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Minutes December 15, 1992145 CITY OF DENTON CITY COUNCIL MINUTES December 15, 1992 The Council convened into the Work Session at 5:15 p.m. in the civil Defense Room. PRESENT: Mayor Castleberry; Mayor Pro Tem Hopkins; Council Members Brock, Chew, Perry, Smith and Miller. ABSENT: None 1. The Council convened into the Executive Session to discuss legal matters (considered action in Smith v. city and considered action in airport condemnation cases), real estate, and personnel/board appointments (considered an appointment to the Citizens Traffic Safety Support Commission.) 2. The Council received an update and held a discussion regarding Community Development activities. Barbara Ross, Community Development Administrator, presented information on the department's current operational budget. The Department was still spending 1991 housing rehabilitation funds. Approximately 24 housing rehabilitation projects had been completed this year. The Homeowner Assistance Program had assisted 4 families to purchase homes. Money was left to assist an additional 13 individuals to purchase homes. The Martin Luther King, Jr. Kid Connection Program had requested additional money for an enrichment program. HOPE, the Prenatal Clinic and TWU Cares were social service agencies funded with CDBG funds. The Wilson Street sidewalk project had been completed and the remaining funds could be used for possible improvements to Fred Moore Park or for housing rehabilitation. The rental rehabilitation program had received an additional $69,000 for 1989 funding and all of those funds had been obligated to single family rental projects. An additional $232,000 had been received in 1991 rental rehabilitation funds and were currently working on committing those funds to projects. Approximately 7 single family units had been done since September 1991. The project dealing with the Crawford Building Elderly Program was still waiting to hear if the funds would be available from the Federal Home Loan Bank. Council Member Miller asked for the total value of the project and the money needed to start the project. Ross replied that $2.4 million would purchase the property and renovate the building. The Department was still working on a non- profit housing development corporation and was in the process of applying for a Cl03 non-profit status. The Department administered the fair housing program for the City. Not many complaints were received and the Department would be working on making the public more aware of their rights regarding fair housing. The section 108 program allowed agencies to borrow against future CDBG allocations to use for special housing and economic development projects. The 146 City of Denton City Council Minutes December 15, 1992 Page 2 Home program had had a decrease in allocation but Denton would still have to go to the State for HOME dollars. Council Member Perry asked if Ross had any appraisal of how effective was the Greater Denton Area Board of Realtors' voluntary affirmative marketing program. Ross replied that the training was provided on an annual basis but was not aware of how effective it was. 3. The Council received an update and held a discussion regarding the broadcast of City Council meetings and the sharing of broadcast equipment with the Denton Independent School District and gave staff direction. This item was considered during the Regular Session. 4. The Council received an update and held a discussion regarding the Civic Center Pool renovation project. Rich Dlugas, Director of Parks and Recreation, stated that bids were received from three contractors and all three bids were over the project amount. Staff met with Carter & Burgess and Alan Nelson to determine how to revise the project. A plan was developed to reduce the scope of the project which would bring the bid within the budget of the project. The pool would still be opened for the swimming season. The size of the office and the storage areas were reduced. No revisions had been made in the mechanical portions of the pool. The public would still be getting a quality facility. The contract would come to Council on January 19th. Philip Neeley, Carter & Burgess, stated that the back-up materials mentioned why the bids went over the specified amount. A key emphasis was staying with the theme of the pool. Extra storage space and the size of the building had been reduced. This would have no effect on the public. The amount of overhead trellis had been reduced but the zero depth pool and the filtration and gutter system had not been changed. Barring severe weather, the Memorial Day opening was a realistic date. Council Member Chew stated that page 2 of the report indicated that no revision would be made in the mechanical design of the pool. Neeley replied that two different types of filtration systems would be bid. Both would have to meet the same turnover rate for the