HomeMy Public PortalAboutResolution No. 270-06 06-13-2006
• RESOLUTION NO.270-06
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF RICHLAND HILLS, TEXAS, IN SUPPORT
OF THE RICHLAND HILLS SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT PLANNING
PROJECT
WHEREAS, the Regional Transportation Council comprised primarily of local elected
officials, is the regional transportation policy board associated with the North Central Texas
Council of Governments, is the regional forum for cooperative decisions on transportation; and,
WHEREAS, the Regional Transportation Council approved $40.61 million for the current
Sustainable Development Call for Projects on April 14, 2005; and,
WHEREAS, the Richland Hills City Council submitted a Sustainable Development Project
application for master planning and facilitating development and redevelopment in and around
the Richland Hills Station of the Trinity Railway Express (TRE) commuter rail line to the North
Central Texas Council of Governments prior to the January 20, 2006 deadline; and,
WHEREAS, on April 13, 2006, the Regional Transportation Council approved the projects
under the Sustainable Development Call for Projects, the use of Regional Transportation
Council Local Funds pending the receipt of local funding agreement(s), and the requirement that
a resolution of the lead public sponsor's governing body for each project be submitted to
NCTCOG offices by 5 p.m., July 14, 2006; and,
WHEREAS, the Regional Transportation Council approved $100,000 in Regional
Transportation Council Local Funds for the Richland Hills THE Planning Project on April 13,
2006; and,
WHEREAS, the Regional Transportation Council approved the "Resolution Establishing
Management of Sustainable Development Projects" on May 11, 2006; and,
WHEREAS, the Regional Transportation Council required the submittal of this resolution
prior to the execution of an interlocal agreement with the North Central Texas Council of
Governments.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT HEREBY RESOLVED THAT:
Section 1. The Richland Hills City Council will serve as the lead public sponsor and
lead project contact on this project. The City Manager is authorized to
designate a single point of contact for the project.
Section 2. The Richland Hills City Council supports the overall landuse development
project concept as applied for in the original Sustainable Development
Call for Projects application as included in Attachment 1, 2, and 3. The
Richland Hills City Council supports the project timing as included in
Attachment 4.
Section 3. The Richland Hills City Council commits to fund or pass through funds
from the private sector for a minimum local cash match of 25% of the total
project cost or $25,000.
Section 4. The Richland Hills City Council confirms that the local partners, not the
Regional Transportation Council, will be responsible for any cost
overruns.
Section 5. The City Manager is authorized to enter into an interlocal agreement with
the North Central Texas Council of Governments and/or the Texas
Department of Transportation.
Section 6. The Richland Hills City Council confirms that all funding is handled on a
reimbursement basis and expenditures made prior to signing an interlocal
agreement on the THE Planning Project will not be eligible expenses.
Section 7. The Richland Hills City Council selects Option 2, "Local Float Option" in
which the assigned project staging date of October 2006 will be used for
reimbursement only and the project will begin on a locally set time
schedule that will begin after receipt of a Notice to Proceed from the
North Central Texas Council of Governments.
Section 8. The Richland Hills City Council acknowledges and understands the
process associated with the funding options as described in Attachment
5.
Section 9. The Richland Hills City Council concurs with the Regional Transportation
Council Resolution, contained in Attachment 7, and the Sustainable
Development Call for Projects Program Rules, included in Attachment 8.
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This resolution shall be in effect immediately upon its adoption.
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I hereby certify that this resolution was adopted by the Ric land Hills Ci on June 13, 2006.
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City Secretary
City of Richland Hills, Texas
• Attachment 1: Project Description
The City of Richland Hills would like to obtain planning services
regarding evaluation of the best methodology regarding mixed use re-
zoning of the property surrounding the Trinity Railway Express Station.
These planning services would also include options regarding Tax
Increment Financing and neighborhood empowerment zones. The City
wishes to comprehensively plan sustainable development in the corridor
leading to THE station; especially, the Handley Ederville Road corridor
and the intersection of SH 121 and Handley Ederville Road. The goal is
to plan for sustainable development for the entire industrial park that
surrounds the station and eventually see the industrial park evolve into
a special district with regard to high-end business and residential
tenants -much like the garden districts in New Orleans or Boston.
