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City Hall City of Denton 215 E. McKinney St. Denton, Texas 76201 www.cityofdenton.com Meeting Agenda City Council Monday, December 1, 2014 11:30 AM Work Session Room Joint Meeting of the City of Denton City Council and the Denton Independent School District Board of Trustees on Monday, December 1, 2014 at 11:30 a.m. in the Council Work Session Room at City Hall, 215 E. McKinney Street, Denton, Texas at which the following items will be considered: A. Call to order; announce quorum, introductions. B. Receive a presentation and hold a discussion regarding an update to the 2012 United Way of Denton County Community Needs Assessment and new and ongoing collective impact initiatives. C. ID 14-0787 Receive a report and hold a discussion regarding the proposed Cole Ranch development and its potential impact on the City and the DISD. Attachments: Exhibit 1 - DISD Presentation D. Discuss possible future meeting topics. E. Under Section 551.042 of the Texas Open Meetings Act, respond to inquiries from the City Council or the public with specific factual information or recitation of policy, or accept a proposal to place the matter on the agenda for an upcoming meeting AND under Section 551.0415 of the Texas Open Meetings Act, provide reports about items of community interest regarding which no action will be taken, to include: expressions of thanks, congratulations, or condolence; information regarding holiday schedules; an honorary or salutary recognition of a public official, public employee, or other citizen; a reminder about an upcoming event organized or sponsored by the governing body; information regarding a social, ceremonial, or community event organized or sponsored by an entity other than the governing body that was attended or is scheduled to be attended by a member of the governing body or an official or employee of the municipality; or an announcement involving an imminent threat to the public health and safety of people in the municipality that has arisen after the posting of the agenda. F. Adjourn. Following the completion of the Joint Meeting, the City Council will convene in a Closed Meeting to consider specific items when these items are listed below under the Closed Meeting section of this agenda. The City Council reserves the right to adjourn into a Closed Meeting on any item on its Open Meeting agenda consistent with Chapter 551 of the Texas Government Code, as amended, or as otherwise allowed by law. 1. Closed Meeting: A. ID 14-0809 Consultation with Attorneys - Texas Government Code §551.071. City of Denton Page 1 Printed on 11/26/2014 City Council Meeting Agenda December 1, 2014 Consult with City’s Attorneys regarding legal issues involving the wording and application of provisions contained within subchapter 35.15 of the Denton Development Code, and recommended amendments associated with it, where a public discussion of these legal matters would conflict with the duty of the City’s attorneys under the Texas Disciplinary Rules of Professional Conduct of the State Bar of Texas. Following the completion of the Closed Meeting, the City of Denton City Council will convene in an Open Meeting at which the following item will be considered: A. ID 14-0811 Consider adoption of an ordinance of the City of Denton, Texas superseding and replacing any and all remaining vestiges of the prior Chapter 33 of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Denton, Texas with a new Denton sign code as herein provided; superseding and repealing the existing subchapter 35.15 of the Denton Development Code with the new Denton sign ordinance as herein adopted, and authorizing nonsubstantive editorial revisions to the Denton Development Code to remove conflicting references and provisions relating to the prior sign code; providing a penalty clause; providing a severability clause; providing a savings clause; and providing for effective dates. B. Under Section 551.042 of the Texas Open Meetings Act, respond to inquiries from the City Council or the public with specific factual information or recitation of policy, or accept a proposal to place the matter on the agenda for an upcoming meeting AND Under Section 551.0415 of the Texas Open Meetings Act, provide reports about items of community interest regarding which no action will be taken, to include: expressions of thanks, congratulations, or condolence; information regarding holiday schedules; an honorary or salutary recognition of a public official, public employee, or other citizen; a reminder about an upcoming event organized or sponsored by the governing body; information regarding a social, ceremonial, or community event organized or sponsored by an entity other than the governing body that was attended or is scheduled to be attended by a member of the governing body or an official or employee of the municipality; or an announcement involving an imminent threat to the public health and safety of people in the municipality that has arisen after the posting of the agenda. CERTIFICATE I certify that the above notice of meeting was posted on the bulletin board at the City Hall of the City of Denton, Texas, on the ________day of ___________________, 2014 at ________o'clock (a.m.) (p.m.) __________________________________________ CITY SECRETARY NOTE: THE CITY OF DENTON CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION ROOM IS ACCESSIBLE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT. THE CITY WILL PROVIDE SIGN LANGUAGE INTERPRETERS FOR THE HEARING IMPAIRED IF REQUESTED AT LEAST 48 HOURS IN ADVANCE OF THE SCHEDULED MEETING. PLEASE CALL THE CITY SECRETARY'S OFFICE AT 349-8309 OR USE TELECOMMUNICATIONS DEVICES FOR THE DEAF (TDD) BY CALLING 1-800-RELAY-TX SO THAT A SIGN LANGUAGE INTERPRETER CAN BE SCHEDULED THROUGH THE CITY SECRETARY’S OFFICE. City of Denton Page 2 Printed on 11/26/2014 City Council Meeting Agenda December 1, 2014 City of Denton Page 3 Printed on 11/26/2014