HomeMy WebLinkAbout2009/10/27-Agenda-City Council CITY COUNCIL AGENDA
FOR THE MEETING AT 10:00 A.M. TUESDAY, OCTOBER 27, 2009
CITY COUNCIL CHAMBER, CITY HALL
1000 THROCKMORTON STREET, FORT WORTH, TEXAS
I• CALL TO ORDER
II. INVOCATION - Reverend Rob Morris, Ridglea Christian Church
III• PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
IV. CONSIDERATION OF MINUTES OF REGULAR MEETING OF OCTOBER 20, 2009
V. SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS, INTRODUCTIONS, ETC.
1. Presentation of Proclamation for National Register of Historic Places Day
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 ITEMS TO BE WITHDRAWN FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA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 ITEMS TO BE CONTINUED OR WITHDRAWN BY STAFF
Ilk 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 Providing City Council Aides the Option of Purchasing Health Benefits
Through the City of Fort Worth's Benefits Plan
2. A Resolution Appointing Board of Managers for the Villas of Eastwood Terrace, LLC
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-16742 - Authorize an Amendment to the Lease Agreement with Monroe
Street Professional Building, Limited, for Office Space of 637.5
Square Feet Located at 900 Monroe Street for the Community
Relations Department in an Amount of $60,051.72 Plus
Operating Expenses
2. M&C G-16743 - Authorize the Application for and Acceptance of a Grant, if
Awarded, from the Federal Emergency Management Agency
Assistance to Firefighters Grant Program in the Amount Not to
Exceed $312,800.00, Authorize Local Match in the Amount of
$78,200.00 and Adopt Appropriation Ordinance
B. Purchase of Equipment, Materials, and Services - Consent Items - None
Council Date: 10/27/2009
C. Land - Consent Items
1. M&C L-14877 - Authorize the Direct Sale of a Tax-Foreclosed Property Located
at 5125 Fitzhugh Avenue to Carter Temple New Jerusalem
Church of God in Christ, Inc., in the Amount of$1,888.61
2. M&C L-14878 - Authorize the Direct Sale of a Tax-Foreclosed Property Located
at 5537 Carver Drive to Leonard Hall for a Sales Price of
$2,904.26
D. Planning & Zoning - Consent Items - None
E. Award of Contract - Consent Items
1. M&C C-23870 - Authorize Execution of Design Team Agreement with Jack
Mackie for a Public Art Master Plan for East Lancaster Avenue
and Conceptual Designs for Dallas Avenue and Sargent Street
for a Total Amount Not to Exceed $30,000.00
2. M&C C-23871 - Ratify the Application for and Authorize the Acceptance, if
Awarded, of $500,000.00 in Grant Funds from the U.S.
Department of Justice Community Oriented Policing Services
2009 Child Sexual Predator Program Grant, Authorize the City
Manager to Execute the Grant Agreement and Adopt
Appropriation Ordinance
3. M&C C-23872 - Ratify the Application for and Authorize the Acceptance of, if
Awarded, the Fiscal Year 2010 Recovery Act: State Justice
Assistance Grant in the Amount of$168,338.00 from the Office of
the Governor's Criminal Justice Division, Adopt a Resolution
Authorizing the Application for and Acceptance of $168,338.00 in
Grant Funds from the Fiscal Year 2010 State Justice Assistance
Grant and the Making of Assurances Required by the Criminal
Justice Division of the Governor's Office and Adopt Appropriation
Ordinance
4. M&C C-23873 - Execute an Interlocal Agreement with Tarrant County to Provide
Up to $60,820.00 for One Public Health Preparedness Position
for Fiscal Year 2010 and Adopt Appropriation Ordinance
5. M&C C-23874 - Authorize Execution of a Consent to a Third Deed of Trust Lien
by John L. Dubosque in Favor of the Bank for Lease Site E-20 at
Fort Worth Spinks Airport
XIII. PRESENTATIONS BY THE CITY SECRETARY - CONSENT ITEMS
1. OCS-1748 - 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-16731 - Adopt Ordinance Amending Chapter 15, Article II — Gas Drilling
and Production to Require City Council Approval for Gas Drilling
or Construction of Freshwater Fracture Ponds in Urban
Villages (Continued from a Previous Meeting)
2. M&C G-16744 - Authorize Reimbursement of the General Fund in the Amount of
$302,809.00 for Expenses Associated with the Leasing of City-
Council Date: 10/27/2009
Owned Minerals in Fiscal Year 2009 from Royalties and Bonuses
Received and Adopt Appropriation Ordinance
3. M&C G-16745 - Authorize the Execution of a Negotiated Settlement Agreement
with Chesapeake Energy in the Amount of $378,136.00
Regarding Fines Associated with Illegal Removal of Trees on
Two Gas Well Sites
4. M&C G-16746 - 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
5. M&C G-16747 - Adopt the Financial Management Policy Statements for Fiscal
Year 2009-2010
6. M&C G-16748 - Adopt Civil Service Staffing Ordinance Increasing Authorized