• Attachment 2: 1st PowerPoint slide from the two original
required PowerPoint slides
Not Applicable
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Attachment 3: 2nd PowerPoint slide from the two original
required PowerPoint slides
Not Applicable
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Sustainable Development Call for Projects
(project name) Project
• Secend RTC Local Required Reimbursement
T)P # Project Nac~t~ Leal Project Spenser 3pomsor Funds Local Match Available Date
Approved
THE Planning Project City of Richland Hills N/A $100,000 $25,000 Oct-06
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NCTCOG Sustainable Development Call for Projects
Project Implementation Process
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RTC Action to Approve Sustainable Development Projects (04/13/06)
1 1
Lead Public Sponsor chooses Lead Public Sponsor chooses
Option 1, "Standard Practice Option" Option 2, "Local Float Option"
1 1
Resolution of Governing Body Resolution of Governing Body
submitted to NCTCOG (no later than submitted to NCTCOG (no later than
5 p.m., July 14, 2006)' 5 p.m. July 14, 2006)'
1 1
RTC Action to Approve Project Scope RTC Action to Approve Project Scope
and Placement in TIP and Placement in TIP
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Sign Interlocal Agreement with Sign Interlocal Agreement with
NCTCOG' NCTCOG'
1 1
Lead Public Sponsor provides 20% cash 6ead-
match to NCTCOG
~ 1 1
NCTCOG issues Notice to Proceed z NCTCOG issues Notice to Proceed (at
sponsor's risk/ 2, s
1 1
Begin construction using "Project Begin construction on a locally set time
Staging" date as a start date schedule
1 1
Collect invoices for 8D°~ RTC Local Project Completion
Fund portion
1 1
Reimburse 20% local matct, Reimbursement of 80% RTC Local 1=ur~it)
portion after assigned "Project Staging
j Group" date
Reimbursement of 80% RTC Local Fund
portion upon completion
' 1`or Lead Project Sponsors without land usQ authority, the City within which the project is located must also provide a
.Governing Body Resolution and sign the Interlocal Agreement.
z Expenses incurred prior to Notice to Proceed are ineligible for reimbursement.
s Project may proceed, however, NCTCOG reimbursement is contingent upon NCTCOG receipt of RTC Local Funds.
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NCTCOG Sustainable Development Call for Projects
Required Lead Public Sponsor Decision Regarding Project Start Date
The impact of the staging group on project timing is dependent on a local choice between two o tions.
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Option 1, "Standard Practice Option" means the project waits until funds for the project are in a North
Central Texas Council of Governments (NCTCOG) account. Option 2, "Local Float Option" means the
project begins after NCTCOG signs a contract with a local agency providing RTC Local Funds to
NCTCOG and the local project sponsor (public or private) "floats" the project until NCTCOG receives
payment of RTC Local Funds to a NCTCOG account. A required element of the Governing Body
Resolution is the lead public sponsor decision to select Option 1 or Option 2. !neither case,
transportation improvements cannot be reimbursed prior to the assigned "project staging" date.
Option 1 OR Option 2
"Standard Practice Option" "Local Float Option"
Lead public sponsor uses the assigned "project
Lead public sponsor uses the assigned "project staging" date as a date for reimbursement only
staging" date as a start date for the project, and begins the project on a locally set time
pending the receipt of a Notice to Proceed. schedule that begins after a project agreement
is signed with NCTCOG.
If RTC Local Funds are not available due to a
default of local funds being paid to NCTCOG, Staff is authorized to develop interlocal
the project may be switched to federal funding. agreements with RTC Local Funds that allow
This default situation would require a new immediate construction with reimbursement to
contract with TxDOT and may result in a delay the lead public sponsor contingent upon the
in the project. receipt of RTC Local Funds by NCTCOG.
For example, this default situation would occur if Please note, NCTCOG will not sign Sustainable
a NCTCOG member local government with a Development Project interlocal agreements until
contract with NCTCOG to make payment of NCTCOG signs agreement(s) to receive RTC
RTC Local Funds to NCTCOG is in violation of Local Funds. If a lead public sponsor selects
their contract with NCTCOG. this option, choosing to move forward and
complete their project prior to the assigned
reimbursement date, the lead public sponsor
will be "at risk" with regard to the default of local
funds being paid to NCTCOG. This option may
preclude switching to Federal Funds in the
event that RTC Local Funds are unavailable.
For example, this default situation would occur if
a NCTCOG member local government with a
contract with NCTCOG to make payment of
RTC Local Funds to NCTCOG is in violation of
their contract with NCTCOG.
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• NCTCOG Sustainable Development Call for Projects
Project Scope Transportation Improvement Groups
A final project scope must be included in the governing body resolution for each funded
transportation infrastructure project. That project scope must budget funding into the
groups of transportation improvements shown below. Changes to this scope will require
RTC action to amend the Transportation Improvement Program (TIP) and may only be
requested on authority assigned by the local governing body. Project scopes must use
the template located at www.nctcog.org/trans/sustdev/landuse/funding/2005.asp.
