LEGISLATIVE PRAYER AND PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE It is the custom and tradition of the members of the City Council to have an invocation and recital of the Pledge of Allegiance prior to the beginning of the meeting. Members of the audience are invited to participate. However, members of the audience are not required to participate. The decision to participate is strictly a matter of personal choice and has no bearing on matters to be considered by the City Council and will not affect the decisions to be made during the meeting.
Mayoral Proclamations, Recognitions and Announcements
The Mayor may present proclamations and recognize attendees or award winners, and may make announcements regarding upcoming City events and matters of interest to citizens. There will be no Council deliberations or votes on these matters.
All items under this section are recommended for approval by a single motion of Council, without discussion. Council has had the opportunity to review each of these items at a previous work session and approval of the consent agenda authorizes the City Manager to implement each item. The Mayor will announce the agenda and provide an opportunity for members of the audience and the City Council to request that an item be removed and considered separately. 1. Consider approval of the minutes of the June 20, 2017 Regular Meeting. 2. Consider approval of the following bids: a. Professional Engineering Design Services for W. Kingsley Road and First Street Water Replacements RJN Group, Inc. This request is to provide professional engineering design services for the replacement of water lines and pavement panels on W. Kingsley Road from Jupiter Road to National Drive and water line replacements west of First Street between Main Street and Avenue C. b. Tubular Steel Structures - Olinger Wylie East, Phase II-B, Lake Lavon Crossing Falcon Steel Company $225,900.00 Optional Contingency $22,590.00 TOTAL $248,490.00 This request is to purchase sixteen steel transmission poles needed for the crossing of Lake Lavon associated with Phase II-B of the Olinger Wylie East Circuit transmission project. This project increases the capacity and reliability of the transmission grid. Due to the complex nature of the project, an Optional Contingency is included for any additional materials that may be required. c. Control House for the GP&L Forest Lane Substation Electrical Power Products, Inc. $345,523.00 Optional Contingency 34,553.00 TOTAL $380,076.00 This request is to purchase a control house for the GP&L Forest Lane Substation as part of the approved Forest Lane Substation Loop CIP project. Due to the complex nature of the project, an Optional Contingency is included for any additional materials that may be required. d. Plumbing Service Repairs and Replacements United Mechanical (Primary) $200,000.00 ABM Building Services, LLC (Secondary) 50,000.00 TOTAL $250,000.00 This request is to provide plumbing maintenance, repair, and replacement services throughout the City on an as-needed basis. This is a term agreement with four (4) optional renewals. A term is defined as either the annual expiration date or the expenditure of funds, whichever occurs first. Subsequent renewals do not require additional City Council approval. If all optional renewals are exercised, the potential financial impact will be $1,250,000 over the life of the agreement. Expenditures will not exceed appropriated funds. e. HVAC Service Repairs and Replacements United Mechanical (Primary) $300,000.00 ABM Building Services, LLC (Secondary) 100,000.00 TOTAL $400,000.00 This request is to provide HVAC (heating, ventilation, air conditioning) maintenance, repair, and replacement services throughout the City on an as-needed basis. This is a term agreement with four (4) optional renewals. A term is defined as either the annual expiration date or the expenditure of funds, whichever occurs first. Subsequent renewals do not require additional City Council approval. If all optional renewals are exercised, the potential financial impact will be $2,000,000 over the life of the agreement. Expenditures will not exceed appropriated funds. f. Transmission & Distribution Building Improvements Custard Construction Services $250,000.00 This request is to increase the scope of work to Custard Construction Services to remove additional areas of construction discovered to be noncompliant with building codes and replace with code-compliant construction for administrative offices.
Consider by minute action the appointment of a City of Garland representative to the Texas Municipal Power Agency Board of Directors. At the June 19, 2017 Work Session and the June 20, 2017 Special Session, Council interviewed the candidates interested in being appointed as the City of Garland's representative to the Texas Municipal Power Agency Board of Directors for a two-year term beginning July 19, 2017.
Reconsideration Request by Nextmetro Development Z 17-05, (District 7) Nexmetro Development previously submitted an application for a Change in Zoning from Planned Development (PD) District 85-50 to Planned Development (PD) District for Multi- Family (MF) District Uses; 2) a Concept Plan; and 3) a Detail Plan for Multi-Family (MF) Uses. The Council previously considered this application and the motion to approve failed 4- 4 after a public hearing on June 20, 2017. The applicant requests that the Council reconsider the application.
