[A. Receive a report, hold a discussion, and give staff direction regarding amending Chapter 23 of the City Code - Police - Article VI, Section 23-177, Denton Police Department Chief of Police Advisory Board, to extend board member terms to three years, stagger board member terms, define what constitutes a term, and amend the board schedule and reporting procedures; and providing an effective date. [Estimated Presentation/Discussion Time: 30 minutes]]

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THAT'S ITEM THREE, A ID 231945.

RECEIVE. REPORT, HOLD DISCUSSION.

GIVE STAFF DIRECTION REGARDING REGARDING AMENDING CHAPTER 23 OF THE CITY CODE.

POLICE ARTICLE SIX, SECTION 23177 DENTON.

POLICE DEPARTMENT. CHIEF POLICE ADVISORY BOARD.

GOOD AFTERNOON, MR. MAYOR. MEMBERS OF COUNCIL AGAIN, CHIEF DOUG SHOEMAKER.

AND I'M NOT SURE WHY THIS IS NOT SHOWING UP THERE.

MAYBE IT'S NOT SUPPOSED TO.

YEAH. WE'LL GET RYAN.

CLICK AROUND. I'M SORRY FOR THE LACK OF TECH.

I'LL WORK ON THAT. OH, THERE WE GO.

I APPRECIATE IT. OH, YEAH.

MY BEST FRIEND. ALL RIGHT.

APOLOGIES FOR THE TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES ON MY PART THERE.

SURE. YEAH. NO WORRIES.

THAT'S AS BAD AS IT GETS. I'LL TAKE IT.

INDEED. SO BASICALLY, WE'RE HERE TODAY TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE PROPOSED ORDINANCE AMENDMENTS FOR THE CHIEF OF POLICE ADVISORY BOARD.

AS JUST TO REFRESH, MEMBERS OF COUNCIL, THE REQUEST THAT WAS SENT TO US WAS TO WORK WITH OUR ADVISORY BOARD MEMBERS TO DETERMINE SPECIFICALLY SOME CHANGES THAT WERE MORE AMENABLE TO THE CONTINUANCE OF THE ADVISORY BOARD, WHICH INCLUDED A NUMBER OF THINGS, INCLUDING TERMS AND MEETING FREQUENCY AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE. SO IF YOU'LL INDULGE ME FOR A FEW MOMENTS, I'LL GO THROUGH THAT PRESENTATION.

SO CURRENTLY, THE BOARD TERMS AS THEY STAND RIGHT NOW ARE ALL BOARD MEMBERS ARE SERVE TWO YEAR TERMS. THEY ARE NOT STAGGERED AND THEY ALL HAPPEN AT THE SAME TIME.

THEY WERE APPOINTED THEY CAN BE NO MORE THAN, SORRY, THREE TERMS CONSECUTIVELY, BUT THEY WERE ALL APPOINTED ON APRIL 6TH OF 2021, AND THEY WERE EFFECTIVE MAY 1ST OF 2021 THROUGH APRIL 30TH OF 2023.

OBVIOUSLY THAT TIME HAS SINCE COME AND GONE.

SO THE ISSUE OF ADDRESSING THOSE TERMS AND THE LENGTH OF THOSE TERMS AND THE TIMING OF THOSE TERMS IS NOW IN FRONT OF US.

ADDITIONALLY, UNDER THE CURRENT BOARD TERMS, THE MEETINGS ARE SUPPOSED TO BE HELD QUARTERLY, AND THE CHAIRPERSON OF THE BOARD CAN CALL A MEETING AS NECESSARY TO CONDUCT ANY OTHER BUSINESS THAT WOULD OR COULD NOT PERHAPS WAIT FOR A ONE OF THOSE QUARTERLY MEETINGS OF THE BOARD.

AS IT STANDS, THE BOARD'S ROLE NOW IS SEMIANNUALLY.

I HAVE TO THE CHIEF OF POLICE HAS TO CREATE A REPORT FOR PUBLIC RELEASE THAT DESCRIBES THE ROLE OF THE BOARD, INCLUDING ANY BITS OF WORK, RECOMMENDATIONS, MY RESPONSE AND RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WERE IMPLEMENTED BY THE CHIEF'S OFFICE, AND THEN PROVIDE THE COUNCIL WITH A PUBLIC BRIEFING ON THE CONTENTS OF THE REPORT.

SO IN THE DISCUSSION, WITH THE BOARD THEMSELVES, MOST RECENTLY, THERE IS A UNANIMOUS SERIES OF RECOMMENDATIONS WHICH INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING. FIRST, ALLOW FOR STAGGERED TERMS FOR APPOINTMENTS TO THE BOARD TO AVOID WHAT WE WOULD CALL A WHOLESALE CHANGE IN THE BOARD COMPOSITION AT ONE TIME.

THIS WOULD AVOID PROBLEMS THAT WE WOULD HAVE AS STAFF TO CONDUCT THE SAME TRAINING FOR NEW BOARD MEMBERS ON A, ON A ON A FREQUENT BASIS.

SECONDARILY, THE ALLOWANCE FOR THREE YEAR TERMS WITH A MAXIMUM OF TWO OF THOSE CONSECUTIVE TERMS FOR BOARD MEMBERS.

THIS PROVIDES A LITTLE MORE CONSISTENCY AND CONTINUITY AND THEN ALLOW THE BOARD TO MEET NO LESS THAN TWICE PER YEAR RATHER THAN QUARTERLY, BUT MORE FREQUENTLY THAN QUARTERLY IF NEEDED. I WILL SAY THAT'S NOT IN THE PRESENTATION.

BUT AS A SIDE NOTE, IF THERE IS AN ISSUE THAT THE BOARD SHOULD OR COULD ADDRESS, WE CAN ALWAYS CALL A MEETING FOR THAT BETWEEN THE CHIEF OF POLICE AND AND THE BOARD CHAIRPERSON.

SO THAT CAN HAPPEN AT ANY TIME.

THAT'S NOT HAPPENED, BUT IT CAN HAPPEN.

NUMBER FOUR IS ALLOW THE CHIEF AND THE BOARD CHAIRPERSON TO AGREE TO CANCEL A BOARD MEETING IF THERE IS NO QUORUM.

PLEASE NOTE THE AND THERE IT'S NOT AN OR SO.

BOTH OF US HAVE TO AGREE TO CANCEL OR CANCEL THE MEETING.

AND THEN LASTLY, REPLACE THE SEMIANNUAL PUBLIC BRIEFING TO CITY COUNCIL AND THE WRITTEN PUBLIC REPORT BY THE POLICE CHIEF REGARDING THE BOARD'S WORK TO BE INCLUDED IN THE DEPARTMENT'S ANNUAL REPORT AND ANNUAL BRIEFING TO CITY COUNCIL, WHICH I BELIEVE WE HAVE, SLATED FOR APRIL 6TH OR SECOND, SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

THE FIRST MEETING IN APRIL, I BELIEVE.

WITH REGARD TO THE TERMS OF THE BOARD MEMBERS, WE RECOMMEND STAGGERED TERMS. AND ALL APPOINTED MEMBERS SERVE THREE YEAR TERMS, WITH THE OPTION TO BE, REAPPOINTED UP TO ONE ADDITIONAL TERM FOR A CUMULATIVE TOTAL OF NO MORE THAN TWO CONSECUTIVE TERMS. CITIZEN MEMBERS APPOINTED BY DISTRICTS ONE THROUGH FOUR SHALL REMAIN IN THEIR POSITIONS TILL AUGUST 31ST OF 2025, WHILE THOSE APPOINTED FROM DISTRICTS FIVE, SIX AND BY THE MAYOR SHALL REMAIN IN THEIR POSITIONS.

AUGUST 31ST OF 2026.

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UPON THE EXPIRATION OF THESE TERMS, BOARD MEMBERS CAN SERVE A SUBSEQUENT TERM FOR THREE ADDITIONAL YEARS IN TOTAL, WITH A NEW TERM BEGINNING SEPTEMBER 1ST OF THAT YEAR.

AND THE COMPLETION OF THEIR INITIAL TERM.

IN OTHER WORDS, ALL THOSE WHO CURRENTLY SERVE, THAT THAT THAT EXISTING TERM DOES COUNT IN THE TERM LIMIT NUMBER.

SO ANY MEMBERS THAT ARE CURRENTLY SERVING ON THE BOARD ARE ALREADY SERVING ONE OF THEIR POTENTIAL TWO TERMS, JUST FOR CLARITY.

SO OUR NEXT STEPS AS DIRECTED IS RECEIVE IN FACT DIRECTION FROM THE COUNCIL.

AND WE AS A JUST SO YOU ARE AWARE, THERE'S ALSO ONE, VACANCY WHICH WILL NEED TO BE FILLED THROUGH THE ESTABLISHED APPOINTMENT PROCESS.

WITH THAT, I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS MEMBERS OF COUNCIL MAY HAVE.

THANK YOU. QUESTIONS FOR STAFF.

COUNCILMAN MCGEE. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. DOCTOR SHOEMAKER, I KNOW THE NOTICE THAT YOU SAID IN TERMS OF CANCELLATION, YOU AND THE THE BOARD CHAIR HAVE TO AGREE.

BUT I KNOW THAT YOU CAN ALSO MEET MORE FREQUENTLY THAN THAN THE LIST OF TIME.

SO IS THAT ALSO A SITUATION WHERE YOU AND THE THE BOARD CHAIR HAVE TO HAVE AGREEMENT, OR CAN ONE OR THE OTHER OF YOU CALL A MEETING IF NEED BE? IF THE BOARD I THINK THE GENERAL RULE OF THINGS AS THEY GO IS IF THE BOARD CHAIR, I THINK EITHER ONE OF US CAN AND I THINK BOTH OF US WOULD BE AMENABLE TO THAT.

I DON'T FORESEE THAT BEING AN ISSUE.

SO IF, IF OUR CURRENT BOARD CHAIRPERSON CALLS ME AND SAYS, HEY, I THINK WE NEED TO HAVE A MEETING ABOUT THIS, OR IF THERE'S SOMETHING THAT I BELIEVE RISES TO THAT LEVEL THAT WE NEED TO HAVE A DISCUSSION, THEN EITHER ONE OF US WOULD BE FREE TO SUGGEST AND BE VERY OPEN DUE TO FREQUENT COMMUNICATION.

ANYWAY, ON HAVING THOSE TYPES OF MEETINGS.

AND ONE OTHER QUESTION, MR. MAYOR, IF I MIGHT. YEAH. THE THE CURRENT BOARD CHAIR FOR CONTINUITY PURPOSES.

HOW IS THAT GOING TO WORK? SHE WOULD REMAIN, I BELIEVE, AS THE BOARD CHAIR UNTIL HER TERM IS UP.

AND I DON'T HAVE THE LIST IN FRONT OF ME, SO I'M NOT SURE WHO SHE'S APPOINTED BY NECESSARILY.

SO I APOLOGIZE THAT I DON'T.

I'M NOT AWARE OF THAT. OKAY.

I JUST ASK FOR CONTINUITY PURPOSES.

I KNOW THAT'S IMPORTANT AS YOU'RE LEARNING TO STAGGER.

AND SHE'S EXPRESSED A DESIRE TO REMAIN IN THAT POSITION UNTIL SUCH TIME THAT THE TERM IS UP OR WHATEVER HAPPENS TO BE THE PLEASURE OF THE COUNCIL.

OF COURSE. OKAY.

THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR STAFF? COUNCILMAN BYRD. I DON'T HAVE A QUESTION, BUT I THINK I JUST NEED A CLARIFICATION ABOUT THE SEMIANNUAL VERSUS THE ANNUAL REPORT. GO BACK IN AND TELL ME AGAIN, FOR CLARIFICATION AS TO WHY.

SURE. I THINK BECAUSE AS OF THIS TIME, THERE HAVE BEEN NO RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE BOARD AND THERE'S BEEN NO REPORT OUT.

AND IN ORDER TO I THINK THE DIRECTION FROM COUNCIL WAS TO MAKE IT MORE WORKABLE FOR US TO FIGURE OUT TERMS AND ONBOARDING AND TRAINING.

AND SINCE WE'VE HAD NO REPORT OUTS, NO, TANGIBLE RECOMMENDATIONS AT ALL FROM THE BOARD AT THIS POINT, IT'S BEEN GREAT INVOLVEMENT, A LOT OF QUESTIONS DURING A LOT OF LEARNING AND A LOT OF GREAT DIALOG THROUGHOUT ALL THE MEETINGS.

BUT THERE'S BEEN NOTHING TO REPORT OUT.

AND MY CONCERN, AND I THINK THE CONCERN OF THE BOARD THEMSELVES, IS WHY TAKE THE TIME TO REPORT OUT ON SOMETHING THERE'S NOTHING TO REPORT OUT ON.

IN OTHER WORDS, WHY GO THROUGH ALL THE LEGISTAR? WHY GO THROUGH ALL THE REPORTING TO SAY WE HAVE NOTHING NEW TO REPORT? THANK YOU. SO THE THE QUESTION BECOMES, IS THAT SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE PERMANENT? OR IF WE BEGIN TO RECOGNIZE THAT THERE'S MORE TO REPORT, WILL WE GO BACK TO THE SEMIANNUAL OR ARE WE JUST SAYING ANNUAL PERIOD? I THINK WHAT WE HAVE HERE IS A MINIMUM, BUT I THINK THE OPPORTUNITY TO REPORT OUT ON AN ISSUE IS ALWAYS THERE.