Catego Description Budget
Pedestrian Sidewalks, crosswalks, benches, trash
Amenities receptacles, shade trees, lighting, pedestrian
plaza
Construction of new/extended trails or
Bicycle Trail connection to existing/planned trail, route
signage, landscaping, lighting, egress/access
from existing/planned trail
Landsca in Installation of landscaping features along ~
p g transportation facilities
Pedestrian shelters, pedestrian linkages to
Bus Transit transit center, signage, passenger waiting
areas, trash receptacles, landscaping
Rail Transit Station construction, pedestrian linkages to
station, signage, landscaping
Traffic Signals Signal installation, signal retiming, equipment
upgrades
Intersection Left turn lanes, right turn lanes, improvements
Improvements' to intersection geometry, landscaping
Street Construction 2 Capacity expansion, reconstruction, frontage
road adjustments, ramp reversals, landscaping
' Scope of work for intersection improvements must include a description of the exact
intersection of cross streets and the work to be performed on each approach to
intersection and may result in a project delay due to Statewide Transportation
Improvement Plan (STIP) listing requirements.
2 Scope of work for street construction must include street name, to/from limits, number
of lanes, divided/undivided facility, and may result in a project delay due to STIP listing
requirements.
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April 2006 1
RESOLUTION ESTABLISHING MANAGEMENT OF SUSTAINABLE
• DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS
R06-05
WHEREAS, the North Central Texas Council of Governments has been designated as the
Metropolitan Planning Organization for the Dallas-Fort Worth Metropolitan Area by the Governor of
Texas in accordance with federal law; and,
WHEREAS, the Regional Transportation Council comprised primarily of local elected
officials, is the regional transportation policy body associated with the North Central Texas Council
of Governments, and has been and continues to be a forum for cooperative decisions on
transportation; and,
WHEREAS, the Dallas-Fort Worth area is a federally designated nonattainment area for
the pollutant ozone, and air quality impacts the public and economic health of the entire region;
and,
WHEREAS, the Regional Transportation Council is responsible for air quality conformity;
and the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990 require that in air quality nonattainment areas,
transportation plans and improvement programs conform to the applicable air quality
implementation plan; and,
WHEREAS, the Regional Transportation Council's first Sustainable Development Call for
Projects successfully implemented a wide variety of projects and was awarded the inaugural Smart
Moves: Transportation Strategies for Smart Growth Award sponsored by the Environmental
• Protection Agency, the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials, and
the Federal Highway Administration; and,
WHEREAS, the Regional Transportation Council approved $40.61 million for the current
Sustainable Development Call for Projects on April 14, 2005; and,
WHEREAS, on April 13, 2006, the Regional Transportation Council approved the projects
under the Sustainable Development Call for Projects, the use of Regional Transportation Council
Local Funds pending the receipt of local funding agreement(s), and the requirement that a
resolution of the lead public sponsor's governing body for each project be submitted to NCTCOG
offices by 5 p.m., July 14, 2006.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT HEREBY RESOLVED THAT:
Section 1. The Regional Transportation Council approves the project scope and
timing for inclusion in the Transportation Improvement Program after
receiving Governing Body Resolutions for individual projects.
Section 2. Standard practice is to issue a notice to proceed in the year that funds
are available. In order to expedite benefits of the program, staff is
authorized to develop agreements that allow immediate construction with
reimbursement pending receipt of Regional Transportation Council Local
• Funds. The lead Public Sponsor will sign an agreement that states they
understand the risk of such construction.
Section 3. Funds returned from infrastructure investments and planning projects
• unable to move forward will be reallocated to the next Sustainable
Development Call for Projects.
Section 4. Selected land banking projects will be required to return to the North Central
Texas Council of Governments, at a minimum, the Regional Transportation
Council Local Funds upon resale or lease of land acquired under the
program. Reasonable costs will be considered. A Land Banking Program
will be established for future projects.
Section 5. The Land Banking Program is to be administered as land acquisition for
economic development purposes.
Section 6. Regional Transportation Council action is required to reprogram funds from
any Sustainable Development Program or Projects.
Section 7. This resolution will be transmitted to all local governments with Regional
Transportation Council selected projects under the Sustainable Development
Call for Projects.
Section 8. This resolution shall be in effect immediately upon its adoption.
Wendy Davis, Chair
• Regional Transportation Council
Councilmember, City of Fort Worth
I hereby certify that this resolution was adopted by the Regional Transportation Council of
the North Central Texas Council of Governments for the Dallas-Fort Worth Metropolitan Area on
May 11, 2006.
T. Oscar Trevino, P.E., Secretary
Regional Transportation Council
Mayor, City of North Richland Hills
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RULES FOR NCTCOG'S SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT CALL FOR PROJECTS
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General Conditions
1. Project applicants may access the online application beginning November 1, 2005,
at: www.dfwinfo.com/traps/landuse/joint venture/2005.html. Online applications
must be submitted by 5 p.m., January 20, 2006.
2. In addition to an electronic submittal, all applicants must submit two paper
copies of a completed and signed application to NCTCOG offices by
5 p.m., January 20, 2006. Incomplete applications or those not received by the
deadline will not be accepted. Supplemental information will not be accepted after
the deadline.
