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CITY COUNCIL AGENDA
FOR THE MEETING AT 10:00 A.M. TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 2009
CITY COUNCIL CHAMBER, CITY HALL
1000 THROCKMORTON STREET, FORT WORTH, TEXAS
�• CALL TO ORDER
��• INVOCATION - T.J. Patterson, City Manager's Office
III• PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
IV. CONSIDERATION OF MINUTES OF REGULAR MEETING OF SEPTEMBER 8, 2009
V. SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS, INTRODUCTIONS, ETC.
1. Presentation of Proclamation for Wade Adkins 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 ITEMS TO BE WITHDRAWN FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA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 ITEMS TO BE CONTINUED OR WITHDRAWN BY STAFF
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. BUDGET HEARING
1 Hearing on Proposed Fiscal Year 2009-2010 Appropriation Ordinance, Debt Service
Ordinance and Ad Valorem Tax Levy Ordinance
1. Report of City Staff
2. Citizen Presentations
XII. ORDINANCES
1 An Ordinance Setting Forth an Itemized Estimate of the Expense of Conducting Each
Department, Division and Office of the Municipal Government of the City of Fort Worth for
the Ensuing Fiscal Year Beginning October 1, 2009, and Ending September 30, 2010, and
Appropriating Money for the Various Funds and Purposes of Such Estimate; Providing for
Public Hearings Upon this Ordinance Before the Entire City Council Sitting as a Committee
of the Whole; and Providing a Severability Clause; and Providing a Savings Clause for the
Repeal of all Ordinances and Appropriations in Conflict with the Provisions of this
Ordinance; and Providing for the Publication and Final Passage Thereof.
2. An Ordinance Setting Forth an Estimate of the Expense of the General Debt Service Fund
of the Municipal Government of the City of Fort Worth for the Ensuing Fiscal Year
Beginning October 1, 2009, and Ending September 30, 2010, and Appropriating Money for
the General Debt Service Fund and Purpose of Such Estimate; Appropriating Money to
Pay Interest and Principal Sinking Fund Requirement on All Outstanding General
Indebtedness; Providing for Public Hearings Upon this Ordinance Before the Entire City
Council Sitting as a Committee of the Whole; and Providing a Severability Clause; and
Council Date: 9/15/2009
Providing a Savings Clause for the Repeal of All Ordinances and Appropriations in Conflict
with the Provisions of this Ordinance; and Providing for the Publication and Final Passage
Thereof.
3. An Ordinance Providing for the Levy and Collection of an Annual Ad Valorem Tax on All
Property, Real, Personal and Mixed, Situated within the Territorial Limits of the City of Fort
Worth, Texas, and All Personal Property Owned in Said City of Fort Worth, Texas, on the
First Day of January, A.D. 2009, Except Such Property as May be Exempt from Taxation
by the Constitution and Laws of the State of Texas; and Providing for a Severability Clause;
and Providing a Savings Clause for the Repeal of all Ordinances in Conflict with the
Provisions of this Ordinance; and Providing for the Publication and Final Passage Thereof.
XIII. RESOLUTIONS
1. A Resolution Suspending the Financial Management Policy Statement Governing Ad
Valorem Tax Revenue From Mineral Values for Fiscal Years 2009 and 2010
2. A Resolution of the City Council of the City of Fort Worth, Texas, Ratifying the Property Tax
Revenue Increase Reflected in the Fiscal Year 2009-2010 Budget, in Accordance with
Section 102.007(C) of the Texas Local Government Code
XIV. 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-16693 - Adopt Civil Service Staffing Ordinance Increasing Authorized
Strength in the Police Department by One School Resource
Officer
B. Purchase of Equipment, Materials, and Services - Consent Items - None
C. Land - Consent Items - None
D. Planning & Zoning - Consent Items
1. M&C PZ-2844 - Adopt an Ordinance Vacating a Portion of Dashwood Street
Located between Lipscomb Street and Travis Avenue
E. Award of Contract - Consent Items
1. M&C C-23773 - Authorize An Amendment to City Secretary Contract No. 38369,
SoHi Shopping Center Unified Sign Agreement with P.V. Partners
Ltd.
