ADDENDUM

AGENDA

CITY COUNCIL MEETING

FEBRUARY 10, 2010

CITY OF DALLAS

1500 MARILLA

COUNCIL CHAMBERS, CITY HALL

DALLAS, TEXAS 75201

9:00 A. M.

 

Invocation and Pledge of Allegiance (Council Chambers) [10-0440]

 

Agenda Item/Open Microphone Speakers [10-0441]

 

VOTING AGENDA

 

1.         Approval of Minutes of the January 27, 2010 City Council Meeting [10-0442; APPROVED]

 

CONSENT AGENDA [10-0443; APPROVED]

 

Business Development & Procurement Services

 

2.         Authorize a three-year master agreement for medical supplies - Alliance Medical, Inc. in the amount of $1,434,200, MMS A Medical Supply Company in the amount of $1,029,724, Practical Air Solutions, Inc. in the amount of $458,124 and Criterion Services LLC in the amount of $103,524, lowest responsible bidders of seven - Total not to exceed $3,025,572 - Financing: Current Funds [10-0444; APPROVED]

 

3.         Authorize a three-year service contract for janitorial services at fourteen Women, Infants and Children locations - Oriental Building Services, Inc., lowest responsible bidder of eighteen - Not to exceed $431,610 - Financing: Department of State Health Services Grant Funds (subject to annual appropriations) [10-0445; APPROVED]

 

4.         Authorize a three-year service contract for maintenance of the Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition computer system at the Central Wastewater Treatment Plant - Bristol, Inc. dba Remote Automation Solutions, lowest responsible bidder of two - Not to exceed $349,338 - Financing: Water Utilities Current Funds (subject to annual appropriations) [10-0446; APPROVED]

 

5.         Authorize a three-year service contract for temporary information technology professionals - HRT Staffing Services in the amount of $2,624,200, Management Recruiters of Woodbridge, Inc. in the amount of $505,664, InfowareTech, Inc. in the amount of $458,492, Sierra Infosys, Inc. in the amount of $324,480, Global Information Systems in the amount of $154,716, Stark Holding in the amount of $57,425 and LanceSoft, Inc. in the amount of $5,987, lowest responsible bidders of twenty-seven - Total not to exceed $4,130,964 - Financing: Current Funds (subject to annual appropriations) [10-0447; APPROVED AS AN INDIVIDUAL ITEM]

 

6.         Authorize (1) a three-year service contract for lawn irrigation service for the repair of sprinkler and irrigation systems at City facilities with Good Earth Corporation in the amount of $99,572, and (2) a three-year master agreement for lawn irrigation parts and supplies with Horizon Distributors, Inc. in the amount of $148,086, Professional Turf Products, LP in the amount of $27,900 and Longhorn, Inc. in the amount of $12,600, lowest responsible bidders of six - Total not to exceed $288,158 - Financing: Current Funds (subject to annual appropriations) [10-0448; APPROVED]

 

7.         Authorize a five-year service contract for janitorial services at the Oak Cliff Municipal Center located at 320 East Jefferson Boulevard - D&A Building Services, Inc., lowest responsible bidder of ten - Not to exceed $733,694 - Financing: Current Funds (subject to annual appropriations) [10-0449; APPROVED]

 

City Attorney's Office

 

8.         Authorize settlement of the lawsuit styled David J. Reitzes v. EMR Elevator, Inc., et al., Cause No. 08-09781-A - Not to exceed $20,000 - Financing: Current Funds [10-0450; APPROVED]

 

9.         Authorize settlement of the lawsuit styled Lenora Blair v. City of Dallas, Cause No. 08-3583-M - Not to exceed $50,000 - Financing: Current Funds [10-0451; APPROVED]

 

10.       Authorize Supplemental Agreement No. 1 to the professional services contract with Freddie L. Greenberg, Attorney at Law, for legal services necessary in the renegotiation of the McCommas Bluff landfill gas agreement between the City of Dallas and Dallas Clean Energy LLC - Not to exceed $100,000, from $25,000 to $125,000 - Financing:  Current Funds [10-0452; APPROVED]

 

City Controller’s Office

 

