May 19, 2026 City Council on 2026-05-19 4:00 PM

[WORK SESSION BEGINS AT 4:00 P.M. IN THE COUNCIL WORK SESSION ROOM]

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MEETING OF THE DENTON CITY COUNCIL TODAY, TUESDAY, MAY 19TH, 2026. IT IS 4:02 P.M. SO CALL THE MEETING TO ORDER. AND FIRST THING, CITIZEN COMMENTS ON THE CONSENT AGENDA. SEEING NONE TAKES US TO REQUEST FOR CLARIFICATION OF AGENDA ITEMS LISTED ON THIS AGENDA FOR PUBLIC HEARING AND INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION. SO ANY QUESTIONS, PUBLIC HEARING OR INDIVIDUAL

[A. ID 26-0416 Receive a report, hold a discussion, and give staff direction regarding the results of the 2026 Community Survey. [Estimated Presentation/Discussion Time: 1 hour]]

>> GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. AMY CATHOLIC, CHIEF STRATEGIC OFFICER, HERE TO PRESENT THE RESULTS OF THE 2026 COMMUNITY SURVEY. THE COMMUNITY SURVEY IS ONE OF OUR MOST IMPORTANT TOOLS FOR UNDERSTANDING HOW RESIDENTS EXPERIENCE DENTON. WHAT WE'RE DOING WELL, WHERE THEIR CONCERNS AND WHAT THEY WANT US TO FOCUS ON GOING FORWARD. THIS YEAR'S SURVEY WAS SENT TO 18,000 RANDOMLY SELECTED HOUSEHOLDS AND OPEN FROM FEBRUARY 18TH TO MARCH 18TH. WE RECEIVED MORE THAN 1500 RESPONSES FROM ACROSS THE COMMUNITY, WITH A 95% CONFIDENCE LEVEL AND A MARGIN OF ERROR OF PLUS OR -2.51. WE CAN SAY WITH CONFIDENCE THAT THESE RESULTS APPLY TO THE ENTIRE POPULATION. SO RATHER THAN WALK YOU THROUGH ALL OF THE CHARTS IN THE SURVEY, IN THE REPORT TODAY, I'M GOING TO FOCUS ON THE STRATEGIC TAKEAWAYS. WHAT'S GOING WELL, WHERE WE'RE SEEING SHIFTS AND WHAT RESIDENTS SAY SHOULD BE OUR HIGHEST PRIORITIES FOR THE NEXT TWO YEARS. THROUGHOUT THE PRESENTATION, YOU'RE GOING TO SEE RESULTS PRESENTED BASED ON THE TOP TWO MOST POSITIVE RESPONSES OF EXCELLENT AND GOOD, SAFE AND VERY SAFE, LIKELY AND VERY LIKELY. JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE BEING CONSISTENT ACROSS THE PRESENTATION. SO OVERALL, RESIDENTS CONTINUE TO FEEL GOOD ABOUT DENTON'S QUALITY OF LIFE. 67% RATED AS GOOD OR EXCELLENT, WHICH LINES UP WITH STATE AND NATIONAL BENCHMARKS, THOUGH THERE IS A SLIGHT DECLINE FROM 72% IN 2024.

PERCEPTIONS OF NEIGHBORHOODS AND DENTON AS A PLACE TO LIVE CONTINUE TO BE SOLID AND HELP ANCHOR OVERALL RESIDENT SATISFACTION. ONE OF THE NOTABLE SHIFTS IN THE SURVEY IS DENTON AS A PLACE TO WORK, WHICH DROPPED NINE PERCENTAGE POINTS TO 53%, AND THAT ALIGNS WITH LOWER RATINGS FOR EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES, WHICH IS AT 34% THIS YEAR. WE'RE ALSO SEEING GROWING CONCERNS AROUND DEVELOPMENT AND HOUSING AFFORDABILITY, INCLUDING RATINGS FOR WELL PLANNED RESIDENTIAL GROWTH, QUALITY OF NEW DEVELOPMENT AND AVAILABILITY OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING. THESE TRENDS SUGGEST THAT DEVELOPMENT PATTERNS, THE PACE OF GROWTH IN DENTON AND AFFORDABILITY PLAY STRONGER ROLES IN HOW RESIDENTS EXPERIENCE DENTON DAY TO DAY. SO THEN LOOKING AT INFRASTRUCTURE, MOBILITY AND TRANSPORTATION, THESE CONTINUE TO BE MAJOR THEMES. AGAIN, IN THIS YEAR'S SURVEY, THEY ARE CLOSELY TIED TO BROADER GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT PRESSURES BEING EXPERIENCED ACROSS THE CITY.

THEY REPRESENT SOME OF OUR MORE CLEAR CHALLENGES AND OUR HIGHEST PRIORITIES THAT HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED BY THE COMMUNITY. TRANSPORTATION RATINGS ARE AMONGST THE LOWEST IN THE SURVEY, WITH RATINGS FOR TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT DURING RUSH HOUR RATED AT ONLY 23% POSITIVE AND ONLY 29% OF OUR RESIDENTS RATE THE OVERALL TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM POSITIVELY. STREETS AND SIDEWALKS ALSO PERFORMED BELOW BENCHMARK COMPARISONS AND STORMWATER DRAINAGE DECLINED SIX PERCENTAGE POINTS SINCE 2024. THESE RESULTS HIGHLIGHT ONGOING CONCERNS ABOUT CAPACITY, INFRASTRUCTURE AND SYSTEM PERFORMANCE. RESIDENT COMMENTS CONSISTENTLY REFERENCE CONGESTION, ROADWAY CONDITIONS AND THE STRAIN ON INFRASTRUCTURE AS VERY VISIBLE DAY TO DAY IMPACTS OF THE GROWTH THAT DENTON IS EXPERIENCING. MANY OF THESE

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THAT'S THE BIGGEST INCREASE ACROSS THE SURVEY COMPARED TO 2024. AND IT IS ONE OF THE HIGHEST RATED SERVICES IN THE SURVEY. LIBRARIES, RECREATION AND OTHER MINUTES ALSO PERFORMED EXTREMELY WELL. DENTON, AS A PLACE TO VISIT, EXCEEDED STATE AND NATIONAL BENCHMARKS, AND RESIDENTS CONSISTENTLY POINTED OUT PARKS, TRAILS, DOWNTOWN AND EVENTS AS THINGS THAT THEY VALUE AND THEY WANT TO PRESERVE BECAUSE THESE AMENITIES SHAPE THE QUALITY OF LIFE, AND IT STRENGTHENS DENTON'S UNIQUE SENSE OF PLACE. THESE SENTIMENTS ARE ALSO REFLECTED IN BROADER MEASURES OF COMMUNITY ATTACHMENT. SO WE HAVE 75% OF OUR RESIDENTS INDICATED THAT THEY PLAN ON REMAINING IN DENTON FOR AT LEAST THE NEXT FIVE YEARS, AND 73% SAID THAT THEY WOULD RECOMMEND DENTON AS A PLACE TO LIVE. HOMELESSNESS REMAINS A SIGNIFICANT CONCERN FOR THE COMMUNITY. 84% VIEW IT AS A MODERATE OR MAJOR PROBLEM FOR DENTON, WHILE PERCENTAGES. IDENTIFYING IT AS A MAJOR PROBLEM DROPPED SLIGHTLY SINCE 2024, IT DOES CONTINUE TO BE A CONCERN ACROSS THE COMMUNITY. RESIDENTS SHOW STRONG SUPPORT FOR SERVICES SUCH AS SHELTERING DURING INCLEMENT WEATHER, MENTAL HEALTH PROGRAMS, SUBSTANCE ABUSE PROGRAMS, AND SUPPORTIVE HOUSING. BUT ONLY 28% RATE THE CITY'S CURRENT EFFORTS POSITIVELY. COMMENTS FREQUENTLY MENTIONED VISIBILITY OF HOMELESSNESS IN OUR PUBLIC SPACES, AND THE IMPORTANCE OF ADDRESSING UNDERLYING CAUSES. RESIDENTS ARE LOOKING FOR CONTINUED PROGRESS AND VISIBLE ACTION, BALANCED WITH LONG TERM SERVICE ORIENTED APPROACHES.

RESIDENTS ARE VERY ENGAGED, SO 80% OF RESPONDENTS SAID THAT THEY HAD VISITED THE CITY'S WEBSITE IN THE PAST YEAR. BUT OVERALL RATINGS FOR COMMUNICATION ARE A BIT MIXED.

RESIDENTS WANT TO SEE IMPROVEMENTS IN HOW WE COMMUNICATE COMPLEX PROJECTS, COMPLEX ISSUES AND THEN LONG TERM PLANNING IN WAYS THAT ARE BOTH EASIER TO ACCESS AND EASIER TO UNDERSTAND. RESIDENTS WHO INTERACTED WITH CITY STAFF AND IN THE SURVEY, 68% SAID THAT THEY HAD INTERACTED WITH STAFF OVER THE PREVIOUS YEAR, REPORTED VERY POSITIVE EXPERIENCES, PROFESSIONALISM, RESPONSIVENESS, WILLINGNESS TO HELP AND OVERALL CUSTOMER SERVICE ALL EXCEEDED OUR BENCHMARKS, AND THESE ARE AMONGST THE STRONGEST RATINGS IN THE SURVEY. BROADER PERCEPTIONS OF CONFIDENCE IN GOVERNMENT, VALUE OF SERVICES FOR TAXES PAID AND OVERALL DIRECTION ARE MORE MODERATE AND DECLINE COMPARED TO 2024, AS DID ALL LEVELS OF GOVERNMENT. FOR DENTON, THESE VIEWS APPEAR TO BE STRONGLY TIED TO CONCERNS ABOUT GROWTH, INFRASTRUCTURE AND TRANSPORTATION. WHEN WE ASKED RESIDENTS WHAT WE SHOULD PRIORITIZE, THE RESPONSES ALIGNED ALMOST PERFECTLY WITH SURVEY FINDINGS WHERE WE SAW LOWER RATES OR WHERE WE SAW DECLINES. SO THE TOP FIVE PRIORITIES SELECTED WERE

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FOR QUESTIONS. >> OKAY. THANK YOU. QUESTIONS. FEEDBACK FOR NO ACTION NEEDED.

CORRECT? CORRECT. YES, I GOT IT. FEEDBACK. ANY QUESTIONS? COMMENTS FOR STAFF

REPRESENTATIVE. DISTRICT SIX. >> ALL RIGHT. WELL, THANK YOU FOR THIS. IT'S ALWAYS HELPFUL TO SEE. I KNOW IT'S JUST A THIN SLIVER OF THE ALMOST 150,000 PEOPLE, BUT IT'S STILL IT'S GOOD INFORMATION AND VERY HELPFUL. A COUPLE OF THINGS. FIRST, I WAS WONDERING, I DIDN'T SEE IN THE SURVEY WHERE THE HOUSEHOLD INFORMATION CAME FROM, IS THAT THE THOSE THAT HAVE REGISTERED TO VOTE IS THAT FROM ELECTRICITY? SO SIGNING UP FOR.

>> YES, WE ARE VERY, VERY FORTUNATE TO BE A FULL SERVICE CITY. SO THAT GIVES US ACCESS TO INFORMATION TO OUR RESIDENTS EMAIL ADDRESSES, WHICH IS EXTREMELY EFFECTIVE IN GETTING RESPONSES VERSUS THE TRADITIONAL MAIL OUT. SO BECAUSE WE HAVE ACCESS TO THOSE THAT ACCOUNT INFORMATION, WE USE OUR OUR EMAIL ADDRESSES THAT WE HAVE IN OUR UTILITY

BILLING SYSTEM. >> SO YOU GATHER THOSE FROM, SAY, WHEN PEOPLE SIGN UP FOR

WASTE DISPOSAL, THINGS LIKE THAT. >> WHEN THEY SET UP A UTILITY

ACCOUNT. >> YES. OKAY. I'M JUST TRYING TO THINK OF, YOU KNOW, IF THERE WAS ANY, I GUESS THERE'S NO REAL NEED TO VET AS FAR AS ARE YOU 18 YEARS OF AGE OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT? IF THEY'VE GOT ACCOUNTS, THEY'RE PROBABLY GOOD TO GO. AND THEN CAN WE GET A COPY OF THE QUESTIONS, HOW THEY WERE WORDED? I WOULD BE INTERESTED TO SEE, YES, HOW THEY WERE PHRASED AND THE RESULTS WE GOT. YOU KNOW, IT JUST CAN'T HELP BUT HAVE SOME KIND OF EFFECT. SO I WOULD BE JUST INTERESTED TO SEE THAT IF THAT BE ALL RIGHT. AND YEAH, I THINK I DON'T KNOW IF ANYONE IS GOING TO BE SURPRISED AT THE RESULTS. THOSE OF US THAT ARE ATTENDING FORUMS AND OUT THERE IN THE PUBLIC EYE. SO BUT THANKS FOR THE REINFORCEMENTS

AND WE'VE GOT OUR WORK TO DO. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MAYOR. >> AND JUST TO POINT OUT, IF YOU LOOK AT THE VAST APPENDICES, THESE THIS IS ACTUALLY THE EXACT WORDING OF THE QUESTIONS

FOR THE SURVEY, BUT WE CAN PULL THOSE OUT SEPARATELY. >> NO NEED. I, I WAS NOT SURE IF THEY WERE IF THAT WAS EXACT. SO NO NEED. I'VE GOT IT RIGHT HERE. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

>> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR STAFF REPRESENTATIVE FROM DISTRICT FOUR?

>> THANK YOU. JUST A COUPLE OF COMMENTS. I'M. I'M PARTICULARLY PLEASED THAT STREETS AND TRANSPORTATION SCORED SO HIGH ON THIS. THAT'S ALWAYS BEEN A CONCERN OF MINE. AND I'M PLEASED THAT THAT THAT THAT OTHERS FEEL THE SAME WAY. AND I'D LIKE TO THINK THAT THE CONGESTION IS TIED WITH THE CONSTRUCTION ONCE ONCE WE GET PAST THAT. AND I UNDERSTAND THAT'S TROUBLESOME TO, TO, TO, TO LOTS OF PEOPLE AND LOTS OF NEIGHBORHOODS. MR. STEVENS I THINK, I THINK THAT'LL GET BETTER AND BETTER AS WE GET PROGRESS. FURTHER. I WAS PLEASED TO SEE A STRONGER POLICE PRESENCE IS DESIRED THAT THAT'S THAT'S HEARTENING. I'M I'M GLAD ABOUT THAT. AND AND LIKE ME, LOTS OF LOTS OF MY FELLOW CITIZENS LIKE THE DOWNTOWN AREA. AND AND I LIKE IT, TOO. I THINK IT'S AN IMPORTANT COMPONENT, IMPORTANT COMPONENT OF OUR CITY. AND I I'M PLEASED ABOUT THAT. THANK YOU. EXCELLENT REPORT. THANK

YOU MAYOR. >> THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE? REPRESENTATIVE FROM DISTRICT

TWO. >> HI THERE. THANKS FOR THE PRESENTATION. I APPRECIATE IT.

A LOT OF HELPFUL INFORMATION. I WANTED TO PIGGYBACK OFF OF COUNCILMAN HOLLAND ABOUT THE DESIRE FOR STRONGER POLICE PRESENCE AND RESPONSIVENESS. I WAS WONDERING IF YOU COULD S IF IT'S POSSIBLE AT ALL, TO EXPOUND ON MAYBE WHAT RESIDENTS ARE DESIRING MORE OF, OR WOULD

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THAT JUST BE CONJECTURE, DO YOU THINK? >> I WISH I HAD THE REPORT THAT I SENT TO CHIEF SOLACE THE OTHER DAY VERY SPECIFICALLY LINE THAT OUT. BUT BUT IT TRULY IS. THEY WANT TO SEE MORE OF THEM OUT IN THE COMMUNITY, WHETHER THAT'S IN OUR RETAIL AREAS, WITHIN THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS. THERE IS A TIE IN WITH POLICE PRESENCE, RESPONSIVENESS, AND ISSUES RELATED TO HOMELESSNESS. THAT'S ANOTHER BIG TOPIC OF CONVERSATION OR COMMENTS WITHIN THE SURVEY, BECAUSE WE DO PROVIDE A SECTION FOR OPEN ENDED FEEDBACK. AND SO THAT'S VERY HELPFUL AND REALLY UNDERSTANDING THAT SENTIMENT, BUT IT TRULY IS JUST WANTING THAT GREATER VISIBILITY. THAT'S THAT'S REALLY THE BIGGEST THING

BEHIND BEHIND THAT IS WANTING TO SEE THEM IN THE COMMUNITY. >> AND I GUESS I JUST WANTED TO BE CLEAR ON THAT BECAUSE I KNOW LIKE, MAYBE I TOOK IT TOO LITERALLY, THIS DESIRE FOR MORE RESPONSIVENESS, BECAUSE I KNOW WITH PUBLIC SAFETY, WE'RE VERY RESPONSIVE. AND SO A LOT OF IT, IF I'M HEARING CORRECTLY, IS REALLY FOCUSED ON PERCEPTION OF PRESENCE.

>> YES, THAT IS CORRECT. >> OKAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> OKAY. CITY MANAGER.

>> I JUST WANTED TO POINT OUT THE 81% OVERALL CUSTOMER SERVICE SATISFACTION. I AM VERY, VERY PLEASED WITH OUR STAFF. THEY ARE REALLY OUR AMBASSADORS FOR OUR TO OUR COMMUNITY. AND THAT WHILE SOME OF THE OTHER FIGURES AND STATISTICS, WE HAVE A LOT OF WORK AHEAD OF US, BUT I'M REALLY PROUD OF HOW PROFESSIONAL AND HOW WONDERFUL OUR STAFF ARE. AND THEY CARE ABOUT THIS COMMUNITY AND THEY ARE GREAT AMBASSADORS FOR US. SO JUST WANTED TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO OUR STAFF, PARKS, MAINTENANCE, LIBRARY STAFF, ALL OF THOSE. THOSE PEOPLE WORK REALLY HARD EVERY DAY TO MAKE SURE THAT DENTON IS SPECIAL AND, AND CONTINUES TO BE SPECIAL.

>> WISH HIM A ROUND OF APPLAUSE. >> ANYONE ELSE? QUESTIONS FOR STAFF. REPRESENTATIVE. DISTRICT

FIVE. >> AMY, THANKS FOR THE GREAT JOB YOU AND YOUR TEAM DID COMPILING THIS SURVEY. JUST A COUPLE QUESTIONS. WHAT WERE THE WHAT WERE THE DRASTIC CHANGES

BETWEEN THIS YEAR'S SURVEY AND THE 24 SURVEY? >> THE BIGGEST ONE WAS PARKS, PARKS, MAINTENANCE. THAT WAS THE. THAT WAS ONE OF THE BIGGER CHANGES.

>> I'M SORRY, THAT QUESTION WAS UNCLEAR. I'M SORRY. OKAY. I MEANT IN TERMS OF COMPILING THE

QUESTIONS THAT YOU'RE ASKING OR IS THIS THE EXACT SAME? >> THEY'RE THE THEY'RE THE EXACT SAME. WE HAD SOME TWEAKS IN THE COMMUNICATION SECTION, BUT EVERYTHING ELSE WAS THE SAME. AND THAT'S IMPORTANT BECAUSE WE WANT TO SEE TRENDING OVER TIME.

