HomeMy WebLinkAboutItem 08 - GO Bond Election MEMO TO: HONORABLE MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL
FROM: BRUNO RUMBELOW, CITY MANAGER
MEETING DATE: AUGUST 15, 2017
SUBJECT: 2017 GENERAL OBLIGATION BOND ELECTION
RECOMMENDATION:
City Council consider an ordinance calling a General Obligation Bond Election to be held
on November 7, 2017 to include three propositions totaling $24,700,000 and take any
necessary action.
FUNDING SOURCE:
Funding for the capital projects and bond issuance cost will be provided by General
Obligation bonds in the amount specified. Retirement of debt on the bonds will be provided
by revenues from property taxes, sales and use tax and other General Fund resources. If
approved, the bonds are scheduled to be sold in one period. No tax rate increase has
been planned to retire the debt related to these projects.
BACKGROUND:
Over the past several months Staff has been working with Stakeholders and Council
through public hearings and Council workshops on numerous occasions to discuss the
proposed projects.
PROPOSITION A
Animal Shelter - $3,900,000
Renovation and expansion of the current Animal Shelter facility. The project would include
designing, improving, constructing, equipping and furnishing the Animal Shelter facilities.
PROPOSITION B
Fire Station #2 and Fire Station #3 - $16,000,000
Construction of two new Fire Stations including designing, constructing, improving,
renovating, expanding, equipping, and furnishing New Fire Station No. 2 and new Fire
Station No.3.
PROPOSITION C
Multi-Use Facility at the Golf Course - $4,800,000
Designing, improving, constructing, equipping and furnishing a multi-use facility and
clubhouse at the Grapevine Municipal Golf Course.
Staff recommends approval.
JB/GJ
ORDINANCE NO. 2017-048
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
GRAPEVINE, TEXAS, CALLING A BOND ELECTION TO BE
HELD WITHIN THE CITY, MAKING PROVISIONS FOR THE
CONDUCT OF THE ELECTION AND OTHER PROVISIONS
RELATING THERETO; DECLARING AN EMERGENCY AND
PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE
WHEREAS, the City Council (the “City Council”) of the City of Grapevine, Texas
(the “City”), hereby finds and determines that it is necessary and advisable to call and
hold an election in the City for the purpose of submitting certain propositions pertaining to
the issuance of bonds for the purposes herein set forth; and
WHEREAS, the City Council hereby finds and determines that said election shall
be held on a uniform election date established by Section 41.001(a) Texas Election Code,
as amended, as required by Texas law; and
WHEREAS, the City Council hereby finds and declares that the meeting at which
this Ordinance is considered is open to the public as required by law, and that public
notice of the time, place, and purpose of said meeting was given as required by Chapter
551, Texas Government Code, as amended; therefore,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF GRAPEVINE,
TEXAS:
Section 1. Findings. The statements contained in the preamble of this
Ordinance are true and correct and are hereby adopted as findings of fact and as part of
the operative provisions hereof.
Section 2. Election Ordered; Date; Propositions. An election (the “Election”)
shall be held for and within the City on Tuesday, November 7, 2017 (“Election Day”), a
uniform election date established by Section 41.001(a) of the Texas Election Code, as
amended (the “Code”). At the Election the following propositions (the “Propositions”) shall
be submitted to the qualified voters of the City in accordance with law:
CITY OF GRAPEVINE - PROPOSITION A
“Shall the City Council of the City of Grapevine, Texas, be authorized to issue
general obligation bonds of the City in the amount of $3,900,000 for the purpose of
providing funds for permanent public improvements, to wit: designing, improving,
constructing, equipping and furnishing animal shelter facilities, including the acquisition of
land therefor; said bonds to mature serially over a period of not to exceed forty (40) years
from their date, to be issued in such installments and sold at any price or prices and to
bear interest at any rate or rates as shall be determined within the discretion of the City
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Council under laws in effect at the time of issuance, and to provide for the payment of the
principal of and interest on said bonds by levying a tax sufficient to pay the annual interest
on and to create a sinking fund sufficient to redeem said bonds as they become due?”
