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ID 24-2099
| 1 | B. | | Work Session Report | Receive a report, hold a discussion, and give staff direction regarding proposed amendments to the Cole Ranch Improvement District’s Operating and Project Agreements.
[Estimated Presentation/Discussion Time: 45 minutes] | | |
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ID 24-2392
| 1 | A. | | Work Session Report | Receive a report, hold a discussion, and give staff direction regarding Denton Enterprise Airport rates and fees.
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ID 24-2535
| 1 | C. | | Work Session Report | Receive a report, hold a discussion, and give staff direction regarding the Standardization of Police Department-Issued Firearms.
[Estimated Presentation/Discussion Time: 30 minutes] | | |
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ID 24-2582
| 1 | A. | | Work Session Report | Meeting Questions, Responses & Handouts | | |
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ID 25-050
| 1 | A. | | Closed Session Report | Deliberations regarding Economic Development - Under Texas Government Code Section 551.087. Receive a report and hold a discussion regarding the potential offer of a financial or other incentive to a business prospect code-named Project Red Dirt which the City seeks to have locate, stay, renovate, or expand in or near the territory of the City and with which the City is conducting economic development negotiations. This discussion shall include commercial and financial information, including an economic development incentive request the City has received from Project Red Dirt. | | |
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ID 25-111
| 1 | B. | | Closed Session Report | Consultation with Attorneys - Under Texas Government Code Section 551.071.
Consult with the City’s attorneys on the legal status, strategy and options for resolution of litigation in Cause No. 24-1005-481, styled “State of Texas v. City of Denton; Gerard Hudspeth, Mayor of Denton; Brian Beck, Mayor Pro Tem of Denton; Vicki Byrd, Paul Meltzer, Joe Holland, Brandon Chase McGee, and Chris Watts, Members of the City Council of Denton; Sara Hensley, City Manager of Denton; and Doug Shoemaker, Chief of Police of Denton; in their official capacities” pending in the 481st District Court, Denton County, Texas; where public discussion of these legal matters 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, or otherwise compromise the City’s legal position in pending litigation. | | |
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ID 25-125
| 1 | C. | | Closed Session Report | Deliberations regarding Real Property -Under Texas Government Code, Section 551.072;
Receive information from staff, discuss, deliberate, and provide staff with direction about the potential purchase or lease of real property situated in The Arts Council Abstract SD0533A, both in the City of Denton, Denton County, Texas, located off Bell Avenue, where a public deliberation of such potential purchase would have a detrimental effect on the City’s position in negotiations with a third party. | | |
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ID 24-2431
| 1 | D. | | Ordinance | Consider adoption of an ordinance of the City of Denton authorizing the City Manager to execute an agreement between the City of Denton and the Denton Bach Society for the payment and use of Program Year 2025 hotel tax revenue in support of the Young Musicians Competition and Spring Showcase; and providing an effective date. ($1,000 - Community Partnership Committee recommends approval 2-0) | | |
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ID 24-2432
| 1 | E. | | Ordinance | Consider adoption of an ordinance of the City of Denton authorizing the City Manager to execute an agreement between the City of Denton and the Denton Black Chamber of Commerce, Inc., for the payment and use of program year 2025 hotel tax revenue in support of the 2025 Denton Blues Festival; and providing an effective date. ($60,100 - Community Partnership Committee recommends approval 2-0) | | |
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ID 24-2433
| 1 | F. | | Ordinance | Consider adoption of an ordinance of the City of Denton authorizing the City Manager to execute an agreement between the City of Denton and the Denton Black Film Festival Institute, Inc., for the payment and use of program year 2025 hotel tax revenue in support of the 2025 Denton Black Film Festival; and providing an effective date. ($54,500 - Community Partnership Committee recommends approval 2-0) | | |
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ID 24-2434
| 1 | G. | | Ordinance | Consider adoption of an ordinance of the City of Denton authorizing the City Manager to execute an agreement between the City of Denton and the Kiwanis Club of Denton, Breakfast, Denton, Texas, for the payment and use of program year 2025 hotel tax revenue in support of the 2025 Turkey Roll Bicycle Rally and providing an effective date. ($7,000- Community Partnership Committee recommends approval 2-0) | | |
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ID 24-2435
| 1 | H. | | Ordinance | Consider adoption of an ordinance of the City of Denton authorizing the City Manager to execute an agreement between the City of Denton and the Denton Community Market, for the payment and use of program year 2025 hotel tax revenue in support of the 2025 Denton Community Market; and providing an effective date. ($68,600- Community Partnership Committee recommends approval 2-0) | | |
