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Home My WebLink About1984/05/29-Agenda-Pre-Council A G E N D A PRE-COUNCIL MEETING TUESDAY, MAY 29, 1984 8: 30 A.M. PRE-COUNCIL ROOM 1) Application by Harris Hospital H.E.B for a Certificate of Convenience and Necessity (M&C 0-5996) - Wade Adkins, City Attorney and Bots Terrell, Assistant to the City Manager (30 Min. ) ` ._._ 2) Workers Compensation Update (I .R. No. 6938) - Bill Herrington, Assistant Personnel Director (20 Min. ) 3) Review of Growth and Development Policy (CP-112) - David A. Ivory, Assistant City Manager ( 5 Min. ) 4) Single-Family Housing Bonds (I .R. No. 6936) - Morris C. Matson, Assistant City Manager (10 Min. ) 5) Brush and Bulky Waste Pick-Up - Uly Ford, City Services Director (20 Min. ) 6) Minority Business Enterprise (MBE) Program (I .R. No. 6937) - Bob Terrell, Assistant to the City Manager (10 Min. ) * * * * * * * * * * * To add or make revisions, please call the City Manager' s Office, 870-6143, before 3:00 P.M. , Friday, May 25, 1984 The purpose of the Pre-Council Conference held prior to a regular City Council Meeting is to allow the Mayor and Councilmembers to discuss informally items on the agenda and to secure information from the City Manager and the staff. Although the meeting is open to the public, citizens are requested to reserve comments and questions for the subsequent ` Council meeting so they will be a part of the public record. O��IC CITY SCR�T�►RY VT, ORTH, k Pre-Council Minutes p jj May 29, 1984 p' �i► 1� RECEIVE Absent cc JU 6 1984 Wetherby icySdZWN O Zapata ITEM REFERRED T0: 1) Application by Harris Hospital HEB for a Certificate of Convenience and Necessity (M&C G-5996) Herchert: (Summarized staff work to date concerning transfer permit.) Tilley: A number of technical questions were raised at last week's Council meeting. Have met with City Attorney and have prepared letter requesting a delay. Herchert: Length of requested delay? (Tilley: Would prefer 90 days.) Bagsby: Want to refer this application first to the EMS Committee. BT a 2) Workers Compensation Update (I.R. No. 6938) Herrington: (Reviewed I.R.) Williams: Think employee physicals are a good idea. Will support efforts to avoid unnecessary hospital stays. Would umbrella-t a olicy be effective? (Herrington: Looking at fhis_-approach__F Bolen: Will need to go through Audit Committee. RAM 3) Review of Growth and Development Policy (CP-112) Newkirk: Have talked about this issue for some time but have never x given staff clear direction. Growth is occurring in suburbs, leaving the inner city to decline. Dallas terms this the doughnut problem because City is expanding outward and leaving a hole in the center. We are proposing that staff address these questions and come back with some recommendations. Lancaster: Cost of growth may inhibit growth if we do not look at the problems. 4) Single-Family Housing Bonds (I.R. No. 6936) Matson: (Reviewed I.R.) County is now asking us to assign them our allocation of bonds. Stute: Assignment effective for one year, correct? (Matson: Probably.) Bagsby: Any records on where loans were made under former program? Stute: Believe County designated target areas for entire County and for City and for first six months distributed loans according Pre-Council Minutes May 29, 1984 Page 2 to the County/City allocations. County was never able to distribute all the loans authorized because of the high interest rate. Why not delay action temporarily and ask for specifics? Johnson: Suggest we wait until legislation is passed and consider running our own program. Bolen: Might be one way to provide incentives for inner city development. Johnson: Two advantages to inner city development with these loans: First, loans would be 2-3 points under market rate. Secondly, land should be cheaper to develop because water and sewer facilities are already in place. Let's posture ourselves to take advantage of program. Matson: If City is interested in program, we need to start to line up underwriter. Bolen: Start staff work and let Mr. Stute contact them as president of Housing Corporation. Stute: We can control distribution of loans any way we choose. Williams: Would like information on former program, where the dollars were spent, how many homes were repossessed, what action City needs to take to initiate its own program. MCM 5) Brush and Bulky Waste Pick-Up Ford: (Gave update on efforts to pick up brush.) Williams: How is private contractor doing? (Ford: Same problems except contractor is running two weeks ahead of City forces.) Williams: Ad showing pick-up dates will be running every Friday? (Ford: Was in past Saturday's paper, now will be in each Friday.) When will you be caught up? (Ford: Expect to go back to 40-hour week