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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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- Public Service Recognition Week
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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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Approval of minutes of the April 16, 2024, Regular Meeting Consider approval of the minutes from the April 16, 2024 meeting. Click to View |
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Approve the following bids:
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The purpose of this bid is for the purchase and installation of an anti-scale security fence and security-controlled access gates for the Holford Switch Station. This is part of the approved Holford 138kV Line Loop Addition CIP project. An owner's contingency has been included for any unforeseen material items needed. Click to View |
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This request is to obtain change order No. 1 to Contract Bid Award 0889-19 for as-needed crane rental and equipment relocation services for GP&L and TMPA necessary to install and relocate transformers, generation circuit breakers, and other electrical apparatus in the delivery of electric service. The contract is at the end of its term and a change order is needed to continue scheduled operations while a new contract is bid. Expenses associated with TMPA will be reimbursed at 100%. Click to View |
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This request is to obtain labor services for the reconstruction of the distribution underbuild service on the GP&L College to Jupiter 138kV Transmission Line. This is part of the approved GP&L College to Jupiter 138kV Transmission Line CIP project. Click to View |
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This request is to provide new furniture for Central Library as part of the major renovations underway. The furniture being purchased from Library Interiors of Texas includes study room tables and chairs, tables and a stage for the multi-purpose room, a work bench table, chairs and storage carts for the maker space, furniture for the teen and children spaces, and staff work stations. This project is part of the 2019 Bond Program and approved in the 2024 CIP. Click to View |
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This request is to provide new furniture for Central Library as part of the renovations underway. The furniture being purchased from My Unique Office includes the service desk and shelving in the children's area, display cabinets, self check-out tables, and study pods. This project is part of the 2019 Bond Program and approved in the 2024 CIP. Click to View |
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This request is for the purchase of steel structures and associated materials needed for the conductor upgrade of the GP&L Shiloh to Marquis Transmission Line. This is part of the approved GP&L Shiloh to Marquis 138kV Transmission Line Upgrade CIP project. An optional contingency has been included for any additional material items that may be needed. Click to View |
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This request is to obtain grading and site work needed for a terminal addition at the Nevada Switch Station to serve a battery storage facility. This is part of the approved Nevada Switch Terminal CIP project. An optional contingency has been included for any additional material items that may be needed. Click to View |
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This request is to obtain professional environmental, permitting, and engineering support services to obtain a Certificate of Convenience and Necessity (CCN) for the rerouting of the GP&L Ben Davis to Olinger 138kV Transmission Line. Services will also include land acquisition and survey services to acquire a new easement for the reroute. This is part of the approved GP&L OPGW Install-OL1-BD 138kV CIP project. Click to View |
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This request is for the purchase of steel structures and associated materials for the construction of the GP&L Holford Switch Station. This is part of the approved GP&L Holford Road Switch Station CIP project. An optional contingency has been included for any additional material items that may be needed. Click to View |
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This request and change order is to initiate Task 2 of the Lou Huff Park design services, which was contemplated in the RFP. Click to View |
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This request is to obtain Addendum No. 1 Black & Veatch services agreement COG053 TMPA Ben Davis Substation Flood Mitigation. Black & Veatch will provide additional engineering design services to support the raising of breakers and other equipment at the substation for flood mitigation and provide construction management services to monitor project schedules and outage coordination. This is part of the approved TMPA Ben Davis 345kV Breaker Replacement CIP project and will be reimbursed at 100%. Click to View |
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This request is for the purchase of Green Jacket Wildlife protection guards to be used in GP&L Substations to protect critical infrastructure and to prevent outages caused by wildlife. 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 24-11 Kimley Horn (District 7) Consider and take appropriate action on an ordinance amending the Garland Development Code of the City of Garland, Texas, by approving 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 on a 1.148-acre tract of land located at 2301 Arapaho Road; 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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Z 23-28 David Gibbons (District 2) Consider and take appropriate action on an ordinance amending the Garland Development Code of the City of Garland, Texas, by approving 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 on a 2.52-acre tract of land located at 1922 Castle Drive; 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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Z 24-04 Golden Bee Trove, LLC (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 for a Used Goods, Retail Sales (Indoors) Use at 5501 Broadway Boulevard, Suite 105; 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 approving the sale of Certificates of Obligation, Series 2024 Council is requested to consider the approval of a ordinance to issue Certificates of Obligation, Series 2024 to fund a portion of the 2024 CIP. 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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Public Hearing to Solicit Input from Stakeholders for the 2024-2025 Upcoming Federal Grant Programs Conduct a Public Hearing to gather feedback from all Stakeholders regarding the upcoming CDBG, HOME, and ESG grant programs for the 2024-2025 fiscal year. Click to View |
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Hold public hearing(s) on the following Zoning Case(s): |
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Consider a request by Barraza Consulting Group proposing to construct a general office use. The site is located at 2002 West Campbell Road in District 7. Consider and take appropriate action on the application of Barraza Consulting Group, requesting approval of 1) an Amendment to Planned Development (PD) District 18-41 for Mixed Uses and 2) a Detail Plan for an Office, General Use. This property is located at 2002 West Campbell Road (District 7) (File Z 24-06) 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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