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Home My WebLink About1965/08/16-Agenda-Pre-Council AM% A (: F. N 1) A ilre-Council Conference 1, :30 a.w. , lus,jist lo, 1965 c.ounc i 1 conference Room 1) :;eminclrr - Meetil% .iLh :oniu._; Board of .adjustment at 4 :UQ p.w. , Lii,rary Aiiditorituns IR AT)L - l:evie,� of oning Board of Ad lugtmenl. Procedure:, i Reminder - 1;u(l ;et ReVi@S followiut, Council "eetin5. 3) University Ur ive lmprovemem s a) Land rale (M.<C L-772-held over from previous week) b) Award of Contract ffttX c-5:1) 4) 1•inaneing for Regional ,airport Study (H&C G-836) 5) Fire Station Construction a) 1,and Acquisition - "'Cation No. 15 (M&C L-7;9) t,) Award of Contract - Station No. 17 (M&C C- c4) b) Meadowbrouk drive lmprovernellLa t!l,%C G-834) 7) liu.s top trench Cotitr.cc t (11; :-i is l) 6) Revic« of 9t lte , for ttci .ind Sever Service "Aes to other U onwluni t ies (i:, s7 qac►) 9) Cutter "CAC's of August Ib, 1965 LU) Other Items ET. W �CG�o .'I".ME Pw PRE-COUNCIL CONFERENCE Aus;ust 16, 1965 Present: Late : Absent : 1 . Barr 7. Hoover (Item 7) 8. Jones 2 . Kemble 9.. Hanan 3. Stovall 4. Deen 5. Shannon 6 Eagle I t e m Follow-Up 1 . Request of Fort Worth & Denver Railroad to NAN Abandon Service Mayor Barr showed the Council a request received from the Fort Worth & Denver Railroad to cancel their Houston-FortWorth passenger train. He said this did notrequire action of the Council , but was only advisory as to the intentions of the Railroad. 2. Letter from Mrs . E. E. (Jeanne) Bickham, 3512 GENE - please draft letter. Westland Avenue In response to the letter from Mrs . Bickham, dated August 10, 1965, the City Manager reported to the Council that the City of Fort Worth has not yet taken over the Tarrant Utility Company, which supplies water to this part; . IIe said the present water :supplied this party is from wells , with mucic iron content. He said the City will take over this system on September 1 , and that he e,,,.pects the water bill for this customer will go down about 40 per cent from her present bill. , even after the proposed 13.93 per cent increase in Fort Worth rates . The Mayor asked the City Manager to write a letter of reply to the lady. 3. 'boning Board of Adjustment Meeting at 4 p.m. Aug. 16 NAN The City Manager reminded the Council o± the meeting this afternoon at 4:00 in the Library Audi- torium with the Zoning Board of Ad jtistment, at which time I.R. #791 , Review of Zoning; B%)ard of Adjustment Procedures, would be discussed . 4. Budget Review Session NAN The City Manager reminded the Council of the first taget review session, to be held following the Council meeting this morning. He said the emphasis today would be on the Water and Sewer Department. _ 5. University Drive Improvements HELD OVER AT REGULAR MEETING - PUT ON AGENDA FOR 8/23/65 The City Manager reported that M&C L-772, land Sale to the Loring Hotel owners, held over from the last week , and M&C C-553, Award of Contract for Construction of the new Intersection, were on the agenda, The Mayor asked how many square feet of land would be sold. The City OrIGLL � �t,, Manager replied approximately 8,000 square feet. Council- man Stovall asked if the Corrigan properties were protect- Cl„,� /.$R ing the paving assessments. The City Manager replied that C- v1 �T!y rryy the Carrigan properties own the apartment complex south of ('I. tt�}Ifll, IEX. the In ring Hotel and have a considerable front footage. Mrs. Dt.:en asked how long the construction work would take. Chief Engineer Amis said six to eight months, and that it r.. AMI. would be slow work because of providing for traffic during construction. Councilman Stovall asked if Mrs. Strong is still protesting this job. The City Manager replied she was, but that she is better oft than most owners because :she has areas available for offstreet parking. Councilman Stovall asked where is the Will Rogers Community Center. The Chief Engineer replied on Lot 18, Block 11, or on the cast_ side of U_iiiversity Drive just north of Crockett Street. 6. Financing for Regional Airport Study (M&C G-836) NAN Mayor Barr asked where the money is coming from for this appropriation. The City Manager replied from un- appropriated funds . 7. Tire Station Construction NAN Tlie City Manager told the Council that the land ac- quisition for relocating Station No. 15 (M&C L-779) and the Award of Contract for Construction of Station No : 17 (M&C C-554) were on the agenda. Co—ncilman Shannon asked how far the new station No. 15 would be from Greenfield Acres . Fire Chivf Owens re- plied that the new Station Nov 15 would be one and one- half miles closer to Greenfield Acres than the present No. 15. The City Manager said that there is another sta- tion projected in the CTP for coverage of the Greenfield Acres area, when development warranted such coverage. Councilman Stovall asked if tate company that we had trouble with on a floor in a previous fire station con- struction was bidding this job. Chief 0wens said that company is not a bidder this time. Councilman Eagle asked who the architect was on Station No . 