Mar 07, 2023 City Council Meeting

6:30. EVERYBODY READY?

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CALL THE 6:30 MEETING TO ORDER.

[EXECUTIVE SESSION]

I'M SORRY.

DISCUSS REAL PROPERTY AND DELIBERATE THE PURCHASE EXCHANGE LEASE SALE OR VALUE OF REAL PROPERTY UNDER SECTION 551.072 OF THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE AND B TO THE CONFERENCE WITH THE CITY MANAGER AND STAFF TO DISCUSS AND DELIBERATE COMMERCIAL AND FINANCIAL INFORMATION RECEIVED FROM BUSINESS PROSPECTS.

THE CITY SEEKS TO HAVE, LOCATE, STAY OR EXPAND IN THE CITY AND TO DELIBERATE THE OFFER OF FINANCIAL OR OTHER INCENTIVE WITH SUCH BUSINESSES THAT WERE CONDUCTING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT NEGOTIATIONS UNDER SECTION 551.087 OF THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE.

WE'LL RECONVENE HERE AT 7:30 AND TAKE ANY NECESSARY ACTION.

THE SESSION THAT BEGAN AT 6:30 MR. RUMBELOW ANY ACTION OF THE COUNCIL AS A RESULT OF THE EXECUTIVE SESSION? NO, YOUR HONOR. ALL RIGHT.

THEN WE'LL CALL THE 7:30 MEETING TO ORDER.

ASK YOU TO RISE FOR THE INVOCATION TO BE DELIVERED BY ROSS SAWYER, THE PASTOR AT THE 121 COMMUNITY CHURCH.

[1. Invocation: Ross Sawyers, Pastor at 121 Community Church]

THANK YOU. LET'S PRAY.

FATHER, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE NIGHT.

AND WE APPRECIATE THE GIFT THAT IT IS.

AND THEN, FATHER, THANK YOU FOR THE DIFFERENT THINGS THAT YOU'VE ESTABLISHED.

WE HAVE COMMUNITIES THAT FLOURISH AND DO WELL.

AND SO THANK YOU, FATHER, FOR EACH OF THE CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS.

THANK YOU FOR THE MAYOR.

AND I PRAY GOD THAT YOU'LL CONTINUE TO GIVE THEM UNUSUAL WISDOM, INSIGHT, UNDERSTANDING DISCRETION IN ALL THE DECISIONS, KNOWING THAT EVERY DECISION HAS IMPACT ON MULTIPLE PEOPLE.

SO THANK YOU FOR THE GIFT IT IS FOR THEM SERVING AND JUST ASK YOUR PROTECTION AND WISDOM FOR THEM.

AND THEN FATHER, THANK YOU FOR THE NIGHT.

JUST CELEBRATE THE DIFFERENT RESCUES THAT HAVE HAPPENED IN THE CITY AND THANK YOU FOR PEOPLE BEING PREPARED, WILLING TO STEP IN AND SACRIFICE AND FOR THE LIFE THAT'S GIVEN AS A RESULT OF THAT.

SO WE JUST PRAY TONIGHT WILL BE A FUN NIGHT OF GRATITUDE FOR WHAT YOU'VE DONE IN THOSE RESCUES.

AND THEN IN THE REST OF THE DECISIONS THAT ARE MADE THROUGH THE NIGHT.

I PRAY YOUR GUIDANCE ON THOSE.

AND SO, GOD, WE JUST AGAIN WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR THE PRIVILEGE IT IS TO BE ABLE TO SERVE.

AND THEN, GOD, I THANK YOU FOR THE FREEDOMS THAT WE HAVE TO EVEN BE ABLE TO PRAY AND TO PRAY IN THE NAME OF JESUS.

AND IT'S IN JESUS NAME, I PRAY.

AMEN. AMEN.

[2. Posting of the Colors and Pledges of Allegiance: Cub Scout Pack 335]

THANK YOU VERY MUCH, PASTOR SAWYER.

NICE. LIKE TO WELCOME YOU TO OUR MEETING TONIGHT.

A LOT OF YOU ARE OBVIOUSLY HERE BECAUSE OF SOME PRESENTATIONS WE HAVE LATER IN THE MEETING.

WE BEGIN THE NIGHT WITH CITIZEN COMMENTS.

[CITIZEN COMMENTS]

ONE. ALL RIGHT.

ANY CITIZEN WHO'S NOT SCHEDULED ON THE AGENDA MAY ADDRESS THE CITY COUNCIL UNDER CITIZEN COMMENTS OR ON ANY OTHER AGENDA ITEM BY COMPLETING A CITIZEN APPEARANCE REQUEST WITH THE CITY SECRETARY.

A MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC MAY ADDRESS THE CITY COUNCIL REGARDING AN ITEM ON THE AGENDA, EITHER BEFORE OR DURING THE COUNCIL'S CONSIDERATION OF THE ITEM UPON BEING RECOGNIZED BY THE MAYOR UPON THE CONSENT OF THE CITY COUNCIL IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TEXAS OPEN MEETING ACT, THE CITY COUNCIL IS RESTRICTED AND DISCUSSING OR TAKING ACTION DURING CITIZEN COMMENTS.

