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Home My WebLink About1984/01/24-Agenda-Pre-Council A G E N D A PRE-COUNCIL MEETING TUESDAY, JANUARY 24, 1984 8:30 A.M. PRE-COUNCIL ROOM 1) Annexation - Texas Wesleyan College Site (M&C G-5876) - Richard W. Wiseman, Brown, Herman, Scott, Dean & Miles, Attorneys for Texas Wesleyan College (20 Min. ) 2) Award of Contract: Construction of Elephant/Hippo Exhibit at the Forest Park Zoo - Charles Campbell, Director, Park and Recreation Department and Gene Fisher, President, Fort Worth Zoological Association ( 20 Min. ) 3) Financial Update - Ruth Ann McKinney, Assistant City Manager (20 Min. ) ******** Trinity Housing Finance Corporation Meeting 9:30 A.M. Pre-Council Room MFT- To add or make revisions, please call the City Manager' s Office, 870-6143, before 3 :00 P.M. , Monday, January 23, 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. Pre-Council Minutes January 24, 1984 n Absent JAN None fo ITEM tj (0 REFERRED T0: 1) Annexation - Texas Wesleyan College Site (M&C G-5876) Wiseman: (Read letter from T14C President Jon H. Fleming affirming college's continuing concern with the good of the City and the Polytechnic area.) Williams: A purchaser lined up? (Nichols: Not a firm purchase offer but ongoing conversations with State and Federal agencies and private institutions. Expect to find a suitable buyer.) Concerned about tax exempt status during transition. Bolen: Same effect if TWC had expanded at its present site. Bagsby: More serious because land at present site valued at 25¢/square foot while land at new site valued at 34�./square foot. Williams: Would like to see a phase-in, phase-out program to prevent present buildings from deteriorating. Want to talk to TWC Board about a developer who might buy part of campus for a business employing 150 people. Concerned about cost to City to annex this area. Does TWC own land crossing Vickery toward Lancaster and the railroad? (Nichols: Yes, we do and we tried to purchase more land around present campus, but was not possible at a reasonable price. Would like to hear about developer's ideas.) Bolen: TWC will not abandon campus prior to a sale because this funding is needed for new campus. TWC is willing to talk to any prospects we bring them. Key issue is their credibility. Bagsby: Same commitment has been made elsewhere but never came about. Seems there is plenty of time for City to get behind move and protect Poly at same time. In this partnership City will be providing services not being provided in the inner CitLCITyVCRETARY (Nichols: Anticipate finding suitable uses for campus CORD tain or even expand commercial activity around campus. Wiseman: A time factor involved in that donation of 165.46 acre , TCLTWC must have operations on new site by 1985. (Mr. WiTEL corrected himself at Council; site preparation must begin by February 25, 1984 and the campus must be in use by January 31, 1989.) Bagsby: Takes 90 days for annexation? (Adkins: Can not be more than 90 days.) Any problem with structured planning for transition? (Nichols: No.) Wiseman: Requesting only adoption of timetable for annexation, not annexation itself. Bagsby: Delay will not stop you from planning, only allow City input before we vote. Want to know costs of annexation. DAI Pre-Council Minutes AffAk January 24, 1984 Page 2 Nichols: Concerned about need to adopt timetable. Wiseman: Must begin on-site preparation within two months of today and annexation must be in process to enter into community facilities agreement for water and sewer. Bagsby: This partnership carries more of a financial commitment. Zapata: Want to know costs to City. (Jones: Under community facilities proposal, estimated cost to run 6" water line serving campus and area south of it is $356,182 total, $144,000 by the City and $212,000 by the developer. Estimated cost to run oversized sewer line is $207,500, $96,323 by the City and $111,253 by the developer. Estimated cost for street lights is $8,100 by the City and $9,700 by the developer. Overall, the total $581,500 will be paid; $248,600 by the City and $332,900 by the developer.) Zapata: No one's mentioned void in educational system due to relocating away from minority community. Move will eliminate minorities from new campus. (Nichols: Have talked to Texas A&M and other institutions of higher learning who have expressed interest in present campus.) Stute: Interested in ultimate purchaser; most interest from A&M, federal, state, or private groups? (Nichols: Still talking. We've ruled out some private groups. On new campus, dorms may be privately owned and so be taxable.) Bolen: Bottom line is "Are we going to get in way of the move despite assurances from TWC?" Williams: What part of property was donated? (Wiseman: