City Council
Regular MeetingDenton, TX · December 2, 2019
Agenda
City Hall
City of Denton 215 E. McKinney St.
Denton, Texas 76201
www.cityofdenton.com
Meeting Agenda
City Council
Monday, December 2, 2019 11:30 AM Denton ISD Central Offices
1307 N. Locust Street
&
Work Session Room
215 E. McKinney
AMENDED - Joint Meeting with Denton Independent School District Board of Directors
Joint Meeting of the City Council of the City of Denton and the Denton Independent School District Board of
Trustees on Monday, December 2, 2019, at 11:30 a.m. at the Denton ISD Central Offices, 1307 N. Locust
Street, Denton, Texas at which the following items will be considered:
1. WORK SESSION REPORTS
A. ID 19-2803 Receive a report, hold a discussion, and give staff direction on Denton Independent
School District’s demographic data.
Attachments: Exhibit 1 - Denton ISD – Quarterly Growth Report 3Q19
Exhibit 2 - 3Q19 Denton ISD PowerPoint
B. ID 19-2833 Receive a report, hold a discussion, and give staff direction on a construction update on
Denton Independent School District schools and facilities inside the City of Denton.
Attachments: Exhibit 1 - Dec 2019 City n Board Construction Report 3
Exhibit 2 - Executive Summary Workshop Construction Report Nov 2019
C. ID 19-2804 Receive a report, hold a discussion, and give staff direction regarding an update on
construction projects, facilities, and projects included in the approved 2019 City of
Denton bond program.
Attachments: Exhibit 1 - Agenda Information Sheet
Exhibit 2 - Presentation
D. ID 19-2834 Receive a report, hold a discussion, and give staff direction regarding the amendment of a
Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Denton Independent School District
(DISD), for Student Resource Officers (SROs).
Attachments: Exhibit 1 - AIS - DISD MOU 2019-2020 - AMENDED
Exhibit 2 - Estimated Quarterly Billing Plan
Following the completion of the Joint Meeting with Denton Independent School District, the City
Council will reconvene in a Special Called Meeting in the Council Work Session Room at City Hall,
215 E. McKinney Street, to consider the following:
1. CLOSED MEETING:
A. ID 19-2892 Consultation with Attorneys - Under Texas Government Code Section 551.071.
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Consult with the City’s attorneys to discuss legal options available, and limitations
imposed, in the full or partial reconsideration of agenda item 7.C. from the City Council
meeting of November 19, 2019, which previously approved an ordinance amending the
2019 Denton Development Code: to increase the reverse setback of gas wells; and to
create substantive and procedural amendments mitigating certain impacts, both upon
currently pending development applications, and upon the future modification,
reconstruction or expansion of any existing uses made legally nonconforming as a
consequence of the increased reverse setback; where a discussion of these legal matters
in an open meeting would conflict with the duty of the City’s attorneys to the City of
Denton City Council under the Texas Disciplinary Rules of Professional Conduct of the
State Bar of Texas.
Any final action, decision, or vote on a matter deliberated in a Closed Meeting will only be taken in an Open
Meeting that is held in compliance with Texas Government Code, Chapter 551, except to the extent such final
decision, or vote is taken in the Closed Meeting in accordance with the provisions of Section 551.086 of the
Texas Government Code (the ‘Public Power Exception’). The City Council reserves the right to adjourn into a
Closed Meeting or Executive Session as authorized by Texas Government Code, Section 551.001, et seq.
(The Texas Open Meetings Act) on any item on its open meeting agenda or to reconvene in a continuation of
the Closed Meeting on the Closed Meeting items noted above, in accordance with the Texas Open Meetings
Act, including, without limitation Sections 551.071-551.086 of the Texas Open Meetings Act.
2. ITEMS FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION
A. DCA19-0009 Consider a motion to reconsider the November 19, 2019 approval of an ordinance
d regarding a proposed amendment to the Denton Development Code; specifically
amending Subchapters 1, 6, and 8 of the Denton Development Code, relating to
applicability, gas well drilling and production reverse setbacks, definitions, and
procedures; providing a cumulative clause; providing a severability clause; providing for a
penalty; and providing an effective date. (DCA19-0009, Gas Wells, Hayley Zagurski)
Attachments: Exhibit 1 - Agenda Information Sheet Reconsideration final
Exhibit 2 - Ordinance DCA19-0009C
3. CONCLUDING ITEMS
A. Under Section 551.042 of the Texas Open Meetings Act, respond to inquiries from the City Council or the
Denton ISD 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.
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NOTE: 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.
CERTIFICATE
I certify that the above AMENDED notice of meeting was posted on the bulletin board at the City Hall of the
City of Denton, Texas, on the 27th day of November, 2019 at ___________________
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CITY SECRETARY
NOTE: THE DENTON INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT'S DESIGNATED PUBLIC MEETING
FACILITIES ARE ACCESSIBLE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES
ACT. THE CITY WILL PROVIDE ACCOMODATION, SUCH AS 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 940-349-8309 OR USE TELECOMMUNICATIONS DEVICES FOR THE DEAF (TDD) BY
CALLING 1-800-RELAY-TX SO THAT REASONABLE ACCOMMODATION CAN BE
ARRANGED.
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