HomeMy WebLinkAbout2009/04/14-Agenda-City Council CITY COUNCIL AGENDA
FOR THE MEETING AT 7:00 P.M. TUESDAY, APRIL 14, 2009
CITY COUNCIL CHAMBER, CITY HALL
1000 THROCKMORTON STREET, FORT WORTH, TEXAS
I• CALL TO ORDER
II. INVOCATION - Dr. Tim Carson, University Christian Church
III• PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
IV. CONSIDERATION OF MINUTES OF REGULAR MEETING OF APRIL 7, 2009
V. SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS, INTRODUCTIONS, ETC.
1. Presentation of Proclamation for 2009 Prairie Fest
2. Presentation of Certificates of Recognition to Former Board and Commission Members
VI. ANNOUNCEMENTS BY CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS AND STAFF
1. Upcoming and Recent Events
2. Recognition of Citizens
VII. ITEMS TO BE WITHDRAWN FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA
VIII. ITEMS TO BE CONTINUED OR WITHDRAWN BY STAFF
IX. PRESENTATIONS BY THE CITY COUNCIL
1. Changes in Membership on Boards and Commissions
X. PRESENTATIONS AND/OR COMMUNICATIONS FROM BOARDS, COMMISSIONS AND/OR
CITY COUNCIL COMMITTEES
XI. A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER, OR HIS DESIGNEE, TO SELECT THE
PROCUREMENT METHOD FOR GOODS AND SERVICES THAT WILL PROVIDE THE BEST
VALUE FOR THE CITY OF FORT WORTH
XII. CONSENT AGENDA
Items on the Consent Agenda require little or no deliberation by the City Council. Approval of the
Consent Agenda authorizes the City Manager, or his designee, to implement each item in
accordance with staff recommendations.
A. General - Consent Items - None
B. Purchase of Equipment, Materials, and Services - Consent Items
1. M&C P-10949 - Authorize the Purchase of X7-CX Handheld Meter Reading
Computers for the Water Department from Datamatic, LTD, for an
Amount up to $97,390.32
2. M&C P-10950 - Authorize the Purchase of a Fire Safety House for the Fire
Department from Surrey Fire Safety House and Mobile Command
for an Amount Not to Exceed $45,000.00
3. M&C P-10951 - Authorize the Purchase of Two Doosan Forklifts from Darr
Equipment Company using Texas Association of School Boards
Contract for an Amount Not to Exceed $48,221.00
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4. M&C P-10952 - Authorize an Amendment to the Purchase Order for a SVI
