Page 356 - FY 2021-22 ADOPTED BUDGET

The provision of the County-owned brush truck and tanker to the Benbrook Fire Department allows
the City to use this equipment in Benbrook and within the unincorporated portions of the County.

Public Works Projects and Purchasing

Tarrant County assists the City of Benbrook with street overlay projects and allows the City to
purchase supplies and equipment through the County's Cooperative Purchasing Program.

CITY OF FORT WORTH

Since the City of Fort Worth and the City of Benbrook share common borders, it is often economical
for both cities to join forces in an effort to provide municipal services at the lowest rates possible.
The City of Fort Worth and the City of Benbrook have shared the cost of rebuilding border streets in
previous years, and plan to continue this practice in the future. The cities of Benbrook and Fort
Worth entered into a contractual arrangement to provide mutual aid for fire services. Prior to 2006,

the cities had a contract for Fort Worth to provide fire protection services to North Benbrook.

Boundary Adjustment Between the City of Benbrook and the City of Fort Worth

History

In 1968, the City of Fort Worth and the City of Benbrook adopted an apportionment agreement
allowing Fort Worth to annex a 10-foot strip surrounding Benbrook. Minor adjustments to that
boundary occurred in 1980, 1984, and 1987.

Following the initial 2005 meeting, the two cities approved a minor boundary adjustment to allow
access to Skyline Ranch through Benbrook. Benbrook also offered fire service to Skyline Ranch
on an interim basis. The two cities also cooperated on an asphalt overlay of Chapin Road,
relocation of a Fort Worth sewer main in Mary’s Creek Drive, and a joint flood study of Mary’s

Creek. Benbrook also adjusted the right-of-way along Chapin Road.

Following the February 2005 meeting, representatives of the two cities negotiated off and on
until Benbrook Staff prepared the initial draft of the Joint Ordinance in 2009. Negotiations
continued on an ongoing basis. In 2011, Fort Worth required that Benbrook hire a registered
professional surveyor to prepare metes and bounds descriptions of all of the affected tracts.
After several years of negotiation, the two cities agreed on acceptable language regarding any
future vehicle bridge over the Clear Fork in January 2014.

In September 2014, Fort Worth mailed a joint letter to all affected property owners describing
the proposed action in general terms. Staff responded to several questions from residents and
business owners from outside of Benbrook.

249