HomeMy WebLinkAbout2009/07/28-Agenda-City Council CITY COUNCIL AGENDA
FOR THE MEETING AT 10:00 A.M. TUESDAY, JULY 28, 2009
CITY COUNCIL CHAMBER, CITY HALL
1000 THROCKMORTON STREET, FORT WORTH, TEXAS
I• CALL TO ORDER
II. INVOCATION - Rabbi Ralph Mecklenberger, Beth-El Congregation
III• PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
IV. CONSIDERATION OF MINUTES OF REGULAR MEETING OF JULY 21, 2009
V. SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS, INTRODUCTIONS, ETC.
1. Presentation on the 2009 Mayor's Committee on Persons with Disabilities
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 ITEMS TO BE WITHDRAWN FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA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 ITEMS TO BE CONTINUED OR WITHDRAWN BY STAFF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 Supporting the Restoration and Improvement of Heritage Plaza
2. A Resolution Appointing One Member to the Board of Directors of Tax Increment
Reinvestment Zone Number Eleven, City of Fort Worth, Texas (Southwest Parkway TIF)
and Appointing the Chairperson of the Board of the Directors of the Southwest Parkway
TIF
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-16634 - Adopt a Resolution to Hire the Law Firm of Whitaker, Chalk,
Swindle and Sawyer, LLP, as Outside Counsel in an Amount Not
to Exceed $1,500.00 for the Federal Trademark Registration of
the City's Logo and to Provide Legal Consultation on Copyright
Issues
2. M&C G-16635 - Adopt a Resolution Authorizing the Employment of Fulbright &
Jaworski, L.L.P., as Outside Legal Counsel for Disclosure
Requirements Related to Upcoming Bond Sales at an Aggregate
Fee Not to Exceed $30,000.00
B. Purchase of Equipment, Materials, and Services - Consent Items
Council Date: 7/28/2009
1. M&C P-11009 - Authorize the Purchase of Attack and Supply Fire Hoses from
Casco Industries, Inc., for the Fire Department for $30,810.00
C. Land - Consent Items
1. M&C L-14809 - Authorize the Conveyance of a Temporary Construction
Easement to the Tarrant Regional Water District for Excavation
and Filling on City Property Adjacent to and Occupied by the Auto
Impound Lot
2. M&C L-14810 - Authorize the Acquisition of Two Easements: One Right-of-Way
Easement and One Temporary Construction Easement from
Juan and Oralia Salas and Absolute Stone Fabricators, Inc.,
Located at 4102 Keller Hicks Road for the Amount of$34,300.00
and Pay the Estimated Closing Costs of$4,000.00
D. Planning & Zoning - Consent Items - None
E. Award of Contract - Consent Items
1. M&C C-23678 - Authorize the Execution of a Contract in an Amount Up to
$87,900.00 with the United States Equal Employment
Opportunity Commission to Process Employment Discrimination
Cases for Fiscal Year 2008-2009 and Adopt Appropriation
Ordinance
2. M&C C-23679 - Authorize Change Order No. 3 in the Amount of $43,736.70 to
City Secretary Contract No. 37375 with McClendon Construction
Company, Inc., for Pavement Reconstruction and Water and
Sanitary Sewer Main Replacement on Portions of Forbes Street,
Griggs Street, Eastover Avenue and Millet Avenue and Adopt
Appropriation Ordinance
3. M&C C-23680 - Authorize the Execution of Amendment No. 1 in the Amount of
$84,070.00, Plus Up to $6,500.00 in Reimbursable Expenses, to
City Secretary Contract No. 37308 with Dennehy Architects, Inc.,
for Additional Design Services for the Tenant Space Revisions at
the Hazel Harvey Peace Center for Neighborhoods Located at
818 Missouri Avenue
4. M&C C-23681 - Authorize the Execution of a Second Five Year Lease Renewal of
City Secretary Contract No. 10723 with Aero Plane Shop, Inc., for
Hangar 12-S at Fort Worth Meacham International Airport
5. M&C C-23682 - Authorize Amendment No. 5 to City Secretary Contract No.
