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CITY OF DENTON CITY COUNCIL
May 10, 1994
Special Call Session of the City of Denton City Council on Tuesday,
May 10, 1994 at 5:30 p.m. in the City Council Chambers of City
Hall, 215 E. McKinney, Denton, Texae at which the following items
will be considercl+
5:30 p.m.
{ 1. Consider adoption of an ordinance canvassing the returns and
F declaring the results of the regular municipal election held
in the City of Denton on May 7, 1994.
x 2. Oath of office administered to newly elected Council Members.
- 3. Election of a Mayor Pro Tempore. t
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4. Receive a report, hold a discussion and give staff direction
regarding a grant application for a public access system. 3
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I certify that the above notice of meeting was posted on the !
bulletin board at the City Hall of the City of Denton, Texas, on
the day of , 1994 at o'clock (a.m.)
CITY SECRETARY
NOTE: THE CITY OF DENTON CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS IS ACCESSIBLE IN
ACCORDANCE WITH THE AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT. THE
CITY WILL PROVIDE SIGN LANGUAGE INTERPRETERS FOR THE
HEARING IMPAIRED IF REQUESTED AT LEAST 48 HOURS IN
ADVANCE OF THE SCHEDULED MEETING. PLEASE CALL THE CITY
SECRETARY'S OFFICE AT 566-8309 OR USE TELECOMMI'NICATIONS
DEVICES FOR THE DEAF (TDD) BY CALLING 1-800-RELAY-TX SO
s THAT A SIGN LANGUAGE INTERPRETER CAN BE SCHEDULED THROUGH
THE CITY SECRETARY'S OFFICE.
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ORDINANCE NO.
AN ORDINANCE CANVASSING THE RETURNS AND DECLARING THE RESULTS OF
THE REGULAR MUNICIPAL ELECTION HELD IN THE CITY OF DENTON ON MAY 7,
1994.
THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DENTON, HEREBY ORDAINS:
SECTION I. The City Council finds and declares that the May 7,
1994, regular municipal election was duly ordered for the purpose
of electing three Counoilpersons to Places 5, 6, and 7; that proper
.3 notice of said election was duly given and election officials ap-
pointed; that the election was duly held and the returns of the
election officials have been delivered to the council, all in ac-
cordance with the taws of the State of Texts and the Charter and
ordinances of the City of Denton.
SECTION II. The official returns of the election officials
having been opened, examined and canvassed, and the Council hereby
finds and declares that ballots were capt at the election,
and that the votes cast for each place on the Council were as
follows:
TOTAL EARLY VOTES CAST:
FOR PLACE 5:
Jack Miller votes
FOR PLACE 6:
Euline Brock votes
FOR PLACE 7:
Bob Castleberry votes
The early votes cast in District One for each candidate are as
follows:
FOR PLACE 5:
Jack Miller votes
f FOR PLACE 6:
Euline Brock votes
e' FOR PLACE 7:
Bob Castleberry votes
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The early votes cast in District Two for each candidate are as
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FOR PLACE 5:
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Jack Miller votes
FOR PTACE 6:
Euline Brock votes
FOR PLACE 7:
Bob Castleberry votes 11
The early votes cast in District Three for each candidate are j
as follows:
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FOR PLACE 5:
Jack Miller
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FOR PLACE 6: I
Euline Brock votes I
i FOR PLACE 7:
Bob Castleberry votes
The early votes cast in District Four for each candidate are as
follows:
FOR PLACE 5s
Jack Miil,,r votes
FOR PLACE 6s
Etiline Brock z votes
FOR PLACE 7:
Bob Castleberry votes
TOTAL REGULAR VOTES Cam:
FOR PLACE 5:
Jack Miller votes
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FOR PLACE 6:
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Euline Brock votes
FOR PLACE 7:
t Bob Castleberry votes
The total regular votes cast in District one for each candidate
are as follows:
FOR PLACE 5:
Jack Miller votes
FOR PLACE 6:
Eulins Brock votes
FOR PLACE 7:
bib Castleberry votes
The total regular votes cast in District. Two for each candidate
are as follows:
FOR PLACE 5:
Jack Miller votes
FOR PLACE 6: f
Euline Brock vctes
FOR PLACE 7:
Bob Castleberry votes
The total regular votes cast in District Three for each
candidate are as follows:
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'r Jack Miller votes i
q _ FOR PLACE 6:
Eul ine Brock votes
4{ FOR PLACE 7:
Bob Castleberry votes
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The total regular votes cast in District Four for each
candidate are as follows:
FOR PLACE 5:
S Jack Miller votes
FOR PLACE 6:
Euline Brock
votes
FOR PLACE 7:
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Bob Castleberry _ votes I
SECTION In. The Counfjil finds and declares that each candi-
date listed below received a majority of the votes cast for each
place on the Council and that each candidate listed below is hereby
declared to be elected to the City Council of the City of Denton:
FOR PLACE 5: Jack Miller j
FOR PLACE 6: Euline Brock ;
FOR PLACE 7: Bob Castleberry
and the candidates shall assume the duties of their office on the
date that they take the official oath of office.
