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CITY OF GRAPEVINE, TEXAS
SPECIAL CITY COUNCIL MEETING
MONDAY, JUNE 2, 2014
GRAPEVINE CITY HALL, SECOND FLOOR
200 SOUTH MAIN STREET
GRAPEVINE, TEXAS 76051
6:15 p.m. Dinner - City Council Conference Room
6:30 p.m. Call to Order - City Council Chambers
CALL TO ORDER: 6:30 p.m. - City Council Chambers
1. Consultants presentation on the 185 acre tract master plan and feasibility study.
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STATE OF TEXAS
COUNTY OF TARRANT
CITY OF GRAPEVINE
The City Council of the City of Grapevine, Texas met in Workshop on this the 2nd day
of June, 2014 in the City Council Chambers, Second Floor, 200 South Main Street, with
the following members present to -wit:
William D. Tate
C. Shane Wilbanks
Sharron Spencer
Roy Stewart
Darlene Freed
Mike Lease
Chris Coy
Mayor
Mayor Pro Tern
Council Member
Council Member
Council Member
Council Member
Council Member
constituting a quorum, with the following members of the City Staff:
Bruno Rumbelow City Manager
Jennifer Hibbs Assistant City Manager
John F. Boyle, Jr. City Attorney
Jodi C. Brown City Secretary
CALL TO ORDER
Mayor Tate called the workshop to order at 6:31 p.m.
ITEM 1. PRESENTATIONS, MASTER PLAN AND FEASIBILITY STUDY
Development Services Director Scott Williams noted following the December 2013
purchase of an 185 acre tract (bounded by FM2499 on the west, State Highway 121
North on the east and Grapevine Mills Boulevard to the south), that the first step to
enhancing the value of the land and thus returning it to the private sector would be a
feasibility study and a master plan that would be consistent with the vision of the City for
development of the land.
On January 28, 2014, a Request for Qualifications was released with 19 firms
submitting proposals. After reviewing the proposals, 9 firms were then interviewed by
City Staff. The firms were narrowed down to four for second interviews. Based on the
information obtained in the second interviews, Staff requested that Gateway Planning
and HR &A Advisors, Inc. to make presentations to the City Council.
The following firms then presented their team background and qualifications, project
teams, project approach, proposed time lines and references, and answered questions
on their presentations:
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Mr. Amitabh Barthakur, Partner of HR&A Advisors, Inc., 700 South Flower Street #2730,
Los Angeles, California.
Mr. Scott Polikov, President of Gateway Planning, 3100 McKinnon Street, 7th Floor,
Dallas, Texas.
Following Council comments, Mayor Tate requested an item be included on the
workshop agenda for June 17, 2014 to discuss the consultants' presentations. There
was no formal action was taken by the City Council.
ADJOURNMENT
Council Member Coy, seconded by Council Member Spencer, offered a motion to
adjourn the workshop at 8:48 p.m. The motion prevailed by the following vote:
Ayes: Tate, Wilbanks, Spencer, Stewart, Freed, Lease & Coy
Nays: None
PASSED AND APPROVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF GRAPEVINE,
TEXAS on this the 17th day of June, 2014.
ATTEST:
Jod1k " Q1 Brown
City o1jecretary
APPROVED:
William D
Mayor
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