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Home My WebLink About1986/06/17-Agenda-Pre-Council A G E N D A PRE-COUNCIL MEETING TUESDAY, JUNE 17, 1986 8:30 A.M. PRE-COUNCIL CHAMBER RECOMMENDED FOR ACTION TODAY 1) Conference on Neighborhoods - Neighborhoods, Fort Worth: Partners for Progress" (I.R. No. 7127) and Solicitation of Funds for Neighborhood Conference and Retreat (M&C G-6701) - Ramon Guajardo, Assistant City Manager ( 5 Min.) 2) Response to the Draft Regional Environmental Impact Statement Trinity River and Tributaries (M&C G-6706) - Gary Santerre, Transportation/Public Works Director (10 Min.) 3) Requested Action Concerning Appointment of Advisory Board and Setting Public Hearing on Prposed Fort Worth Improvement District No. 1 (M&C G-6707) - Wade Adkins, City Attorney 4) Ordinance Amending Ordinance No. 9633, Combining the Polling Places for Precinct Nos. 1237, 1251 and 1300 with the Polling Place for Precinct No. 1150 and Combining the Polling Places for Precinct Nos. 4274 and 4341 with the Polling Place for Precinct No. 4120 (M&C G-6710) - Ruth Howard, City Secretary FOR DISCUSSION ONLY 5) Fort Worth 150 Quarterly Report-- Jane Schlansker, Chairperson (15 Min.) 6) Storm Refuse Collection Update - Ulysses Ford, III, City Services Director ( 5 Min.) 7) Preliminary Salary Issues for FY 86-87 (I .R. No. 7129) - Charlie Shapard, Personnel Director (40 Min.) RECOMMENDED FOR FUTURE ACTION 8) Proposed Code Enforcement Ordinance I.R. No. 7128) - Herman Stute, Chairman, Committee on Rental Registration and Ordinance Changes (15 Min.) To add or make revisions, please call the City Manager's Office, 870-6140, before 3:00 P.M., Monday, June 16, 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 secure information from the City Manager and the staff. DFF�C RECORD Although the meeting is open to the public, citizens are requested to reserve comments and questions for the subseq SECRETARY Council meeting so they will be a part of the public recor RRIRp 1 . PRE-COUNCIL MEETING JUNE 17, 1986 ITEM: J k J\ 1. CONFERENCE ON NEIGHBORHOODS - "NEIGHBORHOODS, FORT WORTH: PARTN PROGRESS" (I.R. NO 7127) AND SOLICITATION OF FUNDS FOR NEIGHBORHOOD CONFERENCE AND RETREAT (MSC G-6701) Ramon gave a brief history of the organization and how the idea of the conference came into existence. Mr. Calderone spoke briefly and pointed out that although objectives of the organization are to educate and inform the citizenry, skills development is also important. As a result two major components of the conference will deal with skills development and networking. Dr. Crow commented on the importance of tying the City, League of Neighborhoods, and the neighborhood council together. 2. RESPONSE TO THE DRAFT REGIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT TRINITY RIVER AND TRIBUTARIES (MSC G-6706) Gary Santerre briefly explained that this item responded to the Council's request on information brought to their attention 2 weeks ago 3. REQUESTED ACTION CONCERNING APPOINTMENT OF ADVISORY BOARD AND SETTING PUBLIC HEARING ON PROPOSED FORT WORTH IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT NO. 1 (MSC G-6707) Wade explained what the action taken today meant and the reason why it needed to be taken. He explained that the 23 names of property owners who were identified to be on the board were suggested by Downtown Fort Worth, Inc. Ten additional members are to be appointed with 9 of them being Council recommendations and 1 staff person from the Manager's office. David and Ruth Ann were mentioned as the staff people involved. Wade recommended that the 23 identified members be acted on today, and that action on the other 9 be continued until a later date. Bolen: Wade, has your office reviewed the numbers to make sure they conform? Adkins: Yes sir.) Williams We have not decided we're going to have this special district have__., �"•"f' we? (Adkins: There would be a public hearing July 9, there would be ��;;, notice published in the paper, and letters would be mailed to property 'rs�� After the public hearing, you would have 6 months to decide on whether tEJJTe0WM the district or not. Action on this MSC would not approve the distric would appoint the advisory board. (Bolen: One of the things we do is affoiyffigg, the advisory board to help us decide what to