Printed Agenda

AGENDA

CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION
City of Garland
Work Session Room, City Hall
William E. Dollar Municipal Building
200 North Fifth Street
Garland, Texas
Monday, September 18, 2023
6:00 p.m.

DEFINITIONS:

Written Briefing: Items that generally do not require a presentation or discussion by the staff or Council. On these items the staff is seeking direction from the Council or providing information in a written format.

Verbal Briefing: These items do not require written background information or are an update on items previously discussed by the Council.

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.

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 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]

Public Comments on Work Session Items

Persons who desire to address the City Council on any item on the Work Session agenda are allowed three minutes to speak. Speakers are taken only at the beginning of the meeting, other than invited testimony.

Speakers are grouped by Work Session item and will be taken in the order of the Work Session agenda. Speakers must submit to the City Secretary a completed speaker's card before the beginning of the meeting. Speaker cards will not be accepted after the Mayor calls the meeting to order. Speaker cards are available in the lobby, at the visitor's side of the Work Session Room, and from members of staff.

Speakers are limited to addressing items on the Work Session agenda – any item relating to a Regular Session agenda item should be addressed at the Regular Session and any item not on an agenda may be addressed during the open microphone at the end of the Regular Session.

Consider the Consent Agenda

A member of the City Council may ask for discussion or further information on an item posted as a consent agenda item on the next Regular Meeting of the City Council. The Council Member may also ask that an item on the posted consent agenda be pulled from the consent agenda and considered for a vote separate from consent agenda items on the regular agenda. All discussions or deliberations on this portion of the work session agenda are limited to posted agenda items and may not include a new or unposted subject matter.

Written Briefing:

Atmos Settlement Agreement

Written staff presentation and recommendation regarding Atmos settlement agreement, prepared by Matt Watson, Chief Financial Officer.

Verbal Briefings:

Introduction of a new Team Garland member: James Sacker, Director of the Wastewater Department.

2023 State Legislative Session Update

Discussion with Representative Victoria Neave Criado, and Representative Rhetta Andrews Bowers regarding the 2023 State Legislative Session.

Deputy Mayor Pro Tem Ed Moore, Chair of the Audit Committee, will report on the following items:

Weaver Presentation – FY/2023 Audit
Fuel and Propane Management Audit
Municipal Court Compliance Program Audit
CIP Reimbursement Audit Follow-up
Take-Home Vehicle Directive Update
FY/2024 Audit Plan

Development Services Committee Chair, Dylan Hedrick, will report on the following items:

Conversions of Car Washes to Auto Repair Uses, and Minor Automobile Repair Use in Community Retail (CR) District Zoning.
Review of the Current I-30 Corridor Zoning for District 3.
Hybrid Zoning Uses.
Discuss Policy Options for the Re-use of Vacant Commercial Buildings.
Parking for Bicycles in the Downtown area.

Resolution Establishing a Charter Review Committee

Brian England, City Attorney, will provide Council with a resolution for consideration establishing a Charter Review Committee and a charge related thereto.

Discuss Appointments to Boards and Commissions

Board and Commission Appointment

City Council

Michele Orahood - Animal Services Advisory Committee

Charter Review Committee Appointments

Mayor Scott LeMay

Gayle Owens

Mayor Pro Tem Jeff Bass

Scott Roberts

Deputy Mayor Pro Tem Ed Moore

Steve Silas

Council Member Deborah Morris

William Oaks

Council Member B.J. Williams

Martin Glenn

Council Member Margaret Lucht

Dorothy White

Council Member Carissa Dutton

Lori Dodson

Council Member Dylan Hedrick

Mike Rose

Council Member Chris Ott

Robert John Smith

Announce Future Agenda Items

A member of the City Council, with a second by another member, or the Mayor alone, may ask that an item be placed on a future agenda of the City Council or a committee of the City Council. No substantive discussion of that item will take place at this time.

Council will move into Executive Session

EXECUTIVE SESSION
AGENDA

The City Council will adjourn into executive session pursuant to Sections 551.071, 551.087 and 551.072 of the Texas Government Code to deliberate or discuss:

(1) the purchase, exchange, lease or value of real property located in the vicinity of the historic downtown district (551.072); and attorney/client matters concerning privileged and unprivileged client information related to the same (551.071).

(2) economic development matters related to commercial or financial information that the City has received from one or more business prospects that the City seeks to have locate, stay, or expand in the vicinity of South Garland Avenue and I-635 and with which the City is conducting economic development negotiations (551.087) and attorney/client matters concerning privileged and unprivileged client information related to the same (551.071).

Adjourn