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THE CAPITAL PROJECT GENERAL FACILITIES FUND;
DECLARING AN EMERGENCY; AND PROVIDING AN
EFFECTIVE DATE
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Grapevine acknowledges and supports
the construction of the Public Safety Building Project; and
WHEREAS, the Project has encountered unanticipated costs directly related to the
May 2015 flooding event; and
WHEREAS, the May 2015 flooding event resulted in a significant rise in the
subsurface ground water elevation on the site which resulted in a more costly process to
install the building foundation piers; and
WHEREAS, the additional $350,000 in funding for the building foundation piers is
not currently included in the FY 2015-2016 Capital Improvements Plan Budget; and
WHEREAS, all constitutional and statutory prerequisites for the approval of this
ordinance have been met, including but not limited to the Open Meetings Act; and
WHEREAS, the City Council deems the adoption of this ordinance to be in the best
interests of the health, safety, and welfare of the public.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
GRAPEVINE, TEXAS:
Section 1. That all matters stated in the preamble of this ordinance are true and
correct and are hereby incorporated into the body of this ordinance as if copied in their
entirety.
Section 2. That the City Council hereby authorizes the transfer of funds in the
Capital/Street Maintenance Replacement Fund to the Capital Project General Facilities
Fund in an amount of $350,000.
Section 3. That the City Council hereby authorizes an amount of $350,000 to be
appropriated to the Capital Project General Facilities Fund.
Section 4. That a copy of the revised FY 2015-2016 Capital Improvements Plan
Budget document shall be kept on file in the office of the City Secretary and on the City of
Grapevine website.
Section 5. That the terms and provisions of this ordinance shall be deemed to be
severable, and that if the validity of any section, subsection, word, sentence or phrase shall
be held to be invalid, it shall not affect the remaining part of this ordinance.
Section 6. That the fact that the present ordinances and regulations of the City of
Grapevine, Texas are inadequate to properly safeguard the health, safety, morals, peace
and general welfare of the inhabitants of the City of Grapevine, Texas, creates an
emergency for the immediate preservation of the public business, property, health, safety,
and general welfare which requires that this ordinance shall take effect immediately from
and after its passage and it is accordingly so ordained.
PASSED AND ...• BY THE CITY COUNCIL • THE CITY •
GRAPEVINE, TEXAS on this the 19th day of April, 2016.
William D. Tate
Mayor
ATTEST:
Coe,
Tara Brooks
City Secretary
John F. Boyle, Jr.
City Attorney
Ordinance No. 2016-024 2