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10/13/2025 Suzi Rumohr Work Session A 25-1857 City Manager's Office/Police What style of downtown security protective barriers(bollards)is the$1.3 million based on? The cost estimate includes a total of 160 retractable bollards at$4,000 each(total of$640,00),
What brand/model?How many? and an estimated installation cost of$800,00.The bollards will protect pedestrians from vehicular
traffic around the square,as well as additional areas that often hold large events.The bollards
that would be purchased are electronic,automatic traffic-rated models.
2 10/13/2025 Suzi Rumohr Work Session A 25-1537 City Manager's Office Please elaborate on what is meant by"localization of highway program." Staff have submitted this question to the federal consultant and will provide a response as soon
as it is received.
10/13/2025 Suzi Rumohr Work Session B 25-1537 Animal Services/Audit Audit Pages 6-7:Discussions about levels of care revolve around total staffing.How many The only position currently being held vacant as part of the Managed Vacancy Program is a part-
positions in Animal Services are part of the managed vacancies program in the FY26 budget? time Administrative Assistant,0.50 Full-Time Equivalent(FTE).Animal Services has a total of 29
3 Which positions are being held vacant? FTE positions.To help manage the workload,Animal Services recently contracted with Our Daily
Bread's Ready to Work Program.Participants from this program assist with essential duties like
kennel cleaning and other tasks within the shelter,providing additional staffing resources
10/13/2025 Suzi Rumohr Consent H 25-1727 Development Services Is beeping(from vehicles backing up)a likely noise during pouring concrete? Yes,the concrete trucks will be using backup alarms,but the contractor will be using every effort
4 to reduce the noise including having trucks enter and exit the site in a way that directs the noise
away from the neighborhood.Additionally,there will be notices to the residents with contact
information of multiple people onsite.
10/13/2025 Suzi Rumohr Individual Consideration B 25-1218 Development Services Slide 4:Who is being asked to provide a funding contribution to improve Jackson Road?I'm The requests are what City Council is considering.The developer has requested to include an
understanding the three bullets under"Requests"to be requests that Meadows MUD is asking additional 20 acres and in doing so,they would be required to comply with the existing
of the City of Denton. development agreement and provide funding for improvements to Jackson Road to Denton
County.
10/13/2025 Brian Beck Consent D 25-1769 Community Services The RIF are only one of several impact fees that could potentially be waived/reduced to There is currently no plan to bring forward other impact fee waivers.
6 support developments providing a public good.Will additional impact fee waivers be coming
before council for this development?
10/13/2025 Brian Beck Consent D 25-1769 Community Services This is roughly 3%of their financing gap.Can staff guess at the impact this will have on their No.The Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs'Executive Director makes
application success? extension decisions on a case-by-case basis.This would be the first housing tax credit
7 development in the City that has sought an extension.The developer has represented that this
commitment can help demonstrate progress to the State on securing the necessary capital to
claim their housing tax credit,without qualification.
10/13/2025 Brian Beck Consent H 25-1727 Development Services This is quite early and 91 dBA is a notable noise and would be disruptive.Can staff There are 11 houses within 500 feet,with the nearest house at 260 feet.The contractor will be
comment/summarize the number of households nearby as well as the length of time normal making efforts to mitigate those noises on site.Based on noise level estimations,the nearest
hours restrictions would increase the project? house would experience an average home level of noise,or 45 decibels,and,at 500 feet,it is 37
decibels.They have requested the exception to increase timelines,but also reduce construction
traffic in the area during the day when there is also school traffic.Not granting the request would
increase the construction time by 4-6 weeks.
9 10/13/2025 Brian Beck Consent M 25-1821 Procurement/Transportation Is the total project cost$1.189 M+$7.6M or the$1.189M is part of the$7.6M? $1.189 M is a design cost,and it is in addition to the NCTCOG's awarded funds of$7.6 M
10/13/2025 Brian Beck Consent P 25-1698 Procurement/DME For the bulleted list of services in the AIS,what are the costs or relative costs of these Pages 26 and 27 of Exhibit 3 contains the proposed project costs with the bulk of the work
services? contemplated for FY 26.The cost for this first year is projected at$300,000, and includes the
10 project kickoff,internal compliance program review,and reliability standards gap analysis.The
projected amounts for the additional 4 years include ongoing reviews and consultation services
and will be engaged as needed.Relative to these costs are potential penalties for non-
compliance,which could far exceed them.
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