Hold public hearings on: a. Garland Development Code (GDC) Amendments Public Hearing and Consideration of amendments to Chapter 2: Zoning Regulations, Article 5, Division 2 - Land Use Matrix, Section 2.51 of the Garland Development Code (GDC) regarding Self-Storage Facilities (mini-warehouse) Parking Requirements and Chapter 2, Section 2.52(A)(16)(a) regarding Special Standards for Self-Storage Facilities; and to Chapter 7: Downtown District, Article 2, Section 7.05(B)(3), Table 7-1: Downtown District Land Use Matrix, and Appendix A (Downtown Framework Plan) of the Garland Development Code (GDC) regarding the allowance of Office, General; Personal Services; Antique Shop (indoors only); Studio, Arts/Crafts; Studio, Fitness/Performing Arts, and Retail Store in the In-Town Residential subdistrict.
Consider the application of Adeniyi B. Agbojo, requesting approval of a Specific Use Provision for Restaurant, Drive-Through on a property zoned Planned Development (PD) District 08-52 for Limited Community Retail Uses. This property is located at 3110 South Shiloh Road. (File No. Z 17-16, District 5) BEING approximately a 0.486-acre tract of land and identified as Lot 11R-1, Block 1, Wal- Mart Super Center 2 Addition, an addition to the City of Garland, Dallas County, Texas according to the map of the plat recorded in Volume 2000136 Page 472, of the Plat Records of Dallas County, Texas. The property is located at 3110 South Shiloh Road. Approval of the request will allow for a restaurant with a drive-through.
Consider the application of Mitchell Construction Company, Inc., requesting approval of a Specific Use Provision for a Restaurant, Drive-Through on a property zoned Community Retail (CR) District. This property is located at 3015 North Shiloh Road. (File No. Z 17-20, District 7) BEING approximately a 0.85-acre tract of land situated in the John Casey Survey, Abstract No. 256, Dallas County, Texas, and being Lot 3R, Block 1, ILT Addition Replat of Lots 2 & 3 Block 1, an addition to the City of Garland, Texas, according to the plat thereof recorded in County Clerk Instrument No. 201500066626, of the Official Public Records of Dallas County, Texas. This property is located at 3015 North Shiloh Road. Approval of the request will allow for a restaurant with a drive-through.
Consider the application of Claymoore Engineering, requesting approval of a Specific Use Provision for a Restaurant, Drive-Through on a property zoned Community Retail (CR) District. This property is located at 702 West Centerville Road. (File No. Z 17-21, District 4) BEING approximately a 0.604-acre tract of land and identified as Lot 1R, Block A, Enterprise Shopping Center No. 2, an addition to the City of Garland, Dallas County, Texas according to the map of the plat recorded in Volume 73200, Page 711, of the Plat Records of Dallas County, Texas. The property is located at 702 West Centerville Road. Approval of the request will allow for a restaurant with a drive-through.
Consider the application of Sanjay Chandrahas, requesting approval of Specific Use Provision for a Reception Facility on a property zoned Community Retail (CR) District. This property is located at 3310 W. Walnut Street. (File No. Z 17-27, District 6) BEING approximately a 0.50-acre tract of land and identified as Lot 6, Block A, Walnut Creek Center No. 7, an addition to the City of Garland, Dallas County, Texas according to the map of the plat recorded in Volume 72125, Page 962, of the Plat Records of Dallas County, Texas. This property is located at 3310 West Walnut Street. Approval of the request will allow for a reception facility at this site.
