HomeMy WebLinkAbout2009/05/19-Agenda-City Council CITY COUNCIL AGENDA
FOR THE MEETING AT 10:00 A.M. TUESDAY, MAY 19, 2009
CITY COUNCIL CHAMBER, CITY HALL
1000 THROCKMORTON STREET, FORT WORTH, TEXAS
I• CALL TO ORDER
II. INVOCATION - Reverend Stephen Henton, Heartsong Fellowship Church
III• PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
IV. CONSIDERATION OF MINUTES OF REGULAR MEETING OF MAY 12, 2009
V. SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS, INTRODUCTIONS, ETC.
1. Presentation of Proclamation for National Public Works Week
VI. CERTIFICATION OF OFFICIAL ELECTION RETURNS BY THE CITY SECRETARY
VII. RESOLUTIONS
1 A Resolution Canvassing the Returns and Declaring the Results of the General Election
Held on May 9, 2009, for the Purpose of Electing the Mayor and Council Members of the
City of Fort Worth
VIII. PRESENTATION OF CERTIFICATES OF ELECTION
IX. ORDINANCES
1 An Ordinance Ordering a Runoff Election to be Held in the City of Fort Worth on June 13,
2009, for the Purpose of Electing a City Council Member for City Council District 3
X. ANNOUNCEMENTS BY CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS AND STAFF
1. Upcoming and Recent Events
2. Recognition of Citizens
XI. ITEMS TO BE WITHDRAWN FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA
XII. ITEMS TO BE CONTINUED OR WITHDRAWN BY STAFF
XIII. PRESENTATIONS BY THE CITY COUNCIL
Changes in Membership on Boards and Commissions
XIV. PRESENTATIONS AND/OR COMMUNICATIONS FROM BOARDS, COMMISSIONS AND/OR
CITY COUNCIL COMMITTEES
XV. 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-16568 - Authorize Acceptance of Payment in the Amount of $17,107.55
from Tarrant County College for the Fire Department, Educational
and Support Services Division, and Adopt Appropriation
Ordinance
Council Date: 5/19/2009
B. Purchase of Equipment, Materials, and Services - Consent Items
1. M&C P-10966 - Authorize a Purchase Agreement for Pavement Marking Tape
with Flint Trading, Inc., for the Transportation and Public Works
Department for an Estimated Annual Amount of$85,000.00
C. Land - Consent Items
1. M&C L-14772 - Authorize Conveyance of Southwest Parkway Parcel 91-D to the
Texas Department of Transportation for Construction of the
Southwest Parkway/Interstate 20 Interchange
D. Planning & Zoning - Consent Items
1. M&C PZ-2825 - Adopt an Ordinance Vacating a Portion of Arch Adams Street
from West Seventh Street to its Intersection with West Sixth
Street and an Alley from Arch Adams Lane to the Eastern
Property Line of Lot 17, Both within Block 3, William J. Bailey
Addition, in the City of Fort Worth
2. M&C PZ-2826 - Adopt an Ordinance Vacating a 182 Foot by 50 Foot Portion of
Dooling Street South of Highcrest Avenue
E. Award of Contract - Consent Items
1. M&C C-23519 - Authorize Amendment No. 1 to City Secretary Contract No.
38136 with the North Texas Tollway Authority, the Texas
Department of Transportation and the Union Pacific Railroad
Company so as to Provide an Extension of Certain Deadlines
Associated with the Southwest Parkway Project
2. M&C C-23520 - Authorize a Two Year Extension to the Interlocal Agreement
Between the Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport Board and
the City of Fort Worth to Provide Gas Well Inspector Service at
Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport
3. M&C C-23521 - Authorize Change Order No. 1 in the Amount of $64,303.90 to
City Secretary Contract No. 36628 with McClendon Construction
Company, Inc., for Pavement Reconstruction and Water and
Sanitary Sewer Main Replacements on Portions of Hatcher
Avenue, Chickasaw Avenue, Jennifer Court, Louis Street, Sydney
Street, Norris Street and Whitehall Street
4. M&C C-23522 - Authorize Amendment No. 2 to City Secretary Contract No.
36316, an Agreement with DMJM Aviation for the Design of
Airfield Signs, Airport Beacon Relocation, Airfield Lighting Control
and Monitoring System and Project Management Phase Services
for Projects at Fort Worth Alliance Airport, to Increase the
Contract in the Amount of$23,630.00 and Change the Engineer's
Name to AECOM USA Group, Inc.
