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Minutes August 13, 1991CITY OF DENTON CITY COUNCIL MINUTES August 13, 1991 259 The Council convened in the Work Session at 5:15 p.m. in the Civil Defense Room. PRESENT: Mayor Castleberry; Mayor Pro Tem Hopkins; Council Members Chew, Perry, Smith and Trent. ABSENT: Council Member Alexander 1. The Council convened into the Executive Session to discuss legal matters, real estate (held a discussion regarding the acquisition of easements at Loop 288 and Sherman and Hartlee Field and Sherman), and personnel/board appointments (considered appointment of alternates to the Sign Board of Appeals). 2. The Council considered a citizen request from Carl Williams for the use of Fred Moore Park for a voter registration and membership drive and fund raising activities. (The Parks and Recreation Board recommended approval) Mr. Williams was not at the meeting. Bob Tickner, Superintendent of Parks, stated that Mr. Williams had made a request to the Park Board for the use of Frea Moore Park. The ordinance specified that if sales were to De in a City park, a request had to be made to the Park Board and then be forwarded to the Council. A request had been made to use Fred Moore Park and any associated fees be waived. The Park Board recommended approval. Perry motioned, Chew seconded to approve the request. On roll vote, Trent "aye," Hopkins "aye," Smith "aye," Chew "aye," Perry "aye," and Mayor Castleberry "aye." Motion carried unanimously. 3. The Council received a report and held a discussion regarding a sanitary sewer complaint at 2401 Robinwood. Howard Martin, Director of Environmental Operations and Financial Administration, stated that he had observed irrigation water coming down the curb on the site. The water went into the storm box and there immediately was an odor. The smell was similar to a dead animal so a crew went through the storm drain. A dead squirrel, bird and another animal was found in the drain box. That was all cleaned out and after that there was approximately a three inch rain which would have flushed the system. The debris was located between the storm box to the .first manhole. The rest of the storm drain was clear down to Glenwood. Three monitoring wells were installed to investigate the sanitary sewer complaint. Two of the wells were right next to the storm drain flume, one on the back corner of the Harp's slab and the other on the front corner. 260 City of Denton City Council Minutes August 13, 1991 Page 2 The third well was on the opposite property boundary. The wells were two inch casings, ten feet deep. The casings were slotted on the bottom which would allow any ground water to seek its own level within the monitoring well. This would allow an assessment of the ground water characteristics and try to assess if there was any significant amount of wastewater being contributed as a result of a leak in the storm sewer into the monitoring wells. The sanitary sewer line followed the drainage flume and was located approximately 20 inches underneath the base of the drainage flume. The monitoring wells were right next to the drainage flume in between the foundation of the Harp's house and the sanitary sewer. The idea being that any contribution from the sanitary sewer would be evident of the ground water. Sampling results were presented and were included in the agenda back-up materials. The ground water table was relatively shallow in the area. The ground water table was approximately within four feet of the top of the well casing and was consistent in all of the wells. That indicated that underneath the Harp house was a very substantial ground water table. There was standing water along the curb and in the drainage flume which indicated that the ground water did reach the level of the surface and did flow over the curb into the drainage flume. As long as the ground water table was lower than the sanitary sewer line, any contribution from the sewer line would flow downward and percolate into the ground water table. The monitoring wells included five areas of study - alkalinity, pH, iron, conductance, and fecal coliform. There would be an increase in alkalinity, pH and conductivity if there were a sanitary sewer problem. Fecal coliform would be evident. The well on the other side of the property was a control well. That well would be expected to be uninfluenced by any kind of leakage from the sanitary sewer. There was no substantial increase in pH, alkalinity, or conductivity. As the monitoring continued over the summer, all of the wells decreased in alkalinity, pH and conductivity. If there were a contribution of sanitary sewer, it would be expected that the tests of the wells near the sanitary sewer line would increase and not decrease as they did. Based on the monitoring data accumulated thus far, there was no evidence that there was any significant contribution from the sanitary sewer to the ground water. The Harps still complained of an odor along the drainage easement. Council Member Trent asked where other houses