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Home My WebLink About1966/02/14-Agenda-Pre-Council .f Opok MINUTES PRF-(COUNCIL CONFERENCE FEBRUARY 14, 1966 Present Late 1. Barr 6. Hoover (Item 1) 2. Kemble 7 . Jones (Iter.% 1) 3. Eagle 8. :�tovall (Item 1) 4. Hamm 9. Shannon (Item 2) Deen I t e nr Follow-up 1. Sanitary Sewer Service Contract with Arlington NAN (M&C C-650) Mayor Barr inquired ciiether the prepayment by Arlington was for transmission line an well a❑ plant. It was e::plained Lhat the City of Arlington previously purchased a vested right in plant and main facilities under the expired contract, and this prepayment has been applied to purchase capacity in the new treatment plant. A rental charge will be paid on the line used. Councilman Hoover inquired hoer the Arlington contract conpared to the Saginaw contract. hater Director Hardy ex- plained that the cash payment by Arlington is applied to plant capacity, whereas Sa�Jtiav was to pay for capacity in a line hcing built to serve that community. Charge rates r under both contracts are proportionately the saatae and in F accordance with standard policies; of the City. In connection with the contract, Councilnau Hamm in- quired whether the staff wan aware of the possibility of U boundary adjustnent on the i:est side of Arlington Lake in cooperation with the Part: and Recreation Department. The City Manager replied that lie was not aware of any ne- gotiations or need for boundary adjustments with the City of Arlington. The contract with the City of Arlin;ton was approved during the regular Council meeting. 2. Information on Effect of Maximum Assessment LINE - please prepare W,C. Rate for Paving; Adjacent to Residential Property (IR #893) Councilman Hoover :stated that sor:re of the distance and dollar figures in the lit were inaccurate. It wa:: pointed out that there was, a trannpouition error in one column and that dollar amounts haul been determined on the bassi: of rounded percents rather than percents to the fourth decimal place. Mr. Hoover aljo ;u;ked about vire ekiecL of the increased rate upon the City's :.hare of :.treet paving custso in the Conctntrated Code Enforcement areas, and the effect upon the relative distribution of costs between the City and the Imo• property owners in norm.il as:;e!.:;ment paving projects. The C°ty Manager replied that it would not be possible to calcu- late the percentage :split on all fuFure projects, because major thoroughfares and peculi.ir project c ircumstnucer as well as bid pricer, vary frost project to project. It would be possible, though, to detertaine the percentage and the approximate amounts; of iucr4a:.ed rrt.uesaments in the Concentrated Code Enforcement areas,. Contaercial asse:,:taentr; would continue to be .it bid rate, in accordance with sitandard policies. In response to an 1A=L,iry by Mr. Shannon about -Ekk the possible discouragement i new petitions, if the rate were rai::ed, several Councilmen replied that they did not anticipate an increased rate s+ould discourage paving. Consensus of the Council was; to :submit an Id£{: for formal consideration of • higher rate. _ ^3. Revision of Air Conditionint, Licensing Ordinance GENE - get memorandum frets Schneider regarding effectiveness of In response to a question by Mayor Barr, Board performance bond. Chairman Stubbeman replied that either an A or B Air Conditioning Licensing Contractor 's license would be re- quired for a repairman to recharge air conditioning units. . In effect, the ordinance after amendment would provide for granting Class B licenses to qualified servicemen under the "grandfather caluse", according to Mr. Stubbeman. Other servicemen are not licensed, but they would be permitted to perform maintenance on all but the Sealed air conditioning; unit . Mr. Stubbeman added that the functioning of the Licensing Board had been so effective in Fort Worth that at least one suburban city had reported to the Board that an increasing number of incompetent servicemen were apparently moving into the small cities outside of Fort Worth. The community, Benbrook, suggested that a county-wide licensing system be established using the Fort Worth Board. Councilman Hamm questioned Mr. Stubbeman regarding the need or effectiveness of a performance bond and requested that the Assistant Building Commissioner provide a memo to the Councilmen regarding past effectiveness of the performance bond requirement in the Plumbing Code. Chairman Stubbeman replied that the bond requirement is helpful in encouraging contractors to perform in accordance with contracts whereas absence ,..of a bond may make it more difficult to enforce proper installation if equipment. It was the consensus of the Council to approve the ordinance to revisions, which action was taken at the regular Beating. 4. Dedication of Sidewalks to Serv! Federal Center NAN (M&C L-1009) It was explained that the dedication would provide the Federal Building guaranteed access for the future in the event that ownerships of either the City Hall lot or the Service Life Center should change. Councilman Eagle inquired whether it would be possible to recover some of the Monroe Street right- of-way now closed in exchange for the sidewalk dedication, to which the City Manager replied that the street closing was a condition of the Center being located at the site. The City Manager added that the Federal government has agreed to dedicate 5-feet for widening on Tenth Street at no charge to the City. Dedication of the sidewalk area for Federal Center ages# was; a2proved during the regular Council meeting. 5. Negotiations with Benbrook Water and Sewer NAN Authority (IR #894) Mayor Barr stated that circumstances discussed in the communication appeared to justify going ahead with the water contract with the Benbrook Water and Sewer luthority at this time. Water Director Hardy explained that the water would be provided on Williams Road in west Benbrook, and that no supply points would be offered in the eastern portion of Benbrook in the vicinity of the Country Day School, where existing Fort Worth supplies are inadequate to serve Benbrook The City Manager po-ed out the areas which might 091% be exchanged by the citier in the ear:tern portions of Benbrook along the southwest loop, but lie added that ex- tended negotiations between tlic two cities had failed to produce agreement on any boundary adjustments. Councilman Hamm said lie saw no urgency on the part of the City of Fort Worth to entir into the contract and !;uggented that the city should take nu action pending agreement on a boundary adjustment between the City of Benbrook and the Benbrook Water and Sewer Authority. Councilman Stovall supported Councilman Hamm in his remarks. The City Manager explained that the only urgency was on the part of the Benbrook Water and Sewer Authority, which requires an assured source of water in order to satisfy its bond holders. The only alternative is for the Authority to develop another water source. Councilman Hamm questioned the reasonableness of Fort Worth offering service.: to the ;suburban community at considerable capital expense without reciprocal service arrangements and boundary adjustment:., lie added that the quality of development in Benbrook is much lower than that of fort North, a condition which should not be encouraged by the Fort Worth in the supply of long term water and sewer facilities. Mayor Barr replied that negotiation of the contract would not place the City of Fort Worth in an adverse position, ina::much as the sewer contract could be witheld until a later date when it might be po:;sible to negotiate a boundary adjust- ment with the City of Benbrook. Councilman Jones asked if the Mary`s Creek collector sewer could serve Benbrook, to which question Water Director !tardy replied in the affirmative. 1� There was no consensus on the part of the Council regarding what action should be taken on the negotiations with the Benbrook Water and Sewer Authority.