HomeMy WebLinkAbout2009/11/17-Agenda-City Council CITY COUNCIL AGENDA
FOR THE MEETING AT 10:00 A.M. TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 2009
CITY COUNCIL CHAMBER, CITY HALL
1000 THROCKMORTON STREET, FORT WORTH, TEXAS
I• CALL TO ORDER
II. INVOCATION - Reverend Dr. Hogg, Westminister Presbyterian Church
III• PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
IV. CONSIDERATION OF MINUTES OF JOINT CITY COUNCIL AND FORT WORTH EMPLOYEES'
RETIREMENT FUND BOARD MEETING OF NOVEMBER 5, 2009, AND REGULAR MEETING
OF NOVEMBER 10, 2009
V. ITEMS TO BE WITHDRAWN FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA
VI. ITEMS TO BE CONTINUED OR WITHDRAWN BY STAFF
VII. 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-16759 - Authorize Payment for the City of Fort Worth's 2009-2010
Membership Dues with the Tarrant Regional Transportation
Coalition in the Amount of$30,000.00
2. M&C G-16760 - Authorize Payment for the City of Fort Worth's Fiscal Year 2009-
2010 Membership with the Texas Municipal League in the
Amount of$30,827.00
3. M&C G-16761 - Authorize the Application for, Acceptance of and Execution of a
Grant in the Amount of$2,375.00 from the United Way of Tarrant
County to Purchase Children's Books for the Early Childhood
Resource Centers Program, Authorize Waiver of Indirect Costs
and Adopt Appropriation Ordinance
4. M&C G-16762 - Authorize Payment to the North Central Texas Council of
Governments in the Amount of $25,051.00 to Support the Naval
Air Station Joint Reserve Base Regional Coordination Committee
in Fiscal Year 2010
B. Purchase of Equipment, Materials, and Services - Consent Items
1. M&C P-11057 - Authorize a Purchase Agreement for Playground Wood Fibar
Carpet with GWG Wood Group, Inc., for an Annual Amount Up to
$72,000.00
2. M&C P-11058 - Authorize the Purchase of Audio and Video Equipment from
Audio Visual Innovations, Inc., Through General Services
Administration Contracts for the Cable Communications Office for
Use at the Hazel Harvey Peace Center for Neighborhoods for an
Amount Not to Exceed $108,462.00 and Adopt Appropriation
Ordinance
Council Date: 11/17/2009
C. Land - Consent Items
1. M&C L-14885 - Authorize the Acquisition of 3.946 Acres of Permanent Sewer
Facility Easement for the Big Fossil Creek Drainage Basin Project
from Taurus Twin Mills, Limited Partnership, to be Used for the
Construction of a Sanitary Sewer Line Located in Northwest Fort
Worth off of Old Decatur Road in the Benjamin Thomas Survey,
Abstract 1497, for the Amount of $80,000.00 and Pay the
Estimated Closing Costs of $3,000.00 and Adopt Appropriation
Ordinance
2. M&C L-14886 - Authorize the Execution of a Settlement Agreement with Dustin
K. Schaller, for 0.296 Acre for a Reclaimed Water Line Easement
to be Used for the Construction of the Sanitary Sewer Main 253
Replacement Project in East Fort Worth Near Randol Mill Road
and Jency Avenue, for the Total Amount of $58,406.00 and Pay
the Estimated Closing Costs of$5,000.00
3. M&C L-14887 - Authorize the Execution of a Settlement Agreement with
Kinderplatz of Fine Arts, Inc., for a 0.140 Acre Permanent Water
Line Easement to be Used for the Relocation of a Water Line and
a 0.055 Acre Permanent Drainage Easement that is Required for
the State Highway 121 Project in West Fort Worth Near
Stonegate Drive for the Total Amount of $64,250.00 and Pay the
Estimated Closing Costs of$2,000.00
4. M&C L-14888 - Accept the Dedication of Approximately 99.696 Acres of Land
and Improvements Located at 5300 East First Street from the
Amon G. Carter Foundation as an Addition to Gateway Park and
Authorize the Conveyance of a Temporary Construction
Easement for Excavation and Fill to the Tarrant Regional Water
District for the Trinity River Vision - Gateway Park Project
D. Planning & Zoning - Consent Items - None
E. Award of Contract - Consent Items