were located in proximity to the Harp house. Martin replied that there were houses on all corners. Council Member Trent asked if any of the neighbors to the north had been contacted regarding the odors. City of Denton City Council Minutes August 13, 1991 Page 3 and they could not give a confirmation to Martin replied yes him regarding odors. Mrs. Harp stated that two other neighbors haa complained about the smells. Mayor Castleberry stated that if the drain were replaced, it would not be the answer to the problem. Martin replied that the sanitary sewer line was not contributing to the odors. Council Member Perry stated that the test results indicated that there was no way fecal coliform was causing the odors. Martin replied that it was not in the wells. Council Member Trent asked about the possibility of animals which might reside to the south or in any direction from the Harps which might be contributing to the odors. Martin replied that the Harps did not believe that was the problem. Mr. Harp stated that they had submitted to the Council a petition signed by nine residents who had noticed the odors. City Manager Harrell asked for the cost to replace the sewer line. Bob Nelson, Executive Director for Utilities, stated that an estimate would be $17,000 - $30,000. Council Member Smith asked the time of day when the odor was noticed. Mrs. Harp replied it was during peak load time such as 7:00 a.m. - 9:00 a.m. and late in the evenings. Council Member Smith asked how long it had been since the drain had been cleaned out. .Martin replied approximately three weeks ago. Council Member Trent asked how many man hours and/or money hag been spent working on this problem. Nelson replied approximately $3,000 in labor and tests. Martin stated that the installation of the wells alone was $1,000 plus each sampling period required approximately 45 minutes of testing by two individuals. 261 262 City of Denton City Council Minutes August 13, 1991 Page 4 Council Member Trent stated that much time and expense had been spent to try and solve the problem. The tests were hard data and showed that there was no sewer problem. Mrs. Harp stated that perhaps the tests were incorrect. They could see the sewage bubbling up and their foundation was crumbling and cracking. Council Member Trent replied water problem. that that 'sounded like a ground Mrs. Harp stated that the ground, water was not on the other side of the house, just on that side. Council Member Smith asked if the level in well three was the same as the other wells. Martin replied that there were similar levels on both sides of the house. Mr. Harp asked Martin if he had reviewed the film taken of the sewer line. Martin replied that he had not personally reviewed the film. Mr. Harp asked Martin if he admitted by talking with that department, that there were sewage leaks. Martin replied yes, in talking to them, there were several places where there was root intrusion in the joints. City Manager Harrell indicated that it would be expected to find those due to the age of the system. There was no significant leakage from the sewer line to cause the odor. Council Member Trent stated that he felt good about the effort done by the staff to determine what was the problem. Consensus of the Council was to do no further testing in the area. 4. Budget Presentations City Manager Harrell presented Council with a human survey requested by Council at an earlier meeting. survey was attached to the agenda back-up.) services (This City of Denton City Council Minutes August 13, 1991 Page 5 263 Jerry Clark, City Engineer, presented the Engineering and Transportation budget. He reviewed major projects for each of his divisions. In the Engineering Division, two Engineering Tech II positions and one Engineering Tech I position was being deleted. Those were vacant positions and no personnel were being laid off. There was an increase in services of $5,000 for materials testing. Transportation Engineering did not have any changes except for the funding of $5,207 for a new bucket truck. Street Patching included $13,272 for a pavement patching machine and $37,022 for the transfer of an Engineering Tech II from the Engineering Division. Council Member Trent stated that there were no new additional personnel in this Division. Clark replied that in order to avoid firing an individual due to workload, an employee was being transferred to this Division. The employee used to work for a contractor and was qualified to operate the machinery in the Street Patching Division. The Street Construction Division included a replacement of a truck to spray drainage ditches. Street Lighting had no change in the current funding of electricity for street lighting and traffic signals for the 1991-92 budget. The Legal Department budget was presented by City Attorney Drayovitch. She stated that there were no new positions in the Department and that the budget was a continuation of the previous year's budget. The proposed budget included $185 for books, 9514 for a file cabinet, and $416 for computer