HomeMy WebLinkAbout1999/10/08-Minutes-City Council-Special Called SPECIAL CITY COUNCIL MEETING
OCTOBER 8, 1999
Date & Time On the 8th day of October, A.D., 1999, the City Council of the
City of Fort Worth, Texas, met in special session at 3:12
p.m. in the Council Chamber of the Fort Worth City Hall,
1000 Throckmorton, Fort Worth, Texas, with the following
members and officers present:
Attendance Mayor Kenneth Barr; Council Members Jim Lane, Chuck
Silcox, Becky Haskin, Frank Moss, Jeff Wentworth and
Wendy Davis; City Manager Bob Terrell; City Attorney Wade
Adkins; City Secretary Gloria Pearson. Mayor Pro tempore
Ralph McCloud and Council Member Clyde Picht were
absent. With more than a quorum present, the following
business was transacted:
Attention of the City Council was called to a call of the
Mayor for a special meeting of the City Council, as follows:
NOTICE OF SPECIAL MEETING
Notice is hereby given that the City Council of the City of
Fort Worth will hold a special meeting in the Council
Chamber of the Fort Worth City Hall, 1000 Throckmorton,
Fort Worth, Texas, at 3:00 p.m. on Friday, October 8, 1999,
to consider the following matters:
I. Call To Order
II. Report of the City Manager
M&C PZ-2148 — Consideration and Action Concerning an
Ordinance Annexing 1559.1 Acres of Land out of the D.C.
Pace Survey, Abstract No. 1245, the T. Freeman Survey,
Abstract No. 546, the G.S. Rail Survey, Abstract Nos. 1869
and 1985, the William Robinson Survey, Abstract No. 1310,
the B.B.B. & C. RR Company Survey, Abstract No. 221, the
E.G. Barnett Survey, Abstract No. 245, the A.C.H. & B.
Survey, Abstract Nos. 55 and 56, the J.H. Simmons Survey,
Abstract No. 1486, the J.N. Reed Survey, Abstract No. 1314,
and S.M. Gann Survey, Abstract No. 575, Tarrant County,
Texas.
SPECIAL CITY COUNCIL MEETING
FORT WORTH , TEXAS
OCTOBER 8, 1999
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In accordance with Chapter III, Section 5 of the Fort Worth
City Charter, I hereby call a special meeting of the Fort
Worth City Council to be held at the time and place stated
above. The purpose of the meeting is to consider and vote
on the matters listed above and no business shall be
transacted at such meeting other than to consider and vote
on such matters.
Signed this 30th day of September 1999.
Kenneth Barr
Mayor
Ms. Ann Kovich, Director of the Development Department,
appeared before the City Council and presented a staff
report and advised Council that this was the third and final
public hearing concerning the proposed annexation and
that upon conclusion of the public hearing staff should be
directed to:
1. Initiate actions, including the expenditure of City
funds, necessary for the orderly transition of
services outlined in the proposed service plan.
These actions may include the location and
acquisition of property or modification of existing
facilities for the police storefront and temporary fire
station; and
2. Schedule final action on the adoption of the
ordinance and service plan on January 4, 2000; and
3. If necessary to protect the assets of Tarrant County
Municipal Utility District (MUD) No. 1 or to protect the
interests of the City, schedule final action on the
adoption of the ordinance and service plan before
January 1, 2000.
Dennis Shingleton, The following individuals appeared before the Council and
Barbara Beerling, expressed opposition of the proposed annexation:
Kris Olson,
Al Foster, Mr. Dennis Shingleton 8600 Crosswind
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OCTOBER 8, 1999
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Russ Brainard Ms. Barbara Beerling 8636 Overland Drive
Frank Pendleton Mr. Kris Olson 7633 Westwind Drive
Ted Matthews Mr. Al Foster 9617 Lea Shore Street
Robert G. West Mr. Russ Brainard 9309 Mountain Lake
Mr. Frank Pendleton 8633 Funtier Court
Mr. Ted Matthews 8400 Tayside Court
Mr. Robert G. West 301 Commerce Street Ste 3500
Council Member Wentworth, made a motion, seconded by
Council Member Silcox, that the final public hearing for
Annexation Case No. A-99-07: Annexation of 1559.1 Acres
of Land out of the D.C. Pace Survey, Abstract No. 1245, the
T. Freeman Survey, Abstract No. 546, the G.S. Rail Survey,
Abstract Nos. 1869 and 1985, the William Robinson Survey,
Abstract No. 1310, the B.B.B. & C. RR Company Survey,
Abstract No. 221, the E.G. Barnett Survey, Abstract No. 245,
the A.C.H. & B. Survey, Abstract Nos. 55 and 56, the J.H.
Simmons Survey, Abstract No. 1486, the J.N. Reed Survey,
Abstract No. 1314, and S.M. Gann Survey, Abstract No. 575,
Tarrant County, Texas, Mayor and Council Communication
No. PZ-2148, be closed, and directed staff to:
1. Take actions, including the expenditure of City
funds, as necessary for the orderly transition of
services as outlined in the proposed service plan.
Staff is specifically directed to start the process
to locate and equip a police storefront and
temporary fire station. Staff is also directed to
monitor negotiations between the Eagle Mountain
Volunteer Fire Department, the Tarrant
Emergency Services District #1, and the Area
Metropolitan Ambulance Authority concerning
the provision of EMS services in the area.
2. Schedule final action on the adoption of the
annexation ordinance and approval of the service
plan at the Council's regularly scheduled meeting
on January 4, 2000; and
3. Schedule final action on the adoption of the
annexation ordinance and approval of the service
plan before January 4, 2000, if it is necessary to
protect the assets of the MUD or the City's best
interests.
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OCTOBER 8, 1999
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Mr. Lee Bradley, Director of the Water Department,
appeared before Council and explained the cost the City
would incur by providing service to the Bond Ranch and the
protection to the watershed of Eagle Mountain Lake.
Ms. Marella Olson, Assistant City Attorney, appeared before
Council and stated that the City did not enter into a strategic
partnership agreement with the MUD due to legal and policy
concerns.
Assistant City Manager Groomer to clarified fire and
emergency service issues for the proposed annexed area.
He stated that MedStar would have to enter into a contract
with the volunteer fire department based upon
predetermined service levels, this would provide ambulance
service under contract to MedStar to the proposed annexed
area. Tarrant County Emergency Services District provides
fire service to the unincorporated areas and they have the
opportunity to join the MedStar system. If they did not join
the system, the service plan provides the opportunity to
enter into an interlocal agreement between the City of Fort
Worth and the Eagle Mountain/Saginaw School District to
assure that the campuses in the unincorporated and
unannexed area can be covered under that umbrella. Fire
service would be provided by the Fort Worth Fire
Department at a temporary station and is proposed to have
a 7 day, 24-hour staffing. As the area grows the permanent
site may move somewhere in the immediate area to serve a
greater area
The motion carried by the following vote
AYES: Mayor Barr; Council Members Lane,
Haskin, Moss, Wentworth, and Davis
NOES: Council Member Silcox
ABSENT: Mayor Pro tempore McCloud and Council
Member Picht
Adjournment There being no further business, the meeting was
adjourned at 4:30 p.m.
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OCTOBER 8, 1999
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