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PUBLIC COMMENTS ON WORK SESSION ITEMS Members of the audience may address the City Council on any Work Session item at the beginning of the meeting. Speakers are allowed three minutes each, grouped by agenda item and called in the order of the agenda. Anyone wishing to speak must fill out a speaker card (located at the entrance to the Council Chambers and on the visitor's side of the Work Session Room) and give it to the City Secretary before the Mayor calls the meeting to order. Speakers are limited to addressing items on the Work Session agenda only. Items on a Regular Meeting agenda should be addressed at the respective Regular Meeting. Items not currently on an agenda may be addressed during the citizen comments portion of any Regular Meeting. |
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CONSIDER THE CONSENT AGENDA Council may ask for discussion or further information on any item posted in the consent agenda of the next Regular Meeting. Council may also ask that an item on the consent agenda be pulled and considered for a vote separate from the consent agenda at the next Regular Meeting. All discussions or deliberations are limited to posted agenda items and may not include new or unposted subject matter. |
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WRITTEN BRIEFINGS Council may ask for discussion, further information, or give direction to staff on an item posted as a written briefing. |
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Youth Programs Standards of Care Written staff presentation regarding youth programs Standards of Care. Unless otherwise directed by Council, this item will be scheduled for formal consideration at the April 16, 2024 Regular Meeting. |
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Issuance of General Obligation Refunding and Improvement Bonds Council is asked to consider the issuance of General Obligation Bonds to fund the 2004 and 2019 Bond Programs. |
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Water and Sewer System Refunding Bonds Council is asked to consider refunding approximately $45 million of Water and Sewer System Commercial Paper Notes, Series 2015 and approximately $10.5 million Water and Sewer System Revenue Bonds, Series 2012 with Water and Sewer System Revenue Refunding Bonds, Series 2022. |
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First Amendment to the Project Specific Agreement with Dallas County for Rowlett Road Cycle Track from Greenbelt Parkway to Lake Ray Hubbard Council is asked to consider approving a resolution authorizing the City Manager to execute the First Amendment to the Project Specific Agreement with Dallas County. |
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VERBAL BRIEFINGS Council may ask for discussion, further information, or give direction to staff on an item posted as a verbal briefing. |
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Introduction of Niels Brown, Real Estate Director Phil Urrutia, Assistant City Manager, will introduce Niels Brown, Real Estate Director. Mr. Brown will lead the newly created Real Estate Office to manage acquisitions, dispositions, leasing, and licensing of real property in support of city projects. |
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Audit Committee Meeting Report Deputy Mayor Pro Tem Ed Moore, Chair of the Audit Committee, with the assistance of staff, will present the Council with a verbal report regarding recent audits. |
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ANNOUNCE FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS A Council member, 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 of a committee of the City Council. No substantive discussion of that item will take place at this time. |
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EXECUTIVE SESSION Council will adjourn into executive session pursuant to the following Sections of the Texas Government Code. |
The City Council will adjourn into executive session pursuant to Sections 551.087, 551.086, 551.089, and 551.071 of the Texas Government Code to deliberate or discuss
- 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 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 to relocate a proposed development in the vicinity of State Hwy 190 (551.087); and attorney/client matters concerning privileged and unprivileged client information related to the same (551.071).
- Security assessments or audits relating to information resources technology (551.089) and attorney/client matters concerning privileged and unprivileged client information related to the same (551.071).
- Competitive matters of a public power utility related to risk management information and strategies (551.086) and attorney/client matters concerning privileged and unprivileged client information related to the same (551.071).
- Potential and contemplated claims or litigation related to contractor performance and obligations under city construction contract, consultation with the City Attorney regarding a matter in which the duty of the City Attorney under the Texas Disciplinary Rules of Professional Conduct of the State Bar of Texas clearly conflicts with Chapter 551 of the Texas Local Government Code, and attorney/client matters concerning privileged and unprivileged client information related to same (551.071).
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ADJOURN All Work Sessions 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. Tuesdays - 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 CDs are $1 each and DVDs 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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