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Home My WebLink About1977-5AT A REGULAR MEETING ~ THE CITY CO~CIL OF THE CITY OF DENTON, XAS, HELD IN THE M~ICIPAL BUILDING OF SAID CITY ON THE 7TH DAY OF J~E, A. D 1977. WHEREAS, Article VIII, Section 1-b of the Texas Constitution provides that political s~divlsions of the State may exempt from ad valorem taxes, not less than Three ~ousand Dollars ($3,000.00) of ~e assessed taxable value of reszdent homesteads of persons szxty-five (65) years of age or older, and WHE~AS, by Resolution dated 3anuary 16, 1973. the Czty Counczl approved an exemption of ~ree ~ousand Dollars ($3,000 00), and WHE~AS, the Czty CO~Cll of the City of Denton raised the percentage used to determine the assessed taxable value of resm- dentmal property mn the Czty of Denton and the Cmty Co.cml desmres to prevent taxes paid by the elderly from rmsing NOW, ~E~FO~, BE IT ~SOLVED BY THE CI~ COUNCIL OF THE CITY ~ DENTON, ~XAS at pursuant to Artzcle VIII, Section l-b, of the Texas Constmtution, the exemption for resident homesteads ms raised from ree Thousand Dollars ($3.000,00) to Four ~ousand Fzve Hundred Dollars ($4,500.00) of ~e assessed taxable value of resmdent home- steads of persons of sixty-five (65) years of age or older, and such value shall be exempt from Clty Ad Valorem Taxes when taxes are levmed for the year 1977, and all s~sequent levies hat thzs Resolution shall be effectmve mmediately after mrs passage. PASSED and APPRO~D thus the 7th day of J~e, A. D. 1977 ELINOK HUGHES, MAY~OR CITY OF DENT~, TE~S A~ K$ HOLT, CITY 8~G~TA/{Y CITY OF DENT~, ~XAS APPROVED ~ TO LEGAL FORM' CITY ~ DENT~, TEXAS AT A REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DENTON, TEXAS, HELD IN THE MUNICIPAL BUILDING OF SAID CITY ON THE 7TH DAY OF JUNE, A. D. 1977. WHEREAS, zt zs a public necesszty to obtain certazn propertzes for stre,et zmprovement~ and~capmtal_zmprovements ~n the City of Denton, and WHEREAS, negotzatmons have taken place and agreements reached for the purchase of certain properties for the total sum of One Hundred Nineteen Thousand Five Hundred Fourteen and 34/100 Dollars 119,514.34), costs of closing zncluded, NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DENTON, TEXAS That money be expended from the Street Improvement Bond Fund to US LIFE & Tztle Company in the amount of Thzrt~Seven Thousand Fzve Hundred Nznety-Four and 44/100 Dollars ($37,594.44), Lawyer's Tztle Company in the amount of Thzrty-One Thousand Ezght Hundred Szxty-Seven and 23/100 Dollars ($31,867.23), Denton County Clerk zn the amount of Twenty-Six Thousand Seven Hundred Fmfty-Two and 33/100 Dollars ($26,752 33); and Twenty-Three Thousand Three Hundred and 34/100 Dollars ($23,300.34) zn mzscellaneous expenses as per the attached addendum affmxed hereto. PASSED AND APPROVED this the 7th day of June, A. D 1977 EL~NOR HUGHES, MAWR CITY OF DENTON, TEXAS ATTEST c~iOOKS HOLT, CITY SECRETARY TY OF DENTON, TEXAS APPROVED AS TO LEGAL FORM. JA~M A. BLANTON, ASSISTANT CI"~ ATTDRNEY, CITY OF DENTON, TEXAS ADDENDUM OF PROPERTIES & EXPENDITURES 1. STREET IMPROVEMENT BOND FUNDS' US LIFE & TITLE. qOMPANY P N. Simpson South Carroll $ 551.75 E. C. Garrison South Carroll 12,504.76 H. H. Fannin South Carroll 1,014.27 Leon Lipscomb South Carroll 806.52 G. W. Smith South Carroll 4,790.10 G. W. Smxth South Carroll 620 40 V. Mooneyham South Carroll 5,630.68 James & Joe Erwin South Carroll 11~675 96 Total South Carroll ...................... $37,594.44 2 LAWYER'S TITLE COMPANY MK & T Railroad