beginning June 24th.) Is department going to be over budget? (Ford: Brush collection is only one operation and overtime work has lasted only a few months. Would prefer to wait until end of budget year.) Lancaster: Is City giving workers option of working on brush pick-up after completing regular garbage run? (Ford: No, contractor is doing that but their equipment is better suited to that work.) Stute: Didn't study last year recommend the equipment you have now? (Ford: Yes, still feel that side-loaders are best equipment for residential pick-up.) Ford: Want to continue using regular crews seven days a week but Pre--Council Minutes May 29, 1984 Page 3 discontinue "Chipper" crews borrowed from Streets and Park and Recreation. Stute: Have we considered other large trucks with boom operators? (Ford: Studied idea but concluded those trucks do not hold enough brush to make idea worthwhile.) Lancaster: Are booms waiting on trucks, or vice versa? (Ford: Trucks are waiting on booms. ) 6) Minority Business Enterprise (MBE) Program (I.R. No. 6937) Terrell: (Reviewed I.R.) Bolen: Can we contact other bidders and request them to submit MBE compliance forms? (Adkins: According to bid project, bidder is "unresponsive" if firm does not return compliance forms.) Bagsby: Why would you give bidders second chance on some bids and not on others? (Bolen: Talking about a difference of $100,000 of taxpayers' money.) Normally, bids which do not meet bid specifications are thrown out. The same policy is being applied here. (Bolen: Ignoring $100,000 difference, there is no reason to change policy.) Newkirk: Does UMTA still fund half of bus system deficit? (Herchert: Yes.) If we have to do this to get UMTA grants, then we have to do it. Adkins: Reviewed procedures with Purchasing to make sure all bidders received same forms. Bagsby: Concerns me when leader of the City does not want to support MBE policy. (Bolen: Am concerned about MBE policy but want to get goods and services at best possible price. ) Stute: Didn't previous supplier put up performance bond? How could Phoenix change prices to City? (Bartosiewicz: Only amount is guaranteed, not price.) Baisby: City's other contractor never delivers on time, but we never cut for re-bid on JA-MAC'S contract. (Herchert: We are carefully reviewing their performance at present. But performance deficiencies were much more pronounced on contract which we cancelled.) Have problem with treating them differently. Stute: Is UMTA phasing out subsidies at the end of 1985? (Herchert: Do not know exactly when. Appropriation expires the end of this fiscal year; authorizing legislation expires the end of 1986.) That's not what we were told when considering sales tax vote. (Herchert : Appears UMTA is not going to be able to phase out subsidies quickly as they had anticipated. ) Pre-Council Minutes May 29, 1984 Page 4 Williams: Asked for and received City Attorney's opinion. Lancaster: Knowing the problems in Purchasing, do you think we are accurately reflecting MBE/DBE participation? (Terrell: Report covers CITRAN operations only.) Where do you get purchasing information? (Bartosiewicz: CITRAN has its own Purchasing Department; I can assure you the records are accurate.) • llministrative Action Requested May 29, 1984 ITEM REFERRED T0: 1) Items Continued -- RECEIVED �t�\ 'i LG A resolution assigning authority to Issue Bonds and G tAMA*r}8aa to the Tarrnat County Housing finance Corporation for Series 1984A Single Family Mortgage Revenue Bonds for quir ng ome Mortgages Related to Homes Within the City - Continue to 3 weeks by Mayor Pro Tem Stute pending information on prior pro static and preliminary actions necessary should City choose to u program. MCM:RA Tabulation of Bids for Purchase of Materials, Equipment and Services (M&C P-16611 pp 1-2) - Withdrawn, RAM:RA Public Hearing (M&C G-5996) - Continued ninety days by Councilmember Johnson. (Hearing on Application by Harris Hospital HEB for a BT:RA Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity) 2) Appointments to Boards/Commissions -- Ms. Inas Carroll was reappointed, and Mr. Henry Newman was reappointed on a temporary basis for one week, to the Aviation Advisory Board. MCM:RA 3) Comments/Requests - Councilmember Williams requested the balance in the Confiscated Property Account. KC Councilmember Newkirk asked staff to determine if successful bidder on CITRAN fuel contract qualifies for both MBE and DBE participation. BT 4) Citizen Presentations -- { None. 5) Letters from Citizens -- Ms. Wanda Hovland (Zoning Case Z-84!:94) DAI Peachy D. Hendrix (Claim) BH Temple Baptist Church (Claim) BH Southwestern Bell (Claim) BH Jerry C. Wilson, Greater Fort Worth Transportation Co. (,Proposed Additional Taxicab Permits) R.Aughinbaugh