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ID 24-2436
| 1 | I. | | Ordinance | Consider adoption of an ordinance of the City of Denton authorizing the City Manager to execute an agreement between the City of Denton and Denton County through the Office of History and Culture, for the payment and use of program year 2025 hotel tax revenue in support of the Denton County Museums; and providing an effective date. ($296,200 - Community Partnership Committee recommends approval 2-0) | | |
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ID 24-2437
| 1 | J. | | Ordinance | Consider adoption of an ordinance of the City of Denton authorizing the City Manager to execute an agreement between the City of Denton and the Denton’s Day of the Dead Festival, Inc., for the payment and use of program year 2025 hotel tax revenue in support of the 2025 Denton Day of the Dead Festival; and providing an effective date. ($65,100- Community Partnership Committee recommends approval 2-0) | | |
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ID 24-2438
| 1 | K. | | Ordinance | Consider adoption of an ordinance of the City of Denton authorizing the City Manager to execute an agreement between the City of Denton and the Denton Festival Foundation, Inc., for the payment and use of program year 2025 hotel tax revenue in support of the 2025 Denton Arts and Jazz Festival; and providing an effective date. ($135,000 - Community Partnership Committee recommends approval 2-0) | | |
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ID 24-2439
| 1 | L. | | Ordinance | Consider adoption of an ordinance of the City of Denton authorizing the City Manager to execute an agreement between the City of Denton and the Denton Holiday Festival Association, Inc., for the payment and use of program year 2025 hotel tax revenue in support of the 2025 Denton Holiday Lighting Festival; and providing an effective date. ($50,000 - Community Partnership Committee recommends approval (2-0) | | |
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ID 24-2440
| 1 | M. | | Ordinance | Consider adoption of an ordinance of the City of Denton authorizing the City Manager to execute an agreement between the City of Denton and the Denton Central Business District, Inc., dba Denton Mainstreet Association for the payment and use of program year 2025 hotel tax revenue in support of the 2025 Twilight Tunes, Arts and Autos, and Wassail Fest events; and providing an effective date. ($80,200 - Community Partnership Committee recommends approval 2-0) | | |
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ID 24-2441
| 1 | N. | | Ordinance | Consider adoption of an ordinance of the City of Denton authorizing the City Manager to execute an agreement between the City of Denton and the Denton Music and Art Collaborative for the payment and use of program year 2025 hotel tax revenue in support of the 2025 Molten Plains Festival; and providing an effective date. ($2,000 - Community Partnership Committee recommends approval 2-0) | | |
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ID 24-2442
| 1 | O. | | Ordinance | Consider adoption of an ordinance of the City of Denton authorizing the City Manager to execute an agreement between the City of Denton and the Denton Parks Foundation, for the payment and use of program year 2025 hotel tax revenue in support of the 2025 Cinco de Mayo, Juneteenth, and Dog Days events; and providing an effective date. ($134,300 - Community Partnership Committee recommends approval 2-0) | | |
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ID 24-2443
| 1 | P. | | Ordinance | Consider adoption of an ordinance of the City of Denton authorizing the City Manager to execute an agreement between the City of Denton and Mount Zion Praise Church for the payment and use of program year 2025 hotel tax revenue in support of the 2025 African Festival event; and providing an effective date. ($3,000 - Community Partnership Committee recommends approval 2-0) | | |
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ID 24-2444
| 1 | Q. | | Ordinance | Consider adoption of an ordinance of the City of Denton authorizing the City Manager to execute an agreement between the City of Denton and the North Texas State Fair Association, Inc., for the payment and use of program year 2025 hotel tax revenue in support of the 2025 North Texas Fair and Rodeo; and providing an effective date. ($327,400 - Community Partnership Committee recommends approval 2-0) | | |
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ID 24-2445
| 1 | R. | | Ordinance | Consider adoption of an ordinance of the City of Denton authorizing the City Manager to execute an agreement between the City of Denton and the Real Waves Radio Network, for the payment and use of program year 2025 hotel tax revenue in support of the 2025 KUZU Presents event; and providing an effective date. ($13,400- Community Partnership Committee recommends approval 2-0) | | |
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ID 24-2446
| 1 | S. | | Ordinance | Consider adoption of an ordinance of the City of Denton authorizing the City Manager to execute an agreement between the City of Denton and the Tejas Storytelling Association, for the payment and use of program year 2025 hotel tax revenue in support of the 2025 Texas Storytelling Festival; and providing an effective date. ($59,055- Community Partnership Committee recommends approval 2-0) | | |
