CITY COUNCIL COMMITTEES
1. Presentation by Rev. Brooks Harrington, Chair of the Mayor's Advisory
Commission on Homelessness, Supporting the National Homeless
Persons' Memorial Day
XII. PRESENTATIONS BY THE CITY SECRETARY
1. **OCS-1700-Notices of Claims for Alleged Damages and/or Injuries
XIII. RESOLUTIONS
1. A Resolution Approving the Final Plans, Specifications and Estimates,
and Landscape Plans for the Southwest Parkway/SH-121 from 1-30 to
Dirks Road, Requesting the Creation of a Construction Management
Team to Support the Parkways€TMs Delivery as Envisioned and
Approved, and Supporting the North Texas Tollway Authority and the
Texas Department of Transportation in the Joint Development of the
Entire Southwest Parkway Project from 1-30 to US 67
2. A Resolution of the City Council of the City of Fort Worth, Texas,
Canceling Some Regularly Scheduled City Council Meetings for the
Months of January through July 2009
XIV. REPORT OF THE CITY MANAGER
Council Date: 12/16/2008
A. General
1. M&C G- - Public Hearing and Adopt Resolution Re-
16380 Establishing Fort Worth Public Improvement District
No. 8 (Camp Bowie); Approving the Budget for the
2008-2009 Fiscal Year and Five-Year Service Plan
for the District; and Authorize a Contract with Camp
Bowie District, Inc., to Provide Management
Services for the District (Continued from a
Previous Meeting) (PUBLIC HEARING)
a. Report of City Staff
b. Citizen Presentations
c. Council Action
2. M&C G- - Establish a Minority and Women Business Enterprise
16385 Advisory Committee (Continued from a Previous
Meeting)
3. M&C G- - (Revised) Consideration of Resolution Repealing
16385 Resolution No. 1948 and Restructuring the Minority
and Women Business Enterprise Advisory
Committee
**4. M&C G- - Adopt Ordinance Increasing Appropriations in the
16392 City Manager's Office by $70,204.00 and Decreasing
Appropriations in the Planning and Development
Department by the Same Amount to Move the
Homelessness Coordinator to the City Manager's
Office - Program Management Office
**5. M&C G- - Adopt Ordinance Approving Dallas/Fort Worth
16393 International Airport Board Resolution 2008-09-218,
Amending Chapter 2 of the Dallas/Fort Worth Airport
Board Code of Rules and Regulations to Permit
Possession of Animals Incidental to Airport-Operated
or Tenant-Operated Pet Care
**6. M&C G- - Authorize Continuation of the Military Pay
16394 Supplement Benefit and Military Leave Fund Policy
until December 31, 2009
**7. M&C G- - Authorize Amendment to City Secretary Contract No.
16395 28148 with the North Central Texas Council of
Governments for Continued Participation in Regional
Integrated Storm Water Management Program Fiscal
Year 2007-2008 for an Amount Not to Exceed
$28)838.00
**8. M&C G- - Authorize Change to Funding Source for the Artwork
16396 at the Hazel Harvey Peace Center for
Neighborhoods for Funding in the Amount of
$92)700.00
**9. M&C G- - Authorize Payment of Annual Fee in the Amount of
16397 $50,280.47A for Public Water Systems to the Texas
Commission on Environmental Quality for Water
Treatment Plant(s) Services
10. M&C G- - Receive Donations for the Early Childhood Matters
16398 Program from Marianne Leal State Farm Insurance
Agent and KERA Public Television and Radio of
North Texas and Adopt Appropriation Ordinance
Council Date: 12/16/2008
11. M&C G- - Adopt Ordinance to Amend Chapter 2, Article VI,
16399 Division 1, "Employees' Retirement Fund," Section 2-
207 of the City Code to Make the Cap on the Amount
of Pensionable Earnings Considered in the
Compensation Base for Determining Benefits
Applicable to Employees Hired after October 23,
2007, and Employees Who had Less than Five Years
of Service as of October 23, 2007
12. M&C G- - Authorize Application for and Acceptance of Disaster
16400 Relief Grant in the Amount of $1,500,000.00;
Authorize an Interfund Loan; Adopt Appropriation
Ordinance; Ratify Expenditures and Contracts in an
Amount Not to Exceed $1,500,000.00 in Response to
the Disaster Created by Hurricane Ike
13. M&C G- - Authorize Purchase of the Citya€TMs Multiple-layered
16401 Property and Casualty and Boiler and Machinery
Insurance Policies from Hub International Rigg,
Broker of Record, in an Amount Not to Exceed
$949,378.00 and $91,953.00, Respectively
14. M&C G- - Authorize Fourth Renewal of Contract with Aetna Life
16402 Insurance for Administration of Citya€TMs Self-
Funded Group Health Benefit Program with
Estimated Administrative Fees and Stop-Loss
Premiums Totaling $5,096,129.00
15. M&C G- - Authorize Use of Funds from the Custodial Account
16403 Established by the Custodial Agreement with Wells
Fargo, N.A., for Resolution of Audit Findings from the
United States Department of Housing and Urban
Development
16. M&C G- - Adopt Resolution Amending the Relocation
16404 Incentives Policy for Businesses Displaced by Major
Public Infrastructure Projects
17. M&C G- - Adopt Ordinance Ceasing Participation in Tax
16405 Increment Reinvestment Zone Number Two, City of
Fort Worth, Texas, Speedway TIF; Authorize
Amendment to Related Participation Agreement with
Denton County, Texas, City Secretary Contract No.
