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Meeting Name: City Council Agenda status: Final
Meeting date/time: 1/20/2015 4:30 PM Minutes status: Final  
Meeting location: City Hall - Briefing Room 317 College Street
Published agenda: Agenda Agenda Published minutes: Not available  
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15-4338 11Code Enforcement UpdatePresentationCode Enforcement Update and Building Inspections Overview - Presented by Steve Collins, Code Enforcement Manager, and Rob Ard, Building Inspections ManagerPostpone  Action details Not available
15-4342 12Rock Island Bridge PresentationPresentationDallas County Rock Island Road/Bridge Repair Update - Presented by Romin Khavari, City EngineerPostpone  Action details Not available
15-4333 13Civitan Awareness Month ProclamationPresentationCivitan Awareness Month Proclamation - Presented to Frank Kelley   Action details Not available
15-4341 14January 6, 2015 MinutesMinutesMinutes of the January 6, 2015 MeetingApproved on the Consent Agenda  Action details Not available
15-4318 15Carruthers landscape maintenance servicesAgenda ItemRatify price agreement renewal #3 for right-of-way landscape maintenance services with Carruthers Landscape Maintenance Services, at an estimated annual cost of $241,192, for a total of $1,134,558 ($208,561 yr1 + $223,082 yr2 + $229,691 yr3 + $241,192 yr4 + $232,032 yr5) if all extensions are exercisedApproved on the Consent Agenda  Action details Not available
15-4324 16Price Agreement for Traffic Signals/Fiber Optic Ground BoxesAgenda ItemPrice Agreement with Techline in the up to annual amount of $39,425 for Traffic Signals/Fiber Optic Ground Boxes and authorize the City Manager to execute four additional one-year periods totaling $197,125 if all extensions are exercised, with aggregate price fluctuation of the lesser of up to $50,000 or 25" of the original maximum price, so long as sufficient funding is appropriated by the City Council during the annual budget processApproved on the Consent Agenda  Action details Not available
15-4329 17Purchase of a 184 Sewer Jetter Trailer from Kinloch Equip and Supply Inc $47,812Agenda ItemPurchase of a Sewer Jetter Trailer (Model 184) from Kinloch Equip and Supply Inc. in the amount of $47,812 through a national inter-local agreement with BuyBoardApproved on the Consent Agenda  Action details Not available
14-4307 28FY15 EMPG Application and Award ApprovalAgenda ItemAuthorize the City Manager to apply for and accept grant award for FY 2015 Emergency Management Performance Grant (EMPG) from the Texas Department of Public Safety/Texas Division of Emergency Management. The grant award amount for FY 2015 has not yet been calculated by the State and Federal Government; however $56,129.00 is anticipated. The City of Grand Prairie is at the advanced level of preparedness and is considered an eligible jurisdiction for the Emergency Management Performance Grant for FY 2015.Approved on the Consent Agenda  Action details Not available
15-4325 19Professional Engineering Services Contract with Lockwood, Andrews and Newnam Consulting Engineers for the Community Rating System (CRS) Program update in the amount of $97,024.00.Agenda ItemProfessional Engineering Services Contract with Lockwood, Andrews and Newnam Consulting Engineers for the Community Rating System (CRS) Program update in the amount of $97,024Approved on the Consent Agenda  Action details Not available
15-4317 110Purchase of Tahoes, mid-size sedans, Chevrolet Caprice and motorcycle and reject bids.Agenda ItemAward bids to the following vendors: Freedom Chevrolet for (3) Chevrolet Caprices in the amount of $80,919; Caldwell Country for five (5) mid-size sedans in the amount of $90,730; Longhorn Harley-Davidson for one (1) Police motorcycle in the amount of $19,197; And approve purchases through the international-local agreement with Buyboard from Caldwell Country for twenty-two (22) Chevrolet Tahoes in the amount of $672,210 and (3) mid-size sedans in the amount of $55,495; and reject bid #15013Approved on the Consent Agenda  Action details Not available
15-4313 111Purchase vans, animal control truck, suburban, half-ton trucks, three-quarter ton trucks and one ton flatbed truck.ResolutionResolution determining local preference for the purchase of vehicles and authorize the purchase of two (2) vans, one (1) animal control truck, one (1) suburban, seven (7) half-ton trucks, nine (9) three-quarter ton trucks and one (1) one ton flatbed truck from the following vendors: Caldwell Country ($227,034) for a suburban, animal control truck, and half-ton trucks; Gunn Chevrolet ($20,054) for a cargo van; Randall Reed’s Prestige Ford ($110,990) for a cutaway van, three-quarter ton trucks and one ton flatbed truck; and Grand Prairie Ford ($155,365) for three-quarter ton trucks; and reject bids for one ton trucks (to be re-bid)Adopted  Action details Not available