Company Mingo $31~867 23 Total Mzngo ..................................... $31,867.23 3 DENTON COUNTY CLERK (CONDEMNATIONS) Edna Kays South Carroll $ 1,145 45 Maude Littrell South Carroll 1,267.10 Joe Normile South Carroll 19,127 62 Ben Chastain South Carroll 2,702.97 C. W. Ellis South Carroll 2~509.19 Total Condemnations ............... $~ 4. MISCELLANEOUS Commzsszoner's Fees in Condemnatmons $ 9,762.33 Real Estate Appraisals (South Carroll) 5,915.07 Real Estate Apprazsals (Sherman Drzve) 1,046.27 Czty of Denton (Taxes) 654.29 Earl Coleman - Legal Fees Purchase of South Carroll Right-of-Way Hillard, Normile, Kays, Littrell, Littrell-Kays, and various) ~.~922.38 Total Miscellaneous ....................... $~ AT A REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DENTON, 'T~XAs, HELD IN THE MUNICIPAL BUILDING OF SAID CITY ON THE 7th DAY OF JUNE, A. D. 1977. RESOLUTION WHEREAS, the City of Denton and State of Texas desire to amend the Mazntenance Agreement concernzng Farm-to-Market Road 428 (Sherman Drive) and such an amendment has been drafted, NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DENTON, TEXAS. That Elinor Hughes, Mayor of the Czty of Denton, Texas zs authorzzed to sign the amendment to the Munzczpal Maintenance Agreement between State of Texas and the Czty of Denton. PASSED AND APPROVED this the 7th day of June, A D 1977. CITY OF DENTON, TEXAS ATTEST B~ITY SECRET/~t.Y CITY OF DENTON, TEXAS APPROVED AS TO LEGAL FORM: CITY OF DERTON, TEXAS AT A REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DENTON, TEXAS, HELD IN THE MUNICIPAL BUILDING OF SAID CITY ON THE 7TH DAY OF JUNE, A D. 1977. WHEREAS, the Czty of Denton has recezved Community Development Block Grant Funds for Rehabilitatzon of Low Income Houszng in the amount of $22,000.00, and WHEREAS, the Czty of Denton ~ecezve an additzonal $90,000.00 zn Block Grant Funds for Rehabzlitation of Low Income Housing after October 1, 1977, and WHEREAS, at a meeting of the City Counczl on April 17, 1977, the Counczl approved the gu~delznes developed by the Denton Houszng Auth- orzty for the rehabzlitation of owner-occupzed homes, and WHEREAS, the Czty of Denton deszres that the Denton Houszng Auth- orzty administer and disperse the Community Development Block Grant Funds received by the City of Denton, and WHEREAS, the City of Denton wzll also recezve $25,000.00 as an admzntstration fee for the Funds, and the Czty deszres to split this fee wzth the Denton Houszng Authority. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DENTON, TEXAS: That the Denton Housing Authority be appomnted the administrator of the $112,000.00 ($22,000.00 for fiscal year 1976-77 and $90,000 00 for the fiscal year 1977-78) Communzty Development Block Grant Funds for Rehabilitation of Low Income Housing recemved by the City of DentonAA- and that the Denton Houszng Authormty receive ~ of the admzn- zstratzon fee funds reeezved by the Czty of Denton~for administering the Block Grant Funds for the Rehabilztatzon of Low ~come Housing PASSED and APPROVED this the 7th day of June, A D 1977 ELINOK HUGHES, AT A REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DENTON, TEXAS, HELD IN THE MUNICIPAL BUILDING OF SAID CITY ON THE 7TH DAY OF JUNE, A D. 1977 WHEREAS, the Council must deliberate many agenda items at its meetings; and WHEREAS, the time avazlable to the Counczl for such delibera- tzon zs severely limited, and WHEREAS, the Councml deszres to have as much time as poss~le for the deliberation of ma3or agenda ztems whzch znvolve the