>> SO THEN DOES THAT MEAN THAT 22 WAS ALSO THE SAME? >> SURVEY WAS DONE OUTSIDE? 24

SO 24 AND 26 ARE THE SAME SURVEY. >> OKAY. WE CAN EXPECT TO SEE A

SIMILAR SURVEY IN 28. >> ABSOLUTELY. >> OKAY.

>> IT IS MY FAVORITE THING, BY THE WAY. OKAY. >> IT SHOWS Y'ALL DID A GREAT JOB WITH IT. SO THIS WENT OUT TO 18,000 PEOPLE. TO WHAT DO WE ATTRIBUTE THE THE 8% RESPONSE RATE? IS THAT WHAT YOU ALL WOULD HAVE EXPECTED BASED ON WHAT YOU'VE SEEN IN THE PAST OR OTHER CITIES IN THE COUNTY, WHAT THEIR RESPONSE RATE IS, WHEN THEY'RE GETTING WHEN

THEY'RE SENDING OUT COMMUNITY SURVEYS, WHERE ARE WE AT? >> SO LET ME JUST SAY, IT JUST KEEPS GETTING BETTER. 2020, WE HAD 300 AND ISH RESPONSES. THAT WAS DONE BY AN OUTSIDE ENTITY.

20 I'M SORRY, 2022 2024. WE BROUGHT IT IN HOUSE, INCREASED THE RESPONSES, WENT UP TO 836 THIS YEAR. I DON'T EVEN THINK WE NEEDED TO LEAVE THE SURVEY OPEN FOR A MONTH BECAUSE WE GOT RESPONSES IN SO QUICKLY. ENDED UP WITH THE 1509. RESPONSES. COMPLETED RESPONSES. WE DON'T TAKE PARTIALS, WE HAVE SURVEY ABANDONMENT, THINGS LIKE THAT. SO 1509 FACTORED INTO OUR FINDINGS. THAT'S A I'M THINKING OF OF OTHER SURVEYS THAT I'VE DONE. I MEAN, THAT IS THAT'S A THAT IS A GOOD RESPONSE RATE. AND REALLY WHAT MATTERS MOST TO ME. AND RESPONSE RATE DOES PLAY INTO THAT, BUT THAT WE HAVE A STATISTICALLY VALID SURVEY THAT I CAN SAY WITH 95% CERTAINTY.

THIS APPLIES TO OUR ENTIRE POPULATION BY PLUS OR MINUS AND AND 2022, IT WAS 6%, SIX POINTS PLUS OR MINUS. LAST YEAR WAS THREE POINT, I BELIEVE FOUR. AND THIS YEAR WE'RE AT 2.5. AND

SO THAT TO ME IS REALLY WHAT MATTERS MOST. >> DO YOU KNOW HOW WE STACK UP AGAINST OTHER CITIES IN THE COUNTY WHEN THEY'RE SENDING OUT THEIR SURVEYS? I DON'T EXPECT YOU TO HAVE TO KNOW OFF THE TOP OF YOUR HEAD, SO I WILL ACCEPT. I'LL GET THAT FOR YOU. BUT I'D

BE CURIOUS. I KNOW OTHER CITIES SEND OUT SURVEYS AS WELL. >> I WILL GET THAT FOR YOU.

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>> OKAY. WE'VE GOT WE SENT OUT THE SURVEY IN ENGLISH AND SPANISH.

>> CORRECT. >> WHAT WAS THE RESPONSE RATE IN SPANISH?

>> VERY LOW. WELL RESPONSE RATE IS CAN'T QUITE PLUG IT IN. BUT WE GOT NINE COMPLETED SURVEYS IN SPANISH. THAT'S NOT A LOT, BUT WE HAVE IT IN PEOPLE TAKE ADVANTAGE OF IT, WHICH MEANS THAT'S THE PREFERRED LANGUAGE THEY THEY WANT TO RESPOND IN. AND FOR THAT I'M HAPPY WITH

WITH THAT WE HAVE THAT AVAILABLE IN SPANISH. >> I'M CURIOUS AS TO HOW WE CAN GET A BETTER RESPONSE RATE FROM OUR SPANISH SPEAKING BROTHERS AND SISTERS, HISPANIC MAKE UP ALMOST 25%. SO IN THE FUTURE, I'D CERTAINLY LOVE TO SEE THAT THAT NUMBER HIGHER. AND THE LAST QUESTION I WANT TO TALK ABOUT DEALING WITH HOMELESSNESS. WE TALKED ABOUT THE THE MOST PRESSING CONCERN THAT FOLKS BELIEVE THAT WE NEED IS, IS INCLEMENT SHELTER. MISS CITY MANAGER, YOU SEND OUT STATISTICS TO US WHEN WE HAVE INCLEMENT WEATHER BASED ON

AVAILABILITY OF BEDS AND IN OUR SHELTER, CORRECT? >> YES.

>> IS THAT MADE PUBLIC? IS THAT ANYWHERE? >> YES, WE PUT IT, I BELIEVE IT.

WE PUT IT ON THE WEBSITE. OH, I'M SORRY, IN THE FRIDAY REPORT, WE PUBLISH IT IN THE FRIDAY

REPORT. >> GOING FORWARD, WHEN WE GET TO INCLEMENT WEATHER, PARTICULARLY IN THE HEAT OF THE SUMMER, I'M CURIOUS, AS IF WE CAN'T MAYBE TRY TO DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT, MAYBE LINK IT TO THE WEBSITE WEEKLY, MAYBE ON THE SOCIAL MEDIA. LOOKING AT THIS STATISTIC, WE HAVE INCLEMENT HOUSING AND BEDS AVAILABLE FOR PEOPLE, BUT CLEARLY THAT'S NOT PENETRATING THE COMMUNITY. SO I'M CURIOUS TO SEE IS IF WE CAN PUT THAT INFORMATION OUT MORE IN A MORE READILY ACCESSIBLE WAY SO THAT PEOPLE WILL KNOW WE DO HAVE, IN FACT, SHELTER

AVAILABLE FOR PEOPLE DURING INCLEMENT WEATHER. >> WE CAN DO THAT. WE DO HAVE A SCORECARD THAT'S AVAILABLE ON THE WEBSITE, BUT WE CAN WORK ON MAKING IT MAYBE MORE PROMINENT

SO PEOPLE CAN FIND IT AND, AND SEE IT. >> AND MAY I ADD, DURING PERIODS OF INCLEMENT WEATHER RATHER THAN THAT BEING UP, THAT DATE IS UPDATED MONTHLY FOR THE SCORECARD DURING INCLEMENT WEATHER. IT IS UPDATED DAILY, AND THAT IS A SPECIAL SCORECARD

THAT IS MADE AVAILABLE DURING THAT TIME PERIOD. OKAY. >> THANKS FOR ALL YOU'VE DONE

THE SURVEY. THANK YOU. AMY. >> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR THAT REPRESENTATIVE FROM DISTRICT

ONE? >> THANK YOU, MAYOR, AND THANK YOU FOR THE PHENOMENAL SURVEY.

REALLY APPRECIATED READING OVER IT. I WANT TO PIGGYBACK OFF OF COUNCILMAN MCGEE'S SECOND POINT ABOUT THE DEMOGRAPHIC RESPONSE RATE. IT'S A LITTLE CONCERNING. I KNOW WE'RE DOING EVERYTHING WE CAN, BUT, YOU KNOW, THE FACT THAT OUR BLACK RESPONSE RATE AND MULTIRACIAL RESPONSE RATE IS ABOUT HALF OF WHAT IT SHOULD BE. THE LATINO RESPONSE RATE IS ABOUT A QUARTER OF WHAT IT SHOULD BE. WAS THIS THE FIRST YEAR WE'VE OFFERED IT IN SPANISH, OR WE'VE OFFERED IT IN

SPANISH? IN YEARS PRIOR FOR THE COMMUNITY SURVEY? >> I DON'T KNOW THAT I CAN SPEAK TO BEFORE I ARRIVED HERE, BUT LAST YEAR, LAST 2024, IT WAS AVAILABLE IN BOTH ENGLISH

AND SPANISH. >> GOTCHA. AND IS THERE ANY WAY WE COULD, YOU KNOW, IMPROVE OUR OUTREACH TO THOSE MINORITY COMMUNITIES TO HELP IMPROVE THE ACCURACY OF OUR COMMUNITY

SURVEY AT ALL, OR ARE WE TRYING ANYTHING NEW IN YEARS TO COME? >> OR I THINK WE CAN CERTAINLY DO THAT. IT'S A RANDOM SELECTION, BUT I HAVE SEEN WHERE CITIES DO POST ON THEIR WEBSITE TO ALERT PEOPLE THAT THEY MAY RECEIVE THAT INVITATION TO RESPOND, BUT I

WILL CERTAINLY WORK WITH MARKHAM ON THAT. >> AWESOME. THANK YOU.

>> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR STAFF? SEEING NONE. THEN TO CONCLUDE. I DIDN'T SEE A DEFINITION. CAN YOU HELP ME WITH A DEFINITION FOR TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM?

>> THE TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM IS OUR LIGHTS, OUR ROADWAY SIGNAGE, OUR ROADWAYS. IT'S IT'S IT IS.

>> IT'S SEPARATE AND APART FROM DCTA. >> YES, YES. THAT'S. SO THERE, THERE'S ANOTHER SECTION THAT ASKS ABOUT EASE OF TRANSPORTATION. TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM IN ITSELF IS OUR, OUR LIGHTS AND HOW WE MANAGE THAT SYSTEM, PARTICULARLY DURING

PEAK TRAFFIC TIMES. >> PERFECT. TO FOLLOW UP ON A QUESTION EARLIER, ARE YOU ABLE TO KIND OF DISCERN BETWEEN INFRASTRUCTURE FRUSTRATION AND CONSTRUCTION FATIGUE? ARE YOU

ABLE TO READ THROUGH THAT IN THE DATA? >> WE HAVE FEEDBACK ON THAT. WE HAVE COMMUNITY FEEDBACK ON THAT, AND I CAN CERTAINLY GET A SUMMARY SPECIFIC TO THAT QUESTION FROM WITHIN THE SYSTEM. A LOT OF IT REALLY DOES HAVE TO DO WITH GROWTH AND CONGESTION AND WITH DEVELOPMENT. THERE'S A TIE IN WITH THAT, AS WELL AS WITH THE DEVELOPMENT OF MULTIFAMILY HOUSING AND CONCERNS WITH THE IMPACT OF THAT ON OUR INFRASTRUCTURE.

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THAT IS A KEY CONCERN FOR OUR COMMUNITY. >> AND ANOTHER LEVEL TO THAT, JUST THINKING ABOUT YOUR ANSWER, MAYBE IN THE NEXT SURVEY, IT'S WORTHY TO PARSE THAT OUT AND ASK THAT PERSON IF THEY RESPOND TO THAT FRUSTRATION, HOW LONG THEY'VE BEEN HERE, RIGHT? BECAUSE IF YOU'VE BEEN HERE LONG ENOUGH, YOU CIRCUMVENT THINGS. IF YOU'VE NOT, IF YOU'RE NEW, YOU STAY ON THE BEATEN PATH AND YOU'RE FRUSTRATED WHERE I'M JUST GOING TO CUT THROUGH. RIGHT? AND SO I'D BE CURIOUS TO KNOW IF THERE'S A WAY TO KIND OF, IF YOU'RE NEW TO TOWN OR NOT, OR, YOU KNOW, IF YOU KNOW HOW TO THE WORK THE OTHER STREETS TO, TO NAVIGATE THAT OR NOT. SO FOR WHAT IT'S WORTH, THAT THAT MAY BE A THOUGHT. AND THEN. THE DATA ON MAJOR, IT WAS AS A MAJOR PROBLEM, HOMELESSNESS DROPPED. CAN YOU READ INTO THAT TO SEE IF THAT IS TIED TO THE NUMBER, THE TOTAL NUMBER ESTIMATED HOMELESS DROPPING AS

WELL? ARE THOSE CORRELATED DO YOU BELIEVE? >> I'M NOT SURE THAT I CAN MAKE THAT CORRELATION. HONESTLY. IT'S A IT WAS A SIX POINT DROP, WHICH IS STATISTICALLY SIGNIFICANT, BUT I'M NOT SURE THAT I CAN MAKE THAT DIRECT CORRELATION.

>> OKAY. I WAS JUST CURIOUS. AND THEN AFFORDABILITY, ARE WE USING THE NUMBERS THAT BILLY HAD NOT BILLY THAT THAT JESSE. PROVIDED US A FEW FEW MONTHS BACK AS FAR AS AFFORDABILITY FOR SPECIFICALLY FOR THE CITY OF DENTON OR JUST THERE, THE PERSON COMPLETING THE SURVEYS

FEELING OF AFFORDABILITY BASED ON THEIR LIVED EXPERIENCE. >> IT'S IT'S THE PERCEPTION OF THE INDIVIDUAL COMPLETING IT BASED ON THEIR THOUGHTS AROUND THE AVAILABILITY OF QUALITY

AFFORDABLE HOUSING. >> OKAY. AND WHEN WAS THE SURVEY DONE?

>> IT WAS DONE FEBRUARY 18TH TO MARCH 18TH. >> THAT'S INTERESTING BECAUSE THAT THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN ABOUT THE TIME, CERTAINLY IN THE MIDDLE OF TIME WHERE EVERYTHING'S FROZEN, THERE'S THERE'S NO RENT INCREASES GOING ON WHERE IT WAS YEAR TO YEAR INCREASES. BUT BECAUSE OF THE SUPPLY AND DEMAND ISSUE, IT'S BEEN PRETTY STATIC AROUND THAT DURING THAT TIME. MATTER OF FACT, SOMEONE SAID THAT DURING THE MEETING LAST WEEK. SO THAT'S INTERESTING. OKAY. THANK YOU. AND THEN I HAVE TO GUESS, THE POLICING SIDE OF THINGS IS JUST A STAFFING. PART OF IT IS STAFFING ISSUE, RIGHT? BEING ABLE TO COVER EVERYTHING WE NEED TO COVER WITH STAFFING. AND I'M ASSUMING AS WE WORK ON THAT, THAT WILL COME ONLINE.

AND THEN LASTLY, THE HOMELESSNESS. AS AS AN ISSUE. I THINK THAT'S A, THAT'S ANOTHER CONVERSATION FOR THIS COUNCIL TO HAVE. AND FOR WHAT IT'S WORTH, I THINK IT IF BEFORE WE PUBLISH ANYTHING PUBLICLY, I'D ASK THAT WE HAVE A WORK SESSION OR SOME KIND OF DIRECTION FROM THE ENTIRETY OF, OF, OF THE COUNCIL. FOR THIS REASON, WE'VE HAD TO. AND IT'S NOT IT'S CITY STAFF. WE HAVE HAD TO MAKE SURE WE'RE EQUITABLE ON OUR ANNOUNCEMENTS OF. WARMING CENTERS COOLING, BECAUSE IF YOU JUST CANDIDLY, OTHER CITIES WON'T LIST ANY AVAILABILITY.

AND THE CITY OF DENTON VIA THE. THE PAPER, REALLY NOT US. WE'RE HAVING TO FIX THAT. BUT THE PAPER LISTS EVERY LIBRARY WE HAVE, EVERY FIRE STATION WE HAVE. AND SO IT GIVES THE PERCEPTION THAT IF YOU'RE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS AND IT'S HOT OUTSIDE, YOU HAVE TO TRAVEL TO DENTON TO GET IN THE SHELTER VERSUS LOUISVILLE'S 13 HOT LIBRARIES OR WHATEVER THEY HAVE VERSUS CORINTH LIBRARY. YOU KNOW, IT JUST IT, IT'S WE'RE, WE'RE CARRYING MORE THAN OUR FAIR SHARE. AND SO BEFORE WE GO ADVERTISE THAT FURTHER, I'D WANT TO HAVE THAT CONVERSATION AS A BODY TO SAY IT IS A KEY ISSUE FOR OUR COMMUNITY. AND I WANT TO RECORD VOTE OF THOSE THAT ARE WANTING, THAT ARE NOT HEEDING THAT CONCERN, OR AT LEAST EXPLORING THAT CONCERN FURTHER, BECAUSE WE CAN'T SAVE DENTON COUNTY, CANNOT WE? WE HAVE TO TAKE CARE OF THOSE THAT ARE IN OUR COMMUNITY THAT WE'RE TRYING TO GET REHOUSED, PUT BACK TO WORK AND, AND THOSE SORT OF THINGS. SO I JUST THINK IT'S A HEALTHY CONVERSATION TO HAVE WHERE THE CITY OF DENTON WANTS TO BE, HOW MUCH RESPONSIBILITY WE WANT TO SHOULDER AND HOW MUCH WE WANT TO PUT OUT THERE ADVERTISING. PEOPLE COME TO DENTON FOR YOUR CONCERNS VERSUS IF YOU'RE IN DENTON AND YOU HAVE CONCERNS, LET US HELP YOU. I THINK THOSE ARE TWO VERY DIFFERENT MESSAGES.

AND I WILL TELL YOU, IT'LL BE BEFORE YOUR NEXT SURVEY AND ALL THOSE THINGS. BUT I'M ALREADY HEARING RUMBLINGS BECAUSE OF THE FIFA COMING INTO TOWN THAT DALLAS IS CLEANING. AND AND

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INSIGHT. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. WE WILL GET TOGETHER RESPONSE RATES AND THEN INFRASTRUCTURE BY THE TIME LENGTH OF RESIDENCY IN THE CITY, BECAUSE WE CAN SEGMENT BY THAT.

SO WE'LL GET THAT TO YOU AS WELL. >> EXCELLENT. THANK YOU. SO NO

CLOSED. RIGHT. >> YES. ONE LAST QUESTION. OKAY. THAT'S FINE. I'LL ASK.

>> OKAY. SO THAT THAT IS NO CLOSED. WE'LL

[AFTER DETERMINING THAT A QUORUM IS PRESENT, THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY OF DENTON CITY COUNCIL WILL CONVENE AT 6:30 P.M. IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS AT CITY HALL, 215 E. MCKINNEY STREET, DENTON, TEXAS AT WHICH THE FOLLOWING ITEMS WILL BE CONSIDERED:]

IT IS 2026 AND IT IS 6:30 P.M. WE DO HAVE A QUORUM TO CALL THE MEETING BACK TO ORDER. FIRST THING ON THE AGENDA PLEDGES TO THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE UNITED STATES AND TEXAS FLAG.