water and purification rates. This item did not have any cuts. 147 City of Denton City Council Minutes December 15, 1992 Page 3 Council Member Miller asked if the mechanical specifications would be identical as the first bid. He did not feel comfortable as to why the bids were high. Was the problem with the pool structure. He was concerned with what bids would be received the second time relative to the first bids. Neeley replied that there were some site items which were higher such as the amount of decking and trellis. The building was more square footage then could be afforded. Basic roofing changes would be made to save money. One item which was the largest cost was the mass of the building - the volume of the building. This item was continued during Regular Session. The Council convened into the Regular Session at 7:00 p.m. in the Council Chambers. PRESENT: Mayor Castleberry; Mayor Pro Tem Hopkins; Council Members Brock, Chew, Perry, Smith and Miller. ABSENT: None 1. Pledge of Allegiance The Council and members of the audience recited the Pledge of Allegiance. 2. The Council considered approval of the minutes of the regular meeting of November 17, 1992 and the meeting of November 24, 1992. Perry motioned, Smith seconded to approve the minutes as presented. On roll vote, Brock "aye", Miller "aye", Hopkins "aye", Smith "aye", Chew "aye", Perry "aye", and Mayor Castleberry "aye". Motion carried unanimously. 3. The Council received a presentation of the National League of Cities 1992 city Innovation Award for the Community Oriented Policing Services Program for the City of Denton. Mike Jez, Chief of Police, stated that the award from NLC was designated to recognized collaborative approaches to police issues in cities. COPS was a program designed to decentralize policing services at the neighborhood level and called for an extensive partnership between citizens and police officers aimed at identifying problems at the neighborhood level. Other city departments joined in the cooperative efforts. An indicator of the success of the program was the increased trust between the citizens and police department. 148 City of Denton City Council Minutes December 15, 1992 Page 4 Mayor Castleberry presented the award to the City Council. Mayor Castleberry presented proclamations to Lloyd Harrell, City Manager, for 25 years of outstanding service in local government and to Rick Svehla, Deputy City Manager, for 20 years of outstanding service in local government. The Council returned Work Session Item #4. Council Member Miller indicated that he would like more detailed information regarding items which would be deleted from the original bid. Council Member Brock left the meeting. Alan Nelson detailed the adjustments proposed to the bath house and office area. The changes were related to staff areas and to non- public areas. The office area was reduced, cabinet work was reduced as was the type of flooring in the office area. The building was reduced 35% in size and the height of the building was lowered. One section of trellis work was left out due to the cost of the construction. Only the filtration and gutter system of the pool had not been changed. Mayor Pro Tem Hopkins asked what was the original bid. Nelson replied the original low bid was $745,000. Council Member Miller asked if the parking and turn around area would be the same. Nelson replied yes. Council Member Miller stated that he had concerns regarding the project. The low bid was $145,000 over the project amount and the building was proposed to be reduced by 35% as would be the quality of building. A reason for going over the project amount was the timing of the bid and now more time would be given for a second bid. Was this an overreaction with so many reductions. Nelson replied that there were two timing factors to consider. One was that the documents were originally issued before Thanksgiving and were received right after Thanksgiving. There were only four days for the contractors to coordinate pricing of the project. That coupled with a six page bid form with over 20 different line items to complete, made the bidding difficult. 149 City of Denton City Council Minutes December 15, 1992 Page 5 Council Member Miller asked if that would be corrected in the next bid process. Nelson replied yes that there would be one base bid and seven alternate items. The form was much simpler for the contractor to complete. The quality of the facility was not substituted as much as the method of construction was substituted. The construction was simplified and would be easier to maintain and simpler to construct. Timing was also included in the total amount of time to build as the original method of construction was very slow. The materials were still there, they were just used differently. City Manager Harrell indicated that staff was concerned by the amount the project came in over estimate. It was obvious that there had to be some restructuring of the project to make it fit budget. The project should now make budget and still have a quality project. The Council considered Agenda Item #4. 