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| LEGISLATIVE PRAYER AND PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
It is a custom and tradition of the City Council to have an invocation and recital of the Pledge of Allegiance prior to the beginning of each Regular Meeting. Members of the audience are invited but not required to participate. The decision to participate is strictly a matter of personal choice. It has no bearing on matters to be considered by the City Council and will not affect the decisions to be made during this meeting.
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| MAYORAL PROCLAMATIONS, RECOGNITIONS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS
The Mayor may present proclamations, recognize attendees or accomplishments, and make announcements regarding City events or other matters of interest to citizens including but not limited to listed items. There will be no Council discussion or votes on these matters.
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- Pet of the Month
- North Texas Community Cleanup Challenge Proclamation
- Red Cross Month Proclamation
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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 or his designee to execute each item. The Mayor will announce the consent agenda and provide an opportunity for members of the audience, as well as Council, to request that any item be removed and considered separately.
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Approve the minutes of the February 18, 2025 Regular Meeting
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Approve the following bids:
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This request is to provide construction services to remodel the existing locker rooms at Police Headquarters. |
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This request is to approve Change Order No. 1 for the 2022 Alley Improvements Group B construction project. |
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This request is to award a contract for construction of the 2023 Alley and Wastewater Improvements project. |
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This request is for construction of the Cooper and Southern Gardens Drainage Improvements project. |
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This request is for the design of paving, drainage, and utility improvements to Emberwood Drive and Sugarberry Lane. |
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This request is for construction services to rebuild Fire Station 1. |
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This request is to obtain structures needed for the construction of the GP&L Wylie to Mallard transmission line as part of the approved OPGW Install-OL1-BD 138kV CIP project. An owner's contingency is included for any additional materials that may be required.
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This request is to obtain engineering services to design the addition of a terminal at the GP&L King Mountain 345kV Switch Station. This is part of the approved GP&L King Mountain Terminal to Grandfalls CIP project. |
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This request is to obtain engineering services to support the expansion of the GP&L Newman 138kV Substation. This is part of the approved Newman Substation Expansion CIP project. |
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This request is to obtain engineering services to design the rebuild of the GP&L Naaman to Walnut 138kV Transmission Line to become the Naaman to Newman 138kV Transmission Line. This is part of the approved GP&L Line Capacity Increase CIP project. |
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This request is to obtain engineering services to design the remaining portion of the rebuild of the GP&L Apollo to Naaman 138kV Transmission Line. This is part of the GP&L Apollo to Naaman 138 kV Transmission Line Rebuild CIP project. |
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This request is for emergency flood mitigation of the GP&L Olinger 2 Evaporation Pond. |
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Employment Contracts of City Manager, City Attorney, City Auditor, and Municipal Judges
Approve employment contracts of the City Manager, City Attorney, City Auditor, and Municipal Judges reflecting amendments to benefits and compensation for the 2025 calendar year, as previously determined by City Council. |
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Ordinance Adopting 2025 Capital Improvement Program Budget (CIP) Amendment No. 1
Approve an ordinance amending the 2025 Capital Improvement Program to adopt CIP Budget Amendment No. 1 for the Holford Youth & Recreation Soccer Facilities new project. Council considered the proposed project at the February 3, 2025 Work Session and the proposed CIP Budget Amendment No. 1 at the February 17, 2025 Work Session.
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Agreement for Real Property Contract of Sale Between The Owl Icehouse Garland LLC and the City of Garland Regarding Property Located at 519 State Street in the Downtown Historic Sub-district.
Approve a Development Agreement and Real Property Contract of Sale between The Owl Icehouse Garland LLC and the City of Garland regarding property located at 519 State Street in the Downtown Historic Sub-district. Council was previously briefed on this item at the March 3, 2025 Work Session. |
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School Street Alley Petition Project
Approve by minute action a Determination of Necessity for authorizing improvements to the School Street Alley Petition project and order a Public Hearing for the Levying of Assessments for the March 18, 2025 Regular Meeting. Council considered this item at the March 3, 2025 Work Session. |
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Neighborhood Vitality Matching Grant Fall 2024 Applications
Approve the funding request for the Fall 2024 Neighborhood Vitality Matching Grant cycle. Council considered this item at the February 17, 2025 Work Session. |
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A public hearing was previously conducted for the zoning case(s) below. Council approved the zoning request(s) and instructed staff to bring forth the following ordinances:
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Z 24-40 Yesenia Morales (District 8)
Approve an ordinance amending the Garland Development Code of the City of Garland, Texas, by approving (1) a Change in Zoning from Community Retail (CR) District to Single-Family-5 (SF-5) District on a 0.197-acre tract of land located at 409 School Street; 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. |
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ITEMS FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION
Members of the audience may provide public comment in favor, in opposition or about any of the items for individual consideration. Anyone wishing to speak must fill out a speaker card (located at the entrance to the Council Chambers) and give it to the City Secretary in advance of the respective agenda item. Speakers are grouped by agenda item and will be called in the order of the agenda. All comments and testimony are to be presented from the podium. The Mayor may impose a time limit and may provide for rebuttal.
