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October 21 Agenda Questions and Responses
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10/1 //2025 Gerard Hudspeth Individual Consideration F 25-1869 City Manger's oes the city charter discuss any of the following...Lesbian,Gay, Bisexual, The Denton City Charter does not include mention of Lesbian,Gay,
ansgender,Queer, plus(LGBTQ+)? Bisexual,Transgender,Queer,or plus(LGBTQ+).
10/19/2025 Gerard Hudspeth Individual Consideration F 25-1869 City Manger's hat city ordinances regulate...Lesbian,Gay, Bisexual,Transgender, Queer, plus No city ordinances regulate the terms Lesbian,Gay, Bisexual,
(LGBTQ+)? Transgender,Queer,or plus(LGBTQ+).The City's Non-Discrimination
Ordinance(Ordinance No.22-407—Chapter 14,Article VIII)prohibits
discrimination in employment, housing,and public accommodation
based on gender identity and sexual orientation.
10/19/2025 Gerard Hudspeth Individual Consideration F 25-1869 City Manger's Office/Legal Does the city have jurisdiction over Denton residents private relationship status? To the extent this question asks about the private,lawful,consensual
relationship between adults,the city has no jurisdiction to regulate a
person's status or choice.
10/19/2025 Gerard Hudspeth Individual Consideration F 25-1869 City Manger's Office How many staff hours have been used on this request? Please estimate the Staff have spent fifteen hours in the process of this request.This
cost associated with those hours? List any any&all other city resources includes preparation of an ISR, an agenda committee presentation,
used on the request? work session presentation, an individual consideration presentation,
and the response of agenda questions received to date.The cost
estimate for fifteen staff hours between the City Manager's Office and
Legal departments is$1,450.
10/19/2025 Gerard Hudspeth Individual Consideration F 25-1869 City Manger's Office/Legal Is a Denton residents relationship status a city of Denton issue?Can the city of It could be an issue if related to a complaint under the city's Non-
Denton inquire if a person is Lesbian,Gay, Bisexual,Transgender,Queer, plus Discrimination Ordinance. The City would only inquire when there is a
(LGBTQ+)? Does the city of Denton inquire if a person is Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, legitimate business need for this inquiry, such as an NDO investigation.
Transgender, Queer, plus(LGBTQ+)? List all other city of denton resolutions We are not aware of another city resolution related to sexual
related to sexual orientation or race? orientation or race.
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10/19/2025 Gerard Hudspeth Individual Consideration F 25-1869 City Manger's Office/Legal What is the cities definition of Lesbian?What is the cities definition of Gay? The proposed resolution does not define these terms. The City has not
What is the cities definition of Bisexual?What is the cities definition of defined these terms in any ordinance,so code construction principles
Transgender?What is the cities definition of Queer?What is the cities would require the terms being read in context of the rules of common
definition of plus as used in LGBTQ+? usage,so a standard dictionary definition would apply. Standard
dictionary definitions include the following:
Lesbian: a woman who is sexually or romantically attracted exclusively
to other women;a gay woman.
Gay:of, relating to,or being a person who is sexually or romantically
attracted to people of their own sex or gender.
Bisexual: noting or relating to a person who is sexually or romantically
attracted to people of more than one gender,sometimes understood to
include attraction to one's own sex or gender and at least one other sex
or gender.
Transgender: noting or relating to a person whose gender identity does
not correspond to that person's sex assigned at birth
Queer: noting or relating to a sexual orientation or gender identity that
falls outside the heterosexual mainstream or the gender binary.
A definition for the"+" in the context of LGBTQ+was not available, but
a variety of sources claim the'Y'signifies the inclusion of all gender
identities and sexual orientations that are not explicitly represented by
the letters L, G, B,T,or Q.
10/19/2025 Gerard Hudspeth Individual Consideration F 25-1869 City Manger's Office Please contact Denton ISD, UNT and TWU other(government agencies) inquire if Staff have contacted Denton ISD, LINT,and TWU via email and will
they issue a pride proclamation or if they issued a pride resolution in 2025? provide their responses to Council upon receipt.
Provided name and position of everyone you contact(individuals).
10/20/2025 Gerard Hudspeth Individual Consideration F 25-1869 City Manger's Office/Legal Additionally, please provide the number of police complaints in the past year(any Since adoption in 2022,the City has received one discrimination claim
formal complaint). Also, please provide the number of discrimination complaints that was referred to the EEOC.
since the passing of the ordinance.
10/20/2025 Suzi Rumohr Denton ISD Public Hearing A 25-1864 Parks The 2022 Joint Use Agreement was adopted by a vote of the Denton City Council. The 2025 Joint Use Agreement,Ordinance 25-082,was passed and
The 2025 Joint Use Agreement appears not to have been put to a vote.Why did approved by Council with a 7-0 vote on May 6, 2025.
one require a vote and the other did not?
10/20/2025 Suzi Rumohr Denton ISD Public Hearing A 25-1864 Parks If we approve the land exchange,will a new Joint Use Agreement be created to No.The land at both locations will official be transfered to the new
reflect the change in ownership of the football field in South Lakes Park? entitiy. The Calhoun property will become City of Denton property and
the area of South Lakes Park will become DISD property. The property
being transfered to DISD will still be available to the public in
accordance with DISD policy(track will be available for rental).
10/20/2025 Suzi Rumohr Work Session B 25-1651 Human Resources Slide 7: How does the current plan compare to the Elm Plan and Oak Plan? The actuarial values of the Silver and Gold plans are very similar.We
combined elements of both to create the Elm Plan.While the Elm Plan
includes slight increases in the deductible and out-of-pocket maximum,
it also introduces some improvements to the Silver plan's prescription
coverage. Overall,the value of the plans has only slightly decreased,
while allowing for a slight reduction in employees' bi-weekly premiums.
