102320 Friday Staff Report „ City Manager's Office
215 E. McKinney St., Denton, TX 76201 • (940) 349-8307
DENTON
MEMORANDUM
DATE: October 23, 2020
TO: The Honorable Mayor Watts and Council Members
FROM: Todd Hileman, City Manager
SUBJECT: Friday Staff Report
I. Council Schedule
A. Meetings
1. Public Utilities Board on Monday, October 26, 2020 at 9:00 a.m. via
video/teleconference—City Council Work Session Room.
2. Cancelled - Zoning Board of Adjustment on Monday, October 26, 2020 at
3:00 p.m. in the City Council Work Session Room.
3. Special Called Panel Meeting - Board of Ethics on Monday, October 26, 2020
at 5:00 p.m. via video/teleconference—City Council Work Session Room.
4. Cancelled - Council Airport Committee on Tuesday, October 27, 2020 at
10:00 a.m. in the City Council Work Session Room.
5. Work Session of the City Council on Tuesday, October 27, 2020 at 2:00 p.m.
via video/teleconference—City Council Work Session Room.
6. Mobility Committee on Wednesday, October 28, 2020 at 9:00 a.m. via
video/teleconference—City Council Work Session Room.
7. Cancelled - Agenda Committee Meeting Wednesday, October 28, 2020 at
2:30 p.m. in the City Manager's Conference Room.
8. Council Airport Committee on Thursday, October 29, 2020 at 10:00 a.m.via
video/teleconference—City Council Work Session Room.
9. Cancelled - Board of Ethics Meeting on Thursday, October 29, 2020 at
3:00 p.m. in the City Council Work Session Room.
10. Human Services Advisory on Friday, October 30, 2020 at 11:00 a.m. in the
via video/teleconference—City Council Work Session Room.
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II. General Information & Status Update
A. Pending Council Requests Work Session Topics—Pursuant to Ordinance No. 19-2026,
the following items will be discussed during the October 27 City Council work session.
Each week, the topics that will be presented during the next week's agenda will be
included in the Friday Report the prior week. Staff contact: Rachel Balthrop Mendoza,
City Manager's Office
1. Pedestrian and bike accident data over the past 2 years
a. Requestor: Council Member Briggs
b. Council Member Request: Pedestrian and bike accident data over the past 2
years.
c. Staff Information: In order to pull the entirety of the requested data, staff will
need to extract the data from the TxDOT system to obtain all of the incidents
over the requested period of time to show comparison. Staff will then analyze
the pertinent data from the report and anticipates this process will require
approximately 4 hours to complete.
B. Redistricting Information— Staff received a Council inquiry regarding the process and
next steps for redistricting for Council elections. Redistricting is based on census data,
so the process will begin after local data from the 2020 Census is released. The 2020
Census is still underway, and it may be as late as July of 2021 before detailed data is
available. We will keep the Council updated as the census process moves forward, but
it will most likely be the middle of next year before a work session can be scheduled.
For the 2021 redistricting, the City has retained Bob Heath, of Bickerstaff Heath
Delgado Acosta LLP. Mr. Heath is an expert in election and redistricting law and
assisted the City with the last redistricting, which was completed in September 2011.
Staff contact: Ryan Adams, Customer Service and Public Affairs
C. DME Reconnection Fee Clarification— On October 19, Council Member Meltzer
requested clarification on reconnection fees associated with DME accounts. The City
does not currently charge fees to reconnect. For background, a graphic showing the
normal timeline from bill generation through interruption of service is shown below.
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Normally, the following are required for restoring service:
• Past due bill balance
• $23 interruption fee
• Any amount required to bring current deposit to an average 2-month bill;
however, we will make arrangements on this amount
If a customer is interrupted on a post-paid account, there are already two months of
charges that have posted to the account, so a security deposit is required to ensure
coverage of the outstanding balance if the account were to be vacated. Under normal
circumstances, if a customer has a $0 deposit on file and is interrupted, it is possible
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that they may owe up to 3 months' worth of charges. Customer Service staff will
encourage the customer to move to prepaid service which does not require a deposit.
However, if they do not wish to do that, staff will still work with them on a payment
arrangement regarding the deposit.
From March to current, the City is not charging the late fee & 1% interest, day of
interruption fee, or increasing deposits for disconnected accounts. Staff are still
working with customers with payment arrangements on the past due balance in order
to ensure restoration of service. Customer Service staff attempt to recover as much of
the past due as is possible so the customer does not fall further behind,but have restored
service with partial payment,pay agreements, and/or assistance referrals. Staff contact:
Christa Foster, Customer Service
D. 9-1-1 Outages — City of Denton 9-1-1 calls and non-emergency lines for the dispatch
center are processed through a phone system provided by the Denco Area 9-1-1
District. The phone system began experiencing problems around 10:00 p.m. on
Saturday, October 17. At that time, City of Denton 9-1-1 calls were rerouted to the
Denton County Sheriff's Office Communications Center. Service was restored around
10:50 p.m. The system began experiencing intermittent connectivity issues again at
approximately 12:30 a.m. on Sunday, October 18. Although the call taker would lose
the call, it would ring back into the center and the call continued to be processed. It
does not appear that any calls were actually lost. The phone system went down again
on October 18, at approximately 4:40 a.m. and 9-1-1 calls were again rerouted to the
Denton County Sheriff's Office Communications Center. Service was restored around
5:51 a.m. The phone system went down briefly on Tuesday, October 20, around
10:05 p.m. Users were able to log back in to the system and the incident lasted less than
a minute. The phone system went down again on Wednesday, October 21 around
11:10 a.m. Users were kicked out of the system, but they were able to immediately log
back in to the system. There were no reports of calls during these periods that went
unanswered through the City of Denton or Denton County. Similar outages occurred at
four Denco Area 911 District agencies.
Denco Area 911 district was contacted for an explanation of the outages. Denco is
responsible for the implementation and maintenance of the 911 equipment provided to
the City of Denton. The 911 issues have been recurring, intermittent, and for short
periods of time. Denco and Verizon engineers spent a considerable amount of time
going through system configurations, equipment, and network logs on Wednesday.
Denco technical support and a Verizon representative responded to the Denton Police
Department on October 22, at approximately 2:30 p.m. to further troubleshoot the
issues. They are investigating possible causes but as of yet, have not identified one.
Verizon management and engineers have escalated the issue and are working to locate
the cause. There have been no more instances of outages since Wednesday morning.
Denco will notify the City of Denton when the issue has been located and resolved.
Staff contact: Suzanne Kaletta, Public Safety Communications
E. DME Transmission Cost of Service—On Friday, October 16, City staff participated in
a hearing of the Public Utility Commission of Texas (PUCT) in which PUCT staff
recommended that Denton Municipal Electric (DME) file an application for a
comprehensive transmission cost-of-service rate proceeding. PUCT staff"based their
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recommendation on, among other things, DME's current authorized rate of return of
28.05% that was derived using a cash flow methodology, the fact that DME has not
undergone a comprehensive Commission review of its wholesale transmission costs
and revenues since 2005, and DME's significant growth over the last 15 years in both
its revenue levels and rate base levels, which increased approximately thirteenfold and
sixteenfold, respectively. PUCT staff believes that the operational and financial
circumstances surrounding DME in 2005 have changed over the last 15 years, and the
ratemaking treatments that may been reasonable for a relatively smaller utility in 2005
may no longer be appropriate for a significantly larger utility, particularly when the
utility can add substantial amounts of rate base using formulaic inputs in interim
proceedings."In its participation in the proceeding, City staff requested that the PUCT
delay a decision on PUCT staff s recommendation since no discussion between the two
entities had occurred prior to the hearing nor was the PUCT staff report to the PUCT
(attached) duly provided to the City. City staff became aware of the report, two days
prior to the hearing. Additionally, City staff requested that the PUCT, if not open to
delaying a decision on PUCT staff s recommendation, consider that: (1) a comparison
a rates of returns between IOUs (Investor Owned Utilities), Non-IOUs, and MOUs
(Municipally Owned Utilities) are inherently different due to their basis of accounting,
(2)while DME has utilized the cash flow methodology leading to an authorized rate of
return of 28.05%, this is one of four methodologies allowable under the PUCT's rules
and as such, should not be the basis for PUCT staffs recommendation, and (3) DME
has historically filed at least an annual interim rate filing providing PUCT staff
adequate review and monitoring of DME's effective rate of return, which has
historically been 16%-19%, an amount well below the authorized rate of return.
While the PUCT was gracious to allow City staff adequate time to participate in the
hearing, the PUCT made the decision to require that DME file an application for a
comprehensive transmission cost-of-service rate proceeding by November 1, 2021. As
such, City staff has already initiated internal discussions to begin preparations to
complete the required application as required by the PUCT. In the coming weeks, City
staff will release a solicitation for financial firms to assist with the application process
for this proceeding and to assist with providing expert testimony. Within that process,
City staff plans to review each of the four available methodologies under the PUCT's
rules to assess the financial impacts on DME prior to submitting its final application.
Finally, the City's Finance Department will be assessing various financial scenarios
that may impact DME as a result of this development. Those financial scenarios will
be further discussed with the Public Utilities Board and City Council in December
2020. Staff contact: David Gaines, City Manager's Office /Tony Puente, Utilities
F. Denton Record-Chronicle, Illegal Dumping—On Monday, October 19, a reporter from
the Denton Record-Chronicle contacted the City with questions regarding illegal
dumping at the intersection of Johnson and Mill. Staff provided a response to the
reporter.
The site near Johnson and Mill Streets was recently identified by Community
Improvement Services (CIS). While the case was under staff inspection, two resident
complaints were also submitted. The issue regarding dumping in the Right-of-Way was
entered and referred to the City's Parks and Recreation Department for clean-up. As
of October 1, all public areas and Right-of-Ways are now maintained by Parks and
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Recreation in an effort to streamline the City's response to mowing and maintenance.
Any affected areas in the Rights-of-Ways are addressed by Parks Maintenance staff or
a contractor. At this time, illegal dumping is scheduled to be addressed on Fridays to
allow for efficient and effective scheduling of resources. The site is scheduled for clean
up this Friday, October 23.
Per Sec. 21-8. the City's Code of Ordinances dumping is illegal. `It shall be unlawful
and declared a nuisance for any person to dump, or permit to be dumped upon any
sidewalk, alley, street, into or adjacent to water, or any other public or private
property, any unwholesome water, refuse, rubbish, trash, debris,filth, carrion,junk,
garbage, impure or unwholesome matter of any kind or other objectionable or
unsightly matter of whatever kind. " If someone was caught in the act of illegal
dumping, the penalty for this violation is a five hundred-dollar($500.00)fine.
Prior to October 1, there was no uniform tracking of illegal dumping since it was
addressed by different departments depending on the activity impacted by the illegal
dumping. We do not have information compiled to share related to frequency, sites,
and costs. Stafffrom multiple departments are coordinating a strategy that will include
tracking and reporting such activity.
Illegal dumping does occur in the City especially in vacant lots, near railroad lines,
and in isolated Right-of-Ways. This site is an area that illegal dumping does happen
more frequently. Illegal dumping is addressed based on where it happens. Community
Improvement Services addresses illegal dumping that occurs on private property.
Parks and Recreation addresses illegal dumping on all City owned public property and
contracted Right-of-Ways. To help us identify an issue, residents can submit a request
or report illegal dumping through the Engage Denton app or by calling (940) 349-
8743.
The reporter then forwarded this response to City Council for comment.
As mentioned in the response, an interdepartmental team has been meeting regarding
illegal dumping and liter control to coordinate efforts. To provide additional detail, staff
is working on developing options and proposals for an enhanced response strategy, as
well as strategies to reduce the frequency of illegal dumping in identified hot spots
including new community education initiatives, increased signage in high impacted
areas,and the use of technology including tracking and mapping in response to ongoing
illegal dumping that occurs throughout the city.
In any criminal prosecution, a prosecutor has to prove that the accused committed a
criminal offense. This is typically proved either by an eyewitness that observed a
person committing a criminal offense, or by evidence associated with the criminal
offense that tends to lead to the identity of the suspect, such as fingerprints. In the case
of illegal dumping, the offense typically occurs without any person witnessing the
offense. In addition, there is very little evidence in an illegal dumping cases that would
tend to identify a suspect. As a result, very few criminal citations are issued in cases of
illegal dumping. Staff contacts: Drew Huffman, Parks and Recreation / Dani Shaw,
Community Services / Stephanie Berry, Legal
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G. Windsor Drive Water Events — On October 20, Council Member Briggs and Council
Member Meltzer requested information regarding two water related events that
occurred on Windsor Drive on October 19 and 20. A summary of each even is detailed
below:
Prolonged Water Shut-Off on October 19
• The shutdown was originally scheduled from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Upon arrival,
Water Department staff determined the contractor was not prepared for water
to be turned off as scheduled at 9 a.m. Staff informed the contractor the area
would need to have the hole for the new line excavated prior to the water being
shut off.
• The water was initially turned off at 12 p.m. However, before staff could verify
that the water was completely off, the contractor cut into the pipe and split
approximately 12-feet of PVC pipe.
• At 12:40 p.m., additional staff were requested to completely turn off the water
as water was still coming out of the split pipe.
• At 1:45 p.m., staff instructed the contractor to notify the affected residents that
the water shut-off would go past the originally scheduled 2 p.m. timeframe by
the contractor. Residents were notified of the extended timeframe.
• The water was completely shut off by 2:30 p.m. and the contractor began the
tie-in.
• At 5:45 p.m., staff contacted the contractor's supervisor to inform him that the
contractor did not have the proper materials on-site to cap and abandon the
existing water line and, because there was a valve bleeding close by, it would
cause problems with the thrust blocking and therefore the water was unable to
be turned back on. Staff retrieved the proper materials for the contractor to
complete the repairs and distributed bottled water to residents who did not have
water.
• At 6:15 p.m., staff discovered the contractor required additional materials to
properly cap the split pipe.
• At 7:00 p.m., staff arrived with the final materials needed for the contractor to
complete the job.
• Water was restored at approximately 10:25 p.m.
• In total, eight homes on Sherman Drive, between Wilsonwood Drive and
Windsor Drive, were affected by this water event.
Resulting Actions: Utilities staff and Public Works Inspections have created and
implemented procedures that will prevent an event like this from occurring again.
These procedures are detailed below:
• Staff will verify all materials are on site before any valves are shut off. This
will be a joint effort between the two departments on the day of the scheduled
shutdown.
• Staff will evaluate the jobsite to determine whether the contractor is prepared
for the water to be turned off. Water will not be turned off until the contractor
is fully prepared according to City standards.
• If there is not enough time to complete the work within the scheduled window
of time, staff will delay the work and notices will be redistributed to the
residents with the new date and time of work.
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• Staff will not allow a contractor to cut into pipe until the Water Department's
Valve Crew has determined that the water has been turned off. If the Valve
Crew has difficulties turning off the water, staff will reschedule the
construction to a later date after the issue is resolved.
• Standard Operating Procedures are currently being drafted to detail pre-
shutdown steps.
Fire Hydrant Blow at Longfellow Lane and Windsor Drive Intersection on
October 20
• There was as scheduled water outage for a tie-in at the intersection of
Wilsonwood and Windsor Drive from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. on October 20.
• When staff arrived at 9 a.m., they discovered the contractor was not ready for
the water to be shut off.
• At 11:30 a.m., staff informed the contractor that they would have to
reschedule the tie-in to 48 hours later and re-notify residents.
• The contractor excavated the area for the tie in to prepare for the rescheduled
tie-in on October 22. The contract completed the excavation and barricaded
the site for safety.
• At approximately 5 p.m., Water Utilities received a call from the Public
Works Inspector that the fire hydrant at the intersection had blown off and
was rapidly expelling water.
• At 5:20 p.m., staff arrived at the site and turned the water off to the hydrant.
• 2 homes were flooded in this event.
Resulting Actions: City Staff determined the fire hydrant blew out due to its age and
the contractor was not at fault for this incident. The hydrant was removed from service
on October 22.
Staff contact: Rachel Wood, Capital Projects/Antonio Puente, Water Utilities
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H. Bicycle Resources — On Thursday, October 22, Council Member Meltzer submitted
two requests regarding bicycle resources. The first request involved the replacement of
the Bicycle/Pedestrian Coordinator. With the Fiscal Year 2020-2021 budget, this
position was reclassified to the expanded role of a Senior Transportation Planner,which
will be responsible for bicycle and pedestrian planning and will serve as one of the
City's Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) Coordinators, with a focus on
accessibility of the City's infrastructure and construction projects. This position was
recently discussed with the Committee on Persons with Disabilities at their September
17 meeting, the presentation from that meeting is attached. Staff plans to begin
recruitment for this position in November 2020,with a goal of having the position filled
in early calendar year 2021.
