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HomeMy WebLinkAboutIR 7139 INFORMAL REPORT TO CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS No. 7139 Boa 5 OP To the Mayor and Members of the City Council August 5, 1986 Subject: GROWTH MANAGEMENT UPDATE The following is a summary by department of the City's progress this fiscal year in developing, refining, and implementing the Growth Performance Management Program. WATER DEPARTMENT Capital Recovery Fees (System Access Fees) Since August, 1985, the Water Department has been working closely with our consultant, David M. Griffith & Associates and CH M Hills, and an Advisory Committee to develop a schedule of system access fees and an implementation strategy. Two public hearings and many meetings with the committee have been held in an attempt to resolve philosophical matters prior to submission of a final report. The report of the Advisory Committee was presented to the City Council and reviewed in workshops on May 27 and June 3, 1986. Watershed Management/Protection Staff members working with the North Central Texas Council of Governments played an important role in drafting a regional policy statement for the protection of water supply reservoirs. In the near future, we will recommend that the Fort Worth City Council adopt the policy position previously endorsed by the NCTCOG Executive Board. In addition, the Fort Worth City Council had adopted two resolutions related to the protection of water quality in Lake Benbrook, Eagle Mountain Lake and Lake Worth. The Water Department, working closely with other organizations, was instrumental in the adoption of a Texas Water Commission order which limits approval of new wastewater discharges into Eagle Mountian Lake until further water quality studies are performed. Water and Wastewater Master Plan The firm of Camp, Dresser and McKee has been retained to conduct master planning efforts for the utility. The first meeting of the Master Planning Advisory Committee was held on April 17, 1986. A questionnaire has been prepared to elicit comments from area leaders and the preliminary findings were reviewed by the Committee on May 22, 1986. Contracts with Customer Cities Over the course of the past 18 months, discussions have been ongoing with elected and administrative officials of the customer cities concerning the renegotiation of the wholesale wastewater contracts. The Tarrant County Mayor's Council has decided to retain an independent rate consultant to evaluate the work previously done for Fort Worth by Black & Veatch. A subcommittee of staff persons has been selected by the Mayors to work with the Water Department on draft contract provisions as the rate matter is being reviewed by the rate consultant. Mayor Bolen has suggested ell ISSUED BY THE CITY MANAGER FORT WORTH, TEXAS INFORMAL REPORT TO CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS No. 7139 - p.? �;_,f�oj?,-_,' To the Mayor and Members of the City Council August 5, 1986 Subject: GROWTH MANAGEMENT UPDATE to the Mayors that failure to reach an agreement may result in the contracts not being renewed upon expiration in about 15 years. TRANSPORTATION AND PUBLIC WORKS "Streets Only" Plats TFe staff of Iransportation and Public Works became concerned as the number of "streets only" plats submitted by developers increased substantially. In the past, the normal procedure for developing land in the City has been to preliminary plat an area and then construct the proposed improvements as final platting occurs. This procedure is advantageous to the City as it allows for the proper design and review of street networks and overall drainage systems along with the corresponding water and sewer systems, not only for the development involved, but also for the surrounding areas. This method allows the City to control the quality and future impact of a particu- lar development and also provides a higher return in tax base for City dol- lars invested. Street plats pose problems in terms of street, drainage, water and sewer review and also with the investment of City funds. The City does not receive any additional tax dollars - or other revenues in return for public facility expenditures required by a Community Facilities Agreement until final platting and development of adjacent property occurs. In this case, there could be a significant period of time before the City receives any return on its investment. In an effort to control this trend, the City Council approved accepting street plats for processing provided the following conditions are met: 1) The developer submits a written justification for review by City 2) The City staff determines that there is overwhelming justification to proceed and recommends to City Council that the plat should be 3) The City Council concurs with staff's recommendation; or, 4) The developer agrees to proceed with construction, with no City financial participation whatsoever. Select Committee on Street and Drainage Infrastructure On January 10, 1984, Mayor Bolen and the City Council appointed 17 citizens and property owners to the "Select Committee on Street and Drainage Infra- structure". The charge of the Committee was to review how street and drainage systems are built and maintained in Fort Worth; to investigate what practices are being used in other cities; to look at the latest theory and recommended practices and to recommend actions and policies necessary to improve the construction and maintenance of Fort Worth facilities. LISSUED BY THE CITY MANAGER FORT WORTH, TEXAS INFORMAL REPORT TO CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS No. 713c) - p-1 lop To the Mayor and Members of the City Council August 5, 1986 Subject: GROWTH KAMGEMENT UPDATE ,a 73 On July 29, 1985, the Select Committee formally presented their Final Report and Recommendations to the Mayor and City Council , discussed their findings and responded to questions. After several months of discussion, the City Council , on October 8, 1985, ,appointed the "Citizen Study Committee" and asked this committee to review the findings of the Select Committee. Specifically, the Citizen Study Com- mittee was asked to address the following issues: 1 ) Uses of concrete and asphalt for street construction and standard street profile. 