4. Public Hearings A. The Council held a public hearing and considered the preliminary and final replats of Lot 2, Block 1, of the Offenbacker Addition, plus .135 acres of unplatted land; into Lot 2R, Block 1. The .4-acre site was on the east side of Carroll Blvd., approximately 148 feet south of W. Prairie Street. (The Planning and Zoning Commission recommended approval with conditions, 5-0, at its December 2, 1992 meeting.) Frank Robbins, Executive Director of Planning and Development, stated that there was a correction on the agenda item. The Planning and Zoning Commission did not recommend any conditions for the project. This was a replat of an existing platted property. A parking lot was proposed for the entire development in the area. That amount of parking was not required but was one which the developer wanted to pursue. The property was zoned 2F which allowed a parking lot in that area. Two notices were mailed with none returned. The Mayor opened the public hearing. No one spoke in favor. No one spoke in opposition. The Mayor closed the public hearing. 150 City of Denton City Council Minutes December 15, 1992 Page 6 Hopkins motioned, Chew seconded to approve the preliminary and final replats. On roll vote, Miller "aye", Hopkins "aye", Smith "aye", Chew "aye", Perry "aye", and Mayor Castleberry "aye". Motion carried unanimously. Council considered Work Session Item #3. 3. The Council received an update and held a discussion regarding the broadcast of city Council meetings and the sharing of broadcast equipment with the Denton Independent School District and gave staff direction. City Manager Harrell stated that this item had been in the major budget issue report. Council had asked to delay this item and staff to continue discussions with the DISD. This was a progress report regarding those discussions and sought guidance if Council wished to continue with the project. Bill Angelo, Director of Community Services, stated that the original proposal suggested using an outside third party to contract with to provide services. The original cost estimate for producing the meetings was higher than expected. It was recommended to use in-house staff to produce the meetings. There was a police officer who had expertise in this area and could be used to produce the meetings. If and when the Council and/or DISD decided to broadcast their meetings, the camera equipment, using Sammons grant funds, would be shared. Other equipment such as a switching device would be provided by each entity. The city would use Sammons grant money for such equipment. Minor equipment would be needed to complete the necessary equipment for televising. For the exchange of the equipment, the DISD would establish an equipment replacement fund. There had been a discussion of the possibility of changing the meeting date of one of the entities. It had been suggested that the DISD change their meeting date and the DISD seemed to have no problem with that change. Funding of capital expenses would be done through the Sammons grant. Operational expenses would be funded through the Community Services budget. Council Member Miller asked if both the work session and regular meetings would be televised. Angelo replied that only the formal council meetings would be televised. city Manager Harrell stated that Council might consider holding some work sessions in the Council Chambers rather than in the Civil Defense Room. 1 $,1 city of Denton City Council Minutes December 15, 1992 Page 7 Council Member Smith felt that more people might become involved with City government if the meetings were televised. But felt that if it were done with the lack of professionalism which was proposed, more individuals might be turned off to city government than might be turned on. The current proposal was totally lacking in professionalism. Angelo stated that the quality of production would not be as good as if there were a contract with Sammons but the cost was very prohibitive. He felt that the Council would not be displeased with the quality that was being proposed. Students would be recruited who had some training with the equipment and would have some training opportunities available from Sammons. Council Member Chew indicated that the proposal did not address the lighting system needed. Angelo stated that a prior demonstration tape had been produced using natural lighting and artificial lighting. A good quality tape had been produced. Council Member Perry stated that $5200 had been budgeted for the bulletin board and asked how that would be used. Angelo replied that it would be used for the purchase of equipment necessary to produce the bulletin board. Agendas of various meetings such as Council and Planning and zoning could be run on the bulletin board as