3. Projects must be consistent with the Regional Transportation Council approved
Screening/Project Selection Process and the Regional Transportation Council
approved Sustainable Development Areas of Interest.
4. Projects may be funded with federal or local funds. Projects built with federal
funds will follow the standard Texas Department of Transportation
(TxDOT)/Federal administrative process and design standards. Projects built with
• local funds will follow the administrative process and design standards of the
public sector sponsor under an interlocal agreement with NCTCOG.
5. All funding is handled on a reimbursement basis and expenditures made prior to
signing an agreement on the project will not be eligible expenses. If federal funds
are involved, expenditures made prior to receipt of a Federal Project Authorization
and Agreement (FPAA) are not eligible.
6. A public agency must sponsor each application. The sponsoring public agency will
serve as the lead project contact.
7. All projects require a minimum local cash match of 20% of the total project cost.
Over-matching the project is allowed.
8. Cost overruns will not be the responsibility of the Regional Transportation Council.
Local partners will be responsible for any cost overruns.
9. The Western subregion allocation is $12.59 million. The combined total requests
from each individual public sector agency in the Western subregion shall not
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General Conditions (continued)
• 10. The Eastern subregion allocation is $28.02 million. The combined total requests
from each individual public sector agency in the Eastern subregion shall not
exceed this amount.
11. The Regional Transportation Council will approve all final projects and funding
levels.
12. The Regional Transportation Council reserves the right to remove funding from a
project that is no longer supported by both local partners.
13. The Regional Transportation Council reserves the right to remove funding from a
project for which the local sponsor is unable or unwilling to sign a local agreement
to implement the project or cannot provide the required 20% local match.
14. All funds that are unexpended or removed from a project return to the regional
Sustainable Development Program for future funding initiatives.
• Conditions for Local Sustainable Development Planning Programs
1. No individual project funding request may exceed $300,000.
2. Proposals must create the planning foundation or strategic assistance necessary
for a development project that would be eligible and competitive for the
Sustainable Development Call for Projects. Applicants are encouraged to submit
Sustainable Development programs that include (but are not limited to): objectives
creating urban design standards for an area, creating a tax increment refinance
zone, or implementing a public outreach campaign promoting livable communities.
3. No private sector sponsor is required.
Conditions for Land Banking Projects
1. The Regional Transportation Council has established that no more than 20% of
the total funding allocated to the Sustainable Development Program be spent on
land banking. Thus, no individual land banking funding request may exceed $8.1
million.
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Conditions for Land Banking Proiects (continued)
• 2. Individual project meetings will be required for land banking applicants. NCTCOG
staff will schedule these meetings after January 20, 2006.
3. No private sector sponsor is required.
4. The sponsoring public agency must provide to NCTCOG a resolution of its
governing body, endorsing receipt of the award, and intent to participate in a land
banking program within 90 days of Regional Transportation Council action to
select the project.
Conditions for Transportation Infrastructure Proiects
1. No individual project funding request may exceed $7 million.
2. Zoning and development codes necessary to allow the development to be built
must be in place by the January 20, 2006, deadline.
• 3. A letter of support from an active private-sector partner currently working on a
development in the impacted area is required.
4. The sponsoring public agency must demonstrate apublic/private partnership.
Public entities may include a county, city, transit authority, or special district.
Private sector partners may include for-profit private developers, not-for-profit
homebuilders, Independent School Districts, housing authorities, colleges,
universities, tax increment refinance zones, and public improvement districts.
Local government support is required for all applications.
5. Items ineligible for reimbursement include, but are not limited to: construction or
rehabilitation of private buildings, artwork, fountains, installation and/or
rehabilitation of water and sewer lines, parking garages, earthwork necessary to
raise proposed buildings out of the floodplain, and other items not directly related
to mobility. Certain categories of federal funds may be more restrictive.
6. Transportation infrastructure eli ible for reimbursement include, but are not limited
to: roadways, intersection improvements, bus stops, sidewalks, shade trees,
landscaping, pedestrian/bicyclist amenities, crosswalks, bicycle paths, transit
stations, right of way or easements necessary for transportation facilities. Certain
categories of federal funds may be more restrictive.
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Conditions for Transportation Infrastructure Projects (continued)
7. Eli ible transportation infrastructure must be (a) physically located within or along
the limits of the proposed development/redevelopment zone or, (b) located within
walking distance of the proposed project (1/2 mile or less depending on site
conditions), or (c) directly related to either the roadway or rail access necessary to
make the development viable.
8. The sponsoring public agency must provide to NCTCOG a resolution of its
governing body, endorsing receipt of the award, and confirming the private sector
partner within 90 days of Regional Transportation Council action to select the
project.
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