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Home My WebLink AboutOrdinance 19553-02-2011Ordinance No. 19553-02-2011 BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OFFORT WORTH, TEXAS: SECTION 1� That in addition ho those amounts allocated to the various City departments for Fiscal Year 2O1O-2O11inthe Budget of the City Manager, there shall also be increased estimated receipts and appropriations in the Tax Increment Reinvestment Zone No. 4 (Southside/Medical District TIF) section of the Special Assessment District Fund in the amount of $6,956.00, from available funds, for the purpose of maintaining Watts Park. SECTION 2. That should any portion, section or part of a section of this ordinance be declared invalid, inoperative or void for any reason by o court of competent jurisdiction, such deuision, opinion or judgment ahuU in no way impair the remaining pmbona, aectionn, or pods of sections of this ondinanue, which said remaining provisions shall beand remain in full force and effect. SECTION 3. That this ordinance shall be cumulative of Ordinance No. 19355 and all other ordinances and appropriations amending the same except in those instances where the provisions of this ordinance are in direct conflict with such other ordinances and approphaUonn, in which instance said conflicting provisions of said prior ordinances and appropriations are hereby expressly repealed. SECTION 4. This ordinance shall take effect upon adoption. APPROVED ASTO FORM AND LEGALITY: gs4stant City At rney: ADOPTED AND BFF—CTVE: LFebruary ', 5 201, COUNCIL. ACTION-. Approved c'n 2/15l2€ ,1,1, - Ordinance' I` bi> 19553 - 62 -2ti11 DATE: Tuesday, February 15, 2011 REFERENCE NO.: * *L -15142 SUBJECT: Accept Donation of Approximately 0.599 Acres of Parkland and Facility Improvements from Fort Worth Southside Development District, Inc. d /b /a Fort Worth South, Inc. to be named Watts Park, Authorize the Transfer of $6,956.00 from the General Fund to the Special Assessment District Fund, Tax Increment Reinvestment Zone No. 4 (Southside /Medical District TIF) and Adopt Appropriation Ordinance (COUNCIL DISTRICT 8) RIECO- MMENDATIQN: It is recommended that the City Council: 1. Accept the donation of approximately 0.599 acres of parkland and facility improvements from Fort Worth Southside Development District, Inc., d /b /a Fort Worth South, Inc. to be named Watts Park; 2. Authorize the transfer of $6,956.00 from the General Fund to the Special Assessment District Fund, Tax Increment Reinvestment Zone No. 4 (Southside /Medical District TIF) for the City's payment in -lieu of services; and 3. Adopt the attached appropriation ordinance increasing estimated receipts and appropriations by $6,956.00 in the Special Assessment District Fund, Tax Increment Reinvestment Zone No. 4 (Southside /Medical District TIF) from available funds. i ! The purpose of this M &C is to accept the donation of approximately 0.599 acres of parkland and facility improvements to serve residents in the Central City and to authorize the transfer of funds for payment in lieu of services. A 9.399 acre tract of land being the east one -half of Block 23, Tucker's Addition, an addition to the City of Fort Worth, intending to be all of Lots A, S and C and a portion of dock 23, and intending to be all of Lot F, Tuckers Addition, an addition to the City of Fort north, recorded in Volume 63, Page 24, Plat Records, Tarrant County, Texas. In addition to the donation of the land, Fort Worth Southside Development District, Inc, d/b /a Fort Worth South, Inc. (FWSI) constructed the following facilities /amenities on the proposed parkland and the O,313 acres of existing parkland. six period -style light poles, one playground; one pavilion, five picnic tables, nine benches, three tras h receptacles,, approximately 817 l-inear feet of trail, planted 43 trees and 40 screening installed an ornamental ir =a' ^ ', `"'y,"r"'??°iy`� .,'?st"' +�...t a �' �vtl irrigation managed F' €; fitunded by T ax Increment Reinvestment Zone No, -4 (South-sidef'Medical District TIF) at an estimated cost ,o na e 0WATTS PARK REVISED page 1 of of $414,641.50. FWSI has also committed to installing at their expense, two park name signs upon acceptance of the donation with the deed restricted park name. FWSI has agreed to maintain the entire park site. The City will transfer to the Southside/Medical District TIF account the annual cost to maintain the park site at the City's normal level of maintenance, estimated to be $6,956.00. These funds will be transferred into the Southside/Medical District TIF account annually. FWSI will maintain Wafts Park using these transferred funds plus TIF landscape/maintenance funding, until the TIF landscape/maintenance funding has been exhausted. FWSI's maintenance responsibilities will include all ancillary landscape/turf materials (to include litter removal) and the irrigation system with all mechanical and electrical components and associated water, meter and tap fees. The Parks and Community Services Department (PACSD) will be responsible for the inspection of the playground equipment and FWSI will be responsible for repairs. On May 27, 2008, (M&C L-14563) the City Council authorized the acquisition of 700 May Street (tax- foreclosed property) by the PACSD for $11,992.59 in accordance with Section 34.05 of the Texas Property Tax Code. At the time of acquisition, the property was designated for use as parkland. Since that date, the PACSD has held the property in inventory under the place-holder moniker Leuda Park. Upon acceptance of the subject donation, the PACSD will recognize all the parcels as one park - Watts Park. As a condition of the gift, the donor, Fort Worth Southside Development District, Inc. d/b/a Fort Worth South, Inc. requests the park be named in honor of the late Dr. James M. Watts and be known by the name Watts Park. Dr. James M. Watts was a highly revered physician who practiced medicine in Fort Worth for thirty-four years and served as Medical Director of Plaza Medical Center. Dr. Watts was Chairman of the Fort Worth South Board of Directors from its inception, to the time of his passing. In 1992, Dr. Watts collaborated with City officials to explore the feasibility of combining the resources of the medical community with local businesses and property owners in an effort to revitalize the neighborhoods of the Near Southside District. This collaboration was the seed for the creation of Fort Worth Southside Development District, Inc. d/b/a Fort Worth South, Inc. In 1994, funding was raised by the hospitals, the City, the T and other major employers which resulted in the Strategic Plan for Revitalizing the Southside Medical District in 1995. A key component of that strategic plan and the vision for the Near Southside was the development of vibrant public parks and plazas that play a critical role in the development of a higher density, mixed-use, urban district. The land donation is located south of West Cannon Avenue, north of West Leuda Street, east of May Street and west of St. Louis Avenue. FISCIAIL INF ATt I CERTIFICATION: The Financial Management Services Director certifies that upon approval of the above recommendations and adoption of the attached appropriation ordinance, funds will be available in the current operating budget, as appropriated, of the Special Assessment District Fund, Tax Increment Reinvestment Zone No. 4 (Southside/Medical District TIF), FUND CENTS_S: TO Fund/Account/Centers FROM FundAccountlf.' enters Lon c: 80 WATTS PARK REVISED Page 2 of 3 $6,956,010 G-Gl0l1 538070_0807031 $6,956.00 Susan Alanis (8180) Richard Zavala (5704) David Creek (5744) T Loorname-, 80WATTS PARK REVISED Page 3 of 3 Proposed Parkland Donation Watts Park - 0.599 Acres +/- r. s :#, a "t �� d tr-E.L 0 x. I. 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