well as registration information for various park programs. Council Member Perry asked for a total cost of the project to put it into operation for one year. Angelo replied that the full range cost of City Council broadcast was estimated at $34/hour. Capital expenses would be approximately $38,903 and operating expenses would be approximately $4700. This would include the police officer's salary. A balance of approximately $2100 would be left in the grant fund. Council Member Perry stated that the minimum cost of the project would be $42,700. That was actual cost of broadcasting. He did not have a problem with the broadcasting of Council meetings. He did have a problem as Council had to cut from particular services because there was not enough money for those programs. This was a new Drogram which would cost $44,000. He had a problem with that as he felt current programs should be taken care of especially recreational services to citizens such as the library rather than instituting new programs. The library did not have state of the 152 City of Denton City Council Minutes December 15, 1992 Page 8 art services. Over a period of time the costs would add up. He had three problems with the proposal which included the cost of the proposal, the technical difficulties presenting a first class program to the public, and the cost to other programs in existence. Council Member Miller stated that of the $44,000, $38,000 would come from dedicated funds from Sammons and could not be used for other purposes. $60,000 was dedicated in a grant fund and could only be used for public broadcasting. The City was not spending $44,000 but rather $4,700. City Manager Harrell stated that $60,000 was grant money from Sammons for the City to purchase equipment and furnish a studio to do televising. The vast majority of the money needed for televising would be taken from that $60,000. That money could only be used for that purpose. The new money needed to get into the project was $4,700. Half of that was already paid for in the Police Department by redirecting resources. That money could be redirected to some other area. Mayor Pro Tem Hopkins was concerned about the quality of the production. The City could not afford professional staffing of the cameras. She was also concerned about the DISD putting money in escrow to purchase new equipment. What was available in 7 years would not be equal to what could be purchased now. It was unrealistic to have more than a 3-4 year payout with replacement. There was some sentiment in the community to have the meetings televised. She felt that not much should be done until everyone could see the quality of what would be produced. Council needed a way to see how the lighting would affect the quality of the production. Angelo indicated that a demonstration tape could be done with similar cameras and lighting to see how the quality would be produced. The cameras used were very sophisticated and could produce a quality production with very little light. Council Member Miller suggested that a consensus of Council was needed to move ahead with the project and then work out all of the details with costs, equipment, etc. He would like to proceed with the project. Council Member Chew suggested bringing in the equipment during a Council meeting. He could not support the project at this time until he had seen a demonstration of the quality of the production. Consensus of the Council was to do a demonstration tape to determine the quality of the production. 153 City of Denton City Council Minutes December 15, 1992 Page 9 Council returned to the regular agenda order. 5. Consent Agenda Perry motioned, Smith seconded to approve the Consent Agenda as presented. On roll vote, Miller "aye", Hopkins "aye", Smith "aye", Chew "aye", Perry "aye", and Mayor Castleberry "aye". Motion carried unanimously. A. Bids and Purchase Orders: Bid #1431 -CIP Improvements Project Phase I Stuart Road Sanitary & Storm Water Sewer Upgrade Bid #1435 -Test and Inspect Wood Utility Poles Bid #1441 -800 HP 3-Phase Induction Motor Bid #1446 -Trees Container Grown 6. Ordinances A. The Council considered adoption of an ordinance accepting competitive bids and awarding a contract for purchase of materials, equipment, supplies or services. (5.A.2. - Bid #1435, 5.A.3. - Bid #1441, 5.A.4. - Bid #1446) The following ordinance was considered: No. 92-212 AN ORDINANCE ACCEPTING COMPETITIVE BIDS AND AWARDING A CONTRACT FOR THE PURCHASE OF MATERIALS, EQUIPMENT, SUPPLIES OR SERVICES; PROVIDING FOR THE EXPENDITURE OF FUNDS THEREFORE; AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. Hopkins motioned, smith seconded to adopt the ordinance. On roll vote, Miller "aye", Hopkins "aye", smith "aye", Chew "aye", Perry "aye", and Mayor Castleberry "aye". Motion carried unanimously. B. The Council considered adoption of an ordinance accepting competitive bids and providing for the award of contracts for public