HomeMy WebLinkAbout2009/08/04-Agenda-City Council CITY COUNCIL AGENDA
FOR THE MEETING AT 7:00 P.M. TUESDAY, AUGUST 04, 2009
CITY COUNCIL CHAMBER, CITY HALL
1000 THROCKMORTON STREET, FORT WORTH, TEXAS
I• CALL TO ORDER
II. INVOCATION - Pastor Harold Bullock, Hope Church
III• PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
IV. CONSIDERATION OF MINUTES OF REGULAR MEETING OF JULY 28, 2009
V. SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS, INTRODUCTIONS, ETC.
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 ITEMS TO BE WITHDRAWN FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA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 ITEMS TO BE CONTINUED OR WITHDRAWN BY STAFF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. 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
1. M&C G-16637 - Reject all Bids Received for Construction of the Hyde Park
Transit Plaza Project and Ninth Street Pedestrian and
Streetscape Enhancement Project and Authorize Re-Advertising
the Projects for Bid
B. Purchase of Equipment, Materials, and Services - Consent Items
1. M&C P-11012 - Authorize a Purchase Agreement with West Government
Services Using a Texas Multiple Award Schedule Contract No.
TXMAS-3-520010 for Access to AutoTrackXP for the Police
Department for an Amount Up to $80,000.00
2. M&C P-11013 - Authorize an Increase to the Purchase Agreement with Stovall
Petroleum Corporation for Fuel System Maintenance for the
Equipment Services Department of $35,000.00 for a New Annual
Amount of$175,000.00
C. Land - Consent Items
1. M&C L-14816 -
Authorize the Direct Sale of a Tax-Foreclosed Property Located
Council Date: 8/4/2009
at 2901 Whitmore Street, Fort Worth, Texas, to James Edward
Torres for $5,587.41
D. Planning & Zoning - Consent Items
1. M&C PZ-2837 - Authorize the City Manager to Initiate Rezoning of Certain
Properties in the 10300 Block of West Cleburne Road in
Accordance with the Comprehensive Plan
2. M&C PZ-2838 - Authorize the City Manager to Initiate Rezoning of Certain
Properties in the Echo Heights Neighborhood in Accordance with
the Comprehensive Plan
E. Award of Contract - Consent Items
1. M&C C-23698 - Authorize the Execution of an Interlocal Agreement with Tarrant
County to Conduct Auto Theft and Burglary of Motor Vehicle
Investigations through Participation in the Tarrant Regional Auto
Crimes Task Force; Accept $166,788.00 from the Tarrant County
Regional Auto Crimes Task Force Grant; Authorize $39,197.00 in
Matching Funds and Adopt Appropriation Ordinance
2. M&C C-23699 - Authorize Amendment No. 8 in the Amount of $50,937.00 to City
Secretary Contract No. 28790 with Lockwood, Andrews &
Newnam, Inc., for Sanitary Sewer Rehabilitation Contract LXVII
(67) on University Drive and Adrian Drive and Adopt
Appropriation Ordinance
XII. PRESENTATIONS BY THE CITY SECRETARY - CONSENT ITEMS
1. OCS-1733 - Notice of Claims for Alleged Damages and/or Injuries
XIII. REPORT OF THE CITY MANAGER
A. Benefit Hearing - None
B. General
1. M&C G-16638 - Accept the Trinity River Vision Neighborhood Recreational
Enhancement Plan as a Guide for Improving Neighborhood
Access and Enhancing Recreational Activities Along the Trinity
River and its Tributaries and Incorporate Plan into City's Park
Recreation and Open Space Master Plan
2. M&C G-16639 - Adopt a Resolution Increasing the Maximum Amount to be Paid
to Cantey and Hanger by $150,000.00 for Assisting the City with
Real Estate and other Legal Issues Concerning the Southwest
Parkway, State Highway 121T
3. M&C G-16640 - Approve Expenditure of $900,000.00 from the Fort Worth
Housing Trust Fund to Fort Worth-Eastland Housing Partners,
Ltd., to Substitute for Previously Authorized City HOME Funds for
an Interim Construction Loan for the Construction of the
Residences at Eastland Located at 5500 Eastland Street
4. M&C G-16641 - Approve the Appointment of Robert Rouse to the Capital
Improvements Advisory Committee for Transportation Impact
Fees
5. M&C G-16642 - Adopt Supplemental Appropriation Ordinance for Fiscal Year
Council Date: 8/4/2009
2008-09 Designated Expenditures in the Amount of $318,038.00
for the Crime Control and Prevention District Fund
6. M&C G-16643 - Authorize Amendment No. 1 to a Lease Agreement with the
YMCA of Metropolitan Fort Worth for the Joint Use Recreation
