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Meeting Name: City Council Agenda status: Final
Meeting date/time: 9/19/2023 6:00 PM Minutes status: Draft  
Meeting location: Council Chambers
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23-602 1A.1ReportDiscuss regular agenda items.   Not available Not available
23-604 1A.2ReportDiscuss the Proposed Fiscal Year 2023-24 Balanced Budget and Proposed Current Year Amended Budget.   Not available Not available
23-598 1A.3ReportReceive a biannual update from the Sustainability Committee.   Not available Not available
23-603 1A.4ReportDiscuss future agenda items.   Not available Not available
23-614 1E.1CeremonialPresentation of the Employee of the Month Award to Redouane Essafi.   Not available Not available
23-622 1H.1ReportConsider approving the following City Council meeting minutes; and take appropriate action. · September 5, 2023, Regular Meeting   Not available Not available
R2023-189 1H.2ResolutionConsider approving Resolution No. 2023-189 authorizing the City Manager to execute a Commercial Façade Revitalization Grant Agreement for 4400 Alpha Road; and take appropriate action.   Not available Not available
R2023-204 1H.3ResolutionConsider approving Resolution No. 2023-204 authorizing the City Manager to execute a Professional Services Agreement for Planning Services with Kyra McCardle; and take appropriate action.   Not available Not available
R2023-172 1H.4ResolutionConsider approving Resolution No. 2023-172 adopting the City of Farmers Branch Investment Policy; and take appropriate action.   Not available Not available
R2023-202 1H.5ResolutionConsider approving Resolution No. 2023-202 authorizing the City Manager to execute a Multiple Use Agreement between the Texas Department of Transportation (“State”) and the City of Farmers Branch (“City”) for Phase 1 of the Westside Trail Project; and take appropriate action.   Not available Not available
R2023-212 1H.6ResolutionConsider approving Resolution No. 2023-212 authorizing the City Manager to execute a professional services agreement with M.E.T. Innovations, LLC dba Meredith Dowdy in the amount of $10,000 per month, to provide consulting services for the Tourism Department; and take appropriate action.   Not available Not available
R2023-206 1H.7ResolutionConsider approving Resolution No. 2023-206 authorizing the City Manager to execute a professional services agreement with Nancy Cardwell in the amount of $6,779 per month, to provide consulting services with creative design and marketing for the Tourism Department; and take appropriate action.   Not available Not available
R2023-211 1H.8ResolutionConsider approving Resolution No. 2023-211 authorizing the City Manager to execute a professional services agreement with Stokes Sports and Tourism Consulting in the amount of $10,000 per month to provide consulting services to the tourism department; and take appropriate action.   Not available Not available
R2023-214 1H.9ResolutionConsider approving Resolution No. 2023-214 authorizing the City Manager to execute a professional services agreement with Exclusive Properties Texas, LLC dba EPT Commercial in the amount of $104,250 for the procurement, design consulting and construction management advisory services for the Justice Center renovation project; and take appropriate action.   Not available Not available
R2023-216 1H.10ResolutionConsider approving Resolution No. 2023-216 authorizing the City Manager to approve the purchase of an ambulance from Frazer, Ltd. through the City’s cooperative purchasing agreement with the Houston-Galveston Area Council of Governments for the amount of $309,325; and take appropriate action.   Not available Not available
ORD-3826 1I.1OrdinanceConduct a public hearing and consider adopting Ordinance No. 3826 approving a Specific Use Permit for a Commercial Amusement development on approximately 1.55 acres located at 2330 Jett Street; and take appropriate action.   Not available Not available
ORD-3818 1I.2OrdinanceConduct a public hearing and consider adopting Ordinance No. 3818 to rezone approximately 0.54 acres located at 2877 LBJ Freeway, described as Lots 1 and 2, Block 1, Jack Gay Subdivision, from Office District (O) to Local Retail District-2 (LR-2); and take appropriate action.   Not available Not available
23-517 1I.3Procedural ItemConduct a public hearing to consider adopting a property tax rate of $0.569; and take appropriate action.   Not available Not available
ORD-3814 1J.1OrdinanceConsider adopting Ordinance No. 3814 approving and adopting a budget plan for the fiscal year beginning October 1, 2023 and ending September 30, 2024; providing that expenditures for said fiscal year shall be made in accordance with such budget; appropriating and setting aside the necessary funds out of the general and other revenues of the City of Farmers Branch for said fiscal year for the maintenance and operation of various departments and for various activities and improvements of the City; appropriating the various amounts required for such budget; amending the 2022-23 Adopted Budget; and take appropriate action.   Not available Not available
R2023-173 1J.2ResolutionConsider approving Resolution No. 2023-173, ratifying the property tax revenue increase reflected in the Fiscal Year 2023-24 Budget; and take appropriate action.   Not available Not available
ORD-3815 1J.3OrdinanceConsider adopting Ordinance No. 3815 accepting the Tax Year 2023 Certification of Appraisal Roll in accordance with Section 26.04(b) of the State Property Tax Code and to levy and adopt the tax rate for Fiscal Year 2023-24 (Tax Year 2023); and take appropriate action.   Not available Not available
23-548 1J.4AppointmentConsider appointments to the Multi-Cultural Task Force; and take appropriate action.   Not available Not available