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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, July 18, 2022
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: 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]


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.

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.

3.		Written Briefings:

	a.	City Council Committees - Pending Items List The Pending Items List for the Council Committees is being provided for Council's review.

	b.	COVID-19 Briefing Staff will provide an update to Council and ask for direction, if needed, on various matters related to COVID-19 and actions being taken by the City.

	c.	Amendments to Chapter 31, Article VII Flood Damage Prevention, Section 31.104 of the Code of Ordinances Council is requested to adopt a resolution authorizing the proposed amendments to Chapter 31, Article VII Flood Damage Prevention, Section 31.104 of the Code of Ordinances. Unless otherwise directed by Council, this item will be scheduled for formal consideration at the August 2, 2022 Regular Meeting.

	d.	AT&T Cellular Site Lease Agreement Council is requested to approve and amendment and lease agreement extending the lease agreement for equipment mounted on the Forest Lane Water Tower for an additional 15 years. Unless otherwise directed by Council, this item will be scheduled for formal consideration at the August 16, 2022 Regular Meeting.

	e.	Neighborhood Vitality Matching Grant Spring 2022 Applications Council is requested to consider the Rustic Oaks Estates HOA matching grant application as submitted. Unless otherwise directed by Council, this item will be scheduled for formal consideration at the August 2, 2022 Regular Meeting.

	f.	Duck Creek Lift Station Transfer of Ownership Council is requested to transfer ownership and maintenance responsibility of the wastewater lift station and force main to the Town of Sunnyvale. Unless otherwise directed by Council, this item will be scheduled for formal consideration at the August 16, 2022 Regular Meeting.

	g.	Volunteer Appointment - Civil Service Commission Council is requested to consider appointing Marisol Trevizo for an additional three-year term. This item will be scheduled for formal consideration at the July 19, 2022 Regular Meeting.

4.		Verbal Briefings:

	a.	Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Final Report on Globe Union Lead Remediation Project Representatives from the Environmental Protection Agency will brief Council on the completion of the remediation project regarding lead contamination from the former Globe Union site.

	b.	Facility Naming At the request of Council Member BJ Williams and Council Member Jeff Bass, Council is requested to consider naming a City of Garland facility in honor of former Garland Mayor and Assistant City Manager, The Honorable Ronald E. Jones. Staff is requested to bring forth a list of available facilities for Council consideration.

	c.	Public Safety Committee Report Council Member Robert Vera, Chairman of the Public Safety Committee, and Chief Jeff Bryan, Staff Liaison to the Committee will provide a committee report on the following items assigned to the Committee: Review proposed changes to the Oversized Vehicle Ordinance Update on the Flock Safety System

	d.	Administrative Services Committee Report Council Member Robert John Smith, chair of the Administrative Services Committee, will provide a committee report on the following items: Council Ethics Policy

5.		Discuss Appointments to Boards and Commissions

		Mayor Scott LeMay Sarah Lockett - Garland Youth Council Alexis Olvera - Garland Youth Council

		Council Member Jeff Bass Menal Yasin - Garland Youth Council Nkemsinachi Ukachi-Nwata - Garland Youth Council Beena Varnan - Cultural Arts Commission and Tax Increment Finance # 3 Board Scott Roberts - Plan Commission William Peace - Tax Increment Finance #1 Downtown Board Eric Barron - Unified Building Standards Board

		Mayor Pro Tem Deborah Morris Kashina Daceus - Garland Youth Council Cesar Garcia - Garland Youth Council

		Council Member Ed Moore Amy Rosas - Garland Youth Council Joann Simon - Garland Youth Council

		Council Member BJ Williams Bryan Panameno - Garland Youth Council Briana T. White - Garland Youth Council

		Council Member Margaret Lucht A'leena Bradley - Garland Youth Council Stephen Hogue - Garland Youth Council

		Council Member Robert Vera Daniyal Saleem - Garland Youth Council Bryan Calderon - Garland Youth Council

		Council Member Dylan Hedrick Hailey Gonzalez - Garland Youth Council Medina Yasin - Garland Youth Council

		Deputy Mayor Pro Tem Robert John Smith Preston Miles Bass - Garland Youth Council Ayooluwa Joy Okunade - Garland Youth Council

6.		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.

7.		Council will move into Executive Session

		EXECUTIVE SESSION AGENDA 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:



		The City Council will adjourn into executive session pursuant to Texas Government Code sections 551.087, 551.086, 552.133, and 551.071, to discuss and deliberate: Competitive matters, and to discuss, vote on, and take final action with regard to pending or contemplated litigation, settlement offer(s), regarding legal and financial issues related to a request from the Texas Municipal Power Agency for approval of its generation budget under the TMPA Joint Operating Agreement (551.806, 552.133), and attorney/client matters concerning privileged and unprivileged client information related to the same (551.071). Competitive matters of a public power utility (551.086) concerning generation units and attorney/client matters concerning privileged and unprivileged client information related to the same (551.071).

8.		Adjourn