SO IF SOMETHING IS DISCUSSED THAT NEEDS TO BE BROUGHT BEFORE COUNCIL, I WOULD SAY THAT OBVIOUSLY RUN IT THROUGH THE ACM AND THE CITY MANAGER AND BRING IT FORWARD AT A COUNCIL AT ANY TIME. SO THE OPPORTUNITY IS THERE TO DO IT.

IT'S MERELY A MINIMUM TO TO MINIMIZE AN EMPTY REPORT THAT DOESN'T HAVE ANYTHING.

I CAN UNDERSTAND THAT.

SO THERE'S SOME FLEXIBILITY IN THERE.

ABSOLUTELY. DOES THAT DID THAT SAY THAT ON THAT.

WRITTEN WAS THAT WRITTEN? I'M NOT SURE HOW THE ORDINANCE ITSELF IS WORDED.

I'M NOT SURE WHERE.

OKAY, I BACK UP MY CRONIG WENT, BUT OKAY, BECAUSE I DEFINITELY WOULD WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT IF THERE IS SOME FLEXIBILITY IN THERE, THEN IT STATES.

SO I THINK THE GOAL REALLY IS TO AGAIN BE ABLE TO.

AND THAT'S WHY I KIND OF DID A LITTLE ASTERISK AT THE END OF, I THINK, ITEM NUMBER FOUR, WHERE WE TALK SPECIFICALLY ABOUT THE FREQUENCY OF MEETINGS, THAT IF SOMETHING DOES COME UP, WE'RE ALWAYS ABLE TO DO THAT.

AND I WILL TELL YOU, WE HAVE WE HAVE A GREAT BOARD THAT ASKS.

THEY ASK TOUGH QUESTIONS.

THEY DIG DEEP INTO THINGS, THEY LEARN, THEY RESPOND.

AND SO I THINK THAT RELATIONSHIP IS A VERY GOOD RELATIONSHIP WITH THE BOARD.

AND THAT'S SOMETHING WE LOOK TO CONTINUE.

YES, MA'AM. OKAY.

COUNCILWOMAN MELTZER.

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YEAH. NOT A QUESTION.

I'D JUST LIKE TO, YOU KNOW, GIVE CONTEXT AND SOME DIRECTION.

SURE. SO THIS ALL CAME ABOUT IN THE AFTERMATH OF THE GEORGE FLOYD MURDER AND ALL THE PROTESTS.

AND IT WAS REALLY QUITE AN OUTSTANDING SHOW OF LEADERSHIP FROM THEN MAYOR, WATTS, WHO, CONVENED THE MAYOR'S TASK FORCE ON.

I THINK THAT'S WHAT IT WAS CALLED, MAYOR'S TASK FORCE ON USE OF FORCE, WHICH WAS A VERY WELL CHOSEN BROAD, GROUP OF OF, PEOPLE GIVING INPUT.

AND THEY MET FOR QUITE A WHILE.

AND THE ONLY RECOMMENDATION THAT CAME OUT OF THAT WAS THE FORMATION OF THIS ADVISORY COMMITTEE.

AND THE SPIRIT OF IT WAS, TO INCREASE THE LEVEL OF KIND OF DIRECTLY HEARING THE VOICE OF THE COMMUNITY, YOU KNOW, AS A RESOURCE TO YOU, CHIEF.

AND, AND I HAVE TO SAY, I'M I REALLY APPRECIATE HOW EARNESTLY THIS HAS BEEN TAKEN UP AND THE FACT THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU WANT TO, HAVE THESE FOLKS HAVE ALL THIS TRAINING SO THEY CAN GIVE BETTER INPUT AND THAT YOU WANT THEM TO HAVE LONGER TERMS SO THAT YOU GET THE VALUE OUT OF THAT. AND THE DEGREE OF ENGAGEMENT THAT YOU DESCRIBE, I THINK IS, IS GREAT.

WHERE I TAKE ISSUE, I WAS ACTUALLY THE COUNCIL MEMBER AT THAT TIME WHO WHO INTRODUCED THE IDEA OF SEMIANNUAL REPORTS OUT, BECAUSE IT'S A CHECK AND A BALANCE AND IT'S NOT ABOUT YOU.

IT COULD BE WHOEVER YOUR SUCCESSOR IS, BUT IT'S, YOU KNOW, THE THE WAY THE CONVERSATION WENT, FIRST, IT WAS ABOUT WHETHER THE COMMITTEE WOULD NEED TO HAVE TO ABIDE BY TOMA OR NOT.

AND IT WAS AND IT WAS JUST AGREED THAT THEY WOULD NOT HAVE TO ABIDE BY TOMA, THAT THEY COULD BE A CONFIDENTIAL COMMITTEE, SO THAT THEY COULD REALLY GET INTO THE NITTY GRITTY OF CASES, THINGS YOU WOULDN'T OTHERWISE DEAL WITH IN PUBLIC.

SO, OKAY, UNDERSTANDABLE WHY THAT ALL NEEDS TO BE KIND OF SECRET.

BUT THEN THE CHECK IN THE BALANCE IS THE COMMUNICATION COMES BACK.

AND AND IF THERE IS SOMETHING SIGNIFICANT CONTROVERSIAL OF GREAT PUBLIC INTEREST, YOU DON'T HAVE TO WAIT A YEAR TO HEAR ABOUT IT.

SO IT DOESN'T BOTHER ME IN THE SLIGHTEST THAT I HOPE THEY'RE ALWAYS LIKE, HEY, NOTHING REALLY HAPPENED, NOTHING TO REPORT.

THAT'S THAT WOULD BE THE BEST CASE.

BUT I LIKE BUILDING IN THAT.

THERE IS THAT CHECKPOINT SO THAT YOU DON'T HAVE TO WAIT A YEAR IF THERE IS SOMETHING.

AND YES, I BELIEVE I HAVE 100% BELIEVE 150% BELIEVE THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU, CHIEF WOULD WOULD BRING SOMETHING FORWARD, IF IT WERE OF COMMUNITY INTEREST.

BUT, YOU KNOW, IT'S LIKE IT'S LIKE YOU SCHEDULE ELECTIONS EVERY FOUR YEARS.

YOU DON'T, LIKE, JUST TELL THE ELECTED OFFICIALS TO DECIDE.

WE'LL LET YOU KNOW WHEN THEY'RE NEEDED.

YOU KNOW, IT'S A STRUCTURE.

SO I'M, I'M, PERSONALLY SUPPORTIVE OF EVERYTHING YOU'VE PROPOSED.

BUT I WOULD, BUT EXCLUDING THE CHANGE IN THE REPORTING STRUCTURE.

OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? SEEING. I JUST WANT TO.

I JUST WANT TO CONFIRM.

SO THIS. THE BOARD'S BEEN UP AND RUNNING SINCE 2020.

RIGHT. BASED ON THE ORDINANCE THERE.

YEAH. IN THE BACK UP. SO THREE, THREE AND A HALF YEARS ROUND NUMBERS.

AND THEN THIS WAS DID THE AND I DON'T KNOW WHO ANSWERS THIS QUESTION.

DID THE BOARD GET PRESENTED WITH ANY.

THIS INFORMATION HAS BEEN TALKED ABOUT TODAY.

SO THE THE DISTRICT THREE REP MENTIONS SUGGESTED CHANGES.

WAS THAT PRESENTED TO THE BOARD DURING THE MEETING OR PROVIDED TO YOU? WE WE ACTUALLY WE WE HAD THE THE A VERY LENGTHY MEETING ON DECEMBER 11TH WITH REGARD TO THIS WAS THE PRIMARY POINT OF DISCUSSION, AS WELL AS A KIND OF A LOOK FORWARD AND A LOOK BACK FOR 2023.

BUT THIS WAS THE PRIMARY POINT OF DISCUSSION.

AND IT WAS THE THE EXACT THINGS THAT WE'VE DISCUSSED TODAY WERE UNANIMOUSLY ENCOURAGED BY THE EXISTING BOARD.

RIGHT. SO THE THE CITIZENS WHO ARE CHARGED WITH DISSEMINATING THIS INFORMATION TO THE PUBLIC, GATHERING THIS INFORMATION, ALL THE TRAINING, AWARE OF OPTIONS, UNANIMOUSLY, UNANIMOUSLY.

DECIDED THAT THEY WERE OKAY WITH THE ANNUAL REPORT.

THAT IS CORRECT. OKAY.

AND THAT'S SEVEN MEMBERS.

AND THEN AND IT WAS AN HOUR, 15 LONG, ONE HOUR, 15 MINUTES WAS THE MEETING LENGTH.

AND SO THAT'S NOTEWORTHY TO ME.

THAT'S A HEALTHY DISCUSSION.

IT'S NOT LIKE YOU SHOWED UP AND AND LEFT.

AND THEN ALSO I JUST WANT TO ASK THE CITY MANAGER I THINK YOU'VE MADE IT YOUR A POINT THE LAST AT LEAST THREE FOUR MONTHS TO BE MORE INTENTIONAL ABOUT DISSEMINATING INFORMATION IF I'M NOT WRONG.

AND THAT'S WHY DUSTIN SITS WITH US AND THAT'S HE'S TASKED WITH BEING MORE ADDING THAT LEVEL OF TRANSPARENCY.

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THAT'S ABSOLUTELY TRUE.

WE HIRED A CHIEF COMMUNICATIONS OFFICER TO MAKE SURE THAT, ANYTHING OF ANY KIND OF IMPORTANCE, WHETHER IT'S PROMOTING SOMETHING OR IT'S INFORMATION THAT YOU NEED TO BE AWARE OF, EVEN IF IT'S ISSUES WITH STREETS OR SOMETHING, THAT WE'RE GETTING INFORMATION OUT TO MAYOR AND COUNCIL SO THAT YOU'RE NOT BOMBARDED BY RESIDENTS AND DON'T HAVE ANY INFORMATION READY AT YOUR READY.

RIGHT. SO IS THERE AN INSTANCE THAT YOU CAN THINK OF, OF SIGNIFICANCE THAT WOULD YOU'D WAIT A YEAR TO ROLL IT OUT TO US? NO. YEAH.

WHAT IS THERE AN INSTANCE IF IT RISES TO THE LEVEL, WOULD YOU WAIT TILL THIS COMMITTEE CONVENES TO GET THAT INFORMATION OUT TO US? NO. AND THE POLICE CHIEF CERTAINLY HAS AUTONOMY TO JUST TO DISPERSE INFORMATION THROUGH HIS PUBLIC INFORMATION FOLKS AS WELL AS OURS.

WE WORK CLOSELY TOGETHER TO MAKE SURE THAT ANYTHING OF ANY KIND OF IMPORTANCE, WHATEVER IT IS, IS PUT OUT THERE AS QUICKLY, AND AS CAREFULLY AS POSSIBLE.

AND THAT'S A FAIR POINT. I FORGOT ABOUT THAT.

SO HE HAD THE DEPARTMENT HAS ITS OWN, PUBLIC YES.

INFORMATION OFFICER.

THAT THEN ALSO PUTS OUT INFORMATION.

THAT'S CORRECT. YEAH. OKAY.

GOT IT. I FORGOT ALL ABOUT THAT.

AND THEN MR. CITY ATTORNEY, IF IF AGAIN IF IT'S OF SIGNIFICANCE, YOU'RE SENDING OUT WEEKLY REPORTS, LEGAL CASES, CONCERNS, ETC., CORRECT? YES. WE GET THOSE IN THE LEGAL STATUS EVERY WEEK.

OKAY. THAT SATISFIES ME.

I JUST TO TO WRAP IT UP, WE HAVE SEVEN MEMBERS THAT WE APPOINTED THAT SAT FOR ONE HOUR AND 15 MINUTES AND DISCUSSED THIS VERY TOPIC.

I'M NOT COMFORTABLE WITH, IGNORING OR.

NOT TAKING THEIR REQUESTS, THEIR GUIDANCE.

I JUST THINK IT AT THE OUTSET SENDS THE WRONG MESSAGE.

IF WE GET DOWN THE ROAD AND WE THINK, HEY, HERE'S SOME STATISTICAL DATA THAT SAYS WE NEED TO DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT, I APPRECIATE COUNCIL MEMBER FROM THE DISTRICT, ONE THAT POINTS OUT THAT WE'RE NOT LOCKED INTO THIS.

EVERYONE ON RECORD HERE HAS SAID THAT WE'RE NOT LOCKED INTO SOMETHING.

IF IT'S WE GET WEEKLY LEGAL STATUS REPORTS, WE GET KEY ISSUE REPORTS, WE GET WEEKLY FRIDAY REPORTS.

THE POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS THEIR OWN PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICER.

AND THEN IT'S BEEN THREE AND A HALF YEARS AS A TRACK RECORD TO SEE HOW IT'S GONE.

AND LORD KNOWS A LOT'S HAPPENED IN THREE AND A HALF YEARS, SO WHICH WON'T HAPPEN AGAIN THE NEXT THREE YEARS.

