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Home My WebLink About2018/08/07-Minutes-City Council-Worksession CITY OF FORT WORTH, TEXAS CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION AUGUST 7, 2018 Present: Mayor Betsy Price Mayor Pro tem Dennis Shingleton, District 7 Council Member Carlos Flores, District 2 Council Member Brian Byrd, District 3 Council Member Cary Moon, District 4 Council Member Gyna Bivens, District 5 Council Member Jungus Jordan, District 6 Council Member Kelly Allen Gray, District 8 Council Member Ann Zadeh, District 9 Staff Present: David Cooke, City Manager Sarah Fullenwider, City Attorney Mary J. Kayser, City Secretary With a quorum of the City Council Members present, Mayor Price called the Fort Worth City Council Work Session to order at 3:03 p.m. on Tuesday, August 7, 2018, in City Council Conference Room 290 of the Fort Worth City Hall, 200 Texas Street, Fort Worth, Texas. 1. Report of the City Manager—David Cooke, City Manager a. Changes to the City Council Agenda M&C G-19333 will be withdrawn from the Consent Agenda so that Council Member Zadeh can recuse from the vote due to a conflict of interest. M&C G-19328 will be withdrawn from the agenda entirely and Council will consider M&C G- 19328 revised. b. Upcoming and Recent Events None were announced. c. Organizational Updates and Employee Recognition(s) Michelle Gutt with Communications and Public Engagement recognized employees from the Call Center who provide quick action and assistance for a co-worker who was having a heart attack. Mayor Price recognized Gleniece Robinson for receiving the Mentorship Award from the Fort Worth Business Press. Council Member Carlos Flores recognized Mary Gugliuzza for being elected Chair of the American Water Works Association Public Affairs Council. CITY OF FORT WORTH, TEXAS CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION AUGUST 7, 2018 Page 2 of 5 d. Informal Reports 1. IR 10169: Amendment No. 2 to Tax Abatement Agreement with Parker Products, Inc. to Extend the Completion Deadline 2. IR 10170: Economic Development Program Agreement with Elan West 7th, L.P. in the Amount of$204,085.61 3. IR 10171: May 2018 — Sales Tax Update 4. IR 10172: Proposed Zoning Ordinance Text Amendment to Clarify Single Family Anti-Monotony Standards 2. Current Agenda Items - City Council Members There were no questions. 3. Responses to Items Continued from a Previous Week a. M&C G-19328 - (ALL COUNCIL DISTRICTS) — Conduct Public Hearing and Approve the City' s 2018-2022 Consolidated Plan Priorities and Goals and 2018-2019 Action Plan for the Use of Federal Grant Funds in the Amount of $12,044,676.00 to be Awarded by the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development from the Community Development Block Grant, HOME Investment Partnerships Program, Emergency Solutions Grant and Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS Grant Programs, Authorize Collection and Use of Program Income, Authorize Waiver of Application of Indirect Cost Rates, Authorize Execution of Related Contracts, and Adopt Appropriation Ordinance (Continued from June 26, 2018 by Council Member Jordan) b. M&C C-28715 - (COUNCIL DISTRICT 9 —Ann Zadeh) —Authorize Execution of an Artwork Commission Agreement with McGehearty Holdings LLC in an Amount Not to Exceed $74,200.00 for Fabrication, Delivery, Installation, and Contingencies for the Six Points Urban Village, Along Race Street Between North Sylvania Avenue and Riverside Drive (Continued from June 5, 2018 by Mayor Pro Tem Shingleton) C. ZC-18-038 - (COUNCIL DISTRICT 3 — Brian Byrd) - FW Waterside Commercial, 5825 Arborlawn Drive; From: " PD 999A" Planned Development for all uses in " G" Intensive Commercial plus brewpub, a maximum height of five stories, excluding massage parlors, tattoo parlors, and auto uses; site plan approved To: Amend " PD 999A" to add hotel; site plan included and limit Lot O to two (2) stories, and Amend PD 999 to limit the overall number of hotels to two and max. hotel rooms to 250 18.69 