1. M&C C-23907 - Authorize a Sole Source Agreement with Skire, Inc., for a Unifier
Software License and for Continued Use of Maintenance and
Customer Support Services for the Capital Projects Management
System for an Annual Amount Up to $71,504.00
2. M&C C-23908 - Authorize a Professional Services Agreement with John R.
Dennis in the Amount of $86,820.00 for Conservation Treatment
of the Al Hayne Monument which is Part of the Fort Worth Public
Art Collection Located at 101 West Lancaster Avenue
3. M&C C-23909 - Authorize the Acceptance of a Monetary Donation in the Amount
of $25,000.00 from Mr. Tim Fleet and Authorize an Artwork
Commission Contract in the Amount of $70,000.00 with Mr.
Michael Pavlovsky for the C.P. Hadley Park Community ID
Sculpture Public Art Project and Adopt Appropriation Ordinance
4. M&C C-23910 - Authorize Change Order No. 1 in the Amount of $95,000.00 to
City Secretary Contract No. 38859 with JLB Contracting, L.P., for
the Reconstruction of the Meadowbrook Golf Course Parking Lot
5. M&C C-23911 -
Authorize Change Order No. 2 in the Amount of $67,720.00 to
City Secretary Contract No. 38160 with Gibson and Associates,
Council Date: 11/17/2009
Inc., for the West Lancaster Avenue Bridge Rehabilitation
6. M&C C-23912 - Authorize the Execution of an Agreement between the United
States Department of Justice, Drug Enforcement Administration
and the City of Fort Worth, Regarding Payment of Overtime for
Participation in the North Texas High Intensity Drug Trafficking
Area Task Force Group 2 in an Amount Up to $84,517.00 and
Adopt Appropriation Ordinance
7. M&C C-23913 - Authorize the City Manager to Increase the Estimated
Expenditures Under City Secretary Contract No. 37884 with the
Tarrant County Hospital District at John Peter Smith Hospital for
Sexual Assault Medical Examination Services and Authorize a
Funding Level Increase for the Subsequent Four Option Years
from $135,500.00 to $197,500.00
VIII. PRESENTATIONS BY THE CITY SECRETARY - CONSENT ITEMS
1. OCS - 1751 - Notice of Claims for Alleged Damages and/or Injuries
IX. SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS, INTRODUCTIONS, ETC.
X. ANNOUNCEMENTS BY CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS AND STAFF
1. Upcoming and Recent Events
2. Recognition of Citizens
XI. PRESENTATIONS BY THE CITY COUNCIL
1. Changes in Membership on Boards and Commissions
XII. PRESENTATIONS AND/OR COMMUNICATIONS FROM BOARDS, COMMISSIONS AND/OR
CITY COUNCIL COMMITTEES
XIII. RESOLUTIONS
1. A Resolution of the City Council of the City of Fort Worth, Texas, Casting the City of Fort
Worth's 28 Allotted Votes for Candidate Mark D. Chambers, Jr. to the Board of the Denton
Central Appraisal District
2. A Resolution of the City Council of the City of Fort Worth, Texas, Casting the City of Fort
Worth's One Allotted Vote for Candidate Jane Carroll to the Board of the Wise County
Appraisal District
3. A Resolution of the City Council of the City of Fort Worth, Texas, Casting the City of Fort
Worth's 654 Allotted Votes Equally Divided in Two for the the Candidates Joe Potthoff(327
Votes) and John Molyneaux (327 Votes) to the Board of the Tarrant County Appraisal
District
4. A Resolution Nominating the Ridglea Theater and a Portion of the Attached Retail Complex
Known as Ridglea Village No. 2, as Described Herein, for Designation as a Historic and
Cultural Landmark (HC)
5. A Resolution Supporting the Texas High Speed Rail and Transportation Corporation's
Efforts to Improve Connectivity in the State of Texas through the Development of High-
Speed Intercity Passenger Rail
XIV. REPORT OF THE CITY MANAGER
A. Benefit Hearing - None
B. General
1. M&C G-16763 - Authorize the Execution of a Memorandum of Understanding with
the Trust for Public Land to Assist with the Acquisition of Park
Council Date: 11/17/2009
