HomeMy WebLinkAbout26-6359 - City Council - ResolutionRESOLUTION 26-6359
WAIVING CERTAIN DEVELOPMENT FEES FOR PROJECTS AT
WILL ROGERS MEMORIAL CENTER PURSUANT TO FORT
WORTH CITY CODE, CHAPTER 7, "BUILDINGS," SECTION 7-1,
"BUILDING ADMINISTRATIVE CODE," SECTION 109.2.1,
"BUILDING PERMIT FEES," EXCEPTION 2
WHEREAS, Gendy Street Management Corp. ("GSMC") is a privately -created
Texas non-profit corporation organized for the purpose of lessening the burdens of
the City of Fort Worth (the "City") and managing operations of the Will Rogers
Memorial Center; and
WHEREAS, the City and GSMC are parties to a qualified management
agreement for the management and operation of the Will Rogers Memorial Center,
located in the Cultural District of the City and owned by the City, identified as City
Secretary Contract No. 65515 (the "QMA"); and
WHEREAS, pursuant to the terms of the QMA, GSMC may propose and
manage, in coordination with Event Facilities Fort Worth, Inc. and pursuant to City
Secretary Contract No. 61043, capital improvements, including the construction of
new buildings and permanent structures in the WRMC ("Permanent
Improvements"); and
WHEREAS, pursuant to the terms of the QMA, the City agreed to waive
certain building permit fees, development fees, and applicable city transportation
impact fees for each Permanent Improvement; and
WHEREAS, in accordance with Fort Worth City City Code, Chapter 7-1,
"Building Administrative Code," Section 109.2.1, "Building Permit Fees,"
Exception 2, work by non -City personnel on property under the control of the City
of Fort Worth shall be exempt from permit fees only if the work is for action under
a contract that will be or has been approved by City Council with notes in the
contract packages stating the fee is waived;
WHEREAS, the City Council wishes to memorialize the waiver of building
permit fees, city development fees, and any applicable city transportation impact
fees, not including water and sewer impact fees, for each such Permanent
Improvement; and
WHEREAS, the City Council further finds that the waiver of the fees detailed
in this Resolution for the Permanent Improvements at Will Rogers Memorial Center
serves a public purpose and there are sufficient controls in place to ensure the public
purpose is accomplished.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF
THE CITY OF FORT WORTH, TEXAS THAT:
1. The fees provided below for Permanent Improvements at the WRMC, as
defined herein and provided by City Secretary Contract Nos. 65515 and
61043, are hereby waived.
Fee Type
Platting Fees (Application + per acre charge)
Zoning Change
Infrastructure Plan Review Center (IPRC) Fees (Application,
Pre -Submittal Conference and Additional Plan Sheets)
IPRC Easement Application Fees
All Building Permit related Fees (Includes Plan Review and
Inspections)
Sign Permit Fee (Application + permittable frontage)
Study Application and Review Fees.(Drainage, Water, Sewer
and/or Flood) *Does not include Water and Sewer Impact
fees
Commercial Grading Permit Fees (Application + per
acreage)
Urban Forestry Application Fees
Temporary Street Closure Permit Application Fees
Floodplain Development Permit Application Fee
Transportation Impact Fees
2. The waiver of the fees described above serve a public purpose in that the
Permanent Improvements will enhance, maintain, or expand a public and
City -owned facility that serves the residents and the broader community
of the City of Fort Worth and is consistent with the City's interest in
facilitating timely, cost-effective capital improvements at its facilities
without imposing fees that would increase the overall public cost of such
projects.
3. City Secretary Contract Nos. 65515 and 61043 provide sufficient controls
to ensure the above -described public purpose is accomplished.
4. This Resolution shall take effect immediately upon its adoption.
Adopted this August 11, 2026.
ATTEST:
By:
Jannette S. Goodall, City Secretary
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