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Meeting Name: City Council Agenda status: Final
Meeting date/time: 4/5/2016 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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16-5268 11Fleet PresentationPresentationKeeping the City Rolling - Presented by Jayson Ramirez, Fleet ManagerPresented  Action details Not available
16-5496 12Grand Connection UpdatePresentationGrand Connection Update - Presented by Tony FlowersPresented  Action details Not available
16-5506 13Water Meter Audit PresentationPresentationResidential Water Meter Audit Results - Presented by Thao Vo, Internal AuditorPresented  Action details Not available
16-5498 14Bryan Arnold Swearing In CeremonyPresentationSwearing In Ceremony for Bryan Arnold - Municipal Court JudgePresented  Action details Not available
16-5460 15Organ Donor Awareness ProclamationPresentationOrgan Donor Awareness Month Proclamation - Presented to Rodney Debaun and the David Nicklas Organ Donor Awareness FoundationPresented  Action details Not available
16-5541 16Impact Check PresentationPresentationPresentation of Check from IMPACT to Lifeline Shelter - Presented by Gina Alley, Senior Assistant to the City ManagerPresented  Action details Not available
16-5537 17March 22, 2016 MinutesMinutesMinutes of the March 22, 2016 MeetingApproved on the Consent Agenda  Action details Not available
16-5528 18Locksmith AgreementAgenda ItemPrice agreement for Locksmith Services from A-1 Locksmith (up to $20,000.00 annually) for one year with the option to renew for four (4) additional one year periods totaling $100,000 if all extensions are exercised; award a secondary to Michael’s Keys Inc. (up to $20,000.00 annually) for one year with the option to renew for four (4) additional one year periods totaling $100,000 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 terms; and reject bid 16063Approved on the Consent Agenda  Action details Not available
16-5510 19Price Agreement for Traffic Signal Parts from Trafficware GroupAgenda ItemPrice agreement for traffic signal parts from Trafficware Group, Inc. (up to $36,275 annually) for one year with the option to renew for four additional one year periods totaling $181,375 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 termsApproved on the Consent Agenda  Action details Not available
16-5313 110Transit Bus (2016)Agenda ItemPurchase of four (4) 18-passenger transit buses from Creative Bus Sales for the Grand Connection in the total amount of $239,136; and reject bid # 16032 Transit BusesApproved on the Consent Agenda  Action details Not available
16-5493 111Terracare Assoicates - Mowing Contract - Central Park and Park & RideAgenda ItemReject renewal option of contract with American Landscape Systems and award new contract to the recommended secondary best value contractor, Terracare Associates, LP (Successor & interest to VMC Landscape Services), for landscape maintenance services at Central Park and IH30 Park & Ride with an estimated annual cost of $195,290.87 for one year; option to renew for (3) three additional one year periods totaling $781,163.48, 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 termsApproved on the Consent Agenda  Action details Not available
16-5502 112Lake Parks PID-Site Landscape Development Landscape Maintenance ContractAgenda ItemContract with Site Landscape Development for landscape maintenance ($171,303.44) in Lake Parks PID (Council Districts 4 and 6)Approved on the Consent Agenda  Action details Not available
16-5499 113Authorize Sale of Five Tax Foreclosure PropertiesAgenda ItemAuthorize Sale of Five Tax Foreclosure Properties (2030 Beaumont Street; 1809 Dodge Trail; 602 NW 18th Street; 3 NW 19th Street; and 1717 Lakeview Drive)Approved on the Consent Agenda  Action details Not available
16-5503 114Focused Advocacy contract renewalAgenda ItemContract renewal with Focused Advocacy, LLC for legislative services in the amount of $8,686.33 per month for 24 months with one 24-month renewal optionApproved on the Consent Agenda  Action details Not available
16-5508 315NEOGOV contractAgenda ItemAmendment Number 4 to the annual GovernmentJobs.com, Inc. (dba "NEOGOV") Applicant Tracking ("INSIGHT") solution to upgrade to the new "ONBOARD" solution in the pro-rated amount of $2,250 for the remainder of the existing contract period through May 31, 2016. Effective June 1, 2016 and, with annual renewal options thereafter, the annual fee of $9,000 for ONBOARD and $10,000 for INSIGHT shall apply, to total $19,000 annually for as long as the software solution is in the best interest of the City; annual renewals for such software licensing may continue to be authorized beyond the initial contract period by the City Manager so long as such fees do not increase by a cumulative amount of $50,000 of the current licensing fees, for all renewals combined, and that funding for such services are appropriated annually in the budgetApproved on the Consent Agenda  Action details Not available
16-5509 116High Hawk PID Contract with Knight Erosion Control, Inc. for Installation of R-Rap Wall at PondAgenda ItemContract with Knight Erosion Control, Inc. for installation of R-Rap wall at pond in the amount of $56,067 - High Hawk PID (Council District 6)Approved on the Consent Agenda  Action details Not available
