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FOR THE MEETING AT 10:00 A.M. TUESDAY, DECEMBER 17, 2013
CITY COUNCIL CHAMBER, CITY HALL
1000 THROCKMORTON STREET, FORT WORTH, TEXAS
I. CALL TO ORDER
II. INVOCATION - Reverend Lee Ann Bryce, First Congregational United Church of Christ
III. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
IV. CONSIDERATION OF MINUTES OF REGULAR MEETING OF DECEMBER 10, 2013
V. ITEMS TO BE WITHDRAWN FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA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 ITEMS TO BE CONTINUED OR WITHDRAWN BY STAFF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-18080 - Authorize Payment to the Atmos Gas Cities Steering Committee
in the Amount of $37,061.00 to Fund Participation in Dockets,
Rate Cases and Other Proceedings Related to Gas Utility
Regulations (ALL COUNCIL DISTRICTS)
2. M&C G-18081 - Authorize Payment of 2014 Membership Dues to the Texas
Coalition of Cities for Franchise Utility Issues in the Amount of
$27,500.00 (ALL COUNCIL DISTRICTS)
3. M&C G-18082 - Approve Findings of Ground Transportation Coordinator
Regarding Renewal Application of Magdi Fahiem d/b/a 1st
Choice Limousines & Transportation Service, to Operate Ten
Limousines Within the City of Fort Worth and Adopt Ordinance
Granting Such Authority (ALL COUNCIL DISTRICTS)
4. M&C G-18083 - Approve Findings of Ground Transportation Coordinator
Regarding Renewal Application of Advance Transportation
Solutions, LLC, to Operate One Limousine Within the City of Fort
Worth and Adopt Ordinance Granting Such Authority (ALL
COUNCIL DISTRICTS)
5. M&C G-18084 - Approve Findings of Ground Transportation Coordinator
Regarding Renewal Application of Choice Transport to Operate
Three Limousines Within the City of Fort Worth and Adopt
Ordinance Granting Such Authority (ALL COUNCIL DISTRICTS)
6. M&C G-18085 - Authorize Temporary Closure of a Section of Cravens Road from
East Berry Street to Dowdell Road from January 6, 2014 Through
October 18, 2014 for Construction of a Bridge Over Wildcat
Branch Creek and the Temporary Closure of Ayers Avenue and
Avenue E Near the Intersection of East Rosedale Street from
December 18, 2013 Through March 17, 2014 to Expedite
Construction of a Roundabout as Part of the East Rosedale
Street Enhancement Project (COUNCIL DISTRICTS 5 and 8)
Council Date: 12/17/2013
7. M&C G-18086 - Approve Findings of Ground Transportation Coordinator
Regarding Renewal Application of Hoque & Mumith, Inc. d/b/a
ALT Worldwide Chauffeured Services, to Operate Twenty
Limousines Within the City of Fort Worth and Adopt Ordinance
Granting Such Authority (ALL COUNCIL DISTRICTS)
8. M&C G-18087 - Approve Findings of Ground Transportation Coordinator
Regarding Renewal Application of Limo in DFW, to Operate Two
Limousines Within the City of Fort Worth and Adopt Ordinance
Granting Such Authority (ALL COUNCIL DISTRICTS)
9. M&C G-18088 - Authorize Payment to Energy Transfer Fuel, LP, in the Amount of
$221,467.58 for the Construction of a Twenty-Four Inch Casing
Extension on its Twenty-Inch Old Ocean 9004 Pipeline to
Accommodate the Construction of Old Decatur Road from WJ
Boaz Road to McLeroy Boulevard (COUNCIL DISTRICT 7)
10. M&C G-18089 - Approve Findings of Ground Transportation Coordinator
Regarding Renewal Application of Walsh Integrity Investments,
LLC d/b/a AirCar, to Operate Twenty Limousines Within the City
of Fort Worth and Adopt Ordinance Granting Such Authority (ALL
COUNCIL DISTRICTS)
11. M&C G-18090 - Adopt Supplemental Appropriation Ordinance Increasing
Appropriations in the Federal Asset Forfeiture Fund in the
Amount of $250,000.00 for the Purpose of Purchasing
Permissible Law Enforcement Goods and Services and
Decreasing the Assigned Fund Balance by the Same Amount
(ALL COUNCIL DISTRICTS)
12. M&C G-18091 - Authorize the Use of Funds in the Restricted Residual Account
for the 2004 Capital Improvement Program Fire Safety
Improvements Proposition Four Totaling $154,105.00, Authorize
Execution of an Architectural Services Agreement in the Amount
of $149,105.00 with RPGA Design Group, Inc., Provide for
Additional Funding for Staff Time and Other Miscellaneous
Expenses for a Total Project in the Amount of $154,105.00 to
Design the Relocation of Fire Station No. 17 to the New Public
Safety Training Center Site (COUNCIL DISTRICT 9)
