HomeMy WebLinkAbout2010/08/17-Agenda-City Council CITY COUNCIL AGENDA
FOR THE MEETING AT 10:00 A.M. TUESDAY, AUGUST 17, 2010
CITY COUNCIL CHAMBER, CITY HALL
1000 THROCKMORTON STREET, FORT WORTH, TEXAS
I• CALL TO ORDER
II. INVOCATION - Dr. Lynn D. Moore, Edge Park United Methodist Church
III• PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
IV. CONSIDERATION OF MINUTES OF REGULAR MEETING OF AUGUST 10, 2010
V. ITEMS TO BE WITHDRAWN FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA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 ITEMS TO BE CONTINUED OR WITHDRAWN BY STAFF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-17009 - Adopt the Semi-Annual Progress Report from the Capital
Improvements Advisory Committee for Transportation Impact
Fees
2. M&C G-17010 - Authorize the Acceptance of a Monetary Contribution of
$3,338.68 from Jack in the Box Eastern Division L.P., in
Connection with the Design of Streetscape Improvements Along
West Berry Street and Adopt Appropriation Ordinance (COUNCIL
DISTRICT 9)
3. M&C G-17011 - Adopt a Resolution Nominating ATC Logistics & Electronics, Inc.,
as an Enterprise Project Pursuant to the Texas Enterprise Zone
Act (COUNCIL DISTRICT 2)
4. M&C G-17012 - Adopt a Resolution Nominating RadioShack Corporation as an
Enterprise Project Pursuant to the Texas Enterprise Zone Act
(COUNCIL DISTRICT 2)
5. M&C G-17013 - Adopt a Resolution Nominating TD Ameritrade, Inc., as an
Enterprise Project Pursuant to the Texas Enterprise Zone Act
(COUNCIL DISTRICT 2)
6. M&C G-17014 - Adopt an Ordinance Amending the Speed Zone Tables in
Chapter 22, "Motor Vehicles and Traffic", Article III, Section 22-
86, "Speeding", Subsections (f) and (g), of the City Code
(COUNCIL DISTRICTS 2-3, 5-9)
7. M&C G-17015 - Authorize the Temporary Closure of a Portion of Main Street
between 3rd Street and 4th Street from November 15, 2010 until
January 4, 2011 to Accommodate the Downtown Fort Worth
Initiatives, Inc., Annual Christmas Tree Display (COUNCIL
DISTRICT 9)
8. M&C G-17016 - Appointment of Charles McLure as Substitute Hearing Officer for
the Automated Red Light Enforcement Program Administered by
Council Date: 8/17/2010
the Transportation and Public Works Department
9. M&C G-17017 - Ratify the Application for and Accept a Motor Carrier Safety
Assistance Program High Priority Grant from the U.S.