The second request was regarding the City's commitment to make investments in
bicycle infrastructure. As part of the Fiscal Year 2020-2021 budget, $200,000 was
approved to fund new bicycle lanes. This $200,000 appropriation is noted on slide 13
of attached budget presentation from September 15, 2020. The City is currently in the
process of updating the Mobility Plan. The 2020 Update to the Mobility Plan will
include a combination of the Thoroughfare Plan and Bicycle Plan, and will create a
new Pedestrian Plan. City staff is also developing a companion work plan to the
Mobility Plan that will help prioritize and plan for bicycle and pedestrian infrastructure
improvements across the City. Staff contact: Brian Jahn, Capital Projects
L Sidewalk Segment Replacement Updates — In the October 16 Friday Report, staff
provided an update on the status of sidewalk connectivity along McKinney Street
leading up to Ryan High School. The missing sidewalk segments along McKinney
Street resulted from work being performed by Atmos Energy. Last week, the missing
sidewalk segments were temporarily restored using backfill compacted with gravel.
The missing segments were permanently restored with concrete on Thursday,
October 22. Pictures of the replaced segments are below.
In the October 8 Friday Report, staff provided an update on the status of missing
sidewalk segments along Mayhill Road. The missing segments were removed as a
result of work being performed for Oncor Electric. The missing sidewalk segments
were restored on October 16. Staff contact: Rachel Wood, Capital Projects
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J. Animal Services Proposed Amendments — Through the last year, by request of the
Animal Shelter Advisory Committee (ASAC), staff reviewed the current tethering and
dangerous dog requirements in municipal code. During the October 21 ASAC meeting,
Animal Services staff reviewed proposed ordinance changes with the Committee and
the Committee provided a recommendation to bring the proposed ordinance changes
forward to City Council. The proposed ordinance changes will be presented to City
Council for consideration on November 10. The following is a brief high-level
summary:
• No Tethering — Currently, tethering of an animal is unlawful, however there
are multiple exemptions under the ordinance. Due to the difficulty in
enforcement and potential endangerment to animals, the recommended update
would be to remove the multiple exemptions, with only one exemption for if
the owner is present and actively watching the animal.
The presentation to Council will provide a summary of the research of other
municipalities, outreach already performed, a proposed implementation plan
including a community education plan and delayed enforcement, and
information on partnerships secured to provide animal enclosures and resources
for owners in need.
• Dangerous Dog—Currently, the ordinance requires certain actions to be taken
when an animal is deemed dangerous by a judge. The recommended update
would add additional requirements for a dog that has been deemed dangerous
by a judge to be both sterilized and microchipped within a certain timeframe.
To watch the ASAC meeting and learn more about the proposed ordinance
amendments, please visit this link: https:Hdentontx.new.swagit.com/videos/87453.
Attached is also a copy of the presentation provided to the ASAC. Staff contact: Randi
Weinberg, Animal Services
K. October 21 Warschun Road Community Meeting - On Wednesday, October 21, the
Capital Projects Department hosted a Virtual Town Hall meeting to address safety
concerns and discuss potential improvements at the intersection of Warschun Road and
FM 428. During the meeting, staff walked through the attached presentation and
discussed options to improve the safety of the intersection. The meeting can be viewed
here: https://youtu.be/oj4LtRHJMjk.
Options currently being considered at the intersection include:
• Option 1: The addition of a right-hand turn lane at the intersection and
addressing areas where the rumble strip is currently in active lanes of traffic.
• Option 2: The design, construction, and ultimate re-opening of Warschun
Road, from Sauls Road to FM 428, which is currently closed to traffic.
• Option 3: The combination of Option 1 and Option 2.
A total of 19 individuals attended the meeting, the majority of whom do not live in the
Denton city limits. Meeting attendees voiced support for Option 1 and were split on
Option 2. To ensure feedback from City of Denton residents is received, Capital
Projects and Public Affairs staff are developing a survey that will be distributed to all
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Denton residents who live within 2,000 feet of the Warschun/FM 428 intersection to
gauge their support of the proposed improvements. Staff is in the process of
coordinating with Denton County and the Texas Department of Transportation to
identify funding opportunities for the proposed improvements. After staff receives
survey feedback, results will be discussed with the City Manager's Office to determine
the best path forward. Survey options will be included in a future Friday Report. Staff
will also provide updates on funding and the improvement strategy selected in a future
Friday Report and in upcoming Capital Improvement Plan Work Session presentations.
Staff contacts: Dusty Draper and Rachel Wood, Capital Projects
L. Civic Center Open for General Elections— The Denton Civic Center will be open for
early voting,October 13 through October 30.The Civic Center will be open from 7 a.m.
to 7 p.m. on Monday through Saturdays. On Sundays, the hours are 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.
On Election Day,November 3,the Civic Center,MLK Jr.Recreation Center,and North
Lakes Recreation Center will be voting sites.
Curbside voting is available to any voter who has difficulty walking or standing for
long periods.When you arrive at the Civic Center,have them notify the election official
at that time if you have an assistant with you. The election official will then bring your
ballot to your car outside the polling location. If you do not have an assistant, please
call(940) 349-3200 ahead to notify the voting clerk you want to vote curbside.
Otherwise, the Civic Center will remain closed and not open to the public. During the
voting hours, staff will be at the Civic Center; however, the walking track and other
meeting rooms are closed to the public. Staff contact: Jennifer Eusse, Parks and
Recreation
M. Downtown Pressure Washing— On October 19, Council Member Briggs requested
information on the contract cleaning for the Downtown Square area. The contract
cleaning crews conduct Litter control on and around the Courthouse Square on
Monday, Wednesday, and Friday of each week. The Courthouse Square area contract
also includes power washing the sidewalks three times per year (spring, summer, and
fall) with an option for a fourth when needed. The fall cleaning will take place within
the next two weeks. Solid Waste's Valet Service monitors and empties the Big Belly
Trash cans Monday through Friday, and power washes the cans weekly. Council
Member Briggs also forwarded concerns from business owners regarding an uptick in
public defecation in the area, and any potential for action to prevent it from recurring.
Police Department staff confirmed the officers assigned to the downtown area who
proactively patrol and take appropriate measures to cite or arrest based on what offense
that occurs in their presence. They will not, however,be targeting anyone experiencing
homelessness. Staff contacts: Ethan Cox, Public Works/Frank Dixon, Police
N. Windsor Construction Update—Construction on Windsor Drive is currently underway.
In an effort to keep the City Council informed on the progress of this project, Capital
Projects will be providing periodic updates in the Friday Report. The updates are listed
categorically below.
Stuart and Windsor Four-Way Stop: The four-way stop at the intersection of Stuart
and Windsor is now open for traffic to cross over from Windsor to Stuart. Windsor
from Stuart to Sherman is currently allowing east-bound traffic only.
Windsor Roadway Conditions: There were several questions raised about the
construction conditions along Windsor. Staff is closely monitoring the work of the
contractor, and the contractor has committed to taking measures to improve the
conditions along Windsor. Each area of concern will be addressed separately
below:
o Missing Sidewalk Segments
• To allow for future water tie-ins, there were several segments of
sidewalk removed. The contractor is conducting daily safety checks
to ensure the fencing around each missing sidewalk segment is
properly secured. The water tie-in work remains ongoing. The tie-
ins from Sherman to the west will be completed in the next two
weeks, weather permitting. The tie-ins on the eastern portion of the
project will be ongoing as the new water main is being installed.
Once each tie-in is completed, the missing segments will be
backfilled.
o Dirt Piles along the jobsite:
• The contractor is continuing to remove any dirt piles that are not
scheduled to be used within a one-week time period.
o Jobsite Cleanliness:
• Jobsite cleanliness has improved as the contractor is performing
daily cleanups of construction debris on the jobsite. Street segments
are cleaned daily by the onsite street sweeper to decrease the amount
of debris.
o Traffic Control:
• The traffic control devices (signs, barricades, cones, etc.) are being
checked three time daily by the contractor and assigned Public
Works Inspector to ensure the approved Traffic Control Plan is
being properly followed.
o Dust Control:
• An onsite water truck is being used throughout the day during
active construction to mitigate dust levels.
Staff contact: Trevor Crain and Dustin Draper, Capital Projects
O. Downtown Square Cleaning— On October 18, Council Member Briggs requested
information on the contract cleaning for the Downtown Square area. The contract
cleaning crews conduct Litter control on and around the Courthouse Square on
Monday, Wednesday, and Friday of each week. The Courthouse Square area contract
also includes power washing the sidewalks three times per year (spring, summer, and
fall) with an option for a fourth when needed. The fall cleaning will take place within
the next two weeks. Solid Waste's Valet Service monitors and empties the Big Belly
Trash cans Monday through Friday, and power washes the cans weekly. Drew
Huffman, Parks and Recreation
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P. Denton Boys Baseball Inc. (DBBI) COVID-19 Update—On Tuesday, October 20 staff
received a phone call from the President of DBBI about two umpires who tested
positive for COVID-19. Neither umpire had called any recreational games recently.
However, they were on the field together on Saturday, October 17, to call games for a
select team tournament. They were asymptomatic at the time of being on the field. Both
began to feel symptoms later in the evening at home. They were not allowed to call any
more games during the tournament and will not call any more games for the remainder
of the Fall recreation season. The Tournament Director is contacting all teams that
played games on their field this past Saturday. Staff contact: Jason Barrow, Parks and
Recreation
Q. Football Field Rental Allocation Process— On October 20, Council Member Briggs
requested information on the number of public football fields and the allocation process
for rentals for local groups and organizations. The Parks and Recreation Department
(PARD) has three full-size football fields, all located on the north end of North Lakes
Park.
Customers traditionally rent the fields on a first-come, first-served basis. PARD alters
this procedure only if there is an agreement with an organization to provide a specific
youth sport in PARD fields. Each association that the City partners with receives a
certain number of fields based on their registration numbers. The partnerships are
maintained as long as the league is in good standing with the City.
PARD currently has an agreement with the Denton County Youth Football League
(DCYFL) to offer youth football to our residents. DCYFL has enough registrations to
utilize two of the three football fields at North Lakes Parks. Additionally, PARD has
an agreement with Denton Spartans Youth Football to rent the fields for practices. Staff
contact: Jason Barrow, Parks and Recreation
R. Mills Property Progress—On October 18, Council Member Meltzer requested to know
what work Parks and Recreation had completed at the Mills Property,purchased by the
City of Denton in December 2019. To date, no work has taken place at the property. A
workday with volunteers was planned for spring 2020 but was canceled due to COVID-
19. No funding has been appropriated to the parcel to date for design or development.
Staff originally planned on requesting general maintenance funding for Fiscal Year
2020-21,but due to COVID-19 budget concerns, staff withdrew the request. Due to the
personnel reduction, staff has focused on basic maintenance of the park system and
completing existing projects. Staff contact: Gary Packan, Parks and Recreation
S. Parkland Acquired Since 2018 — On October 18, Council Member Meltzer requested
information on parkland that has been acquired since 2018. Parks and Recreation
Department(PARD) staff have been working on several initiatives for land acquisition.
In early 2019, the department created a land database and prioritized opportunities
based on an informal evaluation and scoring process. Parks and Recreation staff
presented this process to the Council in March 2019 and August 2020. Since 2018,
Parks and Recreation purchased and leased numerous parcels and have worked on other
parcels for acquisition in various ways, as detailed below. Some of these parcels are in
the development agreement stage, and some are still under negotiations.
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Purchased:
• Villages of Carmel Property—6.42 acres for a future Neighborhood Park
• Mills Property—71.34 acres for a future City Park
• Mack Park/Audra Property— 15.87 acres to expand Mack Park/Bonnie Brae
Trail property via Capital Projects— 1.5 acres expanding McKenna Park and
Bonnie Brae Trail
• Bonnie Brae Open Space—50 acres of city property purchased for Bonnie
Brae Phase 1 along Hickory Creek for a future trail
• Mayhill Property via Capital Projects— 17 acres of preserve space along
Mayhill
Memorandum of Understanding (MOU)/Leased:
• Hartlee Field Road—200+ acre MOU agreement with the Wastewater
Department to use underutilized property
• Pecan Creek Treatment Plant and Landfill—232-acre agreement to use
underutilized property on the eastern side of Pecan Creek for a future Linear
Park and trail
• Clear Creek—Transferred 3,000 acres of leased USACOE and City-owned
land from Sustainability to PARD
• Pilot Knob—73-acre conservation easement with Hunter Ranch approved by
City Council
Land Dedication and Development:
• Carnegie Ridge Property— 1.3-acre parcel in South Denton for a
Neighborhood Park
• Hunter Ranch—Negotiated 64 acres for future parks to be dedicated and
developed by the developer
• Cole Ranch—Negotiated 60 acres for future parks to be dedicated and
developed by the developer
• Rayzor Ranch Property—9.86 acres and construction currently be completed
by the developer, agreement pending
Land Dedication and Development (In Progress)
• South Denton—51 acres of upland and flood plain future creek trail and open
space per land dedication and development ordinance
• South Denton—32 acres of open space along a future creek trail and open
space per land dedication and development ordinance
• South Denton—34 acres of open space along a future creek trail and open
space per land dedication and development ordinance
• South Denton—Lease of approximately 35+/- acres of property adjacent to an
existing park, owner not responding
• East Denton— 80 acres dedicated pending approval of future development,
early stages
• North Denton—250 acres dedicated pending approval of future development,
early stages
• South Denton— 18 acres dedicated pending approval of a future development
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Donation:
• South Denton—55 acres of open space along a future creek trail via a
donation
• Central Denton—3.83 acres of open space currently pending in Probate Court.
Pending:
• Bradley Property—Consideration of leasing land from the property owner.
Owner is still considering the future of the property. No funding was allocated
in Fiscal Year 2019-20 for this project
Other:
• PARD has been working with Capital Projects on several development
projects for city roadways that include side paths for the proposed city-wide
trails system
Staff contact: Gary Packan, Parks and Recreation
T. The Great American Cleanup (Reima ig ned) Update — From September I I through
October 11, Keep Denton Beautiful (KDB) hosted its 32nd Annual Great American
Cleanup (GAC), a community-wide litter cleanup effort. A total of 484 volunteers
registered. Volunteers collected nearly two tons of litter (185 bags of trash and
80.5 bags of recycling)were cleaned from 100 linear miles of roadway around Denton,
plus more than a dozen parks, trails, and school campuses. Volunteer participants
contributed a collective 541 hours of volunteer time, worth an estimated $14,715.20.
Volunteers were recognized for their work at the post-cleanup Virtual Volunteer Party
on Facebook Live to announce GAC results and award winners. The following groups
received awards for their volunteer efforts:
Most Bags Collected: TIE — Bike Denton and TWU SOTA (Student Occupational
Therapy Association), 16 bags each
Best Photo: Pruett Family
Best Photo — Honorable Mention: "Fighting Litter" American Heritage Girl Troop
TX 1160
Oddest Item Found: Tar "Snake"
GAC is part of a nationwide effort with Keep America Beautiful, and Denton is one of
more than 20,000 communities that participate each spring. Sites are selected
throughout the city and include roadways, streams and shorelines,and public areas such
as parks. KDB tracks litter rates in the community throughout the year to help target
areas most in need of cleanup. Community members can participate in these tracking
efforts or make recommendations for sites for future cleanups, by emailing
carly.weld(kcityofdenton.com or by calling (940) 349-8737.
This year's Great American Cleanup was made possible through community
contributions and sponsorships, including generous support from the Parks and
Recreation Department, the Solid Waste and Recycling Department, Watershed
Protection, the Denton Record-Chronicle, Pan Ector Industries, Keep America
Beautiful, and Keep Texas Beautiful, with additional support from Beth Marie's Old-
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Fashioned Ice Cream and Gnome Cones. Staff contact: Carly Weld, Parks and
Recreation
U. Collins Road Property Access — On October 12, Council Member Davis forwarded a
resident's concerns about the placement of a curb where the resident previously
accessed his property. City staff in Development Services coordinated with the
developer of the property and the current property owner to modify the curb line and
maintain the previous circular access condition. The developer has coordinated with
the property owner and has installed 2 driveway approaches on the resident's lot to
resolve their concerns. Staff contact: Becky Diviney, Engineering / Ken Schmidt,
Development Services
V. Thomas Street Damage — On October 15, Council Member Davis forwarded a
resident's concerns about damages that occurred on Thomas Street during construction
on Scripture. Scripture Street recently received a full reconstruction from Thomas
Street to Malone, which wrapped up at the end of August 2020. During construction,
equipment was parked on Thomas Street, which resulted in damage, including lime-
stained concrete, driveway damage, and cracking of the asphalt roadway. The City
Project Manager has contacted the contractor about the damage, who has agreed to
correct the issue in the next few weeks. Staff will provide an update in the Friday Report
once the damages have been rectified. Staff contact: Trevor Crain, Capital Projects
W. South Bonnie Brae Paving — On October 16, Mayor Watts requested information on
the status of paving on South Bonnie Brae Road. There are two infrastructure projects
affecting this section of Bonnie Brae: North South Water Phase 2 and Bonnie Brae
Road Reconstruction and Widening Phase 3.