13. M&C G-18092 - Authorize Execution of a Settlement Agreement with Don E.
Hansen for the Termination of an Administration Building Lease
and Ramp Space License Agreement at Fort Worth Meacham
International Airport for the Purpose of Renovation of the
Administration Building, Authorize Payment in the Amount of
$500,000.00 to Don E. Hansen in Settlement of All Claims,
Authorize Use of Mineral Lease Revenue from City Airports and
Adopt Appropriation Ordinances (COUNCIL DISTRICT 2)
14. M&C G-18093 - Authorize Use of $399,956.00 in Tree Removal Fee Revenue to
Fund the Community Tree Planting Program and Adopt
Appropriation Ordinance (ALL COUNCIL DISTRICTS)
B. Purchase of Equipment, Materials, and Services - Consent Items
1. M&C P-11613 -
Authorize Non-Exclusive Purchase Agreements with Aqua
Metrics, Atlas Utility Supply Company and Master Meter to
Provide Water Meters and Appurtenances for the Water
Council Date: 12/17/2013
Department for a Combined Amount Up to $1,400,000.00 for the
First Year (ALL COUNCIL DISTRICTS)
2. M&C P-11614 - Authorize Purchase of a F-350 Command Center Truck from
Caldwell Country Ford Using a Cooperative Contract for the Fire
Department in the Amount of $77,808.00 (ALL COUNCIL
DISTRICTS)
C. Land - Consent Items
1. M&C L-15645 - Authorize Execution of a Rescission of Notices of Restriction to
Remove the Wetlands Mitigation Easement from Approximately
34.72 Acres Located on the Northeast Quadrant of Dallas/Fort
Worth International Airport, Subject to Approval by the U.S. Army
Corps of Engineers (ALL COUNCIL DISTRICTS)
2. M&C L-15646 - Authorize Execution of Amendment No. 8 to Purchase
Agreement with Cypress Equities I, LP, City Secretary Contract
No. 35571, to Extend Option to Purchase City-Owned Property in
the Evans and Rosedale Project Area for an Additional Fifteen
Months (COUNCIL DISTRICT 8)
3. M&C L-15647 - Authorize Acquisition of a Fee-Simple Interest in 0.142 Acres of
Land for Right-of-Way Located on the Southwest Corner of
Cromwell Marine Creek Road and Marine Creek Parkway, from
Marine Creek of Texas JV for $40,200.00 and Pay the Estimated
Closing Costs of $1,500.00 for a Total in the Amount of
$41,700.00 (COUNCIL DISTRICT 2)
D. Planning & Zoning - Consent Items
1. M&C PZ-3044 - Adopt Ordinance Vacating a Portion of an Alley, a Portion of
Bellaire Drive North and the Remaining Portions of Grisham Way
and Mid Court Within the Texas Christian University Campus for
a New Dormitory, Parking and Multi-Purpose Student Services
Building (COUNCIL DISTRICT 3)
E. Award of Contract - Consent Items
1. M&C C-26601 - Authorize Execution of a Communications System Agreement
with the City of Kennedale for Participation in the City of Fort
Worth's Two-Way Public Safety Radio System at No Cost to the
City of Fort Worth (ALL COUNCIL DISTRICTS)
2. M&C C-26602 - Authorize Execution of a Contract with e-Watch Corporation to
Provide Implementation Services, End-User Training and Annual
Maintenance and Licensing for a Consolidated Video Security
System in the Amount Up to $400,000.00 Annually for the Fire
Department (ALL COUNCIL DISTRICTS)
3. M&C C-26603 - Authorize Amendment to Mayor and Council Communication C-
24710 for the Conditional Commitment and Contract for HOME
Investment Partnership Program Grant Funds to Cornerstone
Assistance Network Housing Development Corporation for the
Development of Single Family Houses in the Polytechnic
Neighborhood to Comply with United States Department of
Housing and Urban Development Requirements, Reduce the
