HomeMy WebLinkAbout2009/08/11-Agenda-City Council CITY COUNCIL AGENDA
FOR THE MEETING AT 7:00 P.M. TUESDAY, AUGUST 11, 2009
CITY COUNCIL CHAMBER, CITY HALL
1000 THROCKMORTON STREET, FORT WORTH, TEXAS
I• CALL TO ORDER
II. INVOCATION- Reverend Tom Faile, Faith United Methodist Church
III• PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
IV. CONSIDERATION OF MINUTES OF REGULAR MEETING OF AUGUST 4, 2009
V. SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS, INTRODUCTIONS, ETC.
1. 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 ITEMS TO BE WITHDRAWN FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA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 ITEMS TO BE CONTINUED OR WITHDRAWN BY STAFF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. RESOLUTIONS
1. A Resolution Requesting Financial Assistance from the Drinking Water State Revolving
Fund through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 Special Capitalization
Grant
2. A Resolution Appointing Alternates to the Mayor's Place on the Dallas-Fort Worth
International Airport Board
3. A Resolution Amending the City Council's Rules of Procedure to Establish the Audit and
Finance Advisory Committee as a Standing Committee
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
1. M&C G-16646 - Adopt a Resolution Appointing an Advisory Board for Fort Worth
Improvement District No. 1 (Downtown PID)
2. M&C G-16647 - Authorize a Time Extension of the Temporary Road Closure of
West Cleburne Road Between South Hulen Street and
Bridgestone Drive from July 24, 2009, to August 31, 2009
3. M&C G-16648 - Authorize the Temporary Road Closure of Cantey Street Between
New York Avenue and Mississippi Street and the Temporary
Intersection Closure of New York Avenue and Judd Street from
Council Date: 8/11/2009
August 5, 2009, to October 12, 2009
4. M&C G-16649 - Authorize Execution of Interlocal Agreements with Various
Tarrant County Municipalities for the Purpose of Providing Animal
and Rabies Control and Rabies Specimen Shipment from
October 1, 2009, Through September 30, 2010
5. M&C G-16650 - Authorize the Execution of an Interlocal Agreement with Tarrant
County to Provide Limited Animal and Rabies Specimen Control
in Unincorporated Areas of Tarrant County from October 1, 2009,
Through September 30, 2010
B. Purchase of Equipment, Materials, and Services - Consent Items - None
C. Land - Consent Items
1. M&C L-14817 - Authorize the Acquisition of One Right-of-Way Easement Located
at 4164 Keller Hicks Road from the Courtney and Mary Goff 2002
Trust for the Amount of $29,790.00 and Pay the Estimated
Closing Costs of$4,000.00
2. M&C L-14818 - Accept Dedication of Approximately 2.647 Acres of Parkland from
Trinity Bluff Development, Ltd., in Accordance with the
Neighborhood and Community Park Dedication Policy
D. Planning & Zoning - Consent Items - None
E. Award of Contract - Consent Items
1. M&C C-23706 - Authorize the Renewal of an Annual Agreement in the Amount of
$60,000.00 with DLT Solutions, Inc., using a General Services
Administration Contract No. GS-35F-4543G for Autodesk
Buzzsaw Application Hosting Services for Integrated Program
Management to Implement an Electronic Bidding Process for
Capital Construction Projects
2. M&C C-23707 - Authorize the Execution of a Communications Systems
Agreement with CareFlite for Participation in the City of Forth
Worth's Two-Way Public Safety Radio System at No Cost to the
City of Fort Worth
3. M&C C-23708 - Authorize the Execution of a Work Order in the Amount of
$48,472.43 plus $8,527.57 in Contingency with Job Order
Contractor Yeargan Construction Company-The Mark IV
Construction Group, to Repair the Arena Wall of the John Justin
Arena Located at the Will Rogers Memorial Center and Adopt
Appropriation Ordinance