11.       Authorize execution of the TexPool Resolution Amending Authorized Representatives for the investment of City funds in the Texas Local Government Investment Pool (“TexPool”) - Financing: No cost consideration to the City [10-0453; APPROVED]

 

12.       Authorize changes to the Board of Directors of the (1) Dallas Convention Center Hotel Development Corporation; (2) Dallas Performing Arts Cultural Facilities Corporation; (3) Love Field Airport Modernization Corporation; and (4) Trinity River West Municipal Management District - Financing: No cost consideration to the City [10-0454; APPROVED]

 

Economic Development

 

13.       Authorize Supplemental Agreement No. 1 to the contract between the City and the Southern Dallas Development Corporation (SDDC) which administers the Business Loan Program on behalf of the City to: (1) allow for the administration, servicing, collection of payments and monitoring of a loan between the City and the South Dallas Fair Park Inner City Community Development Corporation (ICDC) for the purchase of the Grand Plaza Shopping Center; and (2) collect and account for any program income to be used consistent with the Business Loan Program - Financing: No cost consideration to the City [10-0455; APPROVED]

 

            FY 2009 Tax Increment Financing Zone Annual Reports

 

14.       *     A resolution accepting the FY 2009 Annual Report on the status of Tax Increment Financing Reinvestment Zone Number Two, (Cityplace Area TIF District), submitted by the Cityplace Area TIF District's Board of Directors, and authorizing the City Manager to submit the annual report to the Chief Executive Officer of each taxing jurisdiction that levies taxes on real property in the District, and to the Attorney General of Texas, and the State Comptroller, as required by state law - Financing: No cost consideration to the City [10-0456; APPROVED]

 

15.       *     A resolution accepting the FY 2009 Annual Report on the status of Tax Increment Financing Reinvestment Zone Number Three, (Oak Cliff Gateway TIF District), submitted by the Oak Cliff Gateway TIF District's Board of Directors, and authorizing the City Manager to submit the annual report to the chief executive officer of each taxing jurisdiction that levies taxes on real property in the District, and to the Attorney General of Texas, and the State Comptroller, as required by state law - Financing: No cost consideration to the City [10-0457; APPROVED]

 

16.       *     A resolution accepting the FY 2009 Annual Report on the status of Tax Increment Financing Reinvestment Zone Number Four, (Cedars TIF District), submitted by the Cedars TIF District's Board of Directors, and authorizing the City Manager to submit the annual report to the chief executive officer of each taxing jurisdiction that levies taxes on real property in the District, and to the Attorney General of Texas, and the State Comptroller, as required by state law - Financing: No cost consideration to the City [10-0458; APPROVED]

 

17.       *     A resolution accepting the FY 2009 Annual Report on the status of Tax Increment Financing Reinvestment Zone Number Five, (City Center TIF District), submitted by the City Center TIF District's Board of Directors, and authorizing the City Manager to submit the annual report to the chief executive officer of each taxing jurisdiction that levies taxes on real property in the District, and to the Attorney General of Texas, and the State Comptroller, as required by state law - Financing: No cost consideration to the City [10-0459; APPROVED]

 

18.       *     A resolution accepting the FY 2009 Annual Report on the status of Tax Increment Financing Reinvestment Zone Number Six, (Farmers Market  TIF District), submitted by the Farmers Market  TIF District's Board of Directors, and authorizing the City Manager to submit the annual report to the chief executive officer of each taxing jurisdiction that levies taxes on real property in the District, and to the Attorney General of Texas, and the State Comptroller, as required by state law - Financing: No cost consideration to the City [10-0460; APPROVED]

 

19.       *     A resolution accepting the FY 2009 Annual Report on the status of Tax Increment Financing Reinvestment Zone Number Seven, (Sports Arena TIF District), submitted by the Sports Arena TIF District's Board of Directors, and authorizing the City Manager to submit the annual report to the chief executive officer of each taxing jurisdiction that levies taxes on real property in the District, and to the Attorney General of Texas, and the State Comptroller, as required by state law - Financing: No cost consideration to the City [10-0461; APPROVED]

 