I MEAN, SO WE HAVE A GOOD SAMPLE SIZE, SO THERE'S NOT ENOUGH FOR ME TO BE CONCERNED TO THE LEVEL TO WHERE I'M GOING TO DISREGARD THOSE MEMBERS. I JUST THINK IT SENDS THE WRONG MESSAGE.

SO THAT'S THAT'S MY POSITION.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK AND EVERYBODY AND EVERYONE THAT WENT INTO THAT.

ANY OTHER COMMENTS? QUESTIONS? MAYOR PRO TEM. NOW I'M ASSUMING YOU NEED DIRECTIONS, MR. MAYOR. IS THAT CORRECT? NO, BECAUSE IT'S ON THE.

IT'S ACTION IS IT'S BEEN PULLED.

SO ACTION WILL BE THIS EVENING.

OH. ALL RIGHT. THEN THEN I HAVE NO FURTHER DISCUSSION.

I DO THINK THERE'S NO.

WELL, I WILL SAY, AS I.

AS I FADE OUT, I WILL SAY THAT THERE'S NO HARM WITH EXTRA REPORTING.

SO IF THAT IS THE WILL OF COUNCIL, GREAT.

BUT, SO EXTRA DATA IS NEVER A PROBLEM.

HELP ME UNDERSTAND THAT THE THE REPORTING YOU'VE SAID WHAT WAS THE WHAT WAS THE AMOUNT OF TIME THERE WAS NOTHING TO REPORT.

WE'VE CURRENTLY IT REQUIRES TWO, TWO REPORTS A YEAR.

THE GOAL WAS TO HAVE ONE REPORT PER YEAR.

BUT WE'VE NOT HAD ANY REPORTING OUT SPECIFICALLY, ASIDE FROM AN UPDATE ON THE TRAINING THE BOARD'S RECEIVED AND THINGS WE'VE DISCUSSED.

BUT THERE HAVE BEEN NO RECOMMENDATIONS AS TO A CHANGE IN PRACTICES OR PROCEDURE FROM THE BOARD TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.

AND THE TIME SINCE THE TIME IT WAS, BEGAN BACK IN 2020.

YEAH, BUT SO EXTRA DATA, THERE'S BEEN NO DATA.

RIGHT. AND SO WE'RE JUST TRYING TO TRYING TO CAPTURE A TIME FRAME THAT, THAT RIGHT.

WHEN WE FOR EXAMPLE, WHEN WE PROVIDE THE ANNUAL UPDATE TO COUNCIL IN APRIL, IT'LL BE A SUMMARY OF THE MEETINGS THAT WE'VE HAD AND THE THINGS WE'VE DISCUSSED.

BUT THERE ARE NO ACTIONABLE ITEMS SPECIFICALLY FROM THE BOARD THAT HAVE BEEN DIRECTED OR ENCOURAGED FROM MEMBERS OF THE ADVISORY BOARD TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, BUT RATHER JUST A REVIEW OF THE TRAINING THEY'VE RECEIVED AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE.

OKAY. THANK YOU.

ANYTHING ELSE? ALL RIGHT, THEN, WE'LL TAKE IT UP.

IT'S AN INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION OR AFTER? AFTER CONSENT. SO THANK YOU, SIR.

THAT CONCLUDES ITEM A I KNOW YOU WERE THERE.

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TAKES US TO ITEM B ID 24004 RECEIVE REPORT HOLD DISCUSSION AND GIVE STAFF DIRECTION ON PENDING CITY

[B. Receive a report, hold a discussion, and give staff direction on pending City Council requests for: 1) Request for a work session to discuss Narcan distribution and education (used for the emergency treatment of an Opioid overdose). 2) Request for a medium priority work session to discuss a resolution to support legislation similar to H.B. 870 and S.B. 1989, which would prohibit pet stores from selling dogs or cats unless they are obtained from an animal control agency, an animal shelter, or an animal rescue organization. [Estimated Presentation/Discussion Time: 30 minutes]]

COUNCIL REQUEST.

MAYOR. CITY COUNCIL.

CARLOTTA COWAN, ASSISTANT TO THE CITY MANAGER.

I WILL BE REPORTING OR INTRODUCING THE CITY COUNCIL PENDING REQUEST FOR INFORMATION.

ALSO KNOWN AS THE TWO MINUTE PITCH.

THERE WE GO. COUPLE REMINDERS BEFORE WE GET STARTED.

THE REQUESTING COUNCIL MEMBER WILL HAVE UP TO TWO MINUTES TO DESCRIBE THEIR REQUEST, AND THE REMAINING COUNCIL MEMBERS WILL HAVE UP TO ONE MINUTE TO PROVIDE THEIR FEEDBACK, AND STAFF WILL RESPOND TO REQUESTS WITH A CONSENSUS OF AT LEAST FOUR FOR THESE ITEMS. ALSO, AS COUNCIL MEMBERS PROVIDE THEIR SUPPORT, WE ASK THAT THEY CATEGORIZE THAT AS HIGH, MODERATE OR LOW.

AND THAT TAKES US TO OUR FIRST ITEM REQUEST FOR A WORK SESSION TO DISCUSS NARCAN DISTRIBUTION AND EDUCATION USED FOR THE EMERGENCY TREATMENT OF AN OPIOID OVERDOSE. AND WITH THAT, I'LL TURN IT OVER TO COUNCIL MEMBER MELTZER.

THANK YOU. IN A RECENT STAFF REPORT, WE LEARNED THAT THE DENTON POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS RESPONDED TO 11 CONFIRMED FENTANYL RELATED DEATHS JUST SINCE SEPTEMBER 2022. NARCAN IS THE TREATMENT THAT CAN SAVE LIVES IF ADMINISTERED RIGHT AWAY IN AN OVERDOSE SITUATION.

BUYING SURVIVAL TIME WHILE EMERGENCY SERVICES ARE ON THE WAY.

DENTON FIRE DEPARTMENT HAS ADMINISTERED NARCAN OVER 230 TIMES IN THE PAST TWO YEARS, AND THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WILL BE PUTTING NARCAN INTO 90 DEFIBRILLATOR CABINETS IN CITY BUILDINGS ACROSS THE CITY OVER THE NEXT TWO MONTHS, AND TRAINING BUILDING STAFF ON ITS USE, AS WELL AS CONFERRING ABOUT THIS APPROACH WITH DENTON'S HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS. THE IDEA IS FOR NARCAN AND SOMEONE WHO KNOWS HOW TO USE IT TO BE AS CLOSE AS POSSIBLE TO WHEREVER IT MIGHT BE NEEDED.

AND ONE APPROACH WE LEARNED THAT THE CITY OF AUSTIN HAS ADDED TO ITS APPROACH TO FENTANYL, HAS BEEN TO PARTNER WITH NONPROFITS TO HELP THEM DISTRIBUTE NARCAN IN A VARIETY OF WAYS, INCLUDING AT FESTIVALS.

AND FESTIVALS ARE A GREAT VENUE FOR DENTON.

THIS IS TO REQUEST THAT STAFF SIZE WITH SUCH A FESTIVAL DISTRIBUTION AND EDUCATION EFFORT MIGHT LOOK LIKE IN DENTON AND BRING IT BACK TO US IN A BRIEF WORK SESSION.

THE GOAL WOULD BE FOR NARCAN AND OVERDOSE FIRST AID AWARENESS TO BE AS COMMONPLACE AS THE HEIMLICH MANEUVER IN DENTON, SO MAYBE WE CAN SAVE SOME LIVES.

ALLOW ME, PLEASE, TO ACKNOWLEDGE NANCY CORTEZ HERE, WHO ENGAGED ME ON THIS ISSUE AFTER THE TERRIBLE LOSS OF HER SON, ALEX, TO FENTANYL.

AND WITH THAT, LET ME REQUEST THIS ITEM BE ACTED ON WITH HIGH PRIORITY.

OKAY. MR. CITY ATTORNEY, I HAVE QUESTIONS.

I CAN, THERE'S NO PROHIBITIONS ON POINTS OF INQUIRY.

YEAH, WE'VE KIND OF PUSHED THAT LINE.

WE TYPICALLY HAVE NOT ALLOWED FOR QUESTIONS, BUT WE'VE ALLOWED IN RECENT PAST SOME POINTS OF INQUIRY ON SOME OF THESE ITEMS. YES. YEAH.

I'LL JUST. I'LL JUST LISTEN.

COMMENTS. MAYOR PRO TEM.

THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR.

I THINK IN LIGHT OF, IT'S A SIMPLE REQUEST FOR A FOR COORDINATION WITH NON-PROFITS TO SEE WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE.

THERE'S THERE'S NO HARM IN COUNCIL GETTING, AGAIN, EXTRA INFORMATION, TO SEE HOW WE WOULD COORDINATE WITH PEOPLE THAT ARE ALREADY PERFORMING THESE KINDS OF FUNCTIONS.

SO I, I, I'LL BE, YOU KNOW, A VOTING YES ON THIS OR NOT VOTING, BUT I WOULD APPROVE OF A WORK SESSION FOR THIS.

ANYONE ELSE? COUNCILMAN HOLLANDE.

I SUPPORT THE THE TWO MINUTE PITCH AS IT WAS AS IT WAS SET OUT.

I'M AMAZED HOW WE AS A SOCIETY KEEP FINDING WAYS TO HURT OURSELVES.

AND FORTUNATELY, THE GOOD GUYS ARE OUT HELPING US TO TO COMBAT THOSE PROBLEMS. I WOULD I WOULD GIVE THAT A HIGH PRIORITY.

ANYONE ELSE.

COUNCIL MEMBER MCGEE.

THANK YOU. MAYOR. ABSOLUTELY.

YES. THIS IS.

ONE OF THE BEST PITCHERS THAT I'VE SEEN SINCE I'VE BEEN ON COUNCIL, SO THANK YOU FOR THIS.

THANK YOU ALSO FOR BEING HERE TODAY.

THANK YOU MA'AM. THANK YOU. MAYOR COUNCIL MEMBER BYRD.

YES. HI. PARTY.

THANK YOU. OKAY.

ANYONE ELSE? COUNCIL MEMBER.

WHAT'S OUR PRIORITY FOR ME TO MAYOR?

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SORRY ABOUT THAT, COUNCILMAN. WHAT'S YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.

YOU'RE MUTED. SORRY.

YES, I'LL SUPPORT A WORK SESSION ON ON THE TWO MINUTE PITCH.

I GUESS WHAT I HEARD IN THE PRESENTATION, THE VERBAL PRESENTATION WAS SOMETHING THAT SEEMED, YOU KNOW.

AT FAR ENDS OF THE SPECTRUM.

ONE IS WORKING WITH NONPROFITS, AND ONE IS HANDING IT OUT TO ANYBODY WHO MIGHT WANT IT.

I JUST LIKE IT'S GOING TO BE INTERESTING.

THAT'S WHY I SUPPORT THE WORK SESSION.

I WANT TO HEAR WHAT ARE THE EFFECTIVE WAYS, THE MOST EFFECTIVE WAYS THAT WE CAN DO THIS IN A RESPONSIBLE AND SAFE AND SAFE WAY. SO CERTAINLY A HIGH PRIORITY FOR ME, TO HEAR TO HEAR THE INFORMATION.

ABSOLUTELY. OKAY.

THANK YOU. SO I'M JUST GOING TO UNILATERALLY SAY AND, NEXT, NEXT WEEK, THE CITY MANAGER IS GOING TO PUT THAT ON THE AGENDA.

BUT IF YOU WILL NEED TO GET YOUR QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS AND CLARIFICATION IN.

SO IT'LL BE ON NEXT WEEK'S AGENDA, NEXT MEETING, WHENEVER THAT IS.

AND IT'S BUT STAFF HAS PROVIDED A STATUS REPORT ALREADY AND SO THEY'LL SEND OUT ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION THEY FOUND, BUT IT'S JUST GOING TO BE A DISCUSSION AT COUNCIL LEVEL, TRULY, BECAUSE EVERYTHING ELSE HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED.

I HAVE LEGAL QUESTIONS ABOUT WHAT WE CAN MANDATE TO FESTIVALS.

SO IT'S REALLY JUST A COUNCIL DISCUSSION TO BE HAD.

I DON'T I DON'T ANTICIPATE MUCH MORE PRESENTATION BECAUSE THEY'VE PROVIDED THAT TO US.

SO WE HAVE THAT BACKUP.

SO, AS, AS I'M ABLE UNILATERALLY I'M PUTTING IT ON THE NEXT MEETING.

AND THEN I'LL JUST ASK MY QUESTIONS THEN.

BUT I JUST THINK THERE'S, THERE'S SOME CLARIFICATION AND AN UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT WE CAN AND CANNOT DO.

SO, THERE YOU GO.

THAT TAKES US TO OUR NEXT ITEM.

OKAY.

OKAY. ITEM TWO REQUEST FOR A MEDIUM PRIORITY WORK SESSION TO DISCUSS A RESOLUTION TO SUPPORT FOR LEGISLATION SIMILAR TO HOUSE BILL 870 AND SENATE BILL 1989, WHICH WOULD PROHIBIT PET STORES FROM SELLING DOGS OR CATS UNLESS THEY ARE OBTAINED FROM AN ANIMAL CONTROL AGENCY, AN ANIMAL SHELTER, OR AN ANIMAL RESCUE ORGANIZATION.

I'LL TURN IT OVER TO MAYOR PRO TEM BECK.

