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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance 16053~.~.s_W ~~;,,,,; ORDINANCE NO (~~~"~ AN ORDINANCE INCREASING ESTIMATED RECEIPTS AND APPROPRIATIONS IN THE SPECIALLY FUNDED CAPITAL PROJECTS FUND IN THE AMOUNT OF $590 000 FROM AVAILABLE FUNDS CONTINGENT UPON A FAILURE TO ACHIEVE EITHER THE TRANSFER OF THE TITLE OF THE PROPERTY AT THE FEDERAL DEPOT SITE TO THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT CORPORATION OR THE ISSUANCE OF BONDS FOR THE PURPOSE OF FUNDING DESIGN WORK ON THE FEDERAL DEPOT SERVICE CENTER; PROVIDING FOR A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE, MAKING THIS ORDINANCE CUMULATIVE OF PRIOR ORDINANCES AND REPEALING ALL PRIOR ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT HEREWITH; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT WORTH, TEXAS SECTION 1 That in addition to those amounts allocated to the various City departments for Fiscal Year 2003-04 in the Budget of the City Manager there shall also be increased estimated receipts and appropriations in the Specially Funded Capital Projects Fund in the amount of $590 000 from available funds, contingent upon a failure to achieve either the transfer of the title of the property at the Federal Depot site to the Local Government Corporation or the issuance of bonds for the purpose of funding design work on the Federal Depot Service Center SECTION 2. That should any portion section or part of a section of this ordinance be declared invalid inoperative or void for any reason by a court of competent jurisdiction, such decision opinion or judgment shall in no way impair the remaining portions, sections, or parts of sections of this ordinance, which said remaining provisions shall be and remain in full force and effect. SECTION 3 That this ordinance shall be cumulative of Ordinance No. 15636 and all other ordinances and appropriations amending the same except in those instances where the provisions of this ordinance are in direct conflict with such other ordinances and appropriations, in which instance said conflicting provisions of said prior ordinances and appropriations are hereby expressly repealed SECTION 4 This ordinance shall take effect upon adoption APPROVED AS TO FORM AND LEGALITY Assistant Cii~r Attorney ADOPTED AND EFFECTIVE. ~ ~-- City of Fort Worth, Texas Mayor and Council Communication COUNCIL ACTION Approved As Amended on 7/27/2004 Ordinance No. 16052 and 16053 DATE Tuesday July 27 2004 LOG NAME. 20MOU REFERENCE NO C-20171 SUBJECT Appropriation Ordinance and Amendment to the Memorandum of Understanding with Concho Development LLC to Authorize Architectural/Engineering Design Work on the Federal Depot Service Center Project RECOMMENDATION It is recommended that the City Council. 1 Adopt the attached appropriation ordinance increasing estimated receipts and appropriations by $590 000 in the Capital Projects Reserve Fund from available funds, contingent upon a failure to achieve either the transfer of title of the property at the Federal Depot site to the Local Government Corporation (LGC) from the USPS developer-agent (Concho Development, L.L.C) or the issuance of bonds to finance the Federal Depot Service Center project; and 2. Authorize the transfer of $590 000 from the Capital Projects Reserve Fund to the Specially Funded Capital Projects Fund contingent upon a failure to achieve either the transfer of title of property or the issuance of bonds; and 3 Adopt the attached appropriation ordinance increasing estimated receipts and appropriations by $590 000 in the Specially Funded Capital Projects Fund from available funds, contingent upon a failure to achieve either the transfer of title of property or the issuance of bonds and 4 Authorize the City Manager to execute an amendment to the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Concho Development LLC contingent upon receiving an acceptable letter of agreement from the General Services Administration related to any unexpected .site conditions at the Federal Depot site. DISCUSSION M&C C-19766 (Sept 23 2003) authorized the execution of an MOU with the USPS to cause a $70 000 schematic design effort, and the development of a firm price quote to relocate. the Harley Service Center to the Federal Depot site M8~C C-20026 (April 13 2004) authorized the amendment to the MOU for an additional $20 000 of schematic design work to allow the relocation of the Downtown Service Center to be included in the project at a total estimated project cost of $21 100 000 to $21 400 000 As reported to Council via Informal Report 8603 (June 02, 2004) staff has been negotiating the terms of a $21 400 000 agreement between the Local Government Corporation created for this project and the USPS developer agent (Concho Development, LLC) To protect the interests of the City and the LGC the agreement document states that the deal is ultimately contingent upon both the transfer of title to the property to the LGC and the sale or issuance of the bonds needed to finance the project. It will take 45 to 60 days to close on the property and complete the issuance of bonds. T .ncTnama• 7fll~~i(1T T r_ r To ensure that the construction contractor and design consultants will honor the price quotes used to set the project cost it is necessary to begin and complete all geotechnical and civil engineering design and approximately 30% of the architectural and mechanical/engineering/plumbing design prior to closing on the property and the issuance of bonds. The cost for this design work is $500 000 Provided that the transfer of title to the property and the issuance of bonds takes place as planned then the design costs addressed in this M8~C as well as all other project costs, will be financed via lease-revenue bonds issued by the LGC The LGC will make debt service payments from the proceeds of the lease between the City and the LGC If property transfer or bond issuance fails for some reason the City will pay the USPS $500 000 from the Capital Projects Reserve Fund for all the design work addressed by this M&C as well as $90 000 for the schematic design work already accomplished under the MOU as currently amended In this event, the product of the design effort will become the property of the City The original MOU and the first amendment were between the City and the USPS Since that time the USPS Lee D Cornell and David F Godfrey have formed the limited liability corporation Concho Development, LLC to perform the work. FISCAL INFORMATION/CERTIFICATION The Finance Director certifies that upon approval of the above recommendations and adoption of the attached appropriation ordinance funds will be available in the Specially Funded Capital Projects Fund contingent upon a failure to achieve either transfer of title of property or the issuance of bonds. The cash balance of the Capital Projects Reserve Fund after this transfer will be $ 1 903 862. The fiscal year end fund balance at this time is projected to be $ $1 748 922. TO Fund/Account/Centers (1) GC10 488332 013010001000 $590.000.00 (1) GC10 538070 013010001000 $590.000.00 (2&3) GC35 472010 020020004000 $590.000.00 13) GC35 531200 020020004000 $590.000.00 FROM Fund/Account/Centers (2) GC10 538070 013010001000 (4) GC35 531200 020020004000 $590.000.00 $590.000.00 Submitted for City Manager's Office ~• Marc Ott (8476) Originating Department Head Robert Goode (7801) Additional Information Contact• Greg Simmons (7862) /~ !/1T