The North South Water Phase 2 project involves the construction and installation of
10,000 linear feet of 36-inch and 42-inch water transmission mains and 1,400 linear
feet of 12-inch water main from IH-35E to Roselawn. Project construction is nearing
completion, with testing underway. Construction should be completed by the end of
November 2020. This project will provide a 2" asphalt overlay on the sections of
roadway that are being cut to install the new water transmission lines. Reynolds Asphalt
will be performing the 2" overlay and is planning to begin paving the week of
October 26, weather permitting.
The Bonnie Brae Reconstruction and Widening Phase 3 project is currently in the
design phase at 95% completion and is scheduled to begin construction in late 2021.
The Bonnie Brae Phase 3 project will widen and reconstruct South Bonnie Brae from
I-35E to Highland Park before transitioning into the new roadway alignment from
Highland Park to Roselawn. This project also installs a cul-de-sac on the current Bonnie
Brae project just south of Highland Park ensuring all through traffic will be using the
new Bonnie Brae alignment. Staff contact: Robin Davis and Seth Garcia, Capital
Projects
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X. FM 2181 Widening Project Updates—The FM 2181 Project is a Texas Department of
Transportation (TxDOT) roadway widening project that extends from Wind River
Road to Barrell Strap Road (FM 2499). As part of the reconstruction, TxDOT is
relocating and upgrading City utilities, including 8,500 linear feet of 20"water line and
3,500 linear feet of 24"wastewater force main. Project construction initially started in
2017, but the original contractor for the project defaulted in January 2019. Project
construction resumed in January 2020 with a new contractor. Project completion is
currently anticipated in 2022, with City utility work projected to be completed by the
end of calendar year 2020.
As part of the utility upgrades, a planned water outage was scheduled from 10:00 p.m.
on Friday, October 16 through 4:00 a.m. on Saturday, October 17 for the Summit Oaks
Neighborhood and L.A. Nelson Elementary to make a 20" water line connection.
During the planned work, the TxDOT contractor notified the City of an issue with the
20" water line connection that caused the loss of water pressure and required the line
to be isolated and have extensive repairs made. As a result of the extensive repairs, the
Lakewood Estates mobile home community experienced an outage from 9:30 p.m. on
October 16 to 8:15 a.m. on October 17, and 336 residences in the Summit Oaks
Neighborhood experienced an outage from 9:30 p.m. on October 16 to 8:40 p.m. on
October 17. Outages of this duration are rare, and members of the Summit Oaks
Neighborhood and Lakewood Estates mobile home park were extremely patient with
TxDOT and City staff considering the circumstances. Staff provided regular status
updates throughout the day on October 17 using NextDoor and other social media
outlets in an effort to keep impacted residents notified of progress on restoring water
service. The attached letter was distributed to residents of Summit Oaks on Sunday,
October 18.
Since the events on October 16 and 17 occurred,City staff have held two meetings with
TxDOT leadership and TxDOT project managers to review the issues, ensure these
issues are not repeated for future tie-ins, and to establish clear lines of communication
and expectations for the remaining utility work on the project. City staff is also refining
its public notification process for planned outages in an effort to provide more proactive
communication for future unplanned outages. Staff will provide project updates on
project milestones for the FM 2181 project in future Friday Report submissions. Staff
contacts: Ethan Cox, Public Works/Antonio Puente, Utilities
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Y. Cherrywood Lane and Woodland St.Updates—On October 22, Councilmember Briggs
notified staff of concerns with the condition of Cherrywood Lane and Woodland St.
The Water department recently completed main replacements on each roadway and
placed gravel over the affected sections as a temporary measure until a permanent
asphalt patch could be applied.
In her email, CM Briggs shared photos of large chunks of gravel and ruts that had
developed in the roadways. Upon review, staff agreed with CM Briggs' concerns and
dispatched on-call staff to remove large chunks of gravel and to smooth out the ruts.
The temporary repairs were performed on the evening of October 22, and the Water
department is coordinating with a contractor to complete the appropriate asphalt
patches over the utility trenches. The work order for the asphalt patch had been issued
on October 19, and the work was due to occur early next week. Given the forecast of
possible storm events, it is likely that the asphalt patch will be delayed until later next
week. In the meantime, staff will be checking and maintaining the condition of the
temporary patch until the final asphalt patch is complete. Before and after photos of the
roadway conditions are attached for reference. Staff contact: Ethan Cox,Public Works
III. Upcoming Community Events and Meetings
A. Events
1. Treat to Trunk— October 31 from 2 to 4 p.m. at Denia Recreation Center,
1001 Parvin St., and MLK Jr. Recreation Center, 1300 Wilson St. The
come and go event is open to the first 300 people at both Denia Rec Center and
MLK Jr. Rec Center. Drivers can pop their trunk and staff will safely place a
bag of Halloween goodies in the car. Staff contact:Caroline Seward,Parks and
Recreation
Community Meetings
1. None
IV. Attachments
A. DME Transmission Cost of Service..................................................................19
B. Bicycle Updates Presentations..........................................................................26
C. October 21 Presentation to ASAC.....................................................................65
D. Warschun Project Townhall Presentation..........................................................77
E. Extended Outage Update to Summit Oaks ........................................................87
F. Cherrywood Lane and Woodland St. Updates...................................................88
V. Informal Staff Reports
A. 2020-093 DME TERP Grant Updates for EV Charging Stations.......................91
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VI. Council Information
A. Council Requests for Information ....................................................................93
B. Council Calendar .............................................................................................95
C. Future Work Session Items ..............................................................................98
D. Street Construction Report ...............................................................................99
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Control Number: 50655
Item Number: 71
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OPEN MEETING COVER SHEET
MEETING DATE: October 16, 2020
DATE DELIVERED: October 9, 2020
AGENDA ITEM NO: 12
CAPTION: Project No. 50655 — Year-End 2019 Electric
Utility Earnings Reports in Accordance with
16TAC§ 25.73
DESCRIPTION: Discussion and possible action
(Darryl Tietjen and Anna Givens)
Distribution List:
Commissioners' Offices(6)
Central Records(Open Meeting Notebook)
Connie Corona
Thomas Gleeson
Mike Hoke
Keith Rogas
Robles,Rachelle(5)
Journeay,Stephen
Agenda
Burch,Chris
Zerwas,Rebecca
Benter,Tammy(4)
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Public Utility Commission of Texas
Memorandum
TO: Chairman DeAnn T. Walker
Commissioner Arthur C. D'Andrea
Commissioner Shelly Botkin
FROM: Darryl Tietjen, Rate Regulation
Anna Givens, Rate Regulation
DATE: October 9, 2020
RE: Open Meeting, October 16, 2020—Agenda Item#12
Project No. 50655 — Year-End 2019 Electric Utility Earnings Reports in Accordance with
16TAC§25.73
Introduction
This memorandum summarizes the results of Staff's review of the year-end 2019 PUC Earnings
Reports filed under the provisions of 16 Texas Administrative Code (TAC) § 25.73. This year, for the
state's 13 investor-owned electric utility (IOU) companies, Staff performed a general review of the
filed earnings reports. Except as otherwise discussed in the remainder of this memo, Staff did not
identify any of the IOU companies as warranting a more detailed analysis at the present time.
In addition to reviewing the reports filed by the 13 regulated IOUs, Staff reviewed the earnings reports
filed by the state's electric cooperatives, municipalities, and river authorities (non-IOUs) that provide
wholesale transmission service. Although these entities have original jurisdiction in their service
territories and set their own retail rates, the Commission exercises regulatory authority over their
wholesale transmission rates. For year-end 2019, a total of 38 electric cooperatives, municipalities, and
river authorities filed transmission-service earnings reports with the PUC.
Summary of Staffs Findinp_s and Recommendations
Based on the information presented below, Staff is not at this time making any recommendations that
the Commission require the filing of an application for a comprehensive rate proceeding by any of the
13 IOUs. Many of these companies have recently received Commission rate orders or will soon be
filing applications for comprehensive rate proceedings; also, the provisions of 16 TAC § 25.247 (the
"scheduling rule") now establish for IOUs in ERCOT a periodic filing schedule for comprehensive rate
proceedings.' Accordingly, Staff does not believe that additional (or separate) Commission action for
these entities is currently necessary.
With regard to the non-IOUs, Staff recommends that the Commission require the filing of an
application by Denton Municipal Electric (Denton) for a comprehensive transmission cost-of-
service rate proceeding. Staff bases this recommendation on, among other things, Denton's current
authorized rate of return of 28.05% that was derived using a cash flow methodology, the fact that
' Note that Public Utility Regulatory Act Section 36.212 includes similar requirements for periodic filings by electric
utilities that operate solely outside of ERCOT.
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Denton has not undergone a comprehensive Commission review of its wholesale transmission costs and
revenues since 2005, and Denton's significant growth over the last 15 years in both its revenue levels
and rate base levels, which have increased approximately thirteenfold and sixteenfold, respectively.
Staff believes that the operational and financial circumstances surrounding Denton in 2005 have
changed over the last 15 years, and the ratemaking treatments that may have been reasonable for a
relatively smaller utility in 2005 may no longer be appropriate for a significantly larger utility,
particularly when the utility can add substantial amounts to rate base using formulaic inputs in interim
proceedings. Staff discusses these and other points in additional detail below.
IOUs: Discussion of Reported Rates of Return on Equity (ROE)
Below is a listing (along with relevant comments) of the IOUs' overall, weather-adjusted ROEs as
reported by the companies in their earnings reports for year-end 2019.
Overall ROE
TDUs (Weather-adi.) Comments
AEP Texas 7.04% Last order April 6, 2020 (Docket No. 49494)
CenterPoint Energy Houston Electric 9.42% Last order March 9, 2020 (Docket No. 49421)
Oncor Electric Delivery 9.11% Scheduled to file rate case by October 1, 20212
Texas-New Mexico Power 9.14% Last order Dec. 20,2018 (Docket No. 48401)
Transmission-Only Corripanies
Wind Energy Transmission Texas 10.55% See additional discussion below
Cross Texas Transmission 10.93% Scheduled to file rate case by January 11, 2021
Electric Transmission Texas 10.03% Scheduled to file rate case by February 2, 2021
Sharyland Utilities 3.47% Scheduled to file rate case by Dec. 31, 2020
Lone Star Transmission 11.03% Recent order(Sept. 24, 2020) in Docket No. 51206
approved settlement agreement that provides for a
$5.3 million line-item revenue reduction in each
interim transmission cost of service (TCOS)
application filed by Lone Star prior to its next
comprehensive base-rate case
Verticallygrated IOUs Tx-Juris ROE
Entergy Texas 8.13% Last order Dec. 20, 2018 (Docket No. 48371)
Southwestern Public Service 8.23% Last order Aug. 8, 2020 (Docket No. 49831)
Southwestern Electric Power 7.54% Last order March 19, 2018 (Docket No. 46449)
El Paso Electric 7.34% Last order Dec. 18, 2017 (Docket No. 46831)
Additional Discussion: Wind Enemy Transmission Texas (WE,TT)
In Staffs earnings-report memo filed in October 2017 (in Project No. 46910), we identified WETT as
having excess revenues on the basis of the company's reported 11.25% ROE in its year-end 2016
earnings report. At that time, we did not recommend Commission action for WET-F. In Staffs memo
filed in October 2018 (in Project No. 48158), we again noted WETT's excess earnings, based on the
company's reported 2017 ROE of 12.43%. At that time, Staff estimated the amount of WETT's excess
'- Oncor has indicated informally to Staff that it may file an application for its next comprehensive rate case a few months
earlier than October 2021.
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revenues as $16.4 million and recommended that the Commission initiate the filing of an application by
WETT for a comprehensive rate proceeding. The Commission agreed with Staff s recommendation
and ordered WETT to file a comprehensive rate case by February 13, 2019. Subsequently, WETT
reached an agreement with parties to reduce its revenues by $16 million, and on April 4, 2019, the
Commission rescinded its order requiring WETT to file an application for a rate case. Because the $16
million revenue decrease was not effective until January 1, 2019, WETT's reported ROE of 13.46% for
2018 did not reflect the reduction.
For 2019, despite the $16 million revenue reduction, WETT reported an ROE of 10.55%. Given
current conditions in the capital markets and based on ROE levels that the Commission has approved
over the last several years,3 Staff believes that an ROE of 10.55% is excessive, particularly for a
transmission-only provider.
In our current assessment of WETT's circumstances, we took into account a number of factors,
including (1) the Commission's recent approval (in sale-transfer-merger Docket No. 50584) of a
change in the ownership and control of WETT; (2) WETT's obligation, under the provisions of the
settlement agreement and order in Docket No. 50584, to file a comprehensive rate proceeding no later
than December 31, 2022; (3) the relative time period since the implementation of WETT's revenue
reduction; and (4) the workload that the Commission and other parties will face from other expected
rate proceedings in the near future.
Given the above considerations, although Staff believes it is a close call with respect to whether the
Commission should at this time require WETT to file an application for a comprehensive rate
proceeding, Staff does not presently recommend any specific Commission action for WETT. Staff
believes it is clear, however, that close scrutiny of WETT's year-end 2020 earnings report (filed in May
2021) will be appropriate.
Non-IOU Entities: Discussion of Amended Scheduling Rule and Earnings Reports
On November 8, 2018, the Commission adopted in Project No. 48377 an amendment to the scheduling
rule. In general, the amendment established a periodic filing schedule for non-IOU transmission
service providers and included a two-year transition period for those providers that had not received a
3 Over the last six years,Commission orders in electric IOU dockets have included ROEs of:
9.60% (Lone Star Transmission Company—Docket No.42469,stipulated);
9.70% (Southwestern Public Service—Docket No.42004,stipulated);
9.60% (Cross Texas—Docket No.43950,stipulated);
9.60% (Wind Energy Transmission Texas—Docket No.44746,stipulated);
9.70% (Southwestern Public Service—Docket No.43695);
9.70% (El Paso Electric Company—Docket No.44941,stipulated);
9.60% (Southwestern Public Service—Docket No.45524,stipulated);
9.80% (Oncor Electric Delivery Company—Docket No.46957,stipulated);
9.65% (El Paso Electric Company—Docket No.46831,stipulated);
9.60% (Southwestern Electric Power Company—Docket No.46449);
9.50% (Southwestern Public Service—Docket No.47527,stipulated);
9.65% (Entergy Texas—Docket No.48371,stipulated);
9.65% (Texas-New Mexico Power Company—Docket No.48401,stipulated);
9.40% (CenterPoint Energy Houston Electric—Docket No.49421,stipulated);
9.40% (AEP Texas—Docket No.49494,stipulated); and
9.45% (Southwestern Public Service—Docket No.49831,stipulated).
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Commission order for a rate adjustment since January 1, 2017. An important point to note here is that,
for purposes of meeting the periodic filing requirements, the rule provides that a non-IOU transmission
service provider may file for a comprehensive cost of service review or an interim update.
Staff would also point out that subsection(d) of the rule provides that:
Nothing in this section limits the commission's authority to initiate a rate proceeding at any
time under this title on the basis of other criteria that the commission determines are in the
public interest, including but not limited to the information provided in a non-investor-
owned transmission service provider's earnings monitoring report.
Consistent with the above provisions of subsection (d), Staff recommends that the Commission
direct Denton Municipal Electric to file a comprehensive transmission cost-of-service rate
proceeding. Underlying this recommendation are the following key points:
• Denton's last comprehensive transmission rate case was Docket No. 30358, a proceeding in
which the Commission issued its order on June 16, 2005, over 15 years ago;
• Denton's authorized rate of return in Docket No. 30358 was (and continues to be) 28.05%, a
figure that was based on the use of the cash flow method of determining return and that may
have been reasonable for a utility with a much smaller revenue requirement, but that may no
longer be appropriate for interim updates for a much larger company after 15 years (Staff notes
that a 28.05% rate of return provides full recovery of an investment in approximately three and
a half years);
• Denton reported in its earnings reports for 2017, 2018, and 2019 steadily increasing
transmission rates of return of 13.90%, 16.26%, and 18.12%, respectively;
• Denton's authorized transmission-related revenue requirement (excluding rate-case expenses) in
Docket No. 30358 was approximately $3.9 million and its proposed transmission rate base in
that docket was approximately $10.5 million; in comparison, in Denton's recent interim
transmission cost update in Docket No. 50110,4 Denton's approved transmission revenue
requirement was about $51.7 million (over a thirteenfold increase since Denton's last
comprehensive review), and its updated transmission rate base was approximately $167 million
(a nearly sixteenfold increase since the last comprehensive review); and
• based on the 2020 ERCOT wholesale transmission matrix (Docket No. 50333), Denton has the
7`"-highest non-IOU wholesale transmission cost of service in ERCOT. Each of the six non-
IOU transmission providers with higher TCOS amounts in ERCOT has had a Commission
review of its transmission cost of service in a comprehensive rate proceeding more recently than
Denton.