READY, MR. MAYOR? YES. GO RIGHT AHEAD.

OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. YEAH. I'LL JUST TRY TO KEEP THIS REALLY SIMPLE AND FAST DURING OUR JANUARY 9TH MEETING.

WE DIDN'T HAVE A CONSENSUS ON THE EXACT PITCH ITEM, BUT THERE SEEMED TO BE A VERBAL CONSENSUS THAT WE COULD LIKELY GET TO SOMETHING IF WE HAD THE WORK SESSION.

SO I QUICKLY TURNED AROUND A PITCH TO TO STAFF TO GO AHEAD AND HAVE THAT WORK SESSION DISCUSSING THE PATTERSON WHITMIRE TYPE LEGISLATION IN MORE DETAIL.

RECALL THAT THE RESOLUTION THAT HAS PROPOSED AND IS IS NOT A LEGISLATIVE ACTION BY THE CITY, BUT A RESOLUTION IN SUPPORT OF STATE, ACTIONS IN THE FUTURE.

I ASKED THAT WE HAVE THAT BRIEF WORK SESSION, TO MOVE THIS TOPIC FORWARD.

AND I ENCOURAGE YOU TO AT A MEDIUM PRIORITY.

LET'S SEE. COMMENTS.

COUNCILMAN. AS I STATED AT OUR LAST MEETING, I SUPPORT THE NOTION OF DOING EVERYTHING WE CAN TO MINIMIZE PUPPY MILLS. KITTY KITTY MILLS, IF THAT'S A WORD.

MY MY HESITATION IS THE HOW THAT HOW THAT FITS IN LINE WITH WITH STATE, A STATE, STATE ISSUED LICENSE AND THEREFORE STATE LAW AND SETTING US UP FOR ANY KIND OF A LAWSUIT.

HOWEVER, I WOULD I WOULD SUPPORT THE TWO MINUTE PITCH AT A, AT A MEDIUM PRIORITY.

OKAY. ANYONE ELSE? COUNCIL MEMBER MCGEE.

THANK YOU. MAYOR. I WAS A YES.

TWO WEEKS AGO. I'M A YES TODAY.

I THINK THAT ANY TIME THAT WE CAN SUPPORT OUR LOCAL DELEGATION AND SOMETHING THAT THEY'RE DOING, WE SHOULD MAKE SURE WE ADD THE CHORUS OF VOICES FROM THE FOLKS OF THE CITY OF DENTON TO THE GOOD STUFF THAT THEY'RE DOING IN AUSTIN.

SO I'M ABSOLUTELY, YES.

MEDIUM PRIORITY. ANYONE ELSE? COUNCIL MEMBER. YEAH.

I'M GOING TO SUPPORT THE CONVERSATION.

AT MEDIUM PRIORITY.

I WILL NOTE ALSO THAT I'M A PROPONENT OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES.

SO I UNDERSTAND THAT THE CITY IS ALREADY DOING SOME THINGS IN THIS REGARD.

SO, COMING BACK TO THAT CONVERSATION WOULD BE GOOD.

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SO WE CAN GET THIS CLARIFICATION.

COUNCILOR MELTZER. YEAH.

I'D JUST LIKE TO POINT OUT THAT THIS IS IN SUPPORT OF A CHANGE IN STATE LAW, SO THAT THE RESULT WOULD OCCUR WITHOUT BEING IN CONFLICT WITH STATE LAW.

SO, I SUPPORT THE WORK SESSION.

OKAY. ANYONE.

I THINK THAT'S EVERYONE. COUNCILWOMAN.

WHAT'S. I SUPPORT IT.

OKAY. THANK YOU. THAT CONCLUDES ITEM B POINT OF INQUIRY.

YES. STATE YOUR POINT OF INQUIRY.

A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO WHEN WE HAD THIS PRESENTATION, INITIALLY, CITY MANAGER TOLD US ABOUT SOME THINGS THAT HAD BEEN DONE DOWN IN THE CITY OF AUSTIN THAT WE WERE GOING TO DO HERE. ARE WE GOING TO HAVE ANOTHER PRESENTATION ON THAT, OR CAN WE PERHAPS WRAP IT UP IN THIS? WHEN WE HAVE THE WORK SESSION? YOU CAN EMAIL HER AND FOLLOW UP ON THAT.

RIGHT. AND YOU CAN SEND IT OUT TO EVERYBODY.

THAT WAY WE, WE STAY CLEAN.

I HAD TO RESERVE MY QUESTIONS TRYING TO DO THE SAME.

OKAY. THAT CONCLUDES ITEM B.

THANK YOU.

TAKES NOW THE CITY COUNCIL WILL NOW AT 4:36 P.M., CONVENE IN CLOSED MEETING TO DELIBERATE CLOSED MEETING ITEMS SET FORTH ON THE AGENDA, WHICH INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING

[1. Closed Meeting:]

ONLY BE OKAY.

ITEM ID 24119.

CONSULTATION WITH ATTORNEYS UNDER TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 551.071.

THANK YOU. SO THE CITY COUNCIL HAS HAS NOW, AT 4:54 P.M., RECONVENED FROM THE CLOSED SESSION AND NO OFFICIAL ACTION WAS TAKEN.

THAT TAKES US TO OUR CONSENT AGENDA.

[4. CONSENT AGENDA]

I'LL TAKE A MOTION. BUT FOR ITEMS H AND N WHICH WERE PULLED.

MAYOR PRO TEM, I MOVE APPROVAL OF THE CONSENT AGENDA ACCEPTING ITEMS H AND N COUNCILMAN HARLAN.

I SECOND THE MOTION WITH THE EXCEPTIONS AS NOTED.

THANK YOU. WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND DISCUSSION.

SEEING NONE.

COUNCIL MEMBER WATTS.

HOW SAY YOU? COUNCIL MEMBER.

WHAT'S. BUT.

ALL RIGHT. WE GET COUNCILWOMAN.

CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW? GREAT.

SO YOU GOT TO UNMUTE, BUT I NEED YOUR VOTE ON THE CONSENT.

BUT FOR ITEMS H AND N.

YEAH, I OKAY.

YEAH. THANK YOU.

WELL, YOU KNOW, HONESTLY, I COULDN'T TELL THAT Y'ALL HAD STARTED.

I WAS SITTING HERE LOOKING, AND I COULDN'T HEAR YOU ON THE MIC, SO.

YEAH. YEAH, I'LL BE MORE DEMONSTRATIVE WHEN I TALK.

BUT. NO, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

YOU'RE ALL GOOD. YOU DIDN'T MISS MUCH.

SO, LET'S VOTE ON THE SCREEN.

THAT PASSES SEVEN ZERO TAKES US TO ITEM H, ID 24007.

[H. Consider adoption of an ordinance amending Chapter 23 of the City Code - Police - Article VI, Section 23-177, Denton Police Department Chief of Police Advisory Board, to extend board member terms to three years, stagger board member terms, define what constitutes a term, and amend the board schedule and reporting procedures; and providing an effective date.]

CONSIDER ADOPTION OF THE ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 23 OF THE CITY, THE CITY CODE POLICE ARTICLE SIX, SECTION 20 3.-177 DENTON POLICE DEPARTMENT CHIEF POLICE ADVISORY BOARD.

COUNCILMAN MELTZER YES, I MOVE APPROVAL OF ITEM H WITH THE EXCLUSION OF THE CHANGE IN REPORTING PROCEDURES.

COUNCIL MEMBER BYRD. OKAY.

WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND DISCUSSION.

I'LL JUST SAY SO.

THOSE THAT AREN'T TRACKING ALONG MAYBE.

OR DIDN'T SEE THE WORK SESSION.

WE HAD A COMMITTEE THAT RECOMMENDED AN ANNUAL REPORT.

THEY DISCUSSED THIS VERY ITEM, AND THIS VOTE WOULD GO AS PROPOSED.

WOULD GO AGAINST THE WILL OF THAT COMMITTEE THAT MET FOR ONE HOUR, 15 MINUTES.

AND I JUST CAN'T GET COMFORTABLE WITH THAT.

SO I'M NOT GOING TO BE SUPPORTIVE OF THIS, BECAUSE IT JUST SENDS THE WRONG MESSAGE TO THOSE SEVEN INDIVIDUALS THAT VOLUNTEER THEIR TIME FOR OVER AN HOUR AND DISCUSS THIS VERY TOPIC. I THINK I COULD GET COMFORTABLE IF IT WAS NOT DISCUSSED OR MISSED OR.

BUT THEY HAD TOPIC CONVERSATION ON POINT AND I'LL CLOSE AND QUOTING AND I'M GOING TO START QUOTING THIS MORE.

BUT I'LL QUOTE THIS TODAY.

IT'S ABOUT STEVE JOBS.

IT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE TO HIRE SMART PEOPLE AND TELL THEM WHAT TO DO.

WE HIRE SMART PEOPLE SO THAT THEY CAN TELL US WHAT TO DO.

I THINK THE PEOPLE AND THE CITIZENS OF REPRESENTED REPRESENTED HERE GAVE DIRECTION.

AND I THINK IT'S IT SEEMS A WRONG MESSAGE FROM THE DAIS TO TO DISREGARD THAT ON POINT CONVERSATION.

[00:40:01]

SO I'M NOT GOING TO BE SUPPORTIVE.

ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE COUNCIL MEMBER.

WHAT'S HOW SAY YOU? I'M A NAY ON THE MOTION.

AND SECOND ON THE ON THE FLOOR.

OKAY, SO LET ME GET THERE.

OKAY. EVERYONE ELSE'S PHOTO ON THE SCREEN.

AND THAT AMENDMENT FAILS FOR THREE.

I'LL MOVE APPROVAL AS WRITTEN.

IS THERE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND MAYOR.

OKAY. I HAVE ONE MAYOR PRO TEM.

YEAH. I'LL SECOND.

WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.

ANY DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE THROW IT ON THE SCREEN.

OH, SORRY.

COUNCIL MEMBER. WHAT HOUSE ARE YOU? I'M A I'M A. YES.

OKAY. THANK YOU.

LET'S VOTE ON THE SCREEN. THANK YOU.

JESSE. PASSES SEVEN ZERO.

TAKES US TO ITEM N AND LET ME GET THERE.

[N. Consider adoption of an ordinance of the City of Denton, a home-rule municipal corporation, authorizing the General Manager of Denton Municipal Electric to execute an agreement with the Public Utilities Commission of Texas (PUCT) settling a disgorgement of $42,012.60 for revenues received by Denton Municipal Electric in February of 2021 from the Electric Reliability Commission of Texas (ERCOT); and providing an effective date.]

SORRY. OH, HERE IT IS.

LOOKING AT THE WRONG THING. AND HIS ID 24121.

CONSIDER ADOPTION OF AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF DENTON, A HOME RULE MUNICIPAL CORPORATION, AUTHORIZING THE GENERAL MANAGER OF DENTON MUNICIPAL ELECTRIC TO EXECUTE AN AGREEMENT WITH THE PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION, OF TEXAS, ALSO TITLED PUC PUC T SETTLING A DISGORGEMENT OF $42,012.60 FOR REVENUES RECEIVED BY DENTON MUNICIPAL ELECTRIC.

SO, MAYOR PRO TEM.

THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. I APPRECIATE EVERYBODY'S FORBEARANCE AND LETTING ME ASK MY QUESTIONS IN CLOSED, I MOVE APPROVAL.

COUNCIL MEMBER HOLLAND. SECOND, WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.

ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE COUNCIL MEMBER.

WATCH HOW SAY YOU.

YES. OKAY.

AND LET'S VOTE ON THE SCREEN.

THAT PASSES SEVEN ZERO TAKES US TO.

AND IF YOU'RE TRACKING ALONG, WE WILL.

WE WON'T START PUBLIC HEARINGS UNTIL 630.

SO WE'RE GOING TO WORK AROUND THAT AND TAKES US TO ITEMS FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION.

[A. Consider adoption of an ordinance of the City of Denton determining the public use, need, and necessity for the acquisition of permanent water easements, generally located along Interstate 35 East frontage road situated in the Alexander Hill Survey, Abstract No. 623 in the City and County of Denton, Texas, and more particularly described in the attached Exhibit “A” (collectively, the “Property Interests”) for the TXDOT I35 Fort Worth Drive project; authorizing the City Manager and City Attorney to acquire the Property Interests by agreement if possible, including making all offers required by law; authorizing the use of the power of eminent domain to condemn the property interests if agreement cannot be reached; authorizing the City Attorney to file eminent domain proceedings if necessary; authorizing the expenditure of funding; making findings; providing a savings clause; and providing an effective date.]

THAT'S GOING TO BE SIX A.

AND THE FIRST IN THAT ITEM IS ID 232417.

CONSIDER ADOPTION OF ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF DENTON DETERMINING THE PUBLIC USE, NEED, AND NECESSITY FOR THE ACQUISITION OF A PERMANENT WATER EASEMENT, GENERALLY LOCATED ALONG INTERSTATE 35 EAST FRONTAGE ROADS SITUATED IN THE ALEXANDER HILL SURVEY.

GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS VICTORIA BROWN, SENIOR REAL ESTATE SPECIALIST, AND I HAVE WITH ME PROJECT MANAGER COLE TANKERSLEY.

