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MEMBERS COUNCILMAN BAGSBY AND COUNCILMAN ZAPATA
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ITEM:
1. BRIEFING ON SISTER CITY VISIT -
Mayor Bolen updated the Council on his visit to Reggio, Italy. He commented
that there may be a need to get a councilperson involved in the Sister City
Program. He informed the Council that Reggio's program was setting up a
committee in the private sector and this was the first time they had done this.
Mayor Bolen asked the councilmembers to try to attend some of the activities
during a visit by swimmers from Reggio next weekend, and another group will be
visiting soon. The Mayor also made reference to the work Mary Palko has put
into the Sister City Program.
Tom Hanlan, the new Executive Director for the Fort Worth Chamber of Commerce
Business and Traveler's Bureau was introduced.
2. DECLARING SUFFICIENCY OF FORT WORTH IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT NO. 1 PETITIONS,
APPOINTING ADVISORY BODY AND DIRECTING CITY MANAGER TO PREPARE VARIOUS ITEMS
I.R. NO. 7125 AND M&C G-6697)
Wade Adkins reported that the petitions received last week had been reviewed and
were found to be legally sufficient. The signatures represented 572 of the
property owners; over 74% of the land area; and 98% of the taxable property.
Wade said M&C G-6697 would do the following:
-acknowledge the petition is sufficient
-create an advisory board made up of 33 members
-directs the city manager to file certain documents with the Council
Vance: What is the effect of the public hearing? (Adkins: It's up to the
Council to decide those things. The law requires you have a public hearing,
after that, you have 6 months to approve the district.)
Vance: I had a call from someone on the edge who wanted to visit and talk about
this. (Adkins: This would not obligate you to do anything unless you wanted
to.)
Williams: In regards to the $85,000, is that above the time and support we
already provide? (Harman: This is in addition to what we presently provide.
The purpose is to provide additional services.)
Garrison: If we create this, can we disband it? (Adkins: The statute allows
for petitioners to petition to have it disbanded. The petition submitted also
has a 3-year sunset clause to automatically disband it unless it is petitione
to continue.) Garrison: I think this is experimental and we need..ie-*g
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Williams: I'm still not completely satisfied that this is the an.- ay. S " �""�
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alreadv have patrolmen and cleanup in our downtown budget. I just want to make
sure we're not just creating something to create something. (Adkins: If you
don't take action today, the process would not procedd. It's similar to an
annexation proceeding.) Harman: There's an extensive analysis of the budget
spent on the downtown area as well as revenue. I think downtown is more of a
question of perception of crime as opposed to the reality.)
Wetherby: We need to keep in mind that the Chamber just hired a man to promote
tourism. There are sections of downtown that are not clean and safe. We have
to do the things that encourage tourism in our city. Maybe on our next night
meeting we could take a city van and take a tour of the outskirts of downtown.
3. ESTABLISHMENT OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OFFICE (M&C G-6696)
Bob Terrell summarized the mechanics of establishing such an office. He pointed
out that there would be a transfer of a senior planner who would report to the
City Manager and a secretary_ would need to be hired. There were several changes
from the original proposal:
-it would consist of a 2-person office as opposed to a 3-person office. The
strategy would be to maximize the use of staff and generate as much work to
create a backlog to justify future requests to enlarge the department.
-the budget would be for 4 months for the remainder of this year for about
$37,000. The 1986-87 projected budget would be for $98,000.
-financing would result from moving a position from the planning department and
the the remaining funds would come from the sale of industrial revenue bonds.
B.T. emphasized it was important to recognize several major cities are more
proactive than Fort Worth in economic development. He has met with the Chamber
to make sure there's no duplication of services.
Mayor Bolen said he asked mayors during his visit to Holland about their number
one problem and area of concern and they answered job creation in the area of
economic development. He said they stated the reason was the relationship
between unemployment and crime.
4. UPDATE ON STORM DAMAGE TO BILLBOARDS
Jim Wilson provided the update. He said 42 signs were either down or severely
damaged that were covered by statute or ordinance. If a nonconforming sign was
damaged it could not be reerected if the cost is 602 or more to reerect it at
the same location. According to Jim, the signs could not be legally reerected
without going through the permit stage.
Wetherby: Are any of the companies trying to put up the signs anyway? (One
owner was reerecting a sign but was notified it was an illegal action.)
Bolen: I have asked Mr. Wilson to notify the Speaker of the House and the Lt.
Governor that the industry has not been holding up their end.
Wetherby: I'd like to see the City be really tough on those that legally should
not be up.
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Garrison: Have we given written notice to the ones that are not ble to RV
back up? (Bilardi: Yes we have. We took pictures also.) till 1
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Lancaster: There's one at 3300 South Freeway that's laying down I'd like you to
check on.
5. CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM/STREET ASSESSMENT
Ramon reported to the Council that HUD had informed him that CDBG funds would be
permissable only within predominantly low income areas. Approximately 2400
streets were identified to be covered in the bond program, about 2100 qualify to
be covered with CDBG funds, and about 280 fall outside the area of assistance.
The 2100 will result in a cost of about $2 million, and the ones not covered
will cost about $350,000.
Williams: Do we have any other program where that 122 could receive some
assistance? (Ramon: City funds cannot pay for those assessments according to
the legal department.) Williams: Of those 280 homes, did you say they were low
to moderate income? (Ramon: Yes, but they live in mid- to upper level -income
neighborhoods.)
6. CITY COUNCIL COMMITTEE FOR GARBAGE RATE ADJUSTMENT
Councilman Vance, Bagsby, and Councilwoman Wetherby were appointed to the
committee.
7. STATUS OF REGIONAL WASTEWATER COLLECTION AND TREATMENT FACILITIES
Richard Sawey provided background on ,the existence of the system. He stated
that Council needed to develop an action plan on how to recover capital recovery
fees and how to proceed on a contract. October 1, 1986 was set as the target
date for customer cities to decide on whether or not to stay with the system.
Ruth Ann: The problem we've had is there's been no incentive for them to
proceed with haste. (Wetherby: Do you perceive that don't think we're being
serious?) (Garrison: This isn't a popular decision for them to consider.)
Ruth Ann: The longer they drag it on, the more advantageous it is for them.
Bolen: Is there some say that we can say there's a point of no return for us,
specifically? (Sawey: That's embedded in all of our decision. Village Creek
is over capacity. now.) Bolen: What legal actions do we have if those cities
decide they don't want to participate? Do we have the right to exclude those?
(Sawey: We could declare a moratorium that would apply to Fort Worth as well as
the other cities.)
Garrison: The new circumstances weren't present at the time that the original
contracts were let. Is that an arguement we're looking at? (Sawey: We have
been advised that that's a legal option that we might consider.)
8. BUDGET - CURRENT FISCAL YEAR AND REVENUE PROJECTIONS
Charles said that he would like to use future workshops and pre-council
to cover certain budget items up until August 12 when the actual propps�� f �
made. Charles commented that he thought breaking even would be a mi3j&""
accomplishment, and Fort Worth was doing relatively good.
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Garrison: What do you feel will be the result of appeals from the property
owners as far as the evaluations of their assessments? (Boswell: We need to
put a cushion in what TAD says will actually happen. We'll probably go about 3X
lower.)
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