acres (Recommended for Denial by the Zoning Commission) (Continued from June 5,2018 by Council Member Byrd) CITY OF FORT WORTH, TEXAS CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION AUGUST 7, 2018 Page 3 of 5 d. ZC-18-096 - (COUNCIL DISTRICT 5 — Gyna Bivens) - Leito Enterprises, LP, 4303 & 4333 E. Loop 820 South; From: " FR" General Commercial Restricted To: PD/FR Planned Development for all uses in " FR" General Commercial Restricted plus outside sales and storage and fabrication of cast stone; site plan waiver recommended 2.33 acres (Recommended for Approval by the Zoning Commission) (Continued from June 26,2018 by Council Member Bivens) e. ZC-18-098 - (COUNCIL DISTRICT 2 — Carlos Flores) - Mario Bernardo & Louann Underwood, 2420 and 2424 Roosevelt Avenue; From: " A-5" One- Family and " E" Neighborhood Commercial To: PD/E Planned Development for all uses in " E" Neighborhood Commercial plus auto repair, with waivers to projected front yard and supplemental setbacks; site plan included 0.22 acres (Recommended for Approval by the Zoning Commission) (Continued from June 26,2018 by Council Member Flores) All items will be moving forward. 4. Overview of Significant Zonin$ Cases — Dana Burghdoff, Planning and Development Department Ms. Dana Burghdoff, Planning and Development Department, reviewed the significant zoning cases. 5. Presentation of Recommended FY2019 Capital Budget and Five-Year Capital Improvement Program—David Cooke, City Manager City Manager Cooke presented the FY 2019 Capital Budget and Five-Year Capital Improvement Program. Pay as you go projects - $40,856,015 and FY2019 CIP - $472,452,115. The proposed tax rate is $0.7850 - $0.630 — O&M; ($0.5650 Operations and $0.0650 Capital) and $0.1550 Debt. CITY OF FORT WORTH, TEXAS CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION AUGUST 7,2018 Page 4 of 5 6. Presentation on Pension Recommendation—David Cooke, City Manager City Manager Cooke gave background on the pension issue and presented a pension recommendation as follows: City Manager Recommendation Increase Increase City Contribution Changes to Benefits/Eligibility Employee Contribution 3.0% 5.2% 2.3% • 4.0%-2%COLA on$20,300 for employees with 25 years of service General: 1.0%+.5%Blue • .2%-one year delay in COLA for current • Police/Fire: 2.8% employees • .3%—eliminate future accruals Police 25 &out: 1.5% • .7%-minimum retirement age(55)for Fire and Generals* *Grandfather current employees with 15 years of service These are the proposed Contribution levels: Current Recommendation —A General police General Fire Police Fire City Contributions 19.74% 20.46% 22.74% 22.74% 23.4E% Employee 8.25% 8.73% 9.25-9.50% 11.05% 13.03% Contributions Total 27.99% 29.19% 31'99 33.79% 36.49% 32.49% Increase in 4.00-4.5% 5.80% 7.30% Contributions Next steps: August 7, 2018 —Present recommended plan August 7, 2018 —Begin employee & community communication September 18, 2018 - City Council action November 2018 —Employee vote on contributions January—May 2019—Implement changes CITY OF FORT WORTH, TEXAS CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION AUGUST 7, 2018 Page 5 of 5 7. City Council Requests for Future Agenda Items and/or Reports Council Member Moon— Text amendment for Fence Design Standards on arterials and revenue policy/manual. Council Member Jordan — Code response to high grass and weeds; 18 wheeler parking regulations Council Member Jordan And Bivens—Mowing on TxDOT ROWs and trash left behind. Council Member Bivens — Town Hall with TxDOT regarding Southeast Connector — reconstruction of the I820/I20/IJS287 interchanges; Report on Black on Black crime and report on the in custody death Council Member Byrd—Report on Human Trafficking. 8. Executive Session (CITY COUNCIL CONFERENCE ROOM, CITY HALL, ROOM 290) There being no further business, Mayor Price adjourned the City Council Work Session at 5:20 p. m. These minutes approved by the Fort Worth City Council on the 14t`day of August, 2018. Attest: Approved: 6 MaryJ. K&ir Betsy Pr' City Secretary MayA