Consider the application of Kimley-Horn and Associates, Inc., requesting approval of a 1) Change in Zoning from Planned Development (PD) District 16-16 to Agricultural (AG) District, 2) an amendment to Planned Development (PD) District 16-35, and 3) an amendment to the Concept Plan for Dwelling, Single-Family Detached; Dwelling, Multi-Family; Elder Care-Independent Living and Restaurant on property zoned Planned Development (PD) District 16-35. This property is bounded by Holford Road to the northwest, Spring Creek Forest Preserve to the northeast, North Garland Road to the southeast and Arapaho Road to the southwest. (File No. Z 17-28, District 7) BEING an approximate 141.65-acre tract of land, situated in the Onefre Alvarado Survey, Abstract No. 2, Garland, Dallas County, Texas, and being part of Tract No.1, Tract No. 2 and Tract No. 3 in deed to Althec Partnership, Ltd. as recorded in Volume 2002049, Page 2378, Deed Records of Dallas County, Texas. This property is bounded by Holford Road to the northwest, Spring Creek Forest Preserve to the northeast, North Garland Road to the southeast and Arapaho Road to the southwest. The applicant seeks approval to 1) rezone 55.7 acres of the existing Planned Development (PD) District 16-16 to Agriculture (AG) District, 2) amend 2.66 acres of the existing Planned Development (PD) District 16-35 to allow Neighborhood Services (NS) District uses, 3) amend Planned Development (PD) District 16-16 to remove single-family uses from Tract 1 and reassign Multi-family [Elder Care-independent living and assisted living] uses from Tract 3 to Tract 1, and 4) amend the Master Trail Plan illustrated on the Concept Plan.
Consider appointments to Boards and Commissions. 6. Board members are selected for two-year terms by the City Council in August. Terms are usually staggered whereby at least half of the membership has board experience. Board members are appointed based on qualifications. Council Member Robert Vera Lori Barnett Dodson - Plan Commission Council Member David Gibbons Frank Garcia - Community Multicultural Commission 7. Citizen comments. Persons wishing to address issues not on the agenda may have three minutes to address Council at this time. Council is prohibited from discussing any item not posted according to the Texas Open Meetings Act. 8. Adjourn. All Regular Council meetings are broadcast live on CGTV, Time Warner Cable Channel 16, and Frontier FIOS TV 44. Meetings are rebroadcast at 9:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m. on Wednesday-Sunday and at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday. Live streaming and on-demand videos of the meetings are also available online at www.garlandtx.gov. Copies of the meetings can be purchased through the City Secretary’s Office – audio CD’s are $1 each and DVD’s are $3 each.
Jul 05, 2017 City Council
LEGISLATIVE PRAYER AND PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE It is the custom and tradition of the members of the City Council to have an invocation and recital of the Pledge of Allegiance prior to the beginning of the meeting. Members of the audience are invited to participate. However, members of the audience are not required to participate. The decision to participate is strictly a matter of personal choice and has no bearing on matters to be considered by the City Council and will not affect the decisions to be made during the meeting.
Mayoral Proclamations, Recognitions and Announcements
The Mayor may present proclamations and recognize attendees or award winners, and may make announcements regarding upcoming City events and matters of interest to citizens. There will be no Council deliberations or votes on these matters.
All items under this section are recommended for approval by a single motion of Council, without discussion. Council has had the opportunity to review each of these items at a previous work session and approval of the consent agenda authorizes the City Manager to implement each item. The Mayor will announce the agenda and provide an opportunity for members of the audience and the City Council to request that an item be removed and considered separately. 1. Consider approval of the minutes of the June 20, 2017 Regular Meeting. 