EMERGENCY TELEPHONIC OR INTERNET MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL CITY OF GARLAND COUNCIL CHAMBERS, CITY HALL 200 NORTH FIFTH STREET, GARLAND, TEXAS MARCH 30, 2020 6:00 P.M.   NOTICE is hereby given that, pursuant to Sections 551.125 and 551.045 of the Texas Government Code, the City Council will hold an emergency telephone or internet meeting on Monday, March 30, 2020, at 6:00 p.m. The meeting will be broadcast by webinar or telephone at the following URL (registration is required): https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_PMDGmr8MSz2_O05x-zF9Og Registration is limited but the meeting will be available to the public by an audible broadcast at City Hall, 200 N. Fifth Street, City Council Chambers, Garland, Texas. The meeting will also be recorded and made available online at www.garlandtx.gov. An urgent public necessity exists requiring immediate action of the City Council due to an imminent threat to public health and safety arising from the COVID-19 pandemic. The City continues to respond to the COVID-19 emergency consistent with Council direction and good health practices.

1.					CITIZEN COMMENTS  Persons who desire to address the City Council on the following item will be allowed three minutes to speak.  Speakers must limit comments to the posted item.  Citizen comments will not be accepted after the City Council begins discussion of the item.
2.					COVID-19 RESPONSE UPDATE AND FURTHER ACTIONS The City continues to respond to the COVID-19 emergency consistent with Council direction and good health practices. The situation remains quite fluid, not only as to containing the spread of the COVID-19 virus, but as to how the City may best direct its efforts to mitigate the effects on City operations and the public.  The City Council will be briefed on what measures have been put into place by the Governor and other local governments in response to the emergency, what effect the emergency is having on the City and its citizens, and what response measures, if any, should be added, modified or discontinued.