17 . Chief Engineer Amis said Charles Adams. The Council discussed the alter- nate bids for various types of tile, and Chief Engineer Amis told the Council that in this case the matter of which the is cheaper seemed to be a personal preference with the contractors. At the regular meeting, the Council awarded the con- tract to W. E. Hilton, based upon the low bid of $80,655 for Alternate One glazed structural tile). 6 . Meadowbrook Drive 1ruprovements (M&C G-834) NAN The City Manager told the Council that the only protest he knows of is from Mr. W. B. Grove, who would like to build his own curb and gutter. He said the Public Works Department recommends not allowing this . Councilman Shannon asked how much right-of-way was available on the east end of this con- tract work. The City Manager replied that the right-of-way here was very wide, and adequate for the work . Mayor Barr asked why there were gaps in the construction. Chief Engineer Amis said that these sections were previously re- constructed. At the regular meeting, at which a hearing was held on the proposed assessments for this work, Mr. T. D. Thompson appeared, representing Rev. Charles Jones and Bethel Temple, asking why the assessment rate for curb and gutter is Higher LIA than the amount a contractor would charge privately for thework. He compared the bid assessment rate of $2.33 with theprivate contractor rate of $1.50 to $1 .75. Mayor Barr asked Re : .n II, T.-:, AMD, �a if the difference was in the curb and gutter specifica- tions. Chief Engineer Amis said that competitive bids are received on this kind of work, and that rive bidders wanted this particular job, on which the low bidder was recommended. He said the foundation course under the curb and gutter may account nor the difference, and he indicated that contractors may prorate their overhead expenses to any item in the bid, which would account for the difference, but the Public Works Department recom- mends the overall low bid generally. Mr. W. E. Graham, 6624 Meadowbrook Drive, also ap- peared before the Council , asking whether the curb on Meadowbrook would go around the corner to tie in on Halbert Street next to his home, Chief Engineer Amis answered that it would tie in. Mr. Graham said that he DICK - check Mr, Graham's complaint would like to make arrangements for a wider driveway, on water pipe damage and take and he complained about the lack of water pressure at appropriate action his house, claiming a pipe was damaged when a sewer line was const meted in his parkway sometime ago . Mr. C. R Owen, 7000 block Meadowbrook Drive, ap- peared to confirm that he had no assessment projected for his property. This matter was confirmed by the Council. 9. Bus Stop Bench Contract (I.R. #789) NAN Mayor Barr asked if the Council had to act now on this matter. The City Manager replied there was noth- ing in the present contract to require action at this time. The City Manager thought there were three alter- natives to action on this matter: 1) to grant the re- quest for immediate rebidding of the present contract so that another party could purchase the contract ; 2) to let the present contract expire, and then rebid the contract under specifications the Council would estab- lish; 3) to get out of the bus stop bench business altogether. Councilman Hoover commented that the return to the City would certainly go up if ttie contract was wide open to all bidders . Councilman Stovall commented that it is not the City's business who buys the benches or provides them for the advertising. Mayor Barr said that the present contractor wants to sell, and that the prospective buyerCr t P0 wants a longer term to provide a return on his purchase, r`-��` �� , ''� Councilman Hoover asked if there were any billboards on �lY $ ' `, ^�� City property. The City Manager said he knew of only one, at the Police Training Center. Councilman K,•mble thought ��'� WORTH, �I the Council should wait for the normal contract expiration, uA Li and he asked when that date was . The City Manager replied June 30, 1966. Mayor Barr said that the Council should hear the people at the regular meeting and take the matter under advisement . 