Spartan Bomb Truck and a Fan Ventilator for the Fire Department
in the Amount of$48,242.00
C. Land - Consent Items
1. M&C L-14750 - Authorize the Conveyance of a Temporary Construction
Easement to the Tarrant Regional Water District for Excavation
and Filling on City Property Adjacent to the Brennan Service
Center
2. M&C L-14751 - Authorize Acquisition of One Permanent Sewer Facility Easement
from Clarence Huffman for the Amount of $22,392.00 at 8101
Randol Mill Road for the Construction of Sanitary Sewer Main
253 and Pay the Estimated Closing Costs of$2,500.00
3. M&C L-14752 - Authorize the Exchange of One City-Owned Lot for Four Lots
Owned by Chesapeake Exploration, LLC, for the Lebow Channel
Watershed Improvements Project and Authorize Acceptance of
Lots
D. Planning & Zoning - Consent Items - None
E. Award of Contract - Consent Items
1. M&C C-23434 - Authorize a Licensing Agreement with North Central Texas
Council of Governments for Updated Digital Aerial Photography
for the Information Technology Solutions Department for an
Amount Not to Exceed $70,416.00
2. M&C C-23435 - Authorize a Contract for Professional Accounting Services with
Jerry Murrish for Completion of the Fiscal Year 2008 and 2009
Comprehensive Annual Financial Reports in an Amount Not to
Exceed $58,500.00
3. M&C C-23436 - Authorize an Engineering Agreement in the Amount of
$93,862.00 with Civil Structures, Inc., for Pavement
Reconstruction and Water and Sanitary Sewer Main
Replacements on Hatcher Street and Richardson Street and
Adopt Appropriation Ordinance
4. M&C C-23437 - Authorize Amendment No. 2 to City Secretary Contract No.
33879 in the Amount of $22,940.00 with Brown and Gay
Engineers, Inc., for Water and Sanitary Sewer Replacement
Along McCart Avenue and Walton Avenue and Adopt
Appropriation Ordinance
5. M&C C-23438 - Authorize Change Order No. 1 in the Amount of $47,128.00 to
City Secretary Contract No. 37201 with Tri-Tech Construction,
Inc., for Water Main Replacement Contract 2004, WM-F on
Ramey Avenue, Village Lane and Vinetta Drive
6. M&C C-23439 - Authorize Change Order No. 2 in the Amount of $35,882.81 to
City Secretary Contract No. 37089 with Conatser Construction
TX, LP, for Sanitary Sewer Replacement Contract LV, Part 4 and
Adopt Appropriation Ordinance
7. M&C C-23440 - Authorize Amendment No. 1 in the Amount of $62,115.00 to City
Secretary Contract No. 28766, an Engineering Agreement with
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RJN Group, Inc., for Sanitary Sewer Rehabilitation Along Branch
Road and Sarita Drive and Adopt Appropriation Ordinance
XIII. PRESENTATIONS BY THE CITY SECRETARY - CONSENT ITEMS
1. OCS - 1716 - Notice of Claims for Alleged Damages and/or Injuries
XIV. REPORT OF THE CITY MANAGER
A. Benefit Hearing - None
B. General
1. M&C G-16470 - Consider a Waiver for a High-Impact Gas Well Permit Requested
by Chesapeake Operating, Inc., for One Well on the Rivercrest
Bluffs Lease Pad A Located at 4831 White Settlement Road in
the Rivercrest Addition Block 14R1 Lot C (Continued from a
Previous Meeting) (PUBLIC HEARING)
a. Report of City Staff
b. Citizen Presentations
c. Council Action
2. M&C G-16534 - Authorize the City Manager to Initiate Rezoning of Certain
Properties in the Marine Park Neighborhood Area in Accordance
with the Comprehensive Plan
3. M&C G-16535 - Adopt Appropriation Ordinance Increasing Estimated Receipts
and Appropriations in the Municipal Court Technology Fund of
the Special Trust Fund, in the Amount of $75,110.00 for
Technological Enhancements to the CourtView Case
Management System
4. M&C G-16536 - Adopt Ordinance Expanding the Allowed Uses of Approximately
$1.3 Million in 2004 Capital Improvement Program Funds for
Urban Development to Include the Proposed Modern Streetcar
System and Non-Grant Urban Village Projects
5. M&C G-16537 - Authorize Acceptance of an Anonymous Donation of$3,800.00 to
the Fire Department, Authorize Purchase of Equipment for
Various Fire Stations and Adopt Appropriation Ordinances
C. Purchase of Equipment, Materials, and Services
1. M&C P-10953 - Authorize Purchase Agreements for Lamps and Ballasts with
Dealers Electrical Supply Co., Summers Group, Inc., and Blond
Lighting Fixture Supply Co., Inc., for an Estimated Annual
Amount of$750,000.00
2. M&C P-10954 - Authorize the Purchase of Three New Mobile Storefronts from
Mobile Specialty Vehicles in the Amount of$527,850.00 and One
Refurbished Existing Mobile Store Front in the Amount of
$48,565.00 for the Police Department for a Total Cost of
$576,415.00
D. Land
1. M&C L-14734 - Authorize Conversion of Parkland at Sycamore Park Located at
2525 East Rosedale Street for the Purpose of Subsurface Drilling
and the Extraction of Natural Gas from an Off Site
Location (Continued from a Previous Meeting) (PUBLIC
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HEARING)
a. Report of City Staff
b. Citizen Presentations
c. Council Action
2. M&C L-14753 - Authorize Fee Acquisition of Right-of-Way from Verlo J. and
Arlene M. Strand in the Amount of $115,000.00 Located at 4315
Golden Triangle Boulevard and Pay the Estimated Closing Costs
of$3,000.00
E. Planning & Zoning - None