CITY OF GRAPEVINE - PROPOSITION B
“Shall the City Council of the City of Grapevine, Texas, be authorized to issue
general obligation bonds of the City in the amount of $16,000,000 for the purpose of
providing funds for permanent public improvements, to wit: designing, constructing,
improving, renovating, expanding, equipping, and furnishing new Fire Station No. 2 and
new Fire Station No. 3, and the acquisition of land therefor; said bonds to mature serially
over a period of not to exceed forty (40) years from their date, to be issued in such
installments and sold at any price or prices and to bear interest at any rate or rates as shall
be determined within the discretion of the City Council under laws in effect at the time of
issuance, and to provide for the payment of the principal of and interest on said bonds by
levying a tax sufficient to pay the annual interest on and to create a sinking fund sufficient
to redeem said bonds as they become due?”
CITY OF GRAPEVINE - PROPOSITION C
“Shall the City Council of the City of Grapevine, Texas, be authorized to issue
general obligation bonds of the City in the amount of $4,800,000 for the purpose of
providing funds for permanent public improvements, to wit: designing, improving,
constructing, equipping and furnishing a multi-use facility and clubhouse at the Grapevine
Municipal Golf Course; said bonds to mature serially over a period of not to exceed forty
(40) years from their date, to be issued in such installments and sold at any price or prices
and to bear interest at any rate or rates as shall be determined within the discretion of the
City Council under laws in effect at the time of issuance, and to provide for the payment of
the principal of and interest on said bonds by levying a tax sufficient to pay the annual
interest on and to create a sinking fund sufficient to redeem said bonds as they become
due?”
Ordinance No. 2017-048 3
Section 3. Official Ballot. The Propositions shall be set forth substantially in the
following forms, so as to permit the voters to vote “FOR” or “AGAINST” the Propositions,
which shall be set forth on the ballots in substantially the following forms:
CITY OF GRAPEVINE - PROPOSITION A
FOR
AGAINST
“THE ISSUANCE OF $3,900,000 GENERAL OBLIGATION
BONDS FOR ANIMAL SHELTER FACILITIES, AND THE
LEVYING OF A TAX IN PAYMENT THEREOF.”
CITY OF GRAPEVINE - PROPOSITION B
FOR
AGAINST
“THE ISSUANCE OF $16,000,000 GENERAL OBLIGATION
BONDS FOR FIRE FIGHTING FACILITIES, AND THE
LEVYING OF A TAX IN PAYMENT THEREOF.”
CITY OF GRAPEVINE - PROPOSITION C
FOR
AGAINST
“THE ISSUANCE OF $4,800,000 GENERAL OBLIGATION
BONDS FOR A MULTI-USE FACILITY AND CLUBHOUSE AT
THE GRAPEVINE MUNICIPAL GOLF COURSE, AND THE
LEVYING OF A TAX IN PAYMENT THEREOF.”
Section 4. Persons Qualified to Vote. All resident, qualified electors of the City
shall be eligible to vote at the Election.
Section 5. Election Precincts, Voting Locations and Voting Hours on Election
Date. The voting precincts for the Election are hereby designated to be those municipal
voting precincts identified by their respective county precinct numbers as determined by
the Elections Administrator. Such locations incorporated herein by reference for all
purposes; provided, however, such times and locations may be changed if so directed by
the Elections Administrator without further action of the City Council. The Elections
Administrator of Tarrant County is hereby authorized and directed to make such changes
in polling locations as may be necessary for the proper conduct of the Election. Each
polling place shall be open from 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. on the date of the Election.
Section 6. Early Voting Locations, Dates and Times. (a) The Elections
Administrator of Tarrant County is hereby appointed as Early Voting Clerk for the election.
Deputy early voting judges/clerks will be appointed as needed to process early voting
mail and to conduct early voting. Early voting by mail shall be conducted in conformance
with the requirements of the Code. The main early voting polling place is hereby
designated to be the Tarrant County Elections Center, 2700 Premier St., Fort Worth,
Texas 76111. Ballot applications and ballots voted by mail shall be sent to: Tarrant
County Elections Center, P.O. Box 961011, Fort Worth, Texas 76161-0011. The
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Elections Administrator and/or the Early Voting Clerk are hereby authorized to appoint the
members of the Early Voting Ballot Board and the presiding judge and alternate judge in
accordance with the requirements of the Code. Early voting shall be conducted by the
Early Voting Clerk, at the main early voting polling location listed above, such location
may be changed or additional early voting locations may be added by the Elections
Administrator, without further action of the City Council, as is necessary for the proper
conduct of the Election.
