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Hurst City Council approves water-conservation ordinance, easements and $2.9M Brown Trail contract
Summary
At its April 14 meeting the Hurst City Council approved Ordinance 26-23 (lawn irrigation restrictions), authorized an easement conveyance to the Trinity River Authority, contracted a pipeline-corridor land-use plan and awarded a $2.9 million Brown Trail construction contract; the council also ratified two emergency repairs.
The Hurst City Council on April 14 approved a package of routine and infrastructure measures spanning water conservation, sewer easements, planning and major roadwork.
Council members unanimously approved the consent agenda and then adopted Ordinance 26-23 (first and final reading) to add enforceable lawn-irrigation restrictions to the city’s water conservation plan; Public Works Director Robert Salcedo said the update aligns Hurst with its wholesale provider and enables enforcement by code after notification from Public Works.
The council ratified Resolution 19-11 authorizing the city manager to convey a permanent easement and a temporary construction easement to the Trinity River Authority of Texas for the Walker Branch sewer phase 5 project; staff said the city will be paid market price for the conveyance and will receive compensation for the temporary construction easement.
The council authorized a professional-services contract with Catalyst Commercial to develop a future land-use plan for the Pipeline Road corridor for an amount not to exceed $82,290 (including a 10% contingency). Jason Klonch of Catalyst described a six- to nine-month public-engagement and planning process that will update the city’s future land-use map and recommend regulatory changes.
For capital work, the council awarded a construction contract to McMahon Contracting for Brown Trail improvements (from Queensway to Shady Lake Drive), accepting a low bid of $2,820,831.34 plus a contingency of $79,168.66 for a total authorization of $2,900,000 and a contract period of 370 calendar days. Staff said the contractor agreed to repair sections of Pleasant View worn by construction traffic.
Council also ratified emergency work: an erosion repair contract with Murphy and Morton Construction not to exceed $150,000 to stabilize an outfall and a separate emergency repair at Pump Station No. 4 after staff discovered multiple failures. All motions passed by voice vote; recorded roll-call tallies were not provided in the public record for these items.
Motions and seconders recorded in the transcript included a motion to approve the consent agenda (moved by a council member, seconded by another), approval of the irrigation ordinance (moved by Council Member 17, seconded), the easement resolution (moved by Council Member 2), the Catalyst contract (moved by Council Member 19), the Brown Trail contract (moved by Council Member 8, seconded), and ratifications of emergency purchases (moved and seconded as recorded).