Because of the significant number of other comprehensive rate cases that Staff expects companies to
file over the next several months, Staff recommends that the Commission require Denton to file an
° On July 20, 2020, the Commission issued its Notice of Approval in Docket No. 50110. Approximately two and a half
months later, on October 5, 2020, Denton filed a new application for an interim TCOS update in Docket No. 51345,
Application of Denton Municipal Electric Utility forInterim Update of Wholesale Transmission Rates.
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application for a comprehensive transmission rate proceeding sometime between the dates of
September 30, 2021 and December 31, 2021. Staff additionally recommends that the Commission
require Denton to base its filing on a test year coincident with Denton's fiscal year ending
September 30, 2020.
Regarding the other non-IOU transmission service providers, and in consideration of the periodic filing
requirements now applicable to such providers, Staff does not at this time recommend any Commission
action. We note, however, that we will continue to monitor the need for possible Commission action
pertaining to these entities in the context of the scheduling rule's specific provisions and the
companies' individual circumstances. In particular, during (or, resources permitting, prior to) the next
cycle of Staffs review of earnings reports, Staff plans to closely review the wholesale transmission cost
and revenue levels of Texas Municipal Power Agency, which has a Commission-authorized rate of
return of 24.60% and which last underwent a comprehensive Commission review of its transmission
cost of service in 2001 (in Docket No. 21711).
We are available to answer any questions you may have on these matters.
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Presentation Objectives
• Assessed Value and Ta x Ra to Assumptions
• GeneralFund Revenue Discussion
• Ta x Ra to Discussion
• Prop o se d Bud g e t Prio rit ie s
• Changesto Proposed Budget
• Capita lImprovement Plan
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Asse sse d Va lue (AV) a nd Ta x Ra te Assump tions
2020 Ap p ra isa 1 Pro c e ss
• DentonCADprotestssignificantlyhigheracrossallentities.
• ARBreview timeline and new software implementation delayed review process.
• Certified TotaIswere not available on July24th as typically anticipated .
• Denton CAD provided a Certified Estimate .
C e rtifie d Estim a to s
• Currently, there are a totalof5,964 parcelsunderprotest representing 25.6% oftotalvalue .
• Since Certified Estimate s, prote ste d value shave been upheld at 75%.
• Proposed Budget assumed 85% upheld based on prior experience . (87% in FY2019-20)
• The "No New Revenue" and "Voter Approval" tax rate are higher than our current tax rate.
• AppraisalDistrict has informed entities Certified Totalswillbe received by Septemberl8th
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Assessed Value and Tax Rate Assumptions (cont.
• Since July 24, 2020, the City's certified value has increased $1 .8 billion, this is equivalent to 75% of
pro to st va lu e re turn in g to the to to 1 c e rtifie d va lu e .
• Based on the assessed va lue s re turning to the certified value , sta ff will re vie w two scenariosfor
Council 's consideration.
• Since Certified Estimates, protested values have been upheld at 75%.
:0% :
Proposed Budg
--- - - - - -------- - - - - --------- - - -
Certified Value $10,371,281,440 $10,371,281,440 $10,371,281,440 $8,796,479,166
Prote st Va lue $2,680,956,483 $2,859,686,915 $3,038,417,347 $4,774,856,096
Frozen Values/TIRZ ($1,780,162,255) ($1,787,652,650) ($1,795,143,044) ($1,792,783,818)
Tota 1 AV $11,272,075,668 $11,443,315,706 $11,614,555,743 $11,778,551,444
Proposed Ta x Ra to $0.590454 $0.590454 $0.590454 $0.590454
Tota 1 Le vy $66,556,422 $67,567,515 $68,578,609 $69,546,928
Le vy Diffe re n c e fro m
Proposed Budget ($2,990,506) ($1,979,413) ($968,319) $0
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Assessed Value and Tax Rate Assumptions (cont. )
Scenario I
Remain at Proposed
$960K$1.8M Ra to & Ab sorb Re ve nu e
Reduced Revenue from Lo ss w ith Fund Ba lance s
Proposed Budget
Pro to st Va lu e Upheld
o n Certified To to is OR
(for Remaining 25% Remain at Proposed
UnderProtest) Scenario Rate & Implement Cost
Reduction Stra to g ie s
Reduced Revenue from
Proposed Budget
Increase Revenue
(ROI & Property Tax
Rate Increase )
s
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F ina nc ia I Fore c a st Ge ne ra I Fund Sc e na rio 1
• Scenario 1 assumes 81 % ofprotest value returnsto the totalcertified value .
• Utilize fund balance to absorb revenue loss.
• 'Ile totaltaxrate isequalto the currenttaxrate of $0.590454.
• FY2020Estimate anticipatesa surplusdue to higherthan anticipated sa le s ta x re ve nue and
reimbursement forCOVID expenses.
ProposedBud Estimate AM_
Beginning Fund Balance $ 30,132,466 $ 30,132,466 $ 33,974,867 $ 33,553,682 $ 35,143,090 $ 32,529,380 $ 28,589,525
Total Revenue $ 136,335,942 �$ 136,460,399 $ 139,127,659 $ 144,362,757 $ 143,643,842 $ 148,518,229 $ 154,537,904
Total Expenditures $ 136,496,548 $ 132,617,998 $ 139,548,844 $ 142,773,349 $ 146,257,552 $ 152,458,084 $ 156,725,205
Ending Fund Balance $ 29,971,860 $ 33,974,867 1 $ 33,553,682 1 $ 35,143,090 $ 32,529,380 $ 28,589,525 $ 26,402,224
I
Change in Fund Balance $ (160,606) $ 3,842,401 $ (421,185) $ 1,589,407 $ (2,613,710) $ (3,939,855) $ (2,187,301)
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Fina nc ia l Fore c a st - Ge ne ra l Fund Sc e na rio 2
• Scenario 2 assumes 75% ofprotest value returns to the totalcertified value .
ProposedBudge j1L
Beginning Fund Balance $ 30,132,466 $ 30,132,466 $ 33,974,867 $ 32,803,344 $ 33,612,392 $ 30,224,711 $ 25,514,689
Total Revenue $ 136,335,942 $ 136,460,399 $ 138,377,321 $ 143,582,397 $ 142,869,872 $ 147,748,061 $ 153,772,947
Total Expenditures $ 136,496,548 $ 132,617,998 ; $ 139,548,844 ; $ 142,773,349 $ 146,257,552 $ 152,458,084 $ 156,725,205
Ending Fund Balance $ 29,971,860 $ 33,974,867 $ 32,803,344 $ 33,612,392 $ 30,224,711 $ 25,514,689 $ 22,562,431
Change in Fund Balance $ (160,606) $ 3,842,401 1 $ (1,171,523); $ 809,048 $ (3,387,680) $ (4,710,022) $ (2,952,258)
To a d d re ss the d e fic it, sta ff would p re se n t the fo llo w in g op dons:
• Cost Reduction Stra to g ie s
• 2% Reduction in operating costs (—$500I)
Reduce streets transfer (—$600I)
Capita 1project reallocation without delaying existing projects
• Revenue Options
• Increase Return on Investment (ROD (approximately $350k per l% ofROIperW/WW/SW)
• Increase the taxrate by $0.01 to collectan additional $1.2 million, with the totaltaxrate equaling
$0.600454.
• Ta x ra to adoption on September 22, 2020 necessary to meet statutory requirements.
• Levelout future debt taxrate increases
• Increase use ofdebt fund reserve from $750kto $2 million
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Debt Service Tax Rate Forecast — Scenario 2
Proposed Budget + $2M for hop 288 Building
Assumptions
2020 $ 0.20509 Re vise d AV Assumptions FY 2021 re fle c to d in Scenario 2
2021 $ 0.21009 $ 0.00500 • 75% o f re m a fining protested va lue s up he ld
2022 $ 0.22939 $ 0.01930 $2 million debt se rvic e fund balance utilized in FY 2021
2023 $ 0.24904 $ 0.01965 3% AV Growth FY 2022
2024 $ 0.25317 $ 0.00413 5% AV Growth FY2023
2025 $ 0.25342 $ 0.00025
2026 $ 0.24644 $ 0.00698
2019 Bond Election anticipated a tax rate 4.5 cents
higherthan current debt service tax rate overnext 5
years. (3 .5 cents higherthan FY19 debt service rate )
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Ta x Ra te Disc ussio n
Re sid e ntia 1 Annua 1 Ta x a nd LJtffity Bill hn p a c t
Tax Impact
Fiscal Year 2019 2020 2021 - Proposed Comments
Tax Rate $0.62048 $0.59045 $0.59045
Average Taxable Value $233,165 $248,909 248,909
Average Tax Bill $1,447 $1,470 $1,470 $0 Increase
Utility Impact
Water $650 $650 $637 2% Rate Decrease
Wastewater $378 $378 $378 No Rate Change
Electric $1,500 $1,500 $1,500 No Rate Change
Solid Waste $300 $260 $248 $1.00/Month Decrease*
Average Utility Bill $2,820 $2,788 $24.00 Utility Decrease
Total . . e Bill $4,267 $4,258 $4f 233 $24.00 Decrease
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GeneralFund Scenario 2 - Summaiy
If Remaining protested valueswere upheld at 75% ofvalue
• GeneralFund would have $ 1 .1M deficit in FY21
• Increased debt service fund balance would re q u ire la rg e r ra to increase ($.0 2) in FY22
Strategies for Council Consideration to Mitigate Impact:
1 . GeneralFund Cost Reductions —$ 1 .1M
• Reduce transferto Street Maintenance Fund (—$600I<-)
• 2% reduction in non-personnelcosts ($500I) Sta ff will re c e ive Certified Totals
• $.02 increase in FY22 rate w ill b e anticipated
2. 1/2 Centhlcrease to FY21 Tax Rate from DCADby September 18th
• —$SSOKadditionalrevenue and bring forward a proposal
• Reduces increase in FY22 by 1/2 cent based on Council direction for
• $ 12 increase to average residentialtaxbill approvalon September22nd
3 . 1 Cent Increase to FY21 Tax Rate
• —$1 .2M additionalrevenue
• Reducesincrease in FY22 by 1 cent
• $24 increase to average residentialtaxbill
4. Increase Return On Investment (ROD from Water/Wastewater Funds by 1 % and
implement 1 % ROIfrom Solid Waste Fund
• —1M additionalrevenue
• Reduces d e fic it in GeneralFund and provides fle xib ility in future years
• Will im p a c t Utility Fo re c a sts
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Fiscal Year 2020-2021
FINANCE DEPARTMENT Proposed Budget Priorities
a p
Submit a baseline budget Limit impact to residents Close out of previous
which continues cost with no increases in utility bond programs and
containment measures rates and a property tax execution of
implemented in response to rate at or below the 2019 Bond program
the pandemic with limited No New Revenue Rate
supplemental increases
/ d CD d
0
4,
Enhance funding for street Continue investment in Prioritize investment in
maintenance and countywide homelessness public safety and
inspections strategic 43initiatives mental health
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Proposed Budget Prioritie s Cont.
Baseline Budget
• FY20-21 budget analyzed forcost saving
opportunities including limited supplementa I funding
requests and reduction in numberofFEEscompared
to prioryear.
Utility Ra to s
Description • -
• Decreasesto the waterand solid waste service rates. I Proposed
Stre e t Ma in to n a n c e
• 'The budget forstreet maintenance and inspections Average Tax Bill $1,470 $1,470 $0
inc re a se d by $570K. Average Utility Bill* $2,788 $2,763 ($24)
Pub lic Sa fe ty Total Average Bill $4,258 $4,233 ($24)
• Adding 9.5 FTE's to the Police Budget CIS result Of * Includes Water, Wastewater, Electric , and Solid Waste service
o p e ra do na l a sse ssm e nt. In a d d itio n, 5 e xisting
positions have been reclassified to focus on mental
health.
Ho m e le s s n e s s In itia tiv e s
• 'Ihe budget includes $3.6M in funding forvarious
initia tive s.
Bond Pro g ra m
• Bond issuance of$55.3 mNon for2019 Bond Election. as
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Cha n es to Proposed FY2020 - 21 Bud e t
g g
Revenue Changes
• FY2020-21 salestaxrevenue budget increased from $36.4 million to $37. 1 million based on
actualsales tax collection in June and July.
Position Change s (Net Impact to General Fund - $62,437)
• Police - I Lie u to n ant Position (DISD), 0.5 Crime Analyst (SAKI Grant)
• Public Sa fe ty Communication — 8 Disp a tc h e r Po sitio n s (Little Elm)
• Animal Services — New Ke nne I Te c hnic ia n ($62,437)
Othe r Cha ng e s
• Funding reinstated in capitalplan ($200k a nnua fly) for new bike lanes.
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Ge ne ra I Fund Re ve nue Disc ussion — Sa le s Ta x
• Sa le s tax for July totaled $3,206,440 Total Sales Tax Collection
• $28,079 b e low the budg e t o f$3,234,519.
40 000 000
• Re totaIre vise d fo re c a st fo r sa le s ta x fo r FY 2019-20
is $38,476,975
• $800,000 below the adopted FY2019-20 budget of $30,000,000
$391281,942.
• Represents a 10% reduction from August-September.
• Re updated projection forFY2020-21 Sales Taxis
$3711031084.
• 10% Sales Tax Reduction in Octoberthrough March of
FY2021
• $661,253 increase from the Proposed Budget.
- : :
• Sta ff willre c e ive August and Se p te mb e r sa le s ta x
data during Octoberand November. Budget April 21,2020 -Revised Estimate
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Cost of Service
G e ne ra 1 Fund ROI 7%
Re ve nue s
Ad Valorem Tax
Fees, Permits, 38%
FY2019 -20 Use of Reserves
Proposed Budget 14%
$ 13813771321
Franchise Fees
4%
Sales Tax
30%
47 *Tota I revenue at current tax
- n revised A m ti n
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Transfers
G e ne ra 1 Fund 1%Cost of Service
Exp e n d iture s b y 12%
C a t e g o ry Operations
11%
FY2019 -20
Miscellaneous
Proposed Budget 3%
$ 13915481844 Insurance /I
1%
Maintenance &I
Repairs / Personnel
1% Services
69%
Materials &
Supplies
2%
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Compensation & Benefits Assumptions
• Civil Service pay adjustmentsto maintain meet and conferagreement (5% above survey
cities average ) and STEP increases
• Budget includes a one -time merit payment of 2.5%-3 % forNon-Civil Service employees
• He althlnsurance
• Assumes no change to City contributions
• Retirement
• IMRS rate increase from 17.4 6% t o 17.7 6%
• Fire p e n sio n re ma ins ra t e a t 18 .5%
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Community Development
• The Community Development operating budget includes
no majorchange sin FY2020-21 .
Adopted Proposed
• ForFY2020-21 , the City ofDenton willreceive $ 1 ,673,530 in , , 2020-21
CDBG/CDBG-CV funds and $505,355 in HOMEfunds. Loop 288 Building $2,000,000*
• Ihe FY2020-21 Operating Budget includes $ 1 ,623,068 in Housing/Rapid Re-Housing 100,000 100,000
totalhuman servic e s funding , which enc ompa sse s funding
fo r se ve ra 1 so c is 1 se rvic e s initia tive s. Ili se initia tive s Expand & Enhance MKOC Shelter 480,000 400,000
inc lude , but are not limited to :
Street Outreach Team Expansion 64,600 64,600
• Denton County Friends ofthe Family
• Inte rfa ith Min istrie s Human Services 681,540 720,294
• Monsignor King Outreach Center
• Our Da ily Bre a d Human Services CDBG 148,978 157,769
• Sa Iva do n Arm y De nto n
• United Way of Denton County Children's Advocacy Center 165,486 180,405
• 1,640,604 $3,623,068
• Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs *Debt Funded
announced City's conditional award of $ 1 .425 million
through the Emergency Solutions Grants Coronavirus Aid ,
Re lie f, and Economic Security Act Program .
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Positions Summary
• Position Reductions
• 84.84 FIEs removed from Budget across allfunds
• Result of Voluntary Separation Program and other vacancies
• Allvacant positions are evaluated by an internaICommittee , and according to the needs
ofthe o rg a niza tio n, p o sitio ns a re Ole d , transferredoreEminated .