maintenance. Council Member Trent asked if there was anything the Council could do to help with the collection of hot checks. Drayovitch replied that She was currently preparing a report on that item for Council. Lee Allison, Director of Water Engineering and Operations, presented the budget process used in the Water Production budget. He stated that the budget process was started by preparing a forecast. They looked at their systems analysis, operations analysis and regulatory analysis. All of those went into developing the Capital Improvement Plan and was carried into the budget. In the process of the budget, it was necessary to know the number of personnel needed, the number and types of tools needed, the types and the amount of chemical required. The proposed budget was reviewed with staff, the .Executive'Director for Utilities, the Public Utilities Board and then presented to Council in the budget document. 264 City of Denton City Council Minutes August 13, 1991 Page 6 Allison then presented the Water Department budget. He stated that the FY92 budget was 7.2% greater than the FY91 budget. Personnel changes included adding one new position through a realignment. A water treatment plant supervisor was being added with a foreman position being left vacant. Two half-time work study laboratory students would be included. Council Member Trent asked if the foreman position was being upgraded to a plant supervisor. Allison replied yes. Council Member Trent asked if the foreman position was being eliminated. Allison replied no that it would remain vacant. Council Member Trent asked if it would be left open with the possibility of filling the position. Allison replied that it would not be filled during the next year. It would be an unbudgeted position. Council Member Trent asked that if it were unbudgeted, why was it not removed from the budget. Nelson replied that the money would be there for the position, there just would not be anyone put in that position. Council Member Trent asked if the position was not going to be filled, why not take it out. Nelson replied that if it were taken out, then the position was gone and it was very hard to reestablish the position. Within another year, that position may be necessary. Council Member Trent felt that if the position was not going to be filled, then the position should not be budgeted for for the next year. Allison replied that in the past, it was very difficult to reestablish a position once it had been removed. With the coming of the new Lake Ray Roberts plant and the Hartlee Booster plant, the position would be needed for the future. Mayor Castleberry stated that the position would not be filled when the position had been budgeted for. Council Member Trent felt that over a period of a year, t~ere would be approximately $75,000 budgeted for a position, with no one in that position. How was the money accounted for. City of Denton City Council Minutes August 13, 1991 Page 7 Nelson replied that the money would end up as surplus money at the end of the fiscal year. Council Member Trent stated that in that case, the Council would not have to come up with $75,000 this year to meet a position that would not be filled. Council Member Perry stated that he saw the advantage of the flexibility. Council Member Trent stated that he did not want to take away the flexibility. He felt that money was being taken from this year's budget to put against a position which would not be filled and would not be used. Mayor Pro Tem Hopkins asked if that was figured into the rate structure. It was listed as an expense and yet would not be an expense for twelve months. Allison stated that there seemed to be a misunderstanding regarding the position. There were zero dollars budgeted for that position but the position remained on the organizational chart. Mayor Pro Tem Hopkins asked if there were zero dollars reflected in the proposed budget for that position. Allison replied correct but that the position still showed on the organizational chart. Mayor Castleberry stated that there was no money in the budget for that position. Allison replied correct. There was no money in the budget for that position. Mayor Castleberry asked for a report on that position regarding whether or not dollars had been budgeted for that position. Allison continued that major budget projects with current revenues included replacement of water mains ($777,000), developmental plan lines ($250,000), paint water tower ($200,000), abandon water wells ($90,000) and debt repayment to the Electric Department. Council Member Trent questioned the cost of painting the water tower. 265 AltisOn~replied that part of the cost was due to the multicolor painting of the tower. 