(b) In addition to the main early voting polling location, City of Grapevine voters
may vote at all early voting polling locations as designated and maintained by Tarrant
County throughout the County such locations as listed in Exhibit A attached hereto.
(c) Early voting by personal appearance shall begin on Monday, October 23,
2017, and shall end at 7:00 p.m. on Friday, November 3, 2017, with the voting times to be
as follows:
October 23 (Monday through Friday) October 27,
2017 8:00 AM -5:00 PM
October 28 (Saturday) 7:00 AM -7:00 PM
October 29 (Sunday) 11:00 AM - 4:00 PM
October 30 (Monday through Friday) November 3 7:00 AM - 7:00 PM
Section 7. Notice of Election. Notice of the Election shall be given by: (i)
publishing a substantial copy of this Ordinance, in English, Spanish and Vietnamese, on
the same day of each of two (2) successive weeks not earlier than the thirtieth (30th) day
nor later than the fourteenth (14th) day prior to the date set for the Election, in a
newspaper published in the City, (ii) posting a copy of this Ordinance, in English, Spanish
and Vietnamese at the City Hall on the bulletin board used for posting notices of the
meetings of the City Council and at three (3) other public places within the boundaries of
the City, not later than the twenty-first (21st) day prior to the date set for the Election and
(iii) posting a copy of this Ordinance, in English, Spanish and Vietnamese, on the City’s
website, prominently and together with the notice of the Election and the contents of the
Propositions, not later than the twenty-first (21st) day prior to the date set for the Election
through Election Day. Additionally, on Election Day and during early voting by personal
appearance, this Ordinance shall be posted in a prominent location at each polling place.
Notice of the Election shall also be provided to the County Clerk of Tarrant County, Texas
and the Tarrant County Voter Registrar not later than the 60th day before the Election
Day.
Section 8. Conduct of Election. (a) The Election shall be conducted in
accordance with the Code under the jurisdiction of the Tarrant County Elections
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Department (the “Elections Administrator”) pursuant to an Election Services Contract (the
“Contract”) by and among Tarrant County Elections Department, the City and other
participating entities, if any, described in the Contract. The City Manager or the City
Manager’s designee is authorized to amend or supplement the Contract to the extent
required for the Election to be conducted in an efficient and legal manner as determined
by the Elections Administrator.
(b) Election judges, alternate judges and clerks shall be paid, as determined by
the Elections Administrator, for their service in the Election.
(c) E-slate, a Direct Record Electronic (DRE) System shall be used for early
voting by personal appearance, and paper ballots, which are optically scanned, shall be
used for early voting by mail. In the November 7, 2017 election, the Elections
Administrator shall cause paper ballots, which are optically scanned, to be prepared in
the form of the ballot prescribed below, being in English, Spanish and Vietnamese, and
shall furnish election officials said ballots, in such form, together with any other forms or
blanks, in accordance with the Charter of the City of Grapevine, Texas, the Constitution
and laws of the State of Texas and the Voting Rights Act of 1965, and any amendments
thereto, insofar as same are applicable. E-Slate, a Direct Record Electronic (DRE)
System shall be provided and used at each polling location on Election Day.
(d) The holding of the Election shall be in compliance with the Code except as
modified by other applicable provisions of law.
(e) The election officers shall make returns for the Election in the manner
required by law, and the ballots that are properly marked in conformance with the
provisions of the Code for votes cast both during the period of early voting and on the day
of the Election shall be counted in the manner required by law.
Section 9. Additional Information Required by Section 3.009 of the Election
Code.
(a) As of the October 1, 2016, the first day of the City’s current fiscal year, the
aggregate principal amount outstanding of tax-supported debt of the City was
$141,383,701 and the aggregate amount of outstanding interest on such tax-supported
debt was $43,130,660. The City’s ad valorem debt service tax rate for the current fiscal
year is $0.162792 per $100 of assessed valuation of taxable property in the City.