XIII. PRESENTATIONS BY THE CITY SECRETARY - CONSENT ITEMS
1. OCS - 1734 - Notice of Claims for Alleged Damages and/or Injuries
2. OCS - 1735 - Liability Bonds Approval
XIV. REPORT OF THE CITY MANAGER
A. Benefit Hearing - None
B. General
1. M&C G-16651 - Authorize Additional Payment for Relocation and Moving
Council Date: 8/11/2009
Expense Payments in an Amount Up to $1,050,000.00 to Howell
Instruments as a Displaced Business from 3479 West Vickery
Boulevard to 8945 South Freeway for Right-of-Way, for the
Southwest Parkway Project
2. M&C G-16652 - Adopt Appropriation Ordinances Increasing Appropriations in the
Solid Waste Fund, Solid Waste Capital Projects Fund and
Transfer Funds in the Amount of $4,812,689.36 to the TPW Gas
Well Revenue Fund
3. M&C G-16653 - Adopt an Ordinance Amending Chapter 6 of the City Code
(Animals and Fowl) to Promote Responsible Pet Ownership by
Clarifying and Enhancing Animal Enclosure Standards; Providing
Incentives to Spay/Neuter Animals; Providing Incentives to
Microchip Animals; Creating a System for Issuance of Intact Pet
Permits; Increasing Certain Dangerous Animal Registration Fees
and Declaring Certain Dangerous Dogs to be Public Nuisances;
Prohibiting Transport of Unsecured Animals in Open Vehicles
and Making Other Minor Amendments to Promote Animal
Welfare
4. M&C G-16654 - Authorize the Acceptance of an Advance Grant in the Amount of
$36,000.00 from the Petfinder.com Foundation to Provide
Bordetella Vaccine to Incoming Dogs at the Chuck Silcox Animal
Care and Control Center and Adopt Appropriation Ordinance
5. M&C G-16655 - Authorize the Acceptance and Recording of Gift Deed from the
Fort Worth Zoological Association for the Animal Outreach and
Conservation Center
6. M&C G-16656 - Authorize the Acceptance and Recording of Gift Deed from the
Fort Worth Zoological Association for the Parrot Paradise Exhibit
7. M&C G-16657 - Consider a Waiver for a Gas Well Permit Requested by
Chesapeake Operating, Inc., for One Well on the Cowboys of
Color Lease Located at 3620 East Berry Street Less Than 600
Feet from Protected Uses (PUBLIC HEARING)
a. Report of City Staff
b. Citizen Presentations
c. Council Action
8. M&C G-16658 - Consider a Waiver for a Gas Well Permit Requested by
Chesapeake Operating, Inc., for One Well on the Mount Tabor
Lease Located at 3020 Village Creek Road Less than 600 Feet
from Protected Uses (PUBLIC HEARING)
a. Report of City Staff
b. Citizen Presentations
c. Council Action
9. M&C G-16659 - Conduct a Public Hearing on and Consideration of a Resolution
Requesting that the Fort Worth Crime Control and Prevention
District Board Order an Election Referendum to be Held on
November 3, 2009, on the Continuation of the District and its
One-Half Cent Sales Tax For a Period of Five Years (PUBLIC
HEARING)
a. Report of City Staff
Council Date: 8/11/2009
b. Citizen Presentations
c. Council Action
10. M&C G-16660 - Conduct a Public Hearing for Approval of a Mid-Year
Amendment to Fiscal Year 2008-2009 Crime Control and
Prevention District Budget in the Amount of $34,879.00 and
Execute a Contract Amendment to Add an Additional School
Resource Officer Position for Eagle Mountain Saginaw
Independent School District and Adopt Appropriation
Ordinance (PUBLIC HEARING)
a. Report of City Staff
b. Citizen Presentations
c. Council Action
C. Purchase of Equipment, Materials, and Services - None
D. Land
1. M&C L-14819 - Authorize the Execution of a Subsurface Wellbore License
Agreement with XTO Energy, Inc., in the Amount of $77,004.00
for One Subsurface Wellbore Across City-Owned Property
Known as Buck Sansom Park, Located at 3600 Sansom Park
Drive
E. Planning & Zoning
1. M&C PZ-2835 - Adopt an Ordinance Vacating an Alley, 17 Feet Wide by 136 Feet
Long, Adjacent to Lot 1, Lot 2 and a Portion of Lot 3, Block 2, J.T.