266 City of Denton City Council Minutes August 13, 1991 Page 8 Council Member Trent asked why then was it being paintea three colors. Allison replied that that was the current colors and it was just being redone. Nelson stated that it probably cost $30,000 to have the tower painted three colors. Council suggested changing to a one color tower and asked staff to pursue that suggestion. Allison stated that major capital improvement program projects with bond funds included a booster station and system tie-in ($3,523,000), 2MGD elevated storage tank ($1,301,000) and water line upgrade ($581,000). Cost reduction actions included making greater use of temporary positions to avoid new positions, transfer of the hydro electric facilities to the Electric Department which shifted ROI costs ($70,000) to the Electric Department, and manage certain vacant positions. A proposed rate increase was 11.77%. The Wastewater budget was presented by Howard Martin, Director of Environmental Operations and Financial Administration. He stated that the proposed budget was 7.3% greater than the FY 91 budget. Personnel changes included the addition of two pretreatment program inspectors, one which would be a permanent position and one which would be temporary. An upgrade of a shift operator position at the treatment plant was necessary due to regulatory requirements. Major 'budget projects with current revenue included the replacement/renovation of collection lines ($310,000) and a primary digester cleaning project ($100,000). Major capital improvement program projects with bond funds included the construction of plant improvements to provide nitrification, dechlorination, flow equalization and sludge treatment facilities, ($3,630,000), collection system upgrade ($670,000) and development plan lines, ($250,000). Other regulatory programs with current revenue included biomonitoring ($26,000), sludge field soil monitoring ($19,000), and stormwater permitting of the City's industrial activities ($22,000). Major cost reduction actions included the cutting of replacement/renovation of collection lines ($100,000), the transfer of the hydro electric fac£1itles to the Electric Department ($90,000), deferring repayment of a debt to the Electric Department ($111,000) and moving development plan lines from revenue to bond funds ($250,000). The projected rate increase for wastewater was 15.01%. City of Denton City Council Minutes August 13. 1991 Page 9 Mayor Pro Tem Hopkins asked if this Department paid Upper Trinity Regional Water District funds. Martin replied yes that those costs were divided between Water and Wastewater Administration. Mayor Pro Tem Hopkins asked why the services budget had such a great increase. Martin replied that the services category included $15,000 for a space study which was also in the Water budget, $15,000 for economic development which was also in the Water budget plus the management study. Mayor Castleberry asked about personnel in that Department. Martin replied that there were no new personnel other than the positions he mentioned earlier. Nelson presented the wastewater rates. He stated that in the residential category there was a proposed 14.89% increase. Regular commercial, pretreatment, etc. would have a proposed 16.35% increase. Commercial eating places would have a 20.38% increase; commercial equipment services, a 20.36% increase; government, a 22.15% increase; industrial water, a 11.07% increase and wholesale, a 0% increase. Total system increase was 15.01%. City Manger Harrell stated that there was some degree of flexibility when dealing with the water rates. Those could be lowered more if the Council desired but the sewer rates did not have that flexibility as there were EPA guidelines which had to be met. Ernie Tullos presented the Electric Department budget. The proposed budget was less than the current budget. Production power was less due to depressed natural gas prices. Purchased power, which was 80% of the budget, was the risk associated with the estimate of natural gas price/TMPA demand charge. The budget included a $2 million rebate from TMPA which may not OCCUr. Nelson stated that as TMPA's revenues and capital projects developed, there was the possibility that unforeseen projects might arise which could be quite costly such as redoing a boiler unit. Those fluctuations could cause the rates to rise and fall according to the projects. The Planning and Operating Committee tried to stabilize those items and established the rate stabilization fund. Currently there was $30 million worth of excess in the fund. Part of that money would be used for a new administration building and $1.6 million was used fo£ the end of the 1991 fiscal year to level it out. There was approximately $9 million left over and the city would receive approximately 22% of that or $2,045,000. TMPA wanted to keep most of the reserve in a special fund and return any funds over $8 million in that reserve. 267 268 City of Denton City Council Minutes August 13. 