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HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution 1033 CITY COUNCIL MEETING } FEBRUARY 5, 1985 cil met On the 5th day of February, A D., 1985, the City Council of the City of Fort Worth, Texas, met in regular session, with the following members and officers present, to-wi t 11 members present lliam Ward - invocati ledge of Allegiance roved minutes clamation - Scouting iversary Week dopted Resolution No 033 recognizing Arts ouncil of FW and Tarran ounty as local agency t eceive state funds from X Commission on the Art or managing grant progr solution No 1033 A RESOLUTION RECOGNIZING THE ARTS COUNCIL OF FORT WORTH AND TARRANT COUNTY AS THE LOCAL AGENCY TO RECEIVE STATE FUNDS FROM THE TEXAS COMMISSION ON THE ARTS FOR MANAGING SUBGRANT FUNDS WHEREAS, the City of Fort Worth has provided substantial financial assistance to the Arts Council of Fort Worth and Tarrant County, and, WHEREAS, the Arts Council of Fort Worth and Tarrant County is dedicated to providing services, financial support, and development for arts organizations and artists, as well as producing and promoting arts and cultural programs for the people of the City of Fort Worth, and, WHEREAS, the Arts Council of Fort Worth and Tarrant County has managed funds granted through the Texas Commission on the Arts for the past four years, NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT WORTH, TEXAS That the Arts Council of Fort Worth and Tarrant County is the recognized local agency to receive grant funds from the Texas Commission on the Arts for managing a subgrant program roved liability bonds It was the consensus of the City Council that the following bonds be 11 approved Mayor Bob Bolen, Mayor Pro tempore Herman F Stute, Council Members Louis J Zapata, Dwaine A Johnson, Russell Lancaster, Bert C Williams, Kathy Wetherby, Richard C Newkirk, and James A Bagsby, Assistant City Manager David Ivory, City Attorney Wade Adkins, City Secretary Ruth Alexander, with more than a quorum present, at which time the following business was transacted Or William Ward gave the invocation The Pledge of Allegiance was recited On motion of Mayor Pro tempore Stute, seconded by Council Member Johnson, the minutes of the meeting of January 29, 1985, were approved. A proclamation on Scouting Anniversary Week was presented to Greg Repasy and Franz Gilbert of Troop 64 of the Longhorn Council Council Member Newkirk introduced a resolution and made a motion that it be adopted The motion was seconded by Mayor Pro tempore Stute The resolution was read by the City Secretary The motion, carrying with it the adoption of said resolution, prevailed-by the following vote AYES Mayor Bolen, Mayor Pro tempore Stute, Council Members Zapata, Johnson, Lancaster, Williams, Wetherby, Newkirk, and Bagsby NOES None ABSENT None The resolution, as adopted, is as follows RESOLUTION NO 1033 CONTRACTOR'S BONDS Austin Road Company British American Insurance Company Bishop Foundations Buford-Thompson Company, General Contractors Lawyers Surety Corporation United States Fidelity and Guaranty Company Car Wash Systems of Texas, American States Insurance Company Incorporated Eagle Pipe Line Construction Company Lawyers Surety Corporation George H Case, Jr Lawyers Surety Corporation M A Vinson Construction Company, Gulf Insurance Company Incorporated 9,4 TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 1985 j? Paving of Taxiway B Staff has determined that these improvements can be accomplished though change orders to existing construction contracts Although most of the funds are being made available by the FAA, the j City must make application for and accept -the grant when offered The change orders will be processed in subsequent M&C"s )i j Project Cost and Financing 'j It will be necessary to transfer the sum of $20,000 to a grant project account to cover the City"s 101 matching share of the E project cost The total project budget is $200,000 Funds are available in Fund No 24, Project No 043781-00, Grant Sponsor`s Fee A transfer will be necessary from Fund No 24 to Fund No 76, with a project number to be assigned following contract execution Recommendations it is recommended that the City Council jtl 1) Authorize the City Manager to make formal grant application for !!,? $180,000 00 to the FAA, accept and execute the grant agreement as offered, and, j 2) Approve the transfer of $20,000 from Fund No 24, Project No 043781-00, Grant Sponsor's Fee to Fund No 76 with project {{{) number to be assigned by the Finance Department to fund additional improvements for lighting, paving and fencing. It was the consensus of the City Council that the recommendations, as contained in Mayor and Council Communication No G-6241, be adopted Adopted Resolution No There was presented Mayor and Council Communication No G-6242 from the 1034 allowing the Acting City Manager stating that the Fort Worth Public Library has served as the Major incorporation of the Resource Center for the North Texas Library System, that, because of the changes which North TX Library System have occurred in the System since 1969, the Library Systems Act was revised in 1983 to as a non-profit corp &{; allow a different form of government, that, after two years of extensive study, the the FW Public Library 1 North Texas Library System is seeking to reorganize as a non-profit corporation, and to become a member of recommending that the City Council authorize the Mayor to sign the resolution from the said non-profit corp Texas State Library, signifying approval of the City of Fort Worth to allow the incorporation of the North Texas Library System as a non-profit corporation and the i` Fort Worth Public Library to become a member of said non-profit corporation On ' motion of Council Member Johnson, seconded by Council Member Wetherby, the ii recommendation was adopted i Introduced Resolution Council Member Johnson introduced a resolution and made a motion that it be adopted The motion was seconded by Council Member Wetherby The resolution was read by the City Secretary The motion, carrying with it the adoption of said resolution, j? prevailed by the following vote AYES Mayor Bolen, Mayor Pro tempore Stute, Council Members Zapata, Johnson, Lancaster, Williams, Wetherby, Newkirk, and Bagsby 51113 NOES None ABSENT None The resolution, as adopted, is as follows Resolution No 1034 RESOLUTION NO 1034 WHEREAS, under Section IOA of the Library Systems Act, as amended (Article 5446a, Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes), the "governing bodies of two-thirds of the member libraries of a major li resource system may elect, for the purposes of administering the receipt and dispersal of services under the Act within their area to form a regional library and WHEREAS, the duly appointed representatives of member libraries of the North Texas Library System have voted to petition i their governing authorities to form a Regional Library System i organized as a non-profit corporation NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of Fort Worth, Texas authorizes the members of the North Texas Library System Advisory Council who are James Althaus, Linda Claytor, Belinda Fenter, Kenneth Cox, Joan Coleman, Althea Forbis, and Alice Henry to incorporate the North Texas Library Systems as a non-profit corporation Withdrew M&C G-6243 It was the consensus of the City Council that Mayor and Council Communication Library User Fee for No G-6243, Library User Fee for Non-Residents, be withdrawn from the agenda Non=Residents