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1. | Call to order; announce quorum, introductions. |
2. | Receive a report, hold a discussion and give staff direction regarding the Denton Public Library Annual Report and Strategic Plan. |
3. | Under Section 551.042 of the Texas Open Meetings Act, respond to inquiries from the City Council or the public with specific factual information or recitation of policy, or accept a proposal to place the matter on the agenda for an upcoming meeting AND under Section 551.0415 of the Texas Open Meetings Act, provide reports about items of community interest regarding which no action will be taken, to include: expressions of thanks, congratulations, or condolence; information regarding holiday schedules; an honorary or salutary recognition of a public official, public employee, or other citizen; a reminder about an upcoming event organized or sponsored by the governing body; information regarding a social, ceremonial, or community event organized or sponsored by an entity other than the governing body that was attended or is scheduled to be attended by a member of the governing body or an official or employee of the municipality; or an announcement involving an imminent threat to the public health and safety of people in the municipality that has arisen after the posting of the agenda. |
1. | Closed Meeting: |
Following the completion of the Closed Meeting, the City Council will convene in Open Session to consider the following item:
A. Consultation with Attorneys - Under Texas Government Code Section 551.071.
1. Consult with and provide direction to City’s attorneys regarding legal issues and strategies associated with Gas Well Ordinance regulation of gas well drilling and production within the City Limits and the extraterritorial jurisdiction, including Constitutional limitations, statutory limitations upon municipal regulatory authority, statutory preemption and/or impacts of federal and state law and regulations, standstill agreements or other cessation regulations and take any appropriate action regarding the above in the meeting of today’s date as it concerns municipal regulatory authority or matters relating to enforcement of the ordinance.
1. | Consider adoption of an ordinance of the City of Denton, Texas amending Ordinance Nos. 2013-330 and 2014-040 to extend a "Standstill Agreement" between the City of Denton, Texas and Eagleridge Operating, LLC until midnight on May 6, 2014 with regard to certain disputes and issues over gas drilling in the City to allow the parties an opportunity to engage in global settlement negotiations as it concerns unresolved issues between them; and providing for an effective date. |
______________________________ CITY SECRETARY |