1991 Page 10 Tullos continued that personnel changes included adding one position, a planning engineer, and deleting two positions, electric distribution foreman and special projects manager. Major budget projects with current revenues included consulting services for power plant improvements, overhead to underground conversion, economic feeder conductor replacement, customer load management program, customer incentives, tree trimming, and tree power program. Major capital improvement program projects with bond funds included new service facility, Arco substation, purchase of electric facilities, and street lights arterial. Other significant items included hydro electric generators at Lewisville and Ray Roberts Lakes which would provide 20 GWH of energy. Lower natural gas costs would enable a decrease in rCA rate from $.019 to $.017 cents which represented a 3% decrease in customer charges for electricity. Council Member Trent stated that there were 11 vacancies in the Electric Department. Were dollars in the budget for those positions. Nelson replied yes the positions were budgeted for but the positions would remain vacant. While construction projects were currently down, the Department needed the flexibility to hire new employees if there would be an increase in construction. Council Member Trent did not agree with the philosophy of budgeting dollars for positions which would not be filled. He asked staff to look at the budgeted dollars for positions not to be filled which included approximately 23 positions. Mayor Pro Tem Hopkins felt that this issue was a policy decision. Staff needed to prepare the positives and negatives on this issue for later discussion. Richard Foster, Public Information Coordinator, presented the Tree Power Program which was a program initiated by the American Public Power Association. The goal of the program was for the nation-wide public power systems to plant a tree for every public power customer. The program would cover a five year period and would plant about 5,000 trees a year over the next five years. Cost o~ the program was approximately $85,000 for the trees and $15,000 for educational/promotional materials for a total of $100,000. Bill Angelo, Director of Community Services, presented the solid waste budget. He stated that the proposed budget was 6% greater than the FYP1 budget. Personnel changes included adding two driver positions for commercial collection due to the sole provider status and adding two temporary laborer positions for residential collection due to conversion to rear load vehicles. City of Denton City Council Minutes August 123, 1991 Page 11 269 Major budget programs included becoming the sole provider of commercial solid waste collection services and the curbside recycling program with a decision needing to be made whether to continue the pilot program or go to a city-wide program. Projected rate increase was 15% in the landfill disposal rate for outside users only. Angelo presented the Fleet Services budget. This budget was financed by the working capital/motor pool fund. The proposed FY92 budget was 9.3% greater than the FY91 budget. Major programs included garage budget increases of $153,000 due to the cost of fuel and sublet repairs, machine shop budget decreases of $8,000 and garage and shop rates would remain at $34 and $30 per hour respectively. The Drainage budget was also presented by Angelo. He stated that this budget was financed by the General Fund' and was proposed to be 7% less than the F¥91 budget. Major budget items included a major reduction in services budget and overall reductions ($29,000) which would affect contract sweeping, underground pipe installation and channel reshaping, spraying and cleaning. Council Member Trent asked what the effect would be on the Utility operating budget if it had to operate within the same structure as last year. Gary Collins, Director of Information Services, presented the Information Services budget. He st~ated that the budget included administration and word processing. There was an 8.1% increase in the FY92 budget over the FY91 budget. The proposed budget reflected $23,962 for a new laser printer and supplies to service user departments. The word processing budget included $2,000 for a new perma-binding machine. Harlan Jefferson, Treasurer, presented the Treasury budget. He stated that the proposed budget was the same service level as 1991. The proposed budget was down from last year due to the fact that services were decreasing as they were being moved to a miscellaneous non-department category. Jefferson continued with the Tax budget. No major changes to current service levels of this Division had been proposed. He stated that more notices would be sent next ~year for tax payments. Jefferson stated that this department collected the hotel/motel occupancy tax for the City. City Manger Harrell stated that the new contracts with the five agencies allowed for a lower percentage in order to begin a small reserve fund for special projects in future years. 