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Home My WebLink About1986-07-01 Regular Meeting I � AGENDA � CITY OF GRAPEVINE, TEXAS � REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING � TUESDAY, JULY 1 , 1986 AT 7:30 P.M. � COUNCIL CHAMBERS - 413 MAIN STREET ; � , I . CALL TO ORDER II . INVOCATION: Council Member Lynn R. Niedermeier i � i III . CITIZENS REQUESTS � , 4 IV. CONSENT AGENDA � � Consent items are deemed to need little Council delibera- � tion and will be acted upon as one business item. Any � member of the City Council or member of the audience may i request that an item be withdrawn from the consent agenda ; and placed before the Council for full discussion. � Approval of the consent agenda authorizes the City Manager, or his designee, to implement each item in accordance with ' Staff recommendations. � A. Consider minutes of Council meetings of June 17 and ' June 19, 1986 . City Secretary recommends approval as published. '' a B. Consider appointment of a City Health Officer. City � Staff recommends reappointment of Dr. Samuel Gladney � for a 2-year term. ; � ; C. Consider a traffic control ordinance establishing east- � west Dove Road speed limit at 40 m.p.h. from Kimball ; Road to Cimarron Trail and 30 m.p.h. from Cimarron ; Trail to Park Boulevard. Public Works Director s � recommends approval. 3 V. NEW BUSINESS i I City Council to consider award of the bid relative to j landscaping at the library building and take any � necessary action. i VI . OLD BUSINESS : ; A. City Council to discuss presentation of State Highway ; 121 plans to State Highway Department and take any � necessary action. I, B. City Council to consider the Civic Center project and 3 take any necessary action. a I VII . MISCELLANEOUS REPORTS AND/OR DISCUSSION � i VIII . ADJOURNMENT � 9 � IN ACCORDANCE WITH ARTICLE 6252-17, V.A.T.C.S. , AS AMENDED � BY CHAPTER 227, ACTS OF THE 61ST LEGISLATURE, REGULAR SES- � SION, THE REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING AGENDA WAS PREPARED � AND POSTED ON THIS THE 27TH DAY OF JUNE, 1986 AT 3 : 00 P.M. � � � I ! � � City Secretary j � � , � ; i s � i ! 4 f STATE OF TEXAS COUNTY OF TARRANT CITY OF GRAPEVIIVE The City Council of the City of Grapevine, Texas met in Regular Session on this the lst day of July, 1986 at 7:30 p.m. in tYie Council Ch�mUers, 413 Main Street, with the following me.mbers present to-wit: Tcan Powers Mayor Ted R. Ware Mayor Pro Tem Ron Dyer Council Member Jim Glynn Council Member Sharron Spencer Council Member C. Shane Wilbanks Council Member Lynn R. Niedernleier Council Member constituting a quon�n, with the following members of the City Staff: James L. Hancock City Manager Kelvin Knauf Assistant City Manager John F. Boyle, Jr. City Attorney Karen Spann City Secretary CALL TO ORDER Mayor Powers called the meeting to order. INVOCATION The Invocation was delivered by Council Member Lynn Niedermeier. CONSENT AGENDA '� The first order of busi.ness was for the City Council to consider the consent agenda items, which were deemed to need little discussion and w�ere acted upon as one business item. Mayor Powers asked if there was any member of the audience or the City Council who wished to remove an it�n fran the consent aqenda for full discussion. Council Member Niedermeier requested that Consent Item C relative to the speed limit on woest Dove Road be withdrawn for further deliberation. This matter was placed on the agenda for discussion as New Business It�n B. Consideration of the Minutes City Secretary recomnended approval of the minutes of the meetings of June 17 and June 19, 1986 as published. Motion by Council Member Wilbanks and seconded by Council M�ember Niedermeier to approve as rec�nded prevailed by the ensuing vote: . Ayes: Pow�rs, Ware, Dyer, Glynn, Spencer, Wilbanks, & Niederin�eier Nays: None Appointment of City Health Authority City Staff reca�nnended reappointment of Dr. Samuel L. Gladney as the City �� Health Authority for a 2-year term frcan July 1, 1986 to June 30, 1988. N1�tion by Council Nlember Wilbanks and seconded by Council M�ember Niedermeier to approve as reccxm�ended prevailed by the ensuing vote: Ayes: Powers, Ware, Dyer, Glynn, Spencer, Wilbanks, & Niedermeier Nays: None BID ATn�1RD, LIBRARY LANDSCAPE DEVEI�OPNf�3VT The next order of business was for the City Council to consider award of the bid relative to landscaping at the library building and take any necessary action. ; 7/1/86 Parks & Recreation Director Kevin Conklin advised that bids had been received i as follows for the landscape developnent at the new library building on South � Main: BIDDER BASE BID CON�LEI'ION TIME ; Landworks of Texas $26,716.79 20 days ' Dallas, T�as Sid Smith and Associates $40,932.00 45 days Fort Worth, Te�as Mr. Conklin noted Staff investigation resulted in a reconmendation that the contract be awarded to the low bidder, Landworks of Texas. Discussion of the matter ensued. The possibility of postponing the bid award and landscape work until fall was suggested, and several of the bid , specifications (container grown trees and hydraulic sprinkler system) were discussed. The general concensus of the Council agreed to postpone planting , of the trees until September. A mr�tion was then offered by Mayor Pro Tem Ware to award the bid for the library landscape develognent to Landw�rks of Texas for their low bid amount of $26,716.79. Council Member Glynn seconded the mr�tion, which prevailed by the following vote: � � Ayes: Powers, Ware, Dyer, Glynn, Spencer, & Wilbanks '; Nays: Niedermeier ' ORDINANCE, ESTABLISH 40 M.P.H. SPEID LINIIT ON WEST DOVE ROAD ; The next it�n before the City Council was to consider an ordinance