24426
18. M&C G- - Adopt Schedule of Rates and Charges for the Fort
16406 Worth Convention Center Parking
GaragesAAAAAAAA
19. M&C G- - Adopt Ordinance Amending Article II, Chapter 15,
16407 "Gas Drilling and Production," of the City Code to
Revise the Regulations Related to Protected Use
Definitions, Drill Sites with Multiple Wells and Permit
Application Requirements (PUBLIC HEARING)
a. Report of City Staff
b. Citizen Presentations
c. Council Action
20. M&C G-
16408 Adopt Resolution Designating the Oakland Corners
Area as a Neighborhood Empowerment Zone;
Adopt Ordinance Designating the Oakland Corners
Council Date: 12/16/2008
Area as Neighborhood Empowerment Reinvestment
Zone No. 36 (PUBLIC HEARING)
a. Report of City Staff
b. Citizen Presentations
c. Council Action
21. M&C G- - Authorize Conversion of Parkland at Sycamore Park
16409 Located at 2525 East Rosedale Street for the
Purpose of Subsurface Drilling and the Extraction of
Natural Gas from an Off Site Location (PUBLIC
HEARING)
a. Report of City Staff
b. Citizen Presentations
c. Council Action
22. M&C G- - Authorize Purchase of Excess Workersa€TM
16410 Compensation Insurance Policy for 2009 from Star
Insurance Company through McGriff, Seibels and
Williams of Texas, Inc., in the Amount of$411,950.00
B. Purchase of Equipment, Materials, and Services
1. M&C P- - Authorize the Purchase of Sealcoat and Restriping
10885 Services from Advanced Paving Company for the
Department of Aviation for an Amount Not to Exceed
$70,642.00 (Continued from a Previous Meeting)
**2. M&C P- - Authorize Purchase Agreement with Orion Safety
10893 Products for Roadside Flares for the Police
Department for an Amount Not to Exceed $54,800.00
**3. M&C P- - Authorize a Maintenance Agreement for Agilent Gas
10894 Chromatograph-Mass Spectrophotometer Equipment
with Agilent Technologies for the Water Department
for an Amount Not to Exceed $49,130.00
**4. M&C P- - Authorize Purchase Agreement for Westlaw On-Line
10895 Subscription Services with West Group for the Legal
Department for an Amount Not to Exceed $71,320.00
5. M&C P- - Authorize Purchase Agreement for Fencing Material,
10896 Installation and Repair Services with Cleburne Fence
Company for an Amount Not to Exceed $450,000.00
6. M&C P- - Authorize Purchase Agreement for High Voltage
10897 Switchgear and Motor Rewind Maintenance and
Repair Services with Shermco Industries, Inc., Using
a Tarrant Regional Water District Contract for the
Water Department in an Amount Not to Exceed
$900)000.00
7. M&C P- - Authorize Purchase Agreement for E85 Ethanol Fuel
10898 and Unleaded Gasoline with Martin Eagle Oil
Company, Inc., for an Amount Not to Exceed
$4,000,000.00
8. M&C P- - Authorize the Purchase of a New Spartan Chassis,
10899 Inc., Aerial Fire Apparatus Using a Cooperative
Contract through Houston-Galveston Area Council
with Scott Fire Apparatus, Inc., for the Fire
Department for a Cost Not to Exceed $734,250.00
Council Date: 12/16/2008
9. M&C P- - Authorize Purchase of New Caterpillar Equipment
10900 from Holt Cat using a Texas Association of School
Boards Cooperative Contract for an Amount Not to
Exceed $698,583.00
10. M&C P- - Authorize Purchase of Four New Toyota Prius Hybrid
10901 Vehicles from Philpott Motors Using a Houston-
Galveston Area Council Cooperative Contract for an
Amount Not to Exceed $95,050.00
11. M&C P- - Authorize Maintenance Agreement for High Water
10902 Detection and Early Flood Warning Systems with
High Sierra Electronics, Inc., for the Transportation
and Public Works Department for an Amount Not to
Exceed $100)000.00
C. Land
**1. M&C L- - Authorization to Amend the Purchase Agreement to
14687 Sell City-Owned Property in the Evans and Rosedale
Project Area to Cypress Equities I, LP
**2. M&C L- - Authorize Direct Sale of Tax Foreclosed Property
14688 Located at 1776 East Berry Street, 2200 Bomar
Avenue, 3217 and 3224 Yuma Street to the Fort
Worth Local Development Corporation
**3. M&C L- - Authorize Water Pipeline Crossing License
14689 Agreement with Union Pacific Railroad in the Amount
of$1,500.00 for the Installation of a 12 Inch Encased
Potable Water Pipeline North of Rosedale Street and
West of Riverside Drive Adjacent to Glenwood Park
D. Planning &Zoning
1. M&C PZ- - Institution and Adoption of Ordinance for the City
2805 Initiated Annexation of Approximately 177.8 Acres of
Land in Tarrant County, Texas, Located West of US
Highway 377 and South of Keller Hicks Road
2. M&C PZ- - Institution and Adoption of Ordinance for the City
2806 Initiated Annexation of Approximately 534.4 Acres of
Land in Tarrant County, Texas, Located West of US
Highway 377 and South of Westport Parkway
E. Award of Contract
1. M&C C- - Award a Contract to Carter and Burgess for
23225 Consulting Services in an Amount of $96,836.00 to
Conduct a Safety Management System Pilot Study at
Fort Worth Alliance Airport (Continued from a
Previous Meeting)
