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Home My WebLink About1977/05/17-Agenda-Pre-Council A G E N D A Pre-Council Agenda 8:30 A.M. , Tuesday, May 17, 1977 1) Status of Legislation Regarding Residency Requirements (IR #2904) 2) Resolution Opposing HB 846 and SB 454 (Peveto Bill) 3) Proposed Transportation Plan for Elderly and Handicapped (M&C TE-163) 4) Proposed Animal Regulation Code Amendment (M&C G-3435) 5) Revision of City Ordinance for Air Pollution Control (M&C G-3434) 6) Integrated Criminal Apprehension Program Federal Grant (M&C G-3440) 7) Proposed Policy for the Installation of Traffic Signals (M&C TE-162) 8) Award of Contracts - Carpeting and Furnishings for Downtown Public Library (M&C C-3784) 9) Third Year Community Development Block Grant Neighborhood Clean-up Projects (M&C G-3437) 10) Payment Exemption Plan (PEP) (IR #2906) 11) Ground Rules for Conducting Meetings Relative to Employee Budgetary Input (IR #2905) 12) Other M&C's of May 17, 1977 13) Other Items OFFICIAL RECORD CITY S TRETARY FT. WORTH, TEX. SUMMARY PRE-COUNCIL CONFERENCE MAY 17, 1977 Present •`'�1� .1 !/ Parmer Johnson Bradshaw Bagsby � `.• el` Woods `Y � Newkirk �� Davis Zapata Barbour ITEM: REFERRED TO: 1. Status of Legislation Regarding Residency NAN Requirements (I.R. 2904) Line: Informed Council that there had been no change in the status of the Bills since the date of the Informal Report. There were no questions regarding this item. 2. Resolution Opposing HB846 and SB454 Jan Godfrey - Pls. (Peveto Bill) coordinate w/ACM's as to what needs to Line: Explained that the new resolution which go to Council. was handed out was in lieu of the one which was sent last Thursday. Matson: Explained that the new resolution gave more flexibility to staff, but that it did not change the basic position of the Council. Parmer: Questioned how it would be possible to get uniform tax assessment throughout the state. Matson: Explained that staff's position was that unless all counties were required to participate in uniform tax assessment, there would not be a true system of uniform appraisals. Parmer: Asked if uniform appraisals could be done on a statewide basis without creating a statewide administrative unit. T AL RECORDS�CRJARYORTH, TEX. Matson: Indicated that it could not be done under the proposed system. Johnson: Questioned why it would be so expensive for the City to participate in a statewide program. Matson: Explained that the City and school would pay approximately 51% of the cost to set up such a uniform appraisal system, but would still be paying for its existing system. Mr. Matson indicated this would be a duplication of costs during the five year implementation period. Zapata: Questioned the benefit of the Peveto Bill on basis that it contained exceptions to the rule, which appeared self-defeating from the original intent of the bill. Matson: Indicated that staff felt that some of these exceptions were harmful to the City of Fort Worth. Johnson: Asked if any other counties in the state were as opposed to uniform appraisals as was Tarrant County Commissioners. Matson: Indicated that every Commissioner which he had discussed this matter with was against participating in setting up the uniform appraisal system throughout the state. Bradshaw: Asked if the Bill wasn't 98% dead anyway. Matson: Explained that there was a lot of effort being made to get the Peveto Bill out of Committee. Woods: Emphasized that he was not in favor of the Bill and supported the proposed resolution. Johnson: Explained that she was not in favor of what the resolution stated, but was in favor of what it intended to do. Barbour: Suggested that in the future, Council members should get with Legislative representatives prior to action on legislation and discuss critical issues which could affect the City. OFFICIAL RECORD C1�Y S CRcT�-:, �T. WORTH, TEX. fi Newkirk: Indicated that the Council should rescind its prior weak decision to poll City Council members by phorg on a basis that this was not appropriate action to be taken by staff. Zapata: Stated that City Council should be kept more aware of what is happening in Austin through its Legislative representative and the staff. Line: Explained that bringing all Legislation to the City Council would not be practical because of the volume of material which would have to be furnished and the amount of time it would take for Council members to study the material. Bradshaw: Maintained that City Council should rely on staff to send only those legislative items with which the Council might be concerned. 3. Proposed Transportation Plan for Elderly NAN and Handicapped (M&C TE-163) Bradshaw: Said that he was confused as to what the on-going expenses would be for contractural arrangements. Transportation Committee representative, Rachael Gooch, explained that the operational expenses would be shared on a 50/50 basis. There were not further questions on this item. 4. Payment Exemption Plan (PEP) (I.R. 2906) VS - Pls. follow up Line: Explained that the reason this item was w/CDC and not placed on the agenda was because it prepare report was unnecessary for the Council to take on results action. Y. C. Shamblee: Discussed the background of the proposed plan and raised objections to certain portions of the plan regarding loan payment requirements. T AL RECORDS C0 �ARYORTH, TEX. Bagsby: Questioned if the CDC had considered any type of insurance program (credit life insurance) which would be designed to pay off the grant loan upon the death of the grantee. Mr. Shamblee: Explained that CDC had not considered this type of insurance because of the average age of recipients which would render such a type of insurance prohibitive cost wise. Bagsby: Advised that the PEP could be set up where the City self-insured loans from CDC funds. Mr. Bagsby also explained that the plan could also be amended where the heirs would have to pay off the lien prior to selling property which involved loans under the grant program. Mr. Bagsby suggested sending this item back to the CDC to look at setting up a self-insurance program. Barbour: Agreed with Councilman Bagsby's proposal. CDC Representative Sue Jacobson: Advised the Council that all but two members of the CDC supported the payment exemption plan as proposed. Citizen Representative Sapora Hicks: Urged the City Council not to impose a hardship of paying off the grant loan if unable, and reiterated her position as previously presented before the CDC. Dr. A. I. Harris: Urged administration of the grant loan program on a uniform basis without any strings attached thereto. Mrs. ° Lawrence Alaman: Objected to not having citizen input before a vote was taken by the CDC on this matter. Barbour: Requested that this item be placed on the OFFICIAL RECORD regular Council Agenda after it had been Thp� sent back to CDC for further study. ` i S u ARY