HomeMy WebLinkAboutItem 09 - TRA Project RestorationMEMO TO: HONORABLE MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL
FROM: BRUNO RUMBELOW, CITY MANAGER
MEETING DATE: APRIL 4, 2023
SUBJECT: TRA WASTEWATER PROJECT REFORESTATION AND RESTORATION
RECOMMENDATION: City Council to consider appropriating the funds for the surface restoration
and tree mitigation from the TRA Wastewater Project for the Parks and
Recreation Department.
FUNDING SOURCE: Upon approval of the attached Ordinance, funds will be available in the
Special Revenue Fund (Tree Mitigation) and the General Fund (Parks
Department) in the amount of $854,824.
BACKGROUND: The Trinity River Authority (TRA) began installing the section of a regional
wastewater line that runs through the City of Grapevine at the beginning
of 2022. The project is scheduled for completion during the fall of 2023.
The project generally follows Bear Creek crossing under State Highway
360 at the southern city limits heading north through Bear Creek Park
then under the State Highway 121 overpass through Wall Farrar Nature
Trail and along Parr Park Trail ending at the terminus of Old Mill Run.
Because this is a regional system, the size of pipe is large, generally 48"
in diameter, and placed about 15 feet under the surface requiring 70 to 90
foot -wide easements to accommodate the staging of the pipe, fill material,
excavated material, and operation of large construction equipment. Such
a massive construction project has disrupted and disturbed existing
activities and facilities. To minimize disruptions and maximize mitigation,
coordinated planning efforts between the City and TRA began in 2016.
These efforts produced tree preservation and restoration methods,
alternate alignments of the trail, altered construction schedule to reduce
disruption at the Bark Park, and baseball fields. Installation of the pipe is
continuing and on schedule. Park crews have begun restoring the Bear
Creek Park baseball fields and trail. The park is scheduled to reopen in
May. Installation of the pipe near Parr Park will resume in April. Later in
the summer and early fall, trail reconstruction and tree restoration will
begin. Most of the work to repair and restore the areas can be
accomplished through in-house labor and through existing contracts. Any
additional tasks needing to be completed outside of existing resources will
be brought to City Council for additional approvals at that time.
The funds to be used were provided by TRA and were placed in revenue
accounts:
Tree Mitigation: $476,200 (114-36526-000-000)
Surface Restoration: $378,624 (100-39999-000)
ORDINANCE NO. 2023-020
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
GRAPEVINE, TEXAS, INCREASING ESTIMATED
RECEIPTS IN THE AMOUNTS OF $476,200 IN THE
SPECIAL REVENUE FUND (TREE MITIGATION) AND
$378,625 IN THE GENERAL FUND (PARKS DEPARTMENT)
RECEIVED FROM TRINITY RIVER AUTHORITY FOR
NECESSARY REFORESTATION AND REPAIRS IN
CONJUNCTION WITH THE TRA WASTEWATER REPAIR
PROJECT; AUTHORIZING THE APPROPRIATION OF
$4767200 IN THE SPECIAL REVENUE FUND (TREE
MITIGATION) AND $378,625 IN THE GENERAL FUND
(PARKS DEPARTMENT); DECLARING AN EMERGENCY
AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE
WHEREAS, the City of Grapevine received the amounts of $476,200 and
$378,625 from the Trinity River Authority (TRA) for reforestation and repairs associated
with the TRA Wastewater Repair project; and
WHEREAS, the City of Grapevine is beginning to incur costs associated with the
reforestation and repairs; 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 an increase in estimated
receipts in the amounts of $476,200 in the Special Revenue Fund (Tree Mitigation) and
$378,625 in the General Fund (Parks Department).
Section 3. That the City Council hereby authorizes an amount of $476,200 be
appropriated for expenditures in the Special Revenue Fund (Tree Mitigation) and
$378,625 be appropriated in the General Fund (Parks Department) for the reforestation
and repairs associated with the TRA Wastewater Repair project.
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 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 4th day of April 2023.
APPROVED:
William D. Tate
Mayor
ATTEST:
Tara Brooks
City Secretary
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
Matthew C.G. Boyle
City Attorney
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