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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.
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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.
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