(b) The City intends to issue the bonds authorized by the Propositions in one
period in a manner and in accordance with a schedule to be determined by the City
Council based upon a number of factors, including, but not limited to, the then current
needs of the City, demographic changes, prevailing market conditions, assessed
valuations in the City and management of the City’s short-term and long-term interest rate
exposure. Market conditions, demographics and assessed valuations vary based upon a
number of factors beyond the City’s control, and therefore, the City cannot and does not
guarantee a particular interest rate or tax rate associated with the bonds authorized by
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the Propositions. As such, the information contained in this paragraph is provided solely
for illustrative purposes and does not establish any limitations or restrictions or create a
contract with the voters. The City currently estimates that, if the Propositions are
approved and the bonds proposed herein are authorized and issued in accordance with
the City’s current project plan of finance, the maximum interest rate of the bonds is not
expected to exceed 4.5 %.
(c) Any additional information required by Section 3.009 of the Code is
contained in Sections 2 and 3 of this Ordinance.
Section 10. Necessary Actions. The Mayor and the City Secretary of the City, in
consultation with the City’s Attorney and bond counsel, are hereby authorized and
directed to take any and all actions necessary to comply with the provisions of the Code
and the Federal Voting Rights Act in carrying out and conducting the Election, whether or
not expressly authorized herein, including making changes or additions to polling places
or procedures to the extent required or desirable or as may become necessary due to
circumstances arising after the date of this Ordinance.
Section 11. Severability. If any provision, section, subsection, sentence, clause
or phrase of this Ordinance, or the application of same to any person or set of
circumstances is for any reason held to be unconstitutional, void, invalid, or
unenforceable, neither the remaining portions of this Ordinance nor their application to
other persons or sets of circumstances shall be affected thereby, it being the intent of the
City Council in adopting this Ordinance that no portion hereof or provision or regulation
contained herein shall become inoperative or fail by reason of any unconstitutionality,
voidness, invalidity or unenforceability of any other portion hereof, and all provisions of
this Ordinance are declared to be severable for that purpose.
Section 12. Emergency. 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 public creates an emergency which requires that
this ordinance become effective from and after the date of its passage, and it is
accordingly so ordained.
Section 13. Effective Date. This Ordinance shall take effect immediately upon
adoption.
Ordinance No. 2017-048 7
PASSED AND APPROVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
GRAPEVINE, TEXAS on this the 15th day of August, 2017.
APPROVED:
________________________________
William D. Tate
Mayor
ATTEST:
________________________________
Tara Brooks
City Secretary
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
________________________________
John F. Boyle, Jr.
City Attorney
Exhibit A
TARRANT COUNTY EARLY VOTING
NOVEMBER 7, 2017
JOINT GENERAL AND SPECIAL ELECTIONS
EARLY VOTING BY PERSONAL APPEARANCE DAYS AND HOURS
A-1
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October 23 (Monday through Friday)- October 27 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM
October 28 (Saturday) 7:00 AM – 7:00 PM
October 29 (Sunday) 11:00 AM – 4:00 PM
October 30 (Monday through Friday) - November 3 7:00 AM – 7:00 PM
Location Address City Zip Code
Bob Duncan Center 2800 South Center Street Arlington 76014
Elzie Odom Athletic Center 1601 NE Green Oaks Boulevard Arlington 76006
Center for Community Service
Junior League of Arlington 4002 West Pioneer Parkway Arlington 76013
South Service Center 1100 SW Green Oaks Boulevard Arlington 76017
Tarrant County Sub-Courthouse in Arlington 700 E Abram Street Arlington 76010
Tarrant County College Southeast Campus
EMB – C Portable Building 2100 Southeast Parkway Arlington 76018
B J Clark Annex
Room 4 603 Southeast Parkway Azle 76020