• New Positions
• 21 New FZEs added to budget
• 7.5 Po lic e Po sitio n s
• 3 Fire Positions*
• 8 Public Safety Communication**
• 2 Le g a 1 Po sitio ns***
• 0.5 An im a l Se rvic e s
• Net Reduction of65 .34 FIEs across all funds
*To taIcost $345,742, $195,986 is funded by SAFRGrant
51 ** Costs offset by contributions from City of Little Elm
***Cost is a Ho c a to d to the utilities
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Po sitio n Sum m a ry - All Fund s
Net Reduction of65 .34 FIFs across all funds
PERSONNEL
Full Time Equivalents (FTE) MODIFIED 1 1 1
General Fund
Neighborhood Services 226.76 4.84 221.92
Public Safety 523.73 3 19 539.73
Transportation 13.00 0 13.00
Administrative & Community Services 95.75 4 2 93.75
TOTAL GENERAL FUND 859.24 11.84 21 868.40
Internal Service, Utilities
Electric Fund 189.00 20 169.00
Water Fund 107.50 3 104.50
Wastewater Fund 125.00 17.5 107.50
Solid Waste Fund 128.00 5 123.00
Airport Fund 6.00 1 5.00
Customer Service Fund 45.00 2 43.00
Technology Services Fund 61.75 5.0 56.75
Facilities Management Fund 21.50 4.5 17.00
Materials Management Fund 26.50 4.5 22.00
Fleet Management Fund 26.00 0 26.00
Risk Retention Fund 10.00 2 8.00
Engineering Services Fund 47.00 0 47.00
Street Improvement Fund 43.00 5 38.00
Recreation Fund 55.87 5 50.87
CDBG Fund(') 3.00 0 3.00
Tree Mitigation Fund 0.50 0 0.50
TOTAL OTHER FUNDS 895.62 74.5 0 821.12
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FY2020 - 21 Capital huprovement Plan — Proposed Debt
General Government Proposed Debt
• Streets Projects (2019 Bond Election) $12.40 Million $3.5 cent increase over
• Po lic e Fa c ility Pro je c is (2019 Bo nd Ele c do n) $42.90 Millio n 2019 rate approved by
vo to rs
• Completion of2012/2014 Street Reconstruction (CO) $8.90 Million
• Vehicle Funding (CO) $3.36 Million
• Facility Improvements $1 .48 Millio n
• Loop 288 Building 11 M illio
Total New General Government Debt $71.04 Million
Internal Service Fund Proposed Debt
• Fle e t Exp a n sio n (Fle e t Fund) $2.9 Millio n
• 311 C RM Syste m (Te c h Se rvic e s Fund) $1.3 Millio n
Total New Internal Service Funded Debt $4.2 Million
Utilitie s Fund s Prop o se d De b t
• Ele c tric $65.03 Million
• Wa to r $35.52 Million
• Wa ste wa to r $32.87 Millio n
• Facility Improvements $3.00 Millio n
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P ,
FY2020 - 21 Capital 1�nprovement Plan — 311 CRM
$ 1 . 3 Millio n
Project Goals and Objective
• C e n tra lize d city-wide activity tra c king fo r c o o rd in a do n, process im p ro ve m e n t
and analytics
• Easy and traceable routing ofworkbetween departments.
• Improving the overallcustomerexperience as a city-wide goal.
• Amore functionalrequest submission processthat drives the effectiveness of
routing .
• Centralized management of inquiries coming into the city.
• Generaland personalized citizen notifications (e .g . trash pickup , holidays, major
announcements)
Estimate d Time line
• Fall2020 — Release RFP and Select Vendor
• Win t e r/ Sp ring 2021 — Implement 311 / C RM Pla t fo rm , Procedures, P o lic ie s
• Summer 2 021 — Begin Pub lic -Facing Ro llo u t
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FY2020 - 21 Capital huprovement Plan — 311 CRM cont.
o .
CRM assigns OP
tasks
—
o —
•• -- departments solve
— _ customer issues
CRM communicates
_= centralized responses by Jwith departments'
customer service reps
(311) systems
CRM
centralized software to manage
customer relations w �
one source for data,
customer inquiries analytics, and service-level
agreements
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Electric Forecast — No rate increase , reduced 1C O S re ve nue
Actual Budget Estimate i Proposed i Projected Projected Projected Projected
2019 2020 2020 2021 i 2022 2023 2024 2025
'Ill e No Sa le 'IMPA o p do n is
Revenues
re fle c to d
Base Rate Revenues $ 91,676,163 $ 91,742,314 $ 87,874,709 $ 88,749,090 $ 90,710,991 $ 95,580,683 $ 100,239,007 $ 101,772,563
ECA Revenues 55,781,982 54,747,516 52,089,181 ; 53,434,189 ; 54,615,413 57,547,365 60,352,056 61,275,381
Non-rate Revenues 53,496,669 50,677,675 61,064,726 ; 64,670,773 ; 60,132,563 48,222,849 44,200,317 47,224,287 Non-rate Revenue decreases
DEC Revenue 37,482,023 25,073,394 25,073,394 ; 24,545,418 ; 21,024,916 16,788,653 14,291,590 11,539,816 due to Lowe r a ntic ip a to d
Revenue $ 238,436,836 $ 222,240,899 $ 226,102,010 i $ 231,399,469 i $ 226,483,882 $ 218,139,551 $ 219,082,970 $ 221,812,048 return fo r Tra n sm issio n
Planned Use of Reserves - 6,987,310 3,365,880 - - 6,494,086 7,097,536 880,759 Revenue beginning in FY2023
Total Revenue $ 238,436,836 $ 229,228,209 $ 229,467,890 $ 231,3995469 i $ 226,483,882 $ 224,633,636 $ 2265180,506 $ 2225692,808
$21 Million included in
Expenditures
Purchase Power 97,075,122 86,805,525 86,805,525 83,337,505 73,120,996 73,373,821 71,431,779 59,987,656 Pure ha se Powerfor IMPA
Transmission of Power 16,997,292 18,616,102 17,911,273 ; 19,182,169 19,375,338 21,806,720 22,551,864 24,202,659 decommissioning costs fro m
O&M 24,807,387 36,171,482 35,495,229 i 34,017,180 i 34,755,466 35,549,812 36,329,840 39,261,705 2021-2024
Cost of Service Transfers 14,730,804 16,844,035 15,701,049 i 17,250,361 i 17,720,872 17,210,647 17,715,117 18,234,721
ROI &Franchise Fee 15,371,434 16,062,096 18,825,846 i 215813,137 i 21,640,803 16,340,725 16,601,888 19,112,883 ROI e xp e nse willre duc e from
NON DEC Debt Service 36,314,570 37,450,771 37,450,771 , 385218,269 , 41,921,118 43,043,575 44,229,903 44,588,315
DEC Debt 14,330,417 17,278,198 175278,198 i 175285,053 i 17,294,941 17,308,336 17,320,115 17,304,869 6%to 3.5%in 2023
Revenue Funded Capital 16,312,335 - - i - i - - - -
Total Expenditures $ 235,939,361 $ 229,228,209 $ 229,467,890 $ 231,103,674 $ 225,829,533 $ 224,633,636 $ 226,180,506 $ 222,692,808
Net Income $ 2,497,475 $ - $ - i $ 295,796 i $ 654,350 $ - $ - $ -
Rate Increase 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%; 0.0%; 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
Working Capital 254,814,510 18,338,257 18,357,431 i 18,488,294 i 18,066,363 17,970,691 18,094,441 17,815,425
Operating Reserve 58,527,551 29,814,378 54,393,365 i 54,532,008 i 55,619,848 42,729,970 28,407,757 26,932,899
$ 77,919,827 $ 48,655,053 $ 73,231,035 i $ 73,526,830 i $ 74,181,180 $ 61,193,009 $ 46,997,936 $ 45,236,417
Fund Balance as%of Budgeted Expenses 29.49% 14.60% 26.65% 26.40% 27.16% 20.56% 13.41% 12.76%
Rating Agency Debt Coverage Calculation 1.67 1.17 1.30 1.40 1.38 1.16 1.15 1.29
Wrking Cptl/Op Reserve Target-60 Days(16%) $37,750,298 $36,676,513 $36,670,663: $36,976,5881 $36,132,725 $35,941,382 $36,188,881 $35,630,849
Wrking Cptl/Op Reserve Target-75 Days(21%) $49,547,266 $48,137,924 $48,130,2461 $48,531,771: $47,424,202 $47,173,064 $47,497,906 $46,765,490
Days of Cash on Hand 121 77 116 i 116 i 120 99 76 74
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• 2% Rate Decrease
Water Foreca st Emphasis of Revenue Funded Capita 1pertaining to Water Plant
Actual Adopted Estimate Proposed Forecast Forecast Forecast Forecast
FY 2019 FY 2020 FY 2020 FY 2021 FY 2022 FY 2023 FY 2024 FY 2025 FY 2026 FY 2027 FY 2028 FY 2029 FY 2030
Revenues(x 1,000)
Rate Revenue $34,239 $39,355 $38,625 $39,579 $42,014 $43,432 $44,995 $46,347 $47,845 $49,370 $51,059 $52,505 $54,115
Non Rate Revenue $4,367 $2,108 $2,346 $2,836 $2,976 $2,967 $3,010 $3,053 $3,098 $3,143 $3,189 $3,237 $3,285
(Impact Fee Revenue-Revenue Funding $0 $3,839 $3,839 $2,725 $1,154 $1,200 $45 $1,900 $1,810 $1,472 $1,264 $1,282 $1,296
Impact Fee Revenue-Debt Service $5,752 $2,766 $2,766 $3,880 $5,451 $5,405 $6,560 $4,705 $4,795 $5,133 $5,341 $5,323 $5,309
COVID-19 Revenue Impact $0 $0 -$617 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0
Subtotal $44,357 $48,068 $46,960 $49,020 $51,595 $53,004 $54,610 $56,005 $57,547 $59,118 $60,853 $62,346 $64,005
Planned Use of Reserves 3,618 2,993 2,787 3,924 0 0 0 0 0 0 1,519 2,071 3,486
TOTAL REVENUE $47,976 $51,061 $49,747 $52,944 $51,595 $53,004 $54,610 $56,005 $57,547 $59,118 $62,373 $64,418 $67,491
Expenditures(x 1,000)
O&M $13,555 $16,392 $15,191 $16,568 $17,065 $17,577 $18,318 $19,076 $19,903 $20,872 $21,840 $22,898 $24,005
Revenue Funded Capital $14,985 $9,373 $9,373 $13,960 $10,493 $9,833 $11,802 $8,953 $12,960 $14,159 $10,362 $10,570 $10,781
Revenue Funded Impact Fee Projects $0 $3,839 $3,839 $2,725 $1,154 $1,200 $45 $1,900 $1,810 $1,472 $1,264 $1,282 $1,296
Transfers(Internal and External) $3,686 $5,182 $5,182 $,5,263 $5,421 $5,583 $5,751 $5,923 $6,101 $6,284 $6,473 $6,667 $6,867
ROI/Franchise Fee $3,049 $3,396 $3,283 $3,364 $3,571 $3,692 $3,825 $3,939 $4,067 $4,196 $4,340 $4,463 $4,600
Debt Service $12,700 $12,879 $12,879 $11,064 $13,338 $12,719 $12,802 $12,904 $11,043 $11,603 $18,093 $18,538 $19,942
TOTAL EXPENSE $47,976 551,061 $49,747 $52,944 $51,042 $50,604 552,543 $52,696 $55,884 $58,586 $62,373 $64,418 $67,491
Net Income $0 $0 $0 $0 $553 $2,400 $2,067 $3,309 $1,663 $532 $0 $0 $0
Rate Increases 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% -2.0% 0.0`6 0.0% 0.0`70 0.0`%b 0.09O 0.0`b 0.0`Io 0.0`•6 0.0``b*
RESERVE BALANCES FY 2019 FY 2020 FY 2020 FY 2021 FY 2022 FY 2023 FY 2024 FY 2025 FY 2026 FY 2027 FY 2028 FY 2029 FY 2030
Working Capital $3,838 $4,085 $3,980 $4,236 $4,083 $4,048 $4,203 $4,216 $4,471 $4,687 $4,990 $5,153 $5,399
Operating Reserve $20,869 $17,380 $17,690 $13,510 $14,216 $16,650 $18,562 $21,859 $23,268 $23,583 $21,761 $19,526 $15,794
Wrking Cptl+Op Reserve $24,707 $21,464 $21,670 $17,746 $18,299 $20,699 $22,766 $26,075 $27,738 $28,270 $26,751 $24,679 $21,194
Impact Fee Capital Reserve $0 $9,000 $9,000 59,000 $9,000 $9,000 $9,000
Number of Working Days 188 153 159 122 131 149 158 181 181 176 157 140 115
Development Plan Lines $750 $1,000 $1,000 $1,000 $1,000 $1,000 $1,000 $1,000 $1,000 $1,000 $1,000 $1,000 $1,000
Impact Fee Reserve $13,076 $4,076 $4,076 $4,076 $4,076 $4,076 $4,076 $4,076 $4,076 $4,076 $4,076 $4,076 $4,076
Debt Coverage Ratio-1.25 2.43 2.16 2.69 2.50 2.69 2.83 2.71 3.24 3.17 2.09 2.06 1.94
Wrking Cptl/Op Reserve Target-120 Days(33%) $15,832 $16,850 $ 16,417 $17,472 58$16,844 $16,699 $17,339 $17,390 $18,442 $19,333 $20,583 $21,258 $22,272
Wrking Cptl/Op Reserve Target-180 Days(50%) $23,998 $25,531 $ 24,874 $26,472 $25,521 $25,302 $26,271 $26,348 $27,942 $29,293 $31,186 $32,209 $33,745
Wa ste wa te r Fore c a st (Inc lud e s Dra ina g e
ACTUAL ADOPTED ESTBIATE PROPOSED FORECAST FORECAST FORECAST FORECAST
FY 2019 FY 2020 FY 2020 FY 2021 FY 2022 FY 2023 FY 2024 FY 2025 FY 2026 FY 2027 FY 2028 FY 2029 FY 2030
Revenues(x 1,000)
Rate Revenue S29.003 S29.976 S29.399 S30.550 30,990 32.352 33,756 35.202 36,691 33.2 B 39,799 41.421 43,039
Non Rate Revenue 2.493 2.471 $2.294 2340 2387 2.434 2.433 2.533 ' 2348 2395 2.443 2.492 2542
Impact Fee Revenue-Revenue Funded 500 500 500 151 14 146 147 149 150 152 153 155
Impact Fee Revenue-Debt Service 2,000 3,770 3,770 3,770 4,119 4,256 4,124 4,123 4,121 4,120 4,118 4.11', 4,115
CONTLD-19 Revenue Impact - - (389) - - - - - - - - -
Subtotal S33.501 S36.717 S35.574 537.160 S37.646 S39.057 5-0.509 S42.005 543.309 S44.888 S46.513 S48.183 5-9.901
Planned Use of Reserves 3,562 1,609 1,858 0 1.148 528 0 0 667 641 472 832 698
TOTAL R£\TN-LTS S37,063 S38,326 S37,432 S37,160 S38,794 S39,585 S40M $42,005 S43,976 S45,529 S461984 S49,016 S50,600
Expenditures(s 1.000)
O&M S13.620 S16,693 S15:280 S15.097 S15393 S15:701 S16,206 S16,469 S17,030 S17,709 S18379 S19,120 S19,395
Revenue Funded Capital 10,773 5,749 6301 5,986 6,102 5.621 5,610 5,100 5,804 5,920 61038 6,159 6,232
Transfers(Internal and External) 3,695 5373 S5373 5,644 5.813 5.988 6,167 6352 6.543 6.739 6.941 7.150 7364
Impact Fee Project Revenue Funding - 500 S500 500 151 14 146 147 149 150 152 153 155
ROLFranchise Fee 2.117 2.531 2.499 2.597 2.634 2,750 2,869 2.992 3.119 3 249 3333 3.521 3.663
Debt Service 6.858 7.479 S7.479 7.043 8.701 9.512 9.427 10-235 11332 11.762 12.090 12.913 13.241
TOTAL£l-P£N S£S S37,063 S38,326 S37,432 S36,867 S38,794 S39,585 S40,425 S41,897 S43,976 S45,529 S46,984 S49,016 S50,600
Net Income S0 SO SO 5292 SO SO S84 $108 SO SO SO SO SO
Rate Increases -9.04,b 0.04b 0.04 0.0% 0.04 0.0h 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0h 0.0h 0.0% 0.0%
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RESER17E BALANCES FY 2019 FY 2020 FY 2020 FY 2021 FY 2022 FY 2023 FY 2024 FY 202.9 FY 2026 FY'_027 FY 2028 FY 2029 FY 2030
Worlang Capital S2.965 S 3.066 S 2.995 S 2,949 S 3.104 S 3.167 S 3;234 S 3.1i2 S ,51S S 3,642 S 3.759 S 3,921 S 4,043
Operating Reserve S12;426 S 10.516 S 10339 S 10,476 S 9.109 S 8.518 S 8.535 S 8.526 S 7.693 S 6.927 S 6.339 S -.344 S 4.519
W'rkng C tl+Op Reserve $15,391 S 13,583 S 13,33 $ 13,426 S12,213 SILL S11,769 S11,877 $11,211 S10,570 S10,098 S9,266 S8,567
Number of Worl=g Days 152 129 130 133 115 108 106 103 93 85 78 69 62
Development Plan Lines S535 S735 S735 S935 S1,000 S1,000 S1,000 S1,000 S1:000 S1,000 S1,000 S1,000 S1,000
Drainaee Reserve S 1.000 S 1.000 S 1.000 S1.000 S 1.000 S 1.000 S 1.000 S 1.000 S 1.000 S 1.000 S 1.000 S 1.000 S 1.000
Impact Fee Reserve S61767 S6,767 S6.767 S6,767 S6,767 S6767 S6,767 S6,767 S6.767 S6,767 S61767 S6.767 S6.76-
Debt Coveraee Ratio-1.25 2.36 1.96 2.00 -1.33 1.89 1.83 1.92 1.87 1.74 1.74 1.75 1. -:
Wrlmg Cptl 1 Op Reserve Target-100 Days(28%) S10;►78 S10,731 S10,481 S10;►23 S10,862 S11.084 SII 119 S11.731 S12,313 S12,748 S13,156 S13.724 S14.168
1,rh-ng Cpd!Op Reserve Target-140 Days(39%) S14.444 S14,947 S14,599 S14 178 S15,130 S19.438 S15.766 S16:140 S17,151 S17,756 S18,324 S19.116 S19.734
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Actuals Adopted Estimate i Proposed Forecast Forecast Forecast Forecast
FY 2019 FY 2020 FY 2020 i FY 2021 i FY 2022 FY 2023 FY 2024 FY 2025
Revenues(x 1,000) '
Rate Revenue $33,555 $33,679 $36,348: $37,6421, $39,522 $34,578 $35,624 $36,922
Non Rate Revenue $1,200 $1,712 $2,037: $2,173: $2,254 $2,442 S2,564 S2,721
COVID-19 Revenue Impact 50 $0 -5280: 50: 50 50 50 $0
Subtotal S34,755 S35,391 S38,1051, 539,815i S41,776 537,020 $38,188 539,643
Planned Use of Reserves SO S3,113 Sol, 54,3091 $0 $2,430 S875 5878
TOTAL REVENUE $34,755 $38,504 $38,105: 544,224: $41,776 $39,449 $39,063 $40,521
Expenditures (x 1,000)
O&M $18,869 522,553 $21,3351 519,6530 S20,261 521,405 522,572 S23,760
Revenue Funded Capital SO 50 50: $6,250i $1,922 50 $0 SO
Vehicle Replacement Fund Transfers $620 $2,001 $2,001: 53,327: $4,021 56,089 S4,324 S3,560
Transfers (Internal and External) $2,223 S3,134 53,134: $5,251: 55,356 55,463 S5,572 55,684
Franchise Fee S1,734 S1,756 S1,756: 51,971: S2,068 $1,823 $1,878 $1,946
Closure/Post Closure 5854 S610 50: $7031, $719 $735 5752 S1,281
Debt Service S8,995 58,449 $8,449: S6,968: 56,010 53,934 53,964 S4,289
TOTAL EXPENSE $33,295 $38,504 S36,675i 544,124i $40,356 $39,449 $39,063 $40,521
Net Income $1,460 $0 $1,429 1 $0 i 9420 $0 $0
RESERVE BALANCES FY 2019 FY 2020 FY 2020 i FY 2021 i FY 2022 FY 2023 FY 2024 FY 2025
Working Capital S2,664 53,080 S2,934i S3,530i $3,228 $3,156 S3,125 S3,242
Rental fund SO $0 S0: Sol, $0 50 $0 $0
Operating Fund Reserve S8,509 54,979 S9,668, S4,764 56,485 S4,128 $3,284 $2,290
Total Operating Reserve $11,173 $8,060 $12,602, 58,294: $9,714 $7,284 S6,409 $S,S32
Vehicle Replacement Fund Transfers $620 $2,001 $2,001: $3,327: $4,021 56,089 54,324 $3,560
Vehicle Purchases (5100) (52,079) (53,982): (53,357): (53,507) (S4,110 (53,425) (53,590)
Operating Fund Transfer SO (S2,981) SO Sol 50 SO $0 50
Total Vehicle Replacement Reserve S3,761 51,D00 $1,73011,7501 52,264 $4,243 SS,142 SS,111.2
Wrking Cptl/ Op Reserve Target - 51 Days (14%) $4,661 S5,391 $5,135 $6,177 $5,650 $5,523 $S,469 $5,673
Wrking Cptl/ Op Reserve Target - 65 Days (18%) $5,993 $6,931 $6,602 60 $7,942 $7,264 $7,101 $7,031 $7,2%
September 15, 2020 ID 20 1524
Utility Ra to Cha n g e s
Since FY 2018, the City's continued emphasis on financial transparency and cost
c onta inme nt ha s re sulte d in no rate increases for City of Denton Utilities.