THE SYSTEM WILL HAVE THREE MINUTES TO MAKE ANY COMMENTS THEY WOULD LIKE.

WOULD YOU ANNOUNCE THE REQUEST? YES, SIR. MR. ARAM AZADPUR, P.O.

BOX 2644 AND GRAPEVINE.

AND I USE A PILL BOX.

EVERYTHING. MR. MAYOR, OTHER MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL WHERE YOU SEE THESE STAFFERS AND THE GREATER AUDIENCE PRESENT AND THOSE WHO MIGHT BE VIEWING THIS LIVE OR TAPED.

MY NAME IS ARAM AZADPUR.

I'M A HOMEOWNER AND A RESIDENT OF CITY OF GRAPEVINE.

I SPOKE DURING THE CITIZENS COMMENT OF LAST MEETING FEBRUARY 21ST, 2023.

AFTER MY COMMENT, THE MAYOR MADE SOME COMMENTS.

I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A FEW RESPONSE TO HONORABLE MAYOR'S COMMENTS.

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ANYONE INTERESTED CAN GO TO THE CITY WEBSITE AND PULL THE RECORDING.

ESSENTIALLY WHAT I UNDERSTOOD THE MAYOR SAID WAS THAT THE CITY COUNCIL'S HANDS ARE TIED AND MATTERS UNDER THE CITY MANAGER'S PREROGATIVE ARE OFF LIMITS.

I WOULD HAVE TO BEG TO DIFFER RESPECTFULLY BY REFERRING TO SOME OF THE POLITICAL FLIERS MR. MAYOR PUBLISHED DURING HIS LAST RUN, THIS ONE BEING FROM APRIL 2ND TO PARDON ME, APRIL 3RD TO MAY 2ND OF 2021, PUBLISHED BY COMMUNITY IMPACT.

THERE IS AN ADVERTISEMENT BY MAYOR TATE FOR REELECTION.

CITY STAFF AND LEADERSHIP WORKED WITH OTHER AGENCIES TO KEEP CITIZENS INFORMED.

I WOULD HAVE TO BEG TO DIFFER THERE, AS EVERYONE SHOULD BE AWARE OF.

IF NOT, THEN THEY SHOULD MAKE THEMSELVES EDUCATED.

WE HAD THE DEBACLE OF THE CITY MANAGER SITTING IN CONSPIRACY WITH A PERSON WHO CLAIMS TO BE THE CITY ATTORNEY WHITEWASHING, THEFT, THEFT OF THE PUBLIC FUNDS.

SO I WOULD NOT CONSIDER THAT GIVING THE CITIZENS INFORMED.

I FURTHER REFER TO ANOTHER POLITICAL ADVERTISEMENT FROM THE MAYOR DURING FOR HIS LAST RUN.

IT WAS A MULTI-PAGE CITY EFFICIENCY OF THE CITY HALL.

I'M NOT GOING TO READ THE WHOLE PARAGRAPH, BUT THE MAYOR IS CLAIMING TO HAVE BUSINESS EXPERIENCES TO FIND TO TO HELP THE CITY HALL RUN EFFICIENTLY AND CUT UNNECESSARY SPENDING. IF I MAY SAY SO, IT WAS UNDER YOUR WATCH, MR. MAYOR, THAT WE HAD THE THEFT OF THE PUBLIC FUND.

I'M NOT AWARE OF THE CITY COUNCIL HAVING MADE ANY EFFORT TO RECTIFY THAT.

I'M NOT GOING TO REPEAT IT.

BUT THE CITY CHARTER DOES ALLOW THE CITY COUNCIL TO PASS ORDINANCE SUCH AS ETHICS ORDINANCE THAT I HAVE SUGGESTED TO BE PASSED TO REGULATE THOSE MATTERS.

I'M NOT AWARE OF THE CITY COUNCIL EVER TAKING UP THAT MATTER, SO I WOULD HAVE TO RESPECTFULLY BEG TO DIFFER WITH THE MAYOR ON HIS CLAIM THAT THE CITY COUNCIL IS HAS ITS HANDS TIED FOR MATTERS THAT MIGHT BE UNDER PREROGATIVE OF THE CITY MANAGER AND AS OTHER CITIZENS HAVE COMMENTED, MY THREE MINUTES MIGHT BE ALREADY UP.

WE HAVE NOT HAD THE CITY MANAGER REVIEWED.

SO THAT'S ANOTHER DUTY OF THE CITY COUNCIL THAT HAS NOT BEEN PERFORMED.

WITH THAT SAID, I THANK EVERYONE AND I APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY.

HAVE A GOOD EVENING. THANK YOU, SIR.

THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE? NO, YOUR HONOR. ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE NEXT THREE PRESENTATIONS TO BE MADE.

[4. Mayor Tate to recognize Ron Marks for his life-saving efforts on October 10, 2022.]

