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RESOLUTION NO. 4~- ~
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF DENTON, TEXAS ESTABLISHING LOCAL
GOVERNMENT SPONSOR SUPPORT FOR THE "LAND USE / TRANSPORTATION
JOINT VENTURE" TRANSPORTATION GRANT FUNDING AWARDED BY THE NORTH
CENTRAL TEXAS COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS CNCTCOG) REGIONAL
TRANSPORTATION COUNCIL (RTC); AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, on January 25, 2000, February 8, 2000, April 11, 2000, and May 23, 2000,
the Denton City Council conducted a series ofwork session devoted to resolving traffic capacity
and congestion problems encountered on Farm-To-Market Road 2181 in south Denton by
commissioning the "Teasley Lane Corridor Study", and
WHEREAS, the Teasley Lane Corridor Study concluded that a Mobility Plan amendment
was needed to add a new east-west collector road, named the "State School Road Connector", to
maintain acceptable levels of service within the Teasley Lane Corridor; and
WHEREAS, on September 27, 2000, the Denton Planning & Zoning Commission held a
public hearing and recommended approval of amending the Denton Mobility Plan by adding the
State School Road Connector, and
WHEREAS, the Denton City Council conducted a public hearing regarding amending the
Denton Mobility Plan by adding the State School Road Connector on November 28, 2000, and
conducted related work sessions on December 12, 2000 and April 10, 2001, and
WHEREAS, the State School Road Connector is intended to connect Wind River Drive
to State School Road, across privately owned land known as Unicom Lake, zoned as Planned
Development 20 (PD-20) as per City of Denton Ordinance 98-366, a 136.4-acre tract that
included conditioned light industrial, multi~family, single family, general retail, commercial,
office, parkland, and a dedicated public street; and
WHEREAS, in May 2001, the North Central Texas Council of Governments (NCTCOG)
Regional Transportation Council (RTC) announced an opportunity to submit "Land Use /
Transportation Joint Venture" applications to compete for transportation funding with projects
that promote economic development, mixed use, public/private partnerships, use existing
transportation systems efficiently, and alternative pedestrian / bicycle / transit transportation
systems;
WHEREAS, on July 9, 2001, the City of Denton Mobility Committee approved the
submittal of a Land Use / Transportation Joint Venture funding application to the NCTCOG
RTC, with Bob Shelton Enterprises as the private partner co-applicant, requesting $1.5 million
for the State School Road Connector, $500,000 for public pedestrian, bicycle, and transit
improvements to be located in the Unicom Lake project, and for $1.5 to make Interstate 35-E
ramp improvements intended to improve access to the Unicom Lake site and reduce congestion
at the IH-35E interchanges located at Loop 288 and State School Road; and
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WHEREAS, in a letter dated November 5, 2001, the NCTCOG RTC informed the City of
Denton and Bob Shelton Enterprises that funding had been awarded for the Unicom Lake Land
Use / Transportation Joint Venture application, in an amount of $294,364 ($205,636 local match)
for IH-35E ramp improvements and $588,728 ($411,272 local match) for the State School Road
Connector, comprising a total grant award of $883,092 ($616,908 local match), with the
following conditions: (1) that the City Council approves a zoning change from "Light Industrial"
to allow for mixed use and higher density residential, and (2) that block structure and pedestrian
rights-of-way be donated, and
WHEREAS, in a letter dated March 8, 2002, the NCTCOG RTC notified the City of
Denton that a resolution is needed from the Denton City Council stating that the private sector
developer has met land use commitments for the Unicom Lake project site, and that the
resolution should be submitted to the NCTCOG RTC prior to April 10, 2002 to be added to the
NCTCOG Transportation Improvements Program (TIP) before federal air quality conformity
requirements prevent further TIP modifications; NOW THEREFORE
THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DENTON HEREBY RESOLVES:
Section 1. The Unicom Lake private sector developer has met land use commitments
through adoption of the Denton Development Code, Ordinance No. 2002-040, effective February
20, 2002, which changed the zoning classifications for the Unicom Lake site from "Light
Industrial" and other uses to a combination of single-family (NR-2 and NR-3), neighborhood
residential / mixed use (NRMU), and regional center commercial (RCC-D), and allows for
mixed use and higher density residential uses.
Section 2. The Denton City Council affn-ms that Bob Shelton Enterprises is proceeding
with the development satisfactorily and according to the City of Denton's application for Land
Use / Transportation Joint Venture funding and has prepared a preliminary site design indicating
that block structure and pedestrian rights-of-way will be donated.
Section 3. The Denton City Council is committed to local matching fund requirement
associated with the NCTCOG RTC Unicom Lake project grant, through private sector and/or
local government funds, and authorizes the execution of a contract with the Texas Department of
Transportation in order to receive the NCTCOG RTC fimds.
Section 4. This resolution will take effect immediately upon adoption.
PASSED AND APPROVED this the ~2002.
EULINE BROCK, MAYOR
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ATTEST:
JENNIFER WALTERS, CITY SECRETARY
APPROVED AS TO LEGAL FORM:
HERBERT L. PROUTY, CITY ATTORNEY