do, but right now we don' My' anything to vote on.) (Williams: One of the problems I have with this is we are stacking the deck that the district will be set up. Where are the citizens? When do we find out if they want us to spend $85,000 of their money on this? Adkins: You've already taken action saying an advisory board would be appointed. By state statute you don't have to do that though. Bagsby: Do the other 16 people belong to Downtown Fort Worth, Inc.? (McKinney: Some of them do. We've been working to identify some other people downtown. We're trying to find some minority business leaders.) (Bagsby: Is there some way we could change the percentages?) (Adkins: More than 50% of owners of record or more than 50% of the land owners plus 50% of the owners of the appraised value are the state statute requirements that have to be satisfied.) (Bagsby: I was wondering if we could structure the board some other way. With 23 members from Fort Worth, Inc. an independent voice still would not be heard.) (Adkins: You could increase the number of people on the board, but the composition of the board has to comply with state statutes.) (Bagsby: I'd like to see staff come up with some equation to give the independent voice a little more influence.) Devero: We felt it is proper that the 23 members be there because these people make up 78% of the value and 57% of the taxable land area. If you get much more than 33 people, you get a little unworkable. We think that the proportion should remain the same; however, we'll do whatever the council suggests. Adkins: If you decide you want to carry over the M&C , we would probably have to change the date of the public hearing. The disadvantage of carrying the advisory board would be they wouldn't have much time to look into this before the public hearing. (Bagsby: We could make this a temporary board, but I'd still like to see a permanent advisory board that gives the minority voice a say. It's not my idea to vote against this. This train is running and I don't want to get run over.) Wetherby: 'Jim brought up a good point, I think there should be a city staff and council member on the board. 4. ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 9633, COMBINING THE POLLING PLACES FOR PRECINCT NOS. 1237, 1251 AND 1300 WITH THE POLLING PLACE FOR PRECINCT NO. 1150 AND COMBINING THE POLLING PLACES FOR PRECINCT NOS. 4274 AND 4341 WITH THE POLLING PLACE FOR PRECINCT NO. 4120 (M&C G-6710) Ruth Howard gave an overview of what the two council agenda items involved. Williams: Mr. Newkirk and others who have represented Como have been responsive to the groups in that area. They are a strong cohesive voting block. Bolen: What about this 3,000 magic number, what does that mean? (Adkins: It involves voting precincts, not polling places.) Bolen: Do you have time to amend these and get it to the justice dept. in time for the election? (Wood: We would be combining 3 precincts into 1 polling place which we did in the bond election. I understand that will have a positive effect on their acceptance of this.) Bolen: Are we doing this on this election only? (Howard: I had an1 i malting this permanent. My motivation is not racial, and it is not my i to throw an election. CITY WffttLL��ffy SENBUT Bagsby: I think it's important to realize we shouldn't be establishing �. WORTHS precincts. R E 5. FORT WORTH 150 QUARTERLY REPORT Jane Schlansker updated the Council on Sesquicentinnial activities and the wagon train that will be coming to town. The train will arrive at Gateway Park at 2:00 p.m. on July 2, and there will be a dinner at 5:30 p.m. It will leave on July 3, at 10:00 a.m. , arrive downtown around 11 :00 a.m. , and arrive at the reviewing stands at 12:00 p.m. 6. PROPOSED CODE ENFORCEMENT ORDINANCE (I.R. 7128) Herman Stute spoke briefly on the ordinance and Uly Ford also commented. Uly pointed out some major changes and/or improvements to the ordinance: -provides enforcement for non-enclosed swimming pools -eliminates storage on front porch or hanging clothes in front yard -code enforcement inspectors would be able to deal with junked vehicles on public right-of-way as well as private right-of ways 7. PRELIMINARY SALARY ISSUES FOR FY 86-87 (I.R. NO. 7129) Charlie Shapard pointed out some of the highlights of the proposal. VV1'�� ,