City Council
Regular MeetingDenton, TX · December 10, 2019
Agenda
City Hall
City of Denton 215 E. McKinney St.
Denton, Texas 76201
www.cityofdenton.com
Meeting Agenda
City Council
Tuesday, December 10, 2019 12:00 PM Work Session Room
WORK SESSION BEGINS AT 12:00 P.M. IN THE WORK SESSION ROOM
CITY COUNCIL CONSIDERATION OF THE CONSENT AGENDA AND ITEMS FOR
INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION WILL BEGIN IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING THE CLOSED
MEETING IN THE WORK SESSION ROOM
After determining that a quorum is present, the City Council of the City of Denton, Texas will convene in a
Work Session on Tuesday, December 10, 2019, at 12:00 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:
WORK SESSION
1. Citizen Comments on Consent Agenda Items
This section of the agenda allows citizens to speak on Consent Agenda Items only. Each speaker will be
given a total of three (3) minutes to address any items he/she wishes that are listed on the Consent Agenda.
A Request to Speak Card should be completed and returned to the City Secretary before Council considers
this item.
2. Requests for clarification of agenda items listed on this agenda.
3. Work Session Reports
A. ID 19-2869 Receive reports, hold discussions, and give staff direction on the following with respect to
Green Tree Estates:
1. Actions taken, and expenditures made, by the City in accordance with the Mayor’s
Declaration of Disaster dated November 13, 2019 and Ordinance No. 19-2784;
2. Existing site conditions;
3. Code compliance observations, issues, and resolutions;
4. Water, wastewater, road, and drainage infrastructure improvement options; and
5. Alternative housing solutions for the residents
Attachments: Exhibit 1 - Agenda Information Sheet.pdf
Exhibit 2 - Presentation (updated)
Exhibit 3 - Resident Input from Dec. 5 Small Group Meeting with Residents.pdf
B. ID 19-2628 Receive a report, hold a discussion, and give staff direction regarding Stoke Denton’s
annual report.
Attachments: Exhibit 1 - Agenda Information Sheet
Exhibit 2 - Stoke Denton Annual Report
Exhibit 3 - Presentation
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C. ID 19-2779 Receive a report, hold a discussion, and give staff direction regarding Solid Waste &
Recycling grant applications to the North Central Texas Council of Governments
(NCTCOG) Solid Waste Implementation Grants.
Attachments: AIS NCTCOG Grant
Exhibit 1- Presentation
D. ID 19-2936 Receive a report, hold a discussion, and give staff direction regarding the Texas
Department of Transportation’s proposal for the removal of certain roadways within the
City limits from the state highway system and turning those same roadways back to the
City for maintenance and operations.
Attachments: Exhibit 1 - Agend Information Sheet
Exhibit 2 - Presentation
E. ID 19-2951 Receive a report, hold a discussion, and give staff direction regarding the creation of a
Bond Oversight Committee to monitor, evaluate, and report on the progress of bond
election capital improvement programs.
Attachments: Exhibit 1 - Agenda Information Sheet
Exhibit 2 - Attendance Record for the 2019 Special Citizens Bond Advisory Committee
Exhibit 3 - Attendance Record for the 2014 Bond Oversight Committee
Exhibit 4 - Presentation
F. ID 19-2930 Receive a report, hold a discussion, and give staff direction regarding the Vision Zero
roadway traffic safety initiative.
Attachments: 0 Exhibit 1 - Agenda Information Sheet
0Exhibit 2 - Presentation
G. ID 19-2257 Receive a report, hold a discussion, and give staff direction on pending City Council
requests for:
(1) Plugged gas wells
(2) Pro bono scientific setback study
Attachments: Exhibit 1 - Agenda Information Sheet
Exhibit 2 - Presentation
Exhibit 3 - Ordinance 2015-233
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 19-2649 Consultation with Attorneys - Under Texas Government Code Section 551.071.
Receive information from the City’s attorneys and discuss legal status, expenses and
strategy in Cause No. DC-17-08139, styled “Michael Grim and Jim Maynard v. City of
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Denton, Texas” pending in the 68th Judicial District Court, Dallas County, Texas; 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 and the 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.
Following the completion of the Closed Meeting, the City Council will convene in a Special Called
Meeting to consider the following item(s).