AND TODAY I'M HERE TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT THE ACQUISITION OF REAL PROPERTY TEXDOT I-35, FORT WORTH DRIVE.

THE SITE OF THE LOCATION WAS LOCATED ON I 35 EAST FRONTAGE ROAD, NEAR FORT WORTH DRIVE.

THE PROPERTY DETAILS FOR THE I 35 UTILITY RELOCATION REQUIRES THAT WE GET TWO EASEMENTS THAT ARE NEEDED TO RELOCATE AN EXISTING CITY WATER LINE OUTSIDE OF THE NEW TEXAS.

I'M SORRY OF THE NEW TXDOT RIGHT OF WAY.

ONCE THE EASEMENT IS ACQUIRED, CIP STAFF WILL PROCEED TO BID AND AWARD THE PROJECT AND SCHEDULE CONSTRUCTION, WHICH SHOULD START THE SECOND QUARTER OF 2024. THIS PROJECT IS EXPECTED TO BE FULLY REIMBURSABLE BY TEX DOT.

PROPERTY DETAILS.

THE PROPERTY IS CURRENTLY OWNED BY FIVE STACK SELF-STORAGE AND 18 STACK SELF-STORAGE.

U-HAUL IS PRESENTLY LOCATED THERE.

THE APPRAISED VALUE FOR A FIVE IS 23,002 49, AND THE APPRAISED VALUE FOR 18 IS $14,017. THE PROPERTY IS ALSO ZONED FOR HIGHWAY USE.

STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL OF THE ITEM.

[00:45:01]

APPROVAL WERE AUTHORIZED THE CITY MANAGER AND THE CITY ATTORNEY TO ACQUIRE THE NECESSARY PROPERTY INTEREST IN THE EVENT.

NEGOTIATIONS, EFFORTS FAIL AND IMPASSE.

IS REACHED, THE CITY ATTORNEY OR THE DESIGNEE MAY FILE EMINENT DOMAIN PROCEEDINGS TO ACQUIRE THE PROPERTY INTEREST IF NECESSARY.

UPON READING OF A FAVORABLE MOTION AND SECOND, I WILL BEGIN DISPLAYING THE LEGAL DESCRIPTION OF EACH PROPERTY INTEREST NEEDED FOR THE PROJECT.

OKAY. AND IS THIS ACTION OR JUST FIRST READING? IT'S ACTION. AND ACTUALLY THERE'S A MOTION THAT WE HANDED OUT AT THE SEATS OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS TO BE USED IF THERE IS A MOTION FOR APPROVAL.

OKAY. MAYOR PRO TEM.

THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR.

I JUST HAD A COUPLE OF QUICK QUESTIONS.

IT'S UNCLEAR TO ME WHETHER, FROM THE LOCATION MAP, WHETHER THE THE THE DESIRED EASEMENT PROPERTY IN QUESTION, WILL OVERLAP THE THE THE WHAT WOULD THAT BE? THE SOUTHERN MOST PORTION OF THE BUILDING, KIND OF SOUTHEASTERN MOST PORTION OF THE U-HAUL.

AND WHAT ARE THE IMPLICATIONS FOR IT IF IT DOES? THOSE ARE SORT OF MY QUESTIONS.

YES. NO, SIR.

IT WOULDN'T LET ME SHARE THE SCREEN.

I'M SORRY. OKAY.

THE EASEMENTS WILL NOT OVERLAP.

THEY ARE ADJACENT TO EACH OTHER, HIGHLIGHTED IN GREEN.

OKAY, I MISSED THAT PART I APOLOGIZE, I'M SORRY.

HIGHLIGHTED IN GREEN ARE THE EASEMENTS, AND THEY'RE JUST ADJACENT FROM EACH OTHER.

ALL RIGHT. THAT'S THAT'S VERY CLEAR.

THANK YOU FOR ANSWERING MY QUESTIONS.

OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? COUNCILMAN. WHAT'S. YEAH, THIS IS IN THE MINUTIA, SO PLEASE FORGIVE ME AHEAD OF TIME IN THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION. IT SAYS IF IMPASSE AND ALL OF THAT FAILS, THE CITY ATTORNEY OR DESIGNEE MAY ISSUE EMINENT DOMAIN AND MOVE TOWARDS EMINENT DOMAIN.

IS THAT? I WOULD THINK THAT IF IMPASSE FAILS, WE SHALL MOVE INTO EMINENT DOMAIN.

I DON'T KNOW IF WE HAVE AN OPTION.

IF WE CAN'T, IF WE CAN'T GET IT NEGOTIATED.

THAT'S VERY PICKY.

BUT I DIDN'T KNOW IF THAT LANGUAGE WAS IN.

I TRIED TO LOOK UP THE BACKUP, BUT MY CITY COMPUTER WENT DOWN.

I DON'T KNOW IF THAT LANGUAGE IS IN THE ORDINANCE, BECAUSE I CAN'T REMEMBER WHEN I READ IT THIS THIS WEEKEND, BUT SO I ONLY JUST BRING THAT UP.

SORRY FOR THE THE DETAIL, BUT FOR ME MAY AND SHALL MEAN TWO DIFFERENT THINGS.

BUT I COULD BE I COULD BE GOING DOWN A RABBIT HOLE.

SO ANYWAY, I JUST ASKED THE CITY ATTORNEY FOR SOME CLARIFICATION ON THAT.

I'M JUST TRYING TO PULL THE ORDINANCE HERE.

I CERTAINLY KNOW IN THE MOTION THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE UTILIZING THAT WOULD BE AUTHORIZATION FOR THE CITY ATTORNEY TO MOVE FORWARD, WHICH WE WOULD DO.

IT GIVES US ALSO THE OPTION TO SETTLE IF WE NEED TO.

YEAH. SHORT OF EMINENT DOMAIN, WE COULD ALWAYS SETTLE THE CASE.

SO THAT GIVES US THAT DISCRETION.

OKAY. THANKS. THANK YOU.

MAYOR. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? OKAY. I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS SO.

NO ANSWER JUST BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S EXACTLY ON POINT, BUT EVEN IN OUR OUR EXHIBITS, THOSE TRUCKS ARE PARKED ON UNIMPROVED SURFACES.

AND SO IF WE COULD I DON'T KNOW.

YOU KNOW, I JUST PUT THAT THERE TO SAY, THANK YOU.

OKAY. SO, ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE.

IF SOMEONE WANTS TO READ THE LANGUAGE.

MAYOR PRO TEM. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. I MOVE THAT THE CITY OF DENTON, AFTER HAVING MADE THE OFFERS REQUIRED BY STATE LAW, USE THE POWERS OF EMINENT DOMAIN IF NEEDED, TO ACQUIRE VARIOUS PERMANENT WATER LINE EASEMENTS LOCATED GENERALLY AT INTERSTATE 35.

EAST FRONTAGE ROAD, SITUATED IN THE ALEXANDER HILL SURVEY.

ABSTRACT NUMBER 623, IN THE CITY OF DENTON COUNTY OF DENTON, TEXAS, AND MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED IN THE ATTACHED EXHIBIT A TO THE ORDINANCE NOW UNDER CONSIDERATION AND ON THE SCREEN TO BE DISPLAYED TO THE AUDIENCE, ALL OF WHICH ARE FOR VALID PUBLIC USE NECESSARY TO RELOCATE, RELOCATE, CONSTRUCT AND INSTALL WATER INFRASTRUCTURE.

AS PART OF THE TXDOT I-35 FORT WORTH DRIVE PROJECT NEEDED TO SERVE THE PUBLIC AND CITIZENS OF THE CITY OF DENTON.

OKAY. THANK YOU.

IS THAT. IS THAT THE LAST ONE? OKAY, GREAT. AND THEN.

COUNCILMAN. BYRD SECOND.

OKAY. SO WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND DISCUSSION.

[00:50:05]

AND I ALSO SAY THAT JUST BECAUSE IF THERE'S ECONOMY OF SCALE WHILE WE'RE THERE WORKING, MAYBE THEY WANT TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THAT AS ANYTHING.

BUT WHILE WE'RE IN DISCUSSION, PERIOD, WE'RE ON TOPIC.

I'M COMING DOWN TO.

AND IT'S, CAFETERIA.

YES. GREAT. GREAT.

I WAS HOPING I'D GET CLOSE.

THANK YOU. WHAT ARE THE INITIALS MEAN? IT'S A DESIGNER.

I SEE, THAT'S WHY I DON'T KNOW.

SO I JUST WANTED TO.

TO WELCOME YOU HERE.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.

AND WE HAVE AN ELEPHANT.

SO YOU ALWAYS REMEMBER YOUR FIRST PRESENTATION TO US? YEAH. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

WELL DONE. THANK YOU. YES, I APPRECIATE IT.

OH, HERE YOU GO. OKAY.

THANK YOU DUSTIN. THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THANK YOU. YOU SHOULD TELL HER THAT YOU LIKE HER TRIP.

HER WHAT? HER TRIP? I CAN'T SAY THAT WE TALKED ABOUT EARLIER.

WE COULD TALK ABOUT. OKAY.

COUNCILMAN. WHAT ARE YOU.

YES. OKAY.

AND LET'S VOTE ON THE SCREEN.

AND THAT PASSES SEVEN ZERO TAKES US TO ITEM SEVEN A, WHICH IS ID

[A. Consider adoption of an ordinance of the City of Denton to declare the intent to reimburse capital program expenditures of General Government with Tax-Preferred Obligations (General Obligation Bonds) with an aggregate maximum principal amount not to exceed $53,117,000; and providing an effective date.]

232433. CONSIDER ADOPTION OF AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF DENTON TO DECLARE THE INTENT TO REIMBURSE CAPITAL PROGRAM EXPENDITURES OF GENERAL GOVERNMENT WITH TAX PREFERRED OBLIGATION BONDS WITH AN AGGREGATE MAXIMUM PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF NOT TO EXCEED $53,117,000 AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.

ALREADY. GOOD AFTERNOON OR EVENING OR IN BETWEEN? I'M NOT SURE WHERE WE ARE TODAY.

RANDY KLINGLE, TREASURY MANAGER FROM THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT.

I HAVE A QUICK PRESENTATION REGARDING THE REIMBURSEMENT ORDINANCE ON YOUR AGENDA ITEM TODAY.

THE REIMBURSEMENT ORDINANCE IS REQUIRED BY THE IRS TO SHOW THE CITY'S INTENT TO REIMBURSE OURSELVES LATER WITH BOND PROCEEDS.

AND WITH THE ADOPTION OF THE REIMBURSEMENT ORDINANCE, WE WILL DO THE BOND SALE WITHIN 12 MONTHS.

WE DO HAVE IT PLANNED FOR THIS SUMMER.

WE LIKE TO DO IT BEFORE THE END OF THE FISCAL YEAR FOR ACCOUNTING PURPOSES.

AND OUR DEBT POLICY DOES ALLOW THE REIMBURSEMENT ORDINANCE AND THE PROCESSES THAT GO WITH THAT.

SO FOR THIS REIMBURSEMENT ORDINANCE, WE HAVE THE PROJECT LIST IN FRONT OF YOU.

AND IT'S ALSO ON EXHIBIT A AS THE ORDINANCE.

AND THIS IS YEAR ONE OF YEAR SIX OF THE 2023 BOND PROGRAM THAT WAS JUST VOTED BY THE CITIZENS ON NOVEMBER 7TH.

SO THIS IS JUST YEAR ONE OF THAT, ALLOWING US TO GET STARTED ON THOSE PROJECTS PRIOR TO THE BOND PROCEEDS BEING RECEIVED BY THE CITY.

SO SHORT AND SWEET.

MY NEXT STEPS YOU'LL BE HEARING FROM ME AGAIN IN MAY, WHICH I WILL BRING THE BOND PARAMETERS ORDINANCE TO YOU.

FOR BOTH THE GEO AND THE CO BOND SALE.

WE PROJECTED A DATE OF JUNE FOR THAT SALE AND WE SHOULD RECEIVE THE PROCEEDS IN JULY.

ANY QUESTIONS? QUESTIONS FOR STAFF.

COUNCIL MEMBER MELTZER.

YEAH. JUST OUT OF CURIOSITY.

THE, THE WAY THAT WE FUND THESE PROJECTS BEFORE ISSUING THE BONDS IS THAT BY USING COMMERCIAL PAPER, OR IS THAT JUST OUT OF RESERVES, OR HOW DO WE HOW DO WE DO RESERVE FUND BALANCES? OH, OKAY. AND I KNOW THIS IS ALL PART OF THE AWARD WINNING FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT.

WE ALWAYS GET YOU ALWAYS SEEM TO GET THE AWARDS.

THANK YOU. OKAY.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? AND THEN I AM CURIOUS, DOES THIS HELP KIND OF TAKE ADVANTAGE OF MAYBE POOLING PROJECTS TOGETHER OR MOVING FASTER BEFORE COSTS? THAT'S ALL OF CAPITAL PROJECTS.

INTENSE ARE PULLING THINGS TOGETHER.

BUT THIS IS REALLY TO GET A JUMP START ON THESE PROJECTS.

AND MAYBE, YOU KNOW, THE NOT THE CONSTRUCTION BUT THE CONSULTING AND SOME OF THE PLANNING.