and Community Facility at Northpark to Increase the City's
Funding in the Total Amount of $188,150.07 and Adopt
Appropriation Ordinances
7. M&C G-16644 - Consider a Waiver Request by Chesapeake Operating, Inc., to
Issue a Multiple Gas Well Site Permit for the Aussie Lease
Located at 1291 Foch Street to Allow Multiple Gas Wells to be
Drilled Less than 600 Feet from Trinity Park and Other Protected
Uses (PUBLIC HEARING)
a. Report of City Staff
b. Citizen Presentations
c. Council Action
8. M&C G-16645 - Consider a Waiver Request by Chesapeake Operating, Inc., to
Allow One Gas Well to be Drilled at 3699 Williams Road, Less
Than 600 Feet from a Protected Use (PUBLIC HEARING)
a. Report of City Staff
b. Citizen Presentations
c. Council Action
C. Purchase of Equipment, Materials, and Services
1. M&C P-11014 - Authorize a Purchase Agreement with Mainline Supply Company
for Poly Vinyl Chloride Water and Sewer Pipe for the Water
Department for an Amount Up to $185,000.00
2. M&C P-11015 - Authorize a Purchase Agreement with Lawn Patrol Service, Inc.,
to Provide Channel Maintenance and Mowing Services for the
Transportation and Public Works Department for an Annual
Amount Up to $191,307.00
3. M&C P-11016 - Authorize an Increase in Expenditures for Maintenance and
Repairs for the Elevator and Escalator Maintenance Contract with
ThyssenKrupp Elevator Corporation in the Amount of
$143,709.00
D. Land - None
E. Planning & Zoning - None
F. Award of Contract
1. M&C C-23697 - Authorize a Contract in the Amount of $70,000.00 with Westhill
Construction, Inc., to Install Speed Cushions and Raised
Crosswalks at Various Locations in the City of Fort Worth for
Traffic Calming
2. M&C C-23700 - Authorize Execution of an Agreement with the Tarrant County
Tax Assessor-Collector for Ad Valorem Tax Assessment and
Collection Services for the 2009 Tax Year, Fiscal Year 2010,
Covering the Period October 1, 2009, to September 30, 2010
Council Date: 8/4/2009
3. M&C C-23701 - Authorize the Execution of Economic Development Program
Agreement to Loan Cypress Equities, L.P., Up to $390,000.00 for
the Acquisition, Design and Construction of Improvements on
Property in the Evans and Rosedale Urban Village and the
Execution of a Loan Agreement with the Fort Worth Local
Development Corporation in the Amount of $390,000.00 to Fund
that Economic Development Program Agreement
4. M&C C-23702 - Authorize an Interlocal Agreement with Tarrant County for
Rehabilitation of Old Denton Road at Two Locations: One from
Thompson Road to North Tarrant Parkway and One from
Heritage Trace Parkway to Shiver Road with City Participation in
the Amount of$313,100.00
5. M&C C-23703 - Authorize a Contract in the Amount of$640,082.50 with S.H.U.C.,
Inc., for Water and Sanitary Sewer Replacements Contract 2006,
WSM-B on Ava Court Drive, Gunnison Trail, Pecos Street and
North Tarrant Parkway and Adopt Appropriation Ordinance
6. M&C C-23704 - Authorize Change Order No. 1 in the Amount of$230,780.75 with
S.J. Louis Construction of Texas, Ltd., for the Village Creek
Wastewater Treatment Plant Trinity River Pipeline Crossing
Project, Parallel Pipeline
7. M&C C-23705 - Rescind M&C C-23515; Authorize a Contract in the Amount of
$586,310.00 with William J. Schultz, Inc., d/b/a Circle "C"
Construction Company, for Sanitary Sewer Rehabilitation
Contract LVIII, Part 1, on Branch Road and Sarita Drive and
Adopt Appropriation Ordinance
XIV. ZONING HEARING
1. ZC-09-021 - (CD 2) - Basswood Development LTD, 7301 North Freeway (I-35W); from "I"
Light Industrial to "C" Medium Density Multifamily (Recommended for Denial) (Continued
from a Previous Meeting)
2. ZC-09-045 - (CD 5) - 2-Winds Property, LLC, 3291 House Anderson Road; from "AG"
Agricultural to "I" Light Industrial (Recommended for Approval) (Continued from a
Previous Meeting)
3. ZC-09-044A - (CD 2) - City of Fort Worth Planning & Development, 9800 block of N. Beach
Street; from "C" Medium Density Multifamily to "R2" Townhouse/Cluster (Recommended
for Approval)
4. ZC-09-070 - (CD-ALL) - City of Fort Worth Planning & Development, Text Amendment:
Signs; An Ordinance Amending the Zoning Ordinance of the City of Fort Worth, being
Ordinance No. 13896, as Amended, Codefied as Appendix "A" of the Code of the City of