Number of Houses to be Constructed to Two, and Authorize
Council Date: 12/17/2013
Release of City Liens (COUNCIL DISTRICT 5)
4. M&C C-26604 - Authorize Execution of a Lease Agreement with International
Sister Cities Association of Fort Worth, Inc., for Office Space in
the City Hall Annex Building in the Amount of$100.00 Each Year
for Five Years (COUNCIL DISTRICT 9)
5. M&C C-26605 - Authorize Execution of Change Order No. 21 with the Texas
Department of Transportation in the Amount of$103,547.77, with
City Participation in the Amount of $59,954.16, for the Ongoing
Construction of East Rosedale Street from IH-35W to US 287,
Thereby Increasing the Total Contract Amount to $18,380,884.77
(COUNCIL DISTRICT 8)
6. M&C C-26606 - Authorize Execution of a Reimbursement Agreement and
Payment to Millennium Telcom, LLC d/b/a OneSource
Communications, in the Amount of $212,482.00 for the
Relocation of Approximately 6,600 Feet of Overhead Wire to
Underground Facilities that are Located Along Old Denton Road
(COUNCIL DISTRICT 4)
7. M&C C-26607 - Authorize Execution of a Stormwater Facility Maintenance
Agreement with Western Center Reserve, LLC on Property
Located East of Blue Mound Road, Between Western Center
Boulevard and Watauga Smithfield Road, Containing 10.660
Acres of Land in the Josiah Walker Survey, Abstract 1602 and
the James A. Bradford Survey, Abstract 183, at no Cost to the
City (COUNCIL DISTRICT 2)
8. M&C C-26608 - Authorize Execution of a Memorandum of Understanding with the
City of Arlington and the City of Dallas to Participate in the North
Texas Anti-Trafficking Team, Authorize Acceptance in an Amount
Up to $60,000.00 from the Department of Justice Through the
City of Arlington from the Fiscal Year 2013 Enhanced
Collaborative Model to Combat Human Trafficking Grant,
Authorize Matching Funds in an Amount Up to $172,348.80 and
Adopt Appropriation Ordinance (ALL COUNCIL DISTRICTS)
9. M&C C-26609 - Ratify Application for and Authorize Acceptance of, if Awarded, a
Motor Carrier Safety Assistance Program High Priority Grant from
the United States Department of Transportation, Federal Motor
Carrier Safety Administration in an Amount Up to $315,234.80 to
Conduct Commercial Motor Vehicle Enforcement and Public
Outreach, Authorize Execution of the Grant Agreement for
Acceptance of Grant Funds, Authorize Matching Funds in an
Amount Up to $93,106.91 and Adopt Appropriation Ordinance
(ALL COUNCIL DISTRICTS)
10. M&C C-26610 - Authorize Execution of an Agreement with Freese and Nichols,
Inc., in an Amount not to Exceed $87,512.00 to Update the Water
Conservation Plan (ALL COUNCIL DISTRICTS)
11. M&C C-26611 - Authorize Execution of a Contract with North Texas Contracting,
Inc., in the Amount of $455,324.00 for DFW Airport Reclaimed
Water Delivery System Flush Line and Provide for Project Costs
and Contingencies for a Project Total in the Amount of
$495,090.00 (COUNCIL DISTRICT 5)
12. M&C C-26612 - Authorize Execution of Amendment No. 4 to the Agreement with
Council Date: 12/17/2013
Aqua Utilities, Inc., and the Resort at Eagle Mountain Lake, L.P.,
to Sell Supplemental Treated Water on a Temporary Basis for the
Resort at Eagle Mountain Lake (ETJ NEAR COUNCIL DISTRICT
7)
13. M&C C-26613 - Authorize Execution of an Engineering Agreement with Caye
Cook & Associates in the Amount of $96,430.00 for the Design
and Engineering of Park Improvements in Eugene McCray Park
at Lake Arlington, Oakmont Linear Park South, Hallmark Park
and Jefferson Davis Park and Adopt Appropriation Ordinance
(COUNCIL DISTRICTS 5, 6, 8 and 9)