Land
2. M&C G-16764 - Adopt Appropriation Ordinances and Transfer Funds from
Various Enterprise Funds to the Specially Funded Capital
Projects Fund to Cover a Portion of the Costs Incurred by the City
of Fort Worth for Phase I of the Enterprise Resource Planning
System
3. M&C G-16765 - Authorize the Execution of a Memorandum of Understanding
Between the City of Fort Worth, the United States Attorney for the
Northern District of Texas and Seven Other Entities in Order to
Continue Coordination with Members of the North Texas Anti-
Trafficking Task Force
C. Purchase of Equipment, Materials, and Services - None
D. Land
1. M&C L-14889 - Authorize Administrative Approval and Execution of Leases for
Natural Gas Drilling Under City-Owned Properties of Five Acres
or Less in Size
2. M&C L-14890 - Authorize the Condemnation of a 0.636 Acre Tract of Land
Located Along Keller Hicks Road Owned by David McDavid for a
Waterline Easement Needed for the Widening of Keller Hicks
Road
3. M&C L-14891 - Conduct a Public Hearing and Authorize Subsurface Drilling and
the Extraction of Natural Gas at Ridglea Hills Park from an Off
Site Location
(PUBLIC HEARING)
a. Report of City Staff
b. Citizen Presentations
c. Council Action
4. M&C L-14892 - Conduct a Public Hearing and Authorize Subsurface Drilling and
the Extraction of Natural Gas at Bonnie Brae Park from an Off
Site Location
(PUBLIC HEARING)
a. Report of City Staff
b. Citizen Presentations
c. Council Action
5. M&C L-14893 - Conduct a Public Hearing and Authorize Subsurface Drilling and
the Extraction of Natural Gas from Off Site Locations at
Candleridge Park, Countryside Addition Park, Hulen Meadows
Park, Kingswood Park, Parkwood East Park, °eseig`"a'
Southcreek Park, Southridge Park, Summercreek Park and T-Fetl
(PUBLIC HEARING)
a. Report of City Staff
b. Citizen Presentations
c. Council Action
Council Date: 11/17/2009
E. Planning & Zoning
1. M&C PZ-2856 - Adopt an Ordinance Vacating an Alley Located North of
Pennsylvania Avenue and South of Peter Smith Street in the
Near Southside
2. M&C PZ-2857 - Adopt an Ordinance Vacating a Portion of Broadway Street from
Ballinger Street and a Portion of Alabama Street from Broadway
Street in the Near Southside
3. M&C PZ-2858 - Consider Institution of the Annexation and the Adoption of an
Ordinance for the City-Initiated Annexation of Approximately
225.7 Acres of Land in Denton County, Texas, Located Generally
West of Interstate Highway 35W and North of State Highway 114
F. Award of Contract
1. M&C C-23914 - Authorize the Execution of a Professional Services Agreement in
the Amount of $1,002,800.00 with Kimley-Horn Associates, Inc.,
for Revision of the City's Standard Construction Specification
Documents and Adopt Appropriation Ordinances
2. M&C C-23915 - Authorize Amendment No. 1 in the Amount of $1,900,000.00 to
City Secretary Contract No. 37036 with TranSystems
Corporation, d/b/a TranSystems Corporation Consultants, for
Storm Water and Franchise Utility Relocations for the Trinity
River Vision-Central City Project and the Trinity Uptown Service
Area, Phase 1 B — Bridge and Channel Relocations and Adopt
Appropriation Ordinances
3. M&C C-23916 - Approve Extension of the Cobb Park Lease Agreement with
Chesapeake Exploration, L.L.C., for a 12 Month Period in the
Amount of $126,018.00 for Natural Gas Drilling Under 42.006
Acres, More or Less, of Cobb Park Properties
4. M&C C-23917 - Authorize Execution of a Public Right-of-Way Use Agreement
Granting Quicksilver Resources, LLP, a License to Operate and
Maintain a Natural Gas Lift Pipeline Across Intermodal Parkway,
West of Old Highway 156
5. M&C C-23918 - Authorize the Expenditure of $689,379.00 in Community
Development Block Grant - Recovery Funds for the Sidewalk
Infrastructure Project and Authorize the Execution of a Contract
with AUI Contractors, Inc.
