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Home My WebLink About09-13-1993 1 M WrF',i~ QO46; o F Q1) ~0~; + vOvO Q Q G P ~ ~ r o. H t ~ X000 ~00aooaaao~o~ I CITY COUNCIL AGENDA PACKET September 13, 1993 h ~Qe}MeNo,.r,,, 3 -03 ~penda~t AGENDA oate .3 - CITY OF DENTON CITY COUNCIL September 13, 1993 Joint Session of the City of Denton City Council and the Keep Denton Beautiful Board on Monday, September 13, 1993 at 11:45 a.m. in the Civil Defense Room of City Hall, 215 E. McKinney, Denton, Texas at which the following item will be considered: i 11145 a.m. 1. Hold a discussion, consider locations and give staff direction for using the $100,000 landscape grant from the Governor's Community Achievement Awards. Following the conclusion of Item 01, the Keep Denton Beautiful Board will consider the following items: 1. Approval of the minutes of the July 120 1993 meeting. 2. Consider approval of a matching grant request for Hobson Lane at Forrostridge 3. Committee Appointments C E R T I F I C A T E 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 `hem') day of , 1993 at o'clock (a.m.) CITY SECRETARY 1 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 TELECOMMUNICATIONS DEVICES FOR THE DEAF (TDD) BY CALLING 1-800-RELAY-TX SO THAT A SIGN LANGUAGE INTERPRETER CAN BE SCHEDULED THROUGH THE CITY SECRETARY'S OFFICE. ACCO0140 aperMoNo_.~_ 03.E AQee0,itlm Uttt - / a7 A.// KEEP DENTON BEAUTIFUL BOARD Minutes July 12, 1993 The Keep Denton Beautiful Board held its regular meeting at 12:00 on July 12,1993, In the Civil Defense Room of the Municipal Building at 215 E. McKinney Street, PRESENT: Jenne Morrison, John Cooper, Gertrude Gibson, Bill Watson, Martha Len Nelson, Dave Boston. ABSENT: Dick Engle, Betty Kimble, John Enlow, Sherry .Etheridge, I.B. Smallwood, STAFF: Cecile Carson, Coordinator; Owen Yost, Urban Planner; Cindy Cranford, Secretaty. Mr, Cooper called the meeting to order, due to the absence of Chairman Engle. L Approval of the r~Latutes of the June 7, 99 a ing Ms, Nelson moved to approve the minutes of June 7, 1993. Mr. Boston seconded and the motion carried unanimously (6.0). H. Co si e guidelines and nroceduLes for Adnpt•A•Cnot atm. chino f~llti~, Ms. Carson reported that the issue of how much planning, time to consider toward the matching funds hi!d not been addressed. She said there could be groups that spend a great deal of time in the planning phase of the project, but no actual time and scant their time to he considered for the matching funds. Ms, Carson mentioned that moat volunteer hours ure calculated at a rate of $5.00 per hour. She suggested the Board might want to look at the time the project actually gets started rather than the conception o1' the idea when considering matching funds. The Board discussed several possible options: (A). Shorten the length of time from five (5) years to two (2) years to help Insure that the project gets completed. (B), Limit the number of planning hours that would count toward matching funds, (C), The group should provide some type of investment of their own, The investment could be additionnl funds, plants, equipment etc. (D). Not more than 15% of the total cost of the project should be spent in ~CendaHo 9.~ -0 3s ~endaltem~ _..Q Keep Denton Beautiful Date Minutes July 12, 1993 Page 2 planning hours. (E). Projects would need to be carefully reviewed and not all grants should receive the marlmunt match. (F). The time limit should insure adequate time for plants to establish. The Board should give more to low maintenance projects. Nis. Carson stated that the $1000 match by K.D.B. does not include water. K.D.B. and the City cover that separately. Mr. Watson made the motion to limit the percent of credit for planning hours to no more than 154'r of the total cost of the project. Ms. Gibson seconded and the motion carried unanimously (6.0). Air. Watson moved to change the length of time for the Adopt•A•Spot program from five (5) years to two (2). Nis, Nelson seconded and the motion carried (5.0). Ms. Morrison abstained, 111, Discuss nhtns "or the O'Neil Ford Muni~i1m Co I Nis. Nelson Informed the Board about the possibility of the bricks around the Municipal Building being replaced with pavers. The Board held a brief discussion about the brick sidewalks. Ms. Nelson made the motion to recommend that the bricks he left and maintained rather than replace them with pavers and destroy some of the aesthetics of the building and surrounding area. Nit. Watson seconded and the motion carried unanimously (6-0). 