PLEASE STAND WITH ME IF YOU'RE ABLE. >> TO. THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. HONOR THE. TEXAS FLAG. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE

TO THEE. TEXAS, ONE STATE UNDER GOD, ONE AND INDIVISIBLE. GREAT. >> THEN WE HAVE A FEW

[2. PROCLAMATIONS/PRESENTATIONS]

>> SO GOOD. YEAH. ON BEHALF OF THE SALVATION ARMY, I'M MAJOR MARK GILLUM. THIS IS. AND I'LL GIVE YOU THAT. ALRIGHT. THIS IS MAJOR REBECCA GILLUM AND TIFFANY JACKSON, AND WE'RE JUST WANTING TO COME AND SAY A BIG THANK YOU FOR PARTICIPATING IN THE RED KETTLE MAYORAL CHALLENGE. AND SO WE'RE HERE TO PRESENT THIS TO YOU TO SAY THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU. >> VERY MUCH. AND YOU, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU REMEMBER, THE DAY IS IN DECEMBER. IT WAS A COOL DAY, BUT YOU STARTED OFF THERE AT HOBBY LOBBY AND YOU AND YOUR TEAM, YOU RAISED $625.91. OH, MAN. AND SO THAT'S A ONE DAY SUPER. AND YOU WERE VERY INSTRUMENTAL AND ALSO ENCOURAGING OTHER MAYORS AND DENTON COUNTY AND ALL THE MAYORS TOGETHER. WE RAISED 14. YOU ALL RAISED 14/14,000 DOLLARS. AND SO WE APPRECIATE YOUR LEADERSHIP. WE APPRECIATE YOUR EXAMPLE AND, AND JUST ENCOURAGING THE OTHER MAYORS TO TAKE PART. AND WE JUST APPRECIATE YOU BECAUSE YOU CHAMPION FOR THE SALVATION ARMY IN DENTON COUNTY. AND SO ON BEHALF OF ANYONE WHO'S RECEIVED A WARM MEAL, SHELTER AND GROCERIES AND JUST SUPPORT BY THE COMMUNITY, WE WANT TO SAY THANK YOU.

>> OH, THANK YOU VERY MUCH, I APPRECIATE IT. >> WHAT A BLESSING. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. YEAH, SURE. APPRECIATE YOU. THANK YOU. HERE. I'LL GET THAT. ANYWAY. HERE WE GO. ALL RIGHT. OKAY. AND THEN KAYLA, YOU'RE GOING TO COME DOWN. YEAH. SLIDE IN PLEASE. NO,

DON'T GO AWAY. I DO WANT TO. >> SO HOW CAN PEOPLE HELP? HOW CAN I BE A BLESSING OR GET PLUGGED IN AND SERVE? AND THEN I THINK I SPENT ABOUT 700 AT HOBBY LOBBY THAT DAY. SO IT'S SO IT'S A DANGEROUS PLACE FOR ME TO BE. BUT NO, HOW CAN PEOPLE GET INVOLVED AND SUPPORT WHAT Y'ALL ARE DOING AND SERVING OUR COMMUNITY? AND FOR THOSE WHO DON'T KNOW, THE CITY DOES THE BEST IT CAN. BUT THESE NONPROFITS, SUCH AS SALVATION ARMY, REALLY HELP US FILL IN GAPS AND SERVE OUR COMMUNITY IN WAYS THAT WE CAN'T, OR JUST HELP US FIND PEOPLE WE CAN'T REACH OR REACH, PEOPLE WE CAN'T REACH. SO AND IT BECOMES A FORCE MULTIPLIER. SO TRULY A BLESSING. BUT HOW DO PEOPLE GET ACTIVE AND SUPPORT WHAT Y'ALL ARE DOING?

>> SO IF YOU GO SALVATION ARMY.ORG, IT WILL YOU PUT IN YOUR ZIP CODE WHEREVER YOU'RE AT, IF YOU'RE NOT FROM THE DENTON AREA, BUT IT WILL POINT US, POINT YOU TO OUR LOCATION.

AND DURING CHRISTMAS TIME, WE'RE LOOKING FOR VOLUNTEER GROUPS TO GO RING A BELL AND

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ALL THAT YOU DO. >> EXCELLENT. >> THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH.

APPRECIATE YOU. THANK YOU AGAIN. THANK YOU. APPRECIATE IT. GREAT TO SEE YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

ALL RIGHT. GOD BLESS. THANK YOU. AND THE NEXT GROUP. YES. THE NEXT GROUP IS. WATER SAFETY. IS THAT RIGHT. IS ON THE ON THE AGENDA BUILDING SAFETY FIRST. THANK YOU. I WASN'T SURE WHICH ORDER. OKAY. IF YOU'RE HERE FOR BUILDING SAFETY, IF YOU CAN COME DOWN PLEASE. AND THANK YOU.

OKAY. HEY. ALL RIGHT. YOU TELL US WHAT WE'RE RECOGNIZING. YES. OKAY. GREAT.

>> MAY IS BUILDING SAFETY MONTH. SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE RECOGNIZING TODAY. BUILDING SAFETY MONTH IS REALLY JUST GEARED AROUND TRYING TO BRING MORE AWARENESS OF BUILDING CODES AND THE NEED FOR BUILDING CODES, THE REASON BEHIND BUILDING CODES AND HOW THEY PROVIDE A SAFER PLACE FOR EVERYONE TO WORK, LIVE, PLAY, AND THEN ALSO THE JUST SORRY, I WENT BLANK FOR A MINUTE. ALSO, JUST LIKE THE NEED FOR PERMITS AND WHY PERMITS ARE IMPORTANT.

SO PERMITS ARE HERE TO PROTECT EVERYONE, NOT TO MAKE REQUIREMENTS HARDER OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE HERE DOING TODAY. JUST RECOGNIZING BUILDING SAFETY

MONTH. >> OKAY. AND EVERYONE CAN INTRODUCE THEMSELVES. THAT'S

ALL RIGHT. SURE. YEAH. >> GO AHEAD. GO FIRST. AMBER ROGERS, BUILDING OFFICIAL.

>> RYAN HARTLEY, DEPUTY BUILDING OFFICIAL. >> JOANNA STEPHENS, PERMIT

TECHNICIAN. SUPERVISOR. >> JOSH HAMLIN, CHIEF PLANS EXAMINER.

>> CHARLIE ROSENDAHL, DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT SERVICES. >> GREAT. THANK YOU. AND JUST HOW MANY HOW MANY PERMITS ARE WE TALKING ABOUT FOR THE CITY OF DENTON OR JUST KIND OF WHAT'S A WHAT'S A MEASUREMENT THAT KIND OF GIVE US A SCOPE AND SCALE?

>> SURE. IN ONE YEAR, WE ISSUE ABOUT 10,800 PERMITS. >> WOW. WOW. GOODNESS. WELL, THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH. I SURE APPRECIATE IT. AND SO WE HAVE A PROCLAMATION AND IT READS A PROCLAMATION BY THE MAYOR OF THE CITY OF DENTON, TEXAS. TO ALL WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME. GREETINGS. WHEREAS THE SAFETY OF OUR COMMUNITIES, BUILDINGS AND WELL-BEING OF THEIR OCCUPANTS ARE PARAMOUNT CONCERNS FOR THE CITY OF DENTON. AND WHEREAS OUR CONFIDENCE IN THE RESILIENCE OF OUR BUILDINGS AND IS ACHIEVED THROUGH DEVOTED CONSTRUCTION PROFESSIONALS WHO ENSURE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE HIGHEST QUALITY CODES AND STANDARDS TO PROTECT US IN BUILDINGS WHERE WE LIVE, LEARN, WORK AND PLAY. AND WHEREAS, EACH YEAR IN OBSERVANCE OF BUILDING SAFETY MONTH, WE ENCOURAGE. WE ENCOURAGE COMMITMENT TO IMPROVE BUILDING SAFETY AND ECONOMIC INVESTMENT AT HOME AND IN THE COMMUNITY, AND BY ADHERING TO AND BY ADHERING TO THE SAFEST STANDARDS AND REGULATIONS WE CONTRIBUTE TO A SAFER AND MORE RESILIENT COMMUNITY FOR EVERYONE. NOW, THEREFORE, I, GERALD HUDSPETH, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF DENTON, TEXAS, DO HEREBY DECLARE AND PROCLAIM MAY 2026 AS BUILDING SAFETY MONTH

IN THE CITY OF DENTON, IF WE CAN GIVE HIM A HAND. >> FOR THAT. OKAY, THERE WE GO.

YEAH. THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. YES, SIR. GREAT TO SEE YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. APPRECIATE ALL YOU DO.

>> OKAY. AND NEXT THERE IS WE'RE GOING TO RECOGNIZE DENTON REVEAL PRESERVATION MONTH. IF

YOU'RE HERE FOR PRESERVATION MONTH. HEY. HELLO. >> OH, I LOVE IT.

>> LOOK AT THAT. >> YEAH. >> MAN.

>> YEAH, YEAH. I DIDN'T PASS BALANCING CLASS. IT'S ROUGH OUT THERE. OKAY. SO. WELL, IT MAKES IT EASY THOUGH, SO THANK Y'ALL. SO YOU CAN TELL US. WE'LL RECOGNIZE IT, GIVE YOUR NAME

AND THEN WE'LL WE'LL LET EVERYONE IN. >> THANK YOU. OF COURSE. HI EVERYONE. MY NAME IS CAMERON ROBERTSON. I'M THE HISTORIC PRESERVATION OFFICER FOR THE CITY OF DENTON. THIS EVENING WE ARE RECOGNIZING DENTON REVEALED, WHICH IS OUR FIFTH ANNUAL MONTH

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AND THEN ON SATURDAY WE WILL ALSO HAVE A SPRING JUBILEE AT THE GIBSON GRANT PROPERTY IN THE TOWN OF FLOWER MOUND. SO AS YOU CAN SEE, IT'S BOTH IN THE CITY AND ACROSS THE COUNTY. AND

WE ARE HAPPY TO HERE TO CELEBRATE DENTON HISTORY. >> MY NAME IS DON TERZI. I'M IN THE SPECIAL COLLECTIONS DEPARTMENT AT THE DENTON PUBLIC LIBRARY.

>> I'M KIM CUPID, I'M THE CURATOR OF COLLECTIONS FOR THE DENTON COUNTY OFFICE OF HISTORY AND CULTURE. AND WITH KELSEY CRYSTAL, WHO'S NOT HERE, WE ARE THE DENTON REVEAL TEAM. AND

THEN WE HAVE OUR LOVELY ASSISTANTS AND OUR SPONSOR. >> WELL, AND I'M PAT SHERMAN. I

SERVE AS A COMMISSIONER ON THE HISTORIC LANDMARK COMMISSION. >> HI, I'M KRISTEN KENDRICK, DIRECTOR OF THE UNT CO-LAB AND PRESIDENT OF THE DOWNTOWN DENTON FOUNDATION.

>> OTHER. KRISTEN. KRISTEN PULIDO, MAIN STREET PROGRAM MANAGER FOR THE CITY OF DENTON.

>> AND CHARLIE ROSENTHAL, DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT SERVICES.

>> HALEY ZAGURSKY. >> PLANNING DIRECTOR. >> ANGIE MENGELE'S, ASSISTANT PLANNING DIRECTOR. ASHLEY. ASSOCIATE PLANNER. SEAN JACOBSON, SENIOR PLANNER.

>> THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I ALWAYS FORGET, DO YOU NEED A PASSPORT TO GO TO FLOWER MOUND? I DON'T GET OUT OF DENTON MUCH, DO YOU? IS IT IT'S. YEAH. THERE YOU GO. THERE HE GOES. I KNEW IT WAS SOMETHING LIKE THAT. I COULD NOT REMEMBER. WELL, THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH FOR THE WORK YOU DO. AND RECOGNIZING THAT HISTORY IS SUCH AN IMPORTANT PART OF WHAT WE DO AND LEARNING FROM THOSE AND SHARING EXPERIENCES. SO APPRECIATE ALL Y'ALL DO. AND SO WE HAVE A PROCLAMATION AND IT'S A PROCLAMATION BY THE MAYOR OF THE CITY OF DENTON, TEXAS, TO ALL WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME. GREETINGS. WHEREAS THE NATIONAL TRUST FOR HISTORIC PRESERVATION ESTABLISHES MAY AS PRESERVATION MONTH IN 1973 TO PROMOTE HISTORIC PLACES FOR FOR PURPOSES OF INSTILLING NATIONAL, NATIONAL AND COMMUNITY PRIDE, PROMOTING HERITAGE TOURISM, AND SHOWING THE SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC BENEFITS OF HISTORIC PRESERVATION. AND. WHEREAS, THE CITY OF DENTON AND DENTON COUNTY ARE CELEBRATING PRESERVATION MONTH WITH A SERIES OF EVENTS CALLED DENTON REVEALED PRESERVATION MONTH 2026. AND WHEREAS DENTON REVEALED HAS INSTILLED INSTILLED AWARENESS OF LOCALLY SIGNIFICANT BUILDINGS, LANDMARKS AND HISTORIC DISTRICTS OVER THE PAST FIVE YEARS AND CONTINUES TO CELEBRATE THE ROLE OF HISTORY IN OUR LIVES AND CONTRIBUTIONS MADE BY DEDICATED INDIVIDUALS TO HELP PRESERVE THE HERITAGE THAT HAS SHAPED OUR DENTON COMMUNITY. NOW, THEREFORE, I, GERALD HUDSPETH, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF DENTON, TEXAS, DO HEREBY DECLARE AND PROCLAIM MAY 2026. AS DENTON REVEALED PRESERVATION MONTH 2026 IN THE CITY OF DENTON. IF WE GIVE THEM A HAND. THANK YOU. AND I DO HAVE A QUESTION KIND OF OLDEST, OR WHERE YOU FIND MOST OF THE HISTORY OR OLDER BUILDINGS IN DENTON, WHAT PART OF DENTON IS THAT? TRADITIONALLY.

>> SO MOST OF OUR OLDER BUILDINGS ARE WITHIN THE 288 LOOP. SO A LOT OF THEM ARE LOCATED WEST OF CARROLL BOULEVARD. SO WE HAVE OUR OAK HICKORY HISTORIC DISTRICT. WE HAVE OUR WEST OAK AREA HISTORIC DISTRICT, BUT WE ALSO HAVE A LOT OF OLDER NEIGHBORHOODS, ALSO SOUTHEAST OF DOWNTOWN AND SOUTHEAST DENTON, BUT ALSO NEAR THE T.W. CAMPUS.

>> GOT IT. OKAY. THANK YOU. OKAY, SO WE'RE GOING TO NEED TO BALANCE OUT ON THIS END FOR THE

PICTURE. >> ALL RIGHT. PERFECT.

AWESOME. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, I APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. HEY.

THANK YOU. OH, HERE WE GO. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. APPRECIATE Y'ALL. SEE YOU LATER.

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>> OKAY. AND NEXT IN OUR LAST RECORD, RECOGNITION IS WATER SAFETY. IF YOU'RE HERE FOR WATER SAFETY, IF YOU CAN COME ON UP, PLEASE. HELLO. AWESOME. ALL RIGHT. YOU'LL TELL US WHAT WE'RE RECOGNIZING AND THEN WE'LL LET EVERYONE INTRODUCE THEMSELVES.

>> I FEEL A LITTLE SHORT. >> YEAH. NO WORRIES. >> WE ARE TRYING TO RECOGNIZE MAY AS WATER SAFETY AWARENESS MONTH ACROSS THE NATION. CITIES ARE DOING THIS ALL ACROSS IN MONTH OF MAY TO CELEBRATE AND EDUCATE WATER SAFETY. IT'S A HUGE, IMPORTANT PART OF OUR LIVES, MAKING SURE THAT ALL OF OUR FAMILIES ARE SAFE AND UNDERSTAND HOW MUCH FUN WATER CAN BE, BUT AT THE SAME TIME KNOW HOW TO ENJOY IT IN A SAFE WAY AND EDUCATE BY LEARNING HOW TO SWIM AS WELL AS LEARNING ABOUT LIFE JACKETS, BOATING, SAFETY, WATER SAFETY, OPEN

WATER SAFETY, ALL THOSE TYPES OF EVENTS ON WATER. >> EXCELLENT. NOW DOES THAT IS THAT TO INCLUDE LIKE HOW TO RECOVER FROM A PROPER BELLY FLOP? NO. IS THERE A CLASS FOR THAT? AWESOME. IF Y'ALL CAN INTRODUCE YOURSELVES. NOW REMEMBER NO PRESSURE, BUT WE HAVE MILLIONS OF PEOPLE WATCHING. THIS IS YOUR CHANCE. SO AND IT'S ARCHIVED. SO GIVE

YOUR NAME AND WHATEVER YOU WANT TO SHARE. >> GO RIGHT AHEAD. MY NAME IS

MARIA KIMBALL. I'M THE INTERIM PROGRAM AREA MANAGER FOR DENTON. >> MY NAME IS HALEY BELCHER.

>> AND I'VE BEEN A LIFEGUARD FOR FOUR SUMMERS. >> MY NAME IS CHAD MATTHEWS AND

I'M A LIFEGUARD. >> MY NAME IS ROSIE RODAN AND I'M ALSO LIFEGUARD.

>> MY NAME IS ETHAN ROBERTSON AND I'M A LIFEGUARD INSTRUCTOR. >> MY NAME IS RYAN AND I'M ALSO

A LIFEGUARD INSTRUCTOR. >> MY NAME IS IAN DALTON. I'M A LIFEGUARD.

>> MY NAME. >> IS SAMANTHA ORMSBY AND I AM A POOL MANAGER.

>> MY NAME IS EVA FAULKNER AND I'M A POOL MANAGER AT THE WATER PARK.

>> MY NAME IS ELIZA HICKMAN AND I'M A LIFEGUARD INSTRUCTOR. MY NAME IS BETHANY HARRISON AND

I'M A LIFEGUARD. >> ALL RIGHT. >> MY NAME IS KAYLEE ENNIS AND

I AM A SWIM INSTRUCTOR. >> MY NAME IS. >> ALEXANDRA HEIDELBERGER, AND

I'M A PART TIME RECREATION SPECIALIST. >> MY NAME IS DEVIN WRIGHT AND

I'M A COORDINATOR. >> MY NAME IS TRISTAN FAIRBANKS AND I AM ALSO AN LTS

COORDINATOR. >> I'M ALLISON WING, I'M THE INTERIM DIRECTOR OF PARKS AND

RECREATION. >> RAMIR MARTIN, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, LTS COORDINATOR.

LEARN TO SWIM. OKAY. GOT IT. THANK YOU. AND AND, MAN, I CAN'T BELIEVE YOU'RE GRADUATING.

IT'S BEEN. MAN. IT'S OUTSTANDING. YOU TELL TELL MOM. DAD, I SAID HELLO. PLEASE.

THANK YOU. I SURE APPRECIATE HIM SO WELL. AND THANK YOU ALL. LIKE, HOW MANY VISITORS DO WE HAVE OVER THE SUMMER? DO YOU KNOW ROUND NUMBERS TO EITHER POOL WATERWORKS? ALL THOSE THINGS. IS THERE. IS THERE DO YOU HAVE A FEEL FOR THAT? IF NOT, IT'S OKAY.

>> SO NO, I MEAN WE USUALLY HAVE ABOUT 250,000 THAT COME THROUGH. WOW. AND THEN WE HAVE ABOUT 3000 WATER WATER SAFETY LESSONS. SO WE'LL LEARN TO SWIM LESSONS.

>> OKAY. THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH FOR THAT. SO IMPORTANT EVIDENCE IS IN THE NEWS IS YOU HAD THOSE DIVERS THAT THEY HAD TO GO SAVE AND RECOVER. SO EVEN AT ALL LEVELS, IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER THOSE THOSE TECHNIQUES. SO LET ME MAKE SURE I CAN SEE THE WORDS.

