HomeMy WebLinkAboutItem 18 - Water Rights Accounting Plan MEMO TO: HONORABLE MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL
FROM: BRUNO RUMBELOW, CITY MANAGER
MEETING DATE: MAY 5, 2026
SUBJECT: GRAPEVINE LAKE WATER RIGHTS ACCOUNTING PLAN
RECOMMENDATION: City Council to consider an amendment to the engineering services
contract with Plummer Associates, Inc, to implement and administer the
Lake Water Rights Accounting Plan and an ordinance to appropriate the
funds.
FUNDING SOURCE: Upon approval of the attached ordinance, funds will be available in the
Utility Enterprise Fund in the estimated amount of$56,000.
BACKGROUND: The Grapevine Lake Accounting Plan tracks the usage of water for the
City of Grapevine, the City of Dallas, and Dallas County Park Cities MUD
from the lake against their water rights. This Plan, approved by the TCEQ
in 2002, has been an ongoing process for many years. The Plan requires
that a Registered Professional Engineer implement and administer the
Plan. The City has been overseeing the plan since 2002, and Plummer
Associates was awarded the contract for plan administration by City
Council on October 17, 2023.
Plummer has updated the existing spreadsheet to a database format input
structure and added graphics and reports to perform quality checks and to
easily monitor the available capacity of each account.
The amendment to the contract is to add monthly plan administration for
May 2026 through December 2027, and general engineering services
related to the Lake Water Rights Accounting Plan, in the amount of
$56,000.
The three parties agree to split the costs equally. The City will pay upfront
and request semiannual reimbursement from the City of Dallas and Dallas
County Park Cities MUD in the amount of$37,334 as billed.
Staff recommends approval.
ORDINANCE NO. 2026-031
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
GRAPEVINE, TEXAS,AUTHORIZING THE APPROPRIATION
OF $56,000 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 enter into an
amendment to maintain the Grapevine Lake Water Rights Accounting Plan; and
WHEREAS, funding 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 $56,000 to be appropriated
from the Utility Enterprise Capital Fund to enter into an amendment to maintain the
Grapevine Lake Water Rights Accounting Plan.
Section 3. That a copy of the revised FY 2025-2026 Annual Budget document
shall be kept on file in the office of the City Secretary.
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 5th day of May, 2026.
APPROVED:
William D. Tate
Mayor
ATTEST:
Tara Brooks
City Secretary
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
Matthew C.G. Boyle
City Attorney
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