HomeMy WebLinkAbout2011/05/24-Agenda-City Council CITY COUNCIL AGENDA
FOR THE MEETING AT 10:00 A.M. TUESDAY, MAY 24, 2011
CITY COUNCIL CHAMBER, CITY HALL
1000 THROCKMORTON STREET, FORT WORTH, TEXAS
I. CALL TO ORDER
II. INVOCATION - Father Stephen Jasso, All Saints Catholic Church
III. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
IV. CONSIDERATION OF MINUTES OF REGULAR MEETING OF MAY 17, 2011
V. CERTIFICATION OF OFFICIAL ELECTION RETURNS BY THE CITY SECRETARY
VI. RESOLUTION
1. A Resolution Canvassing Returns and Declaration of Results of the General Election Held
on May 14, 2011
Attachment(s):
Resoluton Canvassing Returns - Attached.pdf
VII• PRESENTATION OF CERTIFICATES OF ELECTION
VIII. ORDINANCES
1 An Ordinance Ordering A Run-Off Election by the Qualified Voters of the City of Fort Worth,
Texas, on Saturday, the 18th Day of June, 2011, for the Purpose of Electing the Mayor and
a City Council Member for City Council District 7
Attachment(s):
Run-Off Election Ordinance - Attached.pdf
2. Forty-Fifth Supplemental Concurrent Bond Ordinance Authorizing Dallas/Fort Worth
International Airport Joint Revenue Refunding Bonds, Series 2011A, for Lawful Purposes;
Providing the Security Therefore; Providing for the Sale, Execution and Delivery Thereof
Subject to Certain Parameters; and Providing Other Terms, Provisions and Covenants with
Respect Thereto
Attachment(s):
DFW 45th Supplemental Ordinance-Attached.pdf
3. Forty-Sixth Supplemental Concurrent Bond Ordinance Authorizing Dallas/Fort Worth
International Airport Joint Revenue Bonds, Series 2011 B, for Lawful Purposes; Providing
the Security Therefore; Providing for the Sale, Execution and Delivery Thereof Subject to
Certain Parameters; and Providing Other Terms, Provisions and Covenants with Respect
Thereto
Attachment(s):
DFW 46th Supplemental Ordinance-Attached.pdf
4. Forty-Seventh Supplemental Concurrent Bond Ordinance Authorizing Dallas/Fort Worth
International Airport Joint Revenue Refunding Bonds, Series 2011C, Series 2011 D, Series
2011 E, Series 2011 F, and Series 2011 G, and Series 2011 H, for Lawful Purposes;
Providing the Security Therefore; Providing for the Sale, Execution and Delivery Thereof
Subject to Certain Parameters; and Providing Other Terms, Provisions an Covenants with
Respect Thereto
Attachment(s):
DFW 47th Supplemental Ordinance-Attached.pdf
IX. ITEMS TO BE WITHDRAWN FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA
Council Date: 5/24/2011
X. ITEMS TO BE CONTINUED OR WITHDRAWN BY STAFF
XI. 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-17278 - Adopt a Resolution Authorizing an Increase to the Maximum
Amount to be Paid to the Law Firm of Whitaker, Chalk, Swindle
and Sawyer, L.L.P., to Assist the City with Legal Matters
Concerning Premature Street Failures in an Additional Sum of
$66,000.00 and Adopt Supplemental Appropriation Ordinance
and Decreasing the Unaudited, Unreserved, Undesignated
Fund Balance of the General Fund by the Same Amount
(COUNCIL DISTRICTS 2 and 6)