Bedford Public Library 2424 Forest Ridge Drive Bedford 76021
Benbrook Community Center 228 San Angelo Avenue Benbrook 76126
Colleyville City Hall 100 Main Street Colleyville 76034
Crowley Recreation Center 405 S Oak Street Crowley 76036
Euless Public Library 201 North Ector Drive Euless 76039
Forest Hill Civic and Convention Center 6901 Wichita Street Forest Hill 76140
All Saints Catholic Church Parish Hall 200 N.W. 20th Street Fort Worth 76164
Diamond Hill/Jarvis Library 1300 Northeast 35th Street Fort Worth 76106
Griffin Sub-Courthouse 3212 Miller Avenue Fort Worth 76119
Handley-Meadowbrook Community Center 6201 Beaty Street Fort Worth 76112
JPS Health Center Viola M. Pitts/Como
Lower Level – Suite 100 4701 Bryant Irvin Road N. Fort Worth 76107
Longhorn Activity Center 5350 Basswood Boulevard Fort Worth 76137
Rosemont Middle School 1501 West Seminary Drive Fort Worth 76115
Southside Community Center 959 East Rosedale Street Fort Worth 76104
Southwest Community Center 6300 Welch Avenue Fort Worth 76133
Tarrant County Elections Center
Main Early Voting Site 2700 Premier Street Fort Worth 76111
Tarrant County Plaza Building 201 Burnett Street Fort Worth 76102
Villages of Woodland Springs Amenity Bldg. 12209 Timberland Boulevard Fort Worth 76244
Worth Heights Community Center 3551 New York Avenue Fort Worth 76110
Asia Times Square
2615 W. Pioneer Parkway
(Corner Pioneer Pkwy and Great
Southwest Pkwy)
Grand Prairie 75051
Lake Park Operations Center 5610 Lake Ridge Parkway Grand Prairie 75052
The REC of Grapevine 1175 Municipal Way Grapevine 76051
Haltom City Northeast Center 3201 Friendly Lane Haltom City 76117
Hurst Recreation Center 700 Mary Drive Hurst 76053
Northeast Courthouse 645 Grapevine Highway Hurst 76054
Keller Town Hall 1100 Bear Creek Parkway Keller 76248
Kennedale Community Center 316 West 3rd Street Kennedale 76060
Sheriff’s Office North Patrol Division 6651 Lake Worth Boulevard Lake Worth 76135
Mansfield Sub-Courthouse 1100 East Broad Street Mansfield 76063
Dan Echols Center 6801 Glenview Drive N Richland Hills 76180
Richland Hills Public Library 6724 Rena Drive Richland Hills 76118
Eagle Mountain-Saginaw ISD Administration
Building 6 – Training Room 1200 Old Decatur Road Saginaw 76179
Southlake Town Hall 1400 Main Street Southlake 76092
White Settlement Public Library 8215 White Settlement Road White Settlement 76108
Exhibit A
TARRANT COUNTY EARLY VOTING
NOVEMBER 7, 2017
JOINT GENERAL AND SPECIAL ELECTIONS
EARLY VOTING BY PERSONAL APPEARANCE DAYS AND HOURS
A-2
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Application for a Ballot by Mail may be downloaded from: www.tarrantcounty.com/elections
Information by phone: Tarrant County Elections Administration, 817-831-8683
Applications for a Ballot by Mail may be submitted between January 1, 2017 and October 27, 2017 by
mail, fax or email to:
Early Voting Clerk Fax: 817-831-6118
PO Box 961011
Fort Worth TX 76161-0011 Email: votebymail@tarrantcounty.com
CITY OF GRAPEVINE
ELECTION DAY POLLING LOCATIONS
NOVEMBER 7, 2017
7:00 A.M. – 7:00 P.M
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Precint Location Entity
3038 Timberline Elementary School
3220 Timberline Drive
Grapevine, Texas 76051
City of Grapevine
3039 Lonesome Dove Church
2380 Lonesome Dove Road
Southlake, Texas 76092
City of Grapevine
3114 The REC of Grapevine
1175 Municipal Way
Grapevine, Texas 76051
City of Grapevine
3361 St. Francis Catholic Church
861 Wildwood Lane
Grapevine, Texas 76051
City of Grapevine
3384 Dove Elementary School
1932 Dove Road
Grapevine, Texas 76051
City of Grapevine
3390, 3574 Covenant Church
3508 Glade Road
Colleyville, Texas 76034
City of Grapevine
3396, 3566 Grapevine Elementary School
1801 Hall-Johnson Road
Grapevine, Texas 76051
City of Grapevine
3469 Dancing River Assisted Living Center
3735 Ira E. Woods Avenue
Grapevine, Texas 76051
City of Grapevine
3526, 3470 Southlake Town Hall
1400 Main Street
Southlake, Texas 76092
City of Grapevine
3530, 3385 Meadowood Assisted Living & Memory Care
at the Vineyards, 4545 Merlot Avenue
Grapevine, Texas 76051
City of Grapevine
Previously at Precinct 3390,
Covenant Church
3542, 3035 First Presbyterian Church Grapevine
1002 North Park Boulevard
Grapevine, Texas 76051
City of Grapevine
*Dates, Times and Locations are preliminary and subject to verification of the Tarrant County
Elections Administrator