EXACTLY. OKAY. THANK YOU.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? SEEING NONE. COUNCILMAN MELTZER.

YES? I MOVE APPROVAL OF THIS ITEM.

MAYOR PRO TEM SECOND.

WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND DISCUSSION.

SEEING NONE COUNCIL MEMBER. WHAT'S HOW SAY YOU? I'M SORRY. YES.

THANK YOU. AND LET'S VOTE ON THE SCREEN.

AND THAT PASSES SEVEN ZERO.

TAKES US TO OUR NEXT ITEM.

[B. Consider approval of a resolution of the City Council of the City of Denton, Texas, requesting the transfer of that certain public roadway described herein on Exhibit “A” from the Texas Department of Transportation to the City of Denton. The limits of the certain public roadway described above are Elm Street and Locust Street from Eagle Drive to University Drive.]

AND JUST. OH, YEAH, I KNOW IT.

HE'S LOOKING GOOD.

[00:55:02]

SO THIS WILL BE FOR THOSE TRACKING ALONG.

THIS WILL BE OUR LAST ITEM BEFORE 630.

WE'LL COME BACK AT 630 TO TAKE UP THE ONE PUBLIC HEARING ITEM, AND THEN WE'LL ADJOURN, OR WE'LL HAVE.

WELL, AND I'LL PROBABLY AFTER THIS, WE'LL DO, WE'LL DO CONCLUDING ITEMS AS WELL.

GET THAT DONE. AND SO 630 PUBLIC HEARING AND THEN WE'RE DONE FOR THE EVENING.

SO SEVEN B ID 231791 CONSIDER APPROVAL OF A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DENTON, TEXAS, REQUESTING THE TRANSFER OF THAT CERTAIN PUBLIC ROADWAY DESCRIBED HEREIN ON EXHIBIT A FROM THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION TO THE CITY OF DENTON.

THIS THE LIMITS OF THE CERTAIN PUBLIC ROADWAY DESCRIBED ABOVE ARE ELM STREET AND LOCUST STREET FROM EAGLE DRIVE TO UNIVERSITY DRIVE, AND I COULDN'T THINK OF A BETTER DESCRIPTION TO SAY THAT ROADWAY.

SO YES, THAT'S PERFECT.

GOOD EVENING. TREVOR CRAIN, DIRECTOR OF CAPITAL PROJECTS.

AND TODAY I'LL BE BRINGING FORWARD A RESOLUTION FOR TXDOT ROADWAYS TRANSFER TO THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT.

SO JUST A QUICK BACKGROUND.

US 77 FROM EAGLE TO US 380 IS CURRENTLY CLASSIFIED AS AN ON SYSTEM TXDOT ROADWAY WHICH MEANS THAT TXDOT CURRENTLY OWNS IT. SO THAT LIMITS THE ABILITY OF THE CITY OF DENTON TO MAKE REPAIRS OR IMPROVEMENT ON THAT ROADWAY SECTION.

THE CITY OF DENTON IS REQUESTING US 77 FROM EAGLE TO US 380 TO BE TRANSFERRED TO THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT.

FUNDING IS CURRENTLY AVAILABLE THROUGH TXDOT, DENTON COUNTY AND THE CITY TO RECONSTRUCT US 77 BETWEEN EAGLE AND US 380 IN 2 PHASES.

OH. SO JUST A QUICK MAP.

THE IN THE RED SHOWS YOU WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.

THE PROPOSED TRANSFER IN BLUE IS PROPOSED TO STAY ON SYSTEM, WHICH MEANS IT'LL STILL BE A TEXTILE ROADWAY.

SO PHASE ONE IS WHAT? STREET? STREET RECONSTRUCTION TO THE CITY OF DENTON SPECIFICATIONS THAT WILL BE FUNDED BY TXDOT.

SO THAT WILL BE FROM HICKORY TO EAGLE DRIVE.

THAT IS PLANNED TO START IN QUARTER TWO OF 2024.

SO THAT'LL BE A TXDOT MANAGED PROJECT.

AND THAT IS THE CONSTRUCTION TIMELINE IS TENTATIVELY SCHEDULED FOR ABOUT NINE MONTHS.

PHASE TWO OF ELM AND LOCUST WILL BE FROM HICKORY STREET TO US 380.

WE ARE ANTICIPATING THE CONSTRUCTION OF THAT PROJECT STARTING IN QUARTER FOUR OF 2024, AND THAT WILL BE A CITY OF DENTON MANAGED PROJECT.

WE ESTIMATE THAT CONSTRUCTION TIMELINE BEING 24 MONTHS.

PHASE TWO WILL BE FUNDED BY THE CITY OF DENTON, ALONG WITH COUNTY FUNDS AND, YEAH, THAT'S RIGHT.

I'M SORRY. COUNTY FUNDS AND THE CITY OF DENTON FUNDS.

SO THIS WILL CITY AND TEXTILE WILL ENTER AN AGREEMENT FOR ELM AND LOCUST, FROM UNIVERSITY DRIVE TO EAGLE DRIVE.

WHICH WILL ALLOW THEM TO BECOME CITY MAINTAINED AND OPERATED STREETS.

WITH SOME STIPULATIONS GOVERNING THE ROAD USAGE, THERE ARE SOME STIPULATIONS AS TO REDUCING REDUCING WIDTH ON THOSE ROADWAYS.

REDUCING CAPACITY.

SO TEXTILE REQUIREMENTS NEXT STEPS.

SO TRANSFER TO GOVERNMENT ENTITY GE REQUEST MEMO HAS BEEN COMPLETED.

AND THAT WAS INCLUDED IN THE BACKUP MAPPING HAS ALREADY BEEN DONE FOR HAS BEEN COMPLETED AS WELL.

THAT WAS COMPLETED BY TXDOT.

TONIGHT I'M BRINGING FORWARD THE CITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION PENDING APPROVAL OF THAT, WE WILL SEND THAT RESOLUTION TO TXDOT, AND THEY WILL BRING THAT TO THE TEXAS TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION FOR APPROVAL.

ONCE THAT IS RUN THROUGH TXDOT AND WE GET THAT APPROVAL, WE WILL BRING THAT BACK, VIA BACK TO COUNCIL FOR FORMAL ADOPTION AND APPROVAL VIA ORDINANCE.

AND WITH THAT I WILL STAND FOR ANY QUESTIONS.

QUESTIONS FOR STAFF.

COUNCILMAN. MCGEE. TREVOR.

JUST BALLPARK. HOW LONG IS THE APPROVAL PROCESS FROM TXDOT NORMALLY TAKING SOMETHING LIKE THIS? ANY ANY IDEA? SO WHICH PROCESS? I MEAN, WHICH PART OF THE PROCESS? SO, IT'S A IT'S A LOADED QUESTION.

WE'VE BEEN WORKING THROUGH THIS ELM AND LOCUST TURNBACK, SINCE I'VE BEEN HERE AND I'VE BEEN HERE FIVE YEARS, SO IT'S IT'S BEEN A LONG TIME COMING.

I'LL SAY, ONCE THIS RESOLUTION IS APPROVED, WE ANTICIPATE IT HAPPENING CONCURRENTLY WITH, WITH TXDOT COMPLETING THEIR, THEIR PORTION THAT ELM AND LOCUST PHASE ONE, THAT RECONSTRUCTION.

WE HAVE COMMUNICATED WITH TXDOT THAT WE WILL NOT BE ACCEPTING THOSE ROADWAYS UNTIL THAT CONSTRUCTION IS COMPLETE.

SO I BELIEVE THAT'S PROBABLY WHERE YOU WERE GOING WITH YOUR QUESTION.

THEY UNDERSTAND THAT THAT, THAT CONSTRUCTION NEEDS TO TAKE PLACE, IT NEEDS TO BE CONSTRUCTED TO OUR STANDARD SPECIFICATIONS AND THAT THAT IS A PART OF US

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ACCEPTING THAT ROADWAY.

OKAY. THANK YOU.

TREVOR. YES, SIR. MAYOR PRO TEM.

ALL RIGHT. THERE WE GO.

THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. TREVOR, MAYBE.

MAYBE I'M MISREMEMBERING.

EASILY. COULD BE.

I THOUGHT THAT PHASE TWO WAS THE ORIGINAL PLAN.

WAS ALSO THE STATE'S RESPONSIBILITY.

OR HAS IT ALWAYS BEEN THE CASE THAT IN OUR NEGOTIATIONS, WE WERE PHASING IT LIKE THIS? SO PHASE TWO IS SO IT'S.

YEAH, IT'S A LITTLE FUNNY.

SO NORMALLY, TXDOT DOES NOT ALLOW CITY OWNED UTILITIES UNDERNEATH THEIR ROADWAYS.

ELMA LUCAS IS A LITTLE DIFFERENT.

THERE'S NOWHERE ELSE FOR OR FOR THOSE UTILITIES TO GO.

SO THE WAY IT'S CURRENTLY STRUCTURED IS THAT IN ORDER FOR US TO MAINTAIN OUR UTILITIES, WE HAVE TO GET APPROVAL FROM TXDOT TO DIG IN THEIR ROADWAY.

WHICH LEADS US TO WHERE WE'RE AT TODAY WITH WE PUT IN UTILITY PATCHES FROM HICKORY SOUTH TO EAGLE.

SO WHAT YOU SEE OUT THERE IS UTILITY PATCHES, POTHOLES, THOSE TYPES OF THINGS.

WE DON'T HAVE THE ABILITY TO MAINTAIN AND OPERATE THAT IT'S NOT OUR ROADWAY.

WE HAVE TO RELY ON TXDOT TO COME OUT AND DO IT.

SO WHAT WE'VE DONE IS WE WORKED WITH THE COUNTY, GOT ELM AND LOCUST, PHASE TWO, THE NORTH SECTION APPROVED AS A PART OF THE 2022 BOND ELECTION.

SO THEY'RE PROVIDING A PORTION OF THOSE FUNDS THAT WILL ALLOW US TO TO DO THAT, TO COMPLETE THAT ROADWAY AFTER WE DO OUR UTILITIES.

SO THE CITY OF DENTON HAS ALWAYS HAD ELM AND LUCAS PHASE TWO ON THE BOOKS TO DO.

THAT WAS STRICTLY UTILITIES AND WHAT WE'VE DONE, ONCE WE GOT THE COUNTY APPROVAL FOR THOSE FUNDS, WAS FOALED IN THE ACTUAL STREET RECONSTRUCTION, SO THAT WE'RE ABLE TO DO THAT ALL AT ALL SIMULTANEOUSLY.

SO THAT WAS KIND OF THAT COLLABORATION THAT WE HAD BETWEEN TXDOT, OURSELVES AND THE COUNTY TO MAKE THAT PROJECT HAPPEN.

NO, I APPRECIATE THE CLARIFICATION.

SO I WAS PARTIALLY REMEMBERING CORRECTLY, I APPRECIATE THAT, YES.

THANK YOU. OKAY.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR STAFF? COUNCILMAN. WHAT'S.

YES, TREVOR, WE HAVE BEEN WORKING ON THIS FOR A LONG TIME.

AND THERE'S BEEN.

I MEAN, I CAN UNDERSTAND THE MAYOR PRO TEM KIND OF, REMEMBERING CERTAIN THINGS BECAUSE, I MEAN, FROM THE VERY BEGINNING, THIS THING HAS TAKEN ON A LIFE OF ITS OWN, AND SOME A LOT HAS CHANGED. JUST SO I UNDERSTAND, AND HAVE SOME CLARIFICATION.

PHASE ONE.

IS GOING TO BE, IS THAT GOING TO BE FUNDED BY TEX-DOT OR A COMBINATION OF TXDOT, THE CITY AND THE COUNTY? REFRESH MY MEMORY ON THAT.

SURE. SO WHAT WE'RE CALLING PHASE ONE AS A PART OF THIS PRESENTATION IS FROM HICKORY SOUTH TO 380 AND A PORTION OF 380, ACTUALLY BETWEEN ELM AND DALLAS, OR, YEAH, ELM AND DALLAS.

THAT IS GOING TO BE COMPLETED BY TXDOT STARTING IN Q2 OF THIS YEAR.

THEY ARE PAYING FOR THAT STREET RECONSTRUCTION.

WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH THEM TO DETERMINE WHAT THAT STREET RECONSTRUCTION LOOKS LIKE.

TXDOT STANDARDS ARE DIFFERENT THAN THE CITY OF DENTON, SO THAT HAS BEEN A NEGOTIATION BACK AND FORTH.

WE WANT THEM TO BUILD IT TO OUR STANDARDS.

IF WE'RE GOING TO TAKE THAT OVER.

OURS ARE OR MORE ROBUST THAN, THAN TXDOT.

SO THEY HAVE AGREED TO RECONSTRUCT THAT SECTION, PHASE ONE, ON THEIR DIME.

THEY'RE PAYING FOR THAT.

WE BELIEVE IT SHOULD BE DONE IN NINE MONTHS, STARTING IN Q2 WITH CONSTRUCTION STARTING IN Q2.

PHASE TWO, WHICH IS THE NORTH SECTION, HICKORY TO 380, IS GOING TO BE COUNTY FUNDS.

CITY OF DENTON. FUNDS.

OH, OKAY.

AND, ONE OTHER QUESTION.

