Written Briefings: a. Texas Department of Transportation – Selective Traffic Enforcement Program – “Click It or Ticket” Grant Council is requested to consider authorizing the acceptance of a Texas Department of Transportation – Selective Traffic Enforcement Program – “Click It or Ticket” Grant in the amount of $4,956.37. The purpose of this grant is to save lives by increasing occupant restraint use in all passenger vehicles and trucks by conducting intense occupant protection enforcement as well as public information and education efforts during the enforcement period of May 18 – May 31. Unless otherwise directed by Council, this item will be scheduled for formal consideration at the May 5, 2015 Regular Meeting. b. Sale and Abandonment of Eastgate Drive to Racetrac Council is requested to consider selling and abandoning the remaining portion of Eastgate Drive from the IH-635 Frontage Road to Northwest Highway to RaceTrac for $40,000. Unless otherwise directed by Council, this item will be scheduled for formal consideration at the May 5, 2015 Regular Meeting. c. Interlocal Agreement with the City of Sachse for Pleasant Valley Bridge – Richfield Drive to Miles Road Council is requested to consider whether to enter into an Interlocal Agreement with the City of Sachse allowing for the proper construction of Pleasant Valley Road at the City limit lines and including a portion of Sachse’s proposed wastewater main in Garland as part of Garland’s bid package. Unless otherwise directed by Council, this item will be scheduled for formal consideration at the May 19, 2015 Regular Meeting. d. Consider Resolution Authorizing Purchase of 3.16 Acre Addition to the Spring Creek Greenbelt Council is requested to consider a resolution authorizing the City Manager to enter into a Purchase Agreement for a 3.16 acre tract of land located in and around the Spring Creek Greenbelt. Unless otherwise directed by Council, this item will be scheduled for formal consideration at the May 19, 2015 Regular Meeting e. Change Order No. 2 to BL 05560 Web Based Uniform Purchase Program Council is requested to consider Change Order No. 2 to BL 05560 in the amount of $173,622.43 with Galls, LLC to provide uniforms and clothing items to the Garland Fire Department. This item is scheduled for formal consideration at the May 5, 2015 Regular Meeting. f. Second Quarter Financial Results for FY 2014-15 Second quarter financial results for FY 2014-15 provides a financial status on the General Fund, major utility funds, and any non-major funds that currently have fiscal issues. g. Appointment to the GHFC Board Shannon D. Gray resigned as a representative of the Garland Housing Finance Corporation (GHFC) Board on April 1, 2015. Information was posted on the City’s website for 14 days in order to provide an opportunity for citizens to apply for the position. At the close of the 14- day notice period, J. Christopher Luna responded. Council previously interviewed Mr. Luna at the March 17, 2015 Work Session. Council is scheduled to formally appoint a representative to the GHFC at the May 5, 2015 Regular Meeting.
b. Transportation Report Dean/Schaffner Dean International, the City’s transportation consultant, will update Council on the following: • Transportation Program Updates o IH-635 ? Consider a Resolution regarding the Development of the IH-635 East Project and in support of an Expiring Revenue Enhancement funding mechanism. o IH-30 • Strategic Events Update • Advocacy Group Update • Transportation Updates o TEX-21 o Regional Policy o Federal Policy o State Update
Community Services Committee Report Goebel Council Member Anita Goebel, chair of the Community Services Committee, will provide a committee report on the following items: • Damaged Screening Wall Enforcement • Reward Program for Reporting Illegal Tire Dumping
Consider the Consent Agenda Council A member of the City Council may ask that an item on the consent agenda for the next regular meeting be pulled from the consent agenda and considered separate from the other consent agenda items. No substantive discussion of that item will take place at this time.
4. Announce Future Agenda Items Council 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. 5. Adjourn
May 04, 2015 Work Session
Written Briefings: a. Texas Department of Transportation – Selective Traffic Enforcement Program – “Click It or Ticket” Grant Council is requested to consider authorizing the acceptance of a Texas Department of Transportation – Selective Traffic Enforcement Program – “Click It or Ticket” Grant in the amount of $4,956.37. The purpose of this grant is to save lives by increasing occupant restraint use in all passenger vehicles and trucks by conducting intense occupant protection enforcement as well as public information and education efforts during the enforcement period of May 18 – May 31. Unless otherwise directed by Council, this item will be scheduled for formal consideration at the May 5, 2015 Regular Meeting. b. Sale and Abandonment of Eastgate Drive to Racetrac Council is requested to consider selling and abandoning the remaining portion of Eastgate Drive from the IH-635 Frontage Road to Northwest Highway to RaceTrac for $40,000. Unless otherwise directed by Council, this item will be scheduled for formal consideration at the May 5, 2015 Regular Meeting. c. Interlocal Agreement with the City of Sachse for Pleasant Valley Bridge – Richfield Drive to Miles Road Council is requested to consider whether to enter into an Interlocal Agreement with the City of Sachse allowing for the proper construction of Pleasant Valley Road at the City limit lines and including a portion of Sachse’s proposed wastewater main in Garland as part of Garland’s bid package. Unless otherwise directed by Council, this item will be scheduled for formal consideration at the May 19, 2015 Regular Meeting. d. Consider Resolution Authorizing Purchase of 3.16 Acre Addition to the Spring Creek Greenbelt Council is requested to consider a resolution authorizing the City Manager to enter into a Purchase Agreement for a 3.16 acre tract of land located in and around the Spring Creek Greenbelt. Unless otherwise directed by Council, this item will be scheduled for formal consideration at the May 19, 2015 Regular Meeting e. Change Order No. 2 to BL 05560 Web Based Uniform Purchase Program Council is requested to consider Change Order No. 2 to BL 05560 in the amount of $173,622.43 with Galls, LLC to provide uniforms and clothing items to the Garland Fire Department. This item is scheduled for formal consideration at the May 5, 2015 Regular Meeting. f. Second Quarter Financial Results for FY 2014-15 Second quarter financial results for FY 2014-15 provides a financial status on the General Fund, major utility funds, and any non-major funds that currently have fiscal issues. g. Appointment to the GHFC Board Shannon D. Gray resigned as a representative of the Garland Housing Finance Corporation (GHFC) Board on April 1, 2015. Information was posted on the City’s website for 14 days in order to provide an opportunity for citizens to apply for the position. At the close of the 14- day notice period, J. Christopher Luna responded. Council previously interviewed Mr. Luna at the March 17, 2015 Work Session. Council is scheduled to formally appoint a representative to the GHFC at the May 5, 2015 Regular Meeting.
b. Transportation Report Dean/Schaffner Dean International, the City’s transportation consultant, will update Council on the following: • Transportation Program Updates o IH-635 ? Consider a Resolution regarding the Development of the IH-635 East Project and in support of an Expiring Revenue Enhancement funding mechanism. o IH-30 • Strategic Events Update • Advocacy Group Update • Transportation Updates o TEX-21 o Regional Policy o Federal Policy o State Update
Community Services Committee Report Goebel Council Member Anita Goebel, chair of the Community Services Committee, will provide a committee report on the following items: • Damaged Screening Wall Enforcement • Reward Program for Reporting Illegal Tire Dumping
Consider the Consent Agenda Council A member of the City Council may ask that an item on the consent agenda for the next regular meeting be pulled from the consent agenda and considered separate from the other consent agenda items. No substantive discussion of that item will take place at this time.
4. Announce Future Agenda Items Council 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. 5. Adjourn