Department of Transportation, Federal Motor Carrier Safety
Assistance Program for $191,058.00 to Conduct Commercial
Motor Vehicle Enforcement and Public Outreach, Authorize the
City Manager to Execute the Grant Agreement for Acceptance of
Grant Funds, Authorize Matching Funds in the Amount of
$47,765.00 and Adopt Appropriation Ordinance
10. M&C G-17018 - Adopt Ordinance Amending Chapter 10 "Courts" of the City Code
to Add Section 10-11 Creating a Juvenile Case Manager Fund
and Requiring a Defendant Convicted of a Fine-Only
Misdemeanor Offense in Municipal Court to Pay $3.00 Per
Convicted-Offense Juvenile Case Manager Fee as a Cost of
Court
11. M&C G-17019 - Adopt Resolution Re-Appointing David Westen as Hearing Officer
in and for the City of Fort Worth Parking Violations Bureau and
Designating the Hearing Officer to Conduct Hearings and
Appeals Pursuant to Chapters 10, 12.5, 22 and 34 of the City
Code and to Perform Other Assigned Duties
B. Purchase of Equipment, Materials, and Services - Consent Items
1. M&C P-11160 - Adopt a Supplemental Appropriation Ordinance Increasing
Appropriations in the Culture and Tourism Fund in the Amount of
$222,120.00 and Decreasing the Unaudited, Unreserved,
Undesignated Culture and Tourism Fund Balance by the
Same Amount for the Purchase of Buffet Station System
Equipment from Sico America, Inc., for the Public Events
Department
2. M&C P-11161 - Authorize a Purchase Agreement with Rhythm Engineering LLC,
for Adaptive Traffic Signal Control Systems for an Initial Annual
Amount of$478,000.00
C. Land - Consent Items
1. M&C L-15034 - Authorize the Purchase of Right-of-Way in Fee and a Temporary
Construction Easement Located at 11625 Alta Vista Road from
Vernell Barber for a Total of $62,570.00 and Pay the Estimated
Closing Costs of $4,000.00 for the North Beach Street Widening
Project (COUNCIL DISTRICT 2)
2. M&C L-15035 - Authorize the Purchase of Right-of-Way in Fee and a Temporary
Construction Easement Located at 11655 Alta Vista Road from
Juan's Tractor Service, Inc., for a Total of $7,670.00 and Pay the
Estimated Closing Costs of $2,000.00 for the North Beach Street
Widening Project (COUNCIL DISTRICT 2)
3. M&C L-15036 - Authorize the Purchase of a Right-of-Way Corner Clip in Fee
Totaling 0.005 Acres Located on Alta Vista Road and Wild Pear
Lane from Erica and Estevam Mendes in the Amount of $800.00
Plus Closing Costs for the North Beach Street Widening Project
(COUNCIL DISTRICT 2)
Council Date: 8/17/2010
D. Planning & Zoning - Consent Items - None
E. Award of Contract - Consent Items
1. M&C C-24391 - Authorize an Engineering Services Agreement with Kimley-Horn
and Associates, Inc., Using Grant Funds in the Amount of
$126,975.00 from the U. S. Department of Energy - Energy
Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant to Conduct a Downtown
Bicycle Facilities Pilot Program Under the City's Energy Efficiency
and Conservation Block Grant COUNCIL DISTRICTS 2 and 9)
2. M&C C-24392 - Adopt a Resolution Authorizing Employment of Kelly Hart &
Hallman LLP as Outside Counsel to Represent the City in the
Action Styled Ric Clark, David Ellis and Weldon Norman v. City of
Fort Worth, Texas, Civil Action No. 4:10-CV-519-A, Pending in
the United States District Court, Northern District of Texas, Fort
Worth Division, in an Amount Not to Exceed $100,000.00
3. M&C C-24393 - Authorize the Execution of an Agreement with the Tarrant County
Tax Assessor-Collector for Ad Valorem Tax Assessment and
Collection Services for Fiscal Year 2011
4. M&C C-24394 - Authorize the Execution of Consent to Assignment of Economic
Development Program Agreement (City Secretary Contract No.