10. Review of Rate for Water and Sewer Service Sales to NAN Other Communities (I.R. #790) The City Manager reported that he has a second proposal for a review of these rates , which is higher than the first one Mayor Barr said he thought we didn't need a study on this. Councilman Kemble commented that tie hoped we could en- courage the provision of water and sewer service to satelite communities as much as possible. The City Manager said he .4=► Idk could not recommend the stuuy on this matter because he felt there was no need. Councilman Shannon asked if we renegotiate such contracts with other communities . The City Manager said we do so about every five years , but the negotiations are rather inflexible because of contract provisions . Councilman Hoover asked if the proposed average 13 per cent water rate increase will affect the suburban sales. The City Manager said that the minimum charges will probably be affected, but that the suhurban rates would still be higher than Fort Worth. Councilman Stovall asked if any other area communities will have lower water rates after the increase. Water Di- rector Hardy said that he thought Arlington was the only one. Councilman Hoover asked how much the increase would amount to for the Water Department. Mr. Hardy said about $1,100,000 per year. Councilman Kemble asked if the money will go any place else. The City Manager said that it would not, except to buy services from the General Fund . He said that the bond convenants guarantee this . He com- mented that the 3 per cent street rental charge made on the Water Fund is the same as that assessed other utilities . Councilman Shannon asked that if the bond issue is success- ful , what is the debt service cost. The City Manager said that the proposed water rate increase will cover the debt service requirements , and that if there are no new bonds , the rates would probably have to be higher in order to provide necessary new facilities out of current revenue . He said the alternative is water rationing, or lack of pro- vision for development of new areas . Councilman Shannon asked if there isn't some money provided in the rate in- crease for new expansion. The City Manager said yes, that was part of the program. Councilman Shannon asked when the increase would be effective. The City Manager said as soon as possible is desirable. Councilman Shannon asked if we have bond money now to continue an improvement pro- gram. The City Manager said that the new bonds would have to be sold the first of next year to continue the expansion. He said there was a prospective deficit of $900,000 in the Water & Sewer Funds this year, half of which had been bud- geted, and that this is covered by Water & S.wer Fund surplus. He said that the deficit is amounting to double that expected in the 1964-65 budget because of lower water sales than expected due to wet, cool weather. Councilman Shannon asked if the Village Creek Sewage Treatment Plant was the only (} CC �(+�`{AAii ��yy '''' extra cost. The City Manager said that this was a major OFFICiLL R:�U.�J extra item this year, but other expansion programs helped {►tl7V �+ account for the deficit. CITY "SEC _....1 1 Mayor Barr reminded the Council that voters were told £ WORTH ,{{ I` in 1961 of the prospective increase, which was to have come FT. WORTH U. as early as 1962. Councilman Shannon asked what about the $1 ,300,000 General Fund surplus and asked if we had a surplus in the Water & Sewer Fund. The City Manager said yes, but the $900,000 deficit this year would delete it. 11. Neighborhood Forums on CIP Needs NAN Mayor Barr reminded the Council that the Neighbor- hood Forums were beginning tonight and a schedule of the 18 meetings was handed to Council Members by the City Manager. 19ie Mayor asked for a good turnout by Council Members at all meetings possible. 'AU6 An 12, Vacancy on the Aviation Board AGENDA - 8/23165 The Mayor said that Mr. Hunter McLean was contacted and he did not want to be reappointed to the Aviation Board. The Mayor suggested Mr. Edmund Van Zandt, a Vice- President of the Fort Worth National Bank, for the appoint- ment . Councilmen Stovall and Shannon asked that the appointment be held for one week, and this action was taken at the regular meeting. 13, Moeting with Fort Worth Safety Council GWEN - notify Shackelford and re- mind all Council Members by Mayor Barr read a letter from O.D. Shackelford, memo. i'resident, Fort Worth Safety Council, inviting mem- ber.- of the Council to be guests of the executive committee of the Fort Worth Safety Council at a luncheon meeting at the Hotel Texas to discuss ways to set up an active program which might serve to reduce the death and accident rate in Fart Werth. The consensus of the Council was to meet on Monday noon Au ust 30 at the Hotel Texas. O FICIAL RFt"G,y5 CITY SECRE i i.I► . WORT/#, jE