2. M&C C- - (Revised) Authorize Contract with Jacobs
23225 Engineering Group, Inc., in an Amount Not to Exceed
$96,836.00 to Conduct a Safety Management
System Pilot Study at Fort Worth Alliance Airport
**3. M&C C- -
23233 Ratify the Office of Emergency Management's
Application for Fiscal Year 2008 Homeland Security
Grant Program Funds; Authorize the Execution of
Grant Contracts with the State of Texas; Authorize
Council Date: 12/16/2008
Acceptance of Fiscal Year 2008 Homeland Security
Grant Program Funds; Adopt Appropriation
Ordinance for a Total Amount Not to Exceed
$4)056)905.67
**4. M&C C- - Authorize Payment in the Amount of $2,000,000.00
23234 to the United States Postal Service for Postage from
December 16, 2008, to December 15, 2009
**5. M&C C- - Authorize a Five Year Tax Abatement Agreement
23235 with Shawn Fite for Property Located at 1326 S Lake
Street in the Magnolia Village Neighborhood
Empowerment Zone
**6. M&C C- - Authorize Amendment No. 1 in the Amount of
23236 $60,824.00 to City Secretary Contract No. 35373
with James DeOtte Engineering, Inc., for the Arundel
Storm Drain Improvements
**7. M&C C- - Authorize Amendment No. 1 in the Amount of
23237 $30,038.00 to City Secretary Contract No. 35374
with James DeOtte Engineering, Inc., for the Charron
Court Storm Drain Improvements
**8. M&C C- - Authorize Change Order No. 2 in the Amount of
23238 $36,996.35 to City Secretary Contract No. 36332
with Pipeworks Construction, L.L.C., for Pavement
Reconstruction Pay Item Over-Runs on Pamela
Drive and Penrose Avenue
**9. M&C C- - Authorize Amendment No. 1 in the Amount of
23239 $34,771.00 to City Secretary Contract No. 35371
with James DeOtte Engineering, Inc., for the Edgehill
Road Drainage Improvements
**10. M&C C- - Authorize Amendment No. 1 in the Amount of
23240 $67,550.00 to City Secretary Contract No. 35370
with James DeOtte Engineering, Inc., for the Ruby
Place Channel Improvements
**11. M&C C- - Authorize Amendment No. 1 in an Amount Not to
23241 Exceed $89,800.00 to City Secretary Contract No.
34098 with Halff Associates, Inc., for Sanitary Sewer
Rehabilitation in the Vicinity of the Paschal High
School Campus; Adopt Appropriation Ordinance
**12. M&C C- - Reject All Bids Received for the Westside Water
23242 Treatment Plant
**13. M&C C- - Authorize Construction Contract with Northstar
23243 Construction, Inc., in an Amount of $245,502.00 for
Parking and Trail Improvements at the Fort Worth
Nature Center and Refuge
**14. M&C C- - Authorize Grant and Contract with Texas Department
23244 of Housing and Community Affairs for Fiscal Year
2009 Comprehensive Energy Assistance Program up
to a Total of $5,500,000.00 through December 31,
2009; Authorize Interfund Loan; Adopt Appropriation
Ordinance and Apply Indirect Costs
**15. M&C C- -
23245 Authorize Grant and Contract with Texas Department
of Housing and Community Affairs forA Community
Services Block Grant up to a Total of $1,500,000.00
Council Date: 12/16/2008
through December 31, 2009; Authorize Interfund
Loan; Adopt Appropriation Ordinance and Apply
Indirect Costs
**16. M&C C- - Authorize Professional Services Agreement in an
23246 Amount ofA $154,120.00 with Colligan Golf Design
to Provide a Master Plan for Rockwood Park Golf
Course; Adopt Appropriation Ordinance
17. M&C C- - Authorize Agreement with the Fort Worth Housing
23247 Authority in the Amount of $880,800.00 for the
Directions Home Voucher Program Providing Rental
Assistance for Homeless Individuals and Families