Rate hicrea se D-
Utility FY 2015 FY 2016 FY 2017 FY 2018 FY 2019 FY 2020 FY 2021
Ele c the 4.7% 4.5% 4.5% (1.2%) (3.5%) 0 0
Water 3.0% 6.3% 4.3% 0 0 0 (2.0%)
Wa ste wa to r 6.0% 2.7% 1.8% 0 (5.0%) 0 0
Solid Waste 2.9% 2.4% 4.0% 0 (12.0%) (12.0%) (5.0%)
September 15, 2020 ID 20 1524 6 m
Next Steps
• September 15 , 2020 — Budget Public Hearing
• September 15 , 2020 — TaxRate Public Meeting
• September22 , 2020 — Budget, CIP, TaxRate Adoption , Rates, Fees
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• Includes $ 10.6 million in street maintenance and capitalfunding .
• • • • - • - - Forecast Forecast Forecast Forecast
FY 2021 -22 FY 2022-23 FY 2023-24 FY 2024-25
Bond Sale Savings $ 1 , 184,582 $ 1 , 184,582 ; $ 1 ,243,811 ! $ 1 ,320,078 $ 1 ,468,519 $ 1 ,577,980 $ 1 ,655,517
Interest Income Wsc. $ 10,000 $ 43,361 : $ 45,000 : $ 45,900 $ 46,818 $ 47,754 $ 48,709
Street Cuts $ 371 ,423 $ 371 ,423 $ 378,851 $ 386,428 $ 394, 157 $ 402,040 $ 410,081
Franchise Fees $ 13,087,053 $ 13,087,053 $ 13,634,688 $ 14,228,820 $ 14,833,705 $ 15,449,866 $ 16,077,837
OW Expenses $ 15,731 ,116 $ 14, 155,837 $ 15,894, 184 $ 16,577,297 $ 17,284,968 $ 18,024,709 $ 18,798,027
Change in Fund Balance 1 ,078,058 530,582 591 ,834 596,071 541 ,769 547,069 605,882
Adopted - FY PreliminaryForecast Forecast Forecast Forecast
FY 2021 -22 FY 2022-23 FY 2023-24 FY 2024-25
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Streets, Curbs, & Gutters $ 7,372,251 $ 6,836,663 i $ 7,800,000 i $ 8. 190,000 $ 8,599,500 $ 9,029,475 $ 9,480,949
Sidewalks & Grounds $ 1 ,936,986 $ 1 ,743,287 i $ 1 ,500,000 i $ 1 ,575,000 $ 1 ,653,750 $ 1 ,736,438 $ 1 ,823,259
System Repair Materials $ 714,422 $ 326,304 i $ 1 ,000,000 i $ 1 ,050,000 $ 1 , 102,500 $ 1 , 157,625 $ 1 ,215,506
Outside Contract Services $ 10,000 $ 10,000 ! $ 300,000 i $ 309,000 $ 318,270 $ 3271,818 $ 337,653
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Estimate Requests Recommendation
Beginning Fund Balance $ 2,032,613 $ 11272,352 $ 15272,352
Revenues:
Convention Center Hotel $ 400,000 $ 453,850 453,850
Prior Year Refunds - 482,488 482,488
Hotel Revenue - All Others 1 ,771 ,723 1 ,618,926 1 ,618,926
Total Revenues $ 2,171,723 $ 2,555,263 $ 2,555,263
Expenditures:
Sub-total Recipient Expenditures $ 2,531 ,984 $ 2,429,140 $ 2,274,680
Sub-total Economic Incentive Expenditures $ 400,000 $ 453,850 $ 453,850
Total Expenditures $ 2,931,984 $ 2,882,990 $ 25728,530
Ending Fund Balance $ 1,272,352 $ 944,625 $ 1,099,085
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• Oct. 2019 — Animal Shelter Advisory Committee requested staff draft an
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• Feb. 2020 — Staff drafted and discussed an amendment with the Animal
Services Advisory Committee — unanimous approval
• Oct. 2020 — Staff presented final draft amendment to the Committee
with proposed education and implementation plan
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Current Regulations
• Sec 6-8 - Unlawful to restrain or tether a dog
• By a fix point chain or tether
• By wrapping the chain or tether around the dog's neck
• By using a chain or tether that is 1/8 of the dog's body weight
• In a manner that does not allow the dog to have access to food or water
• In a manner that will allow the dog to become entangled
• Exceptions
• Tethering a dog is allowed by using a fixed point chain or tether, 10 ft long, swivels on both end and
attached to a pulley or trolley mounted cable, mounted more than seven (7) feet off the ground.
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Current Challenges
• Animal Control Officers experience difficulty in enforcement.
• Inability to measure length of time tethered
• Animal has ability to become tangled and endanger the animal
• Staked tethering
• Pulley tethering system
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Research
City Surveyed Tethering Allowed Tethering Allowed with Tethering Prohibited —
reference State Law multiple exceptions one exception
Greenville X 7 Cities - Provisions
Georgetown X
Mesquite X prohibiting tethering with one
Carrolton X
Lewisville X exception
Frisco X
Plano X 5 Cities — Tethering allowed
Dallas X with multiple exceptions
Austin X
Wichita Falls X 3 Cities — Tethering allowed,
Richardson X
Mansfield X follows State Law
The Colony X
Allen X
Lake Dallas X
Denton X
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Proposed Changes
• Unlawful to stake any unattended domestic animal outside on a leash, tether,
chain or similar apparatus.
• Unlawful to tether any animal in the open bed of a pickup style vehicle that is
open to the elements, unless the vehicle is a livestock trailer designed for the
purpose of transporting livestock.
• Exceptions
• If the animal's owner or handler remains with the animal throughout the period of
restra i nt.
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Community Education / Outreach
• Developed Resident Update newsletter article in the Oct/Nov issue educating community on
alternatives to tethering
• Visited areas where tethering has been observed
• Developed a dedicated webpage
• Developed communications for Social Media channels
• Visited homeless encampments and developed relationship with HOT team if/when
assistance is needed
• Developed a plan for a 100-day education period before warnings and enforcement
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Partnerships/ Resources
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• ACO Counseling
• Animal Enclosure Fund
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Recommendation
• Amend Sec 6-8 Animal Restraint and Tethering of Animals to
align with the recommendations of the ASAC.
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Next Steps
• Education/Outreach period to residents — Nov 11 — Jan 31
• Distribute brochure outlining tethering regulations
• Warning Period — Feb 1 — Jul 31
• Issue warnings but continue to offer education and resources.
• Enforcement Phase — Begins Aug 1
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Animal Services Manager
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• Proposed Option 1 cost $ 125 ,962
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October 18, 2020
RE: Extended Water Outage at Summit Oaks Neighborhood
The City of Denton would like to provide some additional information regarding the extended
water outage experienced by the residents of the Summit Oaks Neighborhood. We understand
how frustrating this event was for you and how significantly many of you were impacted.
The neighborhood was originally to experience a planned outage that would have occurred
overnight from 10:00 p.m. Friday, Oct. 16 through 4:00 a.m. on Saturday, Oct. 17. This outage
was to make a 20"water line connection as part of the Texas Department of Transportation's
(TxDOT) FM 2181 Teasley Lane Widening Project, which includes the relocation and
installation of the City of Denton water and wastewater utilities and was performed by a TxDOT
contractor. Planned overnight outages are routine and typically uneventful.
During the planned work, the TxDOT contractor notified the City of an issue with the 20"water
line connection being made that caused loss of some pressure and required the line be isolated
and have extensive repairs made. Impacting the Summit Oaks Neighborhood and L.A. Nelson
Elementary, the emergency repair was necessary to restore water service. When the emergency
outage occurred, City staff responded immediately to assess the situation and to make contact
with TxDOT project managers and contractors regarding repairs.
We want the residents of Summit Oaks to know that this unanticipated, emergency repair
directly caused the extended outage they experienced. Outages of this duration are rare and
would have resulted in the provision of alternative water sources to the neighborhood should it
have extended beyond Saturday. We appreciate the patience shown by the residents over the
course of the extended outage as it was certainly a challenging day for all.
While ensuring TxDOT restored your water was our first priority, we want you to know that we
are focused on ensuring that, in the future, we can improve our communications on these issues
and provide timely updates to our residents.
If you have questions or concerns regarding the FM 2181 Teasley Lane Widening Project, please
contact the Kyle Pedigo, Project Manager, at kyle.pedig_o(kcityofdenton.com. Additionally, if
you would like to express concerns or suggestions regarding project communications, please
contact Ryan Adams, Director of Customer Service and Public Affairs, at
roan.adams(arc ityo fdenton.com.
Thank you.
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Date: October 23, 2020 Report No. 2020-092
INFORMAL STAFF REPORT
TO MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL
SUBJECT:
Denton Municipal Electric (DME) receives grant approval from the Texas Emissions Reduction
Plan(TERP)(TCEQ) for upgrades to city-owned electric vehicle charging stations.
BACKGROUND:
On Tuesday, June 9, 2020, City Council approved the upgrade of outdated city-owned electric
vehicle (EV) charging stations with modern platforms at the North Branch Library, North Lakes
Recreation Center, South Branch Library, and South Lakes Park. However, the installation of a
new DC fast charging station at DME's Pockrus Page Substation was not approved.
The libraries and recreation center's upgrades were completed on August 7. Ten outdated single-
port Blink chargers were replaced with four state-of-the-art Level 2 dual-port ChargePoint
Chargers. The new chargers have more user-friendly features and will provide DME with new
additional services. The most important benefit of the new charging platform is access to customer
usage data, a critical component of DME's EV infrastructure plan.
As presented to the Council in June, DME applied on March 15 for grant funding from the Texas
Commission on Environmental Quality(TCEQ)to offset the cost.On October 16,TCEQ approved
DME's applications and sent management the contracts for the Alternative Fueling Facilities
Program(AFFP) reimbursement grant.
Below is a chart of the grant amounts approved by location.
Applicant Name Grant Amount Approved Station Location Status
City of Denton $41,936.00 13501 Pockrus Page Road,Denton,TX 76208 Rejected
City of Denton $ 1,612.50 556 Hobson Lane, Denton,TX 76205 Accepted
City of Denton $ 1,612.50 3228 Teasley Lane,Denton,TX 76208 Accepted
City of Denton $ 1,612.50 2001 West Windsor Drive, Denton,TX 76209 Accepted
City of Denton $ 1,612.50 3020 North Locust Street, Denton,TX 76209 Accepted
CONCLUSION:
DME is dedicated to addressing short and long-term infrastructure needs rising from EV adoption.
STAFF CONTACT:
Chris Lutrick, Denton Municipal Electric, Executive Manager of Operations
(940) 349-7152
Chris.Lutrick(?cityo fdenton.com
PARTICIPATING DEPARTMENTS:
Denton Municipal Electric, Energy Services
STAFF TIME TO COMPLETE REPORT: (30 min)
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FY 20/ 21 Council Requests
Open Requests Requests Answered by Department FY All Time Request Volume by
20/21 Council Person
Keely Briggs
Paul Meltzer
Deb Armintor Community Svcs
John Ryan Environmental Svcs
Jesse Davis
Gerard Hudspeth Public Works
Mayor Chns Watts Utilities Ilk
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Library
Legal
Fire
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Procurement
Real Estate John Ryan • Jesse Davis • Gerard Hudspeth
Total Open Risk • Mayor Chris Watts
Requests Elected Official Other
Submit New 0 10 20 30
22 Request Some requests involve multiple departments,causing the
total requests by department to add up higher than the
total request count
93
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Policy and Worksession Requests smartsheet
Council Member Requestor Date Summary of Request Staff Assigned Department Comments
1 O Council Member Briggs 09/23/20 Can we have an update on Mingo rd-I know we were told it was being looked at for a side path or Becky Diviney Public Works-CIP Information will be provided in a future Friday Report
sidewalk.Is there a schedule,funding,anything that can be verified?
