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HomeMy WebLinkAboutItem 09 - Revenue Sharing AgreementMEMO TO: HONORABLE MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL FROM: BRUNO RUMBELOW, CITY MANAGER MEETING DATE: AUGUST 6, 2019 SUBJECT: APPROVAL OF ORDINANCE APPROPRIATING FUNDS FOR REQUIRED PAYMENTS ASSOCIATED WITH DFW AIRPORT REVENUE SHARING AGREEMENT IN ACCORDANCE WITH SENATE BILL 569 RECOMMENDATION: City Council to consider approval of an ordinance appropriating funds for payments to the City of Dallas and the City of Fort Worth in accordance with Senate Bill 569 Revenue Sharing Agreement. FUNDING SOURCE: Upon approval of the attached ordinance, additional funding of $345,494 will be available in the General Fund. BACKGROUND: In September of 2001, the Texas Legislature enacted SB 569 mandating a revenue sharing plan for the City of Grapevine and DFW Airport.The agreement requires the City to share certain revenues generated within the boundaries of the Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport with constituent agencies including the City of Dallas and the City of Fort Worth. When the bill was created, the State Research Center's bill analysis concluded that the City of Grapevine received approximately $11 million in taxes generated at the airport. The enacted version of S.B 569 set the base year at $5,941,780, and it excluded the I&S portion of the property tax as well as the Hotel Occupancy Tax. The sum of these two revenue streams was $4.6 million, which when added to the base year, equals the Research Center's approximate impact of $11 million. The amount mandated to be paid is 2/3 of the excess of the base year amount of $5,941,780 established in Fiscal Year 2000. Fiscal Year 2018 shared revenues are $7,210,021 exceeding base year revenue by $1,268,241 resulting in an amount of $845,494 (2/3) due to the Cities of Dallas and Fort Worth. The excess amount will be distributed to the City of Dallas ($538,042) and the City of Fort Worth ($307,452). The payments of $845,494 exceeded the 2019 fiscal year budget by $345,494 necessitating the appropriation ordinance. ORDINANCE NO. 2019-042 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF GRAPEVINE, TEXAS, REVISING THE ADOPTED BUDGET FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING IN 2019; PROVIDING FOR THE TRANSFER OF THE FUNDS; DECLARING AN EMERGENCY AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Grapevine entered into a DFW Revenue Sharing Agreement with the DFW Airport and the Cities of Dallas and Fort Worth, Texas per Senate Bill 569; and WHEREAS, the agreement indicates that revenues within the Dallas Fort Worth International Airport are to be shared if they exceed amounts in fiscal year 2000 base year of $5,941,780. The amount will be split 7/11 to Dallas and 4/11 to Fort Worth, net of accountant's fees; and WHEREAS, the funding for payments associated with the DFW Revenue Sharing Agreement shall be appropriated from General Fund Balance in the amount of $345,494; representing the excess amount over the 2019 Operating Budget; and WHEREAS, the funding for the Sharing Agreement should be paid from the General Fund; 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 hereinabove are found to be true and correct and are incorporated herein by reference as if copied in their entirety. Section 2. That the City Council hereby authorizes the appropriation of funds currently in the General Fund Balance to the General Fund in an amount of $345,494. Section 3. That a copy of the revised Fiscal Year 2018-2019 Operating Budget document shall be kept on file in the office of the City Secretary and on the City of Grapevine website. Section 4. 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 5. 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 APPROVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF GRAPEVINE, TEXAS on this the 6th day of August, 2019. APPROVED: William D. Tate Mayor ATTEST: Tara Brooks City Secretary APPROVED AS TO FORM: City Attorney Ordinance No. 2019-042 2