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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1986/04/22-REVISED-Agenda-Pre-Council R E V I S E D A G E N D A PRE-COUNCIL MEETING TUESDAY , APRIL 22 , 1986 9:00 A.M. PRE-COUNCIL CHAMBER RECOMMENDED FOR ACTION ON APRIL 22 1) Selection of Architect for Design of the Equestrian Facilities at the Will Rogers Memorial Complex (M&C C-9610 ) - David A . Ivory , Assistant City Manager (15 Min . ) (See Amended M&C ) BRIEFING - PO.SSIBLE FUTURE ACTION 2 ) Proposed Lease of Northeast Sanitary Landfill for the Recycling Project ( I .R . 7111 ) - Ulysses Ford , City Services Director ( 15 Min . ) 3) Other Issues o Clarification of IX, 1. "Removals from Boards and Commissions ." This item may have been placed on the agenda through a possible misunderstanding . o Discussion of any other issues on the Agenda of April 22 , 1986 . * To add or make revisions , please call the City Mana.ger' s Office , 870-6140, before 3:00 P .M. , Monday , April 21, 1986 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 to secure information from the City Manager and the � .�EC4R® Although the meeting is open to the public , citiz,q r Amp% requested to reserve comments and questions for h�4 ggi �6 Council meeting so they will be a part of the publi.C ,�V f PRE-COUNCIL APRIL 22, 1986 ALL MEMBERS PRESENT COUNCIL DISTRICT 7 (VACANT) ITEM 1 . SELECTION OF ARCHITECT FOR DESIGN OF THE EQUESTRIAN FACILITIES AT THE WILL ROGERS MEMORIAL COMPLEX - DAVID A. IVORY, ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER Mr. Ivory asked Council to authorize the City Manager to execute upon receipt of proceeds from the May 6, 1986, bond sale, a contract with Hahnfeld Associates to provide professional services for the facility for a total fee equal to, but not to exceed the amended amount of S670,000. Councilman Lancaster asked Mr. Ivory to elaborate on the selection process used for finding the architectural firm to design the Equestrian and Livestock Facility. Mr. Ivory stated that three firms having expertise in the field were interviewed by a selection committee consisting of representatives from the City Manager's Office, the Public Events Department, and the Transportation and Public Works Department. The firm of Iiahnfeld Associates was judged to have made the best technical presentation and indicated the most knowledge of the peculair problems associated with the project. Mr. Harman further mentioned that he did not want Council to feel that Staff, as a matter of policy, would choose firms which have done prior work with the Citv. However, in this particular situation Y.ahnfeld's Associates's outstanding work on prior City projects was one factor considered by the Selection Committee, along with the firm's extensive experience and impressive credentials. Councilmam Williams asked Mr. Leroy Hahnfeld whether the firm did all of its work in-house? (Mr. Hahnfeld responded: "We do not do much electrical or structural engineering in-house. We usually subcontract such operations.") Mr. Williams: "I guess the reason' I am asking is because I would like to see more minority contractors do some of the subcontracting work. I would like to see if you could make an effort to find professionally qualified minority subcontractors to work on the project." A Mr Hahnfeld stated that his firm would be happy to give professional minority construction firms an opportunity to do subcontract work on the proposed program- Councilman Lancaster was interested in knowing if any consideration had been given to completing the project in two years? (Mr. fIahnfeld: "Yes, it could be done in two years; that certainly is a possibility"). 2. LEASE OF NORTHEAST SANITARY LANDFILL FOR THE RECYCLING PROJECT (I.R. 7111) - ULYSSES FORD, CITY SERVICES DIRECTOR Mr. Ford presented the Council with an overview of the problems concerning the disposal of used tires at the Northeast Sanitary Landfill. Discarded tires are virtually impossible to handle in normal landfill operations because they cannot be compacted and when buried tend to work themselves to the surface creating voids in the ground. It is estimated that city crews collected about 12,000 used tires from illegal dump sites located throughout Fort Worth in 1955. The tires collected were hauled to a City landfill for disposal. As a result, Mr. Ford recommended that Tire Energy, Inc. , be permitted to construct a scrap tire processing facility at Northeast Sanitary Landfill. The project would consist of collecting and sorting discarded tires. Those casings suitable for regrooving or recapping would be sold. Those not suitable for recycling would be disposed through a tire chipper which produces medium sized chips that would be sold as fuel. Tire Energy, Inc. would charge a disposal fee for accepting each discarded tire. Fees are projected to range from $1 for small tires to S2 for the larger truck tires. Several Councilmembers raised a concern over the site of the proposed operation. Mayor Bolen: "Uly did you look at other sites to build this type of plant? Was there an evaluation done of alternate sites?" Dir. Ford: "No Sir. This was the only site that was presently in nonuse and we felt it could be utilized for this particular purpose." Dir. Lancaster: "I would like to recommend that other sites be examined before we undertake to make a decision. Maybe this would be more appropriate for an on-going landfill site." Several citizens addressed the Council to voice their opposition to the proposed construction of the scrap tire processing plant. The Council was also given a petition listing over a 150 names of residents requesting that the landfill be used for other purposes. Mayor Bolen asked Mr. Ford to look at alternative sites to address the problem of discarded tires and to return to Council with recommendations in the near future. 3. OTHER ISSUES r Mr. Harman asked the Councilmembers whether they would like to list as a line item on the agenda the "removals from Boards and Commissions?" Councilmen Vance and Lancaster voiced opposition to the stated change, and felt that it would be more appropriate to have the individual Councilmember approach the citizen and ask for his/her resignation. The Council agreed with Mr. Harman's recommendation that the line item on the agenda should read: "Changes to membership of Boards and Commissions."