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9/29/2025 Brian Beck Consent AD 25-1599 Development Services What is the mean cost of GO land in the city of Denton?This purchase would be$10.75/sgft.How The City's appraisal of the 9.2 acres,dated February 2024,included comparable sold properties that
does this compare? averaged$8.68/psf and comparables in the appraisal of the 3.6 acres,dated October 2023,averaged
1 $9.67/psf.The property owner's more current appraisal,dated August 2024,included GO-comparable
properties(including LI and HC Zoning)with sales that averaged$18.59/psf for the 3.6-acre tract and
$11.34/psf for the 9.2-acre tract.The consultant and staff ultimately negotiated with the property owner for a
final purchase price of$10.75/psf.
9/29/2025 Brian Beck Consent AF 25-1668 Development Services This purchase would be$11.16/sgft.Similar question as items AD/AE The City's appraisal of the 9.2 acres,dated February 2024,included comparable sold properties that
averaged$8.68/psf and comparables in the appraisal of the 3.6 acres,dated October 2023,averaged
2 $9.67/psf.The property owner's more current appraisal,dated August 2024,included GO-comparable
properties(including LI and HC Zoning)with sales that averaged$18.59/psf for the 3.6-acre tract and
$11.34/psf for the 9.2-acre tract.The consultant and staff ultimately negotiated with the property owner for a
final purchase price of$10.75/psf.
9/29/2025 Brian Beck Consent AG 25-1535 Fire What is the ballpark cost savings-if any-for this type of agreement relative to previous types of This current agreement reflects a 3%COLA for both FY 26 and 27 for the city based on the FY 25
agreements? reimbursement rate. The city is only collecting approximately 50%of the costs to provide services to the
3 county. The county has communicated beginning in FY 28 the current reimbursement amount will nearly
double for all contracted agencies reflecting closer to a 90%cost of service recovery rate.There is no cost
savings to the city.
9/29/2025 Brian Beck Consent AN 25-1702 Human Resources/Legal What if the city disputes the Governor's actions at some point?Does this effort at streamlining create Section 620.003 of the Texas Government Code states the City"shall adopt a policy prohibiting the
barriers and diminish the city's position in such a hypothetical? installation or use of a covered application on any device owned or leased by the governmental entity and
requiring the removal of covered applications from those devices."Section 620.005 authorizes the governor
by proclamation to identify social media applications and services that pose a risk to the state.If the Governor
makes a future proclamation the City disputes and seeks to challenge,it is unlikely a court would hold prior
compliance with statutory law to be detrimental to a challenge on the authority,validity or lawfulness of the
statute or proclamation as applied.
9/29/2025 Brian Beck Consent BG 25-1811 Environmental Services Can staff remind us about the public notifications that are part of Risk Level 5? On Page 19 of the Mosquito Surveillance and Response Plan
(https://www.cityofdenton.com/DocumentCenterNiew/l 186/Mosq u ito-Surveil lance-and-Response-Plan-PDF)
It saes,in part,
7.3.5 Risk Level 5
Public Health Alert Condition:Human outbreak is confirmed
Trigger:Multiple human cases.Cases must be confirmed by laboratory testing.
Recommended Response:Surveillance:Continue to conduct routine surveillance of mosquito populations.If
resources allow,increase surveillance in areas were arthropod-borne virus/disease positive samples were
collected.Use geographic information systems to plot the location of WNV positive mosquito samples,and
provide this information to the public.
Public Information/Education:
•Implement all steps for public information established by the Public Communication Office for this Risk
Level,which includes public notification,press releases,and City of Denton web page updates with a map of
the WNV positive trap location(s).
•Update web page map for all subsequent WNV positive trap locations
•Notify medical professionals,veterinarians,public health officials,and all those registered with the City of
Denton's various public notification options of the presence of the disease.
•Increase public education,emphasizing source reduction,personal protection,and disease symptoms.
Control Measures:Use public information to promote source reduction and personal protection.Intensify
larviciding efforts using Bti in targeted areas.Additional larvicides containing IGRs or pesticides such as
Spinosad may be applied at this time.Intensely treat standing water in City Parks.If the threat to human
5 health is considered imminent,consider targeted adulticide applications using ground-based Ultra-Low
Volume(ULV)equipment.The decision to spray will be made by a Resolution of the City Council of Denton
prior to the first application,for each mosquito season.Based on information available at the time of the
Council decision,the Resolution may include specific requirements in addition those outlined in this plan.