Fort Worth, by Amending: Article 4 "Signs" of Chapter 6, "Development Standards"; to
amend Section 6.401 "Definitions" to rename the Section "Enforcement" and add language
relating to Enforcement and move the definitions contained therein to Chapter 9,
"Definitions"; to amend Section 6.411, "Electronic Changeable Copy Signs: to Clarify that
variances are not allowed; and to revise definitions of "Signs", "Attached Signs", and
"Temporary Signs"; and add Definitions for "Inflatable or Balloon Signs", and "Projected
Image Signs" in Chapter 9. (Recommended for Approval)
5. ZC-09-071 - (CD 7) - RM Bass, Westover Properties LP, Jean Searcy & William Brittain,
1829 and 1900 block of Westover Square Drive; from "D" High Density Multifamily and "PD-
537" Planned Development for "A-5" uses with 55% lot coverage and 10' front yard
setbacks to amend "PD-537" Planned Development for "A-5" uses with maximum lot
Council Date: 8/4/2009
coverage of 65% and a minimum front yard setback of 5 feet and a maximum of 10 feet,
plus auxiliary parking for residents; Site plan included. (Recommended for Approval)
6. ZC-09-073 - (CD 2) - AIL Investments LP, 10100 block of Old Denton Road; from "J"
Medium Industrial to "C" Medium Density Multifamily (Recommended for Approval)
7. ZC-09-075 - (CD 8) - City of Fort Worth, East Berry Street Corridor, Generally bounded by
Glen Garden Drive, Sandgate Street, Glen Garden Avenue, and the South Freeway (I-
35W); from "A-5" One Family, "C" Medium Density Multifamiy, "CF" Communty Facilities,
"ER" Neighborhood Commercial Restricted, "E" Neighborhood Commercial, "E/HC"
Neighborhood Commercial/Historic & Cultural Overlay, "FR" General Commercial
Restricted, "F" General Commercial, "G" Intensive Commercial, "I" Light Industrial, "K"
Heavy Industrial, "PD-307" Planned Development for all uses in AR with a minimum 4,000
sf. lots to "A-5" One Family, "RV Zero Lot Line/Cluster, "C" Medium Density Multifamily,
"CF" Community Facilities, "ER" Neighborhood Commercial Restricted, "ER/HC"
Neighborhood Commercial Restricted/Historic & Cultural Overlay, "E" Neighborhood
Commercial, "MU-1" Low Intensity Mixed Use, "FR" General Commercial Restricted, "G"
Intensive Commercial, "I" Light Industrial and "PD" Planned Development for all uses in "E"
Neighborhood Commercial and excluding certain uses, restricting liquor sales to
restaurants and larger grocery stores, and screening of parking areas; Site plan waiver
recommended. (Recommended for Approval as amended for 2942 S. Riverside Dr.)
8. ZC-09-076 - (CD 7) - City of Fort Worth, Arlington Heights area, 4500 block of Birchman
Avenue; from "B" Two Family to "A-5" One Family (Recommended for Approval)
9. ZC-09-077 - (CD 7) - City of Fort Worth, Arlington Heights area, 4900 block of Pershing
Avenue; from "B" Two Family to "A-5" One Family (Recommended for Approval)
10. ZC-09-078 - (CD-ALL) - City of Fort Worth, Text Amendment: Landscape Amendments: An
Ordinance Amending the Zoning Ordinance of the City of Fort Worth, being Ordinance No.
13896, as amended, codified as Appendix "A" of the Code of the City of Fort Worth, by
amending: Section 6.301 "Landscaping" of Article 3. "Landscaping and Buffers" of Chapter
6 "Development Standards" to allow Landscape planting with Native Plants to include
Bioretention Areas, Drip and Temporary Irrigation Systems and provide a Native Plant List;
amend Chapter 9 "Definitions" to add definitions related to Grouping, Temporary Irrigation,
Native Plants, Bioretention Areas, Dry and Wet Swales (Recommended for Approval)
11. ZC-09-079 - (CD 9) - City of Fort Worth, 1807 Washington Avenue; from "B/HC" Two
Family/Historic & Cultural Overlay to "A-5/HC" One Family/Historic & Cultural Overlay
(Recommended for Approval)
12. ZC-09-080 - (CD 9) - City of Fort Worth, 405 W. Bowie Street; from "B" Two Family to "A-5"
One Family (Recommended for Approval)
XV. CITIZEN PRESENTATIONS
1. Joe Don Brandon, PO Box 1155 - Fort Worth Business Center
2. Ms. Tyler Casey, 6200 Pershing Avenue, No. 199 - Titanmoon as an Ambassador for Fort
Worth to Japan
XVI. EXECUTIVE SESSION (PRE-COUNCIL )
XVII. 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.
Council Date: 8/4/2009
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Council Date: 8/4/2009