Blanchard Subdivision, and an Alley 16 Feet Wide by 216 Feet
Long, Adjacent to Lot 6, C.T. Hodge Addition, and Lot 1, Block 2,
J.T. Blanchard Addition Near the Intersection of Hemphill Street
and Elizabeth Boulevard (Continued from a Previous Meeting)
2. M&C PZ-2839 - Institution and Adoption of Ordinance for the City Initiated
Annexation of Approximately 51.3 Acres of Land in Tarrant
County, Texas, Located West of Willow Springs Road and South
of Avondale Haslet Road
F. Award of Contract
1. M&C C-23709 - Authorize the Execution of a Public Right-of-Way Use Agreement
Granting Texas Midstream Gas Services, LLC, a License to
Construct and Operate a Natural Gas Gathering Pipeline Across
Westpoint Boulevard West of Alemeda Street for a One Time
License Fee of$3,220.00
2. M&C C-23710 - Authorize the Expenditure of Up to $450,000.00 from the Fort
Worth Housing Trust Fund to Stalcup Housing Partners, Ltd., in
the Form of an Interim Subordinate Construction Loan for the
Rehabilitation of Villa Supreme Apartments Located at 3828
Stalcup Road and Authorize the Execution of Conditional
Commitment and Contract
3. M&C C-23711 - Authorize an Engineering Agreement in the Amount of
$111,754.00 with DeOtte, Inc., for the Design of Pavement
Reconstruction and Water and Sanitary Sewer Main
Council Date: 8/11/2009
Replacement on Christine Avenue, Christine Court and Quinn
Street and Adopt Appropriation Ordinance
4. M&C C-23712 - Authorize a Storm Water Facility Maintenance Agreement with
the Crowley Independent School District for Property Located at
8400 Cleburne Road Near the Intersection of Cleburne Road and
Bridgestone Drive at No Expense to the City of Fort Worth
5. M&C C-23713 - Authorize a Contract with Silver Creek Construction in the
Amount of $1,242,169.50 for the Fort Worth Alliance Airport
Shoulder Rehabilitation Project, Phase 3
6. M&C C-23714 - Authorize an Engineering Agreement with Freese and Nichols,
Inc., in the Amount of$840,000.00 to Perform Preliminary Design
for Eastside Pump Station and Preliminary/Final Design and
General Construction Representation for the 54 Inch Eastside II
Water Line
7. M&C C-23715 - Authorize Contracts for Homelessness Prevention and Housing
Activities as Part of the Homelessness Prevention and Rapid
Re-Housing Program (PUBLIC HEARING)
a. Report of City Staff
b. Citizen Presentations
c. Council Action
XV. ZONING HEARING
1. ZC-09-060 - (CD 9) - R. J. Sikes, 309 W. Oleander, 1201, 1205, 1209 May Street & 1221 S.
Jennings; from "NS-T4N" Near Southside-General Urban Neighborhood to "NS-T5" Near
Southside-Urban Center (Recommended for Approval) (Continued from a Previous
Meeting)
XVI. CITIZEN PRESENTATIONS
1. Cindy J. Crain, Executive Director, Tarrant County Homeless Coalition, 284 Gail Drive,
Weatherford, Texas, 76085 - The Continuum of Care for the Homeless and Directions
Home
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,
readers, or large print are requested to contact the City's ADA Coordinator at(817) 392-8552 or e-
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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.
Council Date: 8/11/2009