VIII. PRESENTATIONS BY THE CITY SECRETARY - CONSENT ITEMS
1. OCS - 1908 - Notice of Claims for Alleged Damages and/or Injuries
IX. SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS, INTRODUCTIONS, ETC.
1. Presentation of Results of the 2013 Employee Food Drive
X. ANNOUNCEMENTS BY CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS AND STAFF
1. Upcoming and Recent Events
2. Recognition of Citizens
3. Approval of Ceremonial Travel
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. RESOLUTION
1. A Resolution Appointing William W. Meadows to the Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport
Board of Directors, Place 7
Attachment(s):
Resolution - Attached.pdf
XIV. REPORT OF THE CITY MANAGER
A. Benefit Hearing - None
B. General
1. M&C G-18094 - Authorize a 26-Month Waiver of Street Rental Fees Estimated at
$273,250.00 Related to Street Closures Necessary to
Accommodate the Construction of a New South Tower and
Permanent Urgent Care Unit at Cook Children's Medical Center
(COUNCIL DISTRICT 9)
2. M&C G-18095 - Authorize Payment to the Standing Steering Committee of Oncor
Electric Delivery Service Area Cities in the Amount of$74,121.00
to Fund Participation in the Current and Upcoming Utility Dockets
and Rulemaking Related to Electric Utility Regulation at the
Texas Public Utility Commission (ALL COUNCIL DISTRICTS)
3. M&C G-18096 - Authorize Continuation of the Military Pay Supplement Benefit
and Military Leave Fund Policy Until December 31, 2014 (ALL
COUNCIL DISTRICTS)
4. M&C G-18097 -
Authorize Temporary Closure of a Section of Meadowbrook Drive
Council Date: 12/17/2013
from Oakland Boulevard to Rand Street from December 23, 2013
Through January 5, 2014 for Water and Sewer Line Replacement
Activities and the Temporary Closure of a Section of West Terrell
Avenue from Sixth Avenue to Seventh Avenue from January 6,
2014 Through March 17, 2014 for Construction Activities at Cook
Children's Medical Center (COUNCIL DISTRICTS 8 and 9)
5. M&C G-18098 - Conduct a Public Hearing, Adopt Resolution Supporting the
Application of WS Storage LP, for a Municipal Setting
Designation for the Property Comprised of Thirteen Lots Within
the 2700 Block of White Settlement Road, Whitmore Street, and
Weisenberger Street, Fort Worth, Texas, to the Texas
Commission on Environmental Quality and Adopt Ordinance
Prohibiting the Potable Use of Designated Groundwater from
Beneath the Site (COUNCIL DISTRICT 9) (PUBLIC HEARING)
a. Report of City Staff
b. Citizen Presentations
c. Council Action
C. Purchase of Equipment, Materials, and Services - None
D. Land
1. M&C L-15648 - Authorize Condemnation by Eminent Domain for Permanent and
Temporary Easements in 1.104 Acres of Land Owned by Multiple
Property Owners Including Members of the Pate and Miller
Families and Related Trusts, Texas Wesleyan University, Texas
Christian University and Austin College for a Permanent Drainage
Facility, Permanent Slope and Temporary Construction
Easements, Located on Altamesa Boulevard Between Bryant
Irvin Road and Granbury Road for the Widening of Altamesa
Boulevard (COUNCIL DISTRICT 6)
E. Planning & Zoning
1. M&C PZ-3045 - Adopt Proposed Amendments to the Master Thoroughfare Plan
to Realign Major Thoroughfares in the Far West and Far
Southwest Sectors of City of Fort Worth and Extraterritorial
Jurisdiction and Remove FM 1187 as the Outer Loop (COUNCIL
DISTRICT 3 and ETJ - TARRANT and PARKER COUNTIES)
F. Award of Contract
1. M&C C-26614 - Authorize Execution of a Contract with S.J. Louis Construction of
Texas, Ltd., in the Amount of$2,690,105.72 for the Construction
of Eastern Hills Drainage System Improvements Phase 2 and
Provide for Contingencies and Construction Services for a Total
Project Cost in the Amount of$3,183,105.72 (COUNCIL
DISTRICT 4)
2. M&C C-26615 -
Authorize Application for and Acceptance of, if Awarded, Two
Grants from the Texas Department of Transportation for the
Comprehensive Selective Traffic Enforcement Program in the
Amount of $906,763.51 and for the Commercial Motor Vehicle
Selective Traffic Enforcement Program in the Amount of
Council Date: 12/17/2013
$91,683.52, Authorize Execution of Related Grant Agreements,
Adopt Supplemental Appropriation Ordinance, Authorize
Expenditure and Transfer in the Amount of $250,429.00 from the
State Asset Forfeiture Fund to the Grants Fund for the City's
Grant Match Requirement and Adopt Appropriation Ordinance
(ALL COUNCIL DISTRICTS)
