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AGENDA

REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL
City of Garland
Council Chambers, City Hall
William E. Dollar Municipal Building
200 North Fifth Street
Garland, Texas
August 1, 2023
7:00 p.m.

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Garland City Hall and Council Chambers is wheelchair accessible. Special parking is available on the east side of City Hall and on Austin & State Street west of City Hall. Persons with disabilities who plan to attend this meeting and who may need auxiliary aids or services must contact the City Secretary's Office at (972) 205-2404 at least two working days prior to the meeting so that appropriate arrangements can be made. BRAILLE IS NOT AVAILABLE.

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:

(1) 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.

(2) 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.

(3) 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.

(4) Personnel matters involving the appointment, employment, evaluation, reassignment, duties, discipline or dismissal of a public officer or employee or to hear a complaint against an officer or employee. Sec. 551.074, Tex. Gov't Code.

(5) The deployment, or specific occasions for implementation of security personnel or devices. Sec. 551.076, Tex. Gov't Code.

(6) 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.

(7) 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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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.

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.

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.

Consider approval of the minutes of the July 18, 2023, Regular Meeting.

Consider approval of the following bids:

Polydyne Inc.

Bid No. 1261-21

Polydyne Inc.

159,000.00

This request is to approve a change order to the Rowlett Creek Wastewater Treatment Plant polymer contract. The polymer is used for drying sludge that goes through the centrifuge to haul dry solids to the landfill. The change order is necessary due to price increases for polymer as well as tariff freight charges.

GP&L Underground Duct Bank Extension

Bid No. 0865-23

The Fishel Company

498,810.03

This request is to provide labor for the installation of a feeder duct bank extension needed to establish electric service to the LCG Firewheel Apartment Complex development. This is part of the Distribution Underground Construction CIP program.

Public hearings were previously conducted for the following zoning cases. Council approved the requests and instructed staff to bring forth the following ordinances for consideration.

Z 21-07, DDC, Inc. (District 1)

Consider an ordinance amending the Garland Development Code of the City of Garland, Texas, by approving a Detail Plan for Single-Family Detached Homes on a 28.62-acre tract of land zoned Planned Development (PD) District 16-23 and located at 2675 East Brand 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.

Z 21-41, Homeyer Engineering (District 3)

Consider an ordinance amending the Garland Development Code of the City of Garland, Texas, by approving 1) a Change in Zoning from Single-Family-7 (SF-7) District and Agricultural (AG) District to a Planned Development (PD) District for Single-Family Attached Uses; 2) an Alley Waiver and 3) a Detail Plan for Single-Family Attached (SFA) development on a 2.262-acre tract of land located 1306 and 1314 Rowlett 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.

Z 23-12, Manhard Consulting (District 5)

Consider an ordinance amending the Garland Development Code of the City of Garland, Texas, by approving 1) a Change in Zoning from Multi-Family-1 (MF-1) District and Community Retail (CR) District to a Planned Development (PD) District for Multi-Family-2 (MF-2) uses and 2) a Detail Plan for Multi-Family development on a 2.2875-acre area of land located at 1214 & 1302 West Miller 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.

Z 23-18, Petit-ECD (District 5)

Consider an ordinance amending the Garland Development Code of the City of Garland, Texas, by approving 1) an amendment to Planned Development (PD) District 03-54 and 2) a Detail Plan for an Automobile Repair, Minor use on a 9.488-acre tract of land located at 11511 & 11611 LBJ Freeway; 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.

Consider a resolution for the Project Specific Agreement with Dallas County for Duck Creek South Extension Trail

Consider and take appropriate action to authorize the City Manager to execute the PSA with Dallas County for the Duck Creek South Extension Trail project.

Bond Refunding - Electric Utility System Commercial Paper Notes

Consider and take appropriate action to authorize the refunding of Electric Utility System Commercial Paper Notes, Series 2021.

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.

Hold public hearings on:

Consider a Specific Use Provision request by Val Gutierrez for a truck repair facility. The site is located at 4003 Miller Park Drive in District 6.

Consideration of the application of Val Gutierrez, requesting approval of a Specific Use Provision for a Truck/Bus Repair Use on a property zoned Industrial (IN) District. This property is located at 4003 Miller Park Drive. (File Z 22-72, District 6)

Consider a Plan request by Val Gutierrez for a truck repair facility. The site is located at 4003 Miller Park Drive in District 6.

Consideration of the application of Val Gutierrez, requesting approval of a Plan for a Truck/Bus Repair Use. This property is located at 4003 Miller Park Drive. (File Z 22-72, District 6)

Consider a Specific Use Provision request by Will Bohls for a building materials (cabinetry materials) storage business in an existing building. The site is located at 543 North Fifth Street in District 8.

Consideration of the application of William Bohls, requesting approval of a Specific Use Provision for a Building/Garden Materials Sales & Storage (Wholesale) Use on a property zoned Downtown (DT) District, Uptown sub-district. This property is located at 543 North Fifth Street. (File Z 23-21, District 8)

Consider a Plan request by Will Bohls for a building materials (cabinetry materials) storage business in an existing building. The site is located at 543 North Fifth Street in District 8.

Consideration of the application of Will Bohls, requesting approval of a Plan for a Building/Garden Materials Sales & Storage (Wholesale) Use. This property is located at 543 North Fifth Street. (File Z 23-21, District 8)

Items for Individual Consideration:

Request for Enterprise Zone Nomination of Zobele USA

Consider an ordinance and take appropriate action in regard to the City's participation in the Texas Enterprise Zone Program and nominating Zobele USA as an Enterprise Project.

Resolution Authorizing Use of Eminent Domain - GP&L Transmission

Consider and take appropriate action to approve a resolution authorizing the acquisition of the property rights described in the proposed resolution to reconstruct a portion of the Garland Power & Light College Avenue to Brand Road 138kV transmission line located in the City of Garland.

Lease of Property located at 625 W. State Street

Consider and take appropriate action approving a 15-year lease agreement for the property located at 625 W. State Street in Downtown.

Submission of Appraisal Roll and Rates for FY 2023-2024

Council is requested to consider and provide a proposed tax rate and hearing dates in accordance with State Law, taking into account the attached tax rates, notice, and appraisal certifications, which are also required by law and which have been provided to Council.

Presentation of the 2023-24 Proposed Budget

In accordance with the City Charter and State Law, the City Manager shall submit to the City Council a Proposed Budget for the coming fiscal year. The City Manager will formally present his Proposed Budget for FY 2023-24. Following the presentation to Council, copies of the Proposed Budget will be placed in each City Library, in the Office of the City Secretary, and on the City's website for public review and inspection.

Consider appointments to Boards and Commissions.

Board members are selected for two-year terms by the City Council in August. Terms are usually staggered whereby at least half of the membership has board experience. Board members are appointed based on qualifications.

Deputy Mayor Pro Tem Ed Moore

Adam Greenup - Library Board

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.

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