Printed Agenda

Council Chambers at City Hall
Tuesday, December 3, 2024
7 p.m.

William E. Dollar Municipal Building
200 N. Fifth St.
Garland, Texas

CITY OF GARLAND
REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL

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NOTICE: Pursuant to Section 551.127 of the Texas Government Code, one or more members of the City Council may attend this meeting by internet/video remote means. A quorum of the City Council, as well as the presiding officer, will be physically present at the above identified location. Members of the public that desire to make a public comment must attend the meeting in person.

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.

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.

Pet of the Month

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.

Approve the minutes of the November 19, 2024 Regular Meeting

Approve the following bids:

Central Park Walking Trail

Bid No. 1557-24

Tri-Con Services, Inc.

$1,103,686.00

This request is for the construction of approximately 4,700 linear feet of a 12-foot wide concrete trail.

Woodbury, Ticonderoga and Quail Paving Water and Wastewater Improvements

Bid No. 1534-24

Tri-Con Services Inc.

$2,863,990.15

This request is to remove and replace the existing 6" clay wastewater main with 2,454 linear feet of 8" PVC wastewater main, the existing 6" cast iron water main with 3,284 linear feet of 8" PVC water main, the existing concrete street, driveway and sidewalk pavement (14,222 square yard), and all incidentals as shown on the approved plans. An owner contingency is included for any additional work or materials that may be required.

Term Contract for Service Line Inspection

Bid No. 0069-25

Compass Metering Solutions

$750,000.00

This request is to provide for water service line inspection services to complete the Environmental Protection Agency's mandate for water service line inventory. The water service line inspections will be done within the right-of-way, documenting both upstream and downstream of the water meter.

Interlocal Agreement Between the City of Garland and the City of Forney

Authorize the City Manager or his designee to execute the Interlocal Agreement between the City of Garland and the City of Forney. This agreement outlines the radio system technical support services provided by the City of Garland to the City of Forney.

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:

Z 24-31 Olsson (District 4)

Approve an ordinance amending the Garland Development Code of the City of Garland, Texas, by approving (1) a Specific Use Provision for a Restaurant, Drive-Thru Use on a property zoned Community Retail (CR) District and (2) a Concept Plan for a Restaurant, Drive-Thru Use on an 0.995-acre tract of land located at 3285 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.

Z 24-32 Olsson (District 5)

Approve an ordinance amending the Garland Development Code of the City of Garland, Texas, by approving (1) a Specific Use Provision for a Restaurant, Drive-Thru Use on a property zoned Planned Development (PD) 02-48 district and (2) a Concept Plan for a Restaurant, Drive-Thru Use on an 0.6275-acre tract of land located at 1110 West Centerville 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 24-33 Mannik Smith Group, Inc. (District 1)

Approve an ordinance amending the Garland Development Code of the City of Garland, Texas, by approving (1) a Specific Use Provision for a Restaurant, Drive-Thru Use on a property zoned Community Retail (CR) District and (2) a Concept Plan for a Restaurant, Drive-Thru Use on an 1.1512-acre tract of land (lot 9r in North Garland Commons 2); 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.

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.

Hold public hearing(s) on the following Zoning Case(s):

Consider a request by the City of Garland proposing a change in zoning from Planned Development (PD) District 85-62; Planned Development (PD) District 86-5, and Single-Family-7 (SF-7) District to Agricultural (AG) District. The site is located at 2701 East Centerville Road in District 2.

Consider and take appropriate action on the application of the City of Garland, requesting approval of a change in zoning from Planned Development (PD) District 85-62, Planned Development (PD) District 86-5, and Single-Family-7 (SF-7) District to Agricultural (AG) District. The site is located at 2701 East Centerville Road. (District 2) (File Z 24-34)

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.

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).

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]

Image of Strategic Plan Summary FOR COUNCIL AGENDA ( Regular Meeting Cover Sheet)

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.