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LEGISLATIVE PRAYER AND PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
It is the custom and tradition of the members of the City Council to have an invocation and recital of the Pledge of Allegiance prior to the beginning of the meeting. Members of the audience are invited to participate. However, members of the audience are not required to participate. The decision to participate is strictly a matter of personal choice and has no bearing on matters to be considered by the City Council and will not affect the decisions to be made during the meeting.
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MAYORAL PROCLAMATIONS, RECOGNITIONS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS
The Mayor may present proclamations and recognize attendees or award winners, and may make announcements regarding upcoming City events and matters of interest to citizens. There will be no Council deliberations or votes on these matters.
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CONSENT AGENDA
All items under this section are recommended for approval by a single motion of Council, without discussion. Council has had the opportunity to review each of these items at a previous work session and approval of the consent agenda authorizes the City Manager to implement each item. The Mayor will announce the agenda and provide an opportunity for members of the audience and the City Council to request that an item be removed and considered separately.
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Consider approval of the minutes of the November 1, 2022, Regular Meeting. Click to View |
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Consider approval of the following bids: |
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Central Library Construction Services |
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Bid No. 0379-21 |
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Core Construction |
$1,746,129.00 |
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This request is for the purchase of building materials for the upcoming renovations at Central Library. Click to View |
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This request is to provide construction services to replace water and wastewater lines including all incidentals at Seventh Street (Edgefield Alley - Avenue G), Sixth Street (Edgefield Alley - Avenue G), and Edgefield Alley (Edgefield Circle - Fifth Street). An Optional Contingency is included for any additional work that may be required. Click to View |
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This request is for the purchase of five replacement sedans to be utilized by the Garland Police Department. Click to View |
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This request is for the replacement purchase of an Asphalt Patching Truck to be utilized by the Street Department. Click to View |
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This request is for the replacement purchase of a bus to be utilized by the Senior Activity Center. Click to View |
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This request is to approve a Change Order for the Rosehill Road Streetscape construction project. Click to View |
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This request is for the purchase of conductor, insulation, and associated materials for the upgrade of the College to Jupiter Transmission Line to 138kV. An Optional Contingency is included for any additional materials that may be required. Click to View |
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This request is for the purchase of structural steel, bus, insulators, and miscellaneous station materials needed to refit the TMPA Gibbons Creek Substation as part of the decommissioning of the Gibbons Creek Plant. An Optional Contingency is included for any additional materials that may be required. Click to View |
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This request is for the purchase of a control enclosure for the Ben Davis Substation as part of the approved Ben Davis Flood Mitigation CIP project. An Optional Contingency is included for any additional materials that may be required. Click to View |
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This request is to approve a Change Order to the final renewal of the annual right-of-way herbicide spraying services for GP&L and TMPA transmission systems. Click to View |
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GP&L Lookout Substation NTT Terminal and Bus Hardening |
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Bid No. 0155-23 |
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POWER Engineers |
$924,893.00 |
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This request is to obtain engineering services associated with the addition of NTT Raging Wire Terminals 3 and 4 at the GP&L Lookout Substation. Click to View |
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Switchgears for Warehouse Inventory |
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Bid No. 0011-23 |
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Techline, Inc. |
$192,836.00 |
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This request is for the purchase of Switchgears for Warehouse inventory to support GP&L. Click to View |
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A public hearing was previously conducted for the following zoning case. Council approved the request and instructed staff to bring forth the following ordinance for consideration. |
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Zoning File No. Z 22-60, Don Gordon (District 8) Consider an ordinance amending the Garland Development Code of the City of Garland, Texas, by approving 1) an Amendment to Planned Development (PD) District 22-02 to allow a Warehouse, Office/Showroom (Indoors) Use and 2) a Detail Plan for a Warehouse, Office/Warehouse, (Indoors) Use on a 0.373–acre tract of land located at 2025 Old Mill Run; providing for conditions, restrictions, and regulations; providing a penalty under the provisions of Sec. 10.05 of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Garland, Texas; providing a Notice of Conditions of Compliance Clause; providing a Savings Clause and a Severability Clause; and providing an effective date. Click to View |
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Consider an ordinance amending Chapter 31, "Engineering" of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Garland, Texas; providing a Savings Clause; providing a Severability Clause; and setting an effective date. At the November 14, 2022 Work Session, Council considered the amendments to Chapter 31, Article VII Flood Damage Prevention, Section 31.100 and addition of Section 31.108 of the Code of Ordinances. Click to View |
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ITEMS FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION
Speaker Regulations:
Anyone wishing to speak for, against, or on agenda items must fill out a speaker
card and give it to the City Secretary before speaking (cards are located at the
entrance to the Council Chambers). The Mayor will recognize speakers; he may
impose a time limit and may provide for rebuttal. All comments and testimony are
to be presented from the podium.