2. Consider approval of the following bids: a. Professional Engineering Design Services for W. Kingsley Road and First Street Water Replacements RJN Group, Inc. This request is to provide professional engineering design services for the replacement of water lines and pavement panels on W. Kingsley Road from Jupiter Road to National Drive and water line replacements west of First Street between Main Street and Avenue C. b. Tubular Steel Structures - Olinger Wylie East, Phase II-B, Lake Lavon Crossing Falcon Steel Company $225,900.00 Optional Contingency $22,590.00 TOTAL $248,490.00 This request is to purchase sixteen steel transmission poles needed for the crossing of Lake Lavon associated with Phase II-B of the Olinger Wylie East Circuit transmission project. This project increases the capacity and reliability of the transmission grid. Due to the complex nature of the project, an Optional Contingency is included for any additional materials that may be required. c. Control House for the GP&L Forest Lane Substation Electrical Power Products, Inc. $345,523.00 Optional Contingency 34,553.00 TOTAL $380,076.00 This request is to purchase a control house for the GP&L Forest Lane Substation as part of the approved Forest Lane Substation Loop CIP project. Due to the complex nature of the project, an Optional Contingency is included for any additional materials that may be required. d. Plumbing Service Repairs and Replacements United Mechanical (Primary) $200,000.00 ABM Building Services, LLC (Secondary) 50,000.00 TOTAL $250,000.00 This request is to provide plumbing maintenance, repair, and replacement services throughout the City on an as-needed basis. This is a term agreement with four (4) optional renewals. A term is defined as either the annual expiration date or the expenditure of funds, whichever occurs first. Subsequent renewals do not require additional City Council approval. If all optional renewals are exercised, the potential financial impact will be $1,250,000 over the life of the agreement. Expenditures will not exceed appropriated funds. e. HVAC Service Repairs and Replacements United Mechanical (Primary) $300,000.00 ABM Building Services, LLC (Secondary) 100,000.00 TOTAL $400,000.00 This request is to provide HVAC (heating, ventilation, air conditioning) maintenance, repair, and replacement services throughout the City on an as-needed basis. This is a term agreement with four (4) optional renewals. A term is defined as either the annual expiration date or the expenditure of funds, whichever occurs first. Subsequent renewals do not require additional City Council approval. If all optional renewals are exercised, the potential financial impact will be $2,000,000 over the life of the agreement. Expenditures will not exceed appropriated funds. f. Transmission & Distribution Building Improvements Custard Construction Services $250,000.00 This request is to increase the scope of work to Custard Construction Services to remove additional areas of construction discovered to be noncompliant with building codes and replace with code-compliant construction for administrative offices.
Consider by minute action the appointment of a City of Garland representative to the Texas Municipal Power Agency Board of Directors. At the June 19, 2017 Work Session and the June 20, 2017 Special Session, Council interviewed the candidates interested in being appointed as the City of Garland's representative to the Texas Municipal Power Agency Board of Directors for a two-year term beginning July 19, 2017.
Reconsideration Request by Nextmetro Development Z 17-05, (District 7) Nexmetro Development previously submitted an application for a Change in Zoning from Planned Development (PD) District 85-50 to Planned Development (PD) District for Multi- Family (MF) District Uses; 2) a Concept Plan; and 3) a Detail Plan for Multi-Family (MF) Uses. The Council previously considered this application and the motion to approve failed 4- 4 after a public hearing on June 20, 2017. The applicant requests that the Council reconsider the application.
Hold public hearings on: a. Garland Development Code (GDC) Amendments Public Hearing and Consideration of amendments to Chapter 2: Zoning Regulations, Article 5, Division 2 - Land Use Matrix, Section 2.51 of the Garland Development Code (GDC) regarding Self-Storage Facilities (mini-warehouse) Parking Requirements and Chapter 2, Section 2.52(A)(16)(a) regarding Special Standards for Self-Storage Facilities; and to Chapter 7: Downtown District, Article 2, Section 7.05(B)(3), Table 7-1: Downtown District Land Use Matrix, and Appendix A (Downtown Framework Plan) of the Garland Development Code (GDC) regarding the allowance of Office, General; Personal Services; Antique Shop (indoors only); Studio, Arts/Crafts; Studio, Fitness/Performing Arts, and Retail Store in the In-Town Residential subdistrict.
Consider the application of Adeniyi B. Agbojo, requesting approval of a Specific Use Provision for Restaurant, Drive-Through on a property zoned Planned Development (PD) District 08-52 for Limited Community Retail Uses. This property is located at 3110 South Shiloh Road. (File No. Z 17-16, District 5) BEING approximately a 0.486-acre tract of land and identified as Lot 11R-1, Block 1, Wal- Mart Super Center 2 Addition, an addition to the City of Garland, Dallas County, Texas according to the map of the plat recorded in Volume 2000136 Page 472, of the Plat Records of Dallas County, Texas. The property is located at 3110 South Shiloh Road. Approval of the request will allow for a restaurant with a drive-through.