20.       *     A resolution accepting the FY 2009 Annual Report on the status of Tax Increment Financing Reinvestment Zone Number Eight, (Design District TIF District), submitted by the Design District TIF District's Board of Directors, and authorizing the City Manager to submit the annual report to the chief executive officer of each taxing jurisdiction that levies taxes on real property in the District, and to the Attorney General of Texas, and the State Comptroller, as required by state law - Financing: No cost consideration to the City [10-0462; APPROVED]

 

21.       *     A resolution accepting the FY 2009 Annual Report on the status of Tax Increment Financing Reinvestment Zone Number Nine, (Vickery Meadow TIF District), submitted by the Vickery Meadow TIF District's Board of Directors, and authorizing the City Manager to submit the annual report to the Chief Executive Officer of each taxing jurisdiction that levies taxes on real property in the District, and to the Attorney General of Texas, and the State Comptroller, as required by state law - Financing: No cost consideration to the City [10-0463; APPROVED]

 

22.       *     A resolution accepting the FY 2009 Annual Report on the status of Tax Increment Financing Reinvestment Zone Number Ten, (Southwestern Medical TIF District), submitted by the Southwestern Medical TIF District's Board of Directors, and authorizing the City Manager to submit the annual report to the chief executive officer of each taxing jurisdiction that levies taxes on real property in the District, and to the Attorney General of Texas, and the State Comptroller, as required by state law - Financing: No cost consideration to the City [10-0464; APPROVED]

 

23.       *     A resolution accepting the FY 2009 Annual Report on the status of Tax Increment Financing Reinvestment Zone Number Eleven, (Downtown Connection TIF District), submitted by the Downtown Connection TIF District's Board of Directors, and authorizing the City Manager to submit the annual report to the chief executive officer of each taxing jurisdiction that levies taxes on real property in the District, and to the Attorney General of Texas, and the State Comptroller, as required by state law - Financing: No cost consideration to the City [10-0465; APPROVED]

 

24.       *     A resolution accepting the FY 2009 Annual Report on the status of Tax Increment Financing Reinvestment Zone Number Twelve, (Deep Ellum TIF District), submitted by the Deep Ellum TIF District's Board of Directors, and authorizing the City Manager to submit the annual report to the chief executive officer of each taxing jurisdiction that levies taxes on real property in the District, and to the Attorney General of Texas, and the State Comptroller, as required by state law - Financing: No cost consideration to the City [10-0466; APPROVED]

 

25.       *     A resolution accepting the FY 2009 Annual Report on the status of Tax Increment Financing Reinvestment Zone Number Thirteen, (Grand Park South TIF District), submitted by the Grand Park South District's Board of Directors, and authorizing the City Manager to submit the annual report to the chief executive officer of each taxing jurisdiction that levies taxes on real property in the District, and to the Attorney General of Texas, and the State Comptroller, as required by state law - Financing: No cost consideration to the City [10-0467; APPROVED]

 

26.       *     A resolution accepting the FY 2009 Annual Report on the status of Tax Increment Financing Reinvestment Zone Number Fourteen, (Skillman Corridor TIF District), submitted by the Skillman Corridor TIF District's Board of Directors, and authorizing the City Manager to submit the annual report to the chief executive officer of each taxing jurisdiction that levies taxes on real property in the District, and to the Attorney General of Texas, and the State Comptroller, as required by state law - Financing: No cost consideration to the City [10-0468; APPROVED]

 

27.       *     A resolution accepting the FY 2009 Annual Report on the status of Tax Increment Financing Reinvestment Zone Number Fifteen, (Fort Worth Avenue TIF District), submitted by the Fort Worth Avenue TIF District's Board of Directors, and authorizing the City Manager to submit the annual report to the chief executive officer of each taxing jurisdiction that levies taxes on real property in the District, and to the Attorney General of Texas, and the State Comptroller, as required by state law - Financing: No cost consideration to the City [10-0469; APPROVED]

                 

 