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Consider a resolution of the City of Garland, Texas finding and determining that the public necessity and convenience require the acquisition of property rights located on or near Ferris Road, in the City of Garland, Texas, said property interest being more particularly described below; providing authorizations to acquire such property rights by purchase or condemnation and making certain findings pertaining thereto; providing further authorizations as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of this resolution; and providing an effective date. Council is requested to approve a resolution authorizing the acquisition of the property rights described in the proposed resolution. The City has not been able to successfully negotiate a final purchase price with one property owner to acquire the necessary property interests. The owner is named in the proposed resolution. State law requires particular wording to be used in a motion to adopt a resolution authorizing the initiation of condemnation proceedings. The City Attorney will provide in written form the appropriate wording of the motion. Council was briefed on the project in Executive Session on November 14, 2022. Click to View |
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Hold public hearings on: |
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Consider a Zoning request by Maxwell Fisher, ZoneDev on behalf of HCA Health Care (Kyle Marden), to allow a medical clinic with ambulance service. The site is located at 3318 West Buckingham Road in District 6. Consideration of the application of Maxwell Fisher, ZoneDev on behalf of HCA Health Care (Kyle Marden), requesting approval of an Amendment to Planned Development (PD) District 17-18 for Community Retail Uses. This property is located at 3318 West Buckingham Road. (File Z 22-53, District 6) Click to View |
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Consider a Detail Plan request by Maxwell Fisher, ZoneDev on behalf of HCA Health Care (Kyle Marden), to allow a medical clinic with ambulance service. The site is located at 3318 West Buckingham Road in District 6. Consideration of the application of Maxwell Fisher, ZoneDev on behalf of HCA Health Care (Kyle Marden), requesting approval of a Detail Plan for a Medical and Dental Office/Clinic Use. This property is located at 3318 West Buckingham Road. (File Z 22-53, District 6) Click to View |
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Consider a request by Luis Fernando Gutierrez, to allow a zoning change from Single-Family-7 (SF-7) District to a Planned Development (PD) District for Neighborhood Services Uses. The property is located at 820 West Miller Road in District 5. Consideration of the application of Luis Fernando Gutierrez, requesting approval of a Change of Zoning from Single-Family-7 (SF-7) District to a Planned Development (PD) District for Neighborhood Services Uses. This property is located at 820 West Miller Road. (File Z 22-54, District 5) Click to View |
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Consider a Specific Use provision renewal request by William Bebb Francis III, to allow the continuation of an existing cellular tower. This property is located at 5200 Bobtown Road in District 3. Consideration of the application of William Bebb Francis III, requesting approval of a Specific Use Provision renewal for an Antenna, Commercial Use on a property zoned Agricultural (AG) District. This property is located at 5200 Bobtown Road. (File Z 22-55, District 3) Click to View |
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Consider a Site Plan request by William Bebb Francis III, for an existing cellular tower. This property is located at 5200 Bobtown Road in District 3. Consideration of the application of William Bebb Francis III, requesting approval of a Plan for an Antenna, Commercial Use on a property zoned Agricultural (AG) District. This property is located at 5200 Bobtown Road. (File Z 22-55, District 3) Click to View |
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Citizen comments. Persons wishing to address issues not on the agenda may have three minutes to address Council at this time. Council is prohibited from discussing any item not posted according to the Texas Open Meetings Act. |
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Adjourn. All Regular Council meetings are broadcast live on CGTV, Time Warner Cable Channel 16, and Frontier FIOS TV 44. Meetings are rebroadcast at 9:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m. on Wednesday-Sunday and at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday. Live streaming and on-demand videos of the meetings are also available online at www.garlandtx.gov. Copies of the meetings can be purchased through the City Secretary's Office – audio CD's are $1 each and DVD's are $3 each. |
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