PASSED AND AP?ROVED this the day of 1994.
BOB CASTLEBERRY, MAYOR j
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ATTEST:
JENNIFER WALTERS, CITY SECRETARY
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APPROVED AS T4 LEGAL FORM:
? DEBRA A. DRA40VITCHj CITY ATTORNEY
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Y` CITY Of DENVTIM TEXAS 215 E MCKINNEY/ DENTON. TEXA.9 76201 /TELEPHONE (817) 666.8200
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DATE: May S. 1994
TO. Lloyd Harrell, City Manager
FROM: Gary A. Collins, Director of Information Services
SUBJECTt Public Access System
Recently, there has been some interest expressed of having City of +
Denton information accessible by citizens with personal computers
via a dial up modem. We have attended some of these meetings as
Vell as visited with both UNT and TWU staff on the systems they j
F' have established for their respective campusec. Both UNT and TWU
have established elaborate systems that allow their students and
faculty members access to not only information pertinent to the
respective University but to the world-wide Internet system via a
"Gopher" server.
In talks with Dr. Paul Gandel of UNT, he has agreed to a small test
project to demonstrate the potential of this project to the City of I
Denton and community leaders and to evaluate community interest.
The University of North Texas has agreed to provide all of the E
hardware, software, and technical support necessary for creating an
initial Denton demonstration project on thei- "Gopher" server.
On April 25, 1994, we learned of a federal grant from the
Department of Commerce that appears to provide funding for
comaunitten where local governments and universities are working in
partnership to connect existing institutions to existing networks
and systems to enhance communications. During this week, we have
been working very closely with Dr. Gandel from UNT in preparing a
+ grant application for funding of a more extensive system than the
initial demonstration project.
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We will be making a presentation to the City Council on Nay 10,
1994 at the work session and asking permission to proceed on a very 1
+ limited demonstration test project to be run on UNT's equipment.
This test project will be limited to City Council agendas and
,'x1 minutes, Public Utility Board agendas and minutes, and Planning and
Zoning Commission agendas and minutes. It is anticipated that we
n: could start this test project in early June of this year if given
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permission to proceed. The costs associated with this test project
are expected to be minimal and confined to the costs associated
with staff members taking formatted disks to UNT or a few modems to
connect selected city offices to the "Gopher" server at UNT.
Also at this work r:ession, we will be presenting our plans and
asking permission to apply for a federal grant from the Department
of Commerce. This grant would allow the City of Denton to initiate
a project that would provide the citizens with access to a myriad
of information regarding the city, both local universities, all
three libraries and accese to the world-wide Internet system. It
is anticipated that the cost of this project would be in the
=300,000 to $400,000 range with half of the funding coming from the
Department of Commerce grant. The other half of the funding would
come from both the City of Denton and UNT in cash and in-kind
services. The grant application must be submitted by Way 12, 1994.
At this time, we are proposing to submit the grant application and
use the test project to gauge the l.nterest and need of the
community for this type of service. If we are awarded the grant,
f we would determine the feasibility and viability of such a project
and only if all things were favorable and acceptable to the City
Council would we proceed with acceptance of the grant.
I have attached for your review an overview of the grant
application and UNT's introduction to Gopher Campus Wide
Information System. If you have any questions or I can be of any
further service please give me a call.
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PUBLIC ACCESS PROPOSAL
As a means to p
funding assistance forr this program. sThe following Isla description of grant funds could currently being
offered through the Department of Commerce.
The National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) has announced a
competitive grant program created to advance the goa',% of the National Information Infrastructure
(Nil) Initiative. Grants under the Telecommunications and Information Infrastructure Assiatrnce
Program (TRAP) will be awarded to support projects which most effectively:
1. Enhance the delivery of social services, such as education and heahh care, and
2 Infra tort the formation of an advanced nationwide, ructure Incorporating the widest variety of information technologiesnd information
The TIIAP will provide matching grants to state and local governments, non-profit health care
providers, school districts, libraries, universities, public safety services, and other non-profit
entities. Grants will be awarded after a competitive merit review process and will bo used to fund
projects to connect Institutions to existing networks and systems, to enhance communications
networks and systems that are currently operational, establish new network capabilities, permit
users to interconnect among different networks and systems, and bring rnor►r users on-tine.
Equally important, the grants will help leverage the resources and creativity of the private sector
to devise new applications and uses of the Nil. The success of these pilot projects wi8 create an
ongoing process that will generate more Innovative approaches each year.
The TIIAP Is highly competitive, with grant recipients required to provide matching funTPC, ds tuniess
the total project cost (TPC). NTIA will provide up to fifty per cent (50%) of tr.
extraordinary circumstances warrant a grant of up to seventy-five per cent (76%). NTIA
anticipates that approximately sixty per cent (60%) of the funds appropriate for this grant program
in fiscal year 1994 will be devoted to Demonstrate Projects. The remainder will be attached to
planning efforts.