28.       *     A resolution accepting the FY 2009 Annual Report on the status of Tax Increment Financing Reinvestment Zone Number Sixteen, (Davis Garden TIF District), submitted by the Davis Garden TIF District's Board of Directors, and authorizing the City Manager to submit the annual report to the chief executive officer of each taxing jurisdiction that levies taxes on real property in the District, and to the Attorney General of Texas, and the State Comptroller, as required by state law - Financing: No cost consideration to the City [10-0470; APPROVED]

 

29.       *     A resolution accepting the FY 2009 Annual Report on the status of Tax Increment Financing Reinvestment Zone Number Seventeen, (TOD TIF District), submitted by the TOD TIF District's Board of Directors, and authorizing the City Manager to submit the annual report to the chief executive officer of each taxing jurisdiction that levies taxes on real property in the District, and to the Attorney General of Texas, and the State Comptroller, as required by state law - Financing: No cost consideration to the City [10-0471; APPROVED]

 

30.       *     A resolution accepting the FY 2009 Annual Report on the status of Tax Increment Financing Reinvestment Zone Number Eighteen, (Maple/Mockingbird TIF District), submitted by the Maple/Mockingbird TIF District's Board of Directors, and authorizing the City Manager to submit the annual report to the Chief Executive Officer of each taxing jurisdiction that levies taxes on real property in the District, and to the Attorney General of Texas, and the State Comptroller, as required by state law - Financing: No cost consideration to the City [10-0472; APPROVED]

 

Office of Cultural Affairs

 

31.       Authorize an extension of the Hall of State Management Agreement with the Dallas Historical Society, Inc., a Texas nonprofit corporation, for the period September 26, 2011 through September 25, 2014 to: (1) eliminate the maximum 360-day advance notice for the exercise of the existing option to renew; and (2) update the terms of insurance and liability for the term of the Agreement - Financing: No cost consideration to the City [10-0473; APPROVED]  

 

Park & Recreation

 

32.       Authorize an increase in the contract with Ark Contracting Services, LLC for bridge abutment protection and erosion control at Tenison Golf Course located at 3501 Samuell Boulevard - Not to exceed $329,040, from $3,376,359 to $3,705,399 - Financing: Golf Improvement Trust Funds [10-0474; APPROVED]

 

Police

 

33.       Authorize (1) the application for and acceptance of the 2009 Project Safe Neighborhood/Anti-Gang initiative grant in the amount of $35,000 from the U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, Bureau of Justice Assistance for Gang Unit officer overtime reimbursement to combat gangs, guns and drug activity for the period October 1, 2009 through September 30, 2012; (2) a local match in the amount of $10,133; and (3) execution of the grant agreement - Total not to exceed $45,133 - Financing: U.S. Department of Justice Grant Funds ($35,000) and Current Funds ($10,133) [10-0475; APPROVED]

 

34.       Authorize a Professional Services Agreement with Dallas County for the Dallas Police Department to participate in the Grants to Encourage Arrest Program to assist victims of domestic violence and to increase accountability of perpetrators of family violence, for the period August 1, 2009 through April 30, 2010 - Financing: No cost consideration to the City [10-0476; APPROVED]

 

Public Works & Transportation

 

35.       Authorize the rejection of bids for the Coit Road Enhancement Project from Spring Valley Road to Haymeadow Drive; and the re-advertisement for new bids - Financing:  No cost consideration to the City [10-0477; APPROVED]

 

36.       Authorize a professional services contract with TranSystems Corporation for the engineering design of bridge and erosion control improvements for Fair Oaks Crossing Bridge over Jackson Branch Tributary - Not to exceed $52,225 - Financing: 2004 Certificates of Obligation [10-0478; APPROVED AS AN INDIVIDUAL ITEM]

 

37.       Authorize Supplemental Agreement No. 1 to the professional services contract with Metropolitan Infrastructure, PLLC, for additional engineering and survey services for Street Petition Group II (list attached) - Not to exceed $169,330, from $358,370 to $527,700 - Financing: 2006 Bond Funds [10-0479; APPROVED]

 

38.       Authorize Supplemental Agreement No. 2 to the professional services contract with LopezGarcia Group, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of URS Corporation, for additional engineering design and surveying services for Rush Creek Relief/Diversion Systems - Not to exceed $597,210, from $824,980 to $1,422,190 - Financing: 2003 Bond Funds ($133,523) and 2006 Bond Funds ($463,687) [10-0480; APPROVED]