works or improvements. (5.A.1. - Bid #1431) 154 city of Denton City Council Minutes December 15, 1992 Page 10 The following ordinance was considered: No. 92-213 AN ORDINANCE ACCEPTING COMPETITIVE BIDS AND PROVIDING FOR THE AWARD OF CONTRACTS FOR PUBLIC WORKS OR IMPROVEMENTS; PROVIDING FOR THE EXPENDITURE OF FUNDS THEREFOR; AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. Smith motioned, Hopkins seconded to adopt the ordinance. On roll vote, Miller "aye", Hopkins "aye", Smith "aye", Chew "aye", Perry "aye", and Mayor Castleberry "aye". Motion carried unanimously. The Council considered Item 6.E. E. The Council considered adoption of an ordinance directing the publication of notice of intention to issue Certificates of Obligation of the City of Denton. City Manager Harrell stated that this was a standard item done at the same time each year in which those pieces of equipment which had been specified for lease purchase had certificates of obligation issued. Charges to the user departments paid for the certificates of obligation. Two items proposed to purchase were fire engines. In the Option four approved by the Council which was discussed with fire station options, $400,000 earmarked to purchase a quint fire truck. At that time, the number of men on the minimum manning was going to be increased and the quint was important from an operational standpoint. When it was decided to keep the same manning level, it was suggested purchasing two pumper trucks as opposed to the quint. This was a lower amount of money than was originally needed. Mayor Pro Tem Hopkins asked what a quint could do that a pumper truck could not do. Rick Svehla, Deputy city Manager, stated that a quint elevated water like a snorkel. It did not go as high as a snorkel truck. Mayor Pro Tem Hopkins stated that she did not want to see in the next year's budget a request for a quint which should have been purchased as opposed to two pumpers. City Manager Harrell stated that a future bond issue would have to have funding for a snorkel truck. That was a need facing the City as the current truck was purchased in 1974. The original operation was to add 9 fire fighters but when the manning level was scaled back, a quint was not an effective truck. 155 City of Denton City Council Minutes December 15, 1992 Page 11 Council Member Smith asked if the quint was approved in the last budget. City Manager Harrell replied that it was part of option four which was proposed in the budget and which the Council approved. John McGrane, Executive Director for Finance, stated that the debt repayment would be different in that the lease would be extended to ten years on the pumper trucks, 10 years on the wild land fire truck and 5 years on the ambulance. McGrane indicated that Frank Medanich, First Southwest, was available if Council had any questions. The sale would be on the second meeting in January which would allow for the bids to be received in a timely manner. city Manager Harrell stated that this was one of two sales the City would do this year. A major sale in March would be for revenue bonds for the utility department and general obligation bonds for the law enforcement center. The following ordinance was considered: No. 92-216 AN ORDINANCE DIRECTING THE PUBLICATION OF NOTICE OF INTENTION TO ISSUE CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION OF THE CITY OF DENTON. Chew motioned, Perry seconded to adopt the ordinance. On roll vote, Miller "aye", Hopkins "aye", Smith "aye", Chew "aye", Perry "aye", and Mayor Castleberry "aye". Motion carried unanimously. The Council returned to the regular agenda order. C. The Council considered adoption of an ordinance amending provisions of Ordinance No. 92-172 providing for changes in the schedule of rates for electric service by amending the Electric General Service Small (GSS) rate. (The Public Utilities Board recommended approval.) Bob Nelson, Executive Director for Utilities, stated that when the new rates were adopted, a change was made in the large and small general service rate. In that process, the discount for the small general service customer was missed. This ordinance would provide for that discount. 156 City of Denton City Council Minutes December 15, 1992 Page 12 The following ordinance was considered: No. 92-214 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF DENTON, TEXAS AMENDING PROVISIONS OF ORDINANCE NO. 92-172 PROVIDING FOR CHANGES IN THE SCHEDULE OF RATES FOR ELECTRIC SERVICE BYAMENDING THE ELECTRIC GENERAL SERVICE SMALL (GSS) RATE; AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. Chew motioned, Smith seconded to adopt the ordinance. On roll vote, Miller "aye", Hopkins "aye", Smith "aye", Chew "aye", Perry "aye", and Mayor Castleberry "aye". Motion carried unanimously. D. The Council considered adoption of an ordinance amending the 1992-93 budget of the City of Denton by appropriating the sum of fifteen thousand and four