6. M&C C-23919 - Authorize the Execution of a Contract in the Amount of
$2,285,525.54 with Stabile and Winn, Inc., for Pavement
Reconstruction and Water and Sanitary Sewer Main
Replacement on Portions of Boston Avenue, Chelsea Road,
Chicago Avenue, Clairemont Avenue, Junius Street, Lynnhaven
Road and Norma Street and Adopt Appropriation Ordinance
7. M&C C-23920 - Authorize a Contract in the Amount of $1,524,973.85 with JLB
Contracting, LLC, for Pavement Reconstruction and Water and
Sanitary Sewer Main Replacement on Portions of Ben Avenue,
Jamaica Lane, Lewis Avenue, Panola Avenue and Ward Street
and Adopt Appropriation Ordinance
8. M&C C-23921 - Authorize a Contract with Gibson & Associates, Inc., in the
Amount of $314,924.20 for Bridge Repair and Repainting at
Council Date: 11/17/2009
Seven Locations and Adopt Appropriation Ordinance
9. M&C C-23922 - Authorize a Railroad Force Account Agreement with the Union
Pacific Railroad Company, the Texas Department of
Transportation and the City of Keller for the Division of Costs and
Responsibilities Associated with the Installation of a New
Concrete Railroad Crossing and Related Warning Devices at a
Cost to the City of Fort Worth of Approximately $175,000.00
10. M&C C-23923 - Authorize an Agreement with Teague Nall and Perkins, Inc., in
the Amount of $288,295.00 for the Edgecliff Tributaries Master
Plan and Storm Water Study
11. M&C C-23924 - Authorize the Execution of an Agreement with HDR Engineering,
Inc., in the Amount of $242,134.00 for the Prairie Dog Creek
Master Plan and Storm Water Study
12. M&C C-23925 - Ratify the Application for and Authorize the Acceptance of, if
awarded, an Amount Not to Exceed $3,853,348.25 in Fiscal Year
2009 Homeland Security Grant Funds from the State of Texas,
Division of Emergency Management, Ratify the Execution of all
Applicable Grant Contracts and Adopt Appropriation Ordinance
13. M&C C-23926 - Authorize a Community Facilities Agreement with Tarrant County
with City Participation in the Amount of $122,049.00 for Water
and Sewer Improvements to the Proposed Tarrant County Jail
Facility Located at Belknap Street between Cherry Street and
Burnett Street
14. M&C C-23927 - Adopt a Resolution to Enter into an Interlocal Agreement with the
City of Saginaw to Promote Joint Use Facilities (PUBLIC
HEARING)
a. Report of City Staff
b. Citizen Presentations
c. Council Action
XV. CITIZEN PRESENTATIONS
1. Mr. Tyler Casey, 2213 Ridgmar Boulevard, Titanmoon Band
2. Mr. Joe Don Brandon, P. O. Box 1155, Police Intimidation
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,
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: 11/17/2009