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Home My WebLink About1966/03/14-Agenda-Pre-Council r° MINUTES PRE-COUIGIL CONFERENCE MARCH 14, 1966 6'«,rnt' Late: Absent: �► 1. & rr 7. Eagle (Item 3) 9. Shannon June': 8. Hoover (Item 5) .1. Deen Kemble 2. Stovall 1�t e ri Follow-Uri 1. Negotiator Service;: for Regional Airport Land HOWARD - prepare monthly prngru::. Acquisition (MFC C-670) reports for Council on this matter. Councilman Kamm .t:;ked kltether a tole figure is ;Specified, i iters hourly gates are paid, 1'he City Ilinager replied that Lite contract:,. often are that v:iy, but tit it in this, care %.here ?he time required to complete Lite oork i:. unknown, the protec- tion or tiie City it; that the contract can be cancelled With otic t eel: notice, and a taro-i eek billing period i.; required. Ii iyor l iir a.,.ked if monthly progre:;:; reports could be furnished Lite Council. Councilman l[ :naa said he wanted to insure that the ni_ , ,'_ ators t;ere producing for the City. The City Manager said Ld ! )-day progre:;:; report could be furnished, and it would L down payments to each of the per.;ons in Lite contract by ur orked. Counciltnan :'tovall said lie could prefer that the ud Divi:tion do this work. Councilman 11 taii asked it an +.1ilice W.Ij furni:hed and a telephone. 'lite finance Director . C :pondeu that an office at GSIA i:; to be furnished, and a tele- .11111C ele- . 1ne is to be available there. It -yor I', o-fen Jone:; a:;ked if tt_ inl,:; would be made by City ..L.iti. Cite City titnager :;.lid they would, end the City would secure title policies. Councilman :Luvall t:.ked hot. trach noney is involved in the contract. 'llie t,i ty H ni-iger said it wans difficult to es.tittiate, but that there are SU to 275 parcels in the entire new regional airport site, :Ltd that 189 parcel:; :tee in Tarrant County. &C C-670 was approved at the re_,ul it meeting. Iniormation oil J nitorial Service:; contract NAN (M&C P-507 and IR 909) Councili.uin Kemble in-juired if Lhia mean_; that prevailing Scale will be paid by Lite contractor. The City Manager said yen. I4&G P-50 was approved at Lite rei;ular meetiti-,. 3.r Regional Planning Commi::: ion ltember0iip RODGER - make provision in 1466- 67 budget for Fort Wortlt it iyor fto-Test Junes :;.tid th tL none of tite Councilmen membership in tlii:; Coca lipeared to oppose the purpo::e ut Lhi:: Couwis:.ion, but that mission. .ome were concerned about the financial control:;. lie :;aid th.tt he Would like to have a :,eparnte meeting of the Council GENE - gather nriterial requeaLed ti, discuss this. matter. Counciltain Kemble :said he thought by Jones and draft IR. Lite Council hould approve the er.tahli:•hnent of the Coaunis:;tun uu.,;. Mayor Barr invited all tietaber:; of Lite Council to go to Lite next meetin,,,, t.hich :should be about :+pril 13th. tt .yur Pio-'iota Jones requer.ted thrtt the following infortia- OO'k tion be furni:.hed the Council : 1) Copy of the Staj�,Latutc permitting; such CoranissdEkns; 2) Copy of the Bi 1. cabling the formation, +-hash wc, sponsored by Te::as Municipal League and introduced by Tommy Shannon; 3) The report of Alden 0co, City Planner of Della:, who is on 30-day leave to the Council of Governments, on his investigation of the Regional Pian Commission. (Mayor Barr said lie had made a report to the Regional Plan Commission). 4) One of the atudies, of another Planning Council or Council of Government:: :such ass titre Washington, D. C. Metropolitan Council. Ilt- referred to a report tine City received 4 topic:: oi., written by a government major oil the Vishing;ton Council. 5) Copy of the Feder tl Act allowing; for planning; grants to Regional Pl;,n Cotm,ti:s:sLonr; (7U1 program). tl.+yor Pro-Teta Jones. :inked that the resolution be approved only %,ith in amendment allowing; withdrawal from the Cummission by majority vote of the Council rather than a two-thirds vote. This amendment wis made at the regular meeting, and the resolu- Lion pa:;sed with thi:; amendment. Mayor Barr was; named as the representative of the City of Fort Ivortii to the Regional Planning Counc i 1. lkitinary Drive Paving Improvements (P1&C G-919) NAN Mayor B irr asked if there was more than one property ut.ner involved. Tlie city li tnager said that only one is in- volved in a recommender] a:;.;es:sment adjustment. He said that this is; .t special care, an vhich the lidtlic Works Department i•, recommending; waivin,; part of tite a:;:;e:.:ment because of p evious; paving; work done. Councilman It mri osked if the property owner in sati.