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City Hall City of Denton 215 E. McKinney St. Denton, Texas 76201 www.cityofdenton.com Meeting Agenda City Council Tuesday, May 26, 2015 2:00 PM Work Session Room After determining that a quorum is present, the City Council of the City of Denton, Texas will convene in a Special Called Work Session on Tuesday, May 26, 2015 at 2:00 p.m. in the Council Work Session Room at City Hall, 215 E. McKinney Street, Denton, Texas at which the following items will be considered: 1. Work Session Reports A. ID 15-412 Receive a report, hold a discussion and provide staff direction relating to a proposal submitted by the Denton Community Market on establishing a new market location. Attachments: Exhibit 1 DCM Site Proposal Tax Office Property Exhibit 2 Summary of Concept Plan Elements - Preliminary Cost Estimate B. ID 15-427 Receive a report, hold a discussion and provide direction regarding a proposal from the Convention and Visitors Bureau to lease and operate a new Visitors Center in downtown Denton. Attachments: Exhibit 1 Presentation Exhibit 2 Budget Estimates Exhibit 3 Letter of Request C. ID 15-425 Receive a report, hold a discussion and give staff direction regarding Fire and Emergency Medical Services incident demand and strategies to improve response times. Attachments: Exhibit 1 Presentation Fire & EMS Incident Forecast D. 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. City of Denton Page 1 Printed on 5/21/2015 City Council Meeting Agenda May 26, 2015 Following the completion of the Work Session, 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 15-444 Consultation with Attorneys - Under Texas Government Code, Section 551.071. Consult with and provide direction to City’s attorneys regarding legal issues and strategies associated with the current Gas Well Ordinance, and proposed Gas Well Ordinance amendment, regulation of gas well drilling and production within the City Limits and the extraterritorial jurisdiction, including: Constitutional limitations, statutory limitations upon municipal regulatory authority; statutory preemption and vested rights; impacts of federal and state law and regulations; impacts of gas well drilling upon protected uses and vice-versa; current and proposed extension to moratorium on drilling and production; other concerns about municipal regulatory authority or matters relating to enforcement of the Gas Well Ordinance, both current and proposed; settlement matters concerning gas well drilling in the City; surface development issues involving surface and mineral estates; and legal matters associated with a citizen’s initiative ordinance and pending litigation styled Jerry Patterson, Commissioner, Texas General Land Office v. City of Denton Texas, Cause No. D-1-GN-14-004628 currently pending in the 53rd District Court of Travis County and Texas Oil and Gas Association v. City of Denton, Cause No. 14-09833-431 currently pending in the 431st District Court of Denton County regarding hydraulic fracturing 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. B. ID 15-447 Consultation with Attorneys - Under Texas Government Code Section 551.071, Deliberation regarding Economic Development Negotiations - Under Texas Government Code Section 551.087. Deliberation regarding Real Property - Under Texas Government Code Section 551.072. Discuss, deliberate, receive information from staff and provide staff with direction pertaining to legal and economic development issues related to Orison Holdings and economic development incentives and the acquisition of real property interests in the H. Sisco Survey, Abstract No. 1184, Denton, Denton County, Texas, generally located in the 600 block of E. Hickory. This discussion shall include commercial and financial information the City Council has received from Orison Holdings which the City Council seeks to have locate, stay, or expand in or near the territory of the city, and with which the City Council is conducting economic development negotiations; including the offer of financial or other incentive where the duty of the attorney to the governmental body under the Texas Disciplinary Rules of Professional Conduct of the State Bar of Texas clearly conflicts with the provisions of the Texas Open Meetings Act, Chapter 551 of the Texas Government Code. C. ID 15-448 Consultation with Attorneys - Under Texas Government Code Section 551.071, City of Denton Page 2 Printed on 5/21/2015 City Council Meeting Agenda May 26, 2015 Deliberation regarding Economic Development Negotiations - Under Texas Government Code Section 551.087. Receive a report and hold a discussion regarding legal and economic development issues regarding a proposed economic development incentive agreement for Project Ranger One (Denton-Tarrant PRW, LLC). This discussion shall include commercial and financial information the City Council has received from Project Ranger One which the City Council seeks to have locate, stay, or expand in or near the territory of the city, and with which the City Council is conducting economic development negotiations; including the offer of financial or other incentive where the duty of the attorney to the governmental body under the Texas Disciplinary Rules of Professional Conduct of the State Bar of Texas clearly conflicts with the provisions of the Texas Open Meetings Act, Chapter 551 of the Texas Government Code. D. ID 15-463 Consultation with Attorneys - Under Texas Government Code, Section 552.071. Consult with City’s attorneys regarding litigation styled Watson v. City of Allen, et al., Cause No. 4:15-cv-00335-A, currently pending in the US District Court, Northern District of Texas where 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. 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 ___________________, 2015 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 3 Printed on 5/21/2015