NOTE: Any item scheduled for formal action at the Special Called Meeting may be subject to a
motion for reconsideration at any time during the meeting or after the meeting, up until the next
succeeding official meeting of the council.
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1. CONSENT AGENDA
Each of these items is recommended by Staff and approval thereof will be strictly on the basis of the Staff
recommendations. Approval of the Consent Agenda authorizes the City Manager or his designee to
implement each item in accordance with the Staff recommendations. The City Council has received
background information and has had an opportunity to raise questions regarding these items prior to
consideration.
Listed below are bids, purchase orders, contracts, and other items to be approved under the Consent
Agenda (Agenda Items A – D). This listing is provided on the Consent Agenda to allow Council Members
to discuss or withdraw an item prior to approval of the Consent Agenda. If no items are pulled, the Consent
Agenda Items will be approved with one motion. If items are pulled for separate discussion, they may be
considered as the first items following approval of the Consent Agenda.
A. ID 19-2722 Consider adoption of an ordinance of the City of Denton establishing the classifications
and prescribing the number of positions in each classification for the Fire Department
pursuant to Chapter 143 of the Texas Local Government Code; providing repealer,
cumulative, and severability clauses; and declaring an effective date.
Attachments: Exhibit 1 Agenda Information Sheet FD Annual Staffing 2019
Exhibit 2 Ordinance - FD Annual Staffing 2019
B. ID 19-2819 Consider approval of the minutes of November 19, 2019.
Attachments: Exhibit 1 - Minutes Draft for November 19, 2019
C. ID 19-2878 Consider adoption of an ordinance of the City of Denton, a Texas home-rule municipal
corporation, authorizing the approval of a first amendment to a Professional Services
Agreement between the City of Denton and Burgess and Niple, Inc., amending the
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contract approved by City Council on June 19, 2018, in the not-to-exceed amount of
$255,000; said first amendment to provide additional engineering services for the Morse
Street Project; providing for the expenditure of funds therefor; and providing an effective
date (RFQ 6590-009 - providing for an additional first amendment expenditure amount
not-to-exceed $88,000, with the total contract amount no-to-exceed $343,000).
Attachments: Exhibit 1 - Agenda Information Sheet
Exhibit 2 - Original Ordinance and Contract
Exhibit 3 - Project Timeline
Exhibit 4 - Project Opinion of Probable Construction Cost (OPCC)
Exhibit 5 - Project Map
Exhibit 6 - Ordinance and Amendment 1
D. ID 19-2879 Consider adoption of an ordinance of the City of Denton, a Texas home-rule municipal
corporation, authorizing the City Manager to purchase continued vendor support of the
hosted Sierra Services platforms and associated hardware and software modules from
Innovative Interfaces, Inc., which is the sole provider of this software, in accordance with
Texas Local Government Code 252.022, which provides that procurement of
commodities and services that are available from one source are exempt from competitive
bidding, and if over $50,000 shall be awarded by the governing body; and providing an
effective date (File 7202 - awarded to Innovative Interfaces, Inc., in the five (5) year
not-to-exceed amount of $392,686.66).
Attachments: Exhibit 1 - Agenda Information Sheet
Exhibit 2 - Quote
Exhibit 3 - Ordinance
2. ITEMS FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION
A. ID 19-2776 Consider adoption of an ordinance of the City of Denton, a Texas home-rule municipal
corporation, authorizing the City Manager to execute a contract with Lessek Enterprises,
LLC dba Impress Graphics, for printing services for the City of Denton City Manager’s
Office; providing for the expenditure of funds therefor; and providing an effective date
(RFP 6977 - awarded to Lessek Enterprises, LLC dba Impress Graphics, for one (1)
year, with the option for three (3) additional one (1) year extensions, in the total four (4)
year not-to-exceed amount of $2,900,000).
Attachments: Exhibit 1 - Agenda Information Sheet
Exhibit 2 - Pricing Evaluation
Exhibit 3 - LLC Members
Exhibit 4 - Presentation
Exhibit 5 - Ordinance and Contract
3. CONCLUDING ITEMS
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A. 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.
B. Possible Continuation of Closed Meeting topics, above posted.
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 6th day of December, 2019 at ___________________
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CITY SECRETARY
NOTE: THE CITY OF DENTON'S DESIGNATED PUBLIC MEETING FACILITIES ARE
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