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Hold public hearing(s) on: |
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Garland Development Code (GDC) Amendment (25-01)
Hold a public hearing to consider amendments to Attachment 1 — Land Use Matrix as it relates to the allowable districts for Laundry, Self-Service (Laundromat) use and Restaurant use. The GDC amendment request is proposing to require a Specific Use Provision (SUP) for the Laundry, Self-Service (Laundromat) use in the CR, Community Retail district and to allow the Restaurant use by right in the NS, Neighborhood Services District. |
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Garland Development Code (GDC) Amendment (25-02)
Hold a public hearing to consider amendments to the plat approval and relevant procedures. The GDC amendment request is proposing to allow the plat approval procedure to become administrative.
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CONSIDER APPOINTMENTS TO BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS
Terms are usually staggered whereby at least half of the membership has previous experience. Members are appointed based on qualifications. |
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Councilmember B.J. Williams
- Jordan Cotton -TIF #2 South Board
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CITIZEN COMMENTS
Members of the audience wishing to address issues not on the meeting agenda may have three minutes to speak. However, according to the Texas Open Meetings Act, Council is prohibited from discussing any item not on the posted agenda.
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ADJOURN
All Regular Meetings of the Garland City Council are broadcast live on CGTV, Time Warner Cable Channel 16 and Frontier FIOS TV 44. Meetings are rebroadcast at 9 a.m. and 7 p.m. Wednesdays - Sundays. Live streaming and on-demand videos of the meetings are also available online at GarlandTX.tv. 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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NOTICE: The City Council may recess from the open session and convene in a closed executive session if the discussion of any of the listed agenda items concerns one or more of the following matters:
- Pending/contemplated litigation, settlement offer(s), and matters concerning privileged and unprivileged client information deemed confidential by Rule 1.05 of the Texas Disciplinary Rules of Professional Conduct. Sec. 551.071, Tex. Gov't Code.
- The purchase, exchange, lease or value of real property, if the deliberation in an open meeting would have a detrimental effect on the position of the City in negotiations with a third person. Sec. 551.072, Tex. Gov't Code.
- A contract for a prospective gift or donation to the City, if the deliberation in an open meeting would have a detrimental effect on the position of the City in negotiations with a third person. Sec. 551.073, Tex. Gov't Code.
- Personnel matters involving the appointment, employment, evaluation, reassignment, duties, discipline or dismissalof a public officer or employee or to hear a complaint against an officer or employee. Sec. 551.074, Tex. Gov't Code.
- The deployment, or specific occasions for implementation of security personnel or devices. Sec. 551.076,Tex. Gov't Code.
- Discussions or deliberations regarding commercial or financial information that the City has received from a business prospect that the City seeks to have to locate, stay, or expand in or near the territory of the City and with which the City is conducting economic development negotiations; or to deliberate the offer of a financial or other incentive to a business prospect of the sort described in this provision. Sec. 551.087, Tex. Gov't Code.
- Discussions, deliberations, votes, or other final action on matters related to the City's competitive activity, including information that would, if disclosed, give advantage to competitors or prospective competitors and is reasonably related to one or more of the following categories of information:
- generation unit specific and portfolio fixed and variable costs, including forecasts of those costs, capital improvement plans for generation units, and generation unit operating characteristics and outage scheduling;
- bidding and pricing information for purchased power, generation, and fuel, and Electric Reliability Council of Texas bids, prices, offers, and related services and strategies;
- effective fuel and purchased power agreements and fuel transportation arrangements and contracts;
- risk management information, contracts, and strategies, including fuel hedging and storage;
- plans, studies, proposals, and analyses for system improvements, additions, or sales, other than transmission and distribution system improvements inside the service area for which the public power utility is the sole certificated retail provider; and
- customer billing, contract, and usage information, electric power pricing information, system load characteristics, and electric power marketing analyses and strategies. Sec. 551.086; Tex. Gov't Code; Sec. 552.133, Tex. Gov't Code]
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Each year, the City Council reviews and updates its goals for the Garland community and City operations. City management uses these goals to guide operational priorities, decision-making and resource allocation.
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