establish- ; ing the speed limit on the western end of Dove Road frcan Kimball Road to Park ' Boulevard. This item had been removed frcm the consent agenda. � � Police Chief H. A. Deggans advised the 85th percentile speed on Dove Road � between Kimball Road and Park Boulevard had been found to be 40 miles per ', hour. It was the rec�ndation of himself and Public Works Director Jim Baddaker that the speed limit along this new section of roadway from Kimball ' to Cimarron Trail be established at 40 m.p.h. with a transition to 30 m.p.h. ;; betw�een Cimarron Trail and Park Boulevard. _ Topics of discussion during the ensuing deliberation included the school zone s designation through this area and whether or not the proposed speed limit was = too high. _ � ; The caption of the proposed ordinance was presented for the record. � � 3 Council Member Glynn offered a motion, which was seconded by Council Member ; Spencer, that the ordinance establishing the rec�nded speed limit be s adopted. The vote prevailed as follows: ; i Ayes: Powers, Ware, Dyer, Glynn, Spencer, & Wilbanks ; Nays: Niedernzeier � ORDINANCE NO. 86-43 � 3 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF GRAPEVINE, � TEX�1S, ANIENDING QiAPTER 23, SECTION 26, OF � THE CITY CODE OF GRAPEVIlVE, TEXAS, BY ' SPECIFYING 'I'HE REASONABLE AND PRUDENT � SPEID FOR PUBLIC STREE'PS AND ALLEYS WITHIN � Tf� CITY; AIfI�iORIZING Tf� �'rION OF � TRAFFIC RF,GUI�ATION SIGNS; REPEALING � CONFLICTING ORDINANCFS; PROVIDING A g PEL�IIILTY NOT TO EXCEID Tf� SUM OF 'IWO � xvrm� Dor�xs ($200.oo) Arm A s�� OFFINSE SHAIZ BE DEEN� CC�IIT�ED UPON � EACH DAY DURING OR ON WHICH A VIOLATION � OCCURS; PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY; AND 3 DDCLARING AN II�'�FtGEI�TCY � E � � � € � s �: �21 � � i 7/1/86 DISCUSS STATE HIC�iWAY 121 NORTH STATUS & PRESENTATION TO STATE HIGH4�Y DEPARTNIENT The next order of business was for the City Council to discuss presentation of the State Highway 121 plans to the State Highway Departznent and take any necessary action. Mayor Pow�rs advised that North S.H. 121 into Lewisville had been designated by the State Highway Departrnent as a rural expressway status. He expressed fi concern for this designation and compared the rural expressway status to the freeway designation, which w�uld provide increased traffic safety with the proper overpasses and would require less right-of-way acquisition. The Mayor also reported the recomnended Highway 121 design proposal of Grapevine, Coppell, & Flow�er Mound was to be presented to the State Highway Departznent on July 23, 1986. This issue was then discussed. Mayor Pawers reguested Council authorization to obtain the services of traffic consultants DeShazo, Starek, & Tang and attorney David Dean, in addition to the City's awn legal counsel, to assist in the Austin presentation. Proposed cost estimated at $10,000 to be shared by Grapevine, Coppell, and Flawer Mound. It was also his intent to request the Highway Comn.i.ssioners consider changing the designation of this project frc�n rural expressway to freeway status. There was no formal action following deliberation of the matter. The general concensus of the Council agreed with the Mayor's proposal and so authorized him to obtain stated traffic and legal expertise. DISCUSS CIVIC C:EL�7TER, PRELIMINARY FT�UOR PLAN The next it�n before the City Council was to consider the Civic Center project and take any necessary action. Council M�ember Glynn, Chairntian of the Facilities Comnittee, review�d the �� preliminary floor plan of the proposed civic center. He noted the total square footage figure of 22,354 s.f., with an all-purpose meeting roan of apprcix�mately 9,000 square feet, was less than what had been originally reccxmiended due to m�netary reasons. During the ensuing discussion, potential uses of the building were noted, as well as the possibility of adapting one room, through acoustical design, for musical performances. The general concensus was favorable to the preliminary plan and to authorizing the architect to proceed with the project. No formal action was taken by vote of the Council. MISCELI,ADIDOUS REPORTS AND/OR DISCUSSION The success of Texas Wagon Train Day on June 29 was noted during miscellaneous discussion. Appreciation and thanks w�ere expressed to City employees for their assistance and cooperation and to the Sesquicentennial Cce�mittee members for coordination of the event. Council Member Spencer inquired about the July 8 public hearing in Richardson concerning central appraisal districts. It was determined that Mayor Powers would attend on behalf of the City of Grapevine. The City's position regarding central appraisal services was then discussed. It was noted that adequate liability insurance had been obtained by the display campany for the firewr�rks scheduled at Mustang Staditun on July 4. Mrs. Spencer also reported a develognent problem west of Scribner Street betw�een Wall Street and West Northtaest Highway. After discussion of the matter, Mayor Pc�w�ers advised he would contact the property awner, Richard Eakins, to resolve the issue. Council Member Glynn briefly noted the Golf Course Advisory Canmittee meeting on June 26, 1986. (3) i i 7/1/86 � AA70URNNIENT � The deliberations of the City Council having been concluded, a motion to adjourn the meeting was offered by Mayor Pro Tem Ware and seconded by Council � MPSnber Niedermeier. The vote prevailed as follows: Ayes: Powers, Ware, Dyer, Glynn, Spencer, Wilbanks, & Niedermeier Nays: None � PASSID AND APPROVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF GRAPEVINE, TEXAS on this the 15 1 day of J�y , 1986. 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