3. M&C C-26616 - Authorize Execution of a Contract with William J. Schultz, Inc.
d/b/a Circle "C" Construction Company, in the Amount of
$2,977,235.00 for Sanitary Sewer Rehabilitation, Contract 79, on
Riverside Drive, Berry Street, Ellis Ranch Trail, Fairway Drive,
Glen Garden Drive, Stardust Lane and Three Easements,
Provide for Project Costs and Contingencies for a Project Total in
the Amount of$3,122,552.00 and Adopt Appropriation Ordinance
(COUNCIL DISTRICT 8)
XV. ZONING HEARING
1. -13-158 - (CD 2) - Rita & Blas Rodriguez, 2421 Pearl Avenue; from: "A-5" One-Family
to: "PD/A-5" Planned Development for all uses in "A-5" One-Family plus inside storage of
roofing materials only; site plan included. (Recommended for Denial by the Zoning
Commission) (Continued from a Previous Meeting)
2. -13-160 - (CD 2) - Mario Santiesteban/MSCTLS Properties, LLC, 2723 Pearl Avenue;
from: "A-5" One-Family to: "E" Neighborhood Commercial (Recommended for Approval
by the Zoning Commission (Continued from a Previous Meeting)
3. -13-161 - (CD 2) - Anthony Williams & Jehad Mesh Mesh, 3024 Refugio Avenue; from:
"A-5" One-Family to: "PD/ER" Planned Development for all uses in "ER" Neighborhood
Commercial Restricted plus restaurant with front yard parking; site plan waiver
recommended. (Recommended for Approval as Amended to PD/ER plus restaurant
and front yard parking) (Continued from a Previous Meeting)
4. -13-166 - (CD 2) - NW 28th Street Properties, 1500 NW 28th Street, 2808-2812 Prairie
Street; from: "A-5" One-Family to: "PD/E" Planned Development for all uses in "E"
Neighborhood Commercial plus outside storage of two dumpsters and one trailer; site plan
waiver recommended. (Recommended for Approval by the Zoning
Commission) (Continued from a Previous Meeting)
5. -13-008 - (CD 9) - Midtown Retail, L. P., 2217 Midtown Lane; to: Amend site plan "PD-
558 to remove a building and add a parking lot. (Recommended for Approval as
Amended by the Zoning Commission to include landscape plan)
6. -13-009 - (CD 8) - Union Gospel Mission of Tarrant County Texas, 1327 E. Lancaster
Avenue; to: Amend "PD-477" site plan to reconfigure and reconstruct buildings.
(Recommended for Approval by the Zoning Commission)
7. -13-178 - (CD 7) - Baptist Foundation of Texas, 9500-10100 block North Freeway/IH-
35N; from: "AG" Agricultural, "C" Medium Density Multifamily, and "OM" Office Midrise to:
"A-5" One-Family, "C" Medium Density Multifamily, and "E" Neighborhood Commercial
(Recommended for Approval by the Zoning Commission)
XVI. CITIZEN PRESENTATIONS
XVII. EXECUTIVE SESSION (PRE-COUNCIL ) - SEE ATTACHMENT B
XVIII. ADJOURNMENT
Council Date: 12/17/2013
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. At the Mayor's discretion, time
limits may be reasonably extended.
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Council Date: 12/17/2013