Consider the application of Mitchell Construction Company, Inc., requesting approval of a Specific Use Provision for a Restaurant, Drive-Through on a property zoned Community Retail (CR) District. This property is located at 3015 North Shiloh Road. (File No. Z 17-20, District 7) BEING approximately a 0.85-acre tract of land situated in the John Casey Survey, Abstract No. 256, Dallas County, Texas, and being Lot 3R, Block 1, ILT Addition Replat of Lots 2 & 3 Block 1, an addition to the City of Garland, Texas, according to the plat thereof recorded in County Clerk Instrument No. 201500066626, of the Official Public Records of Dallas County, Texas. This property is located at 3015 North Shiloh Road. Approval of the request will allow for a restaurant with a drive-through.
Consider the application of Claymoore Engineering, requesting approval of a Specific Use Provision for a Restaurant, Drive-Through on a property zoned Community Retail (CR) District. This property is located at 702 West Centerville Road. (File No. Z 17-21, District 4) BEING approximately a 0.604-acre tract of land and identified as Lot 1R, Block A, Enterprise Shopping Center No. 2, an addition to the City of Garland, Dallas County, Texas according to the map of the plat recorded in Volume 73200, Page 711, of the Plat Records of Dallas County, Texas. The property is located at 702 West Centerville Road. Approval of the request will allow for a restaurant with a drive-through.
Consider the application of Sanjay Chandrahas, requesting approval of Specific Use Provision for a Reception Facility on a property zoned Community Retail (CR) District. This property is located at 3310 W. Walnut Street. (File No. Z 17-27, District 6) BEING approximately a 0.50-acre tract of land and identified as Lot 6, Block A, Walnut Creek Center No. 7, an addition to the City of Garland, Dallas County, Texas according to the map of the plat recorded in Volume 72125, Page 962, of the Plat Records of Dallas County, Texas. This property is located at 3310 West Walnut Street. Approval of the request will allow for a reception facility at this site.
Consider the application of Kimley-Horn and Associates, Inc., requesting approval of a 1) Change in Zoning from Planned Development (PD) District 16-16 to Agricultural (AG) District, 2) an amendment to Planned Development (PD) District 16-35, and 3) an amendment to the Concept Plan for Dwelling, Single-Family Detached; Dwelling, Multi-Family; Elder Care-Independent Living and Restaurant on property zoned Planned Development (PD) District 16-35. This property is bounded by Holford Road to the northwest, Spring Creek Forest Preserve to the northeast, North Garland Road to the southeast and Arapaho Road to the southwest. (File No. Z 17-28, District 7) BEING an approximate 141.65-acre tract of land, situated in the Onefre Alvarado Survey, Abstract No. 2, Garland, Dallas County, Texas, and being part of Tract No.1, Tract No. 2 and Tract No. 3 in deed to Althec Partnership, Ltd. as recorded in Volume 2002049, Page 2378, Deed Records of Dallas County, Texas. This property is bounded by Holford Road to the northwest, Spring Creek Forest Preserve to the northeast, North Garland Road to the southeast and Arapaho Road to the southwest. The applicant seeks approval to 1) rezone 55.7 acres of the existing Planned Development (PD) District 16-16 to Agriculture (AG) District, 2) amend 2.66 acres of the existing Planned Development (PD) District 16-35 to allow Neighborhood Services (NS) District uses, 3) amend Planned Development (PD) District 16-16 to remove single-family uses from Tract 1 and reassign Multi-family [Elder Care-independent living and assisted living] uses from Tract 3 to Tract 1, and 4) amend the Master Trail Plan illustrated on the Concept Plan.
Consider appointments to Boards and Commissions. 6. Board members are selected for two-year terms by the City Council in August. Terms are usually staggered whereby at least half of the membership has board experience. Board members are appointed based on qualifications. Council Member Robert Vera Lori Barnett Dodson - Plan Commission Council Member David Gibbons Frank Garcia - Community Multicultural Commission 7. Citizen comments. Persons wishing to address issues not on the agenda may have three minutes to address Council at this time. Council is prohibited from discussing any item not posted according to the Texas Open Meetings Act. 8. Adjourn. All Regular Council meetings are broadcast live on CGTV, Time Warner Cable Channel 16, and Frontier FIOS TV 44. Meetings are rebroadcast at 9:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m. on Wednesday-Sunday and at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday. Live streaming and on-demand videos of the meetings are also available online at www.garlandtx.gov. Copies of the meetings can be purchased through the City Secretary’s Office – audio CD’s are $1 each and DVD’s are $3 each.