THERE THEY ARE. ALL RIGHT. A PROCLAMATION BY THE MAYOR OF THE CITY OF DENTON, TEXAS. TO ALL WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME. GREETINGS. WHEREAS SWIMMING AND AQUATIC RELATED ACTIVITIES ENHANCE THE PHYSICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH OF DENTON RESIDENTS. AND WHEREAS, OUR CITIZENS UNDERSTAND THE ESSENTIAL ROLE THAT EDUCATION ON WATER SAFETY PLAYS IN PREVENTING DROWNING AND RECREATIONAL RECREATIONAL WATER RELATED INJURIES. AND WHEREAS, THE CITY OF DENTON IS COMMITTED TO PROMOTING WATER SAFETY AND RAISING AWARENESS ABOUT POTENTIAL HAZARDS BY WORKING TOGETHER WITH RESIDENTS, COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND ORGANIZATIONS TO CREATE A CULTURE OF WATER SAFETY FOR PEOPLE OF ALL AGES AND ABILITIES. NOW, THEREFORE, I, GERALD HUDSPETH, MAYOR, THE CITY OF DENTON, TEXAS, DO HEREBY DECLARE AND PROCLAIM MAY 2026 AS WATER SAFETY AWARENESS MONTH IN THE CITY OF DENTON AND ENCOURAGE ALL CITIZENS TO PROMOTE WATER SAFETY HABITS IN, ON AND AROUND WATER TO SUPPORT EDUCATIONAL INITIATIVES THAT REDUCE WATER RELATED RISK IF WE GIVE THEM A HAND.

>> ALL RIGHT. BEST WE CAN DO. WE NEED TO MAKE TWO ROWS. ALL RIGHT. YEAH. MATTER OF FACT.

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THAT IS YOURS. AND THEN I HAVE THIS ONE AS WELL, JUST IN CASE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I APPRECIATE YOU ALL BEING HERE.

>> ALL RIGHT. AND SELFISHLY, I WILL SAY MY COUSIN BY MARRIAGE, GAVIN HERNANDEZ, IS A NEW LIFEGUARD OUT THERE. SO I'M PRETTY PUMPED ABOUT THAT. SO HEY, GAVIN, HOW ARE YOU? GOOD TO SEE YOU. I CAN'T SEE YOU. THAT CONCLUDES OUR PROCLAMATIONS. TAKES US TO OUR

[4. CONSENT AGENDA]

FOUR. >> I MOVE THE CONSENT AGENDA. BE BE PASSED AS SUBMITTED.

>> REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT. >> ONE SECOND. >> WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. ANY DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE. LET'S VOTE ON THE SCREEN. THAT PASSES SEVEN ZERO TAKES US

[A. A26-0001 Consider adoption of an ordinance of the City of Denton, Texas, regarding a Municipal Services Agreement, pursuant to Tex. Loc. Gov’t. Code Sec. 43.0672, between the City of Denton and Coy Mark and Carolyn Rollins for the provision of city services to approximately 2.94 acres of land, generally located 1,671 feet east of Mayhill Road, north of Mills Road; approving a schedule of annexation; authorizing the City Manager to execute the agreement; and providing an effective date. (A26-0001, Rollins Annexation, Angie Manglaris)]

>> GOOD EVENING MAYOR. MEMBERS OF COUNCIL, ANGIE IS HERE TO PRESENT THE ROLLINS ANNEXATION MUNICIPAL SERVICES AGREEMENT. A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND ON THIS REQUEST. THIS SPECIFIC REQUEST IS CONSIDERING ADOPTION OF A MUNICIPAL SERVICES AGREEMENT FOR APPROXIMATELY 2.94 ACRES OF LAND, GENERALLY LOCATED 1600FT EAST OF MAY HILL ROAD AND NORTH OF MILLS ROAD.

ALONG WITH THIS, WE WILL BE APPROVING A SCHEDULE OF ANNEXATION. THIS IS THE FIRST OF SEVERAL ITEMS IN A SERIES FOR ANNEXATION REQUESTS. SO JUST A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND ON THIS SPECIFIC REQUEST. THIS PROPERTY WAS UNDER AN ANNEXATION AGREEMENT. THIS AGREEMENT DID EXPIRE IN AUGUST OF 2020. A NEW ANNEXATION AGREEMENT HAS NOT BEEN SIGNED.

AND SO WE ARE PURSUING ANNEXATION OF THIS PARTICULAR PROPERTY. THERE IS A SMALL STRUCTURE ON SITE. IT LOOKS LIKE A ACCESSORY BUILDING AND THERE ARE NO UTILITIES CURRENTLY SERVING THE SUBJECT PROPERTY. AS PART OF THE MUNICIPAL SERVICES AGREEMENT, WE DO HAVE ALL OF OUR DEPARTMENTS REVIEW IT AND CONFIRM THAT WE CAN PROVIDE CITY SERVICES THAT ANY PROPERTY WITHIN THE CITY RECEIVES. SO THAT'S WHAT WE WOULD BE APPROVING AS PART OF THIS AGREEMENT. WE'RE ALSO APPROVING THE ANNEXATION SCHEDULE, WHICH IS IN ACCORDANCE WITH BOTH TEXAS STATE LAW AS WELL AS THE CITY CHARTER. SO THIS EVENING WE WILL HAVE FOUR ITEMS. THE FIRST TWO DO REQUIRE ACTION. THE NEXT TWO ARE PUBLIC HEARING AND THE FIRST READING OF THE ANNEXATION ORDINANCE. FOLLOWING THAT, THE ANNEXATION ORDINANCE MUST BE PUBLISHED IN THE PAPER. IT CANNOT BE ACTED UPON FOR AT LEAST 30 DAYS. AND SO ON JULY 14TH, IT WILL COME BACK FOR THE SECOND READING AND ADOPTION OF THE ANNEXATION, AT WHICH TIME THAT PROPERTY WOULD BE ANNEXED INTO THE CITY LIMITS. I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU ALL

MAY HAVE. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. QUESTIONS FOR STAFF. SEEING

NONE. REPRESENTATIVE FROM DISTRICT FIVE. >> MAYOR, I WILL MOVE APPROVAL.

AUGUST 2020 IS A LONG TIME, SO IT'S TIME TO GET MOVING ON THIS AND IF YOU'D LIKE, I'M HAPPY TO

MOVE APPROVAL ON ALL OF THEM. >> OKAY. YES. AND REPRESENTATIVE FROM DISTRICT ONE. SECOND WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. AND WE'LL JUST FOR BECAUSE DO YOU HAVE A SEPARATE PRESENTATION FOR EACH OF THEM? OKAY. GOT IT. OKAY. THANK YOU. THEN NO OTHER DISCUSSION. SEEING NONE. LET'S VOTE ON THE SCREEN. THAT PASSES 7 TO 0 TAKES US TO ITEM B,

[B. A26-0001a Consider adoption of an ordinance of the City of Denton, Texas, regarding the issuance of a Service Plan, pursuant to Tex. Loc. Gov’t. Code Sec. 43.056, for property owned by Coy Mark and Carolyn Rollins for the provision of city services to approximately 2.94 acres of land, generally located 1,671 feet east of Mayhill Road, north of Mills Road; authorizing the City Manager to execute the Plan; and providing an effective date. (A26-0001a, Rollins Annexation, Angie Manglaris)]

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APPROXIMATELY 2.94 ACRES. >> THANK YOU, MAYOR, MEMBERS OF COUNCIL AND ASSISTANT PLANNING DIRECTOR, THIS IS MY APOLOGIES. APPROVAL OF A SERVICE PLAN FOR THE ROLLINS ANNEXATION CASE.

AGAIN, THIS IS 2.94 ACRES OF LAND. IT IS GENERALLY LOCATED 1600FT EAST OF MAY HILL ROAD AND NORTH OF MILLS ROAD AND IN PURSUANT TO TEXAS LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE. SPECIFICALLY, WHEN THIS ORIGINAL ANNEXATION AGREEMENT WAS SIGNED IN 2012, WE ARE TAKING ACTION ACTION TO ISSUE A SERVICE PLAN. THIS IS ADDITIONAL EXPLANATION AS TO HOW FULL MUNICIPAL SERVICES WILL BE PROVIDED TO THE CITY UPON ITS EVENTUAL ANNEXATION INTO CITY LIMITS. IT WAS REVIEWED BY ALL OF OUR RELEVANT DEPARTMENTS, CONFIRMING THAT WE CAN EXTEND THE SAME SERVICES THAT ARE IN CITY LIMITS TO THIS PARTICULAR PROPERTY. THIS IS THE SECOND OF FOUR ITEMS THIS EVENING, AND THIS ONE DOES REQUIRE ACTION AS WELL. FOLLOWING THIS WILL HAVE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND THE FIRST READING. I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU ALL MAY HAVE.

>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT FIVE. >> CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG.

THERE'S A A POND ON THIS PROPERTY, IS THAT RIGHT? SOME TYPE OF POND OR. A LITTLE.

>> POND THERE? >> THERE MAY BE A POND. I KNOW THERE IS AN ACCESSORY STRUCTURE LOCATED ON IT. THERE MAY BE A SMALL DETENTION POND AS WELL. YES.

>> OKAY. >> OKAY. AND YOU STILL HAVE THE FLOOR IF YOU WANT TO MAKE YOUR

MOTION. >> YES, MAYOR. MOTION APPROVAL. THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. REPRESENTATIVE FROM DISTRICT TWO.

>> SECOND. >> WE HAVE A MOTION. PARDON ME. WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.

ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE, LET'S VOTE ON THE SCREEN. THAT PASSES 7 TO 0 TAKES US TO

[A. A26-0001b Hold a public hearing and consider a petition for voluntary annexation of approximately 2.940 acres of land, generally located 1,671 feet east of Mayhill Road and north of Mills Road, into the City of Denton, Denton County, Texas. (A26-0001b, Rollins Annexation, Angie Manglaris)]

>> THANK YOU MAYOR. MEMBERS OF COUNCIL. ANGIE MANGLARES, ASSISTANT PLANNING DIRECTOR.

THIS IS A 261 B THIS IS THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THE ROLLINS ANNEXATION. SO IN ACCORDANCE WITH TEXAS LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE AS WELL AS OUR CITY CHARTER, WE DO HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING FOR ANNEXATION CASES. SO WE WILL BE HOLDING A PUBLIC HEARING FOR APPROXIMATELY THE ANNEXATION OF 2.94 ACRES OF LAND, GENERALLY LOCATED 1600FT EAST OF MILL HILL ROAD AND NORTH OF MILLS ROAD. CURRENTLY, THERE IS NO ZONING ON THE SUBJECT PROPERTY AS IT IS NOT IN CITY LIMITS. THERE IS A VARIETY OF ZONING DISTRICTS SURROUNDING THIS, INCLUDING RURAL, RESIDENTIAL, SOME R-6, AS WELL AS PUBLIC FACILITIES TO THE SOUTH. AS FAR AS THE FUTURE LAND USE GOES, IT IS KIND OF SPLIT. THERE IS BOTH MODERATE RESIDENTIAL AND LOW RESIDENTIAL FUTURE LAND USE ON THE SUBJECT PROPERTY. THIS IS THE THIRD OF FOUR ITEMS THIS EVENING.

FOLLOWING THIS, WE WILL CONDUCT THE FIRST READING OF THE ANNEXATION ORDINANCE INTO THE

RECORD. I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU ALL MAY HAVE. >> OKAY. AND CONFIRMING NO

ACTION REQUIRED ON THIS ONE. >> CORRECT? >> OKAY. AND I'LL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING. IT IS A PUBLIC HEARING. YOU CAN FILL OUT A CARD AND SPEAK. YOU CAN SPEAK AND THEN FILL OUT A CARD AFTER THE FACT IF YOU'D LIKE. IF NOT, I'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND THEN ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF SEEING NONE, THAT CONCLUDES ITEM SIX. A TAKES US

[B. PD26-0001b Hold a public hearing and consider adoption of an ordinance of the City of Denton, Texas regarding a change in the zoning district and use classification from Residential 7 (R7) District to Overlay Planned Development (PD) District with a Mixed-Use Neighborhood (PD-MN) base zoning district on approximately 0.786 acres of land, generally located at the northwest corner of the intersection of Jagoe Street and Scripture Street 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 (5-0) to recommend approval of the request. Motion for approval by Commissioner Ketchersid and second by Commissioner McDuff. (PD26-0001b, 1716 Scripture, Sean Jacobson)]

SCRIPTURE STREET IN THE CITY OF DENTON. >> THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR. MEMBERS OF COUNCIL. SEAN JACOBSON, SENIOR PLANNER HERE TO PRESENT PD 261 B THE 1716 SCRIPTURE PD OVERLAY. SO THIS IS A REQUEST TO REZONE FROM R SEVEN TO A PD M OVERLAY. THIS IS ON A 0.786 ACRE PROPERTY, NORTH SIDE OF SCRIPTURE STREET AT THAT CORNER OF SCRIPTURE STREET AND JAY GO SLASH MALONE, WHICH WE'VE ALL SEEN THE STREET THAT CHANGES NAMES THREE TIMES.

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IT'S BEEN THERE FOR AS LONG AS ZONING HAS EXISTED. IT'S ALSO AN AREA WHERE THERE'S BEEN COMMERCIAL IN THE AREA FOR LONGER THAN I'VE LIVED HERE IN DENTON, THERE'S ALWAYS BEEN, YOU KNOW, GROCERY STORE, PHARMACY, ETC. THAT'S KIND OF THE INTENT OF THIS INTERSECTION.

SO THIS WOULD BE IN KEEPING WITH WHAT IS EXISTING IN THE AREA. WE DID OUR STANDARD PUBLIC OUTREACH. THERE WAS A NEIGHBORHOOD MEETING. THERE WAS ONE ATTENDEE AT THE SECOND ONE ASKED SOME QUESTIONS, EXPRESSED, NO OPPOSITION. WE RECEIVED NO LETTERS IN OPPOSITION PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED APPROVAL 5 TO 0, AND STAFF DOES RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THIS REQUEST AS IT MEETS OUR CRITERIA. HAPPY TO STAND FOR ANY QUESTIONS. THE APPLICANT DOES ALSO HAVE A REPRESENTATIVE HERE IF DESIRED. HAPPY TO ANSWER QUESTIONS IF

NEEDED. >> OKAY, THANK YOU VERY MUCH, AND I'LL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING AND RECOGNIZE REPRESENTATIVE FROM DISTRICT FOUR.

>> THANK YOU. THIS THIS IS A OFFICE BUILDING CURRENTLY, IS THAT CORRECT?

>> YES, SIR. IT WAS MOST RECENTLY USED BY UNT FOR SOME RESEARCH OFFICES.

>> IS IT OCCUPIED CURRENTLY? >> MY UNDERSTANDING IS CURRENTLY IT IS NOT. OKAY.

THERE WAS AN INTEREST. THERE WAS A PARTY THAT HAD COME TO THEM WITH AN INTEREST SPECIFIC INTEREST IN DEVELOPING IT. SO THAT'S WHAT HAD TRIGGERED THIS. THAT PARTY BACKED OUT AND THEY DECIDED TO CONTINUE WITH THE PROCESS. JUST STAY OUT OF A DESIRE TO HAVE MORE OPTIONS FOR

COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT OF THE BUILDING. >> AND DOES THIS BACK UP TO

MULTIFAMILY? IS THAT IS THAT CORRECT? >> THERE'S MORE MULTIFAMILY.

YEAH, THERE'S MULTIFAMILY IN THE AREA, MORE ACROSS THE STREET.

>> OKAY. WHAT WHAT DOES IT SHARE THE, THE WEST BORDER WITH? THERE'S A SMALL OFFICE BUILDING

THERE THAT FRONTS ON FRONTS ON SCRIPTURE. WHAT'S BEHIND THAT? >> BEHIND THE OFFICE BUILDING? I'D HAVE TO CHECK. I BELIEVE THAT IS HONESTLY, I'M NOT SURE IN THAT DIRECTION.

>> ALL RIGHT. VERY GOOD, VERY GOOD. THANK YOU SEAN. >> REPRESENTATIVE FROM DISTRICT

TWO. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. I KNOW YOU SAID THAT THE REASON FOR THE RECLASSIFICATION WAS JUST WANTING BROADER OPTIONS. WAS THERE LIKE A PRECIPICE THAT

MADE THEM DESIRE TO APPLY FOR THIS? >> SO AGAIN, I THINK THEY HAD BEEN APPROACHED BY A SPECIFIC USE THAT WAS INTERESTED IN OCCUPYING, AND THAT WOULD HAVE REQUIRED THE ZONING CHANGE. ONCE IT WAS STARTED, IT WAS, YOU KNOW, LET'S CONTINUE THIS.

THIS WOULD GIVE US MORE OPPORTUNITIES TO BETTER SERVE THE AREA.

>> OKAY. >> THANK YOU. >> OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS

FOR STAFF SEEING NONE, REPRESENTATIVE. MAYOR PRO TEM. >> APPRECIATE IT. THIS IS MY

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EITHER. SO I WOULD LIKE TO MOTION APPROVAL. >> OKAY. THANK YOU. AND I'LL SECOND. AND IF I HADN'T, I'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING JUST IN CASE I HADN'T CLOSED IT.

REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT FIVE. >> THANKS, MAYOR. SEAN, GOT A QUESTION FOR YOU. IT'S SEAN, RIGHT? YES, SIR. I COULDN'T RECOGNIZE YOU WITHOUT THE HAT. I DIDN'T KNOW WHO YOU WERE. IN THE LAST SESSION. A SENATE BILL GOT PASSED THAT SAID THAT MULTIFAMILY HAS TO BE ALLOWED.

AND I'M IN NOW. IS THAT RIGHT OR IS IT COMMERCIAL? I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THIS ISN'T

GOING TO PUT US AFOUL OF THAT. >> NO, MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT WHILE THERE WERE SOME PROVISIONS THAT CAME INTO PLACE, NOT ALL OF THOSE APPLIED TO US, GIVEN OUR CURRENT POPULATION,

AND NOW, HAPPILY. >> IT'S BECAUSE WE'RE NOT. >> YOU'D LIKE TO CORRECT.

>> IT'S OFF THE CENSUS DATA. SO IT'S GOING OFF OF THE LAST CENSUS. SO WE DIDN'T MEET THE

THE POPULATION THRESHOLD UNTIL THE NEXT CENSUS. >> SO WHEN WE HAVE THE NEXT CENSUS, AND I KNOW THAT WE SAID THAT THIS PERSON DOESN'T NECESSARILY WANT TO DO IT, BUT WHEN WE HAVE THE NEXT CENSUS, THIS PROVISION TO ALLOW TO REQUIRE AN SUP FOR MULTIFAMILY WILL THEN NOT BE ALLOWED. CORRECT, BECAUSE OUR CITY WILL THEN HEAT THE OR MEET THE CENSUS POPULATION REQUIREMENT OF 150,000. SO WE'RE PUTTING IN AN SUP REQUIREMENT FOR FOUR YEARS. CORRECT. THAT WILL NO LONGER BE REQUIRED AFTER THE NEXT SENTENCE. CORRECT?

