AGENDA

SPECIAL CITY COUNCIL MEETING

SEPTEMBER 30, 2002

CITY OF DALLAS

1500 MARILLA

COUNCIL CHAMBERS,  CITY HALL

DALLAS,  TEXAS 75201

9:00 A. M.

 

Moment of Silence and Pledge of Allegiance (Council Chambers)    [02-2800]

 

Agenda Item/Open Microphone Speakers  [02-2801]

 

VOTING AGENDA

 

ITEMS FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION

 

FY 2002-03 Budget Items

 

1.         *      Authorize an amendment to Ordinance No. 21665, previously approved on May 12, 1993, to authorize an additional use of the TUEC Rate Case Reimbursement Reserve Fund for the purpose of providing interim financing for construction of Cell 5 at McCommas Bluff Landfill as listed in the FY 2002-03 Capital Budget - Financing: No cost consideration to the City      [02-2802; ORDINANCE 25043; APPROVED]

 

2.         *      Final reading and adoption of appropriation ordinances for the proposed FY 2002-03 City of Dallas Operating, Grants, & Trusts and Capital Budgets          [02-2803; ORDINANCE 25044 AND 25045; APPROVED]

 

3.         *     An ordinance setting the tax rate for FY 2002-03 at 70.244 per $100 valuation and levying ad valorem taxes for the City of Dallas, Texas for FY 2002-03 - Financing:  No cost consideration to the City  [02-2804; ORDINANCE 25046; APPROVED AS AMENDED]

 

4.       *   An ordinance amending Chapters 2, 14, 41A, 43, 49 and 51A of the Dallas City Code relating to the reorganization of city departments and offices and to provide for the transfer and allocation of related responsibilities and duties - Financing: No cost consideration to the City  (Requires a 3/4 vote of the City Council present for approval)  [02-2805; ORDINANCE 25047; APPROVED AS CORRECTED ON THE ADDENDUM]

 

5.         *     An ordinance amending Chapters 2, 10, 10A, 10B, 14, 15D, 16, 17, 18, 19, 24, 41A, 43A, 45, 50, 51A, 52 and 56 of the Dallas City Code to revise and add various fees and charges relating to dance halls, standby fire protection watch, public libraries, food inspection and permitting, sanitation collection, sexually oriented businesses, swimming pools, permits, inspections, licenses, registrations, platting, replatting, zoning, board of adjustment applications, street name changes, real estate abandonments, plan reviews, and regulated transportation, effective October 1, 2002 - Estimated Revenue: $11,240,025 - General Fund ($7,259,856) and Development Services Fund ($3,980,169)

                  [02-2806; ORDINANCE 25048; APPROVED AS CORRECTED ON THE ADDENDUM]

 

6.         *     An ordinance amending Chapter 49 of the Dallas City Code to adjust fees charged for miscellaneous water and wastewater services for Dallas and customer cities, effective October 1, 2002 (list attached) - Estimated Revenue: $4,000,000  [02-2807; ORDINANCE 25049; APPROVED]

 

7.         *      Authorize (1) position changes; (2) a five percent pay increase for uniformed employees below the rank of Deputy Chief effective October 15, 2002; and (3) current civilian pay plans with no increase in base pay effective October 1, 2002 [02-2808; APPROVED AS AMENDED]

 

8.         *      Authorize a one-time pro rata payment of Service Incentive Pay for employees affected by reduction in force due to fiscal year 2002-03 budget actions

              [02-2809; APPROVED]

 

9.       *     Authorize the adoption of the 2003 Employee and Retiree Health Benefits Plan, including the Flexible Benefits (Section 125) Plan; the Employee Medical Spending Plan; the Dependent Care Assistance Program, Short Term Disability Plan and approval of the attached proposed coverage health premium rates - Financing:  No cost consideration to the City  [02-2810; APPROVED]

 

10.       *      Authorize adoption of the final FY 2002-03 Community Development Block Grant Reprogramming Budget (as recommended by the City Manager) in the amount of $1,698,189 - Financing:  No cost consideration to the City

                  [02-2811; APPROVED]

 

11.       *      Authorize payment to Dallas County for processing and housing City prisoners at the Lew Sterrett Criminal Justice Center, pursuant to Amendment No. 4 to the Criminal Justice Center Memorandum of Agreement with Dallas County for the period October 1, 2002 through September 30, 2003 - $6,272,636 - Financing: Current Funds  [02-2812; APPROVED]

 

12.       *      Authorize a three-year renewal of the lease agreement with Maher Properties Two, for approximately 48,564 square feet of land located near North Ewing and Eighth Street, including land for parking and approximately 10,300 square feet of office space to be used by the Oak Cliff Health Clinic for the period October 1, 2002 through September 30, 2005 - $4,100 per month, for a total of $49,200 annually - Financing: Current Funds (subject to annual appropriations)  [02-2813; APPROVED]