18. M&C C- - Authorize Agreement with United Way of Tarrant
23248 County for $1,512,556.00 to Implement Action Items
from Directions Home, the City's Homelessness Plan
19. M&C C- - Authorize Engineering Agreement with TranSystems
23249 Corporation Consultants in an Amount of
$2537088.00 for West Berry Streetscape
Improvements Project between University Drive and
Waits Avenue
20. M&C C- - Authorize Lease Agreement with Quicksilver
23250 Resources, Inc., for Natural Gas Drilling Under
Approximately 26 Acres Located at 5000 Martin
Luther King, Jr., Highway
21. M&C C- - Authorize Amendment in an Amount Not to Exceed
23251 $50,000.00 to the Professional Services Agreement
with Skire, Inc., for a Total Amount Not to Exceed
$134,000.00 for Data Migration Services for the
Capital Projects Management System
22. M&C C- - Authorize Tax Abatement Agreement with 4CP, Ltd.,
23252 for Property and Improvements at 2908 Cullen and
2909 Shamrock Avenue
23. M&C C- - Authorize Amendment No. 2 to City Secretary
23253 Contract No. 36482 an Economic Development
Program Agreement with Museum Place Holdings,
LLC, Extending Completion Deadlines of the
Museum Place Project
24. M&C C- - Authorize Amendment to City Secretary Contract No.
23254 34468, a Tax Abatement Agreement with Lancaster
Avenue, Ltd., Relating to Redevelopment of
Individual Buildings within the 4200 Block of East
Lancaster in the Oakland Corners Urban Village
25. M&C C- - Authorize Amendment to City Secretary Contract No.
23255 35603 an Economic Development Program
Agreement with Lancaster Avenue, Ltd.,A to Revise
the Schedule and Scope of Work Related to
Redevelopment of Individual Buildings within the
4200 Block of East Lancaster, Oakland Corners
Urban Village
26. M&C C- - Authorize an Agreement in the Amount of
23256 $522,155.00 with URS Corporation for Airport
Planning Services to Evaluate Areas for Possible
Redevelopment at Meacham International and
Spinks Airports; Adopt Appropriation Ordinances
Council Date: 12/16/2008
27. M&C C- - Adopt Resolution Authorizing Execution of a Local
23257 Project Advance Funding Agreement with the Texas
Department of Transportation in the Amount of
$2,063,880.00 to Improve and Expand the Traffic
Signal System and Adopt Appropriation Ordinance
28. M&C C- - Authorize a Professional Services Agreement in the
23258 Amount of $152,685.00 with MACTEC Engineering
and Consulting, Inc., for Materials Testing for the
Nashville Neighborhood Policing District No. 6 and
Traffic Division Facility
29. M&C C- - Authorize Amendment No. 4 in the Amount of
23259 $152,055.00 to City Secretary Contract No. 32411
with Perkins and Will for Construction Administration
Services for the Nashville Neighborhood Policing
District No. 6 and Traffic Division Facility
30. M&C C- - Authorize Contract in the Amount of $2,500,578.95
23260 with Texas United Excavators, LLC, for Pavement
Reconstruction, Drainage Improvements and Water
and Sanitary Sewer Replacement on Westcreek
Drive; Adopt Appropriation Ordinance
31. M&C C- - Authorize Contract with LP Sundance Construction,
23261 Inc., in the Amount of$2,227,171.50 for Construction
of the East 7th Street Deep Tunnel Sanitary Sewer,
Part 1
32. M&C C- - Authorize Engineering Agreement with Freese and
23262 Nichols, Inc., in the Amount of $1,529,279.00 for
Engineering Services for Phase I of the Design of the
Lake Worth Dredging Project; Adopt Appropriation
Ordinances
XV. CITIZEN PRESENTATIONS
XVI. EXECUTIVE SESSION (PRE-COUNCIL CHAMBER)
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: 12/16/2008