5. M&C C-23523 - Authorize Termination of City Secretary Contract Nos. 17577,
17594, 17595, 18813, 18966, 23056 and 30576 and Authorize
Execution of a New Memorandum of Agreement and Right-of-
Way Easement Lease Agreement with the Federal Aviation
Administration at Fort Worth Alliance Airport
6. M&C C-23524 - Authorize the Execution of a Professional Services Agreement
with Jacobs Consultancy in an Amount up to $81,000.00 to
Council Date: 5/19/2009
Conduct a Management and Operations Audit of the Aviation
Department of the City of Fort Worth
7. M&C C-23525 - Authorize the Execution of an Agreement with Quebec 820
Partners, LP, for a Sanitary Sewer Easement to Serve the
Landmark Quebec Development
8. M&C C-23526 - Authorize a Concession Contract for Parks and Community
Services Department Facilities with the Ft. Worth Park and
Recreation Sports Advisory Council, Inc.
XVI. PRESENTATIONS BY THE CITY SECRETARY - CONSENT ITEMS
1. OCS - 1723 - Notice of Claims for Alleged Damages and/or Injuries
XVII. REPORT OF THE CITY MANAGER
A. Benefit Hearing - None
B. General
1. M&C G-16569 - Adopt Resolution Authorizing the Employment of McCall,
Parkhurst and Horton, LLP, and Kelly, Hart and Hallman, LLP, as
Outside Legal Counsel in an Amount Not to Exceed $50,000.00
for Assistance in the Analysis and Evaluation of Various
Opportunities to Reduce City Costs or Increase City Revenues
2. M&C G-16570 - Adopt a Resolution Nominating ATC Logistics and Electronics,
Inc., for an Enterprise Project Assignment Pursuant to the Texas
Enterprise Zone Act, Chapter 2303 of the Texas Government
Code
3. M&C G-16571 - Adopt a Resolution Nominating EFW, Inc., as an Enterprise
Project Pursuant to the Texas Enterprise Zone Act, Chapter 2303
of the Texas Government Code
4. M&C G-16572 - Adopt a Resolution Renewing a Neighborhood Empowerment
Zone Tax Abatement Policy and Adopt Amendments to
Neighborhood Empowerment Zone Tax Abatement Policy and
Basic Incentives
5. M&C G-16573 - Adopt an Ordinance to Reappoint Substitute Municipal Judges for
a One-Year Term Commencing April 1, 2009, and Ending March
31, 2010
6. M&C G-16574 - Approve the Naming of the New Bird Observation Blind at the
Fort Worth Nature Center and Refuge in Memory of Mrs. June
Campbell Stacey
7. M&C G-16575 - Authorize a Change in Use and Expenditure of Community
Development Block Grant Year XXXIV Funds to Provide
Increased Funding of $125,000.00 for the Emergency Repair
Program and Substantial Amendment to the 2008-2009 Action
Plan (PUBLIC HEARING)
a. Report of City Staff
b. Citizen Presentations
c. Council Action
C. Purchase of Equipment, Materials, and Services
Council Date: 5/19/2009
1. M&C P-10967 - Authorize a Purchase Agreement with Dell Marketing, L.P., for
Hardware, Technology Services and Maintenance and Support
Services for an Amount up to $1,000,000.00
D. Land
1. M&C L-14773 - Authorize a Settlement Agreement in the Amount of $140,000.00
with the Fort Worth Country Day School for Noise Abatement and
Property Acquisition Related to the Southwest Parkway Project
2. M&C L-14774 - Authorize Condemnation for the Lebow Channel Drainage Project
a Vacant Residential Lot Being Approximately 0.1239 Acre
Located at 3464 Lebow Street Owned by Leon and Donna Trotter
3. M&C L-14775 - Authorize the Conversion of Approximately 0.388 Acre of
Parkland at Harriet Creek Ranch Park Located at 16215 Cowboy
Trail for the Installation of Storm Drainage Infrastructure and
Execution of a License Agreement with Northwest Independent
School District (PUBLIC HEARING)
a. Report of City Staff
b. Citizen Presentations
c. Council Action
4. M&C L-14776 - Authorize the Conversion of Approximately 0.130 Acre of
Parkland at Kingswood Park Located at 7505 Trail Lake Drive for
the Installation of Storm Drain and Sanitary Sewer
Improvements and Execution of a License Agreement with the
Fort Worth Independent School District (PUBLIC HEARING)
a. Report of City Staff
b. Citizen Presentations
c. Council Action
5. M&C L-14777 - Authorize the Conversion of Approximately 0.086 Acre of
Parkland at Remington Pointe Park Located at 6050 Western
Pass for the Installation of Public Water Utilities (PUBLIC
HEARING)
a. Report of City Staff
b. Citizen Presentations
c. Council Action
E. Planning & Zoning - None
F. Award of Contract
