Case File M&C 26-0340
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(CD 9) Authorize Execution of Agreement with Terracon Consultants, Inc. in an Amount Up to $260,197.00 for Environmental Asbestos Third-Party Monitoring and Consulting Services for the Fort Worth Convention Center Phase II Arena Renovation Project
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Check Baker Brothers alley vacation for abutting-owner reversionary rights
Why now: M&C 26-0340 vacates a Baker Brothers Addition alley in CD 11 with a full purchase fee waiver, but the agenda item does not name who receives the vacated land, leaving the disposition of the reversionary interest unconfirmed in the public record.
What to do: Pull the draft ordinance for the Baker Brothers Addition alley vacation before April 28 and confirm whether the vacated right-of-way is directed to the abutting property owners — the default under Texas Transportation Code — or to a third party; if to a third party, abutting owners hold a compensable reversionary interest that must be asserted before the ordinance is adopted, not after.
Act before: After April 28 ordinance adoption — challenge window narrows significantly once the vacation is recorded in the deed records
Register with JPS Hospital District before campus construction bid opens
Why now: M&C 26-0340 explicitly states the John Peter Smith Hospital street vacation in CD 9 is to support 'campus consolidation and new construction,' making this the immediate legal prerequisite before the Hospital District can formally advance procurement.
What to do: Contact Tarrant County Hospital District's capital projects office now to confirm you are on their active bidder notification list — the April 28 street vacation is the enabling legal step for JPS campus consolidation and new construction, and construction procurement typically advances within weeks of the right-of-way being cleared and recorded.
Act before: After Tarrant County Hospital District issues formal construction solicitation notice
Request fee waiver justification for Baker Brothers alley vacation
Why now: M&C 26-0340 bundles both vacations under the same fee-waiver approval, but only the JPS vacation has a disclosed public-interest justification; the Baker Brothers Addition beneficiary and legal basis for the waiver are not named in the public-facing agenda item.
What to do: Submit a public records request for the staff memo authorizing the full purchase fee waiver on the Baker Brothers Addition alley vacation in CD 11 — unlike the JPS Hospital vacation (a public institution with an obvious public-interest rationale), this is a private platted residential subdivision, and the agenda does not identify who the applicant or beneficiary is. If the recipient is a private party receiving public right-of-way at no cost, that is the story.
Act before: After April 28 council vote — once the ordinance passes, the waiver is done and the reversal story becomes much harder to tell
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(CD 9) Authorize Execution of Agreement with Terracon Consultants, Inc. in an Amount Up to $260,197.00 for Environmental Asbestos Third-Party Monitoring and Consulting Services for the Fort Worth Convention Center Phase II Arena Renovation Project