270 City of Denton City Council Minutes August 13, 1991 Page 12 Jefferson stated that the Municipal Court budget had been picked for demonstration of the budget process. He stated that the budget began with a target base budget which was based on the current year's budget. The target base budget was the current year's budget minus fixed assets and personal services. Personal services were added in with supplies, maintenance, etc. to equal the total target budget. The total target budget plus any supplemental packages equaled the proposed budget. This proposed budget then went to the Executive Committee which studied it line by line. Denise Harpool presented the Purchasing/Warehouse budget. She stated that the proposed budget included $4,715 for administrative cost related to computerized purchasing system and $1,564 for a new printer. The warehouse budget did not have any major changes to current service levels for 1991-92. Kathy DuBose, Controller, presented the Accounting budget. She stated that the proposed budget reflected a $2,600 reduction for printing supplies and services which would now be performed by Information Services Administration. DuBose also presented miscellaneous budget information. Contributions to Outside Agencies would be held the same level as last year. She also presented miscellaneous expense and contribution to other agencies. These categories were listed on pages 253-256 of the proposed budget. 5. The Council continued a discussion regarding a joint ownership contract between the City of Denton and the Upper Trinity Regional Water District relating to the Ray Roberts Water Treatment Plant and gave staff direction. Bob Nelson, Executive Director of Utilities, stated that there were four options to consider regarding a joint ownership contract with the Upper Trinity Regional Water District. Those options included (1) a fully involved joint ownership, (2) a limited joint ownership with a wholesale contract, (3) a wholesale contract only, and (4) do nothing with the Upper Trinity. The fully involved joint ownership would develop a contract under that basis which would build a water plant with Denton having a 49% share in the plant and the Upper Trinity having a 49% share with another 19% option. This would give the Upper Trinity a 68% share of the plant and a possible controlling interest in the plant. A Construction and Operating Committee would oversee the activities of the plant. The budget Process would involve a review from the Construction and Operating Committee which would forward it to the Upper Trinity and the Denton City Council. .There was always the risk that the Upper Trinity might deny the budget which would possibly affect Denton's budget process. City of Denton City Council Minutes August 13, 1991 Page 13 The limited joint ownership with a wholesale contract would remove the 19% and there would simply be a wholesale contract which would sell the Upper Trinity water at a given price for as many years as they wanted it. The limited joint ownership would have Denton building and owning the water plant. The Upper Trinity could purchase 49% of the plant but Denton would retain control of the plant. There would be a Review Committee which would look at the project to keep the project in line. A problem could arise in that the Upper Trinity might need water before Denton did and Denton might not be ready to build a new plant when the Upper Trinity needed more water. Denton would not be obligated to build the plant. This option would put the Upper Trinity in the role of having to work with some of the other communities to get a partnership in other water plants in the County. The wholesale contract only would initially sell water from the existing plant. When necessary a new plant would be built. A 6% return on investment would be done on a case-by-case basis by the Water Commission. A wholesale contract would mean sharing 23-24% of Denton's existing water plant with surrounding cities. Nelson compared the costs of the options. If Denton did nothing and built a new plant, $1.9 million would have to be added to the budget. The wholesale option, sharing the existing plant and the new plant, would cost approximately $1.4-1.5 million. Full partnership would cost only approximately $745,000 which would be a savings of $1.1 million. The limited wholesale contract would be between the full joint and wholesale contracts. Mayor Pro Tem Hopkins felt that some of the staff felt that Denton had a moral obligation to go forward with a joint contract. She did not feel that way and felt that the Council needed to be obligated to the City of Denton taxpayers. She wanted to see what the Austin attorneys would say regarding a limited joint contract. She did not want to be forced to build a new plant before Denton needed it. A contract needed to be drafted from Denton's standpoint. She felt the law firm should be retained to determine the pros and cons of a contract. Council Member Trent felt that the Upper Trinity should retain the law firm to work with the City of Denton. Mayor Castleberry felt that the negatives outweighed the positives. He was in favor of doing nothing and could not see retaining a law firm. 2 7!, 27'2 City of Denton City Council Minutes August 13, 1991 Page 14 Nelson asked if the Council would be interested in a wholesale contract. Mayor Castleberry replied he would be interested in such a contract. Council Member