39287) by FW Mason Heights, L.P. to Renaissance Square, LLC
(COUNCIL DISTRICT 8)
5. M&C C-24395 - Authorize an Engineering Agreement in the Amount of
$88,961.00 with Burgess and Niple for the Crooked Lane
Drainage Improvements Project (COUNCIL DISTRICT 5)
6. M&C C-24396 - Adopt 2009 Prevailing Wage Rates for City-Awarded Public-
Works Projects
7. M&C C-24397 - Authorize an Engineering Agreement in the Amount of
$95,384.38 with Wade Trim, Inc., for Water and Sanitary Sewer
Replacement Contract 2009, WSM-C (COUNCIL DISTRICT 3)
8. M&C C-24398 - Authorize an Engineering Agreement in the Amount of
$255,707.00 with Kimley-Horn and Associates, Inc., for Chapin
Road and Cravens Road Water and Sanitary Sewer
Improvements (COUNCIL DISTRICTS 5 and 7)
VIII. PRESENTATIONS BY THE CITY SECRETARY - CONSENT ITEMS
1. OCS - 1782 - 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
1. Human Relations Commission, Estrus Tucker, Chair
Council Date: 8/17/2010
XIII. ORDINANCES
1 The First Reading of 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, 2010, and Ending
September 30, 2011, 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. The First Reading of 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, 2010, and Ending September 30, 2011, 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 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. The First Reading of 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. 2010, Except Such Property as May
be Exempt from Taxation by the Constitution and Laws of the State of Texas; and
Providing 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
XIV. REPORT OF THE CITY MANAGER
A. Benefit Hearing - None
B. General
1. M&C G-17020 - Authorize an Increase of $1,041,792.00 for the Existing
Professional Services Agreements for Technology Staffing and
Placement Services with Digital Intelligence Systems
Corporation, Hudson Global Resources Management, Inc., Matrix
Resources, Inc., and Sentari Technologies, Inc., for the
Information Technology Solutions Department
2. M&C G-17021 - Adopt the Ordinance Amending Article III of Chapter 15 of the
City Code, to Amend Section 15-39 Allowing the Gas Inspector to
Suspend, Revoke or Issue Citations on Gas Drilling Permit
Violations without a 10-Day Cure Period, Revise the Definition of
a Private Residential Area, Provide a Bilingual Waiver Form with
Exhibit and to Provide a Definition for Grandfathered Site
3. M&C G-17022 - Approve a Variance Request by Chesapeake Operating, Inc., to
Allow Storage Tanks and Equipment within the Required
Seventy-Five Foot Setback from a Property Line at the Westgate
Pad Site Located South of Lancaster Avenue (COUNCIL
DISTRICT 9)
4. M&C G-17023 -
Consideration of a Variance from Section 4-4 of the City Code to
Allow Alcoholic Beverage Sales for Mixed Beverages at Quatro's
Council Date: 8/17/2010
Mexican Cuisine and Cantina, Located at 7101 Camp Bowie
West Boulevard (COUNCIL DISTRICT 3) (PUBLIC HEARING)
a. Report of City Staff
b. Citizen Presentations
c. Council Action
5. M&C G-17024 - Consider a Waiver Request by Chesapeake Operating, Inc., for
a Multiple Gas Well Pad Site Permit for the Mt. Tabor Lease
Located at 3020 Village Creek Road, Less Than 600 Feet from a
Protected Use (COUNCIL DISTRICT 5) (PUBLIC HEARING)
a. Report of City Staff
b. Citizen Presentations
c. Council Action
C. Purchase of Equipment, Materials, and Services
1. M&C P-11162 - Authorize a Purchase Agreement with Audio Visual Innovations,
Inc., for Audio-Visual Equipment and Installation Services Using a
General Services Administration Contract for an Amount Up to
$1,547,600.00
D. Land
1. M&C L-15037 - Authorize Execution of an Underground Pipeline License
Agreement with Cowtown Pipeline Partners, L.P., for a Natural
Gas Pipeline Across City-Owned Property in the B. Lavois
Survey, A-991, C.R. Harmon Survey A-737 and the Thomas
Walden Survey, A-1921, Just South of Alliance Airport
2. M&C L-15038 - Authorize Execution of an Underground Pipeline License
Agreement with Quicksilver Resources, Inc., for a Saltwater
Pipeline Across City-Owned Property in the B. Lavois Survey, A-
991, C.R. Harmon Survey A-737, and the Thomas Walden
Survey, A-1921, Just South of Alliance Airport