AND THIS. THE MAYOR PRO TEM IS GOING TO INTRODUCE THE NEXT ITEMS. OUR FIRST PRESENTATION WILL BE MAYOR TATE, RECOGNIZING RON MARKS FOR HIS LIFE SAVING EFFORTS ON OCTOBER 10TH, 2022.

CHIEF BROWN, WHEN YOU'RE READY.

YES, MA'AM. GOOD EVENING.

THANK YOU, MAYOR TATE AND CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS.

WE'RE HONORED TO HAVE SOME LIFE CHANGING AND LIFE SAVING HEROES WITH US THIS EVENING.

THE FIRST RECOGNITION THAT I'D LIKE TO MAKE IS FOR MR. RON MARKS.

JUST A LITTLE BIT ABOUT MR. MARKS. RON IS A RETIRED MEMBER OF THE ARLINGTON FIRE DEPARTMENT.

SO COMING TO SOMEONE'S AID MAY BE IN HIS DNA, BUT HIS IMMEDIATE ACTION MADE A SIGNIFICANT, SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE.

ON OCTOBER 10TH OF 2022, RON HAPPENED TO BE AT THE TAP END GRILL AND PUB WHEN MR. VARGAS GALVIN, WHO HAD BEEN STABBED, CAME IN THE DOOR AND COLLAPSED.

RON SPRANG TO ACTION WITHOUT EVEN THINKING, PUTTING PRESSURE ON THE LARGE STAB WOUND, ADDRESSING MULTIPLE WOUNDS UNTIL THE GRAPEVINE FIRE DEPARTMENT GOT THERE.

THE ACTION MOST DEFINITELY SAVED THIS YOUNG MAN'S LIFE.

AND EVEN THOUGH RON IS A RETIRED FIRE SERVICE MEMBER, HIS EXAMPLES FOR ALL OF US, WHEN YOU SEE A FELLOW CITIZEN IN NEED, PLEASE DO WHAT YOU CAN TO HELP THEM. YOU MIGHT SAVE SOMEONE'S LIFE.

AT THIS TIME, I'M GOING TO ASK MR. MARKS TO COME FORWARD. WE HAVE A PRESENTATION TO MAKE TO HIM.

THANK YOU. OUR NEXT PRESENTATION, MAYOR TATE, TO RECOGNIZE MEMBERS OF

[5. Mayor Tate to recognize members of The REC of Grapevine staff for their lifesaving efforts of Nate Eubanks on January 18, 2023.]

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CHIEF BROWN. YES, MA'AM.

MAYOR COUNCIL.

THIS FOLLOWING RECOGNITION GOES TO SOME STAFF AT THE WRECK OF GRAPEVINE AND THE MEMBERS OF GRAPEVINE FIRE DEPARTMENT ON JANUARY 18TH, 2023, MR NATE EUBANKS.

EUBANKS WAS WORKING OUT AT THE WRECK AS WHICH IS A USUAL OCCURRENCE FOR HIM.

HE'S NO STRANGER TO THE WRECK.

HOWEVER, ON THIS DAY, THINGS DIDN'T GO AS HE HAD PLANNED.

MR EUBANKS COLLAPSED AND WAS UNRESPONSIVE.

FORTUNATELY, MR. EUBANKS COLLAPSED AT THE WRECK OF GRAPEVINE, AND SOME VERY TALENTED STAFF SPRANG INTO ACTION THAT DAY.

CALEB, CAMMIE, GIDEON AND HUNTER.

THEY WORKED IN TANDEM TO CALL 901 11, BEGIN CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION OR CPR, AND APPLY THE AED, THE AUTOMATED EXTERNAL DEFIBRILLATOR WHICH DELIVERED A SHOCK TO MR. EUBANKS HEART. UPON THE FIRE DEPARTMENT'S ARRIVAL, WE APPLIED OUR MONITOR AND BEGAN TREATMENT, WHICH INDICATED THAT MR. EUBANKS HAD AN ST SEGMENT ELEVATION, A MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION, OR A STEMI, AS WE CALL IT.

AND WHAT THIS MEANS TO MOST IS THAT HE HAD A BLOCKAGE IN ONE OF HIS CORONARY ARTERIES AND NEEDED TO GO TO THE CATHETERIZATION LAB.

WHILE BEING TREATED IN ROUTE TO THE HOSPITAL.

THE CATH TEAM WAS NOTIFIED MR EUBANKS DIDN'T STAY VERY LONG AT ALL IN THE EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT BECAUSE OF THE GREAT RELATIONSHIP WE HAVE WITH BAYLOR.

SCOTT AND WHITE. GRAPEVINE AND OUR MEDICAL CONTROL DOC.

DR. JUSTIN WERTHEIM IS HERE TONIGHT, BUT MR. EUBANKS WENT STRAIGHT TO THE CATH LAB, GOT US IN IN HIS HEART.

AND I WANT TO POINT OUT THAT THIS PAINTS THAT PERFECT PICTURE THAT WE TALK ABOUT WHEN WE TEACH CPR, WHEN WE TEACH ED, STOP THE BLEED.