2. M&C G-17279 - Adopt Ordinance Amending Section 7-402, Fees, of the Fort
Worth City Code to Increase Rental Registration Fees
B. Purchase of Equipment, Materials, and Services - Consent Items
1. M&C P-11236 - Authorize a Purchase Agreement with North Texas
Hydromulching & Services, L.L.C., for Grass Seed and Sod for
the City of Fort Worth for an Amount of $409,200.00 for the First
Year
2. M&C P-11237 - Authorize a Sole-Source Purchase of Instruments, Software and
Services from Applied Biosystems, L.L.C., for the Police
Department, Forensic Division, for a Total Amount of
$440,965.67
3. M&C P-11238 - Authorize a Purchase Agreement with The Paper Plate, Inc., to
Provide Meals for the Parks and Community Services
Department's Summer Food Service Program for an Annual
Amount of $525,000.00 from Federal Grant Funds for the First
Year
4. M&C P-11239 - Authorize the Purchase of a Sewer Truck from Southwest
International Trucks, Inc., Using a Texas Association of School
Boards Cooperative Contract for the Water Department for a
Total Amount of$253,851.00
C. Land - Consent Items
1. M&C L-15192 - Authorize Settlement of Lawsuit Entitled City of Fort Worth v.
Near Southeast Community Development Corporation, Inc.,
Cause No. 236-245377-10, Authorize Execution of a Settlement
Agreement, Acceptance of Thirty Properties and Payment of Up
to $15,000.00 in Closing Costs and Dedication of 1000 Park
Manor Drive as Parkland (COUNCIL DISTRICT 8)
D. Planning & Zoning - Consent Items
1. M&C PZ-2937 - Adopt an Ordinance Vacating a Portion of Harris Parkway South
of the Intersection of Harris Parkway and Dutch Branch Road
(COUNCIL DISTRICT 3)
2. M&C PZ-2938 - Adopt an Ordinance Vacating Two Alleys in Block 7, Southside
Council Date: 5/24/2011
Addition, Adjacent to the Intersection of Hemphill Street and West
Seminary Drive (COUNCIL DISTRICT 9)
E. Award of Contract - Consent Items
1. M&C C-24916 - Approval of Community Facilities Agreement with A-S 104
Timberland Town Center, L.P., for Construction of Water and
Sewer Improvements to Serve The Shops at Timberland with City
Participation for the Water and Sewer Improvements in the
Amount of$30,995.39 (COUNCIL DISTRICT 2)
2. M&C C-24917 - Authorize a Final Design and Commission Contract with Artist
Mike Mandel for Seven Large-Scale Tile Murals for the Will
Rogers Multi-Purpose Equestrian Facility on W.R. Watt Drive,
Fort Worth, Texas, in the Amount of $246,382.00 (COUNCIL
DISTRICT 7)
3. M&C C-24918 - Authorize Execution of a Professional Services Agreement with
Garver, LLC, in the Amount of $99,500.00 for Small Engineering
Projects on an As-Needed Basis for the Aviation Department
(COUNCIL DISTRICT 2)
4. M&C C-24919 - Authorize a License Agreement with Fort Worth Symphony
Orchestra Association for Use of the Fort Worth Botanic Garden
for the Concerts in the Garden Series (COUNCIL DISTRICT 7)