Congress appropriated 026 million for Information Infrastructure grants in fiscal year 1994 'for the
m planning and construction of telecommunications network, for the provision of educational,
cultural, health care, library and public information, public safety or other social services.' The
Senate Committee Report describing this appropriation clearly stated that the Committee expects
} the NTIA to run competitive solicitations In the selection and award of Information infrastructure
grants.'
4 All applications are due by May 12, 1994 and will be subject to a thorough and exhaustive peer
review process. Panels composed of individuals fully conversant with the technical and
operational aspects of advanced telecommunications technologies will review the proposals and
S make recommendations to the agency.
( a ^e to the Immediately pending deadline associated with this grant proposal, City staff has been
s working with the University of North Texas to complete a grant application for Council approval.
If federal grant funds were received to assist In the Implementation of a 'Gopher' server for the
City, communications between Texas Woman's University, the University of North Texas and the
City of Denton could be established.
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Introduction to the Gopher Agenda'le
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Purpose
This r'ocument provides an introduction to Gopher, a Campus Wide Information
System (CWIS) at the University of North Texas. UNT uses this system to distribute
information, documents, and services electronically. By reading this document, you will
learn how, where, why and when to use Gopher to obtain access to information you can
print, send via electronic mail to someone, or copy to a floppy disk.
Introduction
A Campus Wide Information System (CWIS) is a mechanism which allows you to
get information, services, and documents by connecting to a single information server.
E Cnce you have the information you need, you can normally print the item, mail it to
someone via electronic mail or put it on a floppy disk or hard disk for permanent
storage and later use. Gopher is one of many CWISs. Gopher has been proposed as a
UNT standard for electronic document distribution.
Gopher is an electronic document distribution system that was developed by the
9 University of Minneiota to assist their campus community in accessing information ani
' other resources. This information could be documents, information systems, Telnet
ses,ions to libraries and other resources, public FTP sites for file downloading,
searchable full-text books and periodicals, and other items. Gopher allows you to
navigate through a universe of information provided by a variety of Gopher server
5 without needing to know how to log in or connect to each Gopher server. A Gopher
system consists of two parts, the client and the server:
Client: The client is a program that runs on a personal computer or a host
system via a terminal. This program connects to a variety of
Gopher servers to retrieve information. Each client takes advantage
of the unique interface of the personal computer or terminal it is
€ running on. Clients are available for Macintosh, IBM-PC, X-
Window, UNIX VT-100, VAX, NeXT, CMS, MVS and others.
Server: The server is a program that resides (t),pically) on a host or lrrge
machine. The server contains documents, programs that rerieve
documents from other sources, or links to other servers that contain
information. The server is the only thing that need know where the
information is kept; this is masked from the user, UNT has one
primary Gopher server which runs on a UNIX system. Servers are
available for Macintosh, BM-PC, UNIX, CMS and others.
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Accessing Gopher Date_ `
If you want to access Gopher from home, you need a computer with a VT-100
emulator and a modem. It would be helpful if you had an account on a host-based
system (VAX, UNIX). Do the following:
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1. Dial (817) 5653300 (or one of the metro dial-up lines listed in
Benchmarks).
2. Type 'call sot" if you have no host account or an account on the
j Solbourne, or "call dec" if you have a VAX account.
3. Either enter your normal User-ID and password, or enter 'gopher" with
no password on the Solbourne if you have no host account.
4. Type 'gopher" to start the Gopher client.
v For the IBM-PC, type gopher" or 'pcgopher" from the DOS prompt or choose
Gopher from the General Access LAB or your local LAN's menu.
For the Macintosh, run the appUcation'TurboGopher" from your LAN.
Where to fro For Help
If you have questions about Gopher, contributing to Gopher or obtaining the
clients, please contact Mark Thacker at one of the following locations:
Internet mail: Gopher@unt.edu
ISB 122, (817) 565-2568
Pegasus Mail: CWTHACKER (or Thacker@ccl.unt.edu)
WordPerfect Office Mail: CCI:THACKER
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GOPHER.
• n.1 Any of various .shortwtalled, burrowing
rodents of the family Geomyidae.
2. (Amer. collad) Native or inhabitant of
Minnesota: the Gopher State.
• 3. (Amer. colloq) One who runs errands, does
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• Developed at University of Minnesota as
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terminal in mind
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worldwide
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E,*Mail Addresses & Phone Numbers
Library Systems
Fuli-text, Searchable Books
Public Domain/Shareware Scsftware' (FTP)
Searchable Databases (WAIS)
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News Services; grave l & r lutages,
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Policy & procedures Manuals eare able}
Departmental Document & Software
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a Calendar of Events & Activities
Employment Information
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Course Catalog, Class Schedule and
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• Multimedia (Gopher+), Sights & Sounds Of
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Public Klosk
Formatted Non4wASCII Documehts.
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