SO THEN ON THE SO WHAT IS THE TOTAL ON PHASE TWO, YOU KNOW, WE'VE GOT THE UTILITY RELOCATIONS OR REPAIRS AND SUCH BUILT IN ALREADY AND HAVE THOSE FUNDS AVAILABLE.

AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO ROLL IN THE CONSTRUCTION COSTS TO THE PART OF THE COUNTY FUNDS FOR 20 BOND FUNDS FROM 2022. SO WHAT IS WHAT IS THE DELTA BETWEEN WHAT THE CITY HAS ESCROWED FOR THE UTILITIES AND WHAT THE COUNTY IS GOING TO BE PAYING FOR FOR THE ROAD CONSTRUCTION? WHAT DOES THAT DIFFERENCE THAT THE CITY IS GOING TO BE RESPONSIBLE FOR ON THE ROAD CONSTRUCTION NORTH FROM HICKORY ALL THE WAY TO UNIVERSITY DRIVE, BOTH FOR LOCUST AND ELM, $0.

SO WE ANTICIPATE THE COUNTY'S FUNDS WILL COVER THE ROADWAY RECONSTRUCTION PORTION.

THE CITY OF DENTON, OUR WATER UTILITIES, WASTEWATER DEPARTMENT, THEY WILL BE PUTTING UP FUNDS FOR THE UTILITY RECONSTRUCTION UPGRADE PORTION OF THAT PROJECT.

SO WHEN WE SUBMITTED THAT PROJECT FOR CONSIDERATION, TO THE COUNTY, THAT WAS A CONSIDERATION.

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HOW MUCH? YOU KNOW, HOW MUCH, WHAT WAS THE DELTA THAT WE NEEDED TO COVER THE ROADWAY RECONSTRUCTION.

AND THAT'S THE AMOUNT THAT WE SUBMITTED FOR.

SO. OKAY, SO THEY'LL BE PAYING FOR THE ENTIRETY OF IT.

YES, SIR. ON THE ROAD.

THE ROAD CONSTRUCTION PART.

YES, SIR. OKAY.

AND WE HAVE THAT MEMORIALIZED OR I MEAN, DO WE HAVE THAT IN A RESOLUTION OR IS THAT COMING FORWARD OR HOW DOES THAT GET SORT OF KIND OF.

SO IF I SAY NAILED DOWN.

RIGHT. SO IT WASN'T IT WASN'T STRICTLY PUT DOWN THAT, HEY, THE COUNTY IS GOING TO PAY THE DIFFERENCE.

WE CALCULATED WHAT THE WHAT THE DIFFERENCE WAS.

AND WE ASKED FOR THAT AMOUNT OF MONEY.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT.

FANTASTIC. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

YES, SIR. OKAY.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? I JUST HAVE A COUPLE.

SO I WOULD LIKE TO ASK.

AND IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE RIGHT NOW, BUT CAN YOU? THE REDUCED CAPACITY IS NOTEWORTHY FOR ME.

I WANT TO UNDERSTAND THE QUESTION IS, DOES THAT PROHIBITION GO AWAY AFTER IT'S A CITY STREET.

RIGHT. AND SO I JUST WANT TO UNDERSTAND HOW LONG THAT REDUCED CAPACITY PROHIBITION IS IN PLACE.

SO IT DOES NOT GO AWAY.

THERE IS A REVERTER CLAUSE THAT WILL BE INCLUDED IN THAT, AND THAT WILL BE A PART OF THAT NEGOTIATION BACK AND FORTH.

WHEN WE COME BACK TO ORDINANCE, I MEAN, WITH THAT ORDINANCE.

BUT ONE OF THE STIPULATIONS IS THAT YOU DO NOT REDUCE CAPACITY, ON STREETS THAT ARE TURNED BACK OVER TO THE STREET OR TO THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT IN PERPETUITY, IN PERPETUITY.

THAT'S ABSURD.

YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT A RESOLUTION WE NEED TO SEND TO TO THE STATE THAT'S ON POINT THAT THAT'S CRAZY, THAT WE WOULD BE REQUIRED TO LEAVE THREE LANES RUNNING INTO OUR DOWNTOWN.

WE DON'T HAVE.

THAT'S THE EQUIVALENT OF CARROLL BOULEVARD.

I'M PREACHING TO THE CHOIR.

I GET IT. THANK YOU.

SO I HAVE HAD SOME DISCUSSIONS ON THAT.

SO THERE WILL BE THERE'S TRAFFIC STUDIES, THOSE TYPES OF THINGS.

SO I WOULD SAY THAT IT'S NOT NECESSARILY THAT YOU CAN'T CLOSE IN LANES OR EVEN REDUCE LANES, AS LONG AS THE SAME AMOUNT OF TRAFFIC IS STILL MOVING THROUGH THOSE STREETS.

SO WE HAVE HAD THOSE CONVERSATIONS WITH TXDOT.

ABSOLUTELY. SHARE YOUR CONCERNS.

SO THOSE ARE THOSE ARE THINGS THAT WE'RE WORKING THROUGH BEFORE WE BRING IT BACK FOR THE OFFICIAL KNOW.

I'D LOVE TO LOOK AT THAT THAT THEN AND UNDERSTAND ONCE YOU ONCE YOU PROCESS THROUGH THAT, I WANT TO UNDERSTAND THAT BECAUSE, THAT IT'S RIPE FOR A BOULEVARD RIGHT? RIGHT DOWN THERE. THAT MAKES SENSE TO ME.

YES, SIR. OKAY, GREAT.

AND THEN DID YOU DO TRAFFIC COUNTS TO DECIDE HICKORY OR WAS IT HICKORY OR.

I MEAN, PARDON ME, LOCUST OR FIRST OR DID IT WE JUST WE STARTED WITH LOCUST BECAUSE WE STARTED WITH LOCUST.

AS FAR AS THE, THE WE'RE STARTING WITH, WITH VERSUS ELM.

RIGHT. SO WHY DIDN'T WE DO SOUTH OF HICKORY LOCUST.

SOUTH OF HICKORY ELM BECAUSE SOUTH OF HICKORY SOUTH OF HICKORY ELM IS SO SIGNIFICANT.

CORRECT. SO THE REASON THAT WAS ACTUALLY SPLIT THAT WAY BECAUSE OF THE UTILITY PROJECT.

SO WE THE CITY OF DENTON ITSELF ACTUALLY HAS A ELM AND LOCUST PHASE ONE PROJECT.

NOT THE SAME AS THE ONE I'M TALKING ABOUT HERE.

WE NAMED THEM TO TRY TO MAKE IT SIMPLE, BUT THERE WAS AN ELMA LUCAS PHASE ONE THAT DID THE UTILITIES SOUTH HICKORY CREEK TO 380.

AND SO THAT'S THAT WAS A LOGICAL BREAKING POINT FOR TEXTA FOR US TO NEGOTIATE WITH TXDOT AND SAY THIS ROAD HAS BEEN IN DISREPAIR FOR HOWEVER LONG SINCE WE'VE COMPLETED THAT PROJECT. IT NEEDS TO BE FIXED PRIOR TO US, TAKING THAT TAKING THAT ROADWAY BACK OVER.

GOT IT. AND SO WE HAVEN'T DONE THE UTILITIES NORTH YET.

AND SO THAT'S WHY WE WE WENT THE ROUTE WE DID TO WORK WITH WORK WITH THE COUNTY.

TO SUPPLEMENT THE FUNDS TO COMPLETE THAT PROJECT.

GOT IT. OKAY. WELL, NORTH.

BUT YOU MEAN SOUTH LIKE LIKE ELM SOUTH OF THE SQUARE IS MY PRIMARY CONCERN.

YES, THAT'S THE PERSON THAT'S GOING TO.

IT'S GOING IN QUARTER TWO AND TECH STARTS FUNDING THAT PROJECT.

OKAY, GREAT. AND THEN THE LAST THING I HAD IS JUST WE'VE TALKED ABOUT IT A NUMBER OF TIMES.

SO. AND IT COULD COME OUT IN JUST AN EMAIL.

IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE ANSWERED NOW.

BUT I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW OUR BUSINESS COMMUNICATION APPROACH.

RIGHT. BECAUSE WE WHEN WE WORKED IN FRONT OF WHEN WE'RE DOING A DRAINAGE THERE IN FRONT OF YEAH, YEAH.

ALL THAT. YEAH, YEAH.

I JUST I JUST WANT TO UNDERSTAND WHAT WE'RE DOING, MAKE SURE I'M ON BOARD IN TUNE WITH THAT, THAT, THAT WE GET FEEDBACK IN ADVANCE SO THAT WE DON'T I MEAN, IT'S GOING TO BE A DISRUPTION. ABSOLUTELY.

WE CAN'T CONTROL WEATHER, BUT SUCH THAT WE CAN LIMIT THE BLIND CORNERS AND PEOPLE CAN UNDERSTAND, HEY, HERE'S WHERE WE ARE, HERE'S WHERE WE ARE, HERE'S WHO YOU CALL THOSE SORT OF THINGS. I JUST WANT TO SEE WHAT OUR PLAN IS AROUND THAT.

WE'LL GET THAT TO YOU. AND I WILL SAY SO IN ONE WORD.

THE COMMUNICATION PLAN WILL BE ROBUST.

SOUTH. SO THE PORTION THAT TEX DOT IS GOING TO BE DOING, THEY'RE GOING TO BE MANAGING IT THEMSELVES.

BUT WE'VE ALREADY COMMUNICATED TO THEM WE WANT TO BE INVOLVED.

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WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE DOUBLING UP ON THEIR COMMUNICATIONS.

THEY DO THEIR OWN, BUT WE WANT TO BE INVOLVED IN THAT AS WELL.

WE'LL HAVE CITY INSPECTORS ON THAT AS WELL.

SO WE'RE GOING TO WORK IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THEM TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE MEETING THE SAME STANDARDS THAT OUR RESIDENTS EXPECT FROM US.

AND JUST IN OUR STANDARD NOW, HOW DEEP DO WE GO FOR BASE KIND OF A BASELINE FOUNDATION BEFORE WE BUILD BACK UP DEPENDING ON THE ROADWAY BUT USUALLY 12IN.

WOW. THAT'S GREAT.

THAT'S GREAT. AND JUST FOR THOSE TRACKING ALONG, HOW LONG IS A ROAD SUPPOSED TO LAST? IF DONE WELL, ALL GOES WELL DEPENDING ON THE TYPE OF, GEOTECH OR THE TYPE OF WHATEVER YOU PUT IT ON TYPE OF BASES ON THERE, ANYWHERE FROM 30 TO 50 YEARS, DEPENDING ON THE ROADWAY TYPE, ASPHALT CONCRETE, WHAT TYPE, HOW THICK THE BASE IS, WHAT KIND OF SOILS YOU PUT ON THERE.

BUT 30 TO 50 YEARS.

OKAY. GREAT. THANK YOU FOR THAT.

OKAY. THAT'S, ARE THESE NEW OR.

NO. YES. ALL RIGHT.

MAYOR PRO TEM. NO, I JUST REALLY BRIEFLY, THE MAYOR BROUGHT UP A BUNCH OF REALLY EXCELLENT POINTS, ESPECIALLY ON THE AND HIS HIS ANGST OVER THE THE SIZE OF THE ROADS AND ALL THAT.

AND I COMPLETELY COSIGN ON THAT.

I WANT TO MAKE, YOU KNOW, THAT THAT, THAT THAT'S PROBABLY SOMETHING THAT HALF THE COUNCIL COULD GET BEHIND.

I, I REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR COMMENTS, MR. MAYOR. YES, SIR.

THANK YOU. KNOW, I LOOK FORWARD TO THAT COMING BACK SO WE CAN SEE WHAT WE CAN DO.

THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER HOLLAND.

CONCRETE OR ASPHALT, IT WILL BE ASPHALT.

AND YOU, YOU YOU YOU HAVE A MOTION I DO.

YEAH. YOU GO AHEAD.

YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. YES, SIR.

I DO BELIEVE SO. IN THE REMEMBERING ALL THE PEOPLE THAT HAVE SPILLED COFFEE AS THEY DRIVE DOWN LOCUST AND HICKORY BURNED THIGHS.

I MOVE, I MOVE THE APPROVAL OF ID 23 1791.

THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER MCGEE.

I WILL BE A SECOND.

OKAY. WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.

ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE. THANK YOU FOR YOUR HARD WORK.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TEAM AND ALL THAT.

COUNCILMAN. I'LL SEE YOU.

YES. AND LET'S VOTE ON THE SCREEN.

THAT PASSES SEVEN ZERO.

THAT WE WILL NOW GO TO.

CONCLUDING ITEMS. ANY CONCLUDING ITEMS? MAYOR PRO TEM. SORRY.

THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. YEAH.

I JUST WANT TO POINT OUT REAL, REAL QUICK THAT SUSTAINABLE DENTON, PROGRAM HERE IN OUR CITY IS HAVING A WEATHERIZATION WORKSHOP, NORTH BRANCH LIBRARY THIS SATURDAY FROM 3 TO 4. IF YOU WANT TO COME LEARN ABOUT WHAT YOUR OPTIONS ARE.