2) City participation in community facilities contracts . 3) Assessment paving for the reconstruction of streets adjacent to sin- gle family and duplex homes. On November 19, 1985, the Citizen Study Committee formally presented its recommendations to City Council . As a result of the work of these two committees , the following four recommen- dations were formulated and presented to City Council for approval on January 7, 1986: 1) Adopt a goal of reaching a condition where 70 percent of Fort Worth streets are classified as either "Good" or "Fair" condition by the year 2005 and use this goal as a guide during the preparation of the annual budget and during establishment of future Capital Improvement Programs; 2) Adopt a policy to reach a level of funding for the maintenance of streets by fiscal year 1987-88 whereby at least 777 lane miles of streets can receive maintenance each year; 3) Adopt a policy that preventative maintenance be applied only to streets classified as "Good" or "Fair" whose economic lives can be substantially prolonged, with streets classified as "Poor" receiving only sufficient repairs to keep them reasonably safe; and, 4) Adopt a policy to shift, over a period of not less than ten years, from the current procedure of financing street and storm drain recon- struction from the sale of general obligation bonds to budgeting for these construction projects in the annual budget. Changes to Community Facilities Policy , , anuary 7, 1986, City Council approved changes to six of the twelve sec- tions of the Policy for Installation of Community Facilities. While the changes include a multitude of things, they all follow a few basic premises. These are: LISSUED BY THE CITY MANAGER FORT WORTH, TEXAS INFORMAL REPORT TO CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS No. 7139 - p.4 To the Mayor and Members of the City Council sot. August 5, 1986 Zi Subject: GROWTH MAKAGEMENT UPDATE �U.-.x 1 The street sections to be constructed must be ' properly designed to give long service with minimized maintenance. 2) The developer shall pay the full cost of designing and constructing all drainage systems up to and including a pipe size of 60" in dia- meter. The City's participation is again limited to paying for con- struction inspection and any oversizing that may be required. (The prior policy results in City participation in pipe sizes greater than 3) The developer shall pay the entire cost of street lighting installed within the development and 1/2 the cost of street lights installed adjacent to the development. (The prior policy provides for the City to pay one-half of the cost of street lights on collector and arteri- al streets and up to three-fourths of the cost on border streets .) 4) The loophole that existed for open border streets is eliminated. (The prior policy resulted in the City paying 75-85 percent of border streets as compared to 10-20 percent for interior streets. The proposed policy eliminates that loophole.) It is the staff's belief that these changes will result in significant improvements in the quality of our roadway system, and the City will have ac improved balance between encouraging quality development while - requiring the development industry to pay an equitable share of the development cost. Plan Commission Rules and ReWations The Transportation and Public Works in a combined effort with the Planning Department initiated numerous revisions to the Plan Commission Rules and Regulations. The changes which were approved by the City Council on January 7, 1986, were necessary to update the document and recognize organizational and policy changes which have occurred. t1ost of the revisions and changes pertained to new street classifications, minimum radii for horizontal curves, and new easement requirements for flood- plains, floodways, storm water, dams, lakes and levees. Development Policy Advisory Committee In addition to the formal recommendations made by the Citizen Study Committee on Streets in their report to City Council , the Committee identified a need to create a Community Facilities Policy Committee which would be a sounding board for any proposed changes to the community facilities policies and would afford all parties the opportunity to discuss and resolve mutual problems. In the mid-1970's, the City of Fort Worth Plan Commission established a com- mittee made up of five City staff persons, five development industry repre- sentatives, and five business community representatives, that met regularly to consider community facilities policy changes. This committee stopped meeting after the 1982 community development policy revisions were approved by City Council . - ISSUED BY THE CITY MANAGER FORT WORTH, TEXAS INFORMAL REPORT TO CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS No. 7139 - D.5 loRr,0 To the Mayor and Members of the City Council August 5, 1986 Subject: GROWTH MANAGEMENT UPDATE The Citizen Study Committee recommended that a reformatted community facilities policy committee be established that would include five members from the City staff, five members from the development industry, five members from the construction industry and five members from the citizens-at-large. The first meeting of the Development Policy Advisory Committee was held on May 21, 1986. DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT Revision of Citx Plan Commission Rules and Regulations The revisir"o—nof the Plan Commission Rules and Regulations (PCRR) recommended by staff, adopted by the Plan Commission and approved by City Council , up- dates the existing ten year old document and improves its usability. Prior to being adopted by the Plan Commission, the revision went through a series of reviews by the affected departments, the Development Review Commit- tee, and the Department of Law. In addition, the development community was notified in July of the technical