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WELCOME TO THIS MEETING OF THE DENTON CITY COUNCIL.
[WORK SESSION]
WANTED TO UPDATE EVERYONE THAT WILL BE EXTREMELY BRIEF TODAY WE HAD TO PUSH THE ITEMS BUT FOR THE CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS, SO WE'LL PUSH THOSE, BUT THAT DOES TAKE US TO THE FIRST PORTION.PARDON ME. WE HAD TO PUSH THE ITEMS OUTSIDE OF THE CONSENT AGENDA IF I SAID THAT WRONG.
SO WE'LL ONLY TAKE UP CONSENT AGENDA TODAY.
DO WANT TO BRIEFLY SAY THANK YOU TO I WANT TO JUST BEGIN TO HIGHLIGHT THINGS, AND SO TWO SECONDS OR LESS, AARON, THERE AT GOLDEN TRIANGLE MALL SHOPPING CENTER HELPED THE COMMUNITY THEATER, AND I APPRECIATE THEM GIVING THAT EXTRA SPACE AND NOT CHARGING THEM FOR THE OLD MOVIE THEATER. SO THE BLACK BOX THEATER IS MOVING AND THAT'S IN LARGE PART DUE TO THE GENERAL MANAGEMENT AND MANAGEMENT OF THE SHOPPING CENTER THERE, CHARGING THEM NO MORE MONEY FOR THAT.
SO I APPRECIATE THAT AND WANTED TO CALL THEM OUT AND SAY THANK YOU TO THAT ENTIRE TEAM THERE AT GOLDEN TRIANGLE MALL FOR DOING THAT FOR OUR COMMUNITY THEATER, AND BEST OF LUCK TO MIKE AND EVERYONE THAT'S THE VOLUNTEERS.
THAT BEING SAID, TAKES US TO OUR QUESTIONS ON CONSENT AGENDA, AND COUNCILMEMBER WATTS.
[2. Requests for clarification of agenda items listed on this agenda.]
YEAH, JUST REAL QUICK. JUST REAL QUICK, I THINK IT'S ON AGENDA ITEM O.THE EXTRA $250,000 FOR THIS PARTICULAR ITEM TO INCREASE THE CONTRACT AMOUNT TO $1.25 MILLION AS COMPARED TO $1 MILLION AND I SENT THIS QUESTION IN, BUT MY RESPONSE DIDN'T QUITE UNDERSTAND THE RESPONSE.
THAT'S NOT ANYTHING ABOUT STAFF.
IT'S ABOUT ME NOT UNDERSTANDING.
IT SIMPLY JUST IS THAT $250,000, IS THAT BEING FUNDED BY THOSE ARP? WHAT ARE THEY CALLED? AMERICAN RESCUE PUNDS. OKAY, SO THAT'S COMING FROM THAT ALLOCATION.
CORRECT. OKAY. THAT WAS MY QUESTION.
MAYOR PRO-TEM. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. I HAD A QUESTION ON P.
THE TRANSITIONAL HOUSING THING AND THE [INAUDIBLE] PEOPLE.
AS PEOPLE GATHER TO ANSWER THE QUESTION, IT SEEMS LIKE THERE ARE TWO ITEMS. ONE WAS THE REJECT THE PROPOSAL AND THE OTHER WAS TO REJECT THE PROJECT, AND I AGREE THAT WE HAD CONSENSUS PREVIOUS COUNCIL LAST TIME TO REJECT THE PROPOSALS, BUT I'M NOT SURE ABOUT REJECTING THE OVERALL PROJECT, AND SO I JUST SORT OF WHAT IS STAFF'S FEELING ABOUT OBVIOUSLY I'M GOING TO TAKE IT THAT A DOUBLE REJECTION SINCE THAT'S WHAT WAS WRITTEN IS LISTED IS THAT WHERE DO WE STAND ON THAT? SO CHRISTINE TAYLOR, ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER.
DANNY IS NOT HERE, BUT WE HAVE TO FORMALLY REJECT THE PROPOSAL.
I DON'T BELIEVE IT'S REJECTING THE PROJECT.
IF IN THE FUTURE COUNCIL WANTS TO CONSIDER THIS AGAIN AND THERE'S A TWO MINUTE PITCH OR AN INTEREST FOR A STRATEGIC INITIATIVE, WE CAN GO BACK THROUGH THE PROCESS BUT THIS IS JUST A PROCUREMENT PROCESS.
ONCE WE HAVE BIDS OUT THERE, IF WE'RE NOT GOING TO ENTER IN A CONTRACT, WE HAVE TO FORMALLY REJECT.
WITH THOSE BIDDERS FOR THIS RFP.
CORRECT, BUT IT DOESN'T PREVENT US FROM DOING IT AGAIN IN THE FUTURE.
OKAY. SO AS LONG AS THAT'S ALL, THEN THEN I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? SEEING NONE THAT THEN TAKES US TO OUR AGAIN, WE'RE GOING TO SKIP THE WORK SESSIONS TODAY.
THOSE WILL BE RESCHEDULED FOR OUR NEXT MEETING.
TAKES US TO OUR CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS, AND NOTHING WAS PULLED.
[4. CONSENT AGENDA]
I'LL TAKE A MOTION.MAYOR, I MOVE APPROVAL OF THE CONSENT AGENDA.
IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND. SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER WATTS.
SO MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER DAVIS TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA.
SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER--MOTION BY COUNCILMAN DAVIS, SECOND BY COUNCILMAN WATTS, AND SO.
THAT PASSES 5 TO 0 AND THAT TAKES US TO CONCLUDING ITEMS.
[5. CONCLUDING ITEMS]
ARE THERE ANY CONCLUDING ITEMS, NOTABLES, STUFF ANYONE WANTS TO TALK ABOUT BEFORE WE GO BRIEFLY, SUPER BRIEFLY? MAYOR PRO TEM AND THEN COUNCILMEMBER BYRD.SUPER BRIEFLY. I WISH EVERYONE SUCCESS AT DENTON COUNTY DAYS TONIGHT AND I UNFORTUNATELY CAN'T BE THERE FOR JOB REASONS, BUT GOOD LUCK ON ALL YOUR ACTIVITIES, AND THE OTHER REAL BRIEF ONE IS IT'S COUNCILOR MCGEE'S BIRTHDAY TOMORROW, SO I WISH HIM A HAPPY BIRTHDAY.
OH, RIGHT. OKAY. COUNCILMAN BYRD.
ALSO, I WANT TO WISH EVERYONE A SAFE TRAVELS TO WASHINGTON, D.C.
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RECREATION FOR ALLOWING MYSELF TO RIDE ALONG TO TULSA TO SEE THAT PROJECT THERE.IT GAVE US A LOT OF INSIGHT ON WHAT WE COULD DO WITH THIS QUAKERTOWN PROJECT.
SO WE ARE IN THE SEASON OF QUAKERTOWN, AND I'VE ALSO HEARD I GOT WORD THAT MAYBE THE ARTS AND JAZZ FESTIVAL MAY HAVE A BOOTH SET UP JUST FOR QUAKERTOWN, SO IT MAY BE GREAT.
SO EVERYBODY'S GETTING ON BOARD.
AT 12:05, I'LL CONCLUDE TODAY'S MEETING.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.