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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance 17353-01-2007Ordinance No. 17353-01-2007 AN ORDINANCE INCREASING ESTIMATED RECEIPTS AND APPROPRIATIONS IN THE SPECIAL ASSESSMENTS FUND IN THE AMOUNT OF $10D,000 FROM AVAfLABLE FUNDS FOR THE PURPOSE OF TRANSFERRING SAID FUNDS TO THE CRITICAL CAPITAL PROJECTS FUND TO ADDRESS CAPITAL NEEDS; PROVIDING FOR A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; MAKING THIS ORDINANCE CUMULATIVE OF PRIOR ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT HEREWITH; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT WORTH, TEXAS: SECTION 1 That in addition to those amounts allocated to the various City departments far Fiscal Year 2DD6- 2D07 in the Budget of the City Manager, there shall also be increased estimated receipts and appropriations in the Special Assessments Fund in the amount of $100,D00 from available funds for the purpose of transferring said fiunds to the Critical Capital Projects Fund to address capital needs. SECTION 2, That should any portion, section or part of a section of this ordinance be declared invalid, inoperative ar void far any reason by a court of competent jurisdiction, such decision, opinion ar judgment shall in na way impair the remaining portions, sections, or parts of sections of this ordinance, which said remaining provisions shall be and remain in full farce and effect. SECTION 3. That this ordinance shall be cumulative of Ordinance Na. 17142 and all other ordinances and appropriations amending the same except in those instances where the previsions of this ordinance are in direct conflict with such other ordinances and appropriations, in which instance said conflicting provisions of said prior ordinances and appropriations are hereby expressly repealed. SECTION 4 ADOPTED AND EFFECTIVE: Janus 9 2007 This ordinance shall take effect upon adoption. C~t~ t~~ F~ ~l/®rth, ?"e~ra~ r ~ rt COUNCIL ACTION; Approved on 119!2007 -Ordinance No. '17353-01-2007 & 17354-01-2007 B_.-. _ .3. -. DATE. Tuesday, January 09, 2007 LOG NA1~IE: 20MAC~AMEND REFERENCE NO.: '"'~C-21919 SUBJECT; Authorize Amendment Na. 1 to the Engineering Agreement with Wilbur Smith Associates to Conduct Phase I1 of the Mobility and Air Quality Plan for the City of Fort Worth and Adopt Appropriation Ordinances -~ RECOMMEN©ATIUIV. ft is recommended that the City Council: 1. Adopt the attached appropriation ordinance increasing estimated receipts and appropriations in the Special Assessments Fund in the amount of $100,000 from available funds; 2. Authorize the transfer of $100,000 from the Specia! Assessments Fund to the Critical Capital Projects Fund for the purpose of addressing capital needs; 3. Adopt the attached appropriation ordinance increasing estimated receipts and appropriations in the Critical Capital Projects Fund in the amount of $100,000 from available funds; and 4. Authorize the Cify Manager to execute Amendment No. 1 to the Engineering Agreement with Wilbur Smith Associates in the amount of $100,ODD in order to add four study corridors to the original Agreement as directed by City Council at the August 15, 2005 Pre-Council meeting for a total cost of $770,000. ®tSCUSSI®N; The City Council approved the award of a contract in the amount of $670,000.D0 with Wilbur Smith Associates an May 17, 2005 (M&C C-20733) to conduct Phase II of the Mobility and Air Quality (MAQ) Plan. Phase I[ of the MAQ Plan wil! identify, analyze, and recommend transportation alternatives, and programs for improving mobility and air quality for the City of >=ort Worth. Improving mobility and air quality was adapted as one of the City Council`s Seven Strategic goals for 2003 200?. City Council has received two technical briefings on the MAQ Plan. The first briefing was on February 14, 2006 when the Guiding Principles were presented and endorsed by Council. The second briefing was held an August 15, 2006, when the proposed corridors slated far further analysis were presented. Ten corridors were initially recommended by staff for advancement to the next phase of the project, however, City Council directed staff to add two additional east-west corridors. As a result, this M&C is a request for $100,OD0 to cover these new corridors as the original work scope only included a total of eight. The following is a list of the twelve corridors selected far further analysis: 1) West/5outhwest Fart Worth; 2) Cotton Belt SW; 3) South Fort Worth; 4) Southeast Fort Worth; 5) Bast Fort Worth; Lognaine: 20MAQAMEND t'age X o~ 3 ~) Cotton Belt N1=; 7} North I-35W; 8) North Fort Worth; 9) Northwest port Worth; 10) Central Core; 11) Alliance-DFW; 12) South Tarrant; With the identification of corridors complete, staff has turned their attention to developing the range of transportation alternatives that will be modeled and evaluated utilizing the guiding principles previously endorsed by City Council. Upon completion of the evaluation process, the best package ofi transportation alternatives will be identified and then prioritized in terms of reducing critical congestion, enhancing transit, and improving air quality. The types of alternatives to be examined include: 1) Roadway Improvements (i.e., arterials, HOVlmanaged lanes, freewaysltollways); 2) Transit Improvements {Rail and Bus); 3) I..and Use Alternative (Alternative distribution of population & employment demographics focused on rail lines and infill development areas); 4) Operational Improvements (e.g. Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) and traffic signalization improvements); 5) Nan-motorized Improvements (e.g. pedestrian and bicycle improvements); 6) Transportation Demand Management (TDM) Improvements (e.g. ride sharing, vanpooling}; The next steps in the Mobility and Air Quality Planning process will be: 1) November 2006 to March 2007 - 1=valuate each of the alternatives in terms of performance relative to the Guiding Principles and perform acorridor-level analysis to measure "before and afker" effects of transportation alternatives; 2} April 2007 ~ Public Meeting on evaluation results and obtain feedback on what preferred plan should be; 3} MaylJune 2007 -Presentation to Council including evaluation results, public comments, and staff recommendations. Feedback firom Council will be used to assemble preferred plan of transportation projects and policies including identification of priority projects; 4} June 2007 - Prepare a preliminary implementation and financial plan for the preferred plan; 5) Jul~2_007_- Public Meeting to estabfishlconfirm project priorities; 6} August, 2007 -Council consideration of preliminary implementation and financial plan and adoption of Mobility and Air Quality Plan; Wilbur Smith Associates is in compliance with the City's MNVBE Ordinance by committing to an additional 14 percent MNVBE participation on this amendment. The City`s goal on this Amendment No. 1 is 14 percent. FISCAL INFORMATIONICERTIFICATION: The I~inance Director certifies that upon approval of the above recommendations and adoption of the attached appropriation ordinance, funds will be available in the current capita! budget, as appropriated, of the Critical Capital Projects fund. TO FundlAccountlCenters 1 GS94 488032 020940099050 1 ~GS94 54'l2oD Q2o94~099050 FROM FundlAccountlCenters 100 000.00 ~ Gs~4 53sa~0 o20s40os90so $1Dt7,OQ0A0 4) C1'16 531200 020116021226 100,000.00 Logname: 20MAQAMEND Page 2 a£ 3 2&3 C116 472094 020115021226 X100,000,,.,00 3) C 11 fi A-72b94 0201 '1602122fi ~'~ OD.OOD.00 Submitted for Ci Mana.ger's Office b~: Marc Oft (8476) Originating Department Head: Robert Goode (7804} Additional lnformatinn Contact: .lira W. Walker (8944) Mark Rauscher (2446} Logname: 20MAQAMEND Page 3 of 3