3. M&C L-15039 - Approve the Acceptance of a Lease Agreement with Chesapeake
Exploration, LLC in the Amount of $11,304,726.60 for Natural
Gas Drilling Under 1,365.80 Acres More or Less of City-Owned
Properties Known as Lake Worth Zone 3A (COUNCIL DISTRICT
7)
4. M&C L-15040 - Authorize the Sale of Thirty Six Tax-Foreclosed Properties for a
Total of$173,962.11 (COUNCIL DISTRICTS 5, 6, 7 and 8)
5. M&C L-15041 - Conduct a Public Hearing and Authorize the Use of a Portion of
the Subsurface of Anderson Campbell Park for the Purpose of
Installing a Ten Inch Natural Gas Pipeline and Authorize the
Execution of a License Agreement with Texas Midstream Gas
Services LLC, in the Amount of $44,475.15 (COUNCIL
DISTRICT 7)
(PUBLIC HEARING)
a. Report of City Staff
b. Citizen Presentations
c. Council Action
Council Date: 8/17/2010
6. M&C L-15042 - Conduct a Public Hearing and Authorize Subsurface Drilling and
the Extraction of Natural Gas from an Off Site Location at
Parkwood Hills Park (COUNCIL DISTRICT 4)
(PUBLIC HEARING)
a. Report of City Staff
b. Citizen Presentations
c. Council Action
7. M&C L-15043 - Conduct a Public Hearing and Authorize Subsurface Drilling and
the Extraction of Natural Gas from an Off Site Location at
Sagamore Hills Park (COUNCIL DISTRICT 5)
(PUBLIC HEARING)
a. Report of City Staff
b. Citizen Presentations
c. Council Action
8. M&C L-15044 - Conduct a Public Hearing and Authorize Subsurface Drilling and
the Extraction of Natural Gas from an Off Site Location at
Creekside Park, Dabney Park, Deer Creek Park, Hallmark Park,
Lincolnshire Park, South Meadows Park, Summer Creek Ranch
Park and Willow Creek Park (COUNCIL DISTRICT 6)
(PUBLIC HEARING)
a. Report of City Staff
b. Citizen Presentations
c. Council Action
9. M&C L-15045 - Conduct a Public Hearing and Authorize Subsurface Drilling and
the Extraction of Natural Gas from an Off Site Location at
Andrew "Doc" Session Community Center (COUNCIL DISTRICT
8)
(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-24399 - Authorize the Execution of Public Right-of-Way Use Agreement
Granting Barnett Gathering, LP, a License to Construct and
Operate a Natural Gas Gathering Pipeline Across Bryant Irvin
Road, North of Arborlawn for a One-Time License Fee of
$7,854.00 (COUNCIL DISTRICT 3)
2. M&C C-24400 - Authorize the Rejection of All Bids Received for On-Site
Employee Health Center Administrator/Operator for the Human
Resources Department
3. M&C C-24401 - Authorize Budget Amendments to the City's 2010-2011 Action
Plan for the Use of Grant Funds from the United States
Department of Housing and Urban Development Under its
Community Development Block Grant, HOME Investment
Council Date: 8/17/2010
Partnerships Program, Emergency Shelter Grant and Housing
Opportunities for Persons with AIDS Program Authorize
Execution of Related Contracts and Interdepartmental Letters of
Agreement for Program Year 2010-2011 and Adopt Appropriation
Ordinance (ALL COUNCIL DISTRICTS)
4. M&C C-24402 - Authorize the Amendment to Tax Abatement Agreement with
Health Care Service Corporation d/b/a Blue Cross Blue Shield of
Texas to Reduce Requirements for Scope of Real Property
Improvements and Extend Deadline for Completion of Required
Improvements (COUNCIL DISTRICT 2)
5. M&C C-24403 - Authorize the Execution of Amendment to City Secretary Contract
No. 39724 Agreement with the University of North Texas Health
Science Center to Expand Use of State Grant Funds for Fort
Worth Business Assistance Center Operations and to Reduce the
Amount of the Grant to $665,000.00 (COUNCIL DISTRICT 8)
6. M&C C-24404 - Authorize the Approval of Grant Amendment No. 1 to City
Secretary Contract No. 35315 from the Texas Department of
Transportation in the Amount of $2,022,750.00 for the Perimeter
Road Construction at Meacham International Airport, Authorize
Use of Revenue Derived from Mineral Leases in the Amount of
$224,750.00 for the Additional Grant Match and Adopt
Appropriation Ordinances (COUNCIL DISTRICT 2)
7. M&C C-24405 - Confirm Emergency Procurement of Services in the Amount of
$60,559.05 from Ace Pipe Cleaning, Inc., for Work Performed at
the Live Oak Lift Station, Located at 731 Verna Trail (COUNCIL
DISTRICT 7)
