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WELL, GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME TO THE TUESDAY, OCTOBER 17TH, 2023 WORK SESSION FOR THE GARLAND CITY COUNCIL.
UH, WE HAVE ADJUSTED OUR SCHEDULE THIS WEEK, OBVIOUSLY, UH, WE USUALLY DO THIS ON MONDAY NIGHT, SO WE WILL HAVE OUR REGULAR SESSION FOLLOWING THIS.
UH, WE HAVE A PRETTY LIGHT, UH, WORK SESSION AGENDA BECAUSE AS WE ALL KNOW, WE JUST MET LAST WEEK, SO WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE KIND OF, WE'LL GET BACK IN SYNC WITH OUR CALENDAR.
AND, UH, SO THE FIRST ITEM UP IS ITEM ONE, PUBLIC COMMENTS ON WORK SESSION ITEMS. I DON'T BELIEVE WE HAVE ANY SPEAKERS SIGNED UP THIS EVENING.
[2. Consider the Consent Agenda]
IS ITEM TWO.THIS NORMALLY IS WHERE I SAY FOR TOMORROW NIGHT, BUT I WILL SAY LATER ON TONIGHT.
UM, I HAVE NOT SEEN ANY REQUEST TO HAVE ANYTHING PULLED.
UH, BUT OBVIOUSLY THERE IS STILL OPPORTUNITY FOR THAT.
[3. Written Briefings]
NEXT, WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM THREE, WRITTEN BRIEFINGS.ITEM THREE, A BOTTLENECK IMPROVEMENTS PROGRAM AGREEMENTS WITH DALLAS COUNTY.
UH, COUNCIL MEMBER WILLIAMS HAS ASKED FOR A LITTLE MORE DETAIL ON THIS, AND I BELIEVE LAURA DUNN IS GONNA GIVE US THAT DETAIL.
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
SO ON TONIGHT'S AGENDA, WE HAVE TWO AGREEMENTS THAT ARE ASSOCIATED WITH, UH, DALLAS COUNTY SEVENTH CALL FOR PROJECTS.
AS PART OF THAT, WE SUBMITTED A PROJECT REQUEST FOR BOTTLENECK IMPROVEMENTS THROUGHOUT GARLAND.
UM, SO THE SECOND STEP IN THAT IS FOR COUNSEL TO CONSIDER BOTH THE FUNDING AGREEMENT AND THEN A PROJECT SPECIFIC AGREEMENT.
UM, AS YOU'VE HEARD ME TALK ABOUT OUR BOTTLENECK IMPROVEMENTS PROGRAM, UM, IN OUR QUARTERLY UPDATES ON THE BOND PROGRAM, YOU'LL KNOW IT'S DIVIDED INTO FOUR DIFFERENT DESIGN PACKAGES.
UM, SO THE WAY THAT THIS IS STRUCTURED IS THE FUNDING AGREEMENT IS ENCOMPASSING ALL THE INTERSECTIONS, UM, A TOTAL OF ROUGHLY $10.5 MILLION.
UH, SUBSEQUENT TO THAT, WE ALSO HAVE THE PROJECT SPECIFIC AGREEMENT, WHICH IS COVERING PACKAGES ONE AND TWO.
UM, THERE WILL BE FUTURE AMENDMENTS TO THIS PROJECT SPECIFIC AGREEMENT THAT WILL COVER PACKAGES THREE AND FOUR.
UM, THAT WILL THEN GET US BACK TO THAT TOTAL OF ROUGHLY 10.5 MILLION.
SO THE FIRST TWO PACKAGES THAT YOU'RE SEEING, UM, ARE RIGHT AROUND 6 MILLION.
UM, SO THE COUNTY'S PORTION OF THAT IS JUST OVER 3 MILLION.
THANK YOU, LAURA, FOR THAT UP UPDATE WHEN I SAW THIS.
UH, ANYTIME WE CAN PARTNER WITH THE COUNTY, AND I THINK OUR PUBLIC SHOULD KNOW THAT BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE A, WE DON'T HAVE A CASE OR A ZONING CASE WITH THE WORD TRAFFIC, YOU KNOW, OR STREETS DON'T COME UP.
AND, AND I THOUGHT THAT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT OUR PUBLIC, WE SHOULD SHARE WITH, WITH, WITH OUR, OUR PUBLIC FOR THIS INITIATIVE, PARTICULARLY WITH THE PARTNERSHIP THAT'S INVOLVED IN THIS, IN THIS WHOLE RANGE OF PROJECTS.
UH, AND THAT WAS OUR ONE AND ONLY WRITTEN BRIEFING, AND WE DON'T HAVE ANY VERBAL BRIEFINGS SCHEDULED FOR THIS EVENING.
SO MOVING ON TO ITEM FOUR, FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS. UH, IS THERE ANYONE WHO HAS ANY FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS THIS EVENING? I SEE NONE.
ALL RIGHT, BECAUSE THAT WAS THE LAST THING ON OUR AGENDA.
SO AT 6 0 3, WE ARE ADJOURNED.