15-4322 212FY15 AmbulancesOrdinanceOrdinance amending the FY 2014/2015 Capital Improvement Projects Budget by $40,160; and authorization to purchase two 2015 Dodge Ram 4500 Type I ambulances from Frazer through their licensed franchise dealer, Mac Haik Dodge Chrysler Jeep of Houston, TX using the HGAC price agreement at a total cost of $344,900 after a $10,000 trade-in discount for two 2006 Ford F350 Type I ambulances; two (2) Power Load Systems for $44,730.32 and two (2) Power Pro XT Stretchers for $34,579.41 from sole source vendor Stryker EMS Equipment of Portage, MI at a total cost of $75,310 after a $4,000 trade-in discount for two Power Pro stretchers; and $6,200 for related equipment through current price agreements and City purchasing policies and procedures for a grand total of $426,410Adopted  Action details Not available
15-4321 113Ordinance; Final Reconciliation for Hunter Ferrell with Dallas CountyOrdinanceOrdinance amending FY 2014/2015 Capital Improvements Project Budget; Final Reconciliation to Dallas County in the additional amount of $205,806 for Hunter Ferrell Rd Participation #47601 (Beltline - MacArthur, Incl 1700' of Story)Adopted  Action details Not available
14-4308 114Utility Easement Abandonment - 2811 England ParkwayOrdinanceOrdinance providing for a Utility Easement Abandonment - 2811 England ParkwayAdopted  Action details Not available
14-4238 115S141202 - Site Plan - 4126 S Carrier PkwyAgenda ItemS141202 - Site Plan - 4126 S Carrier Pkwy (City Council District 1). Consider a request to approve a Site Plan to construct a 6,537 sf emergency clinic. The subject property, addressed as 4126 S. Carrier Pkwy and zoned PD-173, is general located west of S. Carrier and south of I-20. The agent is Chad Suitonu, PMRG, the applicant is Josh Millsap, Bury, Inc., and the owner is Travis Molis, Albertson's, LLC. (On December 1, 2014, the Planning and Zoning Commission tabled this case by a vote of 8-0; on December 9, 2014 the City Council tabled this item to the January 20, 2015 meeting. The case has subsequently been withdrawn by the applicant.)Withdrawn  Action details Not available
14-4288 116SU150102/S150102 - 2620 W. Interstate 20OrdinanceSU150102/S150102 - Specific Use Permit/Site Plan - 2620 W. Interstate 20 (City Council District 4). Approve a specific use permit and site plan to construct and operate a restaurant with drive-through and speculative retail space. The 0.89-acre property, zoned Planned Development 32 (PD-3) District for general retail uses, is located at 2620 W. IH-20 and is within the IH-20 Overlay District. The agent is Jessica Kilgore, AME Engineering, the applicant is Steve Turnbow, PMC Chase LP, and the owner is Steve Turnbow, TPS Family LP. (On January 5, 2015, the Planning and Zoning Commission recommended approval of this request by a vote of 9-0.)AdoptedPass Action details Not available
15-4323 217FY15 PA EMS MedsAgenda ItemPrice agreement for EMS (Emergency Medical Services) pharmaceuticals from BoundTree Medical for $50,000 annually for one year with the option to renew for four additional one year periods totaling $250,000 if all extensions are exercised; and authorize the City Manager to execute the renewal options with aggregate price fluctuations of the lesser of up to $50,000 or 25% of the original maximum price so long as sufficient funding is appropriated by the City Council to satisfy the City's obligation during the renewal termsApprovedPass Action details Not available
15-4327 118PA FY2015 EMS SuppliesAgenda ItemPrice Agreement for EMS (Emergency Medical Services) disposable and non-disposable supplies from BoundTree Medical for $200,000 annually for one year with the option to renew for four additional one year periods totaling $1,000,000 if all extensions are exercised; and authorize the City Manager to execute the renewal options with aggregate price fluctuations of the lesser of up to $50,000 or 25% of the original maximum price so long as sufficient funding is appropriated by the City Council to satisfy the City's obligation during the renewal termsApprovedFail Action details Not available
14-4274 119Board AppointmentsAgenda ItemAppointments to city boards and commissionsApprovedPass Action details Not available