XII. PRESENTATIONS BY THE CITY SECRETARY - CONSENT ITEMS
1. OCS - 1815 - Notice of Claims for Alleged Damages and/or Injuries
XIII. SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS, INTRODUCTIONS, ETC.
1. Presentation of Proclamation for National Missing Children's Day
XIV. ANNOUNCEMENTS BY CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS AND STAFF
1. Upcoming and Recent Events
2. Recognition of Citizens
XV. PRESENTATIONS BY THE CITY COUNCIL
1. Changes in Membership on Boards and Commissions
XVI. PRESENTATIONS AND/OR COMMUNICATIONS FROM BOARDS, COMMISSIONS AND/OR
CITY COUNCIL COMMITTEES
XVII. REPORT OF THE CITY MANAGER
A. Benefit Hearing - None
B. General
1. M&C G-17280 - Approve Settlement of Lawsuit Entitled Spirit of Prayer
Community and Economic Development Corporation v. City of
Fort Worth, Cause No. 48-242097-09, in Tarrant County, Texas
and Payment of$141,500.00
2. M&C G-17281 - Approve the Golf Enterprise Fund's Fiscal Year 2011 Gas-
Related Revenue Expenditure Plan in the Amount of$800,000.00
and Adopt Appropriation Ordinance (COUNCIL DISTRICTS 2, 3
and 8)
3. M&C G-17282 -
Council Date: 5/24/2011
Conduct a Public Hearing and Adopt an Ordinance Establishing
Standards of Care for Youth Programs in the Parks and
Community Services Department for 2011 (ALL COUNCIL
DISTRICTS) (PUBLIC HEARING)
a. Report of City Staff
b. Citizen Presentations
c. Council Action
C. Purchase of Equipment, Materials, and Services
1. M&C P-11240 - Authorize the Purchase of Golf Turf Maintenance Equipment for
the Parks and Community Services Department from
Professional Turf Products, Limited Partnership, Using a National
Intergovernmental Purchase Alliance Cooperative Contract for a
Total Amount of $329,687.00, Authorize Inter-Fund Loan and
Adopt Appropriation Ordinance
D. Land - None
E. Planning & Zoning - None
F. Award of Contract
1. M&C C-24920 - Authorize Execution of an Underground Pipeline License
Agreement with Texas Midstream Gas Services, LLC., in the
Amount of $38,057.99 for a Natural Gas Pipeline Across City-
Owned Property Located at 1701 Martin Luther King Freeway,
Fort Worth, Texas, Also Known as Trinity River Levee (COUNCIL
DISTRICT 8)
2. M&C C-24921 - Authorize the Execution of an Encroachment Agreement with
Carlyle/Cypress West 7th, LP, for the Construction of a Parking
Structure Over an Alley at 2853 Crockett Street, Fort Worth,
Texas (COUNCIL DISTRICT 9)
3. M&C C-24922 - Authorize Execution of Amendment No. 1 to the Professional
Services Agreement with Kimley-Horn and Associates, Inc., for
Revision of the City's Standard Construction Specification
Documents in the Amount of $884,700.00 Increasing the Total
Contract Amount to $1,887,500.00
4. M&C C-24923 - Authorize Execution of a Community Facilities Agreement with A-
S 104 Timberland Town Center, L.P., with City Participation in the
Amount of $1,031,966.94 for the Construction of 450 Feet of
North Beach Street North of Timberland Boulevard and 2,000
Feet of Timberland Boulevard East of North Beach Street and
Adopt Appropriation Ordinance (COUNCIL DISTRICT 2)
5. M&C C-24924 - Authorize Execution of Amendment No. 2 to City Secretary
Contract No. 29095, Economic Development Program Agreement
with Pier 1 Services Company to Change the Definition of Pier 1
Property as Described in the Agreement (COUNCIL DISTRICT 9)
6. M&C C-24925 - Adopt a Resolution Authorizing Execution of a Funding
Agreement with the Texas Department of Transportation for the
Litsey Road Widening in the Amount $8,000,000.00, Authorize an
Engineering Services Agreement with Halff Associates, Inc., for
Council Date: 5/24/2011
Design in the Amount of $358,700.00, Approve the Transfer of
$1,600,000.00 from the Street Improvement 2008 Fund to the
Grant Capital Project Fund and Adopt Appropriation Ordinance
(COUNCIL DISTRICT 2)
7. M&C C-24926 - Adopt Supplemental Appropriation Ordinance Increasing
Appropriations in the Culture and Tourism Fund in the Amount of
$502,852.00 and Decreasing the Unaudited, Unreserved,
Undesignated Culture and Tourism Fund Balance by the
Same Amount and Authorize the Execution of a Contract with
Johnson Controls, Inc., to Upgrade the Air Conditioning and
Heating System in the Coliseum Backstage Club at the Will
Rogers Memorial Center (COUNCIL DISTRICT 7)
XVIII. CITIZEN PRESENTATIONS
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: 5/24/2011