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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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- National Day of Prayer
- Volunteer Appreciation Week
- 2023 Achievement of Excellence in Libraries Award
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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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Consider approval of Minutes from the April 2, 2024 meeting Click to View |
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Approve the following bids:
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This purchase is for the replacement of one 2027 Ram 5500 Aerial Bucket Truck, and for one 2028 Ram 5500 Aerial Bucket Truck for the Transportation Department. Click to View |
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This request is to award the 2024 "Where the Heart Is" Sidewalk Replacement Project to R&A Legacy, LLC in the amount of $356,804.00 for the reconstruction of portions of concrete sidewalks in Western Heights and Gatewood Estates subdivisions. Click to View |
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This request is to obtain engineering and design services to support the construction of the GP&L Holford to Campbell Switch 138kV Transmission Line. This is part of the approved GP&L Holford 138kV Line Loop Addition CIP project. Click to View |
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This request is to obtain engineering and design services to support the construction of the GP&L Holford to Lookout 138kV Transmission Line. This is part of the approved GP&L Holford 138kV Line Loop Addition CIP project. Click to View |
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This request is to obtain Change Order # 1 to Purchase Order 29988 with an addendum for engineering services associated with GP&L Shiloh Road to McCree 138kV Transmission Line Engineering and Surveying. The addendum will include additional studies, design services, design changes, and revised engineering plans and bid packages to accelerate the increased power flow capacity of the line to meet ERCOT required upgrades. Click to View |
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This request is for a term contract for median mowing maintenance and porter service for downtown and park areas. This approval is for a term agreement with four (4) optional renewals. Click to View |
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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 24-09 Texas Taco Cabana, LP (District 4) Consider and take appropriate action on an ordinance amending the Garland Development Code of the City of Garland, Texas, by approving a Specific Use Provision Renewal for a Restaurant, Drive-Through use on a property zoned Community Retail (CR) District and on a 1.2697-acre tract of land located at 5959 Broadway Boulevard; 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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First Amendment to the Project Specific Agreement with Dallas County for Rowlett Road Cycle Track from Greenbelt Parkway to Lake Ray Hubbard Approve a resolution authorizing the City Manager to execute the First Amendment to the Project Specific Agreement with Dallas County. Click to View |
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Water Conservation and Resource Emergency Management Plan Update Consider and take appropriate action on an ordinance amending the Water Conservation and Resource Emergency Management Plan. Click to View |
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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 the following Item(s): |
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Youth Programs Standards of Care Ordinance Consider and take appropriate action regarding approval of an ordinance for the youth programs Standards of Care. Click to View |
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Hold public hearing(s) on the following Zoning Case(s): |
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Consider amendments to the Garland Development Code Consideration to amend various Sections of Chapter 1, "General Provisions," Chapter 2, "Zoning Regulations," Chapter 3, "Subdivision Regulations," Chapter 4, "Site Development," Chapter 5, "Relief Procedures & Enforcement," and Chapter 7, "Downtown (DT) District" of the Garland Development Code of the City of Garland, Texas. This GDC amendment is regarding requiring Concept Plans instead of Detail Plans and other detailed site plans with Zoning applications. This item was recommended by the Development Services Committee and directed by the City Council during the December 4, 2023 Work Session. Click to View |
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Consider a request by David Gibbons to construct twenty (20) senior assisted living units. The site is located at 1922 Castle Drive in District 2. Consider and take appropriate action on the application of David Gibbons, requesting approval of 1) an Amendment to Planned Development (PD) District 17-25 for Multi-Family-1 (MF-1) Uses and 2) a Detail Plan for an Elder Care-Assisted Living Use. This property is located at 1922 Castle Drive. (District 2) (File Z 23-28) Click to View |
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Consider a request by Kimley Horn to construct a restaurant with a drive-through [Swig]. The site is located at 2301 Arapaho Road in District 7. Consider and take appropriate action on the application of Kimley Horn, requesting approval of 1) a Change in Zoning from Planned Development (PD) District 99-49 for Neighborhood Office Uses to Community Retail (CR) District and 2) a Specific Use Provision for a Restaurant, Drive-Through Use. This property is located at 2301 Arapaho Road (District 7) (File Z 24-11) Click to View |
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Consider a request by Golden Bee Trove LLC for a Specific Use Provision for a thrift store use. The site is located at 5501 Broadway Boulevard, Suite 105 in District 4. Consider and take appropriate action on the application of Golden Bee Trove LLC, requesting approval of 1) a Specific Use Provision for a Used Goods, Retail Sales (Indoors) Use and 2) a Plan for a Used Goods, Retail Sales (Indoors) Use on a property zoned Planned Development (PD) District 18-40. This property is located at 5501 Broadway Boulevard, Suite 105. (District 4) (File Z 24-04) Click to View |
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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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