16-5523 117Change Order/Amendment No. 1 with Austin Bridge and Road for MacArthur BlvdAgenda ItemChange Order/Amendment No. 1 in the negative amount of ($27,431.93) with Austin Bridge and Road, L.P for MacArthur Blvd Paving and Drainage improvementsApproved on the Consent Agenda  Action details Not available
16-5526 118Code Enforcement Restroom RenovationAgenda ItemRemodel of the Code Enforcement restrooms at the Development Center and minor construction work in the front of the office area by Gallagher in the amount of $64,739.40, with a 5% contingency in the amount of $3,237, for a total cost of $67,976.40, through a national inter-local agreement with TIPS/TAPSApproved on the Consent Agenda  Action details Not available
16-5529 119Purchase of a Skywatch TowerAgenda ItemPurchase of a Skywatch Manned Mobile Surveillance System (Skywatch Tower) from FLIR Detection, Inc. at a cost of $138,692 through the General Services Administration (GSA) Cooperative Purchasing ProgramApproved on the Consent Agenda  Action details Not available
16-5505 120Tarrant Rd Extension Condemnation ResolutionResolutionResolution authorizing the use, by the power of eminent domain for public use to acquire street right-of-way parcels, located on the Tarrant Road Extension from West Tarrant Road to IH 30Adopted  Action details Not available
16-5527 121Resolution: Creek Erosion and Other Drainage Policy UpdateResolutionResolution for Creek Erosion and other Drainage Policy UpdatesAdopted  Action details Not available
16-5507 122Sports Corporation Term Limit OrdinanceOrdinanceAn Ordinance of the City of Grand Prairie, Texas, amending Chapter 2 of the Grand Prairie Code of Ordinances by the amendment of Section 2-7(g) concerning terms for city boards and commissions; repealing all ordinances in conflict herewith; providing a cumulative clause, and a savings clause; and to become effective upon passage and approvalAdopted  Action details Not available
16-5511 123Construction contract with McMahon Contracting, Inc. for Capetown Paving, Drainage, & Wastewater ImprovementsOrdinanceOrdinance amending the FY 2015/2016 Capital Improvement Projects Budget; construction contract with McMahon Contracting, Inc. in the amount of $3,018,611.49 for Capetown Paving, Drainage, and Wastewater Improvements; material testing with Team Consultants in the amount of $36,681; in-house labor distribution in the amount of $90,558; 5% contingency in the amount of $150,930; for a total project cost of $3,296,780.49Adopted  Action details Not available
16-5512 124Construction Contract with Jackson Construction for I-30 Frontage Road Utility RelocationsOrdinanceOrdinance amending the FY 2015/2016 Capital Improvement Projects Budget; Construction contract with Jackson Construction in the amount of $2,593,080 for I-30 Frontage Road Utility Relocations from NW 7th Street to Belt Line Road; Material testing with Reed Engineering in the amount of $21,605; 5% contract contingency in the amount of $129,654; In-house labor distribution in the amount of $77,793 for a total project cost of $2,822,132.Adopted  Action details Not available
16-5504 225South Taxilane and Run-Up AreaAgenda ItemOrdinance amending the FY 2015/2016 Capital Improvement Projects Budget; construction cost for a new taxilane and run-up area not to exceed $382,500 and approval of a Memorandum of Lease and Proposed Construction of Improvements Agreement with Staggerwing Development #4, LLC at the Grand Prairie Municipal AirportAdopted  Action details Not available
16-5471 126Ordinance amending FY15/16 CIP Budget for E Jeffersn #3 Bridge RehabOrdinanceOrdinance amending the FY 2015/2016 Capital Improvement Projects Budget; award of a construction contract to North Rock Construction for the Jefferson Street Bridge #3 Rehabilitation, in the amount of $709,223, and a 5% contingency of $35,461, for a total appropriation of $744,684Adopted  Action details Not available
16-5530 127Engineering and surveying services contract with Halff Associates, Inc. for a 12" Waterline installation along Wildlife Parkway across the Trinity River in the total amount of $54,000OrdinanceOrdinance amending the FY2015/2016 Capital Improvement Projects Budget; engineering and surveying services contract with Halff Associates, Inc. for a 12" waterline installation along Wildlife Parkway across the Trinity River in the total amount of $54,000Adopted  Action details Not available
16-5445 128Airhogs contract amendment #2OrdinanceOrdinance amending the FY 2015/2016 Baseball Fund and Capital Improvement Projects Fund Budget; for repair maintenance and water expenses and authorize the City Manager to approve Ballpark Amendment No. 2AdoptedPass Action details Not available
16-5307 129Credit Access Business OrdinanceOrdinanceOrdinance of the City of Grand Prairie, Texas, amending Chapter 17 of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Grand Prairie, Texas by the addition of Article V, Credit Access Businesses, which sets forth registration requirements and credit extension guidelines for credit access businesses; providing for a fine of up to $500 for each offense in violation of this ordinanceTabled IndefinitelyPass Action details Not available
16-5490 130Sports Corp AppointmentAgenda ItemAppointment to fill a vacancy on the Sports Facilities Development Corporation BoardApprovedPass Action details Not available
16-5536 131Board AppointmentsAgenda ItemBoard and Commission AppointmentsWithdrawn  Action details Not available