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Home My WebLink About2013-09-10 Regular MeetingAGENDA CITY OF GRAPEVINE, TEXAS SPECIAL CITY COUNCIL MEETING TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 2013 AT NOON CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS SECOND FLOOR 200 SOUTH MAIN STREET CALL TO ORDER CITIZEN COMMENTS NEW BUSINESS Consider an ordinance adopting the Fiscal Year 2013-2014 budget and take any necessary action. 2. Consider an ordinance adopting the tax rate for Fiscal Year 2013-2014 and take any necessary action. 3. Consider the First Addendum to the Economic Development and Incentive Agreement with Eatzi's Market and Bakery, authorizing the City Manager to execute the agreement and take any necessary action. 4. Consider the minutes of the August 19, 2013 City Council meetings as published and take any necessary action. ADJOURNMENT If you plan to attend this public meeting and you have a disability that requires special arrangements at the meeting, please contact the City Secretary's Office at (817) 410-3182 at least 24 hours in advance of the meeting. Reasonable accommodations will be made to assist your needs. In accordance with Texas Government Code, Chapter 551.001 et seq, Acts of the 1993 Texas Legislature, the Regular City Council Meeting Agenda was prepared and posted on this the 6th day of September, 2013 at 5:00 p.m. FAr • I C. Brown CiSecretary 6-0 STATE OF TEXAS COUNTY OF TARRANT CITY OF GRAPEVINE The City Council of the City of Grapevine, Texas met in Special Session on this the 10th day of September, 2013 at Noon in the City Council Chambers, Second Floor, 200 South Main Street, with the following members present to -wit: William D. Tate Mayor C. Shane Wilbanks Mayor Pro Tern Sharron Spencer Council Member Mike Lease Council Member Chris Coy Council Member constituting a quorum, with Council Members Roy Stewart and Darlene Freed absent, with the following members of the City Staff: Bruno Rumbelow City Manager Jennifer Hibbs Assistant City Manager Matthew Boyle Assistant City Attorney Jodi C. Brown City Secretary John McGrane Administrative Services Director CALL TO ORDER Mayor Tate called the meeting to order at 12:10 p.m. ITEM 1A. CITIZEN COMMENTS KATHLEEN THOMPSON Ms. Kathleen Thompson, 3317 Burning Log Road, requested the Council consider a lower ad valorem tax rate than what was being proposed, requested a change in priorities to reduce spending, and stated concerns on the selected time for conducting the Noon meeting. � ijilig Administrative Services Director John McGrane stated the Fiscal Year 2013 -2014 Budget remains the same as presented during the August 19 Workshop and the September 3 public hearing. The proposed budget for Fiscal Year 2013 -2014 (FY2014) responds to the Council's priorities and represents a continuing commitment to prudent fiscal management while providing essential services to the community. The proposed tax rate for FY2014 is reduced to $0.34250 per $100.00 valuation and the "pay as you go" policy will remain in effect. The proposed budget maintains a 20% fund balance. The budget contains fund expenditures in the following amounts: 09/10/13 General Fund $58,339,600 Municipal Court Technology Fund 35,857 Convention & Visitors Bureau Fund 19,754,407 Stormwater Drainage Fund 2,362,410 Crime Control & Prevention District Fund 13,730,075 Lake Parks Special Revenue Fund 2,109,711 4B Economic Development Fund 9,204,163 Debt Service Fund 14,428,596 Utility Enterprise Fund 22,389,885 Lake Enterprise (Golf) Fund 3,389,586 General Permanent Capital Maintenance Fund 1,251,000 Permanent Street Maintenance Fund 1,558,000 Community Quality of Life Capital Project Fund 2,854,057 Streets, Drainage & Traffic Capital Projects 5,252,113 Buildings & Facilities Capital Projects 16,939,871 Water & Wastewater Capital Projects 9,757,225 Capital Equipment Acquisitions 1,886,000 Council Member Spencer, seconded by Council Member Lease, offered a motion to adopt the ordinance approving Fiscal Year 2013 -2014 budget as presented. The motion prevailed by the following vote: Ayes: Tate, Wilbanks, Spencer, Lease & Coy Nays: None Absent: Stewart & Freed ORDINANCE NO. 2013 -41 •.. . .R•■ - •- • A W •- • • . ._ No INURIPSWINWmm ITEM 2. ORDINANCE, ADOPT AD VALOREM TAX RATE Administrative Services Director McGrane recommended approval of an ordinance setting the Fiscal Year 2013 -2014 ad valorem tax rate at $0.34250 per $100.00 valuation apportioned as follows: General Fund, a tax rate of $0.13144 per $100 value and Debt Service, a tax rate of $0.21106 per $100 value. Following clarification that the City was lowering the proposed tax rate from last year's tax rate, Mayor Tate explained how the proposed tax rate and effective tax rate are calculated. K 09/10/13 Council Member Spencer, seconded by Mayor Pro Tern Wilbanks, offered a motion that the property tax rate be decreased to $0.34250, which is effectively a 1.01 percent increase in the tax rate over the effective rate and adopt the ordinance setting the ad valorem tax rate for 2013 at $0.34250 per $100.00 valuation. The motion prevailed by the following vote: Ayes: Tate, Wilbanks, Spencer, Lease & Coy Nays: None Absent: Stewart & Freed ORDINANCE NO. 2013 -42 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF GRAPEVINE, TEXAS, SETTING THE ANNUAL TAX RATE FOR TAX YEAR 2013 LEVYING TAXES FOR THE TAX YEAR 2013 TO BE ASSESSED ON ALL TAXABLE PROPERTY WITHIN THE LIMITS OF THE CITY OF GRAPEVINE, TEXAS; PROVIDING PENALTIES AND INTEREST FOR THE DELINQUENT TAXES; DECLARING AN EMERGENCY AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE ITEM 3. FIRST EATZI'S MARKET AND BAKERY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND INCENTIVE AGREEMENT City Manager Bruno Rumbelow presented the First Addendum to the Economic Development and Incentive Agreement with Eatzi's Market and Bakery and requested authorization to execute the agreement. The City Council approved the Economic Development and Incentive Agreement with Eatzi's Market and Bakery on May 24, 2011. The negative impact of the Connector Project has been more significant than originally anticipated; therefore, Eatzi's requested the agreement addendum. The Grapevine 4B Economic Development Corporation considered and approved the First Addendum during their September 10, 2013 meeting. Council Member Coy, seconded by Council Member Lease, offered a motion to approve the First Addendum to the Economic Development and Incentive Agreement with Eatzi's Market Bakery. The motion prevailed by the following vote: Ayes: Tate, Wilbanks, Spencer, Lease & Coy Nays: None Absent: Stewart & Freed ITEM 4. CONSIDERATION OF MINUTES City Secretary Brown recommended approval of the minutes of the August 19, 2013 City Council meetings as published. Council Member Lease, seconded by Mayor Pro Tern Wilbanks, offered a motion to approve the minutes as published. K? 09/10/13 Ayes: Tate, Wilbanks, Spencer, Lease & Coy Nays: None Absent: Stewart & Freed ADJOURNMENT Mayor Pro Tern Wilbanks, seconded by Council Member Lease, offered a motion to adjourn the meeting at 12:16 p.m. The motion prevailed by the following vote: Ayes: Tate, Wilbanks, Spencer, Lease & Coy Nays: None Absent: Stewart & Freed PASSED AND APPROVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF GRAPEVINE, TEXAS on this the 1 st day of October, 2013. ATTEST: Jod C. Brown Cit%jcretary 9 m9=00"I William D. Tate Mayor