AGENDA

REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL
City of Garland
Council Chambers, City Hall
William E. Dollar Municipal Building
200 North Fifth Street
Garland, Texas 
November 21, 2017
7:00 p.m.
 
 

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Garland City Hall and Council Chambers is wheelchair accessible.  Special parking is available on the east side of City Hall and on Austin & State Street west of City Hall.  Persons with disabilities who plan to attend this meeting and who may need auxiliary aids or services must contact the City Secretary’s Office at (972) 205-2404 at least two working days prior to the meeting so that appropriate arrangements can be made. BRAILLE IS NOT AVAILABLE.
 

CITY COUNCIL GOALS 2020
(Adopted by Resolution No. 9402 on December 20, 2005)
 

  • Sustainable quality development and redevelopment
  • Financially stable government with tax base that supports community needs
  • Defends rightful powers of municipalities
  • Fully informed and engaged citizenry
  • Consistent delivery of reliable City services
  • Safe, family-friendly neighborhoods
  • Embrace diversity
 
             
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.
 
 
CONSENT AGENDA

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 November 7, 2017 Regular Meeting.
 
2. Consider approval of the following bids:
 
a.  
Soil Stabilization and Pavement Lifting   Bid No. 0117-18
     
Uretek, USA. $1,000,100.00  

This request is to inject polymer material beneath settled pavement slabs to stabilize the soil and lift the pavement to match the joints of the adjacent slabs. This is a Term Agreement with four 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 $5,000,500 over the life of the agreement. Expenditures will not exceed appropriated funds.
 
b.  
Wylie-Firewheel Phase I and Phase III 138 kV Transmission Reconstruction   Bid No. 1148-17
     
Maslonka Powerline Services $10,003,140.23  
Optional Contingency 1,000,312.00  
TOTAL:  $11,003,452.23  

This request is  to provide all labor, mobilization, equipment, and construction necessary for the GP&L Wylie-Firewheel Phase I and Phase III 138 kV Transmission Line Reconstruction. The reconstruction involves approximately 8.7 miles of Wylie to Firewheel transmission line including a portion located across Lake Ray Hubbard which will require access and construction via barge. Due to the complex nature of the project, an Optional Contingency is included for any unforeseen additional work that may be required.
 
c.  
GP&L Substation Relay & Communication Equipment   Bid No. 3286-13
     
Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories, Inc. $137,112.00  

This request is to increase the amount of the current Term Agreement for GP&L Substation Relay & Communication Equipment. In addition to an increase in the number of substations, NERC requirements for supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) resulted in unanticipated upgrades of older relays and communication equipment. This Change Order 1 represents a 138 percent increase to the original Term Agreement amount of $99,000. The Term Agreement is in the final renewal period and will be rebid in 2018.
 
d.  
Chevrolet Tahoe Police Vehicles   Bid No. 1161-17
     
Caldwell Country Chevrolet $290,205.00  

This request is to purchase nine new Chevrolet Tahoe Police Vehicles to be used by the Garland Police Department in their daily operations.
 
e.  
Chevrolet Malibu Police Cars   Bid No. 1166-17
     
Caldwell Country Chevrolet $101,856.00  

This request is to purchase six new Chevrolet Malibu Police Cars to be used by the Garland Police Department in their daily operations.
 
3.   Consider an ordinance amending Section 6.03 of the Garland Development Code; and providing an effective date.
 
Council is requested to consider amending Section 6.03 of the Garland Development Code (GDC) regarding the definition of "Coverage."
 
4.   Consider a resolution authorizing the City Manager to execute the Master Agreement for Transportation-Related Maintenance on or about Certain Designated Roadways; and providing an effective date.

Council is requested to consider a resolution authorizing the City Manager to execute the Master Agreement for Transportation-Related Maintenance.
 
5.   Consider a resolution authorizing the City Manager to execute the Development Agreement with Skorburg Retail Corporation for Hidden Oaks Subdivision; and providing an effective date.

Council is requested to approve a resolution authorizing the City Manager to execute the Development Agreement with Skorburg Retail Corporation.
 
6.   Consider a resolution authorizing the City Manager to execute the Development Agreement with First Texas Homes, Inc. for the Oates Road Extension; and providing an effective date.

Council is requested to approve a resolution authorizing the City Manager to execute the Development Agreement with First Texas Homes, Inc. for the Oates Road Extension. 
 
7.   Sale of Property - 802 E. Walnut St.

Council is requested to return the property to public sale with no-minimum bid requirements. Retaining the property for private sale would require the initiation of formal eviction proceedings, remediation of vehicles, equipment and machinery. The accelerated sale of this property would be in the best interest of the City, School District and County.  
 
ITEMS FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION

Speaker Regulations:

Anyone wishing to speak for, against, or on agenda items must fill out a speaker card and give it to the City Secretary before speaking (cards are located at the entrance to the Council Chambers). The Mayor will recognize speakers; he may impose a time limit and may provide for rebuttal. All comments and testimony are to be presented from the podium.
 
 
8.   Consider a request by Masterplan to waive payment to the Reforestation and Tree Management Fund (File No. TM 17-01, District 7)

Consider a request to waive a required payment to the Tree Fund as outlined in the Garland Development Code Chapter 4: Article 4: Tree Preservation & Mitigation. The site is located at 4221 North Garland Avenue.
 
9. Hold public hearing on:
 
a.   Consider the application of ICON Consulting Engineers, Inc., requesting approval of a Specific Use Provision for Restaurant, Drive-Through on a property zoned Community Retail (CR) District.  This property is located at 513 and 519 Rowlett Road. (File No. Z 17-17, District 4)

Being a certain tract situated in the John Little Survey, Abstract No. 761, City of Garland, Dallas County, Texas, said tract being the sum of the remainder of the tract to Johnnie Bunch recorded in Volume 765, Page 2025 of the Deed Records of Dallas County, Texas and the tract to D.C. Bunch and wife Ruthie Mae Bunch recorded in Volume 662, Page 1649 of the Deed Records of Dallas County, Texas as referenced in the Affidavit of Heirship of the estate of Ruthie Mae Bunch, Frankie Lee Buch, Independent Executor, recorded under Instrument Number 201200109515 of the Official Public Records of Dallas County, Texas. The site is located at 513 and 519 Rowlett Road.  Approval of the proposal would allow the applicant to remove the existing structures and build a restaurant with a drive-through.
 
10. 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.
 
11. Adjourn.

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