>> CORRECT. >> OKAY. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WE ALL MAKE NOTE OF THAT.

THIS IS A REQUIREMENT THAT'S ONLY GOING TO STAND FOR FOUR YEARS.

>> OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR STAFF? SEEING NONE, WE HAVE A MOTION IN A SECOND. LET'S VOTE ON THE SCREEN.

AND THAT PASSES 5 TO 1 IN ONE RECUSAL. OKAY. THAT TAKES US TO ITEM.

[C. Z25-0017a Hold a public hearing and consider adoption of an ordinance of the City of Denton, Texas, regarding a change in zoning district and use classification from a Residential Rural (RR) district to a Suburban Corridor (SC) district on approximately 4.37 acres of land generally located on the south side of Hartlee Field Road, approximately 580 feet east of East Sherman Drive 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 [5-0] to recommend approval of the request. Motion for approval by Commissioner Dyer and second by Commissioner Ketchersid. (Z25-0017a, Denton Striker, Ashley Ekstedt)]

ROAD, APPROXIMATELY 580FT EAST OF EAST SHERMAN DRIVE. >> GOOD EVENING MAYOR, MEMBERS OF COUNCIL. ASHY, ASSOCIATE PLANNER. THIS IS Z 2517, A DENTON STRIKER. THIS IS A REQUEST TO REZONE APPROXIMATELY 4.37 ACRES OF LAND FROM A RURAL RESIDENTIAL ZONING DISTRICT TO A SUBURBAN CORRIDOR ZONING DISTRICT. THIS PROPERTY WAS RECENTLY ANNEXED AT THE BEGINNING OF THIS YEAR, AND THE PROPERTY OWNER IS SEEKING TO ALIGN THE ZONING WITH THE REMAINDER OF THE PROPERTY SHOWN HERE TO THE WEST AND THE SOUTH. IT IS ALSO ZONED S C. IT IS CONSISTENT WITH THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP AND THE ZONING PURPOSE STATEMENT. THIS IS THE COMMUNITY MIXED USE FUTURE LAND USE IN WHICH COMMERCIAL USES REMAIN PREDOMINANT AND COMPLEMENT AND EMBRACE EXISTING VIABLE USES. AND THE DISTRICT IS INTENDED TO PROVIDE MODERATE TO HIGH INTENSITY COMMERCIAL, OFFICE AND RETAIL USES ALONG HIGH TRAFFIC CORRIDORS. IT IS CONSISTENT WITH THE CRITERIA FOR APPROVAL, AS STATED IS CONSISTENT WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND THE ZONING DISTRICT PURPOSE STATEMENT, AND IT'S NOT EXPECTED TO GENERATE ADVERSE IMPACTS ON ENVIRONMENTAL INFRASTRUCTURE OR FISCAL OR HAVE ADVERSE IMPACTS ON SURROUNDING PROPERTIES. ADS WERE POSTED IN THE NEWSPAPER AND ON THE WEBSITE, AND A SIGN WAS POSTED ON THE PROPERTY. WE MAILED OUT NOTICES TO EVERYONE WITHIN 500FT. WE DID NOT RECEIVE ANY RESPONSES IN OPPOSITION OR IN FAVOR, AND THE APPLICANT ALSO HELD A NEIGHBORHOOD MEETING ON APRIL 6TH, THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED APPROVAL FIVE ZERO, AND STAFF ALSO RECOMMENDS APPROVAL AS IT COMPLIES WITH THE CRITERIA FOR APPROVAL, AND I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. QUESTIONS FOR STAFF AND I WILL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING.

REPRESENTATIVE FROM DISTRICT FOUR. >> THANK YOU. DO YOU KNOW WHAT

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THE PROPERTY OWNER'S INTENTIONS ARE? >> THEY DO NOT HAVE DEVELOPMENT

PLANS CURRENTLY. >> THANK YOU. >> OKAY. THIS IS A AND A PUBLIC HEARING. SO IT'S OPEN TO SPEAK. YOU CAN SPEAK AND FILL OUT A CARD AFTERWARDS IF YOU'D LIKE.

SEEING NO MOVEMENT, I'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. AND THEN I HAVE A QUESTION. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT STATE HIGHWAY IS SET TO BE WIDENED RIGHT IN THE FUTURE AND LOOP.

YEAH. OR THAT IS. SHERMAN. >> SHERMAN. SO I DID TALK TO OUR TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT ABOUT SHERMAN. THE CITY IS IN COORDINATION WITH THE COUNTY AND TEXDOT TO WIDEN SHERMAN,

BUT THERE ARE NOT ANY FINAL PLANS FOR THAT RIGHT NOW. >> OKAY. BUT EYES WIDE OPEN.

THEY KNOW I DON'T THINK IT GETS THAT FAR TO THE EAST, BUT POTENTIALLY THEY UNDERSTAND ALL THOSE THINGS. RIGHT. OKAY. GOT IT. OKAY. I'LL MOVE APPROVAL. IS THERE IS THERE A SECOND? REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT ONE SECOND. WE HAVE A MOTION IN A SECOND. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE. LET'S VOTE ON THE SCREEN. THAT PASSES SEVEN ZERO TAKES US TO OUR LAST PUBLIC

[D. Z26-0004a Hold a public hearing and consider adoption of an ordinance of the City of Denton, Texas, regarding a change in zoning district and use classification from a Residential Rural (RR) district to a Residential 1 (R1) district on approximately 3.3 acres of land generally located on the north side of Chinn Road, approximately 1,180 feet east of Ganzer 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 [5-0] to recommend approval of the request. Motion for approval by Commissioner Dyer and second by Commissioner McDuff. (Z26-0004a, Chinn Rezoning, Ashley Ekstedt)]

DENTON COUNTY, TEXAS. >> GOOD EVENING MAYOR, MEMBERS OF COUNCIL. ASHLEY EXIT, ASSOCIATE PLANNER. THIS IS Z 26 FOR A. THE REZONING. THIS IS A REQUEST TO REZONE APPROXIMATELY 3.33 ACRES OF LAND FROM RURAL RESIDENTIAL ZONING DISTRICT TO A RESIDENTIAL ONE ZONING DISTRICT. THE PURPOSE OF THIS REQUEST IS TO ADDRESS A NONCONFORMITY. THE MINIMUM LOT SIZE IN OUR ZONING IS FIVE ACRES. SINCE THIS PROPERTY IS ONLY 3.33 ACRES, THEY CANNOT MEET THAT MINIMUM LOT SIZE AND CANNOT CONSTRUCT A SINGLE FAMILY HOME. IT IS CONSISTENT WITH THE FUTURE LAND USE AND ZONING DISTRICT PURPOSE STATEMENT. THIS IS THE AGRICULTURAL FUTURE LAND USE WHICH INCLUDES LARGE LOT RESIDENTIAL THAT CONTINUES THE PRESENT CHARACTER OF THE RURAL AREAS OF DENTON AND THE R-1 DISTRICT IS INTENDED TO PRESERVE EXISTING SINGLE FAMILY NEIGHBORHOODS THAT ARE COMPATIBLE WITH THE EXISTING LAND USES AND PATTERNS IN THE AREA, AS STATED, IS CONSISTENT WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND THE ZONING DISTRICT PURPOSE STATEMENT. IT'S NOT EXPECTED TO GENERATE ADVERSE ENVIRONMENTAL INFRASTRUCTURE OR FISCAL IMPACTS, OR HAVE ADVERSE IMPACTS ON SURROUNDING PROPERTIES. WE POSTED ADS IN THE NEWSPAPER AND ON THE WEBSITE, AND A SIGN WAS POSTED ON THE PROPERTY. WE MAILED OUT NOTICES TO EVERYONE WITHIN 500FT. WE DID RECEIVE ONE RESPONSE IN FAVOR SHOWN HERE ON THE MAP IN GREEN THAT TOTALED 17.58% OF THE LAND AREA WITHIN 200FT. THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED APPROVAL FIVE ZERO, AND STAFF ALSO

RECOMMENDS APPROVAL, AND I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. >> OKAY. THANK YOU. AND OPEN A PUBLIC HEARING. AND ANYONE CAN SPEAK IF THEY'D LIKE, AND FILL OUT A CARD AFTER THE FACT. AND

REPRESENTATIVE FROM DISTRICT SIX. >> THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR THIS PRESENTATION. SO THIS IS AN AREA THAT SEEMS TO BE GETTING MORE INTEREST AS FAR AS IS WHAT I'VE BEEN SEEING AS FAR AS CHANGING HANDS, WHAT IS THE WHAT DO YOU SEE AS AS HAPPENING OUT THERE? I SEE IT'S CLOSE TO IT LOOKS LIKE A DEVELOPMENT, BUT THERE'S STILL A LOT OF THE RURAL RESIDENTIAL. AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE SOME ETJ. WHAT CAN YOU TELL ME ABOUT THIS AREA AND

WHAT. WHAT DO YOU SEE HAPPENING HERE? >> SO MOST OF THE HOMES OR MOST OF THE HOMES IN THIS AREA ARE ALREADY CONSTRUCTED SINGLE FAMILY HOMES. THERE ARE A FEW VACANT LOTS. THERE'S THIS ONE AND THEN ONE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF CHIN ROAD. I'VE ALSO BEEN TALKING TO THEM. THEY WILL NEED TO GO THROUGH THE SAME PROCESS, BUT FOR THE MOST PART, THE SURROUNDING PROPERTY IS PART OF THE HILLS OF DENTON, WHICH IS A MASTER PLANNED COMMUNITY. SO THAT'S MOSTLY WHAT IS OUT THERE NOW. BUT THESE THIS AREA, SPECIFICALLY CHIN ROAD, IS

MOSTLY DEVELOPED WITH SINGLE FAMILY HOMES ALREADY. >> OKAY. AND DO WE KNOW IF THERE ARE OTHER HOMES THAT ARE CURRENTLY NON-CONFORMING? AND IF SO, DO WE NEED TO COMMUNICATE THAT TO THEM IF THEY ARE NOT WITHIN THE FIVE FIVE ACRE REQUIREMENT FOR THAT RURAL RESIDENTIAL? I MEAN, I KNOW THAT'S A DEFAULT, SO IT'S NOT NECESSARILY ANYONE'S FAULT,

RIGHT? BUT ARE THERE. >> SURE. MOST OF THE LOTS ON THIS STREET ARE ABOUT THE SAME SIZE, A LITTLE OVER THREE ACRES, BUT ANY THAT WERE CONSTRUCTED IN THE ETJ BEFORE THEY WERE ANNEXED INTO THE CITY, THOSE ARE LEGAL LOTS. AND SO THEY ARE NOT NON-CONFORMING. OKAY. SO

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THEY ARE THEY'RE GOOD. >> ALL RIGHT. WELL, I APPRECIATE THE ANSWERS. THANK

YOU VERY MUCH. >> GOT IT. JUDGE HOLLAND, I THINK YOU'RE NOT NONCONFORMING AS WELL. LET ME GET YOU GET A JERSEY. SOCCER JERSEY FOR YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR STAFF? IT IS OPEN. IT IS A PUBLIC HEARING. YOU'RE FREE TO SPEAK IF THERE'S ANYONE WHO WOULD DESIRE TO DO SO, YOU CAN SPEAK AND FILL OUT A CARD AFTERWARDS. OKAY, THEN I'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND REPRESENTATIVE FROM DISTRICT ONE.

>> MOVE APPROVAL. >> REPRESENTATIVE FROM DISTRICT TWO.

>> SECOND. >> WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND, ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE, LET'S VOTE ON THE SCREEN. THAT PASSES SEVEN ZERO TAKES US TO ITEM SEVEN A ITEMS

[A. A26-0001c Conduct the first of two readings of an ordinance of the City of Denton, Texas annexing approximately 2.94 acres of land, generally located 1,671 feet east of Mayhill Road, and north of Mills Road, into the City of Denton, Denton County, Texas; providing for a correction to the City map to include the annexed land; and providing for a savings clause and an effective date. (A26-0001c, Rollins Annexation, Angie Manglaris)]

THE CITY OF DENTON. DENTON COUNTY, TEXAS. >> THANK YOU MAYOR. MEMBERS OF COUNCIL. ANGIE MINGLER, ASSISTANT PLANNING DIRECTOR. THIS IS A. 261 C THIS IS THE FIRST READING FOR THE ROLLINS ANNEXATION. SO THIS IS THE FIRST OF TWO READINGS THAT WE WILL CONDUCT FOR THE ANNEXATION OF APPROXIMATELY 2.94 ACRES OF LAND. AS A REMINDER, THIS PROPERTY IS APPROXIMATELY 1600FT EAST OF MAY HILL ROAD AND GENERALLY LOCATED ON THE NORTH SIDE OF MILLS ROAD. THE PROPERTY OWNER DOES HAVE AN EXPIRED NON ANNEXATION AGREEMENT AND WE ARE PURSUING ANNEXATION AT THIS TIME. THIS IS THE FOURTH OF FOUR STEPS THIS EVENING FOLLOWING READING OF THIS ORDINANCE. THE ANNEXATION ORDINANCE WILL BE PUBLISHED IN THE PAPER. IT WILL COME BACK FOR A SECOND READING AND ADOPTION OF THE ANNEXATION ORDINANCE IN JULY. SO NOW I WILL READ THE CAPTION INTO THE RECORD. THIS IS AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF DENTON, TEXAS, ANNEXING APPROXIMATELY 2.94 ACRES OF LAND GENERALLY LOCATED 1671FT EAST OF MAY HILL ROAD, NORTH OF MILLS ROAD INTO THE CITY OF DENTON. DENTON COUNTY, TEXAS, PROVIDING FOR CORRECTION TO THE CITY MAP TO INCLUDE THE ANNEXED LAND AND PROVIDING FOR SAVINGS CLAUSE AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE. I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU ALL MAY HAVE.

>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF? NO. AND IN NO ACTION. RIGHT. PERFECT. OKAY,

[B. ID 26-0751 Consider adoption of an ordinance of the City of Denton, a Texas home-rule municipal corporation, authorizing the City Manager to execute a Construction Manager at Risk contract with Steele & Freeman, Inc., for construction phase services of the Linda McNatt Animal Care and Adoption Center Project for the Capital Projects Department; providing for the expenditure of funds therefor; and providing an effective date (RFP 8558 - awarded to Steele & Freeman, Inc., including the Guaranteed Maximum Price in the not to-exceed amount of $17,546,956.00).]

ADOPTION CENTER PROJECT FOR THE CAPITAL PROJECTS DEPARTMENT AND. >> YEP, THANK YOU.

>> GOOD EVENING MAYOR. GOOD EVENING COUNCIL. I'M CHRISTINE STEWART, A CONSTRUCTION PROJECT MANAGER. I AM HERE TO PRESENT THE 2023 BOND PROGRAM RENOVATION OF THE LINDA MCNATT ANIMAL CARE AND ADOPTION CENTER. THIS IS FOR A CONSTRUCTION MANAGER AT RISK CONTRACT. THE PROJECT SCOPE INCLUDES A EXPANSION OF 900, I'M SORRY, 9000FT■!S. WE WILL BE. TRIPLING OUR VETERINARY CLINIC SERVICES, GOING FROM 1000 TO 3000FT■!S. WE'RE ADDING 19 ADDITIONAL PARKING SPOTS, FIVE ADDITIONAL PLAY YARDS, AND A PLETHORA OF UPGRADES FOR STAFF AND ANIMAL SERVICES. THE COST OF THE GMP, OR OUR GUARANTEED MAXIMUM PRICE INCLUDES THE COST OF WORK, A CONTINGENCY FOR THE CONSTRUCTION MANAGER, RISK CONTINGENCY AS FAR AS MARKETPLACE FLUCTUATION FLUCTUATIONS, CONSTRUCTION FEE, OTHER VARIOUS FEES, AND THEN SOME ALTERNATE ITEMS THAT WE WERE ABLE TO NEGOTIATE INTO THE CONTRACT. OUR PROJECT SCHEDULE, WE ARE LOOKING TO GET STARTED AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. SO MAY OR JUNE, THE CONSTRUCTION TIMELINE WILL BE ABOUT 12 MONTHS FOR THAT 9000 SQUARE FOOT ADDITION. AND THEN UPON COMPLETION OF THAT, WE'LL MOVE INTO PHASES TWO AND THREE SIMULTANEOUSLY TO RENOVATE THE EXISTING FACILITY.

WE'RE LOOKING AT AN ESTIMATED COMPLETION OF NOVEMBER 2027. THAT MAKES A TOTAL OF 18 MONTHS OF CONSTRUCTION. STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL OF A CONTRACT WITH THE CITY OF

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>> OKAY. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. REPRESENTATIVE FROM DISTRICT

FIVE. >> THANKS, MAYOR. A COUPLE QUESTIONS. SO WE'RE PAYING FOR THIS WITH BOND MONEY THAT WAS VOTED ON AND APPROVED BY THE VOTERS, CORRECT? YES, SIR. THAT BOND WAS 15 MILLION, RIGHT? YES, SIR. WHERE'S THE THE REST. GENERAL FUND.

>> SO BROUGHT TO COUNCIL. >> WHERE I'M GOING WITH THIS IS YES, I KNOW IT'S COMING FROM THE GENERAL FUND. SO AS WE'VE SEEN WITH THE COMPLETION OF PREVIOUS BOND ITEMS, WE'VE HAD TO COME BACK AND ASK FOR MORE MONEY. ARE WE GOING TO HAVE TO COME BACK AND ASK FOR MORE MONEY? I KNOW WE DON'T KNOW. SO WHY AREN'T WE JUST OVERESTIMATING A BIT TO MAKE SURE WE CAPTURE IT ALL? NOW, DOES THAT QUESTION MAKE SENSE? SORRY, SETH.

>> YEAH. GREAT QUESTION. SETH GARCIA, DIRECTOR OF CAPITAL PROJECTS. SO IT WAS DECEMBER OF 24 THAT WE CAME BACK TO COUNCIL AND ASKED FOR AN ADDITIONAL $4.5 MILLION TO GO TOWARDS THIS PROJECT. I THINK WHEN THE BOND WAS ORIGINALLY ANTICIPATED, WE DID NOT DO A THOROUGH JOB OF INVESTIGATING ALL THAT NEEDED TO BE DONE WITH THE RENOVATION OF THE BUILDING. SO WHEN WE ACTUALLY GOT IN THERE, WE WERE STILL DEALING WITH MARKET FLUCTUATION WITH PRICES. WE ALSO FOUND A LOT OF SCOPE THAT NEEDED TO BE CHANGED. SO THROUGH OUR SEEMA PROCESS, WE REALLY LEVERAGED OUR DESIGN PARTNERS AND OUR SEEMA PARTNER TO ENSURE WE CAN MEET THE INTENT OF WHAT THAT BOND PROGRAM WAS AND GET WITHIN THE SCHEDULE AND BUDGET THAT WE COMMUNICATED IN DECEMBER OF 24. SO WITH THIS PROJECT, WE HAVE ABOUT A HALF MILLION DOLLARS WORTH OF CONTINGENCY BUILT INTO THE GMP. WE ALSO HAVE SOME MONEY THAT'S REMAINING THAT WAS NOT CHARGED TO BUILDING FEES. SO WE HAVE A SMALL CONTINGENCY OUTSIDE OF THE CONTRACT AS WELL.