 

Sanitation Services

 

39.       Authorize (1) the acceptance of a grant from the North Central Texas Council of Governments for Sanitation Services to conduct free backyard composting classes and provide compost bins for City of Dallas residents in the amount of $74,920; (2) local matching fund contributions in the amount of $27,940; and (3) execution of the grant agreement - Total not to exceed $102,860 - Financing: Texas Commission on Environmental Quality Grant Funds ($74,920) and Current Funds ($27,940) [10-0481; APPROVED]

 

Sustainable Development and Construction

 

40.       Authorize the sale by quitclaim deed of approximately 4,950 square feet of land acquired by the taxing authorities from a Sheriff’s Sale to Dallas Independent School District - Revenue: $49,500 [10-0482; APPROVED]

 

41.       An ordinance granting a revocable license to Hard Rock Café International (STP), Inc. for the use of approximately 42 square feet of aerial space to install, use and maintain a projecting attached sign over Continental Avenue right-of-way located near its intersection with Houston Street - Revenue: $1,000 annually plus $20 ordinance publication fee [10-0483; APPROVED; ORDINANCE 27804]

 

42.       An ordinance granting a private license to Kenichi Dallas, L.P. for the use of approximately 325 square feet of land to install and maintain a sidewalk café on a portion of Victory Park Lane right-of-way located near its intersection with Museum Way - Revenue: $1,326 annually plus the $20 ordinance publication fee [10-0484; APPROVED; ORDINANCE 27805]

 

Water Utilities

 

43.       Authorize (1) the acceptance of Phase II of the Water Security Initiative Contamination Warning System Demonstration Pilot Grant in the amount of $3,750,000 from the Environmental Protection Agency to provide additional funding for the development of a pilot program within the Water Utilities Department, including on-line water quality monitoring, sampling and analysis, enhanced security monitoring, consumer complaint surveillance, public health surveillance, business intelligence, and a consequence management plan to enable the City to more proactively monitor and respond to accidental or intentional contamination of the water distribution system; (2) the establishment of appropriations in the Environmental Protection Agency Grant Fund in the amount of $3,750,000; and (3) Supplemental Agreement No. 1 to the professional services contract with CH2M HILL, Inc. to provide additional engineering services to implement the development of the pilot program within the Water Utilities Department in the amount of $3,489,120, from $1,860,880 to $5,350,000 - Not to exceed $3,489,120 - Financing: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Grant Funds [10-0485; APPROVED]

 

ITEMS FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION

 

City Secretary’s Office

 

44.       Consideration of appointments to boards and commissions and the evaluation and duties of board and commission members (List of nominees is available in the City Secretary's Office) [10-0486 AND 10-0487; INDIVIDUAL AND FULL COUNCIL; APPOINTMENTS MADE TO BOARD AND COMMISSIONS]

 

DESIGNATED PUBLIC SUBSIDY MATTERS

 

Housing/Community Services

 

45.       Authorize acquisition of two parcels improved with occupied residential structures located at 2414 & 2420 Hooper Street for the proposed Bexar Street Redevelopment Project which is being implemented as part of the Neighborhood Investment Program (list attached) - Not to exceed $67,000 ($63,000 plus closing costs not to exceed $4,000) - Financing: 2002-03 Community Development Block Grant Funds ($57,000) and Dallas Housing Finance Corporation Grant Funds ($10,000) [10-0488; APPROVED]

 

46.       Authorize the reconstruction on-site of five homes in accordance with the Reconstruction/SHARE Program Statement requirements for properties located at 1205 Lawton Drive in the amount of $93,400, 3317 Fordham Road in the amount of $93,400, 1502 South Beckley Avenue in the amount of $93,400, 2006 Idaho Avenue in the amount of $93,400 and 2919 Jerome Street in the amount of $93,400 - Total not to exceed $467,000 - Financing: 2008-09 Home Funds ($186,800); 2007-08 Community Development Block Grant Reprogramming Funds ($186,800) and 2008-09 Community Development Block Grant Funds ($93,400) [10-0489; APPROVED]

