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HomeMy WebLinkAboutItem 20 - ValvesMEMOTO: HONORABLE MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL FROM: BRUNO RUMBELOW, CITY MANAGER MEETING DATE: MAY 19, 2020 SUBJECT: APPROVAL FOR THE EMERGENCY PURCHASE FOR VALVES ON STATE HIGHWAY 26 AT FAIRWAY DRIVE RECOMMENDATION: City Council to consider the approval and ratifying the emergency purchase of replacement valves along State Highway 26 and Fairway Drive. FUNDING SOURCE: Funds are available in Utility Enterprise Fund 200 for an amount not to exceed $144,850. BACKGROUND: This item authorizes the emergency replacement of six broken or leaking valves in the State Highway 26 corridor. These valves are on the City's transmission main from the Water Plant and provide service to the northeast portion of the City. This work needs to be completed before the high demand pumping of the summer. An emergency purchase order was issued to North Texas Contracting, Inc. for the replacement valves on April 27, 2020. Staff recommends approval. ORDINANCE NO. 2020-023 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF GRAPEVINE, TEXAS, AUTHORIZING THE APPROPRIATION OF $150,000.00 IN THE UTILITY ENTERPRISE CAPITAL FUND; DECLARING AN EMERGENCY AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Grapevine desires to replace valves at the northeast and northwest sides of the Fairway Drive and State Highway 26 intersection; and WHEREAS, funding for the siting study for the valve replacement is available in the Utility Enterprise Capital 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 Chapter 211 of the Local Government Code; 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 $150,000.00 be appropriated from the Utility Enterprise Capital Fund for the replace valves at the northeast and northwest sides of the Fairway Drive and State Highway 26 intersection. Section 3. 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 4. 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 of the public which requires that this ordinance shall become effective from and after the date of its final passage, and it is accordingly so ordained. PASSED AND APPROVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF GRAPEVINE, TEXAS on this the 19th day of May, 2020. APPROVED: William D. Tate Mayor ATTEST: Tara Brooks City Secretary APPROVED AS TO FORM: City Attorney Ordinance No. 2020-023 2