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10/20/2025 Suzi Rumohr Work Session B 25-1651 Human Resources I am happy to see the city continue to enhance benefits of city employees. In We have incorporated the rebuilding of our organizational development
addition to benefits,the culture of an organization and its departments plays a program into our multi-year strategy, pending budget enhancements. In
huge role in recruitment, retention, and performance. Has the city ever looked the meantime,the HR team has assembled a cross-departmental
into options to support an emotionally healthy work environment? For example, committee to roll out The Ideal Team Player, a team-building model
tools, initiatives, or trainings that support development and promotion of healthy developed by Patrick Lencioni.Additionally,we continue to support
communication,setting boundaries, respectful disagreement, etc? departments through various trainings and courses, either upon request
or when we identify a specific need.
10/20/202S Suzi Rumohr Work Session B 25-1651 Human Resources Is there any training or strategies available to improve the working relationship of At this time,strengthening the working relationship of City Council and
city council and city management? City Management has not been a primary focus for the HR department.
However,this is an area we can explore further and provide
recommendations on in the future.
10/20/2025 Suzi Rumohr Work Session A 25-1589 Development Services What is the total anticipated cost to construct the public infrastructure(streets, The total infrastructure being constructured is approximately$400
water,wastewater,etc.)for this project? million over the 17-20 year buildout.
10/20/2025 Suzi Rumohr Work Session A 25-1589 Development Services At build-out, in today's dollars,what is the estimated annual maintenance cost The estimated annual maintenance would be$250,000 to$500,000.
for the planned public infrastructure?
10/20/2025 Suzi Rumohr Work Session A 25-1589 Development Services Who will pay to maintain this public infrastructure after it's constructed? The City will be maintaining the water,wastewater, roadway,and
drainage infrastructure within the rights-of-way.This will be funded
through either the general fund or utility fund,depending on the type
of infrastructure.The District will be maintaining the parks, non-right-of-
way drainage infrastructure, landscaping within the rights-of-way,and
other private amenities.
10/20/2025 Suzi Rumohr Work Session A 25-1589 Development Services Approximately how long is the lifespan of each major type of public infrastructure The approximate lifespan is 30-40 years minimum and varies depending
for this project?(e.g.streets,water,wastewater,drainage) on the asset type.
10/20/2025 Suzi Rumohr Work Session A 25-1589 Development Services In today's dollars, approximately how much will it cost to replace all of the public This information is not available at this point but would be roughly
infrastructure for this project when it reaches end-of-life? proportionate to the current construction cost.
10/20/2025 Suzi Rumohr Work Session A 25-1589 Development Services Based on current proposed agreements and conditions,who will pay for the The City will fund the maintenance and future replacement of the
replacement of this public infrastructure when it reaches end-of-life? water,wastewater, roadway,and drainage infrastructure within the
rights-of-way.
10/20/2025 Suzi Rumohr Work Session A 25-1589 Development Services At build-out,approximately how much (in today's dollars)do we expect this Cumulative revenues attributable to the new development in FY2047 at
project to generate in city revenue annually? Roughly how much city revenue do buildout are estimated to be$511.35 million (in 2025$)or an average of
we anticipate per new household that will live in Craver Ranch? $30.1 million per year from 2030-2047.
This results in an annual average revenue of$59,600 per household for
the period 2030-2047.This is different than the total revenue at the 40
year study period which is$1.164 billion.
10/20/2025 Suzi Rumohr Work Session A 25-1589 Development Services Based on current plans,will this project generate enough revenue to the city to Yes, based on the fiscal impact study that is being completed,the
fund the full replacement of its public infrastructure when that infrastructure development will generate revenue to fund maintenance and future
reaches end-of-life? replacement of projects.
10/20/2025 Suzi Rumohr Work Session A 25-1589 Development Services Based on (1)anticipated city revenues from this project and (2)the cost to fully The project has different positive revenue portions depending on the
replace this public infrastructure when it reaches end-of-life, how many years will year.The project becomes net positive in Year 30,and a more detailed
it take for this project to bring in enough city revenue to fund full replacement of year-by-year comparison is included in the attachment.
its public infrastructure when it reaches end-of-life?
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10/20/2025 Suzi Rumohr Work Session A 25-1589 Development Services Denton's fiscal analysis tool is meant to help us analyze a new project's long-term This fiscal impact was modeled by a third-party consultant,AECOM.The
balance of anticipated revenues and expenditures so we can make fiscally analysis completed by AECOM followed a similar methodology to the
responsible,fiscally sustainable decisions. Does our fiscal analysis tool factor in Hunter and Cole Ranch Fiscal Impact model,which did not look at
the replacement of infrastructure when it reaches end-of-life? infrastructure replacement by project cost but modeled city-wide costs
based on different factors, per capita, per fire or police call, per unit,
etc.,to determine future expenditures.
10/20/2025 Suzi Rumohr Work Session A 25-1589 Development Services Please share the city's fiscal analysis of this project, including the date of the most The latest version was completed by AECOM on 10/10/25.A copy of the
recent analysis. Craver Ranch Fiscal Impact Summary is attached.
10/20/2025 Suzi Rumohr Consent M 25-1880 DME What is DME's annual budget for tree trimming? DME's annual tree trimming budget is$1,000,000. It is part of DME's
operating Budget.AiDash's annual fee is$64,680.This amount will be
funded out of tree trimming budget and should increase efficieny by
15%-20%.
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