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Minutes September 13, 1995393 CITY OF DENTON CITY COUNCIL MINUTES September 13, 1995 The Council convened into a joint session with the Denton Independent School District Board of Trustees on Wednesday, September 13, 1995 in the Assembly Room DISD Central Services, 1307 North Locust Street. PRESENT: ABSENT: Mayor Castleberry; Mayor Pro Tem Biles; Council Members Cott and Krueger. Council Members Brock, Miller and Young. 1. Review of City/School District Joint Use Agreement. Ed Hodney, Director of Parks and Recreation, presented information regarding a listing of PARD and DISD programs which utilized each others agency's facilities under the joint use agreement. Council Member Cott questioned the concept of no charge for the use of each other's facilities. Rick Svehla, Deputy City Manager, stated that the agreement was of mutual benefit for both entities and to charge for the use of the facilities would really cancel out each other. Agenda Item #3 was considered. 3. Review of Park Land Plan for northeast Denton. Hodney stated that the City had bond money available for a facility in the northwest part of the City. The money was originally allocated for a recreation center but that was reprogrammed by the '91 Committee. Several sites had been identified and it was anticipated that enough land would be acquired to accommodate a building as well as park areas. There were no plans for a recreation center on a specific site at this point in time. 2. Review of Planning Process - Denton Development Plan Update. Rick Svehla, Deputy City Manager, stated that funds had been budgeted to begin this process which would be an opportunity to look at a joint development process. Council would be reviewing this process in the next several months. Dr. Albert Thomas, Superintendent of Schools, stated that Plano Schools had a joint agreement with the City which resulted in good planning for new schools, etc. He felt that Denton needed to do a similar agreement. He felt all would benefit if the City and ISD planned together. 4. Review of City of Denton Bond Election and Denton ISD Facilities Planning. 394 City of Denton City Council Minutes September 13, 1995 Page 2 Dr. Thomas stated the ISD was in need of elementary space. It was determined that space was not needed in one location but rather space was needed at all schools and the addition of another elementary school would require the redrawing of boundary lines. It was felt that perhaps a solution would be to build a third middle school and move the sixth grades from the elementary schools to the middle schools. The new middle school would be in the upcoming bond election with occupancy in the 1998-99 time frame. Renovations were also needed at the present middle schools. Ryan High School needed an addition of a technology area with the possibility of an additional two story addition to the school. Other additions would be technological connectors for Denton High School. Rick Svehla, Deputy City Manager, stated that most of the City's bond process was set. The 1985-86 bond issues were ended with the '91 Committee. The City was without bond money at this point in time. The Council had appointed a committee to work on the bond issues for the upcoming election on February 24, 1996. Dr. Thomas indicated that one part of their 1993 issue which was unsold was an elementary school building. The ISD was in need of input from the community as to whether to build additions to the existing elementary schools as opposed to building a new school. With no further business, the meeting was adjourned at 12:50 p.m. J~NI'F~.~'~ALTE-RS C~;~Y SEORETARY CITY OF DENTON, TEXAS BO~ CASTLEBERRY, TyR CITY OF DENTON, ~ ACC002DD