HERE'S THE THING.

WE HAD A WITNESS ARREST BY A BYSTANDER AND SOMEBODY IMMEDIATELY STARTED BYSTANDER CPR.

THAT SAVES COUNTLESS LIVES.

911 WAS ACTIVATED, AN AED WAS APPLIED AND A SHOCK DELIVERED WHICH RESUSCITATED HIS HEART.

THE FIRE DEPARTMENT TREATMENT TRAINING ALERTS THE HOSPITAL THAT THE STEMI IS COMING.

THE CATH TEAM IS ALREADY NOTIFIED AND STANDING BY WHEN THEY HIT THE DOORS.

THE PATIENT WAS TAKEN DIRECTLY THERE.

THEY DO IMMEDIATE SURGERY.

THEY DON'T WAIT. THEY DO WHAT THEY NEED TO DO.

AND GUESS WHAT? THE PATIENT SURVIVES ANOTHER DAY.

MR. EUBANKS IS HERE TONIGHT, AND AS HE COMES FORWARD, WE HAVE SOME RECOGNITION THAT I WANT HIM TO HELP ME GIVE TO THIS INCREDIBLE PARK STAFF AND ALSO TO THE MEMBERS OF THE GRAPEVINE FIRE DEPARTMENT.

SO IF CALEB CAN AND GIDEON AND HUNTER WOULD COME UP AND ALSO THE MEMBERS OF THE GRAPEVINE FIRE DEPARTMENT THAT WERE ON DUTY THAT NIGHT.

YOU ALL COME FORWARD AS WELL, AND WE'LL GET THIS SORTED OUT HERE.

WE STILL GOT SOME MORE HERE IN JUST A MINUTE.

JUST A MINUTE. THIS IS FOR FOR EACH ONE OF YOU AS WELL.

SO YOU CAN LOOK IT OVER THERE.

THERE YOU GO. THIS IS FOR THE RECORD, FOR ALL THAT Y'ALL DO.

GUYS, COME ON IN BEHIND HERE.

WE GOT CERTIFICATES FOR THEM AS WELL.

THERE YOU GO. JUST IN THE STATE OF TIME.

HERE'S ANOTHER ONE.

I DON'T THINK THEY CAN SEE HIM.

A COUPLE OF YOU GUYS IN THE BACK TO MOVE OVER A LITTLE BIT.

COME ON IN. COME ON.

GET UP THERE. YOU CAN'T SEE HER.

SHE CAN'T SEE YOU. HELLO, SIR.

GET CLOSER.

TURN. THANK YOU.

GOOD EVENING.

I'VE ALWAYS SAID ONCE WE MOVED TO GRAPEVINE, WE FOUND A HOME.

A HOME WHERE WE RAISED THREE KIDS AND HAVE A BUNCH OF GRANDKIDS NOW.

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I TELL PEOPLE PICKLEBALL SAVED MY LIFE AND THE REASON IT SAVED MY LIFE BECAUSE THE RIGHT PEOPLE WERE THERE TO DO THE RIGHT THING AT THE RIGHT TIME TO GET ME TO THE RIGHT PLACE TO THE HOSPITAL.

THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS THERE.

THERE AREN'T MANY CITIES WHERE I MIGHT HAVE BEEN, WHERE I MIGHT BE STANDING HERE TONIGHT.

NEVER TAKE FOR GRANTED THE FACT THAT WE LIVE IN A WONDERFUL TOWN WITH WONDERFUL PEOPLE WHO ARE THERE TO HELP US.

I AM SO APPRECIATIVE TO EVERYONE WHO TOUCHED ME.

THE DOCTOR CAME IN ON A VISIT A COUPLE OF DAYS LATER AND I KIDDINGLY SAID, HERE COMES MY HERO.

HE SAID, NO, YOUR HERO WAS EVERYONE WHO TOUCHED YOU BEFORE YOU GOT TO ME.

THEY MADE MY JOB EASIER.

IT'S A JOURNEY.

I THANK MY WIFE, LINDA, FOR BEING ON THAT JOURNEY WITH ME, BECAUSE WITHOUT HER BEING OUT OF THE HOSPITAL STARTS THE JOURNEY.

I'M IN CARDIO REHAB, PROBABLY FOR THE NEXT 6 TO 8 WEEKS THAT BAYLOR OFFERS.

THERE AREN'T MANY HOSPITALS THAT OFFER THAT KIND OF CARE, SO I'M REALLY INDEBTED TO A LOT OF PEOPLE.

AND ONE OF THE THINGS I DO WANT TO DO AS SOON AS I'M ABLE, IS TO CELEBRATE WITH THOSE YOUNG FOLKS WHO WERE THERE TO ENSURE THAT I'M HERE TONIGHT AT THE BRICK.