2 O Council Member Briggs 10/09/2 How many pedestrian,bike accidents has there been in past 2 years?Are they increasing,also Fran Police Request will be presented during the October 27 Pending
increasing in deaths? Council Request Work Session
3 Q Q Council Member Davis 10/12/20 Can staff check on a curb cut-out on Collins Rd? Becky Diviney Public Works Information will be provided in October 23 Friday Report
4 ❑ Council Member Davis 10/14/20 What is the status of our survey into the use of former Pecan Creek drainage easements for trails? Becky Diviney Public Works-CIP Information will be provided in a future Friday Report
Council Member Davis 10/15/20 Can we please take a look at lime-stained concrete,driveway damage,and cracking asphalt Daniel Kremer Public Works-Streets Information will be provided in October 23 Friday Report
5 reported on Thomas St.,north of Scripture St.,where reconstruction work was recently completed?
I'll email the photo and info I received.Thanks!
6 ❑ Council Member Briggs 10/16/20 Request on how to get a stationed bike share in Denton.Fill in missing gap from Velo leaving As Brian Jahn Public Works-Traffic Information will be provided in a future Friday Report
soon as we can
7 Mayor Watts 10/16/20 Can staff answer questions about paving on Bonnie Brae? Becky Diviney Public Works-CIP Information will be provided in October 23 Friday Report
8 Q ❑ Council Member Briggs It feels like the number of shootings,gun incidents has significantly increased this year.Have they Frank Dixon Police Request will be presented during a future Pending Council
and by what percent?Is there anything we can do about it? Requests Work Session
9 Q �_� Council Member Meltzer 10/16/20 Can staff provide information about a business driveway along Teasley Ln. Becky Diviney,Richard Development Services Public Information will be provided in a future Friday Report
Cannone Works
10 Council Member Briggs 10/18/20 Is downtown still being power washed?Can staff also assess any human waste issues in this area? Gary Packan Public Works-Parks Information will be provided in October 23 Friday Report
11 Council Member Meltzer 10/18/20 I assume the answer is no due to COVID,but have we done any work on the new East Lakes Gary Packan Public Works-Parks Information will be provided in October 23 Friday Report
Park—maybe clearing out trash and privet?And if so,approximately where?
Council Member Meltzer 10/18/20 Also,could I get a list of parkland acquired since May 2018?Acreage,approximate location,date Gary Packan Public Works-Parks Information will be provided in October 23 Friday Report
12 O acquired—that would be good.If we routinely already keep other stats for each,like residents within
a 10-minute walk,that would be great too.
13 Q Council Member Meltzer 10/19/20 Can staff provide information about the water shut off at Sherman and Windsor? Antonio Puente Water Information will be provided in October 23 Friday Report
14 O Council Member Briggs 10/20/20 Can staff provide information about the water shut off at Sherman and Windsor? Antonio Puente Water Information will be provided in October 23 Friday Report
15 Council Member Briggs 10/20/20 How many football fields do we have and what is the process to allocate rentals for local groups and Gary Packan Public Works-Parks Information will be provided in October 23 Friday Report
organizations?
16 ❑ Council Member Briggs 10/20/20 How much is the land for is for next door to the TxDOT building?Have we ever looked at that area Gary Packan Public Works-Parks Information will be provided in a future Friday Report
for a park?
17 Mayor Watts 10/21/20 Can staff forward information about how the 7.3%rate of return on incentives was calculated? Jessica Rogers Economic Development Information will be provided in a future Friday Report
18 Q Council Member Briggs 10/21/20 Should a dumpster be placed in a problematic area on Johnson St.near Mill St.? Dani Shaw,Drew Huffman Community Services Public Works Information will be provided in October 23 Friday Report
-Parks
19 Q ❑ Council Member Meltzer 10/21/20 A constituent asks whether the corner of Broadway and Fulton has adequate visibility or whether it Brian Jahn Public Works-Traffic Information will be provided in a future Friday Report
would be a candidate for stripping like on the attached photo.
20 ❑ Council Member Briggs 10/22/20 Can staff give an update on the sidewalks on Swisher between Edwards and Pockrus Page? Brian Jahn Public Works-Traffic Information will be provided in a future Friday Report
21 Council Member Meltzer 10/22/20 Are we replacing the bike-pedestrian coordinator?("One that focuses on true community Rachel Wood Public Works Information will be provided in October 23 Friday Report
engagement and not a traffic engineer"....just sharing that comment)
22 Q Council Member Meltzer 10/22/20 how much is budgeted for bike trails,what are the main routes planned,and a statement about Rachel Wood Public Works Information will be provided in October 23 Friday Report
intended connectivity?
23 O Council Member Briggs 10/22/20 Can staff address any street surface issues on Cherrywood? Ethan Cox Public Works Information will be provided in October 23 Friday Report
24 Council Member Briggs 10/22/20 Can staff address any street surface issues on Woodland? Ethan Cox Public Works Information will be provided in October 23 Friday Report
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October 2020
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
1 2 3
Cancelled-8:30 DEDC
Cancelled-4:00 pm Public
Art Committee
4 5 6 7 8 9 10
COE 9:00am 3:00 pm CC Work Library Board 1:00pm Community
11:30 am Council Session Cancelled-2:30pm Development Advisory
Luncheon 6:30 p.m.CC Regular Agenda Committee 2:30pm
Session
S:OOpm P&Z Work Session
6:30pm P&ZRegular Session
11 12 13 14 15 16 17
PUB 9:00am 12:00 pm 2nd Tuesday 11:00EDPB Cancelled-Traffic Safety
Session Com 11:00 am
3:00pm Parks, Rec, Beau Cancelled-2:30pm Cancelled-HABSCO 4pm
Cancelled-HLC 3:00pm Agenda Committee Cancelled-3:00pm
Cancelled-5:30 Airport Committee on Persons with
Advisory Board Disabilities
18 19 20 21 22 23 24
DCRC 11am 2:00pm CC Work DTIF#1-9am 12:00pmPubhcArt
Se ssion Cancelled-2:30pm Agenda Committee
6:30 pm CC Regular Committee
Se ssion ASAC 3:00 pm
4:30pm P&Z Work Session
6:30pm P&Z Regular Session
25 26 27 28 129 30 31
PUB 9:00am Cancelled-loam Mobility Committee 10am Council Airport Human Services
Cancelled-ZBA5:30pm C ounc il Airp o rt Meeting 9:00 am Committee Advisory 1lam
5:00PM Board of Ethics Committee
Special Called Panel
2:00 pm 4th Tuesday Cancelled-2:30pm Cancelled3:00PM
Session Agenda Committee Board of Ethics
95
November 2020
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
11:30 am Council Cancelled - 1:00 pm 2:30pm Agenda 8:30DEDC
Luncheon CC Work Session Committee 4:00 Public Art Committee
COE 1:30 Cancelled -6:30 pm 5:00pm P&Z Work Session
CC Regular Session 6:30pm P&Z Regular Ses s ion
8 9 10 11 12 13 14
PUB 9:OOam 1:00 pm 2nd Tuesday 11:00EDPB
Session 5:30 Airport Advisory Board
Traffic Safety
Commission 11:00 am
15 16 17 18 19 20 21
Cancelled - 1:00 pm 2:30pm Agenda HABSCO 4prn
CC Work Session Committee
5:30 pm CC Reception 5:00pmP&ZWorkSession
6:30 pm CC Re gula r 6:30pm P&ZRegular Session 3:OOpm Committee on
Session(Ca nva sing) Persons with Disabilities
10:30 am Audit Finance Mobility Committee
Meeting 9:00 am
22 23 24 25 26 27 28
10am CounciiAirport 12:00 TF Board(TIRZ) Thanksgiving Day After
committee Day Holiday Thanksgiving
No Council Meeting 3:OOPM Board of Holiday
Ethics
29 30
ZBA 5:30pm
96
97
FUTURE WORK SESSION ITEMS MATRIX
As of October 23,2020
Meeting Date Currently Slated Work Session Items
Gas Well Municipal Broadband NAA Update Council Requests
20-Oct 20-1186 20-556 20-1778 20-1492
Cap.Improvement Citywide Speed Economic Development
Update CM Briggs Request Dyno Dirt Update Strategic Plan(Follow Up) Council Requests
27-Ott 20-1891 20-1758 20-1969 20-1615 20-1493
2-Nov
Luncheon CANCELLED
3-Nov CANCELLED-Election Day
Internal Audit-Health
COVID-19 Update Insurance Claims Process Grant Applications Trails Plan Council Requests
10-Nov 20-1886 �20-1977 TDB 20-2187 20-1658
Canvassing of November 3 General and Special
17-Nov Elections
24-Nov No Meeting-Thanksgiving
Utilities Commercial Internal Audit-Utility Overview of Construction
COVID-19 Update Paper Meter Reading ETJ Update Specifications Council Requests Dec 1
1-Dec 20-2116 TBD 20-1978 20-1668 20-1974 20-1659
Affordable Housing
7-Dec Assessment Report Council Requests Dec 7
Luncheon 20-1844 20-1660
P Council Requests Dec 8
Parkland Dedication&
20-1990
Legislative Agenda Naming for Parks TIRZ Study EDA CARES Act Development Ordinance (NOTE:canna::Runoff,
8-Dec TBD TBD 20-2182 20-2183 TBD rfany)
B&C 2020 Appointment City Council 2020
Process Committees Council Requests Dec 15
IS-Dec 20-2147 TBD 20-1991
Accessory Dwelling Units,
"a and Screening Construction Code Group Home Code Hartlee Field PID Council Requests Jan 4
C
DCA19-0011 Review(TBD) Delegated Authority Amendment 20-1789 20-2096
C
f6
d Right-of-Way Ordinance COVID-19 Update Jan.5 Council Requests Jan
(A Public Art Follow-up DME Solar Programs 20-2117 20-2093
C
Oun
L
Ln Redistricting Update Stormwater Master COVID-19 Update Feb.2 Council Requests Jan 12
N Spring 2021 20-1661 20-2118 20-2094
tN
Y Council Requests Jan 26
O
` 20-2095
98
Street Closure Report IMPROVING
"TM Upcoming Closures F)FNT(CIN
OF
DENTON Week of October 26,2020-November I,2020
Street/Intersection From To Closure Closure Description Department Upcoming Public Other MpIrrErrrent
Start Date End Date Info/Notes Meeting Communication Contact
Wastewater Collections will be
Precision Dr Airport Rd 1500'north 12/01/20 12/29/20 installing a new wastewater Wastewater
main and services.
Robson East Side of 35W TBD TBD Wastewater Main Install Wastewater (940)349-8909
RR (Temporary Lane Closure)
Road will be closed for paving public Works
Underwood McCormick Ave.B 11/09/20 11/13/20 and sidewalk construction for Inspections N/A (210)563-1599
the new Fire Station#3
Total 2
Upcoming Closures
99
Street Closure Report IMPROVING
Current Closures
()F .. 11
DENTON Week of October 26 DFNI 2020-November 12020 \\
r�'I
Street/Intersection From To Closure Closure Description Department Upcoming Public Other epartment
Start Date End Date Info/Notes Meeting Communication Contact
Georgetown Wastewater Collections will be
Amherst Dr Dr Hinkle Dr 09/28/20 12/28/20 installing a new wastewater Wastewater N/A (940)349-8909
main line and services.
This project is to add drainage
North of upgrades and widen Hickory NextDoor,Email
Barrel Strap Road Hickory Ocean Drive 09/07/20 01/04/21 Creek Road.It is also adding an Engineering Notification (940)349-7426
Creek Road acceleration lane to Barrel Strap
Road.
North South Water Main Phase Engineering, Temporary Flagging in
Bonnie Brae IH 35E Scripture 06/15/20 03/01/21 3 Water all lanes for pipe Direct business contact (940)349-8938
delivery.
Public Works
Collins Dallas Dr. Johnson St 07/20/20 10/30/20 Haven at Daugherty:Pavement Inspections, N/A (940)205-9230
Private
Development
Concrete Street Panel.The
process starts with Barricading
Como Lake Windriver Loon Lake 10/05/20 11/13/20 the failed sections of concrete Streets N/A (940)349-7146
pavement,remove the
pavement,and install new
concrete.
Doris McKamy Tripp Tr 10/26/20 11/20/20 Concrete Panel and Sidewalk Streets
repair
Elm Hickory Prairie 05/11/20 11/27/20 PEC 4 Utility Project Engineering Direct business contact (940)349-8938
City of
FM 2181 Denton/Cori Lillian Miller 11/18/19 11/30/20 Street Widening TxDOT (940)349-8425
nth City
limits
Water Distribution will be
Foxcroft Cir Emerson Ln Emerson Ln 03/09/20 12/14/20 replacing the water main and Water Intermittent closures N/A (940)349-7278
water services.
Infrastructure Safety Upgrades
Ft.Worth Dr.(US 377) IH 35E FM1830 10/17/19 02/01/21 &New Sewer Main Install TxDOT (940)349-8938
(temporary closures)
Current Closures
100
Street/Intersection From Closure Closure Description Department Upcoming Public Other Department
Ift Start Date End Date j Info/Notes Meeting Communication Contact
The road will be closed as a part
of the 2019 Street construction NextDoor,Email
Hercules N.Locust Stuart 08/01/20 12/31/20 bundle Project.Hercules is set Engineering Notification,Mail outs (940)349-7426
to have reconstruction of the
curbs,gutters and the street.
Widening of Hickory Creek road
from Teasley to FM 2499 with
Hickory CreeK Road Teasely FM 2499 10/06/20 02/16/21 an acceleration lane being Engineering NextDoor,Email (940)349-7426
constructed on FM 2499. Notification
Project also included drainage
upgrades.
Intersection back of Intermittent closures of this NextDoor,Email
Hidden Meadows Trail with Vintage Vintage blvd 03/16/20 11/27/20 intersection for construction Engineering (940)349-8938
Blvd right of way activities Notification
Install new curb and gutter.Mill scheduling conflict with
Johnson Street Daugherty Smith Street 10/26/20 12/11/20 off old pavement and install Streets concrete contractor so Door hangers (940)349-7146
Street new asphalt to match the grade we move the start date
of the new inlets. to 10-26-20.
Completed about 70%of
the work.Possible rain
Kings Row Marrianne 288 10/22/20 11/06/20 Perform full depth base repairs Streets delay all next week. N/A (940)349-7146
on Kings Rows. October 26th thru 30th.
The work will start back
up on November 2nd.
Storm drain improvements as
Locust St. Prairie Highland 03/09/20 11/27/20 part of Pec-4 Ph 1&2 Engineering Direct business contact (940)349-8938
Project.East Side In Closure
Temporary lane closure for Public Works
McKinney ST. Loop 288 100ft 10/12/20 10/26/20 public works construction along Inspections N/A (682)299-8148
bar ditch
Concrete Sidewalk Repair.The
process starts with Barricading
Merlot Riesing Pinot 10/26/20 11/06/20 the failed sections of concrete Streets N/A (940)349-7146
Sidewalk,remove,and install
new concrete
Street Reconstruction
Remove and replace curb and
Mistywood Lane Woodhaven Jamestown 10/01/20 01/29/21 gutter as needed. Streets N/A (940)349-7146
Remove old asphalt and
stabilize subgrade.
Install asphalt pavement
Current Closures
101
Street/Intersection FromMU
Closure Closure Description Department Upcoming Public Other Department
Start Date End Date J Info/Notes Meeting Communication Contact
Intersection back of Intermittent closures of this
Mockernut Rd. with Vintage Blvd.Vintage right of 03/16/20 11/27/20 intersection for construction Engineering Notification NextDoor,Email (940)349-8938
Blvd. activities.
way
Concrete Sidewalk Repair.The
process starts with Barricading
Napa Valley Shiraz Sonoma 10/19/20 10/30/20 the failed sections of concrete Streets N/A (940)349-7146
Sidewalk,remove,and install
new concrete
Water Distribution will be
Northcrest Rd Foxcroft Cir Emerson Ln 03/06/20 12/14/20 replacing the water main and Water N/A (940)349-7278
water services.
Prairie Elm Pierce 06/01/20 11/27/20 PEC 4 Utilities Engineering NextDoor,Direct (940)349-8938
business contact
Storm drain improvements,as
Prairie St. Locust St. Elm St. 03/23/20 12/04/20 part of Pec-4 Ph 1&2 Engineering Direct business contact (940)349-8938
Project. Street closed to thru
traffic.
Water Distribution will be
Precision Airport Rd 1500ft north 10/12/20 11/14/20 installing a new water main and Water N/A (940)349-7278
services
Curb and Gutter Repair.The
process starts with Barricading
Roberts N.Bell Brown 10/19/20 11/20/20 the failed sections of,Curb and Streets N/A (940)349-7146
Gutter remove and install
Curbs.