F. Award of Contract
1. M&C C-23014 - Authorize Public Right-of-Way Use Agreement Granting Texas
Midstream Gas Services, LLC, a License to Use Certain Public
Right-of-Way for the Purpose of Constructing, Maintaining and
Operating a Natural Gas Pipeline Along the Eastside of Alton
Road Crossing Bellaire Drive South, West Berry Street, Westcliff
Road South, Hilltop Drive, West Biddison Street and South Hills
Avenue (Continued from a Previous Meeting)
2. M&C C-23441 - Authorize Execution of Economic Development Program
Agreement with Q-Edge Corporation for Business Development
in Former Nokia Facility at Corner of United States Highway 377
and State Highway 170
3. M&C C-23442 - Approve Acceptance of Weatherization Assistance Program
Grant Funds in an Amount Not to Exceed $1,800,000.00,
Authorize Related Contracts with the Texas Department of
Housing and Community Affairs, Authorize Waiver of Indirect
Costs, Authorize an Interfund Loan and Adopt Appropriation
Ordinance
4. M&C C-23443 - Authorize an Engineering Agreement in the Amount of
$168,691.00 with ANA Consultants, LLC, for Pavement
Reconstruction, Water and Sanitary Sewer Main Replacements
on Northwest 28th Street, North Elm Street, Mineola Avenue and
Norman Street and Adopt Appropriation Ordinance
5. M&C C-23444 - Authorize an Engineering Agreement in the Amount of
$165,735.00 with Stream Water Group, Inc., for Pavement
Reconstruction and Water and Sanitary Sewer Main
Replacements on Cleckler Avenue, Dogwood Lane and Lambeth
Avenue and Adopt Appropriation Ordinance
6. M&C C-23445 - Authorize an Engineering Agreement in the Amount of
$111,519.00 with Multatech Engineering, Inc., for Pavement
Reconstruction and Water and Sanitary Sewer Main
Replacements on Kenley Street, Neville Street and Wellesley
Avenue and Adopt Appropriation Ordinance
7. M&C C-23446 - Authorize Amendment No. 1 in the Amount of$170,020.00 to City
Secretary Contract No. 35765, an Engineering Agreement with
Freese and Nichols, Inc., for Meacham Boulevard — Mark IV
Drainage Improvements
8. M&C C-23447 - Authorize the Application for and Acceptance of Two Grants: a
$400,337.21 Grant from the Comprehensive Selective Traffic
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Enforcement Program and a $59,656.69 Grant from the
Commercial Motor Vehicle Selective Traffic Enforcement
Program, Authorize Expenditure of $68,105.70 in Partial
Matching Funds, Authorize Execution of Related Grant
Agreements and Adopt Appropriation Ordinance
9. M&C C-23448 - Authorize an Agreement with CP&Y, Inc., in the Amount of
$84,479.00 for Engineering Services Related to Taxiway,
Roadway and Light-Emitting Diode Lighting Improvements at Fort
Worth Spinks Airport and Adopt Appropriation Ordinance
10. M&C C-23449 - Authorize an Agreement with Freese and Nichols, Inc., in the
Amount of $828,990.00 for Professional Design Services for the
Extension of Stone Road, Alsbury Boulevard Improvements and
Water and Sewer Improvements around Spinks Airport and Adopt
Appropriation Ordinance
11. M&C C-23450 - Authorize an Engineering Agreement in the Amount of
$150,250.00 with Lockwood, Andrews and Newnam, Inc., for
Water and Sanitary Sewer Replacement Contract 2005, WSM-E
on Ewing Avenue, San Marcos Drive, Llano Avenue and
Kirkwood Road and Adopt Appropriation Ordinance
12. M&C C-23451 - Authorize Contract in the Amount of$1,596,431.00 with Conatser
Construction TX, LP, for Water and Sanitary Sewer
Replacements on Walton Avenue and Woodway Drive and Adopt
Appropriation Ordinance
13. M&C C-23452 - Authorize a Contract with Texsun Electrical Contractors in the
Amount of$829,200.00 for Upgrading the Backup Power System
at the South Holly Water Treatment Plant Administration Building
14. M&C C-23453 - Authorize Application for and Acceptance of a Grant from the
Texas State Library and Archives Commission in an Amount up
to $285,482.00 for the Library Department's Inter-Library Loan
Program, Authorize Execution of a Grant Agreement and Adopt
Appropriation Ordinance
XV. PRESENTATIONS BY THE CITY SECRETARY - NON-CONSENT ITEMS
1. OCS - 1717 - Consideration of Joint Election Agreement and Contract Between Tarrant
County Elections Administrator and City of Fort Worth for Election Services for the General
Election to be Held on May 9, 2009, at an Estimated Cost of$418,877.00
XVI. CITIZEN PRESENTATIONS
XVII. EXECUTIVE SESSION (PRE-COUNCIL ) - See Attachment
XVIII. ADJOURNMENT
According to the City Council Rules of Procedures, individual citizen presentations shall be limited to
three minutes, and group presentations shall be limited to ten minutes. The Mayor, at his discretion,
may reasonably extend these limits.
Fort Worth Council Chamber, is wheelchair accessible. Persons with disabilities who plan to attend
this meeting and who may need accommodations, auxiliary aids, or services such as interpreters,
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arrangements can be made. If the City does not receive notification at least 48 hours prior to the
meeting, the City will make a reasonable attempt to provide the necessary accommodations.
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