![]() 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, May 15, 2023 6:00 p.m. DEFINITIONS: |
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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: (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:
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1. | 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. |
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2. | 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. |
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3. | Written Briefings: | |||||
a. | TxDOT Click It or Ticket Grant May 2023 Written staff presentation and recommendation regarding the TxDOT grant funding for the Selective Traffic Enforcement Program (STEP) Click It or Ticket (CIOT) Grant, for education, awareness, and increased safety belt compliance during the period of May 19 to June 7, 2023. This item is scheduled for formal consideration at the May 16, 2023 Regular Meeting. |
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b. | T-Mobile Cellular Site Lease Extension Written staff presentation regarding T-Mobile South LLC cellular equipment mounted on the Lawler Road Water Tower located at 625 Lawler Road since July 14, 2000. The original lease has been amended six times over the last 23 years. The current lease agreement will expire on October 31, 2026. T-Mobile LLC desires to enter into a Seventh Amended Agreement which will commence on November 1, 2026, and will extend the lease until October 31, 2031. |
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c. | Parking Restrictions on Colonel Drive Written staff presentation and recommendation regarding Parking on Colonel Drive creating sight visibility and obstruction issues. Restrictions have been requested by the neighborhood to remedy these issues. |
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d. | City Council Committees - Pending Items List The Pending Items List for the Council Committees is being provided for Council's review. |
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e. | Pedestrian Routes to Jupiter/Forest DART Station Written staff presentation and recommendation regarding entering into an Advance Funding Agreement (AFA) with Texas Department of Transportation (TXDOT) for the design and construction of the Pedestrian Routes to Forest/Jupiter DART Station in Garland, Texas |
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f. | Drainage Participation Ordinance Written staff presentation and recommendation regarding amendments to Chapter 31: Article VI Drainage Improvement Districts and Drainage Participation Projects, to include revisions to Section 31.98 "Maintenance of Completed Improvements" of the Code of Ordinances. |
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4. | Verbal Briefings: | |||||
a. | Introduction of a new member of Team Garland: Michael Brinkmann, Managing Director of Water Utilities. | |||||
b. | Community Services Committee Report Community Services Committee Chair Mayor Pro Tem Morris will report on revisions to Garland's current Ordinance regulating ice cream truck operations and sales. |
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5. | 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. |
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6. | Council will move into Executive Session | |||||
EXECUTIVE SESSION 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:AGENDA |
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a. | The City Council will adjourn into executive session pursuant to Sections 551.071, 551.072, and 551.087 of the Texas Government Code to deliberate or discuss:
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7. | Adjourn | |||||
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