ULV applications should be implemented in the vicinity(approximately 1 mile)of areas where positive human
cases were detected.
Section 7.1.7 of the Mosquito Surveillance&Response Plan(MSRP)
If the application of adulticides is deemed necessary,the public must be informed.The following actions/
activities will take place prior to adulticide applications:
•Information,including a map of the proposed spray area,will be released 24 hours in advance through the
media and through the city of Denton web site.Under certain conditions in Public Park areas,applications
may take place in less than 24 hours'notice.For these cases,the facility will be closed to the public during,
and a few hours after,application.
•Press releases should be prepared and shared with the appropriate media
•CodeRed,the Customer Service automated calling systems,and available forms of social media should be
used to inform citizens of spray events.CodeRed will make an automated phone call with a message to all
individuals that have signed up for the service.The Customer Service automated calling system will make an
automated phone call with a message to all individuals within an area designed by the spray map.For both
systems,it is possible that some residents outside of the spray area will receive one of these calls.However,
these systems are the most rapid and accurate means of notifying the public of upcoming spray events.
•If practical,street signs indicating that spraying will occur in the neighborhood should be placed at major
roadways entering and exiting the targeted area.
NOTE:The MSRP mentions CodeRed,which has since been replaced by Alert Denton.All references to
CodeRed are now conducted through Alert Denton.
6 9/29/2025 Brian Beck Work Session A 25-1577 Development Services Why 4-year terms?That's potentially 12 years Staff suggests four-year terms given the amount of time it could take to complete an impact fee study and
update.This would allow continuity of members should a study and update span several years.
9/29/2025 Brian Beck Work Session A 25-1577 Development Services Are B&C members of other committees eligible? If the member is on a Board that serves in an advisory role only,does not serve in a quasi-judicial capacity,
and is not prohibited from dual service by City Charter,they could be considered.Members of quasi-judicial
7 boards are considered Government Officials,which are prohibited by statute from serving on the CIAC.This
would prohibit members of P&Z,HLC,HABSCO,ZBA,Civil Service Commission,and Board of Ethics from
being considered.
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Date Submitted By Type Item ID Number Department _FQuestion/Comment Staff Response
9/29/2025 Brian Beck Work Session B 25-1363 DME What is current suspension time? Customers would have a one time opportunity to apply for sprinkler or pool adjustments within 60 days of
8 Council adoption of the ordinance. The leak must have occurred in the last 24 months and must meet all
other qualification criteria.
9/29/2025 Brian Beck Work Session B 25-1363 DME Do we anticipate a report of all director discretions? Customer Service will work to define discretionary authority including the need for Council intervention or
9 notification. The current ordinance includes an annual program performance report which will continue with
the new ordinance.
9/29/2025 Brian Beck Closed Session A 25-1661 DME Can staff provide more years than 2023 and 2024 for Tidwell Prairie? Staff can provide more years,however,the generation/load mix has changed significantly,and the farther
10 back we go the less useful the information becomes. The average net cost of$4MM is based on current
Forward Market prices and are indicative of what DME may observe going forward.
9/29/2025 Brian Beck Closed Session A 25-1661 DME In the Tidwell Contract,what provisions protect us from a loss of sufficient generation capacity, There are liquidated damages that take affect if the capacity drops below the guaranteed amount in the
11 which I believe is set at 90 MW? degradation schedule.The monthly capacity payments are also based on the actual tested capacity.So,if
the capacity decreases,our payments will also decrease.
9/29/2025 Brian Beck Closed Session A 25-1661 DME Tidwell:Who supplies the energy to charge each cycle-presumably DME?Given the commodity The energy consumed to charge the battery will be supplied from the ERCOT grid.DME acting as the
12 like variability,is the cost of that energy born by our PPAs or realtime? Qualified Scheduling Entity(QSE)for the project will be charged real-time prices for the charging of the
batteries.
9/29/2025 Brian Beck Closed Session A 25-1661 DME Tidwell:What happens to excess daily capacity beyond our needs?I believe section 8.7 says we DME will be paid real-time prices for the full amount discharged.This payment will net out with our load
13 can resell?Do we intend to arbitrage? expense. DME intends to either arbitrage or provide ancillary services in the ERCOT Market,which ever
provides the most revenue.
14 9/29/2025 Brian Beck Closed Session A 25-1661 DME Do we have provisions in the Blue Summit contract that prevent a capital resource switch? Blue Summit is already built and currently in producing energy in ERCOT.It does not carry the same
construction risk as Delilah.
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