32880 with DFW Advisors, Ltd., Co., to Provide Additional Project
Management for the Noise Mitigation Program, Phase V, at Fort
Worth Meacham International Airport and Approve Additional
Payment in the Amount of$13,000.00
6. M&C C-23683 - Authorize a Community Facilities Agreement with City
Participation in the Amount of $53,552.44 with Carlyle/Cypress
West 7th, LLC, a Delaware Limited Liability Company, for
Installation of Water and Sewer Services to Serve
Carlyle/Cypress West 7th, LLC, Van Zandt Addition, Blocks 2R,
3R, 8R and 9R Located In West Seventh Village
7. M&C C-23684 -
Authorize a Payment Under Protest in the Amount of $15,997.49
Council Date: 7/28/2009
to Southwestern Bell for Relocation of Facilities Located at the
7th Street/Carroll Street Intersection for the Sanitary Sewer
Rehabilitation Contract LXVII, Part 1 and Adopt Appropriation
Ordinance
8. M&C C-23685 - Authorize Amendment No. 2 in the Amount of $77,344.00 to City
Secretary Contract No. 29007 with TranSystems Corporation,
d/b/a TranSystems Corporation Consultants, for Sanitary Sewer
Main 253 Replacement from the Woodhaven Boulevard/Randol
Mill Road Intersection Easterly to the Village Creek Wastewater
Treatment Plant and Adopt Appropriation Ordinance
XIII. PRESENTATIONS BY THE CITY SECRETARY - CONSENT ITEMS
1. OCS-1732 - 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-16636 - Adopt an Ordinance Directing Publication of Notice of Intention to
Issue in an Amount Not to Exceed $63,655,000.00 Combination
Tax and Limited Surplus Revenue Certificates of Obligation,
Series 2009, and Ordaining Other Matters Relating to the Subject
for the Purpose of Funding Projects Related to the 2007 Critical
Capital Needs Program and Other Projects
C. Purchase of Equipment, Materials, and Services
1. M&C P-11010 - Authorize the Purchase of Painting Preparation Services for
Cowtown Brush Up 2009 from GTO Construction for the Housing
and Economic Development Department for an Amount Up to
$560,040.00
2. M&C P-11011 - Authorize a Purchase Agreement for Water-Saving Toilets with
Morrison Supply Company Through a Cooperative Purchasing
Agreement Contract No. 06-356 with San Antonio Water Systems
for the Water Department for an Annual Amount Up to
$755,840.00 and Approve the Water Department's SmartFlush
Program
D. Land
1. M&C L-14811 - Authorize the Acquisition of Ten Easements: Six Permanent
Water Line Easements and Four Temporary Construction
Easements from FW Vista West II, L.P., in the Amount of
$104,110.00 Located West of Chapel Creek Boulevard and North
of Old Weatherford Road, Pay the Estimated Closing Costs of
$3,000.00 and Adopt Appropriation Ordinance
2. M&C L-14812 - Conduct a Public Hearing and Authorize Subsurface Drilling and
the Extraction of Natural Gas at Blue Bonnet Circle Park and
Worth Hills Park from an Off Site Location
(PUBLIC HEARING)
a. Report of City Staff
b. Citizen Presentations
Council Date: 7/28/2009
c. Council Action
3. M&C L-14813 - Conduct a Public Hearing and Authorize Subsurface Drilling and
the Extraction of Natural Gas in the Linwood Addition, Blocks 18
and 20 from an Off Site Location
(PUBLIC HEARING)
a. Report of City Staff
b. Citizen Presentations
c. Council Action
4. M&C L-14814 - Conduct a Public Hearing and Authorize Subsurface Drilling and
the Extraction of Natural Gas at Diamond Hill Park from an Off
Site Location
(PUBLIC HEARING)
a. Report of City Staff
b. Citizen Presentations
c. Council Action
5. M&C L-14815 - Conduct a Public Hearing and Authorize Subsurface Drilling and
the Extraction of Natural Gas at River Park and Stephens Park
from an Off Site Location
(PUBLIC HEARING)
a. Report of City Staff
b. Citizen Presentations
c. Council Action
E. Planning & Zoning
1. M&C PZ-2836 - Adopt an Ordinance Changing the Name of Arch Adams Lane to