criteria changes to be included in the revision. Copies of the revised document have been made available to developers and consulting engineering firms since that time. It was neces- sary to update the Rules and Regulations because many departments, policies, and procedures had changed, causing some of our platting and technical requirements to become outdated or Ansufficient. The revisions will make it possible to improve the management of growth in Fort Worth. "PD" Planned Development District The "PD" Planned Development District is intended to provide for greater flexibility and discretion in the application of non-residential zoning and for increased compatibility and more effective mitigation of potentially adverse impacts of growth on adjacent land than is possible under conven- tional district regulations. It is recognized that as part of growth manage- ment, it is desirable for certain areas of the City to be developed in accor- dance with site plans prepared and approved as a part of the ordinance authorizing the zoning necessary for the proposed development. The ordinance was developed by staff, recommended for approval by the Zoning Commission and adopted by the City Council in April , 1986. Computer Assisted flapping New geoprocessing technology recently has been introduced that will signifi- cantly improve the City of Fort Worth's capability, productivity, and service to the public in producing and maintaining City maps. In April , the City Council authorized the City Manager to execute a contract agreement with C.A.D. Associates, Inc., for digitizing City base maps and preparation of water and sanitary sewer as-built maps in an amount not to exceed $226,220. Areas that will initially be computerized will be base maps, zoning, annexa- tion, water lines, sewer lines, and street light maps. Maps produced from the system will be on the State Co-ordinate System and will be totally compa- tible with water and sanitary sewer line mapping which already has been par- tially automated. This mapping system is uniform across the State and will enable the City to interface with most of the maps of other agencies and uti- lities. LISSUED BY THE CITY MANAGER FORT WORTH, TEXAS INFORMAL REPORT TO CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS No. 7139 -2.6 Vol?.to To the Mayor and Members of the City Council August 5, 1986 4 X Subject: GROWTH MANAGEMENT UPDATE 1873 The Water Department currently is revising its mapping system by using the Tarrant Appraisal District maps as base maps. Existing City facilities will be overlaid on these base maps which are on the State Co-ordinate System as used by the State Department of Highways and Public Transportation, the Corps of Engineers, North Central Texas Council of Governments and others. Community Facilities Policy Changes On November 26, 1985, the City Council approved M&C G-6500 which stated an agreement with certain changes to several sections of the City of Fort Worth "Policy for the Installation of Community Facilities", authorized the staff to make appropriate notification per the Subdivision Ordinance, and autho- rized the staff to return the Community Facilities Policy revisions to the City Council at its January 7, 1986 meeting for formal adoption. The action that was taken on these proposed changes culminated a process that began almost two years ago. On January 10, 1984, the City Council appointed the "Select Committee on Street and Drainage Infrastructure". The committee delivered its final report to the City Council on July 29, 1985. After several months of discussion, the City Council asked a second citizens com- mittee, the "Citizens Study Committee" to review the recommendations of the first committee. On November 19, 1985, the Citizens Study Committee pre- sented its final report to the Cit Council . Following that report, the City y Council discussed the various recommendations and suggested further refine- ment. In addition, the City Attorney reviewed the recommendations and noted that some of the proposed revisions were contrary to law. The City staff then suggested modifications that would carry out the intent of the citizens committee and would be lawful . The result was the document presented to the City Council on November 26, 1985 that covered six of the twelve sections of the policy. The sections changed included: 1) Definitions 2) General 3) Storm Drainage Facilities 4) Streets 5) Assessment Paving, and 6) Street Lights These changes will result in significant improvements in the quality of our roadway system and the City will have an improved balance between encouraging quality development while requiring the development industry to pay an equi- table share of the development cost. PLANNING DEPARTMENT Comprehensive Planning Staff has indicated the planning process for the development of a Growth Per- formance Management System. It is designed to accommodate and re-direct growth based on specific documented service level standards and criteria in accordance with approved District and Sector Plans. The system will rely on a wide spectrum of inducements and disincentives as a means for encouraging LISSUED BY THE CITY MANAGER FORT WORTH, TEXAS ' INFORMAL REPORT TO CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS No. 0A To the Mayor and Members of the City Council August 5, 1986 oel GROWTH MANAGEMENT UPDATE and promoting development in accordance with local goals, objectives and development policies. A key task in the development of the system will be the delineation of functional and geographical sub-areas within the overall planning area. The delineation will permit the identification of localized goals and objectives and the development of individualized implementation techniques based on the market forces and growth trends in each subarea. The following is a list of general guidelines which will be used to direct the development of the Growth Performance Management System: To minimize the fiscal consequences for local government due to growth. To encourage the full utilization of existing and proposed utilities, streets and community facilities. To maintain or improve levels of community services . To minimize environmental problems and preserve limited areas of open The following existing and planned capacity factors have been mapped and will be used to determine the appropriate* mix of inducements and disincentives for guiding development in each subarea and for evaluating specif.ic development proposals and requests: 0 Water supply and distribution system. ' Sanitary sewer collection system and treatment facilities. 