2. M&C C-23774 - Authorize Amendment No. 2 to City Secretary Contract No.
35274 to Change the Engineering Firm from TCB Inc., to AECOM
USA, Inc., and Increase the Amount by $68,263.00 for the Milam-
Robinhood Drainage, Far East Fort Worth Drainage and
Wilbarger-Hughes Storm Drain Extension (Project No. 00482)
3. M&C C-23775 - Authorize Change Order No. 2 in the Amount of $40,389.00 to
City Secretary Contract No. 37716 with Conatser Construction
TX, LP, for Pavement Reconstruction and Water and Sanitary
Sewer Replacement on Spindletree Lane (Project No. 00446)
4. M&C C-23776 - Authorize Change Order No. 2 in the Amount of $36,901.10 to
City Secretary Contract No. 36695, Sidewalk Replacement
Contract SP-5, with Macval Associates, LLC
Council Date: 9/15/2009
5. M&C C-23777 - Authorize the Execution of a Contract with Bradley Garrett, d/b/a
Garrett Excavation and Demolition, for Asbestos Removal and
Demolition of the Former Oak Grove Airport Terminal Buildings
Located at Spinks Airport in the Amount of$76,323.00 and Adopt
Appropriation Ordinances
XV. PRESENTATIONS BY THE CITY SECRETARY - CONSENT ITEMS
OCS-1740 - Notice of Claims for Alleged Damages and/or Injuries
XVI. REPORT OF THE CITY MANAGER
A. Benefit Hearing - None
B. General
1. M&C G-16694 - Adopt Resolution Nominating Alcon Laboratories, Inc., as an
Enterprise Project Pursuant to the Texas Enterprise Zone Act,
Chapter 2303 of the Texas Government Code
2. M&C G-16695 - Adopt Resolution Nominating Alcon Research, Ltd., as an
Enterprise Project Pursuant to the Texas Enterprise Zone Act,
Chapter 2303 of the Texas Government Code
3. M&C G-16696 - Adopt an Ordinance Amending the City's Floodplain Provisions in
Chapter 7, Article VIII, of the City Code and Adopt Updated
Federal Emergency Management Agency Floodplain Maps
4. M&C G-16697 - Authorize Applications for Federal Funding under the
Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery
Discretionary Program of the American Recovery and
Reinvestment Act for the Reconstruction of Various
Neighborhood Streets in the Amount of $33 Million and East
Rosedale Street in the Amount of$35 Million
5. M&C G-16698 - Approval of Fees and Adoption of Ordinance Amending Chapter
13 of the Fort Worth Fire Code Regarding Fees
6. M&C G-16699 - Adopt Ordinance Setting Maximum Permitted Rates and
Charges that CoSery Gas, Ltd. May Assess Customers in the
City of Fort Worth (PUBLIC HEARING)
a. Report of City Staff
b. Citizen Presentations
c. Council Action
7. M&C G-16700 - Authorize Nomination of Project Proposals for Funding
Consideration under the North Central Texas Council of
Governments' Sustainable Development Program
(PUBLIC HEARING)
a. Report of City Staff
b. Citizen Presentations
c. Council Action
8. M&C G-16701 - Adopt Ordinance Amending Section 12.5-340 of the City Code
"Categories of Drainage Utility Rates" by Revising Monthly Fees
Assessed for the Municipal Drainage Utility System to be
Effective January 1, 2010 (PUBLIC HEARING)
Council Date: 9/15/2009
a. Report of City Staff
b. Citizen Presentations
c. Council Action
C. Purchase of Equipment, Materials, and Services - None
D. Land - None
E. Planning & Zoning
1. M&C PZ-2845 - Approve a Timetable for Proposed City-Initiated Annexation and
Authorize the City Manager to Initiate Zoning Changes of
Approximately 61.5 Acres of Land, Located South of SH 114 and
East of Interstate 35W, AX-09-004 Elizabethtown Cemetery
Road, in the Far North Sector in Accordance with the 2009
Comprehensive Plan
2. M&C PZ-2846 - Approve a Timetable for Proposed City-Initiated Annexation and
Authorize the City Manager to Initiate Zoning Changes of
Approximately 439.9 Acres of Land, Located North of SH 114 and
West of Interstate 35W, AX-09-005 SH 114 Enclave, in the Far
North Sector in Accordance with the 2009 Comprehensive Plan
F. Award of Contract
1. M&C C-23778 - Authorize the Execution of a Contract for Professional Consulting
Services with Crowe Horwath, LLP, for the Purpose of
Completing the City's 2009 Comprehensive Annual Financial
Report for the Financial Management Services Department for a
Cost Not to Exceed $1,300,000.00 and Adopt Appropriation
Ordinance
2. M&C C-23779 - Ratify the Application for and Authorize the Acceptance of
$315,207.00 in Grant Funds from the Fiscal Year 2010 Criminal
Justice Division Grant; Authorize $213,311.00 in Matching Funds;
Adopt a Resolution in Order to Make Assurances Required by the
Criminal Justice Division of the Governor's Office; and Adopt
Appropriation Ordinance
3. M&C C-23780 - Authorize a Contract in the Amount of $1,014,900.00 with J.S.
Haren Company for Construction of the Biosolids Expansion at
Village Creek Wastewater Treatment Plant
XVII. ZONING HEARING
1. SP-09-004 - (CD 6) - City of Fort Worth Environmental, 6260 Old Hemphill Road; Site plan
for Citizen Drop-Off Station (Recommended for Approval)
2. ZC-09-104 - (CD-ALL) - City of Fort Worth Planning & Development, Text Amendment:
Industrialized Housing Minimum Width; An Ordinance Amending the Zoning Ordinance of
the City of Fort Worth, being Ordinance No. 13896, as Amended, Codified as Appendix "A"
of the Code of the City of Fort Worth, by Amending: Article 5, Section 6.507 "Single Family
Residential Design Standards" of Chapter 6 "Development Standards" and Article One,
Section 5.116.13 "Industrialized Housing" of Chapter 5 "Supplemental Use Standards" to
add language requiring a minimum horizontal dimension for single family homes ; Amend
Chapter 9 "Definitions" to add a defininition of Industrialized Housing and Amend the
definition of Manufactured Home or Manufactured Housing to include International
Council Date: 9/15/2009
Standards Organization (ISO) Shipping Containers. (Recommended for Approval)
XVIII. CITIZEN PRESENTATIONS
1. Mr. Joe Don Brandon, PO Box 1155 - The T Free Ride Day
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 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.
Council Date: 9/15/2009