WE'RE RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF WINTER, SO THERE'S STILL SOME TIMES TO TRY TO GET SOME OF THOSE WEATHERIZATION GOING ON YOUR HOME AND SOME OF THE REBATES AND, AND LEARN ABOUT WHAT YOUR OPTIONS ARE. AND THEN NEXT TUESDAY, STAFF IS HAVING A WORKSHOP ON SPECIAL EVENT PERMITTING.

SO IF YOU WANT TO HAVE A SPECIAL EVENT AND DENTON PRIDES ITSELF ON ALL THE FAIRS AND FESTIVALS WE HAVE, IF YOU WANT TO ROLL OUT A NEW ONE, I ENCOURAGE YOU TO COME OUT TO THAT WORKSHOP, LEARN HOW TO, HAVE EVEN MORE EVENTS IN THE CITY OF DENTON.

THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER HOLLAND.

THANK YOU.

THIS PAST SUNDAY, TWO DAYS AGO, MY ABOUT 40 DAY OLD GRANDSON ASPIRATED AT HOME AND, AND MY AND MY MY SON AND DAUGHTER IN LAW CALLED 911 AND THE PROS.

FROM THE FIRE STATION ON SHERMAN DRIVE.

CAME OUT AND THEY TOOK CARE OF HIM AND.

AND MY SON TOLD ME AS SOON AS THEY GOT THERE, HE KNEW IT WAS GOING TO BE OKAY.

I APPRECIATE THOSE GUYS AND LADIES.

THANK YOU. WOW.

THAT'S A BLESSING.

THANK YOU FOR SHARING. AND I AGREE THEY DO AMAZING THINGS.

COUNCIL MEMBER. BYRD I HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO WORK WITH A YOUNG MAN BY THE NAME OF JACKSON FAIRBANKS.

HE'S A MIDDLE SCHOOL, MIDDLE SCHOOLER FROM PONDER, AND I HAD A CONVERSATION WITH SOMEONE.

AND MAYBE IT MAY HAVE BEEN ON THE DAIS WHEN WE WERE TALKING ABOUT, THE BOX BANNING THE BOX, AND SOMEONE SAID THAT THERE WAS ONLY ONE PERSON THAT COMPLAINED ABOUT IT.

AND, IN MY MIND, I WAS THINKING, WELL, SOMETIMES IT JUST TAKES ONE PERSON, JUST ONE PERSON TO CHANGE THE

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WORLD. BUT THIS YOUNG MAN THAT I MET LAST WEEK, HE JUST A KID, HAD RECOGNIZED THAT THERE WAS A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF HOMELESSNESS, PARTICULARLY NEAR THE WALMART.

YOU KNOW, HOW THAT GOES.

AND SO HE SET OUT TO RAISE MONEY.

ON HIS OWN AND TO CONNECT WITH THE UNITED WAY, AND HE RAISED ENOUGH MONEY.

TO STUFF OVER 500 PACKETS FOR OUR MEMBERS AT OUR HOMELESS SHELTER, AND ALSO TO STUFF BACKPACKS FOR OUR COMMUNITIES THAT LIVE, WHAT DO WE CALL THAT LIVE, YOU KNOW, OUTSIDE.

SO I WAS SO PROUD TO JUST BE ABLE TO STAND NEXT TO THIS YOUNG MAN.

AND IT WAS JUST ONE PERSON.

SO IF YOU'RE OUT THERE LISTENING AND YOU DON'T KNOW IF YOU'RE THE ONE, YOU COULD VERY WELL BE THAT ONE.

SO LET'S NOT, YOU KNOW, PUSH OUR EYES TOWARDS THE DARKNESS OF, OH, THERE'S GOT TO BE MANY.

BUT AGAIN, IT COULD JUST TAKE ONE PERSON.

AND HE WAS SO HAPPY.

HE WAS SO PROUD OF ALL THE VOLUNTEERS, AND I WAS SO PROUD FOR HIM TO BE ABLE TO SAY, YES, I'LL TAKE A PICTURE WITH YOU.

SO THANK YOU FOR GIVING ME THAT CHANCE TO TO SHOUT HIM OUT.

JACKSON FAIRBANKS.

COUNCIL MEMBER MCGEE. JUST WANT TO REMIND EVERYBODY WE HAVE A VERY IMPORTANT PRIMARY ELECTION COMING UP ON THE STATE OF TEXAS, AND THE VOTER REGISTRATION DEADLINE IS ONE MONTH BEFORE ELECTION DAY.

SO VOTER REGISTRATION DEADLINE IS FEBRUARY THE 5TH.

SO TELL YOUR FRIENDS, LET'S MAKE SURE THAT WE ALL VOTE AND ENCOURAGE EACH OTHER TO VOTE, BECAUSE SOME OF OUR VERY LIVES DEPEND ON VOTING.

IF IT WASN'T IMPORTANT, THERE WOULDN'T BE SO MANY FOLKS ACTIVELY TRYING TO MAKE SURE SOME OF US DON'T SHOW UP TO VOTE.

SO THANK YOU, MAYOR COUNCILMAN MELTZER.

ONE OF DENTON'S GREAT HOMEGROWN FESTIVALS STARTS TOMORROW.

THE DENTON BLACK FILM FESTIVAL.

STARTS WITH, ART EXHIBIT AT UNT COLAB TOMORROW.

THERE'S WORKSHOPS AND EVENTS ALL THROUGH THE WEEKEND AND CONTINUING FROM THERE.

AND, IT'S, JUST A COOL, UNIQUE, DENTON CULTURAL EXPERIENCE.

SO I ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO GET SOME PIECE OF THAT.

OKAY. ANYONE ELSE? OKAY. SO I WANT TO TOUCH ON A FEW THINGS AND WE'LL CONCLUDE.

SO FIRST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO, JESSE FOR INVITING ME OUT.

IT'S BEEN A WEEK OR SO NOW.

TEXAS MUNICIPAL CLERKS HAD A HOSTED EVENT.

MONSTER EVENT. GLAD THEY WERE BACK.

AMAZING GROUP.

AND SO JESSE WAS A FANTASTIC HOST.

GOT TO MEET OPAL LEE AGAIN.

TALKED TO HER FOR A BIT, BUT BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY, MY 13 YEAR OLD ALICE WAS ABLE TO MEET WITH HER AND SPEND SOME TIME WITH HER.

AND JUST. I MEAN, IT'S JUST UNBELIEVABLE TO TO THINK THAT SHE'S NOT 50 YEARS OLD.

I MEAN, SHE'S IN HER 90S, BUT JUST AMAZING COMMUNICATOR, A LOT OF EXPERIENCE AND JUST A HEART OF GOLD.

SO THAT WAS GREAT.

REFLECTING BACK ON THE FIRE BANQUET AND JUST THANKING, RIGHT ON POINT.

RIGHT. JUST KIND OF, THANKING THEM FOR WHAT THEY DO AND FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE THERE AND CELEBRATE 150 YEARS WITH THEM.

SO THAT WAS GREAT.

PLEASE NOTE MARTIN LUTHER KING JUNIOR CELEBRATION IS STILL ON.

IT'S JUST RESCHEDULED FOR NEXT MONTH, SO STAY TUNED FOR UPDATES AS THAT GETS CLOSER.

BUT WE'LL WE'LL ANNOUNCE THAT AND THAT EVENT WILL STILL GO FORWARD.

I WANT TO THANK THE DENTON COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND KIND OF RESPONSE TEAM DENTON'S CITY OF DENTON'S RESPONSE TEAM, AND ALL THAT WORKED DURING THE WINTER WEATHER TO MAKE SURE UPDATES WERE GOING OUT.

DO'S, DON'TS WERE GOING OUT.

WARMING STATIONS WERE GOING OUT, ALL THOSE THINGS.

SO JUST THAT INCREASE THE INTENTIONALITY ABOUT INCREASING COMMUNICATION.

EVER SINCE WINTER STORM URI HAS BEEN FANTASTIC.

SO THANKS TO ALL THAT, THAT WHILE I WAS AT HOME TRYING TO GET MY THERMOSTAT TO GET UP TO 70, THEY WERE OUT WORKING AND DOING WHATEVER NEEDED TO BE DONE.

SO I'M TRULY GRATEFUL.

AND THEN THE ON THE 15TH.

SO MY MOM'S BIRTHDAY PASSED.

SO I WANT TO SAY HAPPY BIRTHDAY, MOM.

SHE HAS, SHE'S DONE AMAZING THINGS.

PUT UP WITH A LOT BETWEEN MY BROTHER AND I AND SISTERS AND ALL THAT.

SO SHE'S FANTASTIC.

FORMER HOME ECONOMICS TEACHER.

AND SO WE NEED TO BRING THAT BACK, BY THE WAY.

SO. AND SHE'S A COUNSELOR, WORKED AND WENT BACK TO SCHOOL, GOT HER MASTER'S, GOT HER DOCTORATE.

JUST DONE AMAZING THINGS.

SO, TRULY GRATEFUL.

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AND SHE PUTS UP WITH MY DAD.

THAT'S THE BIGGEST TROPHY SHE GETS.

AND THEN I HAD A CONVERSATION TODAY.

MORE TO COME. I HAD A CONVERSATION TODAY WITH WING.

THAT IS THE DRONE DELIVERY SERVICE THAT IS LAUNCHED IN THIS AREA IN FRISCO AND IN LEWISVILLE.

SO GATHERING MORE INFORMATION, SHARING THAT WITH THE CITY MANAGER AS I GET IT.

BUT EXCITING OPPORTUNITIES OUT THERE.

THEY TOLD ME ABOUT EXCITING THINGS HAPPEN ON UNT CAMPUS.

SO REALLY FORWARD LOOKING, TRYING TO GET SOME PLANNING GOING IN PLACE AND TRYING TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE ORDINANCES AND RULES REGULATIONS AROUND THINGS IN ADVANCE.

BEFORE THIS, WE GET INTO PREEMPTION ISSUES, THAT SORT OF THING.

I WANT TO REALLY MAKE SURE WE HAVE A PATH FORWARD FOR THE CITY THAT WE WANT TO DESIGN VERSUS WHAT GETS HANDED DOWN TO US.

AND SO ADDING SOME INTENTIONALITY TO THAT.

AND THEN IF YOU'VE NOT PURCHASED TICKETS, I DON'T KNOW IF TICKETS ARE STILL AVAILABLE.

LOOK ONLINE. UNITED WAY, DANCING WITH THE STARS ALWAYS A GREAT EVENT.

SO IF YOU'RE AVAILABLE TO SUPPORT THAT CAUSE AND THEY HAVE A VIRTUAL COMPONENT IF YOU DON'T WANT TO GO TO THE EVENT PROPER.

BUT PLEASE GO OUT AND SUPPORT YOUR YOUR FAVORITE LOCAL COMMUNITY DANCER AND THEIR PARTNER.

IT'LL BE A REALLY GOOD EVENT THOUGH.

IT'S VERY, VERY WELL ATTENDED AND LOTS OF FUN.

SO WITH THAT, AT 539, WE WILL ADJOURN UNTIL 630 ON THE DOT WHERE WE'LL TAKE UP OUR PUBLIC HEARING.

THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING.

WELCOME TO THIS MEETING OF THE DENTON CITY COUNCIL.

IT IS 630 AND WE DO HAVE A QUORUM, SO WE'LL TAKE UP OUR LAST ITEM FOR THE EVENING.

[A. Hold a public hearing and consider adoption of an ordinance of the City of Denton, Texas, regarding an amendment to an existing Planned Development District (PD 174, Country Lakes), with amendments including but not limited to, modification to the development plan to increase seating and parking capacity and modify access, on approximately 28 acres of land generally located at the northeast corner of Crawford Road and Carnegie Ridge Road in the City of Denton, Denton County, Texas; adopting an amendment to the City’s official zoning map; providing for a penalty in the maximum amount of $2,000.00 for violations thereof; providing a severability clause and an effective date. The Planning and Zoning Commission voted (4-0) to recommend approval of the request. Motion for approval by Commissioner Smith and second by Commissioner Villareal. (PDA23-0001a, St Mark, Julie Wyatt)]

IT'S ONE PUBLIC HEARING.

LET ME GET THERE.

THERE WE GO. AND THAT IS PDA 23-0001A HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING AND CONSIDER ADOPTION OF ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF DENTON, TEXAS REGARDING AN AMENDMENT TO AN EXISTING PLAN DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT PD ONE SEVEN FOR COUNTRY LAKES WITH AMENDMENTS INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO MODIFICATIONS TO THE DEVELOPMENT PLAN TO INCREASE SEATING AND PARKING CAPACITY AND MODIFY ACCESS ON APPROXIMATELY 28 ACRES OF LAND.

IT'S GENERALLY LOCATED NORTHEAST CORNER OF CRAWFORD ROAD AND, CARNEGIE RIDGE ROAD IN THE CITY OF DENTON.

OH, AND I'LL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING.

THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT.

GOOD EVENING. I'M JULIE WYATT.

MY PRESENTATION IS HOPEFULLY COMING UP.

SO THIS IS PDA 20 3-0001 SAINT MARK'S.

BEFORE WE GET INTO THE SPECIFIC REQUEST, JUST A COUPLE OF THINGS ABOUT THE HISTORY OF THIS PROPERTY.

IT WAS THE PD 174 WAS ESTABLISHED IN 1999.

AT THAT TIME, IT WAS CALLED COUNTRY LAKES WEST.