It is recommended that the City Council:

1.  Authorize the execution of a Lease Agreement with the YMCA of Metropolitan Fort Worth for the use of restroom and parking lot facilities situated on property being Lots 10 and 11, Trinity Gardens Addition, with a physical address of 6086 Anahuac Avenue, Fort Worth, Texas;                                    

2.  Authorize a one-time payment of $465,000.00 to the YMCA of Metropolitan Fort Worth as consideration for the Lease Agreement and Recreation Trail Easement rights across portions of land being out of the J.Hansborough Survey, Abstract No. 721 and N. H. Carroll Survey, Abstract No. 264, Tarrant County, Texas, required for the extension of the Lake Worth Trail; and

3.  Authorize the execution and recording of the appropriate instrument conveying the recreation trail easement rights to the City of Fort Worth.  

The purpose of this Mayor and Council Communication (M&C) is to authorize the execution of a lease with the YMCA of Metropolitan Fort Worth (YMCA) for the use of a restroom and parking lot, which will serve as a trailhead for the Trinity Trails, and to authorize the execution and acceptance of a recreation trail easement.

The YMCA has agreed to lease restroom and parking lot facilities at its new Camp Carter Welcome Center to be constructed this year to the City of Fort Worth (City) for public use.  The facilities will be available during normal park hours to users of the Lake Worth trail.  The YMCA will be responsible for repairs and maintenance of the leased facilities, including regular janitorial services, during the term of the lease.  The proposed lease is for 50 years with extension options.  Consideration for the lease is a one-time payment of $465,000.00, which also includes compensation for the YMCA's conveyance of a 30 foot wide Recreation Trail Easement to the City required to extend the Lake Worth trail across the YMCA's property.  

The Lake Worth trail is an extension of the Trinity Trails around Lake Worth.  The first phase includes the construction of approximately 5.6 miles of trail beginning at the current terminus of the Trinity Trails near Anahuac Avenue.  This trail will go through YMCA Camp Carter, Marion Sansom Park, Windswept Circle Park, and Plover Circle Park terminating at a trailhead in Arrow S. Park.

The YMCA anticipates the Welcome Center and associated improvements will be completed by Fall of 2018.  Alignment and design of the Lake Worth trail is currently underway.

On January 8, 2008, (M&C G-16013) the City Council amended the Gas Well Revenue Distribution Policy to allow for revenues derived from the lease bonuses and royalties from properties in and around Lake Worth to be used for the execution of the 2007 Lake Worth Capital Improvements Implementation Plan, which will be use to pay the one-time payment of $465,000.00 due under this lease.  

Project location is in COUNCIL DISTRICT 7.