Strength by Two Corporal/Detectives and Three Sergeants in the
Police Department
C. Purchase of Equipment, Materials, and Services
1. M&C P-11043 - Authorize a Purchase Agreement for Commercial and Residential
Demolition Services with Intercon Environmental, Inc., Using a
Texas Department of Transportation Purchase Agreement for the
Code Compliance Department for an Annual Amount Up to
$200,000.00 (Continued from a Previous Meeting)
2. M&C P-11043 - (Revised) Authorize a Purchase Agreement for Commercial and
Residential Demolition Services with Intercon Environmental,
Inc., Using a Texas Department of Transportation Purchase
Agreement for the Code Compliance Department for an Annual
Amount Up to $770,000.00
3. M&C P-11050 - Authorize the Purchase of New Heavy Duty Trucks Using a
Texas Association of School Boards Cooperative Contract with
Southwest International for the Water Department for a Total
Amount Up to $821,413.00
D. Land
1. M&C L-14837 - Conduct a Public Hearing and Authorize Subsurface Drilling and
the Extraction of Natural Gas at Patricia LeBlanc Park and Morris
Berney Park from an Off Site Location
(Continued from a Previous Meeting) (PUBLIC HEARING)
a. Report of City Staff
b. Citizen Presentations
c. Council Action
2. M&C L-14869 - Authorize the Direct Sale of a Tax-Foreclosed Property Located
at 2123 Bethune Street to Juanita Gibson for
$5,870.42 (Continued from a Previous Meeting)
3. M&C L-14879 - Authorize Rejection of Lease Agreement with Grande Energy
Company for Natural Gas Drilling under 58.787 Acres of City-
Owned Properties Known as the Lake Como Park Located at
3201 Lake Como Drive and Authorization to Readvertise
Council Date: 10/27/2009
E. Planning & Zoning - None
F. Award of Contract
1. M&C C-23842 - Authorize the Execution of a Professional Services Agreement
with CH2MHill in the Amount of $4,399,108.00 for Integrated
Program Management, Phase 3 and Adopt Appropriation
Ordinances (Continued from a Previous Meeting)
2. M&C C-23875 - Authorize Renewal of a Sole Source Agreement with Skire, Inc.,
to Outsource the Hosting of the Unifier Application for the City's
Capital Projects Management System for an Annual Amount of
$110,000.00
3. M&C C-23876 - Authorize a Professional Services Agreement for Technology
Staffing and Placement Services with Digital Intelligence Systems
Corporation, Hudson Highland Group, Inc., Matrix Resources,
Inc., and Sentari Technologies, Inc., for the Information
Technology Solutions Department at an Annual Expenditure of
Up to $968,725.00
4. M&C C-23877 - Authorize an Amendment to Extend the Agreement with
TEKsystems, Inc., for Technology Staffing Augmentation for One
Year for the Information Technology Solutions Department in an
Amount Not to Exceed $600,000.00
5. M&C C-23878 - Authorize a Professional Services Agreement in an Amount Not
to Exceed $105,000.00 with John R. Dennis for Conservation
Maintenance and Treatment of Various Artworks in the Fort
Worth Public Art Collection
6. M&C C-23879 - Authorize to Submit Grant Applications in the Total Amount of
$200,982.00 and Execute Contracts, if Awarded, with the North
Central Texas Council of Governments for Environmental
Projects, Authorize Use of Various Funds for In-Kind Matches
and Adopt Appropriation Ordinance
7. M&C C-23880 - Authorize Execution of a Contract with Intercon Environmental,
Inc., in the Amount of $281,471.00 for Demolition and Asbestos
Abatement Services for 18 Structures Adjacent to Fort Worth
Alliance Airport and Adopt Supplemental Appropriation
Ordinances
8. M&C C-23881 - Conduct Public Hearing and Authorize the City Manager to
Ratify the Application for and to Accept, if Awarded, a
$961,198.00 Grant from the Fiscal Year 2009 Edward Byrne
Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Formula Program from the
United States Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs,
Bureau of Justice Assistance; Authorize the City Manager to
Execute the Grant Agreement for Acceptance of Grant Funds
and a related Memorandum of Understanding with Tarrant
County and Cities Located in Tarrant County; Authorize the Use
of Anticipated Interest in the Amount of $16,000.00 and Adopt
Appropriation Ordinance (PUBLIC HEARING)
a. Report of City Staff
b. Citizen Presentations
c. Council Action
Council Date: 10/27/2009
CITIZEN PRESENTATIONS
1. Mr. Joe Don Brandon, PO Box 1155, Complaints Against the City Manager's Office
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.
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this meeting and who may need accommodations, auxiliary aids, or services such as interpreters,
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meeting, the City will make a reasonable attempt to provide the necessary accommodations.
Council Date: 10/27/2009