Roselawn Bonnie Brae Bernard 05/12/20 11/20/20 Bonnie Brae Phase 1 Engineering North Side lane closure NextDoor (940)349-8938
intersection back of Intermittent closure of the NextDoor,Email
Shagbark Dr with Vintage Vintage Blvd 03/16/20 11/27/20 intersection for construction Engineering (940)349-8938
Blvd right of way activities. Notification
Concrete Street Panel and
Sidewalk Repair.The process
Shiraz Napa Valley Claret 10/12/20 10/30/20 starts with Barricading the failed Streets N/A (940)349-7146
sections of concrete pavement,
remove the pavement,and
install new concrete.
Concrete Street Panel and
Sidewalk Repair.The process
Spring Creek Creek Bend Beechwood 10/05/20 11/25/20 starts with Barricading the failed Streets N/A (940)349-7146
sections of concrete pavement,
remove the pavement,and
install new concrete.
Current Closures
102
Street/Intersection From To Closure Closure Description Department Upcoming Public Other Department
Start Date End Date Info/Notes Meeting Communication Contact
Trinity Road Mills Td Grissom 10/01/20 11/01/20 Culvert Improvements on Trinity Drainage N/A (940)349-7197
Concrete Street Panel and
Sidewalk Repair.The process
Tripp Trl Dolris Skelton 09/14/20 10/23/20 starts with Barricading the failed Streets N/A (940)349-7146
sections of concrete pavement,
remove the pavement,and
install new concrete.
Vintage Blvd US377 Hidden 10/23/20 10/30/20 Bonnie Brae Phase 2 Engineering 10/14/20 NextDoor,Public (940)349-8938
Meadows Trl Meeting(s)
Construction is set to begin on 8-20-20:Atmos Energy
West Hickory Street between N. is currently relocating
Welch Street and Carroll Blvd in gas line on the South
September of 2020 and Atmos,Streets, side of W.Hickory
continue through May of 2021. between Welch and Email Notification,Direct
West Hickory Street Welch Carroll 08/31/20 05/29/21 Detailed lane closure Drainage,Water, Bernard.Once Atmos business contact (940)349 8425
information is forthcoming Waste Water finishes,the contractor
pending approval of the will mobilize into that
contractor's phasing and traffic same area to begin
control plans. construction.
Branch 08/24/20 08/16/21 En
Install utilities and road NextDoor,Email
Windsor Hanover Crossing reconstruction Engineering Notification (940)349-7426
Windsor Stuart Longfellow 08/24/20 08/23/21 Installation of utilities and street Engineering NextDoor,Email (940)349-7426
reconstruction Notification
Windsor Stuart E.Sherman 09/07/20 12/14/20 This closure is to reconstruct Engineering NextDoor,Email (940)349-7426
Windsor Drive Notification
Total 36
Current Closures
103
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crry T(CN
I
Completed Closures
DENTON Week of October 26,2020-November I,2020 �F
Street/Intersection From To Closure Closure Description Department Upcoming Public Other Department
Start Date End Date Info/Notes Meeting Communication Contact
Concrete Street Repair.The
process starts with Barricading
7801 Falcon Ridge Eagle Path Echo Hill 08/31/20 09/10/20 the failed sections of pavement, Streets N/A (940)349-7146
remove the pavement and
subgrade,and install new
concrete pavement.
Concrete Sidewalk Repair.The
Pennsylvani process starts with Barricading
Abbots Sand Piper a 09/08/20 10/02/20 the failed sections of concrete Streets N/A (940)349-7146
Sidewalk,remove,and install
new concrete
E McKinney Wastewater Collections will be
Bell PI Mingo Rd St 10/02/20 10/14/20 installing a new wastewater Wastewater N/A (940)349-8909
main line and services.
Concrete Street panel and
Sidewalk repair. The process
Spring starts with barricading the failed
Bent Creek Kappwood Creek 01/06/20 04/24/20 sections of concrete pavement, Streets N/A (940)349-7146
remove the pavement and
subgrade,and install new
concrete pavement.
Concrete Sidewalk Repair.The
process starts with Barricading
Brainy Trace Ct Bent Creek Cul v Sac 06/29/20 07/27/20 the failed sections of concrete Streets N/A (940)349-7146
Sidewalk,remove,and install
new concrete
Wastewater collections will be
Brown Dr Roberts St Woodland St 02/10/20 08/07/20 installing a new wastewater Wastewater N/A (940)349-8909
main line and services
Northwood Wastewater collections will be
Cherrywood Ln Woodland St Tr 02/10/20 08/07/20 installing a new wastewater Wastewater N/A (940)349-8909
main line and services
Water Distribution will be
Cherrywood Ln Woodland St Roberts St 08/03/20 10/16/20 replacing the water main and Water N/A (940)349-7278
services.
Completed Closures
104
Street/Intersection From To Closure Closure Description Department Upcoming Public Other Department
Start Date End Date Info/Notes Meeting Communication Contact
3201 Public Works
Colorado Blvd Brinker Rd Colorado 02/17/20 07/31/20 Pavement for Fire Station#8 Inspections, NextDoor,Direct (940)205-9230
Blvd Private business contact
Development
Concrete Street Panel and
Sidewalk Repair.The process
Como Lake Wind River Loon Lake 08/10/20 09/02/20 starts with Barricading the failed Streets N/A (940)349-7146
sections of concrete pavement,
remove the pavement,and
install new concrete.
Concrete Sidewalk Repair.The
Old North process starts with Barricading
E.Windsor Rd Armstrong 07/06/20 08/05/20 the failed sections of concrete Streets N/A (940)349-7146
Sidewalk,remove,and install
new concrete
Wastewater main replacement.
Projects extents,Emerson from
Emerson Circle to Foxcroft.
Emerson Circle from Emerson
Foxcroft Cir Emerson Ln Emerson Ln 01/30/20 09/25/20 to End Wastewater N/A (940)349-8909
Foxcroft from Emerson to
Northcrest
Foxcroft from Old North to
Emerson
0.26 mi Street Widening
Ft.Worth Dr.(US 377) IH 35E south of FM 12/03/18 12/12/20 (Temporary Lane Closures TxDOT 10/08/19 (940)387-1414
1830 during non-peak traffic)
Concrete Street Panel and
Sidewalk Repair.The process
Green Bend Winter Cul v sac 07/06/20 08/14/20 starts with Barricading the failed Streets N/A (940)349-7146
Creek sections of concrete pavement,
remove the pavement,and
install new concrete.
Completed Closures
105
Street/Intersection From To Closure Closure Description Department Upcoming Public Other Department
j Start Date End Date Info/Notes Meeting Communication Contact
Curb and Gutter Repair.The
process starts with Barricading
the failed sections of,Curb and
Headlee St. Mesquite Intersetction 07/06/20 07/27/20 Gutter remove and install Streets N/A (940)349-7146
Curbs.
From Addresses 607 to 512
Mesquite
Concrete Street Panel and
Sidewalk Repair.The process
Hemingway Livingston Chaucer 09/08/20 10/02/20 starts with Barricading the failed Streets N/A (940)349-7146
sections of concrete pavement,
remove the pavement,and
install new concrete.
Completed removal and replace
E.Sherman Huntington 06/04/20 09/07/20 of Hercules Lane in conjunction Public Works Email Notification,Door
Hercules Lane Dr. Dr. of the added turn lanes for the Inspections hangers (940)391-6299
Sherman Crossing project.
Hickory Creek Rd. Teasley Riverpass TBD TBD Street Widening Engineering Phone call to McNair (940)349-7112
(Temporary Lane Closures) Elementary Principal
Hollyhill Lane Tennyson Longridge 08/31/20 09/18/20 Mill and Overlay Hollyhill Lane Streets Door hangers (940)349-7146
Trail Drive
Tennyson Water Distribution will be
Hollyhill Ln Longridge Dr Trl 03/06/20 09/18/20 replacing the water main and Water N/A (940)349-7278
water services.
Concrete Street Repair.The
process starts with Barricading
Hudsonwood Berrydown Stockbridge 08/03/20 08/28/20 the failed sections of pavement, Streets N/A (940)349-7146
remove the pavement and
subgrade,and install new
concrete pavement.
135E northbound service 500 ft west Wastewater collections will be
road located of Bonnie 07/02/20 08/13/20 installing a new main line. Wastewater (940)349-8909
Brae
Install approximately 14,000
Southwest linear feet of 24-inch and 30-
John Paine Road Pump Johnson 01/06/20 07/15/20 inch water main along Old John Water NextDoor (940)349-8925
Station Road Paine and Allred between the
Southwest Pump Station and
South Bonnie Brae.
Completed Closures
106
Street/Intersection From To Closure Closure Description Department Upcoming Public Other Department
Start Date End Date 0 Info/Notes Meeting Communication Contact
This is a modification of the
previous street closure for Direct business contact,
Johnson Daugherty Smith 06/15/20 07/17/20 install new storm drain. Ground Drainage Direct contact with (940)349-7197
conditions have changed on the residents
job site and will now require a
full street closure.
Install new storm drain from the
Johnson St. Smith St. Daugherty 05/18/20 07/17/20 intersection of Smith and Drainage NextDoor (940)349-7197
St. Johnson to the intersection of
Johnson and Daugherty.
Kerley Street Duncan Shady Oaks 02/05/20 07/31/20 Street Reconstruction Streets (940)349-7146
Street Drive
Concrete Sidewalk Repair.The
process starts with Barricading
King Row Nottingham Dunes 07/20/20 08/21/20 the failed sections of concrete Streets N/A (940)349-7146
Sidewalk,remove,and install
new concrete
Concrete Street Panel Repair.
It starts with Barricading the
Lake View Post Oak Indian Paint 09/21/20 10/16/20 failed sections of concrete Streets N/A (940)349-7146
pavement,remove the
pavement,and install new
concrete.
Installing Valley Gutter across
Linden at the middle of the
block between Bonnie Brae and
Linden Bonnie Brae Stanley 09/08/20 09/18/20 Stanley. The process starts Streets N/A (940)349-7146
with barricading then remove
pavement and subgrade and
install new concrete Valley
Gutter.
Water Line improvements,as
Maple St. Elm St. Myrtle St. 02/24/20 03/06/20 part of Pec-4 Ph 1&2 Engineering Direct business contact (940)349-7112
Project. Alternating lane
closures.
We will be reconstructing Direct business contact,
Masch Branch U S 380 Jim Crystal 02/17/20 06/19/20 Masch Branch from 380 to Jim Streets Door hangers (940)349-7146
Crystal.
Installation of new storm City PM will contact
Montecito Dr. Hickory Buena Vista TBD TBD drainage line. Full street Engineering McNair Elementary (940)349-7112
Creek Rd. Dr. closure. Principal again on
217/20.
Completed Closures
107
Street/Intersection From To Closure Closure Description Department Upcoming Public Other Department
Start Date End Date Info/Notes Meeting Communication ContactM
Public Works
N. Bell Ave Texas College 02/28/20 08/28/20 Sidewalk Inspections, NextDoor (940)205-9230
Private
Development
Concrete Street Panel and
Sidewalk Repair.The process
N.Carroll W.Oak McKinney 06/08/20 08/28/20 starts with Barricading the failed Streets N/A (940)349-7146
St. sections of concrete pavement,
remove the pavement,and
install new concrete.
Street Reconstruction
Edgewood Curb and gutter has already message boards and
Northwood Terrace North End Place 07/21/20 08/21/20 been replaced. Streets door hangers (940)349-7146
Remove the old asphalt and
stabilize subgrade
Install asphalt pavement.
Wastewater Collections will be
Paisley at Mulkey 08/14/20 08/28/20 installing a new wastewater Wastewater N/A (940)349-8909
service line.
Section of paving being re- Private
Pockrus Page 1-35 Cliffside 07/13/20 08/31/20 done;waiting on finished Development N/A (254)248-7624
drainage
Riney Rd N.Bonnie Hardaway 07/16/20 07/24/20 Tapping Sleeve water (940)205-9230
Brae
Cherrywood Wastewater collections will be
Roberts St Bell Ave Ln 02/10/20 08/07/20 installing a new wastewater Wastewater N/A (940)349-8909
main line and services.
Street Reconstruction:Remove
and replace curb and gutter as
needed.Remove the old asphalt Rain delays moved out
Rockwood Lane Royal Lane Mistywood 07/20/20 10/16/20 and stabilize the subgrade Streets completion date to N/A (940)349-7146
Lane Install asphalt pavement.Also October 12th
milling and repaving the section
of Rockwood between Royal
and Emerson.
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Street/Intersection From To Closure Closure Description Department Upcoming Public Other Department
j Start Date End Date Info/Notes Meeting Communication Contact
Street Reconstruction
Rockwood Mistywood Remove and replace curb and Rain delays moved out
Royal Lane Lane Lane 07/20/20 10/02/20 gutter as needed. Streets completion date to Oct N/A (940)349-7146
Remove old asphalt and 12th
stabilize subgrade.
Install asphalt pavement.
Concrete Street Repair.The
process starts with Barricading
Royal Oaks Forest Ridge Forest Ridge 09/14/20 10/02/20 the failed sections of pavement, Streets N/A (940)349-7146
remove the pavement and
subgrade,and install new
concrete pavement.
Installation of new storm
Rushing Springs Dr. Hickory Marble Cove TBD TBD drainage line. Intersection Engineering N/A (940)349-7112
Creek Rd. Ln. closure. Traffic will be detoured
to Serenity Way.
The 2019 Street Reconstruction
project consists of the
reconstruction of roadways
listed above.This
Thomas reconstruction shall include new NextDoor,Email
Scripture Street Street Malone 03/16/20 08/21/20 curb and gutter,ADA compliant Engineering Notification (940)349-7426
ramps in sidewalks,asphalt or
concrete roadways as well as
upgraded drainage,water and
wastewater facilities
Full Depth Asphalt Street NextDoor,Direct
Shady Oaks Kerley Teasley 09/21/20 10/01/20 Repair east of Teasley Streets business contact, (940)349-7146
message boards
Concrete Street Panel and
Sidewalk Repair.The process
Shy Creek Long Rd. Summer 08/31/20 09/18/20 starts with Barricading the failed Streets N/A (940)349-7146
Stream sections of concrete pavement,
remove the pavement,and
install new concrete.
Wastewater Collections will be
Stuart at Manhattan 09/03/20 09/15/20 installing a new wastewater Wastewater N/A (940)349-8909
main line.
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Street/Intersection From Closure Closure Description Department Upcoming Public Other Department
AT Start Date End Date Info/Notes Meeting Communication Contact
North of South of NextDoor,Email
Stuart Road Windsor Windsor 09/07/20 11/16/20 Street repairs Engineering Notification (940)349-7426
Concrete Street Panel and
Sidewalk Repair.The process
Swan Park White Dove Glen Falls 07/20/20 08/28/20 starts with Barricading the failed Streets N/A (940)349-7146
sections of concrete pavement,
remove the pavement,and
install new concrete.
Walnut Elm Locust 08/05/20 09/11/20 Water Main Replacement engineering Fliers (940)349-8938
Walnut Elm Locust 08/05/20 09/11/20 Water Main Replacement engineering Fliers (940)349-8938
Warren Ct. Wainwright Locust St. 12/16/19 08/07/20 Drainage Improvements as part Engineering Direct business contact, (940)349-8938
St. of Pec-4 Ph 1&2 Project door hangers
Mill and Overlay: Welch Street
Welch Street Union Circle Eagle Drive 06/22/20 07/15/20 from Union Circle to Union Streets Notified UNT of the (940)349-7146
Circle and Highland to Eagle project limits.
Drive.
Western Phased Road Reconstruction. Private
West Oak St/Jim Chrystal Blvd. 135 07/06/20 08/12/20 There is an attached TCP with Development N/A (209)603-8077
4 phases as well as a schedule.
This closure is to install
Windsor E.Sherman Nottingham 06/15/20 08/01/21 underground utilities in this area Engineering NextDoor (940)349-7426
with street Reconstruction to
follow.
Installation of sewer and water
facilities.
Windsor Drive North Locust Stuart 05/11/20 08/02/21 Windsor Drive-Closed WB- Engineering NextDoor (940)349-7426
Open one Way EB
with street reconstruction to
follow
Cherrywood Wastewater collections will be
Woodland St Brown Dr Ln 02/10/20 08/07/20 installing a new wastewater Wastewater N/A (940)349-8909
main line and services
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Street/Intersection From To Closure Closure Description Department Upcoming Public Other Department
Start Date End Date Info/Notes Meeting Communication Contact
Cherrywood Water Distribution will be
Woodland St Frame St Ln 08/03/20 10/16/20 installing a new water main and Water N/A (940)349-7278
water services.
Concrete Sidewalk Repair.The
process starts with Barricading
Woodland Street N.Bell Frame 07/20/20 08/05/20 the failed sections of concrete Streets N/A (940)349-7146
Sidewalk,remove,and install
new concrete
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