hundred and eleven dollars ($15,411) from the unappropriated balance of the Recreation Fund to various accounts in the Recreation Fund to provide for funds for a recreation leader. city Manager Harrell stated that this item had been discussed at prior work sessions. This amendment would help implement the enrichment program at the After School Action Sites. The following ordinance was considered: No. 92-215 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF DENTON, TEXAS, AMENDING THE 1992- 93 BUDGET OF THE CITY OF DENTON BY APPROPRIATING THE SUM OF FIFTEEN THOUSANDAND FOUR HUNDREDAND ELEVEN DOLLARS ($15,411) FROM THE UNAPPROPRIATED BALANCE OF THE RECREATION FUND TO VARIOUS ACCOUNTS IN THE RECREATION FUND TO PROVIDE FUNDS FOR A RECREATION LEADER; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. Chew motioned, Perry seconded to adopt the ordinance. On roll vote, Miller "aye", Hopkins "aye", Smith "aye", Chew "aye", Perry "aye", and Mayor Castleberry "aye". Motion carried unanimously. F. The Council considered adoption of an ordinance accepting a donation of 5.92 acres out of the Robert Beaumont Survey from Barworth Corporation (Grantor) to the City of Denton to be utilized in expanding the North Lakes Park; providing certain conditions are met by Grantor; and providing credit to Grantor from future dedications required of Grantor for park land on property adjacent to the donated tract. 157 City of Denton City Council Minutes December 15, 1992 Page 13 Rich Dlugas, Director of Parks and Recreation, stated that the City had been approached by the Barworth Corporation for a dedication of property for a park. The site would not be developed at this time but would be maintained with mowing. This would be added as a park donation as required by the park dedication policy. The following ordinance was considered: No. 92-217 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF DENTON, ACCEPTING A DONATION OF 5.92 ACRES OF THE ROBERT BEAUMONT SURVEY FROM BARWORTH CORPORATION (GRANTOR) TO THE CITY OF DENTON TO BE UTILIZED IN EXPANDING THE NORTH LAKES PARK; PROVIDING CERTAIN CONDITIONS ARE MET BY GRANTOR; AND PROVIDING CREDIT TO GRANTOR FROM FUTURE DEDICATIONS REQUIRED OF GRANTOR FOR PARK LAND ON PROPERTY ADJACENT TO THE DONATED TRACT; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. Perry vote, "aye", motioned, Chew seconded to adopt the ordinance. On roll Miller "aye", Hopkins "aye", smith "aye", Chew "aye", Perry and Mayor Castleberry "aye". Motion carried unanimously. 7. Resolutions A. The Council considered approval of a resolution supporting the efforts of the Dallas Fort Worth Airport Board to obtain legislation affirming the authority of the Board over the activities of the Dallas Fort Worth Airport. City Manager Harrell stated that the Mayor had received a letter from the North Texas Commission which would allow DFWto expand two additional runways. A letter was sent to all member cities within the boundaries of the Airport asking various City Councils to pass the attached resolution encouraging legislation which would clarify the fact that the DFW Board did have the authority to expand the airport. Complicating this issue was correspondence received from the Cities of Irving, Grapevine and Euless asking cities to not support the legislation. There was also a letter from the Denton Chamber noting that they would be having a meeting with representatives from Grapevine and DFW to explain their respective positions. This would be a Chamber meeting and not a town hall meeting. Complications were, from a broad policy standpoint, the Council and City had consistent stances to indicate the importance of DFW to the City's economy. The community had a stake in having the Airport keep its premier status. The other side was the zoning issue offered by the surrounding cities. 158 City of Denton City Council Minutes December 15, 1992 Page 14 Mayor Pro Tem Hopkins stated that the City had consistently maintained that DFW was one of the major reasons that Denton existed as it existed now. The City had consistently sent forth resolutions in support of this. She felt that the other cities would have to take up their own fight. This was not the City's fight to get involved with. She was in favor of passing the resolution. Council Member chew agreed with Mayor Pro Tem Hopkins. DFW played a major role in the economy of the City of Denton. The following resolution was considered: No. R92-078 A RESOLUTION SUPPORTING THE EFFORTS OF THE DALLAS FORT WORTH AIRPORT BOARD TO OBTAIN LEGISLATION AFFIRMING THE AUTHORITY OF THE BOARD OVER THE ACTIVITIES OF THE DALLAS FORT WORTH AIRPORT; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. Chew motioned, Hopkins seconded to approve the resolution. On roll vote, Miller "aye", Hopkins "aye", Smith "aye", Chew "aye", Perry "aye", and Mayor Castleberry "aye". Motion carried unanimously. B. The Council considered approval of a resolution