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Written Briefings: a. 2016 Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Council is requested to consider a resolution authorizing the City of garland Police Department to submit an application to, and subsequently accept a grant from, the Bureau of Justice Assistance under the 2016 Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Program for an estimated net amount of $29,586.65 b. 2016 CIP Budget Amendment No. 1 Council is requested to amend the 2016 Capital Improvement Program (CIP) to appropriate $7,219,300 in Commercial Paper for construction of the transmission portion of the Swindell Substation. Unless otherwise directed by Council this item will be scheduled for formal consideration at the June 7, 2016 Regular Meeting. c. Garland Housing Agency Annual Performance Update and Administrative Plan Revisions Council is requested to approve the Garland Housing Agency Annual Performance Update and the Administrative Plan revision in order for the City of Garland to continue to receive funding from the Department of Housing and Urban Development to provide rental assistance to low income families. Unless otherwise directed by Council, this item will be scheduled for formal consideration at the June 21, 2016 Regular Meeting. d. Shiloh Business Park Deed Restriction Variance Resolution The GP&L Lookout Drive Substation and a City radio tower site is currently being constructed on a tract of land within the Shiloh Business Park. The underlying real property has several deed restrictions that run with the land. Shiloh Business Park has agreed to grant variances to certain deed restrictions so that the City may construct and operate the substation and radio tower within the business park. Unless otherwise directed by Council this item will be scheduled for formal consideration at the June 21, 2016 Regular Meeting.
Garland Cultural Arts Commission Annual Report The Garland Cultural Arts Commission is coming before Council to present the annual annual report.
Annual Board and Commission Reports - Board of Adjustment Staff will provide a report regarding the Board of Adjustment and summary of cases from the previous year.
Historically Underutilized (HUB) Procurement At the request of Mayor Pro Tem B. J. Williams and Council Member Stephen W. Stanley, the Purchasing Department has been requested to report on Historically Underutilized (HUB) Procurement. The report will be presented by Gary Holcomb, Purchasing Director.
Consider the Consent Agenda 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.
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.
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: 1. 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. a. A datacenter project proposed to be located in north Garland, near the general vicinity of Holford Road and State Highway 190 b. A commercial project proposed to be located in north Garland, near the general Work Session Agenda June 6, 2016 Page 4 b. A commercial project proposed to be located in north Garland, near the general vicinity of Lookout Drive and State Highway 190 c. A commercial project proposed to be located in north Garland, near the general vicinity of Lookout Drive and State Highway 190 2. Discussions, deliberations, voting on, and taking final action with regard to any competitive matter, that being a utility-related matter that is related to the City’s competitive activity, including commercial information, and would, if disclosed, give advantage to competitors or prospective competitors including any matter that is reasonably related to the following categories of information: a. 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; b. bidding and pricing information for purchased power, generation and fuel, and Electric Reliability Council of Texas bids, prices, offers, and related services and strategies; c. effective fuel and purchased power agreements and fuel transportation arrangements and contracts; d. risk management information, contracts, and strategies, including fuel hedging and storage; e. 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 f. customer billing, contract, and usage information, electric power pricing information, system load characteristics, and electric power marketing analyses and strategies; Sec. 551.806; Sec. 552.133, Tex. Gov't Code. Consider a joint operating agreement and other matters relating to the operation and future of TMPA post-2018. 6. Adjourn
Jun 06, 2016 Work Session
Additional Item
Written Briefings: a. 2016 Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Council is requested to consider a resolution authorizing the City of garland Police Department to submit an application to, and subsequently accept a grant from, the Bureau of Justice Assistance under the 2016 Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Program for an estimated net amount of $29,586.65 b. 2016 CIP Budget Amendment No. 1 Council is requested to amend the 2016 Capital Improvement Program (CIP) to appropriate $7,219,300 in Commercial Paper for construction of the transmission portion of the Swindell Substation. Unless otherwise directed by Council this item will be scheduled for formal consideration at the June 7, 2016 Regular Meeting. c. Garland Housing Agency Annual Performance Update and Administrative Plan Revisions Council is requested to approve the Garland Housing Agency Annual Performance Update and the Administrative Plan revision in order for the City of Garland to continue to receive funding from the Department of Housing and Urban Development to provide rental assistance to low income families. Unless otherwise directed by Council, this item will be scheduled for formal consideration at the June 21, 2016 Regular Meeting. d. Shiloh Business Park Deed Restriction Variance Resolution The GP&L Lookout Drive Substation and a City radio tower site is currently being constructed on a tract of land within the Shiloh Business Park. The underlying real property has several deed restrictions that run with the land. Shiloh Business Park has agreed to grant variances to certain deed restrictions so that the City may construct and operate the substation and radio tower within the business park. Unless otherwise directed by Council this item will be scheduled for formal consideration at the June 21, 2016 Regular Meeting.
Garland Cultural Arts Commission Annual Report The Garland Cultural Arts Commission is coming before Council to present the annual annual report.
Annual Board and Commission Reports - Board of Adjustment Staff will provide a report regarding the Board of Adjustment and summary of cases from the previous year.
Historically Underutilized (HUB) Procurement At the request of Mayor Pro Tem B. J. Williams and Council Member Stephen W. Stanley, the Purchasing Department has been requested to report on Historically Underutilized (HUB) Procurement. The report will be presented by Gary Holcomb, Purchasing Director.
Consider the Consent Agenda 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.
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.
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: 1. 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. a. A datacenter project proposed to be located in north Garland, near the general vicinity of Holford Road and State Highway 190 b. A commercial project proposed to be located in north Garland, near the general Work Session Agenda June 6, 2016 Page 4 b. A commercial project proposed to be located in north Garland, near the general vicinity of Lookout Drive and State Highway 190 c. A commercial project proposed to be located in north Garland, near the general vicinity of Lookout Drive and State Highway 190 2. Discussions, deliberations, voting on, and taking final action with regard to any competitive matter, that being a utility-related matter that is related to the City’s competitive activity, including commercial information, and would, if disclosed, give advantage to competitors or prospective competitors including any matter that is reasonably related to the following categories of information: a. 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; b. bidding and pricing information for purchased power, generation and fuel, and Electric Reliability Council of Texas bids, prices, offers, and related services and strategies; c. effective fuel and purchased power agreements and fuel transportation arrangements and contracts; d. risk management information, contracts, and strategies, including fuel hedging and storage; e. 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 f. customer billing, contract, and usage information, electric power pricing information, system load characteristics, and electric power marketing analyses and strategies; Sec. 551.806; Sec. 552.133, Tex. Gov't Code. Consider a joint operating agreement and other matters relating to the operation and future of TMPA post-2018. 6. Adjourn