BUT WE'RE PRETTY FAIRLY CONFIDENT THAT WE'RE NOT GOING TO EXCEED THE BUDGET AT THIS

TIME. >> OKAY. AT THE TIME, AND I BELIEVE MAYOR PRO TEM, I THINK YOU WERE ON THE BOND COMMITTEE, RIGHT? I REMEMBER THIS BEING DISCUSSED IN IN BOND IN THE BOND COMMITTEE. WHY DIDN'T WE ASK FOR MORE AT THAT AT THAT TIME? BECAUSE, I MEAN, THE

COMMITTEE DISCUSSED IT. >> CORRECT. SO I DON'T KNOW THE SPECIFICS ON WHY I THINK GOING FORWARD, FUTURE BOND PROGRAMS, WE WILL DO A BETTER JOB OF GETTING TO SOME SORT OF SCHEMATIC PHASE AND INVESTIGATING SO WE CAN VET OUT THOSE COSTS A LOT BETTER PRIOR TO TAKING THAT TO VOTE. SO WE DON'T HAVE TO COME BACK AND ASK FOR ADDITIONALS AGAIN. WE I THINK WE HAD ROUGHLY TWO AND A HALF OR THREE MONTHS TO PUT TOGETHER COSTS BASED OFF OF 0% DESIGN AND JUST A FEW WALKTHROUGHS OF THE BUILDING, WITH SOME ESTIMATES FOR WHAT FACILITIES AROUND THE DFW METROPLEX HAD BEEN BUILT WITHIN THE PAST COUPLE YEARS.

>> DOES THIS CONTRACTOR HAVE EXPERIENCE BUILDING ANIMAL SHELTERS?

>> THEY DO. THEY JUST GOT DONE WITH. >> STEEL AND FREEMAN.

>> CURRENTLY WORKING ON >> GAINESVILLE. MANSFIELD. MANSFIELD. OKAY. YES. OKAY.

>> YEAH. AND THEY DO HAVE VARIOUS ONES. SO WE GO THROUGH AN RFP PROCESS TO SELECT THEM.

THEY DID HAVE PRETTY EXTENSIVE ANIMAL SERVICES EXPERIENCE. >> AND LAST QUESTION FOR NIKKI,

IF I MIGHT, >> YES, SIR. >> NIKKI, AS YOU'RE COMING UP, I KNOW THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO DO SOME RELOCATING OF THE ANIMALS, AND WE ARE ABOUT TO ENTER SUMMER FIREWORKS SEASON. SO WHAT DOES RELOCATION OF THE ANIMALS MEAN? AND WHEN WE GET AROUND 4TH OF JULY TIME, ARE THEY GOING TO BE RELOCATED TO A PLACE THAT PROVIDES THEM SOME NOISE PROTECTION, OR ARE THEY GOING TO BE RELOCATED AFTER 4TH OF JULY? LIKE I'M TRYING TO

FIGURE OUT NOISE PROTECTION FOR THE DOGS IN PARTICULAR. >> SURE. NIKKI. DIRECTOR OF ANIMAL SERVICES. CONSTRUCTION IS GOING TO BEGIN IN MAY OR JUNE, I GUESS AT THIS POINT.

BUT THE ADDITION IS GOING TO HAPPEN FIRST. SO WE WILL NOT BE RELOCATING ANY ANIMALS UNTIL THE YEAR AFTER THAT. AND SO WHEN WE GO INTO, I GUESS, JUNE OF 27, AT THIS POINT, WE WILL HAVE THE NEW ADDITIONS, WILL BE ABLE TO MOVE INTO THE NEW HOUSING SPACES. SO WITH THE SOUND BUFFERING AND THE PLANS THAT WE HAVE PUT IN PLACE WITH OUR ARCHITECT, THERE SHOULDN'T

BE ANY ADDITIONAL IMPACTS FROM FIREWORKS. >> THANK YOU NIKKI. THANK YOU.

MAYOR. >> REPRESENTATIVE FROM DISTRICT TWO.

>> YEAH. THANK YOU. ONE QUESTION ABOUT THE RFP ITSELF. JUST BECAUSE I WAS LOOKING THROUGH THE BACKUP MATERIAL AND I PROBABLY JUST DIDN'T LOOK THROUGH IT WELL ENOUGH. BUT HOW

MANY PEOPLE BID ON THIS? >> YES. SO THE FIRST STEP, THE PRE-CONSTRUCTION, I THINK WE HAD 9 OR 10 SEEMA'S THAT BID ON IT WHEN WE ACTUALLY WENT OUT. SO THE SEEMA HAS TO FOLLOW CHAPTER 2269 THAT PUBLICLY BIDS ALL MAJOR WORK CATEGORIES. I WANT TO SAY WE HAD OVER 140 OR

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>> OKAY. >> AND THEN THE, THE SEEMA ESSENTIALLY TAKES ALL OF THOSE AND PUTS THEM INTO THE GUARANTEED MAXIMUM PRICE. SO THAT AMOUNT THAT YOU'RE SEEING FOR THE TOTAL COST OF WORK IS ALL OF THE SUBCONTRACTOR PACKAGES TOTALED INTO ONE

PACKAGE. >> OKAY, AWESOME. THANK YOU. YOU BET. AND THEN THE I HAD A QUESTION FOR THE CITY MANAGER, IF THAT'S OKAY, JUST BECAUSE COUNCIL MEMBER MCGEE HAD TALKED ABOUT THE INCREASE OF COST OF THE PROJECT, AND SOME OF IT'S GOING TO COME FROM THE GENERAL FUND. I'M NEW TO THIS JOB, SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE I'M I'M I'M LEARNING AS I GO. THAT

ADDITIONAL AMOUNT HAS BEEN ACCOUNTED FOR, CORRECT? >> YEAH. THE ADDITIONAL AMOUNT IS ACTUALLY COMING FROM CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION THAT WE'VE ALREADY SOLD. SO COUNCIL APPROVED THAT. AND SO IT'S IT'S ANOTHER FORM OF DEBT, BUT IT WILL BE PAID OUT OF THE INS

RATE FROM THE THE TAX RATE. >> OKAY. PERFECT. THANKS. >> OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR STAFF. SEEING NONE. REPRESENTATIVE FROM DISTRICT SIX.

>> YES. I JUST WANT TO SAY I'M JUST IT'S A IT'S AN EXCITING DAY. THIS HAS BEEN YEARS IN THE MAKING. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT THE CITIZENS VOTED FOR SAYING THIS IS WHERE WE WANT TO INVEST.

I LOVE ANIMALS AND OUR CITY LOVES OUR ANIMALS. AND SO WITH THIS HVAC EXPANSION, THE FACILITY EXPANSION, ALL THE UPGRADES BEING DONE TO ACCOMMODATE VOLUNTEERS, THE BOND WAS VOTED ON IN 2023 STARTED MOVING FORWARD IN JANUARY OF 2024. AND SO TODAY, I THINK IS A BIG STEP. AND I'M I'M VERY PROUD OF ALL OF THE WORK THAT HAS GONE INTO ALL OF THESE PLANS. YOU'VE COME TO. THEY'VE COME THROUGH COUNCIL MULTIPLE TIMES FOR INPUT, FOR QUESTIONS, AND FOR THOSE THAT WERE NOT ON COUNCIL. I'M JUST IT'S A VERY PROUD DAY, I THINK,

FOR DENTON, AND I'M PROUD TO MOVE ADOPTION. >> REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT FOUR.

>> GO TO THE SHELTER AND FIND YOUR NEW BEST FRIEND. I SECOND. >> OKAY.

>> SO WE HAVE A MOTION IN A SECOND. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? AND IF I COULD MEET YOU AT THE

PODIUM ONE MORE TIME. SO. >> WE. >> HAVE AN ELEPHANT FOR YOU TO REMEMBER. YOUR YOUR FIRST PRESENTATION. HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN WITH THE CITY?

>> TWO AND A HALF YEARS. >> EXCELLENT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. APPRECIATE IT. GREAT JOB.

AND SO HERE YOU GO. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. GREAT PRESENTATION. YES. AND THEN WE'LL GET A PICTURE IF THAT'S ALL RIGHT. YEAH. AWESOME. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. APPRECIATE IT. AND IF WE COULD VOTE ON THE SCREEN. AND THAT PASSES SEVEN ZERO TAKES US TO ITEM SEVEN C. I'D 260692.

[C. ID 26-0692 Consider adoption of an ordinance of the City of Denton temporarily amending Chapter 25 streets, sidewalks and public places, Article V, Special Events, adding Division 6: neighborhood block parties sections 25-252 through 25-256, to create a one-year pilot program to establish application and permitting processes for implementation of a streamlined process for neighborhood block parties commencing June 1, 2026, and expiring June 1, 2027; providing a savings clause; providing a severability clause; providing codification; and providing an effective date. The Parks, Recreation, and Beautification Board recommends adoption (5-0).]

>> GREETINGS. >> MAYOR AND COUNCIL. >> RAMIR MARTIN, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR. I HAVE THE PRIVILEGE TO BE ABLE TO PRESENT THIS PROPOSAL FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD BLOCK PARTY PILOT PROGRAM. THE GOAL IS TO IMPLEMENT A ONE YEAR PILOT PROGRAM FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD BLOCK PARTIES WITH A STREAMLINED REQUIREMENTS. THE CURRENT CONDITIONS. BLOCK PARTIES ARE TREATED LIKE THE LARGE SCALE SPECIAL EVENTS WHICH REQUIRE REQUIREMENTS A LITTLE BIT MORE CUMBERSOME AND COST PROHIBITIVE. THE PROPOSED BLOCK NEIGHBORHOOD BLOCK PARTY IS DEFINED AS A RESIDENTIAL STREET CLOSURE, WITH 200 OR FEWER ATTENDEES INTENDED SOLELY FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD RESIDENTS AND NOT OPEN TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC. THE PROPOSED BLOCK

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THE PERMIT APPLICATION WILL BE ONLINE. YOU HAVE THE TEMPLATE FOR PERMIT CHECKLIST AS WELL AS THE EXAMPLES OF APPROVED PERMITS. AND STAFF IS RECOMMENDING APPROVAL OF THE ONE YEAR PILOT PROGRAM AND THIS WAS TAKEN TO THE COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIP COMMITTEE. THE RECOMMENDATIONS, AS WELL AS PARK PARKS AND RECREATION BEAUTIFICATION BOARD

RECOMMENDED. APPROVED AT FIVE ZERO. ANY QUESTIONS? >> OKAY. THANK YOU. DID THEY IN THE PACKET THAT YOU GET, DO YOU GET A PICTURE OF HOW TO PROPERLY AND SAFELY EXECUTE A

KEG STAND OR. NO. >> THAT'S OTHER THINGS. >> JUST CHECKING WHAT ALL'S IN

THERE. IT'S NOT EXHAUSTIVE, BUT IT'S GOOD. OKAY, MAYOR PRO TEM. >> APPRECIATE IT STAFF. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THIS ALL STARTED BECAUSE I HAD A CONSTITUENT WHO CAME TO ME AND SAID THAT HE HAD STARTED THE PROCESS OF TRYING TO THROW A BLOCK PARTY, AND IT WAS GOING TO BE ABOUT $1,000 JUST FOR THE BARRICADES AND THE TRAFFIC CONTROL PLAN AND ALL OF THAT. SO, AND I'D HEARD FROM ANOTHER CONSTITUENT ELSEWHERE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD OR IN A DIFFERENT PART OF DISTRICT THREE, THAT THEY HAD HAD HAD SIMILAR PROBLEMS. SO I CAME TO STAFF AND SAID, HEY, GUYS, LOOK, I'M CONCERNED THAT WE'RE, YOU KNOW, ACCIDENTALLY MAKING THESE REALLY IMPORTANT COMMUNITY BUILDING ACTIVITIES FINANCIALLY INFEASIBLE FOR NEIGHBORHOODS AND STAFF TOOK OFF WITH IT. I REALLY APPRECIATE THE WORK Y'ALL HAVE DONE. I APPRECIATE THE PARKS BOARD FOR SUPPORTING IT, COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIP COMMITTEE WORK THAT STAFF DID. AND TO KEVIN, WHO'S MY CONSTITUENT WHO BROUGHT THIS TO MY ATTENTION, I REALLY APPRECIATE IT. AND I WOULD LIKE

TO MOTION APPROVAL. >> OKAY. REPRESENTATIVE FROM DISTRICT ONE.

>> I THINK WE SEE OTHER CITIES HAVE SIMILAR PROCESSES IN PLACE FOR BLOCK PARTIES LIKE THIS.

AND I THINK IT'S A PHENOMENAL IDEA AND I'M PROUD TO SECOND. >> THANK YOU. REPRESENTATIVE.

DISTRICT FIVE. >> I WANT TO THANK MY COLLEAGUE. PICK UP RIGHT WHERE WE LEFT OFF.

WHAT OTHER CITIES HAVE A PROCESS LIKE THIS FOR NEIGHBORHOOD BLOCK PARTIES?

>> I'M SORRY, COULD YOU SAY. >> WHAT OTHER CITIES HAVE A PROCESS LIKE THIS?

>> YOU HAVE OTHER CITIES AROUND THE DFW YOU HAVE. WE'VE SEEN CITY OF ARLINGTON, YOU HAVE

IRVING. THERE'S OTHERS UP NORTH AS WELL. >> SO IS OUR FEE STRUCTURE

SIMILAR TO OTHER CITIES? >> OUR FEE STRUCTURE IS SIMILAR TO OTHER CITIES. I'M NOT SURE OF WHAT THEIR CITIES ARE. OURS IS JUST BEING ABLE TO TRY TO RECOVER SOME OF THE COST COST

RECOVERY. >> OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> REPRESENTATIVE FROM DISTRICT

TWO. >> THANK YOU. MAYOR, I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU TO STAFF. I THINK THAT THIS IS VERY COOL, ESPECIALLY FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD I LIVE IN, BECAUSE THERE ARE SO MANY BLOCK PARTIES THAT DO TAKE PLACE. ANYTHING THAT WE CAN DO AS A CITY THAT MAKES COMMUNITY EASIER IS JUST A VERY EXCITING THING. I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S POSSIBLE, BUT I WOULD LOVE TO SEE IN LIKE 6 TO 8 MONTHS HOW HOW MANY MORE APPLICATIONS WE GOT. I FEEL

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LIKE I'D JUST BE REALLY INTERESTED IN SEEING THAT. >> ABSOLUTELY.

>> REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT FOUR. >> BUT THIS DOESN'T START TILL JUNE 1ST, RIGHT? I MEAN, WE

CAN'T PARTY RIGHT AWAY. >> YOU GOT A COUPLE OF WEEKS. >> YEAH. OKAY. OKAY. I GUESS THAT'S NOT SO BAD. OKAY. VERY GOOD, VERY GOOD. THANK YOU. INVITE ME.

>> OKAY, WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? QUESTIONS FOR STAFF? SEEING NONE. LET'S VOTE ON THE SCREEN. AND THAT PASSES SEVEN ZERO. TAKES US TO OUR LAST INDIVIDUAL

[D. ID 26-0632 Consider adoption of an ordinance of the City of Denton, Texas, adopting the City of Denton Vision Zero Action Plan, providing a severability clause, and providing an effective date.]

>> I NEED SOME HELP WITH THE ITEM. IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S NOT IN THE LIST. OKAY.

>> STEVE, CAN YOU COME OUT AND HELP US? DO YOU RECOGNIZE THAT THEY TOOK DOWN THE TVS, GAVE US NEW TVS? THEY'RE GREAT. AND THEY DON'T WAIT 2 MILLION POUNDS ANYMORE.

>> YEAH, IT'S. IF THIS WAS THE LIST, THEN THE ITEM IS NOT IN THERE.

>> YEAH. SOMETIMES YOU GOT TO PUT A QUARTER IN THE MACHINE, 0632.

>> RIGHT. >> HAVE YOU READ ALL THE ONES THAT YOU.

>> THIS ONE. NO THIS IS PARKS. >> YOU GOT TO BANG IT. >> NO THIS IS VISION ZERO. SO

0632. >> AND YOU EMAILED IT TO US. >> YEAH. IT WENT THROUGH THE WHOLE PROCESS. YES.

>> SO.

>> YEAH, THEY EMAILED IT ALREADY. >> FOR PRESENTATION.

>> MAYBE I'LL REFRESH IT JUST A LITTLE. WHICH ONE? THAT ONE. THIS ONE. OKAY. OKAY. GOOD.