Chew did not want to go with a joint contract and would consider a wholesale contract. Nelson stated that once a customer was signed on as a wholesale customer, the City would be obligated to them. Debra Drayovitch, City Attorney, stated that a ownership contract could be explored with the having 49% and Denton having 51% of a 10 MGD would be in total control of the plant. limited joint Upper Trinity plant. Denton City Manager Harrell suggested exploring with the Upper Trinity the possibility of a wholesale contract and if the Upper Trinity were interested, hire the Austin attorney. Consensus of the Council was to not pursue a full or limited joint ownership contract. A wholesale contract might be considered with conditions or do nothing with the Upper Trinity. 6. The Council considered adoption of an ordinance retaining the lawfirm of Lloyd, Gosselink, Fowler, Blevins and Mathews, P.C. to represent the City of Denton in connection with the City's construction of the Ray Roberts Water Treatment Plant. Perry motioned, Chew seconded to table the ordinance. vote, Trent "aye," Hopkins "aye," Smith "aye," Chew Perry "aye," and Mayor Castleberry "aye." Motion unanimously. On roll "aye," carried Mayor Pro Tem Hopkins asked that a letter or phone call be made to the firm relaying the reasons the Council decided not to pursue the contract. 7. The Council considered adoption of an ordinance abandoning and vacating a portion of Mayhill Road located between Highway 35 East and the Union Pacific Railroad tracks (formally known as the M.K.T.) as a public street, reserving a utility easement therein. (The Planning and Zoning Commission recommended approval.) Rick Svehla, Deputy City Manager, stated that this ordinance as well as the next three ordinances would abandon three tracts of land and receive dedications for the existing Mayhill Road. City of Denton City Council Minutes August 13, 1991 Page 15 The following ordinance was considered: NO. 91-122 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF DENTON, TEXAS, ABANDONING AND VACATING A PORTION OF MAYHILL ROAD LOCATED BETWEEN INTERSTATE HIGHWAY 35 EAST AND THE UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD TRACKS (FORMALLY KNOWN AS THE M.K.T.) AS A PUBLIC STREET; RESERVING A UTILITY EASEMENT THEREIN; AND DECLARING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. Trent motioned, Chew seconded to adopt the ordinance. On roll vote, Trent "aye," Hopkins "ayeS" Smith "aye," Chew "aye," Perry "aye," and Mayor Castleberry "aye." Motion carried unanimously. 8. The Council considered adoption of an ordinance accepting the dedication of 0.6 acres of land by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation for street and utility purposes. (The Planning and Zoning Commission recommended approval.) The following ordinance was considered: NO. 91-123 AN ORDINANCE ACCEPTING THE DEDICATION OF 0.6 ACRES OF LAND BY THE FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION FOR STREET AND UTILITY PURPOSES; AND DECLARING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. Trent motioned, Chew seconded to adopt the ordinance. On roll vote, Trent "aye," Hopkins "aye," Smith "aye," Chew "aye," Perry "aye," and Mayor Castleberry "aye." Motion carried unanimously. 9. The Council considered adoption of an ordinance accepting the dedication of 0.4 acres of land by Andrew Corporation for street and utility purposes. (The Planning and Zoning Commission recommended approval.) The following ordinance was considered: NO. 91-124 AN ORDINANCE ACCEPTING THE DEDICATION OF 0.4 ACRES OF LAND BY ANDREW CORPORATION FOR STREET AND UTILITY PURPOSES; AND DECLARING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. Trent. motioned, Chew seconded to adopt the ordinance. On roll vote, Trent "aye," Hopkins "aye," Smith "aye," Chew "aye," Perry "aye," and Mayor Castleberry "aye." Motion carried unanimously. 273 274 City of Denton City Council Minutes August 13, 1991 Page 16 10. The Council considered adoption of an ordinance accepting the dedication by Mayhill Road Realty Company of .082 acres of land for street and utility purposes. (The Planning and Zoning Commission recommended approval.) The following ordinance was considered: NO. 91-125 AN ORDINANCE ACCEPTING THE DEDICATION BY MAYHILL ROAD REALTY COMPANY OF .082 ACRES OF LAND FOR STREET AND UTILITY PURPOSES; AND DECLARING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. Trent motioned, Chew seconded to adopt the ordinance. On roll vote, Trent "aye," Hopkins "aye," Smith "aye," Chew "aye," Perry "aye," and Mayor Castleberry "aye." Motion carried unanimously. 11. The Council convened into the Executive Session to discuss legal matters, real estate (held a discussion regarding the acquisition of easements at Loop 288 and Sherman and Hartlee Field and Sherman), and personnel/board appointments (considered appointment of alternates to the Sign Board of Appeals). No official action was taken. With no further business, the meeting was adjourned. C~iTTNIFE~ WALTERS S~CRETARY DENTON, TEXAS 3433C