1. M&C C-23498 - Authorize an Engineering Services Agreement with TranSystems
Corporation Consultants in the Amount of $549,732.00 for the
Design of North Beach Street from Timberland Boulevard to
Keller Hicks Road
(Continued from a Previous Meeting)
2. M&C C-23527 -
Authorize a Memorandum of Understanding with the United
States Postal Service and Concho I, LP, for the Purpose of
Evaluating Redevelopment of the Downtown Post Office for Use
as a New City Hall in Exchange for the Value of Real Property up
Council Date: 5/19/2009
to $200,000.00 or an Amount Not to Exceed $200,000.00
3. M&C C-23528 - Authorize an Increase in Payment for Additional Microsoft
Licenses from SHI Government Solutions, Inc., Using a State of
Texas Department of Information Resources Contract for the
Information Technology Solutions Department at a Cost of
$153,000.00
4. M&C C-23529 - Authorize Rejection of Bids for Natural Gas Drilling Under 3.1277
Acres, More or Less, of City-Owned Property Located in Tarrant
County, Texas, Known as Stockyards 3.1277 Located North of
Exchange, East of Rodeo Plaza and South of Stockyards
Boulevard
5. M&C C-23530 - Authorize Professional Services Contract with Open Channels
Group, LLC, in the Amount of $49,800.00 for Coordination of
Citizen Engagement
6. M&C C-23531 - Authorize an Engineering Agreement in the Amount of
$130,721.00 with James DeOtte Engineering, Inc., for Pavement
Reconstruction and Water and Sanitary Sewer Main
Replacement on Grover Avenue, North Judkins Street, Ray
Simon Drive and East Watauga Court and Adopt Appropriation
Ordinance
7. M&C C-23532 - Authorize an Engineering Agreement in the Amount of
$187,781.00 with Dunaway Associates, LP, for Pavement
Reconstruction and Water and Sanitary Sewer Main
Replacement on Dowdell Street, Hanger Avenue and Strong
Avenue and Adopt Appropriation Ordinance
8. M&C C-23533 - Authorize an Engineering Agreement in the Amount of
$305,237.00 with Dannenbaum Engineering Corporation for
Pavement Reconstruction and Water and Sanitary Sewer Main
Replacement on Avenue I, Arch Drive, Avalon Court, Crenshaw
Avenue, Forby Avenue, Haynes Avenue, Perkins Street, Westhill
Road and Woodrow Avenue and Adopt Appropriation Ordinance
9. M&C C-23534 - Authorize an Engineering Agreement in the Amount of
$133,759.00 with AECOM USA Group, Inc., for Pavement
Reconstruction and Water Main Replacement on Fifth Avenue,
Sixth Avenue and West Beddell Street and Adopt Appropriation
Ordinance
10. M&C C-23535 - Authorize an Engineering Agreement in the Amount of
$111,700.00 with TranSystems Corporation for Pavement
Reconstruction and Water and Sanitary Sewer Main
Replacement on Hawthorne Avenue, 12th Street and Lisbon
Street and Adopt Appropriation Ordinance
11. M&C C-23536 - Authorize a Contract in the Amount of $1,074,767.46 with
Rodgers Construction Company for Water and Sanitary Sewer
Replacement Contract 2005 WSM-K, Part 1, on Rand Street,
Raton Drive, Santa Fe Trail and Broadmoor Drive and Adopt
Appropriation Ordinance
12. M&C C-23537 -
Authorize Amendment No. 5 in the Amount of$179,441.00 to City
Secretary Contract No. 31696 with TranSystems Corporation,
d/b/a TranSystems Corporation Consultants, for Water and
Council Date: 5/19/2009
Sanitary Sewer Relocations for State Highway 121T, Southwest
Parkway, Part 1, from Hulen Street to Summit Avenue
13. M&C C-23538 - Authorize a Contract in the Amount of$483,579.50 with BurnsCo
Construction, Inc., for Water and Sanitary Sewer Main
Construction on Edwards Ranch Road, Phase II; Accept
$87,659.32 from Edwards Geren Limited for Additional Sewer
Capacity and Adopt Appropriation Ordinance
14. M&C C-23539 - Authorize Change Order No. 6 in the Amount of$119,790.00 with
Renda Environmental, Inc., for the Long-Term Solids Dewatering,
Processing and Disposal
15. M&C C-23540 - Authorize Agreement in the Amount of$255,505.00 Annually with
the Youth Sports Council of Fort Worth, Inc., to Manage the
Citywide Youth Sports Program
XVIII. CITIZEN PRESENTATIONS
1. Mr. Joe Don Brandon, P.O. Box 1155, "Henderson Bazaar Gas Well"
XIX. EXECUTIVE SESSION (PRE-COUNCIL ) - See Attachment
XX. 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-
mail ADAL&EortWorthTexas.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.
Council Date: 5/19/2009