 

PUBLIC HEARINGS AND RELATED ACTIONS

 

Sustainable Development and Construction

 

            ZONING CASES – CONSENT [10-0490]

 

47.       A public hearing to receive comments regarding an application for and an ordinance granting a Specific Use Permit for a Tower/antenna for cellular communication on property zoned a CR Community Retail District north of Lyndon B. Johnson Freeway, west of Abrams Road [10-0491; HEARING CLOSED; APPROVED AS AMENDED; ORDINANCE AND SITE PLAN TO COME BACK AT A LATER DATE]

            Recommendation of Staff and CPC:  Approval for a ten-year period with automatic renewal for additional ten-year periods, subject to a site plan and conditions

            Z089-274(WE)

 

48.       A public hearing to receive comments regarding an application for and an ordinance granting an amendment to Specific Use Permit No. 1371 for an open enrollment charter school and a child-care facility on property zoned an R-7.5(A) Single Family District on the southeast corner of R.L. Thornton Freeway and Ann Arbor Avenue [10-0492; HEARING CLOSED; CPC RECOMMENDATION FOLLOWED; ORDINANCE 27806]

            Recommendation of Staff and CPC:  Approval for a three-year period with eligibility for automatic renewals for additional ten-year periods, subject to a site plan and conditions

            Z089-282(WE)

 

49.       A public hearing to receive comments regarding an application for and an ordinance granting a Planned Development District for R-7.5(A) Single Family District Uses on property zoned an R-7.5(A) Single Family District, on the northwest corner of Biscayne Boulevard and Tiffany Way [10-0493; HEARING CLOSED; CPC RECOMMENDATION FOLLOWED; ORDINANCE 27807]

            Recommendation of Staff and CPC:  Approval, subject to a Tract 1 development plan and conditions

            Z090-121(RB)

 

            ZONING CASES - INDIVIDUAL

 

50.       A public hearing to receive comments regarding an application for and an ordinance granting the renewal of Specific Use Permit No. 1601 for commercial amusement inside limited to a Class A dance hall on property zoned a CS Commercial Service District, at the west corner of East Grand Avenue and St. Mary Avenue [10-0494; HEARING CLOSED; STAFF RECOMMENDATION FOLLOWED; ORDINANCE 27808]

            Recommendation of Staff:  Approval for a three-year period, subject to a revised site plan and staff’s conditions

            Recommendation of CPC:  Approval of a Class B dance hall for a two-year period, subject to a revised site plan and conditions

            Z090-110(WE)

 

            DESIGNATED ZONING CASES - INDIVIDUAL

 

51.       A public hearing to receive comments regarding an application for and an ordinance granting an RR Regional Retail District and a resolution accepting deed restriction volunteered by the applicant and an ordinance granting a Specific Use Permit for an Animal shelter or clinic with outside runs on property zoned a CR Community Retail District on the east line of Walling Lane, south of Skillman Street [10-0495; HEARING CLOSED; APPROVED AS AMENDED; ORDINANCE NOS. 27809 AND 27810]

            Recommendation of Staff:  Denial

            Recommendation of CPC:  Approval of an RR Regional Retail District subject to deed restrictions volunteered by the applicant and approval of a Specific Use Permit for an Animal shelter or clinic with outside runs for a five-year period, subject to a site plan and conditions

            Z089-250(RB)

 

            STREET NAME CHANGE

 

52.       A public hearing to receive comments regarding a proposal for and an ordinance changing the name of Central Expressway between Pacific Avenue on the north and Grand Avenue on the south, to Cesar Chavez Boulevard - NC090-001 - Financing: No cost consideration to the City [10-0496; HEARING CLOSED; APPROVED; ORDINANCE 27811]

 

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ADDENDUM

 

ADDITIONS:

 

CONSENT ADDENDUM

 

Business Development & Procurement Services

 

1.         Authorize the sale of one 2009 Jaguar, inventory control number 9042081, sold at public auction, on January 25, 2010 to Lisa's Auto Sales - Revenue: $33,000 [10-0497; APPROVED]

 

Housing/Community Services

 