WE WILL BE GIVING SCHOLARSHIPS TO THE YOUNG PEOPLE WHO I DON'T KNOW WHETHER THEY'RE IN COLLEGE OR NOT, BUT AT LEAST THERE WILL BE SEED MONEY IF THEY SO DESIRE TO GO TO COLLEGE BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY THEY HAVE WHAT IT TAKES TO MAKE THIS NATION GREATER AND GREATER.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO SPEAK.

AND THANK YOU, MAYOR TATE, FOR MAKING GRAPEVINE THE GREAT CITY WITH THE HELP OF THIS COUNCIL.

WE LIVE IN A GREAT PLACE.

AND THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT HAVE HAD INTERACTION WITH ALL OF THEM.

NOT BAD INTERACTION.

SHE YOU CAN VOUCH FOR THAT.

SO THANK YOU FOR HAVING US OUT TONIGHT.

AND AGAIN, THIS IS SO MUCH A PART OF WHAT GRAPEVINE IS.

AND WE LIVE IN A WONDERFUL PLACE AND WE'VE BEEN HERE LIKE 32 YEARS.

AND WHEN YOU THINK OF GOING ANYWHERE ELSE EXCEPT ON VACATION.

OKAY.

WE HAVE ONE LAST PRESENTATION, MAYOR, TO RECOGNIZE MEMBERS OF THE GRAPEVINE FIRE DEPARTMENT FOR THEIR LIFE SAVING EFFORTS OF LAURA MURPHY ON JANUARY 18TH,

[6. Mayor Tate to recognize members of the Grapevine Fire Department for their lifesaving efforts of Laura Murphy on January 18, 2023.]

OUR FINAL RECOGNITION TONIGHT IS FOR SOME MEMBERS OF THE GRAPEVINE FIRE DEPARTMENT.

AS YOU MAY HAVE PICKED UP ON, ON JANUARY 18TH WAS QUITE A BUSY DAY FOR US.

WE ACTUALLY STARTED AT MISS MURPHY'S HOUSE AND LATER WE WENT TO THE REC TO HELP MR. EUBANKS. A FAMILY MEMBER HAD RETURNED HOME, FINDING MISS MURPHY UNCONSCIOUS AND UNRESPONSIVE.

911 WAS CALLED AND THE FIRE DEPARTMENT RESPONDED.

WE INITIATED CPR AND OUR ADVANCED LIFE SUPPORT PROTOCOLS.

UPON ARRIVAL AFTER TWO ROUNDS OF DEFIBRILLATION, MISS MURPHY REGAINED A STRONG PULSE AND WAS TRANSFERRED FROM THE COT FOR THE RIDE TO THE HOSPITAL.

MISS MURPHY IS HERE WITH US TONIGHT AND I KNOW SHE AND HER FAMILY WISH TO SHOW THEIR APPRECIATION.

MISS MURPHY, IF YOU WILL PLEASE COME FORWARD.

AND WHILE SHE'S COMING FORWARD, I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO INVITE UP WE HAVE SEVERAL MEMBERS OF OUR 911 TEAM HERE TONIGHT, AND I WOULD LIKE THEM TO COME UP, ALONG WITH THE MEMBERS OF THE GRAPEVINE FIRE DEPARTMENT THAT MADE THIS CALL AS WE RECOGNIZE THEM TONIGHT.

OVER HERE. COME OVER HERE.

THE PROMISE. YOU HAVE TO GET CLOSER.

SURGERY. KEEP SMILING.

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WHILE WE'RE FINISHING THIS LAST PRESENTATION, I RECEIVED WORD JUST TODAY THAT WE HAVE HAD AN INTERNATIONAL TRAVELER AT THE GAYLORD TEXAN HOTEL IN LATE FEBRUARY.

THESE ALL HAPPENED IN JANUARY, LATE FEBRUARY, WITH AN INTERNATIONAL TRAVELER FROM, I BELIEVE, FROM COLOMBIA THAT WENT UNCONSCIOUS, UNRESPONSIVE. WE HAD A CPR WHEN WE ARRIVED.

GAYLORD, TEXAN STAFF, ALONG WITH YOUR FIRE DEPARTMENT, THE HOSPITAL TEAM.

I'M HAPPY TO REPORT THAT THAT GENTLEMAN, HIS PICTURES ON FACEBOOK TODAY, HE'S GOING TO GET TO GO BACK TO COLOMBIA.

SO ANOTHER CPR SAVED BY THE GRAPEVINE FIRE DEPARTMENT AND A WHOLE TEAM OF OTHER HELP.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THANK YOU, CHIEF. THANKS TO OUR FIRST RESPONDERS AND EVERYBODY THAT'S INVOLVED TONIGHT.

CELEBRATION OF THE GOOD THINGS THAT HAPPENED IN OUR COMMUNITY.

AND WE'RE VERY GRATEFUL FOR ALL OF YOU.

THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE TO AND ASSISTING US IN THIS HONORING THESE PEOPLE.

ITEM SEVEN IS TO CONSIDER THE PURCHASE OF ARTIFICIAL TURF FIELD REPLACEMENTS FROM KIAWAH SERVICES.