estab- lzshment of City polzcy and goals, and WHEREAS, some agenda ztems are of such a routine, non-contro- verszal nature that they need minzmal Counczl deliberation~ and WHEREAS, the Counczl desmres to handle these agenda ztems as expeditiously as possible in order to provide more time for ma3or agenda items, NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DENTON, TEXAS That the Counczl of the City of Denton hereby directs the Czty Manager to prepare a consent agenda for each regular Council meet- zng. The consent agenda shall contazn routzne, non-controversial ztems that requzre Council action but need lzttle or no deliberatzon. The followzng procedures and rules shall govern the use by the Counczl of the consent agenda: 1 A motion to approve the consent agenda shall not be debated 2 The consent agenda shall only be adopted by a unani- mous vote of those Counczl members present at the meetzng. 3. At the request of any indivzdual Counczl member an item shall be removed from the consent agenda and placed upon the regular agenda for debate PASSED AND APPROVED thzs the 7th day of June, A D 1977. EI]INOR HUGHES,q~_AYOR CITY OF DENTON, TEXAS ATTEST: CITY OF DENTON, TEXAS APPROVED AS TO LEGAL FORM: J~S A. BLANTON, ASSISTANT ClT~' ATTORNEY, CITY OF DENTON, TEXAS AT A REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DENTON, TEXAS, HELD IN THE MUNICIPAL BUILDING OF SAID CITY ON THE 21ST DAY OF JUNE, A. D. 1977. R_ E_. S__O L_ U_ T_ I 0 N WHEREAS, the City of Denton is in the process of ~mprov~ng Sherman Drive and Bell Avenue, and WHEREAS, ~t ~s necessary to install certain temporary traffic control devices w~thln the C~ty of Denton ~n order to insure the welfare and public safety of the traveling public, and WHEREAS, it ~s in the best interest of the traveling public to install temporary traffic control s~gns on the following desig- nated streets; 0 PARKING SIGNS Both sides of Roberts Street from Bell to Brown Both s~des of Brown Street from Sherman to Roberts West s~de of Bell Avenue from Sherman to University East side of Palmer Street from Sherman to Peach North s~de of Coronado from Bell to Stuart STOP SIGNS West bound on Roberts Street at Brown Street. NOW. THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DENTON, TEXAS, THAT. The traffic control devices shall be installed dunng the con- struction period and shall be removed at the end of construction. PASSED AND APPROVED th~s the 21st day of June, A. D. 1977. E~INOR HUGH CITY OF DENTON, TEXAS CITY OF DENTON, TEXAS APPROVED AS TO LEGAL FORM: AT A REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DENTON, TEXAS HELD IN THE MUNICIPAL BUILDING OF SAID CITY ON THE 21ST DAY OF JUNE, A.D. 1977. WHEREAS, the U.S. Clvll Servace Commlssaon admlnasters a matching grant program under the t~tle of the Intergovernmental Personnel Act of 1970; and WHEREAS, this act authorizes the commlssaon to make grants for tralnang for professional, administrative & technical personel for State and local governments and WHEREAS, the Caty of Denton qualifies as the type of govern- mental entity which is authorazed to make application for such grants, and WHEREAS, it is necessary to authorize a representative of the Caty of Denton to make application for such grants; and NOW THEREFORE, be at resolved that the Caty Manager of the City of Denton or has designee be authorized to apply for grants under the Intergovernmental ~ersonnel Act of 1970. ELINOR HUGHES ~ M~q~gR ATTEST: APPROVED AS TO LEGAL FORM~ AMF~ff BLANTON, ASST. CITY ATTORN~:~