>> THAT'LL BE 20 BUCKS. >> I'LL GIVE YOU 20. I'LL GIVE YOU 30. HOW ABOUT THAT? GOOD EVENING, MAYOR COUNCIL FARHAN BYRD, DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF TRANSPORTATION SERVICES DIVISION. I AM HERE TO PRESENT VISION ZERO ACTION PLAN. THIS STUDY HAS BEEN RECENTLY COMPLETED BY TRANSPORTATION SERVICES DIVISION, AND IT HELPED US ESTABLISH DENTON'S VISION ZERO FRAMEWORK IN ALIGNMENT WITH FEDERAL AND STATE GUIDELINES. VISION ZERO IS A STRATEGY TO ELIMINATE ALL TRAFFIC FATALITIES AND SEVERE INJURIES WHILE INCREASING SAFE, SAFE, HEALTHY AND EQUITABLE MOBILITY FOR ALL. IT. IT PROVIDES MANY BENEFITS TO ON ON ALL LEVELS FOR FOR THE COMMUNITIES IN PARTICULAR IN TERMS OF REDUCING TRAFFIC FATALITIES AND INJURIES, ENHANCING QUALITY OF LIFE IN TERMS OF PEDESTRIAN FRIENDLY ENVIRONMENT AND PROMOTING ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION. IT ALSO RETURNS IT PROVIDES ECONOMIC BENEFIT BENEFITS AS WELL IN TERMS OF LOWER HEALTH CARE COSTS AND REDUCED PROPERTY

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WHEN IT COMES TO DENTON'S VISION ZERO PROCESS, WE FOLLOWED THE SAFE SYSTEM APPROACH, WHICH HINGES ON FIVE PILLARS OF SAFETY, INCLUDING SAFER PEOPLE, SAFER VEHICLES, SAFER SPEEDS, SAFER ROADS AND POST-CRASH CARE. AND IT ALSO WAS THIS WHOLE PROCESS WAS INFLUENCED BY CORE PRINCIPLES, WHICH WERE ALIGNED WITH IDEAS SUCH AS DEATH OR SERIOUS INJURIES ARE. ARE NOT, ARE UNACCEPTABLE. AND THEN HUMANS TYPICALLY MAKE MISTAKES AND HUMANS ARE VULNERABLE. AND SO WE MUST PLAN AROUND THOSE CONSIDERATIONS. THEN WE ALSO LOOKED INTO RESPONSIBILITY SIDE OF THINGS THAT IT IS A SHARED RESPONSIBILITY. IT IS NOT JUST DRIVERS. IT IS THE RESPONSIBILITY OF ALL USERS TO BE SAFE AND AND THEN FINALLY, WE LOOKED AT SAFETY AS A PROACTIVE INITIATIVE WHERE WE WOULD LOOK INTO DATA DRIVEN APPROACH INSTEAD OF JUST USING ASSUMPTIONS OR, OR VAGUE APPROACHES, WE LOOKED INTO DATA AND MADE OUR CHOICES AND DECISIONS FOR THE FRAMEWORK VISION DENTON'S VISION ZERO FRAMEWORK BASED ON THE DATA. AND THEN FINALLY, THE REDUNDANCY IS ANOTHER IMPORTANT ASPECT WHERE IN MANY CASES WE CANNOT HAVE COSTLY INTERVENTIONS IMMEDIATELY. SO THAT SHOULD NOT MEAN THAT WE WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO PROVIDE THOSE SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS. BUT WE WOULD JUST TRY TO FIGURE OUT WHAT IS THE BACKUP PLAN AND HAVE THOSE IN OUR POCKET. A GOOD EXAMPLE WOULD BE A SWISS CHEESE MODEL THAT WE FOLLOWED. THAT APPROACH IS WHERE WE HAVE THESE PILLARS LINED UP. AND IF ALL OF THEM, ALL OF THESE PILLARS, INCLUDING SAFE PEOPLE, SAFE VEHICLES AND SPEEDS, AND THE LIST GOES ON, IF THEY FALL, IF ALL OF THEM FALL, THEN WE HAVE FATALITIES AND SERIOUS INCAPACITATING INJURIES. AND IF SOME OF THEM PREVAIL, THAT MEANS THAT WE HAVE SOME WAY OF IMPROVING SAFETY. AND WE STILL HAVE SOME SAFETY MECHANISM IN THERE IN THE ROAD NETWORK. WITH THAT, WE KICKED OFF OUR VISION ZERO PROCESS, AND THE FIRST STEP WAS TO ESTABLISH A VISION ZERO, DENTON VISION ZERO TASK FORCE. WE HAD WE ESTABLISHED A TASK FORCE. THIS IS ALSO A FEDERAL REQUIREMENT. IT'S A STATE REQUIREMENT. IT'S A GUIDELINE THAT WE MUST FOLLOW BECAUSE THE PROCESS ESSENTIALLY THIS ESTABLISHING VISION ZERO TASK FORCE ENSURES THAT WE HAVE STAKEHOLDERS. WE HAVE PARTICIPANTS FROM DIFFERENT PUBLIC AGENCIES AND KEY STAKEHOLDERS IN THE REGION ARE PARTICIPATING IN THE DECISION MAKING PROCESS. AND THAT'S WHAT HAPPENED. WE ESTABLISHED THE TASK FORCE. OUR TASK VISION ZERO TASK FORCE HAS MEMBERS, AS COUNCIL MEMBERS ARE PART OF THAT, INCLUDING COUNCIL MEMBER, JESTER, MAYOR PRO TEM AND THEN COMMISSIONER PRUITT AND FORMER COUNCIL MEMBER. BURT WAS PART OF OUR VISION ZERO TASK FORCE. AND THEN WE HAVE DENTON COUNTY AND THEN DCTA AND AN AGENCY SIZE. TXDOT IS PART OF THAT TASK FORCE AS WELL. AND THEN KEY STAFF FROM CITY OF DENTON.

ANOTHER OBJECTIVE THAT WE ACHIEVED THROUGH THIS STUDY WAS TO ALIGN OURSELVES WITH THE TIMELINES WHERE FEDERAL PROCESSES, WHEN WE GO FOR EXTERNAL FUNDINGS, THOSE PROCESSES ARE PER SE FOR STATE AS WELL. THEY ASK US THAT WHAT IS YOUR VISION ZERO TIMELINE? WHEN YOU WANT TO ACHIEVE AS A CITY, YOU WANT TO ACHIEVE THIS TARGET. AND THAT TIMELINE WAS SET AS 2050 THAT BY 2050 WE WOULD LIKE TO BE TO HAVE ZERO FATALITIES. THAT'S THE AIM.

THAT'S WHAT WE ARE AIMING FOR. AND THEN BY BY 2035, WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE OURSELVES AT 50% REDUCTION. AND SO THAT WAS ALSO DONE IN ALIGNMENT WITH TXDOT. WE ENSURED THAT WE ARE NOT HAVING OUR OWN TANGENTS, BUT WE WERE TOTALLY IN ALIGNMENT WITH TXDOT. AND THAT'S WHAT THEY ARE DOING AS WELL. WE CONDUCTED AROUND SIX VISION ZERO TASK FORCE MEETINGS STARTING IN JANUARY 2025. AND IN ALL OF THOSE MEETINGS, THESE TASK FORCE MEMBERS WERE CONSULTED ON MANY APPROACHES THAT WE WERE GOING TO ESTABLISH AS OUR VISION ZERO FRAMEWORK, AND THEY WERE WELL VETTED THROUGH EACH ONE OF THEM. AND THERE WERE MANY SESSIONS WHERE WE GROUPED TOGETHER IN DIFFERENT GROUPS AND THEN HAD STRATEGIES DISCUSSED. WE EXPLORED, WE HAD EXPLORIUM TOUCH A TRUCK EVENT AS WELL IN MAY THAT WE ATTENDED. AND THEN THERE WERE A LOT OF

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SO THERE WERE SEVERAL DIFFERENT TYPES OF ANALYTICS MODEL WE USED. AND IN SIMPLE TERMS, WE FIGURED OUT LAST FIVE YEARS OF CRASH DATA AND LOOKED AT FATALITIES AND LOOKED AT SEVERE INCAPACITATING INJURIES AND, AND SEVERE INJURIES AND, AND DRAW AND DREW CONCLUSIONS FROM, FROM THERE THAT WHAT IT MEANS TO US AND IN TERMS OF KAB TERMINOLOGIES WE HAD AROUND 15,000 RECORDS THAT WE WENT THROUGH. AND THEN WE HAD TOTAL CRASHES IN THOSE FIVE YEARS WERE AROUND 68 OR 70. AND THEN CRASH PEAKED IN 2019 WITH THREE OVER THREE, 3700 TOTAL CRASHES AND NUMBER OF FATALITIES PER 100 K POPULATION, WHICH IS A KEY INDEX FOR FATALITIES AND SEVERITY OF SAFETY SITUATION WAS 10.8, WHICH IS SLIGHTLY HIGHER THAN SIMILAR SIZED COMMUNITIES. AND THEN WHILE THE THE THE CURVE THAT WE ARE SEEING HERE ON THE RIGHT SIDE, TOP RIGHT SIDE, SHOWS THAT OVERALL THE CRASH FREQUENCY HAS DECREASED. BUT IN RECENT YEARS THE CRASH FREQUENCY HAS DECREASED. BUT K A, B WISE, IF WE LOOK AT K B, THE THE SEVERITY HAS INCREASED. SO THAT'S THAT'S A CONCERN WHICH WE ARE BASING OUR FUTURE PROCESSES ON. AND WE ARE AIMING TO REDUCE THESE FATALITIES AND SEVERE INJURIES AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE BY 2035 TO 50%, AND BY 2050 TO 0 AS PART OF THE PROCESS. ANOTHER MAJOR COMPONENT OF THIS STUDY WAS DEVELOPING HIGH INJURY NETWORK FOR ANY FEDERAL EXTERNAL GRANTS, FEDERAL OR STATE. WHEN WE GO TO THESE STAKEHOLDERS AND REQUEST FOR FUNDING, THEY ASK US THAT WHERE IS YOUR HIGH ENERGY NETWORK? WHERE ARE THEIR HOT SPOT ANALYSIS? AND SO BASICALLY, WHAT THIS HIGH INJURY NETWORK DOES, IT PROVIDES US ON OUR ROAD NETWORK. DENTON'S ROAD NETWORK PROVIDE US THE ROAD SEGMENTS WITH HIGHER DENSITY OF FATALITIES AND SERIOUS INCAPACITATING INJURIES. SO BASICALLY IN, IN MANY OF THOSE ROADS THAT WE HAVE, WHEN WE LOOK AT DENTON'S MAP, WE GET THESE RED LINES. AFTER OUR ANALYSIS WAS DONE AND WE WERE ABLE TO IDENTIFY TEN MILES OF CORRIDORS, THESE RED LINES WHERE WE HAVE HIGH DENSITY, HIGH OCCURRENCE OF FATALITIES AND SEVERE INJURIES. WHAT IT MEANS IS THAT IT IS A POWERFUL TOOL FOR US TO JUST GO DIRECTLY TO THESE LOCATIONS AND START MAKING INTERVENTIONS, ROAD

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ALL OF THOSE THINGS WILL BE DONE THERE. AND OUR CIP FUNDING WILL BE ALLOCATED TO THESE PROJECTS. AND THEN LAST BUT NOT LEAST, WE ALSO DEVELOPED COUNTERMEASURES. SO BASED ON THESE OBSERVATIONS, WE FOUND OUT THAT WE MUST COME UP WITH SOME STRATEGIES THAT COULD BE DEVELOPED IMMEDIATELY THAT COULD THOSE INTERVENTIONS COULD BE THERE FOR US TO DEPLOY. WHEN WE START LOOKING INTO THESE IMPROVEMENTS. SOME OF THESE COUNTERMEASURES ARE LISTED HERE.

WE USE THE HIGHWAY SAFETY MANUAL BASED APPROACH APPROACH, WHICH RELIES ON CRASH MODIFICATION FACTORS. WITHOUT GOING INTO THE DEPTH OF CRASH MODIFICATION FACTORS. IT SIMPLY IS A MATHEMATICAL TOOL WHERE IT SAYS, AFTER ALL THOSE CALCULATIONS, WE GET THE RATIO AND THAT RATIO. THIS IS LISTED AS CMF0 .29, 0.31, AND ALL THOSE NUMBERS. SO FOR AS AN EXAMPLE ROUNDABOUT FROM FIRST THIRD, SIXTH ROW ROUNDABOUT IS 0.59. WHAT IT MEANS IS THAT ACCORDING TO THE CMF CLEARINGHOUSE, A ROUNDABOUT HAS A CMF OF 0.59. IF A SIGNALIZED INTERSECTION IS REMOVED AND WE INTRODUCE A ROUNDABOUT AS A SAFETY MEASURE, IT WILL GIVE US REDUCTION OF 41 CRASHES. SO THAT'S HOW EFFECTIVE IT WOULD GET. SO IN THE IN IN THE NUTSHELL, WE ARE TRYING TO USE DIFFERENT ACTION ITEMS THAT ARE PROVIDED IN THE STUDY THAT ARE BASED ON SIX PILLARS. AND ALSO THE PRINCIPLES THAT WE ARE USING. AND, AND WE ARE LISTING THEM NOT ONLY BY CATEGORY TYPE, BUT WE ARE LISTING THEM AS AN ACTION AS EMPHASIS AREA, AND ALSO THE TIME FRAME THAT IT WOULD REQUIRE TO IMPLEMENT. AND THEN ALSO WE ARE WE HAVE SUGGESTED IMPLEMENTATION PARTNERS. FOR EXAMPLE, DO WE NEED TO COORDINATE WITH TXDOT, DENTON COUNTY, WHO WOULD BE THE COORDINATION PARTNERS IN THEIR. AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE PROVIDED ACTION MATRIX. IT'S A PRETTY COMPREHENSIVE MATRIX THAT PROVIDES 43 ACTIONS IN. IN TOTAL, AND THEN THEY. EACH OF THESE. ACTION IS DESIGNED TO REDUCE CRASH RISK, IMPROVE MULTI-MODAL SAFETY, AND ADVANCED BEHAVIORAL OPERATIONAL AND ENGINEERING SOLUTIONS. THEY WILL ALSO ASSIST IN BUILDING TOWARDS A CITY WIDE CULTURE OF SAFETY. AND THEN WE HAVE ACTIONS BY PILLAR AS WELL. AND THEY ARE LISTED IN THE STUDY. WE PARTNER WITH A LOT OF AGENCIES HERE. IT LOOKS LIKE TWO SLIDES ARE STILL MISSING IN THERE, BUT I'LL COMPLETE IT ANYWAY. WE PARTNER WITH MULTIPLE AGENCIES INCLUDING TXDOT. DENTON COUNTY, BOTH UNIVERSITIES AND THEN DCTA, AND THEN KEY STAFF FROM CITY AND FROM DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS. SO IT WAS NOT JUST TRANSPORTATION SERVICES FOR OUR VISION ZERO TASK FORCE. THERE WERE MULTIPLE DEPARTMENTS AND MULTIPLE AGENCIES SITTING AROUND THE TABLE AND PROVIDING THEIR OPINION, AND EACH ONE OF THEIR OPINION WAS COUNTED IN THE PROCESS. AND THEN THE SECOND THING IS THAT WE ARE WE ARE LOOKING AT VISION ZERO TARGET TRYING TO ACHIEVE THAT BY 2050, BUT WE HAVE 2035 AS OUR FIRST AIM. AND THEN BEFORE 2035, WE ARE DOING SOME INTERMEDIATE

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ADDRESS ANY QUESTIONS. >> THANK YOU. REPRESENTATIVE FROM DISTRICT SIX.

>> HI. THANK YOU, DOCTOR, BUT I, I DON'T HAVE A QUESTION. I JUST WANTED TO MAKE A COUPLE OF COMMENTS. FIRST, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU SAW THE WORK SESSION EARLIER TODAY, BUT WE HAD A COMMUNITY SURVEY THAT WAS CONDUCTED. AND THE NUMBER ONE CONCERN, THE NUMBER ONE FOCUS THAT OUR CITIZENS WANTED WERE INCLUDED STREETS AND AND TRANSPORTATION. SO THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT OUR CITIZENS ARE SAYING. PLEASE BE PAYING ATTENTION TO THIS WITH THAT.

THIS HAS BEEN OVER A YEAR AND A HALF WORKING ON THIS. IT'S BEEN AN INCREDIBLY COLLABORATIVE PROCESS, WHICH IS IS GOOD, BUT IS ALSO DIFFICULT WITH ALL OF THE DIFFERENT COMPONENTS. AND LIKE I SAID, A COUNCIL MEMBER, FORMER COUNCIL MEMBER, BYRD, COUNCIL MEMBER RUMOHR AND MYSELF WERE LUCKY ENOUGH TO GET TO PARTICIPATE IN THE VISION ZERO COMMITTEE. AND THROUGH THAT, WE JUST I LEARNED SO MUCH. AND YOU'VE GOT CERTAIN PORTIONS THAT TALK ABOUT HOW THIS TYPE OF WORK NOT ONLY REDUCES TRAFFIC FATALITIES AND INJURIES, BUT ALSO ENHANCES QUALITY OF LIFE FOR THOSE IN THE NEIGHBORHOODS, INCREASES ECONOMIC BENEFITS, AND SUSTAINABLE SMART URBAN PLANNING. THESE ARE IT ENCOMPASSES SO MUCH MORE THAN JUST TRAFFIC FLOWS AND TRAFFIC SAFETY. IT AFFECTS SO MANY DIFFERENT AREAS OF OUR COMMUNITY. AND THEN OF COURSE, ESPECIALLY NOT ESPECIALLY, BUT IT DOES VERY MUCH, AS I UNDERSTAND FROM NOT ONLY SPEAKING WITH YOU AND STAFF, BUT ALSO THROUGH THE NORTH TEXAS COG AND REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION COUNCIL, THAT THIS DOES VERY MUCH INCREASE OUR ABILITY TO APPLY FOR CERTAIN FUNDS AND GRANTS FROM THE FEDERAL AND STATE GOVERNMENT. SOME OF THEM ACTUALLY REQUIRE THAT THIS PROCESS HAS BEEN GONE THROUGH.

SO I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU, OF COURSE, TO ALL OF THE PARTICIPANTS FOR SPENDING THEIR TIME. THANK YOU TO STAFF FOR THIS FACT BASED NOT I MEAN, WE DO LOOK AT PERCEPTIONS, WHICH IS IMPORTANT AS FAR AS CITIZENS, BUT IT'S IT'S FACT BASED AS FAR AS WHERE THESE ACCIDENTS ARE, THE INFORMATION ABOUT HOW TO PREVENT THESE AND THEN HOW TO ALSO DEAL WITH THEM WHEN THEY HAPPEN. BUT I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT YOU AND YOUR STAFF CONTINUE TO EXCEED MY EXPECTATIONS IN EVERY DEALING THAT I HAVE WITH YOU ALL. AND SO WITH THE FOCUS OUR CITIZENS WANT IN THESE ARENAS, I HAVE THE UTMOST CONFIDENCE IN THE DILIGENT, CAREFUL, AND METHODICAL WAY THAT YOU AND YOUR STAFF HAVE BEEN EXECUTING THIS. AND SO, YOU KNOW, THIS IS A LOT BIGGER THAN JUST TONIGHT. THIS HAS BEEN A VERY MUCH LONG TIME COMING. AND I HAD THIS MUCH TO DO WITH IT. BUT THE INFORMATION HAS BEEN REALLY HELPFUL AND IT SETS US UP FOR SUCH SUCCESS IN THE FUTURE. THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME HAVE A COUPLE OF MINUTES AND THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU. >> REPRESENTATIVE. DISTRICT FIVE.

>> THANK YOU. MAYOR, CAN YOU GIVE ME SOME EXAMPLES OF OPPORTUNITIES FOR FUNDING THAT HAVING THIS IN PLACE MAKES US POTENTIALLY AVAILABLE TO RECEIVE IF WE APPLY?

>> YES, WE HAVE ALREADY STARTED THE PROCESS ALREADY IN PLACE. WE HAVE THREE APPLICATIONS. WE HAVE. FIRST ONE WE MADE WAS TO NC TTP TRANSPORTATION PROJECT IDENTIFICATION AND THIS PROJECT WILL ASSESS TECHNOLOGY APPLICATIONS TO LOOK AT THESE SOME OF THESE HIGH ENERGY LOCATIONS AND ADDRESS THOSE TECHNOLOGY DEPLOYMENTS. AND THIS WE HAVE ALREADY APPLIED THAT AND NO MATCH REQUIRED FOR THAT. AND IT IS $800,000 GRANT THAT WE HAVE APPLIED. AND THE ANNOUNCEMENT AWARDS WILL BE SOMETIME IN SEPTEMBER. THE SECOND ONE WE HAVE APPLIED IS BUILD GRANT, WHICH IS $15 MILLION. WE HAVE APPLIED. IT'S A FEDERAL GRANT. IT HAS RAIL COMPONENTS PLUS SAFETY PLUS ADA, PLUS A LOT OF SAFETY IMPROVEMENT ALREADY THERE. THEN THE THIRD ONE WE ARE APPLYING IS. SS FOR A 2026. BY THE END OF THIS WEEK, WE WILL SUBMIT $12 MILLION FUNDING APPLICATION TO USDOT. AND THIS WILL BE LOOKING AT THREE CORRIDORS IN DENTON WHICH ARE PART OF WHICH ARE RECOMMENDED BY THIS VISION, VISION ZERO ACTION PLAN, AND ALSO BY NCT COG. AND WE WILL BE ABLE TO, IF AWARDED, WE'LL BE ABLE TO COMPREHENSIVELY IMPROVE

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MANY OTHER FUNDS. >> OKAY. CAN YOU GO TO THE SLIDE THAT YOU HAVE THE HIGH INJURY NETWORK ON? THAT'S SEVEN. DEFINITELY NOT SURPRISED TO SEE MCKINNEY THERE. GLAD THAT ALL MY NEIGHBORS WHO LIVE OFF MCKINNEY ARE FINALLY BEING UNDERSTOOD ABOUT THE TRAFFIC NIGHTMARE THAT IS GOING DOWN MCKINNEY TOWARD THE LOOP. BUT ONE ROAD I WAS SURPRISED TO SEE IN THIS NETWORK WAS LOCUSTS. CAN YOU TALK TO ME ABOUT LOCUSTS?