[7. Consider the purchase of artificial turf field replacement from KYA Services and take any necessary action.]

WANT ANYTHING YOU SAID? DON'T TAKE IT PERSONALLY, CHRIS.

CHRIS. THEY'RE ALL LEAVING NOW.

I CAN CLEAR A ROOM.

YEAH. YEAH. YOU CLEARED THE ROOM.

EVEN YOUR STAFF. EVEN YOUR OWN TEAM, RIGHT? YOUR OWN TEAM. I DIDN'T EVEN START SINGING.

THANK YOU. THESE ARE THE TOP THINGS THAT WE JUST HAD ON THE AGENDA THAT WE LIVE FOR, YOU KNOW.

IT'S AN AWESOME NIGHT.

IT REALLY WAS. AND IT'S NOT OVER.

YOU'RE UP HERE. YEAH, WE'LL SEE.

I DON'T KNOW. THAT TURF WILL BE THAT EXCITING, BUT ALL RIGHT. HONORABLE MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL.

THANK YOU FOR A FEW MINUTES TONIGHT.

THE RECOMMENDATION FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION IS APPROVAL FOR THE PURCHASE OF ARTIFICIAL TURF REPLACEMENT FROM KEY SERVICES FOR THE ARTIFICIAL TURF FIELD AT THE REC OF GRAPEVINE.

THE REC TURF FIELD IS AN EXTREMELY POPULAR FIELD FOR A VARIETY OF SPORTS AND ACTIVITIES, INCLUDING FITNESS CLASSES, SPRING BREAK CAMPS, SUMMER CAMPS AND IN GENERAL, JUST OPEN FREE PLAY.

THE FIELD HAS BEEN AVAILABLE SINCE 2016 AND SINCE THAT TIME IT HAS BEEN OPERATING PRETTY MUCH AT MAX CAPACITY.

ANY TIME OF THE DAY YOU GO OUT THERE.

THE PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT HAS HAD THE TURF FIELD KIND OF ON OUR REPLACEMENT SCHEDULE FOR TWO FOR THE YEAR 2024 FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS, KNOWING THAT IT WOULD BE AT ITS END OF LIFE.

BUT WHAT WE FOUND OUT IS OVER THE COURSE OF THE PAST 9 TO 12 MONTHS, THAT HAS SPED UP A WHOLE LOT BECAUSE THERE ARE A LOT MORE PEOPLE IN THE PARKS, A LOT MORE PEOPLE USING THE SYSTEM. AND SO THE FIELD IS IN DESPERATE NEED OF REPLACEMENT EARLIER THAN EXPECTED.

AND IT'S MAINLY DUE TO THE SAFETY CONCERNS OF THE EXISTING SURFACE.

THIS PURCHASE WILL INCLUDE REMOVAL OF THE EXISTING TURF AND THE PADDING UNDERNEATH, AND IT WILL RE INSTALL A NEW BASE PAD AND A NEW TURF FIELD SERVICE.

BIDS WERE TAKEN BY THE COOPERATIVE AND A CONTRACT WAS REVIEWED BY THE PARKS AND RECREATION STAFF AND THE PURCHASING STAFF.

IT WAS DETERMINED THAT KEY SERVICES MET ALL OF THE SPECIFICATIONS AND THAT THE CONTRACT WOULD BEST MEET THE SERVICE AND PRICING NEEDS OF THE CITY OF GRAPEVINE. FUNDS ARE AVAILABLE IN THE CAPITAL REPLACEMENT FUND FOR A TOTAL AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $283,304. AND I'D LIKE TO SHOW YOU JUST A FEW SLIDES ABOUT WHAT THIS THING LOOKS LIKE RIGHT NOW.

THE WHY, IT'S VERY POPULAR, AS I SAID, ALL KINDS OF ACTIVITIES THERE, INCLUDING SOME OF OUR SUMMER CAMPS, PRESCHOOL TYPE ACTIVITIES, SOCCER PRACTICE, SOCCER CLINICS, SOCCER CLASSES AND SKILLS.

AND JUST A LOT OF TRAINING GOES ON OUT THERE.

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AND THIS IS THE KIND OF STUFF THAT WE'RE SEEING OUT THERE.

WHAT YOU SEE THERE IS WHERE WE'VE TRIED TO GO IN AND DO SOME PATCHES AND EVEN THE PATCHES HAVE WORN OUT TO THE POINT WHERE IT'S BECOME A PATCHWORK QUILT AND THE PATCHES ARE NO LONGER SOMETHING THAT CAN BE DONE.

IT'S TIME TO JUST DO A TOTAL REPLACEMENT, ESPECIALLY THE AREAS THAT WEAR OUT A LOT, CENTER, MIDFIELD AREA AND OBVIOUSLY THE GOAL, MILES.

BUT THAT'S THAT'S KIND OF WHAT YOU'RE SEEING OUT THERE RIGHT NOW.

AND WITH THAT, I APPRECIATE YOUR TIME AND I'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE.