                                               

13.       *      Authorize a one-year renewal of the lease with Donaldson Properties, Ltd., for approximately 4,108 square feet of office space in the Lancaster-Kiest Shopping Center located at 3200 South Lancaster Road, Suite 625 for the continued use as a Women, Infants and Children clinic for the period November 1, 2002 through October 31, 2003 - Not to exceed $25,800 - Financing: Texas Department of Health Grant Funds  [02-2814; APPROVED]

 

14.       *      Authorize (1) a contract renewal for two twenty-four-month periods with Parkland Memorial Hospital for Biomedical On-Line Supervision and (2) Interlocal Agreements with participating local governmental entities (list attached) - Not to exceed $701,887 annually for a total not to exceed $1,403,773 - Financing: Current Funds (subject to annual appropriations) ($561,585 to be received from participating cities over the first twenty-four-month contract period)  [02-2815; APPROVED]

 

15.       *      Authorize a contract renewal with the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas for the required services of a Medical Director for the period October 1, 2002 through September 30, 2003 - Not to exceed $120,891 - Financing: Current Funds  [02-2816; APPROVED]

 

16.       *      Authorize payment to the Dallas County Community College District and the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center for mandatory emergency medical services training of emergency medical technicians and paramedics for the period October 1, 2002 through September 30, 2003 - Not to exceed $175,380 - Financing: Current Funds  [02-2817; APPROVED]

 

17.       *     An ordinance authorizing the issuance of City of Dallas, Texas Waterworks and Sewer System short term obligations in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $50,000,000; authorizing such short term obligations to be issued, sold and delivered in various forms, including commercial paper notes and a bank note; making certain covenants and agreements in connection therewith; resolving other matters related to the issuance, sale, security and delivery of such short term obligations, including (1) the appointment of U.S. Bank Trust National Association as the Issuing and Paying Agent and authorizing the execution of an Issuing and Paying Agent Agreement, (2) authorizing the execution of a Credit Agreement with JPMorgan Chase Bank, and (3) authorizing the execution of a Dealer Agreement with Bear Stearns & Co., Inc. and Siebert Brandford Shank & Co., LLC; approving the payment of issuance costs in connection with the issuance of the short term obligations; approving the use of an Offering Memorandum in connection with the sale of the short term obligations; and providing an effective date - Total not to exceed $1,062,560 ($128,050 upfront closing costs plus annual fees of $100,485 for a total 9 years, 3 months and 15 days cost of $934,510) -   Financing: Water Utilities Capital Improvement Funds ($128,050) and Water Utilities Current Funds ($100,485)

                  [02-2818; ORDINANCE 25050; APPROVED]

 

18.       *      Authorize a twenty-four-month price agreement for tires and tubes with the lowest responsible bidders of seven - Gray's Wholesale Tire, K B Tire and Tube, Moore's Retread and Tire Co. of Dallas, Stanley Industrial Tires, Inc., Tire Distribution Systems, Inc., Wallace W. Wade Specialty Tires, and Wingfoot Commercial Systems, LLC - Not to exceed $3,459,640 - Financing: Current Funds ($3,447,407), Confiscated Money Funds ($12,233) (Tie Bids)  [02-2819; APPROVED-K B TIRE AND TUBE]

 

19.       *      Authorize a thirty-six-month price agreement for Ford, Chevrolet, GMC, Sterling, UD and Peterbilt automotive and truck parts and labor with the lowest responsible bidders of seven - Metro Ford Truck Sales, Inc., Grand Prairie Ford, LP, Duncanville Ford, Friendly Chevrolet, Hayes Leasing Co., Inc. dba Hayes Truck Group and Dallas Peterbilt, Ltd., LLP - Not to exceed $5,326,085 - Financing:  Current Funds ($5,288,403), Water Utilities Current Funds ($30,682) and Confiscated Money Funds ($7,000)  [02-2820; APPROVED]

 

20.       *      Authorize a contract for demolition services for structures ordered demolished by the Urban Rehabilitation Standards Board, court orders, the emergency demolition of unsafe buildings due to fire damage, and the demolition of City-owned buildings as required - F. Hall Mowing Company, lowest responsible bidder of two - $1,000,000 - Financing:  Demolition Reserve Funds  [02-2821; APPROVED]

 

21.       *      Authorize renewal of the Interlocal Agreement with Dallas County for participation in the Household Hazardous Waste collection system for the period of October 1, 2002 through September 30, 2003 - Not to exceed $440,000 - Financing: Current Funds ($400,000 to be reimbursed from Storm Water Drainage Management Funds)  [02-2822; APPROVED]

 

 

ADDENDUM

 

ADDITIONS:

 