1V. e'v t reonrt un the Keep Tex-a Beautiful Inc. Annual Cnofrr,• t Nis, Morrison provided materials from the conference and pictures of the conference were reviewed. V. cider se"O a tie, dottu ince for the annual retrPa, The members discussed Saturday versus a business day and decided on a Monday. It was decided to try and hold the retreat on either August 2nd or 9th at the Women's Building, The Board decided it would be better to have the retreat on one day instead of two. Nis, Nelson said she would check on the availability of the Women's Building. AQvdaNo-_Q,3S - Apetldalteq rate Keep Denton Beautiful Minules July 12, 1993 Page 3 VI. Cmjs ler setting a meeting dole nnd_IjM discuss IocntjQ~~r the $100.000 a ctactipe grains, The Board decides that it would be best to hold a meeting at 4:00 or 5:00 on n Tuesday hel'ore Council, so they could get ai idea of what the Council had in mind for possible locations. The meeting would also be open for citizen input, The meeting adjourned at 1;05, I 'I AgendzlM Date !2. 3 Forrestridge Beautification Project Project Description A Beautification Committee was formed in the neighborhood in Fall 1993. Through many meetings and with the assistance of the City of Denton Parks and Recreation Department, the following design plan was developed, The first phase of the project will be the entrance at Hobson Lane and Forrestridge Drive with both sicei of the entrance sharing the same design. The existing rock and wood fences will be faced with a dark red brick, complemented by sand blasted stone insets of "Forrestridge". The signs will be lighted at night ani flanked by large Nellie R. Stevens and an ornanmental tree on each side. Below the signs, will be Compact Nandina serving as a back drop for annual color bogs. the next project phase will be the medians, where the existing tuf will be removed and replaced with shrubbery and ground covor. A cluster of large shrubbery will be planted in the center of each median, transitioning to medium shrubbery, ground cover and annual color beds moving toward each end of the medians. Finally, the and sections of the medians will be protected by a length of red brick. i ~i N p l Q Forrestrldge Beautification Project ~ I I--Entnnc~ 1C~ ~NUMIVI pW{II 4JJVp VW Vy 'V I;IFORRSSTIRIDGE,; ~.Na~cc.a~IN,M„r Ji M1SOn ylON 4yN 1 DFSION FOR F.N'fRANCE SIGNS 6EA40NAL IAVpye Dwly r►now ? uuR Ncl+srn P_tuM tl - -t~t~N~Irn ept f'R YI ~IEIQrE WICK /Aj'([QN[0 IONLIEfE ~IW~N,{iOiNA~ /N[Lltf e, SS[VEI1S NDUy N,s1U NJ. IOINA~ iA~(E¢N[D [dIC1EfE JJuuNAL Ccmp,cl W'01NA (UMrACf OIAIIDUU euwR> CQ cc pwARf [+t~DCV aa+.y pwle( eutfccD Ncuy Iln 1') VM IN~tU~ 111t1~-:~ .~Zfi_- a Ag soda No Apendaltemi, Dale-"- Yilt_ Forrestridge Beautification Project project Estimate Phase I-Entrance and First Median Sign Insets $1,600 Plant Material 11900 Sprinkler System 1,900 Electrician 700 Bricklayer 1,200 Shrub & Turf Removal 500 Brick and Concrete 1.200 Lighting 500 Sub-total Phase I $9,500 Phase II--Medians Plant Material $5,000 Irrigation System 3,500 Brick 1,000 Sub-total Phase II $ 91500 Total Project Cost $19,000 =aaa=si Ii Forrestridge Beautification Project Summary of Cash/In-Kind Services Donated Cash Qonated A cash total of $4,500 has been donated by the Forrestridge Homeowners. In-Kind Services Donated Electrician s 700 Bricklayer 1,200 Shrub & Turf Removal 500 Brick and Concrete 1,200 Total $3,600 The Forrestridge Homeowners Association will maintain the landscaping upon completion. Committee members have spent approximately 500 hours in the last 7 months working on this project. I