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ID 24-2447
| 1 | T. | | Ordinance | Consider adoption of an ordinance of the City of Denton authorizing the City Manager to execute an agreement between the City of Denton and the Texas Filmmakers Corporation, for the payment and use of program year 2025 hotel tax revenue in support of the 2025 Thin Line Fest; and providing an effective date. ($50,700- Community Partnership Committee recommends approval 2-0) | | |
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ID 24-2448
| 1 | U. | | Ordinance | Consider adoption of an ordinance of the City of Denton authorizing the City Manager to execute an agreement between the City of Denton and the Texas Veterans Hall of Fame, for the payment and use of program year 2025 hotel tax revenue in support of programming and ceremonies; and providing an effective date. ($55,100 - Community Partnership Committee recommends approval 2-0) | | |
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ID 24-2449
| 1 | V. | | Ordinance | Consider adoption of an ordinance of the City of Denton authorizing the City Manager to execute an agreement between the City of Denton and Denton Community Theatre, for the payment and use of program year 2025 hotel tax revenue in support of the 2025 Performance Season; and providing an effective date. ($30,100- Community Partnership Committee recommends approval 2-0) | | |
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ID 24-2539
| 1 | W. | | Ordinance | Consider adoption of an ordinance of the City of Denton authorizing the submission of an application to the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) Recreational Trails Grant Program 2025 for a reimbursement grant in the amount of $300,000 for the construction of a trail located along south Bonnie Brae Street; and providing for an effective date. | | |
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ID 24-2569
| 1 | X. | | Ordinance | Consider adoption of an ordinance of the City of Denton, a Texas home-rule municipal corporation, authorizing the City Manager to execute a contract extension with Eurovia Atlantic Coast LLC, dba Sunmount Paving Company, as the primary vendor, and Jagoe-Public Company, as the secondary vendor, through January 5, 2026, to continue the supply and installation of hot mix asphalt concrete for the Streets Department; providing for the expenditure of funds therefor; and providing an effective date (RFP 7486 - extending the contracts with Eurovia Atlantic Coast LLC, dba Sunmount Paving Company and Jagoe-Public Company, to January 5, 2026). | | |
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ID 24-2571
| 1 | Y. | | Ordinance | Consider adoption an ordinance of the City of Denton, a Texas home-rule municipal corporation, rejecting any and all competitive proposals under CSP 8506 for the Ray Roberts Water Treatment Plant Chemical Systems Improvements Project for the Water Utilities Department; and providing an effective date (CSP 8506). | | |
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ID 24-2574
| 1 | Z. | | Ordinance | Consider adoption of an ordinance of the City of Denton, a Texas home-rule municipal corporation, authorizing the City Manager to execute a Professional Services Agreement with Solutient GeoSciences, Inc., for landfill hydrogeological consulting and analytical services regarding the City’s Landfill monitoring and reporting requirements for the Environmental Services and Sustainability Department as set forth in the contract; providing for the expenditure of funds therefor; and providing an effective date (RFQ 8525-006 - Professional Services Agreement for analytical services awarded to Solutient GeoSciences, Inc., in the not-to-exceed amount of $490,010.00). | | |
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ID 24-2577
| 1 | AA. | | Ordinance | 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 Aerosimple LLC, for Airport Management Software for the Denton Enterprise Airport; providing for the expenditure of funds therefor; and providing an effective date (RFP 8583 - awarded to Aerosimple LLC, for three (3) years, with the option for one (1) additional two (2) year extension, in the total five (5) year not-to-exceed amount of $64,000.00). | | |
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ID 24-2578
| 1 | AB. | | Ordinance | 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 Argent Associates, Inc., for the supply of communications inventory for the Communications Department to be stocked in the City of Denton Warehouse; providing for the expenditure of funds therefor; and providing an effective date (IFB 8634 - awarded to Argent Associates, Inc., for two (2) years, with the option for two (2) additional one (1) year extensions, in the total four (4) year not-to-exceed amount of $875,000.00). | | |
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ID 24-2580
| 1 | AC. | | Ordinance | 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 Hardin & Associates Holdings, LLC, to perform cross-connection testing and training services for the Water Utilities Department; providing for the expenditure of funds therefor; and providing an effective date (RFP 8657 - awarded to Hardin & Associates Holdings, LLC, in the not-to-exceed amount of $62,675.00). | | |
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ID 24-2581