IS KEY WAS THAT THE COMPANY THAT INSTALLED IT ORIGINALLY OR WAS IT SOMETHING DIFFERENT? AND WHAT'S JUST THE NORMAL LIFETIME WARRANTY THAT THEY PUT ON THOSE THINGS BECAUSE THEY GOT TO KNOW THAT IT'S GOING TO WEAR OUT? YEAH, IT'S YOU'RE GOING TO TALK ANYWHERE BETWEEN 7 AND 12 YEARS IS GOING TO BE ABOUT THE LIFE EXPECTANCY, BUT IT'S ALL GOING TO BE DEPENDING ON HOW MUCH IT GETS USED.

AND I CAN TELL YOU THERE'S PROBABLY NOT AN ARTIFICIAL SERVICE OUT THERE THAT GETS USED ANY MORE THAN THAT FIELD.

SO HOW LONG HAS OURS BEEN DOWN? WHAT HOW OLD IS THIS ONE? SINCE 2016.

SO SIX YEARS.

I DON'T THINK THERE'S ANY DOUBT IT NEEDS TO BE REPLACED.

I'D MOVE TO GO AHEAD AND APPROVE IT.

YEAH, I THINK. GREAT IDEA.

YEAH. GO AHEAD AND MOVE IT FORWARD. I'LL SECOND RATHER THAN RATHER THAN WAITING FOR IT TO GET IN THIS CONDITION NEXT TIME, IF WE NEED TO REPLACE IT AT FIVE YEARS, BRING IT TO US AND LET'S TALK ABOUT IT SO THAT WE DON'T HAVE TO REPLACE IT WHEN IT GETS THIS BAD.

THAT CERTAINLY DOESN'T LOOK SAFE.

NO. UNDERSTOOD.

AND IT HAS SERIOUS.

THERE HAS BEEN SO MUCH MORE PLAYING GOING ON SINCE COVID AND THE COUPLE OF, YOU KNOW, THIS TIME FOLLOWING THAT, IT JUST GOT EXPONENTIALLY WORSE. AND SOMETHING THAT WE JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE WEREN'T GOING TO WAIT TILL 20, 24.

WE WERE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND PUSH IT UP A YEAR.

WE WERE ABLE TO FIND THE FUNDS WITH THE HELP OF FINANCE AND WE'RE READY TO MOVE FORWARD.

BUT I APPRECIATE THAT COMMENT.

I'M GLAD YOU BROUGHT IT FORWARD.

AND IT'S POSSIBLE THAT SNOWMAGEDDON HAD AN EFFECT ON IT AS WELL AS THE DROUGHT.

I MEAN, IT WAS HOT AND IT WAS REALLY DRY.

I DON'T KNOW IF IT DID OR NOT, BUT THE EXTERNALITIES LIKE THAT COULD HAVE AFFECTED IT.

SO I'M GLAD YOU'RE BRINGING IT FORWARD.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. OKAY, CHRIS, DO YOU KNOW HOW LONG IT'LL TAKE TO ACTUALLY ONCE THEY BRING IT IN, IS IT GOING TO BE CLOSED FOR A FEW DAYS OR WHAT? HONESTLY, I WOULD JUST BE TAKING A GUESS AT THAT.

I WOULD ASSUME WE'RE TALKING SOMEWHERE AROUND A WEEK TO TEN DAYS.

GOOD. BUT YEAH, BUT GOOD STUFF.

WELL, WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND, I THINK.

ALL RIGHT. ALL IN FAVOR.

I OPPOSE ITEM EIGHT.

[8. Consider Ordinance No. 2023-010 amending the Code of Ordinances for the City of Grapevine Chapter 6, Section 6-6 - Impounding of Cats, Dogs and take any necessary action.]

CHAPTER SIX SECTION 6-6 EMPOWERMENT OF CATS DOGS.

CHIEF MIKE HAMLIN.

THANK YOU. HONORABLE MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

SO TONIGHT I'M ASKING YOU TO APPROVE SIMPLY AN ADDITION, A SMALL PARAGRAPH TO CHAPTER SIX, SECTION SIX.

YOU'LL KNOW THAT AS OUR ANIMAL ORDINANCE, WHAT WE'RE ADDING IN SECTION SIX IS LANGUAGE THAT GIVES US THE ABILITY TO TREAT ANIMALS THAT COME TO US AS A STRAY OR AN ANIMAL THAT WE'VE RESCUED.

THERE'S A CAVEAT IN THE STATE LAW THAT SAYS MORE OR LESS HAVE TO BE THE OWNER OF THE ANIMAL, OR YOU HAVE TO BE A VETERINARIAN TO RENDER THAT AID UNLESS YOU'RE THE OBVIOUSLY THE OWNER IN THAT 72 HOURS WHERE WE'RE WAITING TO TAKE OWNERSHIP OF THE ANIMAL.

THE LAW REALLY TO SOME DEGREE PROHIBITS US FROM ADMINISTERING JUST BASIC CARE.