Arch Adams Street, Located Adjacent to Blocks 3 and 4, William
J. Bailey Addition, Fort Worth (PUBLIC HEARING)
a. Report of City Staff
b. Citizen Presentations
c. Council Action
F. Award of Contract
1. M&C C-23686 - Ratify a Business Video and Music Service Agreement with
Marcus Cable Associates, L.L.C., d/b/a Charter Communications,
for City Cable Service in an Approximate Annual Amount of
$77,658.00
2. M&C C-23687 - Authorize Execution of Public Right-of-Way Use Agreements
Granting Cowtown Pipeline, L.P., a License to Construct and
Operate a Natural Gas Gathering Pipeline Across Intermodal
Parkway, West of Farm to Market Road 156 and Granting
Quicksilver Resources, Inc., a License to Construct and Operate
a Corresponding Saltwater Pipeline in the Same Location for a
One Time License Fee Totaling $11,040.00
3. M&C C-23688 - Authorize a Public Right-of-Way Use Agreement Granting Barnett
Gathering, L.P., a License for Construction and Operation of a
Natural Gas Gathering Pipeline Across Mosier Valley Road, West
Council Date: 7/28/2009
of North Collins Street for a One Time License Fee of$3,818.00
4. M&C C-23689 - Approve the Acceptance of Lease Agreement with Chesapeake
Exploration, L.L.C., in the Amount of$263,772.02 for Natural Gas
Drilling Under 93.769 Acres of City-Owned Properties Known as
Sycamore Park Located at 2525 East Rosedale, South of Vickery
Boulevard, West of South Beach Street, North of Rosedale Street
and East of Sycamore Terrace
5. M&C C-23690 - Authorize a Contract with Advanced Paving Acquisition, Ltd., in
an Amount Up to $822,783.00 for Hot Mix Asphaltic Concrete
Surface Overlay 2009-11 at Thirteen Locations
6. M&C C-23691 - Authorize a Contract with Dirtco, d/b/a Styles Contracting, in the
Amount of$1,262,606.25 for Hot Mix Asphaltic Concrete Surface
Overlay 2009-8 at Thirty-Three Locations
7. M&C C-23692 - Authorize a Contract in the Amount of $1,707,448.00 with
Laughley Bridge and Construction, Inc., for Storm Drainage
Improvements and Water and Sanitary Sewer Replacement for
the Project Designated as Robin-Denver Storm Drain
Reconstruction and Adopt Appropriation Ordinance
8. M&C C-23693 - Authorize a Contract in the Amount of $860,030.00 with R&D
Burns Brothers, Inc., for Water and Sanitary Sewer Replacement
Contract 2005, WSM-H on Dalewood Court, Greenlee Drive,
Jewell Avenue, Kemble Street and Lynnhaven Road and Adopt
Appropriation Ordinance
9. M&C C-23694 - Authorize Amendment No. 3 in the Amount of$168,001.00 to City
Secretary Contract No. 27845 with CH2M Hill, Inc., for the
Sanitary Sewer Main 286 and CDSL 32-T Drainage Areas
Sanitary Sewer Improvements
10. M&C C-23695 - Ratify the Water Department's Application and Authorize the City
Manager to Accept, if Awarded, a $4,215,039.00, Cost Sharing
Matching Grant from the United States Department of Energy
Through the National Energy Technology Laboratory and Adopt
Appropriation Ordinance
11. M&C C-23696 - Authorize an Engineering Agreement in the Amount of
$954,283.00 with Malcolm Pirnie, Inc., for the West Fork
Interceptor and Village Creek Wastewater Treatment Plant Odor
and Corrosion Control Improvements and Adopt Appropriation
Ordinance
XV. CITIZEN PRESENTATIONS
1. Mr. Joe Don Brandon, P. O. Box 1155 - "Mayor Pro tem Election"
2. Ms. Libby Willis, 2300 Primrose Avenue - Energy Companies Leaving Flyers on Property
Regarding Purchasing Mineral Rights
XVI. EXECUTIVE SESSION (PRE-COUNCIL ) - See Attachment
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,
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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-
mail ADA(a)f ort Worth Texas.gov at least 48 hours prior to the meeting so that appropriate
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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