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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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- Downtown Square & Streetscapes Project Awards
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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 May 21, 2024, Regular Meeting |
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Approve the following bids:
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The purpose of this bid is for the purchase of materials needed for the upgrade of the GP&L Oakland Substation. This is part of the approved GP&L Oakland Substation Upgrade CIP project. An owner's contingency is included for any additional materials that may be required. |
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The purpose of this bid is for the purchase of steel structures and associated apparatus needed for the rebuild of the GP&L Oakland to Shiloh 138kV Transmission Line. This is part of the approved GP&L Oakland to Shiloh 138kV Transmission Line Rebuild CIP project. An owner's contingency has been included for any unforeseen material items needed. |
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This request is for the purchase of water meters for Warehouse inventory. |
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This request is to award the Base Bid of the Garland Corridors and Gateways Proposal for Professional Design Services, including owner contingency. Landscape architecture services are needed to revitalize Garland gateways, medians, and rights of way areas throughout the city. |
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This request is for construction services as a Guaranteed Maximum Price (GMP) to replace the roof and elevator at Central Library. GMPs 1 and 2 were previously approved by Council for the pre-purchase of materials with long lead times and construction for renovation of the library. |
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This request is to provide for Phase IV of the Duck Creek 42", 36" & 18" Interceptor Main Rehabilitation Project. This phase will consist of cleaning and relining approximately 10,421 feet of 42", 36" and 18" wastewater interceptor main from near Marie Curie Boulevard south to near Edgebrook Drive along Duck Creek. An owner contingency is included for any additional work or materials that may be required. |
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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 23-08 Triangle Engineering, LLC (District 1)
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 12-56 for Community Retail (CR) Uses; 2) a Specific Use Provision for a Restaurant, Drive-Through and 3) a Detail Plan for Retail Use, Restaurant Use and Restaurant with Drive-Through Use on a 2.67-acre tract of land located at 5203 Naaman Forest 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. |
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Ordinance Amending Section 30.51 of the Code of Ordinances
Approve an ordinance amending Chapter 30 of the Code of Ordinances, authorizing the City to issue municipal electrical maintenance license to employees of governmental entities conducting limited "electrical work," as defined by the Texas Occupations Code, on public property owned or controlled by the governmental entity. |
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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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Consider an ordinance of the City of Garland declaring a Local State of Disaster and providing an effective date.
The city sustained damage from a region-wide storm system that caused widespread destruction in Garland and North Texas early Tuesday morning, May 28. The local disaster declaration will help the community better respond to recovery needs. The City Council is being asked to approve, by ordinance, the declaration of disaster to continue the City's emergency and disaster relief operations. |
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North Texas Municipal Water District Appointment
Council is requested to consider appointing a representative to the North Texas Municipal Water District Board for a two-year term beginning June 4, 2024. |
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Hold public hearing(s) on the following Item(s): |
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Ordinance Adopting FY 2023-24 Budget Amendment No. 3
Approve an ordinance amending the FY 2023-24 Annual Operating Budget for Budget Amendment No. 3, as presented at the May 20, 2024, Work Session. |
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Hold public hearing(s) on the following Zoning Case(s): |
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Consider a request by U-Haul Company of East Dallas requesting to allow a U-Haul Truck Leasing Use. The site is located at 2502, 2504, & 2550 McCree Road in District 5.
Consider and take appropriate action on the application of U-Haul Company of East Dallas, requesting approval of 1) a Change in Zoning from Industrial (IN) District to a Planned Development (PD) District; 2) a Specific Use Provision for a Truck/Bus Sales & Leasing/Rental Use and 3) a Detail Plan for a Truck/Bus Sales & Leasing/Rental Use. This property is located at 2502, 2504 and 2550 McCree Road. (District 5) (File Z 23-50) |
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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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Council Member Chris Ott
- Robert Duckworth - Plan Commission
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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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