| 1 | AD. | | Ordinance | 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 Flock Group Inc, for the purchase of a fixed License Plate Recognition (LPR) System for the Police Department, 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; providing for the expenditure of funds therefor; and providing an effective date (File 8701 - awarded to Flock Group Inc, for three (3) years, with the option for two (2) additional one (1) year extensions, in the total five (5) year not-to-exceed amount of $311,600.00). | | |
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ID 24-2598
| 1 | C. | | Ordinance | Consider adoption of an ordinance of the City of Denton authorizing the City Manager to execute an Interlocal Cooperation Contract in the form of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the City of Denton and the Denton Independent School District (DISD), for reimbursement to the City in the estimated amount of $309,703 for compensation and benefits of nine Student Resource Officers (SROs) assigned at DISD for the period of February 3, 2025 through June 30, 2025, replacing the current MOU with DISD for SROs that was effective on July 1, 2024; Reassigning the Police Lieutenant assigned to the SRO Program back to the Police Department; and providing an effective date. | | |
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ID 24-2528
| 1 | B. | | Work Session Report | Consider adoption of an ordinance of the City of Denton, Texas approving the Denton Firemen’s Relief and Retirement Fund actuarial valuation as of December 31, 2023; and providing an effective date. | | |
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AESA24-0004b
| 1 | A. | | Ordinance | Hold a public hearing and consider adoption of an ordinance of the City of Denton, Texas, approving an Alternative Environmentally Sensitive Plan to offset the removal of 1.92 acres of Environmentally Sensitive Areas (ESAs). The subject site is on approximately 84.14 acres of land located west of Interstate-35 and 1,900 feet south of the intersection of State Highway 288 and Interstate-35 in the City of Denton, Denton County, Texas; adopting an amendment to the city’s official environmentally sensitive areas 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 Pruett and second by Commissioner Padron. (AESA24-0004b, Harris Ranch Industrial, Christi Upton) | | |
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HL24-0006b
| 1 | A. | | Planning Case | Consider approval of a resolution of the City of Denton approving an application for a partial tax exemption of designated historic sites, in accordance with Chapter 10, Article VI, Sections 10-126 through 10-129 of the Denton Municipal Code of Ordinances, for a Local Historic Landmark located at 1526 Willowwood Street, located on the north side of Willowwood Street, between Kendolph Drive and McCormick Street; providing for severability; and providing an effective date. The Historic Landmark Commission recommends a favorable determination (4-0). (HL24-0006b, 1526 Willowwood Street - Tax Exemption, Cameron Robertson) | | |
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ID 24-2576
| 1 | B. | | Ordinance | 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 WEG Transformers USA LLC, for the purchase of substation power transformers for Denton Municipal Electric; providing for the expenditure of funds therefor; and providing an effective date (RFP 8582 - awarded to WEG Transformers USA LLC, for three (3) years, with the option for two (2) additional one (1) year extensions, in the total five (5) year not-to-exceed amount of $24,890,000.00). | | |
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ID 24-2592
| 1 | A. | | Ordinance | Consider adoption of an ordinance of the City of Denton approving an Assignment of Airport Lease from Wayne and Maribeth Yarbrough to DSR-Cherokee 180, LLC covering property at 918 Aeronca Lane, Denton, Texas at the Denton Enterprise Airport; authorizing the City Manager to execute the Assignment of Airport Lease; and providing an effective date. Airport Advisory Board recommends approval (5-0). | | |
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ID 24-2665
| 1 | C. | | Ordinance | Consider adoption of an ordinance of the City of Denton ordering an election for Districts 1, 2, 3, and 4 to be held on May 3, 2025, and if required, a runoff election to be held on June 7, 2025; prescribing the time, manner, and conduct of the election in accordance with a Joint Election Agreement and Contract for election services with the Elections Administrator of Denton County; and providing an effective date. | | |
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ID 25-041
| 1 | D. | | Ordinance | Consider adoption of an ordinance ordering a special election for the purpose of submitting proposed charter amendments to the registered voters of the City of Denton replacing all instances of gendered language with non-gendered language; resolving conflicts with state law and modifying vague or unclear language, and increasing the term of the Municipal Judge from two years to four years; to be held on May 3, 2025; prescribing the time, manner, and conduct of the special election in accordance with a Joint Election Agreement and contract for election services with the Election Administrator; prescribing the form of the ballot; and providing an effective date. | | |
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