8. M&C C-24406 - Authorize Amendment No. 6 to City Secretary Contract No.
29110 with Johnson Controls, Inc., in the Amount of
$1,815,526.00 to Implement Phase VI-a of the City's Energy
Savings Performance Contract at Village Creek Wastewater
Treatment Plant (ALL COUNCIL DISTRICTS)
9. M&C C-24407 - Authorize a Contract in the Amount of $2,268,084.00 with Lewis
Contractors, Inc., to Construct the Westside Water Treatment
Plant Raw Water Transmission Main Project, Located at 12200
Old Weatherford Road (COUNCIL DISTRICT 7)
10. M&C C-24408 - Authorize the Acceptance of a Monetary Donation in the Amount
of $24,637.90 from Premier Communities Management
Company, Inc., Authorize Execution of Construction Contract with
Henneberger Construction, Inc., for Park Improvements at
Parkwood Hills and Anderson Campbell Reserve Parks in the
Amount of $468,891.69 and Adopt Appropriation Ordinance
(COUNCIL DISTRICTS 4 and 7)
XV. BUDGET HEARING
1 Hearing on Proposed Fiscal Year 2010-2011 Appropriation Ordinance, Debt Service
Ordinance and Ad Valorem Tax Levy Ordinance
1. Report of City Staff
2. Citizen Presentations
XVI. ZONING HEARING
Council Date: 8/17/2010
1. ZC-10-116B - (CD 2) - City of Fort Worth Planning & Development, 2911, 2913, 3107, &
3221 N. Main Street; from: "I" Light Industrial, "J" Medium Industrial and "PD-834" Planned
Development for all uses in "E" Neighborhood Commercial plus hotel, site plan included to:
"FR" General Commercial Restricted, "PD/I" Planned Development for all uses in "I" Light
Industrial excluding bar, tavern, cocktail lounge, club, private or teen, club, commercial or
business, massage parlor, liquor or package store, tattoo parlor, pawn shop, crematorium,
fabricating or manufactured housing, manufactured home/RV repair, paint mixing or
spraying, paper box manufacture, sheet metal shop, warehouse or bulk storage, sexually
oriented business, and manufacture of aluminum, brass or other metals from bone, paper,
rubber, leather or plastics, a 10 ft. x 120 ft. landscaped bufferyard with screening fence and
five new trees a minimum 3" caliper to be located at west property line adjacent to
residential, the supplemental setback adjacent to residential to be a minimum of 25', all
uses to be conducted indoors; site plan waiver requested, and retain "PD-834" Planned
Development for E uses plus hotel, site plan included. (Recommended for Approval)
(Continued from a Previous Meeting)
2. ZC-10-092 - (CD 6) - Trinity Industries, Inc., 2300 West Risinger Road; from: "I" Light
Industrial to: "PD/I" Planned Development for all uses in "I" Light Industrial plus metal
fabrication, welding shop, cast concrete, batch plant concrete or asphalt (permanent),
excluding crematorium, manufactured housing, manufactured home/RV repair with no
maximum horsepower limitation on any type of machine; site plan included.
(Recommended for Approval) (Continued from a Previous Meeting)
XVII. CITIZEN PRESENTATIONS
XVIII. EXECUTIVE SESSION (PRE-COUNCIL ) - See Attachment
XIX. 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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Council Date: 8/17/2010