2.         Authorize the City Manager to modify the City of Dallas’ policy for accepting applications seeking City of Dallas support for low income housing tax credit financing, when the State of Texas does not require direct City of Dallas approval, to: (1) allow for only one application to be submitted; and (2) require applicants to submit a $1,000 fee with the single application to cover administrative costs associated with reviewing the applications - Financing: No cost consideration to the City [10-0498; APPROVED]

 

Mayor and City Council

 

3.         An ordinance amending Chapter 48C of the Dallas City Code to: (1) prohibit the immobilization (booting) of vehicles on parking lots in the city that do not provide a receipt in exchange for payment of a parking fee; and (2) eliminate video audit procedures as an alternative to providing parking fee receipts - Financing: No cost consideration to the City [10-0499; APPROVED AS AN INDIVIDUAL ITEM; ORDINANCE 27803]

 

Office of Management Services

 

4.         Authorize an amendment to Resolution No. 09-2829, previously approved on November 9, 2009, to correct the amount of a grant application request from $694,672 to $696,227 from the Office of the Governor, Criminal Justice Division (CJD) under the Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) funding for law enforcement technology and camera monitoring staff - Not to exceed $696,227 - Financing: Office of the Governor, Criminal Justice Division State Grant Funds [10-0500; APPROVED]

 

Park & Recreation

 

5.         Authorize an increase in the contract with Azteca Enterprises, Inc. for revisions to the structural steel at the entrance canopy; design changes for exterior walls; additional drilling and casing of piers; and modifications to the lighting and rainwater harvesting system at Mattie Nash/Myrtle Davis Recreation Center located at 3710 North Hampton Road - Not to exceed $124,928, from $4,331,150 to $4,456,078 - Financing: 2003 Bond Funds ($52,688) and 2006 Bond Funds ($72,240) [10-0501; APPROVED AS AN INDIVIDUAL ITEM]

 

Sustainable Development and Construction

 

6.         An ordinance abandoning portions of a drainage easement and a sanitary sewer easement to Sam's Real Estate Business Trust, the abutting owner, containing a total of approximately 12,037 square feet of land located near the intersection of McCree Road and Northwest Highway - Revenue: $5,400 plus the $20 ordinance publication fee [10-0502; APPROVED; ORDINANCE 27812]

 

ITEMS FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION

 

DESIGNATED PUBLIC SUBSIDY MATTERS

 

Economic Development

 

7.         Authorize a Special Economic Development Loan Agreement and two Commercial Loan Agreements to enhance the quality of life for the residents in the South Dallas/Fair Park Trust Fund target area to provide funding as follows: (1) Richard Knight d/b/a the MLK/175 Gateway Project in an amount not to exceed $92,800; (2) Freedom Fashions in an amount not to exceed $50,000; and (3) Namamai Services, LLC in an amount not to exceed $50,000 - Total not to exceed $192,800 - Financing: South Dallas/Fair Park Trust Funds [10-0503; APPROVED]

 

 

PUBLIC HEARINGS AND RELATED ACTIONS

 

MISCELLANEOUS HEARINGS

 

Housing/Community Services

 

8.         A public hearing to receive comments on the proposed private sale by quitclaim deed of two unimproved properties acquired by the taxing authorities from the Sheriff's Sale to Builders of Hope Community Development Corporation, a qualified non-profit organization; and, at the close of the public hearing, authorize (1) the private sale under the HB110 process through the Land Transfer Program, as provided for by Section 253.010 of the Texas Local Government Code, by quitclaim deed of two unimproved properties acquired by the taxing authorities from the Sheriff's Sale to Builders of Hope Community Development Corporation, a qualified non-profit organization; and (2) execution of a release of non-tax liens included in the foreclosure judgment and post-judgment non-tax liens, if any (list attached) - Revenue: $2,605 [10-0504; HEARING CLOSED; APPROVED]

 

 

Tax Foreclosure and Seizure Property Resale

Addendum Item #8

 

 

 

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Street Petition Group II

Agenda Item #37

 

                                                                                                                             

 

 

Bexar Street Redevelopment Project

Agenda Item #45

 

 

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Updated: February 11, 2010
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