Of total 152.34 acres to be annexed, 134.54 acres were purchase, remainder part of donated land. ) Wiseman: Exempt status for educational instutitions based on value of these institutions to the City as focal points, causing surrounding property values to increase. Williams: Believe -area would develop with or without new campus. OFFICIAL RECORD 2) Award of Contract: Construction of Elephant/Hippo Exhi ifT. WORTH, TEX. at the Forest Park Zoo (M&C C-8183) Campbell: (Discussed recommendation to award bid.) Johnson: Why is bid price 29% above estimated cost? (Komatsu: Project for base, minimal facility estimated at $849,000, $1,000 below amount set aside for project. Low base bid came in at $948,000. Had also included four alternates to provide more humane treat- ment of animals at an estimated cost of $187,000; bid came in at $169,000. Overall, bid was $1,117,000 or $267,000 over amount set aside. Pre-Council Minutes "` January 24, 1984 Page 3 Wetherby: If alternates were so necessary, why weren't they part of base bid? (Komatsu: Expected alternates to put total over budgeted amount but have found contractors', bids to be unpredictable.) Newkirk: How did Capital Projects Reserve Fund get built up? Through funded depreciation? (Herchert: No, main source of this fund is annual repayment by airport for land City purchased for the airport. Expect to continue receiving these funds for another fifteen years.) Any constraints on these funds? (Herchert: Fund created specifically to complete projects for which funding has proved insufficient.) Fisher: Because bids came in high, Zoological Association is willing to pay half of overrun to maintain quality of facilities at ZOO. Newkirk: Can base project be redesigned to cut $200,000 from cost? (Fisher: Not extravagant, just a basic tilt-up building with heat and extremely sophisticated plumbing. Bids are likely to come in higher next time.) (Herchert: Not recommending City re-bid because we had 10 bidders last time. Have no indication climate for project getting better:) Newkirk - Johnson: Basis for cost estimated by City? (Herchert: At time of bond issue there was need to limit size of overall program. Park and Recreation kept cost under $1 million, based not on engineering design work but on the experience of other cities.) Was WAG program in place at this time? (Herchert: With Exhibits Building, a great deal of engineering and architectural work was done before the bond program was put together and City had a much better idea of total cost.) Johnson: More concerned about built-in change orders than amount of overrun. Wetherby: How much would remain in Reserve Fund after transfer? (Herchert: Will get you the amount.) RAM Wetherby: Does city have funds to replace aviary which burned? (Herchert: Have had tremendous private sector support from Zoological Association, and City did not fund last 2-3 major projects. Association is currently trying to raise private funds to OFFICIAL RECORD replace the exhibit. Do not recommend turning down a request CITY SECRETARY from this association which has been so generous in the C �y past and plans to continue to be so in the future.) FT. WORTH, TGA. Wetherby: Do not know cost to replace aviary but committing funds else- where. (Herchert: If private funding is not available, that project would be part of a future bond issue.) Fisher: Could replace aviary from private donations tomorrow, but we are working on negotiations to build a $3 million exhibit. t Pre-Council Minutes AmAm%% January 24, 1984 Page 4 3) Financial Update Continued until next Pre-Council meeting. RAM OFFICIAL RECORD CITY S"CRWRY Ft, WORIX 1:t Administrative Action Requested January 24, 1984 ITEM REFERRED T0: 1) Items Continued -- Annexation - Texas Wesleyan College Site (M&C G-5876) - Continued four weeks during which Council Committee of Councilmembers Williams, Bagsby, and Lancaster are to work with TWC to see that good faith efforts are in progress to locate an appropriate buyer for the DAI:RA existing campus. 2) Appointments to Boards/Commissions -- Mayor Bolen reappointed Rev. W. L. Davis and Mr. Jerry W. Jennings to the Housing Authority of the City of Fort Worth VS:RA 3) Comments/Requests -- None. 4) Citizen Presentations -- None. 5) Letters from Citizens The NCR, Corp. (Claim) OFFICIAL AEGO David Wayne Patton (Claim) �I 1 Jimmy Spurgeon (Claim) CITY S:GIIETh W. R. Falter, Indi.4na Lumbermens Insurance (Re: Carolyn J ir[AWRIH T Claim) yy��ttii Cloy Sue Jackson (Claim) WA Albert R. Moore (Claim) WA Grover Swift, Attorney (Re: Cause No. 48-76405-83, Rudd Long vs. J. A. Tobin Construction Co; ANPAC-Texas & Tex. Dept. of Transportation) WA Spring Creek Apt. (Claim) WA Charles P. Barnett (Claim) WA Wallace Craig, Attorney (Re: Daniel Kubiak, Claim) WA