>> YEAH. SO IT'S BASICALLY THE CRASH DATA THAT IS PROVIDING US INFORMATION THAT SOME KIND OF HOTSPOTS ARE OCCURRING AT THIS LOCATION AND IN THE LAST FIVE YEARS. AND SO BASED ON THAT,

THIS THIS CORRIDOR WAS IDENTIFIED. >> SO WHY LOCUSTS AND NOT ELM?

>> SO OUR OUR CRITERIA IS DRIVEN BY CRASH DATA. AND IT GOES BACK TO FIVE, FIVE YEARS.

AND LOCUST MUST HAVE MORE CASES I COULD HAVE. I'LL HAVE TO LOOK INTO THAT. BUT LOCUST MUST HAVE MORE CASES. AND THEN ALSO MORE RECOMMENDATIONS FROM VISION ZERO TASK FORCE.

>> I UNDERSTAND THAT. I GUESS I WAS JUST WONDERING TO WHAT DO WE ATTRIBUTE THAT? AND IF YOU DON'T KNOW, IF YOU DON'T HAVE ANY, IF YOU DON'T KNOW, I'LL ACCEPT THAT.

>> NO, IT WAS I'M NOT SURE. I DON'T KNOW RIGHT NOW OR THAT WHAT WAS THE REASON. BUT THE DECISION MAKERS, THE DECISION PROCESS INCLUDED VISION ZERO TASK FORCE RECOMMENDATION PLUS DATA, AND PLUS PREVIOUS COMMENTS. IF WE HAVE RECEIVED DURING THE A PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT SESSION. SO IT WAS A COMPOSITE OF THAT. IT WAS NOT JUST CRASH DATA.

>> FAIR ENOUGH. WELL, DOCTOR BUTTS, I APPRECIATE YOUR WORK ON THIS. I BELIEVE YOU ALL

BEGAN THIS IN 2021. IS THAT CORRECT? SO THE 211. >> WAS PHASE ONE. OKAY. AND

THEN WE JUST STARTED FEBRUARY 2025. >> IT'S COOL TO STILL BE HERE TO GET THIS ACROSS THE FINISH LINE. SO THANKFUL TO EVERYONE AND STAFF FOR ALL THEIR

PARTICIPATION. I LOOK FORWARD TO MAKING DENTON ROAD SAFER. >> REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT FOUR.

>> THANK YOU. STILL ON ON SLIDE SEVEN, 10% OF ROADS ARE ARE ARE DESIGNATED DEADLY. IS THAT WHAT

WE CALL THEM? >> HIGH DENSITY. >> HIGH DENSITY.

>> THANK YOU. >> THAT SOUNDS THAT SOUNDS MOST BUT THAT IS THAT A LOT. I MEAN,

IF COMPARED TO OTHER OTHER COMMUNITIES 10%. IS THAT A LOT. >> WHEN IT COMES TO THIS? A LOT IT HAS TO BE CONTEXT BASED AGAIN. SO I'M NOT SURE WHAT WE ARE COMPARING TO.

>> OKAY. >> WHEN YOU SAY A LOT COMPARED TO WHAT. SO I THINK FOR DENTON, IT IS 10% OF THE ROAD SEGMENTS AND WITHIN 10%, WE KNOW THAT 70% IS 70% OF THE CRASHES ARE HERE. AND FATALITIES. IT CLEARLY SAYS THAT 67% OF FATAL CRASHES ARE ON THESE RED LINES SOMEWHERE. SO THE NEXT OBVIOUS STEP, BECAUSE OTHERWISE, I MEAN, YOU KNOW, IT HAS TO BE APPLES TO APPLES COMPARISON. WHEN WE ARE COMPARING AND TRYING TO FIGURE OUT THAT WHAT OTHER COMMUNITIES ARE HAVE. SO IN EACH CORRIDOR, THE VARIATION OF FATALITIES VERSUS SEVERE INJURIES WOULD BE DIFFERENT. SOME MAY HAVE MORE SEVERE INJURIES AND SOME MAY HAVE FATALITIES. FOR EXAMPLE, US 380 IS ONE OF THE 380 IS ONE OF THE CORRIDOR AND CORRIDORS AND IT

ON ON CERTAIN POINTS IT HAS MORE FATALITIES. >> OKAY. AND SPEAKING OF 380 UNIVERSITY DRIVE 380 IS PART OF THIS STATE STATE HIGHWAY, BUT I-35 IS NOT. WHY IS THAT? AND IT SEEMS TO ME THAT I-35 WOULD HAVE THE GREATEST NUMBER OF FATALITIES. YES, IT DOES OKAY,

BUT IT'S NOT. INCLUDED IN 380 IS. >> BECAUSE I-35 IS TXDOT AND US FEDERAL FEDERAL FUNDS. AND WE ARE LOOKING AT THIS. THESE CORRIDORS ARE MOSTLY CITY MAINTAINED OR WITHIN THE CITY, INFLUENCING CITY INTERSECTIONS AND CITY CORRIDORS. BECAUSE

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>> ARE THE FATALITIES ON I-35 AND 35 W INCLUDED IN THIS STATUTE? NO. OKAY. DO MOST ACCIDENTS IN DENTON HAPPEN DURING THE DAYTIME HOURS OR THE EVENING HOURS? NIGHT TIME HOURS?

>> I'M NOT SURE. BUT I CAN TELL YOU THAT SOME OF THE MAIN CAUSES ARE. SPEED. SPEEDING IS ONE OF THE CAUSES, AND THEN ANOTHER IS. INTERSECTION RELATED ACCIDENTS.

>> AND THAT WAS MY NEXT QUESTION. WHAT TYPE OF ACCIDENTS IS IT? BECAUSE IT SEEMS TO ME THAT RUNNING RED LIGHTS IS AT AN ALL TIME HIGH. SO YOU HAVE A RIGHT ANGLE, A CRASH WHERE, WHERE AT LEAST ONE PASSENGER IS PARTICULARLY VULNERABLE.

>> YES. SO AMONG THE FACTORS, T-BONES ARE RED LIGHT, RED LIGHT.

>> I DIDN'T KNOW IF Y'ALL COULD USE THAT TERM OR NOT. >> YEAH. SO RED LIGHT, RED LIGHT RUNNING IS ANOTHER FACTOR. OKAY. ONE OF THE FACTORS AS WELL. OKAY. SO SPEED RED, RIGHT.

RUNNING AND THEN INTERSECTIONS RELATED ACCIDENTS AND THEY'RE ALL THE FACTORS.

>> OKAY. IS IT REASONABLE THAT BETTER, BETTER LIGHTING WOULD, WOULD, WOULD, WOULD, WOULD MAKE,

MAKE ROADS SAFER, AT LEAST AT NIGHT. >> ACCORDING TO CRASH

MODIFICATION FACTORS? YES IT DOES. >> OKAY. OKAY. THANK YOU AS ALWAYS. THANK YOU. IT'S ALWAYS, IT'S ALWAYS FASCINATING TO HEAR YOUR TO HEAR YOUR TAKE ON, ON

THIS SORT OF STUFF. I APPRECIATE YOU KEEPING US SAFE. >> MAYOR PRO TEM.

>> THANK YOU MAYOR. THIS INITIATIVE ACTUALLY WAS LAUNCHED IN DECEMBER 2019. THE CITY COUNCIL BACK THEN DIRECTED STAFF TO CREATE A VISION ZERO ACTION PLAN. SO I WENT TO THE TECH STOCK CRASH DATABASE TO LOOK UP HOW MANY FATALITIES AND SERIOUS INJURIES THERE HAVE BEEN BETWEEN 2020 AND NOW. AND THERE HAVE BEEN 87 PEOPLE KILLED IN TRAFFIC CRASHES IN THE CITY OF DENTON. 19 OF THOSE WERE ON CITY STREETS. DURING THAT SAME TIME, 430 HAVE HAD LIFE ALTERING INJURIES FROM CRASHES. 117 OF THOSE WERE ON CITY STREETS. YOU KNOW, ONE DEATH IS TOO MANY. THAT'S MY OPINION FOR SURE. I WAS PROUD TO SERVE ON THE VISION ZERO TASK FORCE, ALONG WITH COUNCIL MEMBER JESTER, FORMER COUNCIL MEMBER BYRD. WE, LIKE YOU SAID, WE HAD MULTIPLE TRANSPORTATION AGENCIES. WE HAD DENTON ISD, I THINK IS MAYBE ONE THAT I CAN'T REMEMBER IF YOU SAID. AND SO I MEAN, I WANT TO THANK ALSO THE THE COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT LAUNCHED THIS TO BEGIN WITH IN DECEMBER 2019. SO SHOUT OUT TO Y'ALL. SOMETIMES THINGS TAKE A WHILE, BUT I KNOW PART OF THAT WAS WE WERE TRYING TO DO THIS RIGHT. WE WERE TRYING TO GATHER THE DATA BECAUSE WE WANT TO HAVE A VISION ZERO ACTION PLAN THAT ACTUALLY HAS THE IMPACT OF REDUCING TRAFFIC FATALITIES, BECAUSE I KNOW IT'S NOT BEEN SUCCESSFUL IN SOME PLACES, AND THAT IS WHY WE DID THE EARLIER PHASE, I THINK, IN 2021. SO I APPRECIATE THE WORK THAT STAFF HAS DONE TO KIND OF GEAR US UP TO BE ABLE TO START APPLYING FOR GRANTS. I KNOW YOU'VE BEEN GOING AFTER GRANTS LIKE CRAZY, SO I REALLY APPRECIATE THE WORK YOU'VE DONE AND THE DETAIL THAT STAFF HAVE DONE TO START GETTING SOME OF THESE FUNDINGS FUNDING, TO START PUTTING SOME OF THIS STUFF ON THE GROUND, TO START SAVING LIVES AND HAVING A SAFER COMMUNITY. SO I REALLY APPRECIATE ALL THE WORK Y'ALL HAVE DONE, ALL THE SUPPORT OF, OF THIS CITY COUNCIL, PAST CITY

COUNCILS, THE COMMUNITY. I'M REALLY APPRECIATIVE. >> THE ESSENCE FOR 2026 THAT WE ARE APPLYING. THERE WILL BE TEN SCHOOLS FOR SAFE ROUTE TO SCHOOL PROJECTS THAT WE ARE ADDING TO THIS GRANT APPLICATION. THAT'S AWESOME. FOR $12 MILLION.

>> MAYOR PRO TEM, DO YOU HAVE THE FLOOR? YOU CAN MAKE YOUR MOTION.

>> I WILL HAPPILY MOTION TO APPROVE. >> SECOND.

>> THANK YOU. MOTION. AND SECOND, IS THIS REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT FIVE. YEAH. GO RIGHT

AHEAD. >> VICE MAYOR. DOCTOR. BUT BASED ON YOUR CONVERSATION WITH COUNCIL MEMBER GEORGE HOLLAND, ONE MORE QUESTION FOR YOU. I BELIEVE IT WAS THREE YEARS AGO THIS COUNCIL VOTED TO REDUCE A LOT OF DENTON STREETS BY A SPEED BY FIVE MILES AN HOUR.

GIVEN SOME OF THIS CRASH DATA, CAN YOU EVALUATE THE EFFECTIVENESS OF US REDUCING

CITYWIDE SPEEDS? >> YES, WE ARE. AS WE HAVE APPLIED FOR TBE GRANT AT WITH NCT COG AND A PART OF THAT GRANT WOULD TEST DIFFERENT VARIABLE SPEED TECHNOLOGIES AS WELL AS CAMERA BASED INTERVENTIONS TO OBSERVE BUT NOT ARCHIVE DATA AND NOT FOR CITATION PURPOSES, BUT FOR OUR METHODS ASSESSMENT. WE WILL OBSERVE THE DATA AND WE WILL TEST DIFFERENT SPEED ASSUMPTIONS AND SEE HOW IT IMPACTS. AND THEN WE MAY TEST IT ON 1 OR 2 CORRIDORS. AND AFTER THAT WE WILL DISCUSS THAT WITH VISION ZERO TASK FORCE THE OUTCOMES. AND IF THE DECISION IS THAT, YES, WE CAN COMFORTABLY DROP THE SPEED, WE

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GO TO STATE TO MAKE THE CASE FOR THAT. >> SO BASED ON WHAT THIS COUNCIL DID THREE YEARS AGO, WE DON'T NECESSARILY KNOW WHETHER OR NOT THE VOTE THAT WE TOOK TO LOWER SPEEDS BY FIVE MILES AN HOUR HAS HAD A DRASTIC EFFECT ON IMPROVING THE ROAD SAFETY IN

DENTON. >> I'M UNAWARE THAT IF THERE WERE SPEEDS WERE DROPPED ON DENTON ROADS, BECAUSE MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THEY'RE STILL 30MPH ON RESIDENTIAL AREAS, AND THEN WE STILL ARE. FOLLOWING STREET SECTION THAT FOLLOWS FUNCTIONAL CLASSIFICATION THAT STICKS TO. SO STREET CLASSIFICATION FOR MAJOR ARTERIALS OR MAJOR PRIMARY, ARTERIAL OR COLLECTOR. ALL OF THOSE ARE TIED TO CERTAIN SPEED RULES. SO I'M NOT AWARE IF THE SPEEDS WERE DROPPED IN DENTON AFTER THAT I WAS NOT HERE. IT'S BEFORE ME. I

CAN CHECK THAT AND WE CAN CIRCLE BACK. >> MAYOR, DO YOU REMEMBER WHAT WE DID THREE YEARS AGO? DROPPING SPEED LIMITS? DO YOU REMEMBER?

>> THERE'S CERTAIN PARTICULAR AREAS. BUT TO THIS POINT YOU HAVE TO GET THE THE STATE. SO

WE MAINTAIN OUR IMMUNITY. SO YEAH, THAT'S KEY. >> BECAUSE STATE WOULD ASK US THAT WHAT IS THE REASON FOR THAT. AND WE NEED TO PROVIDE SOME CRASHES, SOME CRASH DATA FATALITIES, SOME REASONS TO DO THAT. BUT IT IS STILL POSSIBLE. WE AS AS PART OF THIS VISION

ZERO ADOPTED PLAN, WE ARE WE HAVE STARTED LOOKING INTO THAT. >> OKAY. THANK YOU, DOCTOR BYRD.

>> OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR STAFF. WE HAVE A MOTION IN A SECOND. ANY DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE. LET'S VOTE ON THE SCREEN. THAT PASSES SEVEN ZERO. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THAT TAKES

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TWO. >> YEAH THANK YOU MAYOR. I HONESTLY I'LL KEEP IT AS BRIEF AS I CAN. I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU. THIS IS LIKE MY FIRST COUNCIL MEETING. IT'S ALSO MINKA'S FIRST DAY AT WORK IN DALLAS AT THE HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT. AND SO I THINK WE'RE BOTH HAVING A GOOD FIRST DAY. BUT I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU TO STAFF. A FUNNY STORY THIS WEEKEND BECAUSE I GUESS SHE'S TECHNICALLY STILL ON STAFF IS I WAS TALKING TO SARAH HENSLEY AND SHE WAS TELLING ME ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WHAT SHE'S UP TO. AND SHE SAID SHE WAS DOING A WORKOUT WITH HER SON AND SHE WAS AT THE AIRPORT THE NEXT DAY.

SHE COULD BARELY GET UP. THEY WANTED TO GIVE HER A WHEELCHAIR BECAUSE SHE WAS SO SORE. AND SHE'S LIKE, I'M NOT THAT OLD. AND IT WAS JUST GOOD TO TALK TO HER AND, AND, AND RECEIVE ENCOURAGEMENT AND WISDOM FROM HER. BUT EVERYONE ON STAFF HAS JUST BEEN SO KIND TO ME. SO TO THE CITY MANAGER, THANK YOU SO MUCH TO KEN AND, AND CHRISTINE AND FRANK AND CLARISSA AND KRISTI AND EVERYONE I MET TODAY, CHARLIE, BRITTANY AND MAC. I JUST I'VE REALLY APPRECIATED MEETING YOU ALL. Y'ALL HAVE BEEN SO HELPFUL. AND I'M JUST, I FEEL VERY LUCKY TO WORK WITH SUCH WONDERFUL PEOPLE. SO I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU SO MUCH.

>> EXCELLENT. THANK YOU. REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT ONE. >> THANK YOU. MAYOR, I WANT TO ECHO. ECHO WHAT MY COLLEAGUE COUNCILMAN STEVENS SAID THESE ORIENTATION SESSIONS HAVE BEEN JUST A PHENOMENAL HELP. I CAN'T THANK THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE ENOUGH FOR PREPARING THOSE FOR US, INTRODUCING US TO EVERY SINGLE DIFFERENT DEPARTMENT HERE IN THE CITY. IT'S BEEN VERY HELPFUL TO GET US ACCLIMATED AND READY TO GO. ALSO WANT TO SHOUT OUT THE FACT THAT WE DO HAVE OUR FIRST OF TWO RUNOFF ELECTIONS HAPPENING NOW OVER THE NEXT 30 DAYS, AND YOU CAN EARLY VOTE TODAY UNTIL FRIDAY, AND ELECTION DAY IS GOING TO BE TUESDAY, AND YOU

CAN EARLY VOTE ANYWHERE IN DENTON COUNTY. >> REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT FIVE.

>> ALSO WANT TO SAY, PLEASE GO AND VOTE. IF IT DIDN'T MATTER, PEOPLE WOULDN'T BE WORKING SO HARD TO MAKE IT MORE DIFFICULT FOR US TO VOTE. SO PLEASE GO AND VOTE. AND WE HAVE A HOLIDAY COMING UP. A LONG WEEKEND COMING UP NEXT WEEKEND. SO HAPPY MEMORIAL DAY TO EVERYONE

WHO CELEBRATES. >> OKAY. ANYONE ELSE SEEING NONE. SO DIDN'T FREEDOM HOUSE HAVE THEIR GOLF TOURNAMENT THIS PAST WEEKEND? I APPRECIATE THEM AND ALL THE WORK THEY DO IN OUR COMMUNITY AND AND BEYOND, SO I WANT TO CONGRATULATE THEM ON A SUCCESSFUL GOLF TOURNAMENT.

THEN NETTIE SCHULTZ HAD THEIR AWARDS TODAY AND MUSTANG DAY LAST WEEK, SO I ENJOYED THAT, HANGING OUT WITH THE KIDS. AND THEN COACH SALE IS RETIRING FROM THERE AND WE WERE IN BAND TOGETHER, SO I WANT TO WISH HIM THE BEST AS HE GOES TO DO NEXT THINGS. BUT HE'S BEEN THERE 20 PLUS YEARS AS A WITH THE SCHOOL AND SO REALLY, REALLY GREAT WORK AND I APPRECIATE ALL HE'S

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