0 Off-site drainage facilities . 0 Fire protection facilities and response time. 0 School facilities and service areas. 0 Street system. 0 Park and recreation facilities. Additional factors that will be used to guide development decisions would be environmental conditions (soils, topography, hydrology, etc.) , cost/revenue data, consistency with plans , and compatibility issues . Transportation Planning conjunction with the North Central Texas Council of Governments and the U. S. Army Corp of Engineers , the staff has completed a draft of the updated Master Thoroughfare Plan. These plans provide the basic skeleton framework for land use development and is a critical element in the Growth Performance Management System. LISSUED BY THE CITY MANAGER FORT WORTH, TEXAS ' INFORMAL REPORT TO CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS No. 7139 - p.8 To the Mayor and Members of the City Council August 5, 1986 GROWTH MANAGEMENT UPDATE Staff also has established a transportation planning micro-computer system that is being used for sub-area windowing and traffic impact analysis in the processing of subdivisions and rezoning applications. This expanded technical capability will make it possible to more effectively predict and monitor the traffic impact of growth and development. Regulatory Improvements The subdivision regulations were revised to required subdividers to submit common scale (800 feet to the inch) plans for every concept preliminary and final plan. These plans are being added to a series of 12 boards covering Fort Worth and the E.T.J. so the City will have a map showing all plats approved at the concept , preliminary or final stages of Development Review. This information is very useful in assessing growth and in viewing compatibi- lity of patterns of proposed development and has been praised by the Plan A report on the Regulatory Processes was prepared by staff and presented to the City Council . It contained written step-by-step descriptions and dia- grams of the procedures followed in processing plats, zoning amendments , com- munity facilities agreements, annexation requests, thoroughfare plan amend- ments, and board of adjustment applications. Staff also submitted a series of proposed regulatory revisions that -were intended to improve processing proce- dures and aid in the implementation of the Growth Performance -Management Pro- gram. Significant upgrading and modernization of the Plan Commission Rules and Regulations and the Zoning Ordinance will be an essential step in the development and implementation of an effective Growth Performance Management Neighborhood Conservation and Economic Development The Sunbelt ffe-velopment Corporation has adopted an inner city target area in which to encourage economic development and staff involvement in this year has resulted in the issuing of industrial revenue bonds (IRBs) for four busi- ness expansions that will create 450 jobs. This demonstrates the "perfor- mance It concept that is being emphasized in the Growth Performance Management Staff has assisted in the marketing and administration of the EDA Revolving Loan Fund for the development of small businesses which is operated by the Fort Worth Economic Development Corporation (FWEDC). Six loans have been reviewed for compliance with City regulations and development policies and approved by FWEDC. The City almost has completed the implementation of Phase II of the Magnolia Avenue Commercial Revitalization Plan and has incorporated Phase III into the recently approved Capital Improvements Program. Initial work has been com- pleted on the East Rosedale Commercial Revitalization Plan. Inner City com- 00P11* mercial revitalization is an important element in neighborhood conservation and a significant priority in the Growth Performance Management Program. L-ISSUED BY THE CITY MANAGER FORT WORTH, TEXAS _ �NFORMAL REPORT TO CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS No. .7139 - p.9 To the Mayor August 5, 1986 and Members of the City Council Subject: GROWTH MANAGEMENT UPDATE Staff assistance was provided to the City's Housing Task Force on issues involving the purchase, rental and maintenance of housing for lower and moderate income residents. Interim reports on "Housing for the Elderly" and on "Housing Affordability" have been completed. The recommended programs and development policies will encourage development and redevelopment in established high priority city areas and have a major influence on the implementation of the Growth Performance Management Program. Research and Development A report on the "evaluation of Fort Worth's Growth and Development : 1980-1990" was prepared and distributed in May-June 1986. The report examines and analyzes recent growth trends and provides short-range projections for population and housing units by sub-areas. The information in the report reflected the latest revised population estimates developed by the North Central Texas Council of Governments. Staff prepared a report on the "Selection of a Geography for Monitoring Growth" which includes a series of recommendations that would more effectively link and integrate the geographical ly-based information system (GIS) into the Growth Performance Management Program. The GIS is critical to the organization and analysis of information which is needed to develop, implement and monitor the Growth Performance Management Program. If Council desires additional information, it will be furnished upon request. 26 U�g 1 a�4sa r Zma�n City Manager ISSUED BY THE CITY MANAGER FORT WORTH, TEXAS