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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1986/08/26-Agenda-Pre-Council AGENDA PRE-COUNCIL MEETING TUESDAY, AUGUST, 26, 1986 8:30 A.M. PRE-COUNCIL CHAMBER FOR ACTION TODAY 1) Approval of Tarrant County Convention Center Lease (M&C C-9831) - Wade Adkins, City Attorney and Ruth Ann McKinney, Assistant City Manager (15 Min .) FOR FUTURE ACTION 2) Cancellation of City Council Meetings - Ruth Howard, City Secretary (10 Min.) 3) Fee Study - Charles Boswell , Director, Office of Management Services (20 Min.) 4) Status Report on the Southwest Freeway Project (S.H. 121) (I.R. 7141) - David A. Ivory, Senior Assistant City Manager (45 Min.) To add or make revisions, please call the City Manager's Office, 870-6140, before 3:00 P.M. , Monday, August 25, 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 infor- mally 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. OFFICIAL RECORD CITY SECRETARY I fi, TII, TEX. PRE-COUNCIL AUG. 26, 1986 9:30 ABSENTS: NONE ITEM: 1. Cancellation of City Council Meeting- Ruth Howard City Council meeting cancelled Dec. 3 City Council meeting rescheduled Dec. 23 to Dec. 22. CC meeting cancelled Dec. 30. 2. Approval of Tarrant County Convention Center Lease- Wade Adkins and Ruth Ann McKinney Rice Tilley presented the lease agreements and changes that are proposed. The changes presented are as follow: 1) the Commission on Visitors Bureau will become a separate entity as of Jan 1, 1987, 2) there will be one reprentitive appointed to the Commission 3) the City would have an option to purchase the Convention Center or parking facilities and personal property for a price to be determined through an appraisal process, and 4) the City is required liability coverage minimum at 1 million. Councilman Gilly: What are options to renew? ( Tilley: the option of a 30 year contract covers that.) Mayor Bolen: Thats as good as we can get. Further discussion was taken. In particular the prospects of why this proposal should be approved, recognizing the deficit. Councilman Lancaster: reflecting on the budgeting process, we see the occupancy is down, along with other dragging items. I am concerned with the financial projections, in which , have not been available. (Ruth Ann: based on what information we could get and historical data little could be done. After the 60 day process we will be able to get the books.) After deliberation on this subject Councilman Lancaster was still concerned about the financial projections. The rest of Councilmembers consented on this matter but felt no other alternative was adequate enough than to proceed on the approval of the lease. 3. Status Report on the Southwest Freeway Project-David Ivory Gary Santerre presented the status of the project. Basically he described th7EC sequence of events for development of main freeway lanes, the stipulati appropriate right-of-ways, and the construction of the frontage roads. �'��Jim Wilson presented the alternative methods for development and financ n� bt�ET. freeway. He explained the Texas Transportaion Corporaion Act and the Road Utility District Act. Other items of concern mentioned was the County Road District and the Toll Road Authority. David Ivory maintained there are two areas of consideration that need support by the Council; One, to become more involved with State and Federal legislation. This would be done by retaining the legal advice from the law firm Vincent and Adkins. The other area is to have Jim Wilson become more actively involved with legislative change. Councilman Zapata: concerned with the Southwest allignment, particularly with the east to west (and vice versa) movement. (Santerre: depends alot on how long it will take for constuction on the north) Rff� RECORD CIT ity ET. r°��41TH, .