supporting the funding of House Bill 791 providing for a statewide system of poison control centers. Barbara Ross, Community Development Administrator, indicated that the resolution was asking to support House Bill 791 which would provide legislation to propose a tax for funds for the centers. The following resolution was considered: No. R92-079 A RESOLUTION BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DENTON, TEXAS SUPPORTING THE FUNDING OF HOUSE BILL 791 PROVIDIN FOR A STATEWIDE SYSTEM OF POISON CONTROL CENTERS; AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. Hopkins motioned, Perry seconded to approve the resolution. council Member Smith stated that the Council had decided to not support the Dallas group with requested funding. The City's hospital groups had assured them that they could handle any problems. She understood that the City would pay an amount based 159 City of Denton City Council Minutes December 15, 1992 Page 15 on the amount of use of the system. Ross replied that the program would be funded through the State. The City would not be requested to fund any of the centers. On roll vote, Miller "aye", Hopkins "aye", Smith "aye", Chew "aye", Perry "aye", and Mayor Castleberry "aye". Motion carried unanimously. C. The Council considered approval of a resolution adopting the Harassment Prevention Policy (108.10). Tom Klinck, Director of Human Resources, requested revision to the current harassment policy. The current policy prohibited inappropriate comments and behavior regarding race, religion, gender, national origin and had been in place since 1987. This revision would add a prohibition against one's age or disability status and would be effective upon passage. The following resolution was considered: No. R92-080 A RESOLUTION ADOPTING A POLICY REGARDING HARASSMENT PREVENTION; AND DECLARING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. Perry motioned, Chew seconded to approve the resolution. On roll vote, Miller "aye", Hopkins "aye", Smith "aye", Chew "aye", Perry "aye", and Mayor Castleberry "aye". Motion carried unanimously. 8. The Council considered a motion for the Denton City Council to officially adopt-a-spot located on both sides of Bell Avenue between Robertson Street and Eagle Drive. Smith motioned, Perry seconded to that the Denton City Council officially adopt-a-spot located on both sides of Bell Avenue between Robertson Street and Eagle Drive. On roll vote, Miller "aye", Hopkins "aye", Smith "aye", Chew "aye", Perry "aye", and Mayor Castleberry "aye". Motion carried unanimously. 9. Miscellaneous matters from the City Manager. Lloyd Harrell, City Manager, presented the following items: A. City Attorney Drayovitch stated that ordinance 6F, regarding the park donation, contained a number of blanks. The deed was to have been received in order to complete those blanks. Because Mr. Rayzor was out of town and unable to execute the deed 160 City of Denton City Council Minutes December 15, 1992 Page 16 today, she recommended Council reconsider the ordinance to provide for some minor wording changes. Perry motioned, Hopkins seconded to reconsider Ordinance 6F. On roll vote, Miller "aye", Hopkins "aye", Smith "aye", Chew "aye", Perry "aye", and Mayor Castleberry "aye". Motion carried unanimously. City Attorney Drayovitch stated that the ordinance could be amended to authorize the City Manager to accept the donation if it were communicated in the form and with the conditions set forth in the ordinance. She detailed the wording changes for the ordinance. The following ordinance was considered: No. 92-217 AN ORDINANCE CONDITIONALLY AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO ACCEPT A DONATION OF 5.92 ACRES OUT OF THE ROBERT BEAUMONT SURVEY FROM BARWORTH CORPORATION (GRANTOR) TO THE CITY OF DENTON TO BE UTILIZED IN EXPANDING THE NORTH LAKES PARK; PROVIDING CERTAIN CONDITIONS ARE MET BY GRANTOR; AND PROVIDING A CREDIT TO GRANTOR FROM FUTURE DEDICATIONS REQUIRED OF GRANTOR FOR PARK LAND ON PROPERTY ADJACENT TO THE DONATED TRACT. Perry motioned, Chew seconded to adopt the ordinance as amended. On roll vote, Miller "aye", Hopkins "aye", Smith "aye", Chew "aye", Perry "aye", and Mayor Castleberry "aye". Motion carried unanimously. B. Loop 288 would open Thursday. Transportation from City Hall to the ribbon cutting would be provided and a trolley would provide transportation on new facility back to City Hall. Those who wished to attend should meet at 1:30 p.m. 10. There was no official action taken on Executive Session items discussed during the Work Session Executive Session. 11. New Business No items were suggested by Council Members for future agendas. 12. The Council did not meet in Executive Session during the Regular Session. With no further business, the meeting was adjourned at 8:55 p.m. 161 City of Denton City Council Minutes December 15, 1992 Page 17 J~N~IFE% WALTERS CI~% SECRETARY CITI" OF DENTON, TEXAS ACC000D5