AGENDA

CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION
City of Garland
Council Chambers, City Hall
William E. Dollar Municipal Building
200 North Fifth Street
Garland, Texas 
Monday, October 17, 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.











 

 

 


 
One or more members of the City Council may participate in the meeting remotely.  A quorum, including the presiding officer, will be present at the aforementioned meeting location.  


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.   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.
 
b.   2023 Low Income Housing Tax Credit Application Process

In keeping with the policy set last year, Council is requested not to accept any new Low Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) applications and requests for issuance of Resolutions of Support for 9% LIHTC developments for the 2023 application. 
 
c.   2022 Capital Improvement Program (CIP) Budget Amendment No. 2

Council is requested to approve the CIP Budget Amendment No. 2 to appropriate $60,002,860 for the installation of new generation resources at the Olinger Power Station. This item will be scheduled for formal consideration at the October 18, 2022 Regular Meeting. 
 
d.   Interlocal Agreement and Payment Authorization for Multi-Disciplinary Behavioral Health Response Team

Garland Health Department staff recommends approval of the Interlocal Agreement Second Amendment with Dallas County Hospital District d/b/a Parkland Health & Hospital System ("Parkland") to continue the Multi-Disciplinary Behavioral Health Response Team, which provides social work services to benefit all garland residents.
 
e.   Agreement for the Provision of Temporary Electric Distribution Service

Council is requested to approve the agreement for the provision of temporary electric distribution service with Digital Garland Ferris, L.P. This item will be scheduled for formal consideration at the October 18, 2022 Regular Meeting.  
 
4. Verbal Briefings:  
 
a.   Transportation, Infrastructure and Mobility Committee Report 

Council Member Dylan Hedrick, Chair of the Transportation, Infrastructure and Mobility Committee, will provide a committee report on the following items:
  • Flood Prone Properties Buyout Program Ordinance and Operating Guidelines
 
b.   Consider GCACI Hotel Occupancy Tax Revenue Budget, Sub-grant Recipients and Hotel Occupancy Tax Program Management Agreement

Council is requested to approve the 2022-2023 budget of the Garland Cultural Arts Commission Inc., sub-grant recipients and authorize the City Manager's execution of the "Hotel Occupancy Tax Program Management Agreement" between the City of Garland and the GCACI. This item is scheduled for formal consideration at the October 18, 2022 Regular Meeting. 
 
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.
 		  
 
6. 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 Sections 551.072, 551.086, and 551.071 of the Texas Government Code to deliberate or discuss:

(1) The purchase, exchange, lease, or value of real property located within the City in the vicinity of East Centerville Road and East Kingsley Road (551.072), and attorney/client matters concerning privileged and unprivileged client information related to the same (551.071);

(2) The purchase, exchange, lease, or value of real property located within the City in the vicinity of East Avenue B and South 1st Street (551.072), and attorney/client matters concerning privileged and unprivileged client information related to the same (551.071);

(3) 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 (551.087), and the purchase, exchange, lease, or value of real property located within the City in the vicinity of IH635 and South Garland Avenue (551.072), and attorney/client matters concerning privileged and unprivileged client information related to the same (551.071);

(4) Attorney/client matters concerning privileged and unprivileged client information related to pending litigation (551.071); and

(5) Attorney/client matters concerning privileged and unprivileged client information related to legal requirements of zoning procedures and hearings (551.071).		  
 
7. Adjourn