1.         An ordinance amending Chapter 34 of the Dallas City Code to eliminate the reference to Service Incentive Pay for city employees, and to allow the Civil Service Board to hear class grievances - Financing: No cost consideration to the City

            [02-2823; ORDINANCE 25051; APPROVED]    

 

CORRECTIONS:

 

4.         An ordinance amending Chapters 2, 14, 41A, 43, 49 and 51A of the Dallas City Code relating to the reorganization and renaming of city departments and offices and to provide for the transfer and allocation of related responsibilities and duties - Financing: No cost consideration to the City  (Requires a 3/4 vote of the City Council present for approval)  [02-2805]

                       

5.         An ordinance amending Chapters 2, 10, 10A, 10B, 14, 15D, 16, 17, 18, 19, 24, 41A, 43A, 45, 50, 51A, 52, 53 and 56 of the Dallas City Code to revise and add establish various fees and charges for various city services and regulatory activities relating to, but not limited to, dance halls, building movers, electricians and electrical contractors, plumbing contractors for medical gas and vacuum systems, bus and shuttle services, limousine services, non-motorized transport services, private ambulance services, emergency wrecker services, taxicab services, standby fire protection watch, public libraries, food inspection and permitting products establishments, sanitation solid waste collection, sexually oriented businesses, birth and death certificate searches, swimming pools, street vendors, permits, inspections, licenses, registrations, platting, replatting, planning and zoning procedures, board of adjustment applications, street name changes, real estate public right-of-way abandonments, plan reviews, and regulated transportation private development contracts, and construction activities; to make certain nonsubstantive changes; and to provide an effective October 1, 2002 effective date - Estimated Revenue: $11,240,025 - General Fund ($7,259,856) and Development Services Fund ($3,980,169)  [02-2806]

 

 

NON-AGENDA ITEMS:   

 

AMENDMENTS TO THE BUDGET:

 

1.         [COUNCILMEMBERS' FINKELMAN AND LILL AMENDMENT; 02-2824; APPROVED]

           

2.         [COUNCILMEMBER RASANSKY'S AMENDMENT; 02-2825; DID NOT PASS]

 

3.         [MAYOR'S AMENDMENT (1); 02-2826; APPROVED]

 

4.          [MAYOR'S AMENDMENT (2); 02-2827; DID NOT PASS]

 

5.          [MAYOR'S AMENDMENT (3); 02-2827; DID NOT PASS]

 

6.         [COUNCILMEMBER POSS' AMENDMENT; 02-2828; DID NOT PASS]

           

 

Fee Adjustments for FY 2002-2003

Agenda Item #6

 

 

Current                          New

Title                                                                                           $ Fee                             $ Fee    

 

WATER UTILITIES

 

Applications

Raw water permit fee                                                         $    50.00                        $    63.00

New or change in tenant - water and sewer                             8.25                              13.00

New industrial water and/or sewer account                              8.25                              30.00

Commercial/untreated water long-term contract                 250.00                            365.00

 

Meter Related Fees

Meter turn-on, same day by noon                                              7.50                              25.00

Meter turn-on, after hours                                                         15.00                              35.00

Meter inspection fee 5/8th to 1"                                              15.50                              40.00

Meter inspection fee 1.5" to 2"                                               30.00                               35.00

Increase meter size                                                                100.00                            185.00

 

Water/Wastewater Quality Fees

Lead and nickel                                                                           8.00                             15.00

Asbestos                                                                                      8.00                             30.00

Turbidity                                                                                        2.00                               6.00

Phosphate                                                                                    6.50                             14.00

Nitrate                                                                                           5.50                             14.00

BOD                                                                                            17.00                             22.00

Fecal Coliforms                                                                         17.00                             19.00

Metals                                                                                            8.00                             15.00

Monitoring - Grab Sampling                                                     19.00                             50.00

Monitoring - Composite Sampling                                           48.00                          100.00

Inspect & test backflow device (cross connection)                 30.00                            45.00

Re-inspect & re-test backflow device (cross connection)      30.00                            40.00

 

Development Related Fees

Wastewater installations (basic service)                               300.00                       2,350.00

Installation 3/4" water service (basic service)                       175.00                       1,275.00

Installation 1" water service                                                     600.00                       1,315.00

Installation 1.5" water service                                               1,300.00                       1,700.00

Installation 2" water service                                                  1,400.00                        1,860.00

Connecting existing 3/4" water service                                  175.00                           300.00

Connecting existing 1" water service                                     250.00                           375.00

Connecting existing 1.5" water service                                  500.00                           575.00

Connecting existing wastewater service                                100.00                           275.00

 

Participating Governmental Entities

Agenda Item #14

 

 

Carrollton                       Irving

Dallas County                Lancaster

DeSoto                           Mesquite

Duncanville                     Sunnyvale

Farmers Branch             University Park

Garland                           Will Point

Highland Park