WE, THE STAFF, HAS DONE A VERY GOOD JOB OF MAKING SURE THAT THOSE ANIMALS THAT COME IN UNDER THAT PERIOD OVER THE OVER MANY, MANY YEARS ARE WELL TAKEN CARE OF.

AND SO WHAT WE'RE ASKING YOU TO PROVE TONIGHT IS A IS A CHANGE IN ORDINANCE SECTION SIX THAT ALLOWS US TO RENDER ASSISTANCE, AID, MEDICATION, VACCINATIONS, THOSE SORTS OF THINGS IN THAT PERIOD OF TIME BEFORE WE TAKE OWNERSHIP.

AND WITH THAT, THE RECOMMENDATION IS FOR APPROVAL, AND I'LL TRY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

I WOULD MOVE FOR APPROVAL.

SECOND. ALL RIGHT.

WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.

ALL IN FAVOR? ALL OPPOSED.

MOTION CARRIES.

[9. Consider Ordinance No. 2023-011 amending the Code of Ordinances for the City of Grapevine, Chapter 23, Traffic, Article II, Operation of Vehicle by adding a new Section, 23-38, Street Racing and Reckless Driving Exhibition and take any necessary action.]

THANK YOU. HONORABLE MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

TONIGHT WE'RE ASKING YOU TO APPROVE A NEW ORDINANCE FOR US.

YOU, LIKE MANY OF OUR VIEWERS AT HOME, ARE AWARE THAT DURING THE HOLIDAYS WE HAD AN INCIDENT IN THE INTERSECTION OF MAIN AND DALLAS.

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YOU'VE SEEN THE INCIDENT OUT OF AUSTIN.

I SUPPOSE YOU'RE AWARE OF THESE INTERSECTION TAKEOVERS.

AND SO WHAT YOU HAVE BEFORE YOU TONIGHT IS AN ORDINANCE THAT ADDRESSES THE BYSTANDERS, THE SPECTATORS THAT SHOW UP TO VIDEO THESE SORTS OF EVENTS. STATE STATUTES HELP US TO ADDRESS THE DRIVER IF YOU'RE ABLE TO CATCH THE DRIVER.

BUT THE ORDINANCE ALLOWS US TO ADDRESS THE SPECTATORS THAT COME AROUND.

ANY INDIVIDUAL THAT ALLOWS THIS SORT OF EVENT TO OCCUR ON THEIR PROPERTY.

ONE OF THE THINGS THAT OUR ORDINANCE DOES THAT'S MAYBE A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT FROM SOME OF OUR NEIGHBORS IS THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY THROUGH DUE PROCESS TO SEIZE THE VEHICLE THAT'S INVOLVED IN THIS.

THAT IS THE MORE OR LESS THE ORDINANCE.

AND WITH THAT, I'LL RECOMMEND APPROVAL AND ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE.

I'LL MOVE. I THINK IT'S GREAT THAT YOU GUYS HAVE DONE THIS.

WE NEED TO HAVE MORE ABILITY.

SO THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. I'LL MOVE FOR APPROVAL.

SECOND. SHARRON SECOND.

I HAVE A QUICK QUESTION. YES, SIR.

WE'LL ALSO ADDRESS THE NOISE WITH SOME OF THESE VEHICLES.

APPARENTLY THEY PUT SOME SORT OF SOUND DEVICES ON THEM THAT MAKE THEM EXTRAORDINARILY LOUD.

THIS ORDINANCE DOES NOT ADDRESS THE NOISE.

WE HAVE A NOISE ORDINANCE IN THE CITY.

AND HONESTLY, SIR, I JUST HAVE TO ANSWER THE QUESTION.

WE CAN GET YOU AN ANSWER ON FRIDAY.

BUT TO TAKE A LOOK AT THAT AND SEE HOW THAT THAT APPLIES.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT.

ANY OTHER. IF WE CAN IMPOUND THE VEHICLE, IT WON'T BE VERY NOISY.

THAT'S RIGHT. ALL RIGHT.

WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.

YOU HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.

ALL IN FAVOR? ALL OPPOSED.

MOTION CARRIES.

THANK YOU, CHIEF.

THIS BRINGS US TO THE CONSENT AGENDA.

[CONSENT AGENDA]

ANY GUESTS PRESENT CAN ASK THAT ANY OF THOSE ITEMS BE REMOVED AT THIS TIME FOR FURTHER DISCUSSION.

DO WE HAVE ANY REQUEST? ALL RIGHT. ANY REQUEST FROM THE COUNCIL? THEN ITEM TEN AND NINE THROUGH 19 IS A CONSENT.

A MOTION IS IN ORDER.

A MOVE FOR THE APPROVAL OF CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS TEN THROUGH 19.

SECOND, ALL IN FAVOR.

ALL OPPOSED.

CONSENT IS APPROVED.

THAT COMPLETES OUR AGENDA.

THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH US.

A MOTION TO ADJOURN IS IN ORDER TO ADJOURN.

SECOND FAVOR.

ALL OPPOSED. COUNCIL STANDS ADJOURNED.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.