-;tied with the recommended adjustment. Lhe City Manager said he thought he was. At the regular meeting;, Mr. J. C. Berry, 5150 holly creeL, appeared to a:;k uliether Seminary might not be inproved on to Puller .;omeday. The :ity Manager :.aid there are no present I,'stn.: to do :;o. !'lie hearing; waq then closed and the assessments lev-ied r ; rec tmmended in W.cC G-919. _ Acceptance of State Highway Department Minute Order NAN (M&L G-')23) Havor Pro-Tem Jones, asked for a break-down of the total co:;t by project. I1te City It tn:tger replied that the South Lndu:ttrial Thoroughfare Interchange is es;tivated at °464,UOO .rttd the Northeast Industrial 'i'horoughfare Interchange at $325,000. M.iyor Pro-Tem Jones said this figure for the South Industrial 11sorou;hfare is a long way from the $2(X),000 estimate previously Made. Councilman Kemble speculated that perhap:; the Highway Department in putting er;calators on this interchange. At the re},ular meetini; MGC G-923 was; approved unanimously. 6. Change Orders in Rehabilitation of Sanitary Sewer NAN tt.ii.n M-64 (M&C C-671) Councilman Il:.mat at .ked .hat tate $7,512 was. I1te City M.mat,er .aid that th i:, in the increa:;e in Cite cost to the City to rebuild these :.treets rather than repair theca. At Like regular meeting M6C C-671 wasi approved.. ` 7. Tran:4er of Fund.. i.co:rb iu i:eneval Flection NAN QVW G-921) Councilman SLovall inquired ultether the cu:;L of the election would be eligible for a two-third:. Federal grant. ilie City Manager said he thiel.:. not. Councilman [louver ,::1ced it the voting; machines would be u:;ed. The City Secre- Lary responded that they would, and in about 14 precincts there would be two voting machines. At the regular meeting, M&C G-921 was approved. _ 4 . Employment of {.dater 'freatanentiC n::ultant NAN (11,&C C-60) There were no quet:tions on tlti:: item, and it was I rt-med at the re ;ular rieeting. 9. Aviation H&C's DICK - draft memo to Sekadlo reporting ll.lann's re(Iuer- I.1.yor Pro-Tem Jones. asked if all. the.-,e item:; were passed that leases be obtained I)- the Aviation Board. 'fhe ,'aviation Director said they were, before next action of tilt :nimously. Councilman K--mble asked for a :status on the new Council is reclue:.ted, iciiaw Field office building. The aviation Director :said and that matter be con- that the plan would be cotniileted by the architect in a few :;idered by the Aviation leeks. Councilman ll.nnn a::ked how many :signed lease:. had the Board. ..viation Department gotten on the new building;. The Aviation D- rector raid that they had none yet, but they have made a new urvey of the :.pace requirement-.;. Councilman ll!mm said he anted to know how many lea.;es there would be oil thit. building before a construction contract i:. let, and he would a.-,k for it later. _ 10. Oakwood Cemetery GENE - invet.tig;ate legal que:ition on ownership, and City Mayor Pro-Tem .Jones said he, sirs. Deen, and Mr. Shannon participation in the pa::L, have a date this noon with the Oakwood Cemetery people to dis- and report. cu.::: this: matter. fir:;. Deen ::aid that the cotr;tittee members had ;t beady rove:.tigated ..ome of the facts of the case, including that Colonel John Peter Smith might have given the cemetery to Lite Laity in 187'_t, that the endowment fund ha:; :x490,000 in it, but did not seeut to be able to upport the cemetery, and whether or not the reltabilitation farm %corkers or the Boy Scouts might be able to help maintain the cemeteries. Mayor Pro-Tem Janes said that he found the City did care for the cemetery and appropriate money in past years, apparently up to 1938. Councilman Hoover _ ked haw many organization:. are involved. Urn. Deen responded that there ib a veteran's cemetery, it Negro area, the Calvary cei.ietery, and tht W-kwuod Cemetery, and-perhaps: others. 11. Building Permits on Public Schools GENE - get information for Council committee. touncilman Hamm said that he objectedto the Council's action of last meeting when the deci:;ion was made to require building permits of schools in the future. He said that the .architect or engineer in:;pectas primarily for public school., anti that City inspectors seldome were used, lie said nothing was said before the lar;t bond issues of the schools, and that the pernits might co:;t :320,000 to $30,000 on the bond issue construction. He said no real purpose t-:;ts served by requiring building permit fees of the -,chools. Councilman Kemble said th::L the Council di:cussed this fully at the previous meeting, rand determined that achool:s should be treated the same a:: other tax-supported bodies, in getting, permit:; and paying; fee:;. Mayor Barr said that the Council %.ould have to amend the ordinance to do otherwise than have everyone pay a fee on building permits. He said the problem is where to draw the line if exceptions are made. Ile :,aid all other public agencies pay for pawmits. Councilman Eagle said that this was not a trivial matter, that the coordinating committee was asked to discuss this item specifically, and the meeting would be held tomorrow to discus:; it. He said there is no problem with the :.chool, and that this needed to be worked out only a�i a matter of 1ustifjn�; it to their ot.n taxpayerb. Imo'