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Minutes December 5, 1995 CITY OF DENTON CITY COUNCIL MINUTES DECEMBER 5, 1995 Present: Mayor Castleberry, Mayor Pro Tem Biles, Councilmembers Cott, Brock, Miller, Young, and Krueger. Council considered the following items in a closed meeting. Closed Meeting: A. Legal Matters -- Under TEX. GOV'T CODE Sec. 551.071 Received information and conferred with City Attorney regarding legal advice on an ordinance or resolution to prohibit the carry of concealed weapons in City facilities under Section 551.071 and Section 551.075 of the Open Meetings Act. Considered and discussed defense of and the settlement of RPS Ventures, Inc. et al v. City of Denton and Webber and Barnes v. City of Denton pending in the 362nd District Court under Section 551.071 of the Open Meetings Act. B. Real Estate -- Under TEX. GOV'T CODE Sec. 551.072 Ce Personnel/Board Appointments -- Under TEX. GOV'T CODE Sec. 551.074 Council considered the following items in the Regular Meeting of the City of Denton City Council on Tuesday, December 5,1995 at 7:00 p.m. in the Council Chambers of City Hall. 1. Pledge of Allegiance Cott asked that the Mayor move item #9 up on the agenda due to the large number of citizens attending the meeting for that item. Mayor Castleberry presented Yard of the Month Awards to: Olufsens, 120 West Oak Street Mr. and Mrs. Urbanski, 312 Wilderness Street Bill and Marie Bennett, 5217 Tartan Circle Bob and Shirley Hardaway, 1101 Chapel Drive Raddison Hotel - Eagle Point Golf Club, 2211 North 1-35E David, Donna and Matt Platt, 809 Greenwood Drive 2. Considered approval of the minutes of August 15, 1995. Biles motioned, Brock seconded to approve the minutes. On roll vote Cott, "aye", Brock "aye", Miller "aye", Castleberry "aye", Biles "aye", Young "aye", Krueger "aye". Motion passed unanimous ly. 84 City of Denton City Council Minutes December 5, 1995 Page 2 3. Considered a presentation by Sandra Lewis representing Mothers Against Drunk Driving. Ms. Lewis recognized Chief James Thomason. Lewis said she first meet Thomason about four years ago when their chapter invited the Arlington Fire Department to present an anti-drug, multi-media program to the fraternities and sororities at the University of North Texas. After the program Thomason approached her and said he thought that was something they should do for the youngsters in the community. Four months later they began working on the idea and out of it came the program Choices. Lewis said it was an engrossing multi-media program including victims from the City of Denton and Denton County. It also included music that related to young people. She said while Denton County was recognized by the Department of Public Safety as having the second largest decrease in drunk driving crashes in the State of Texas, tough laws, strict enforcement of the laws, vigorous prosecution, and public awareness were key to the award. She said Thomason was a one man public awareness machine. Lewis said they were honored to recognize Thomason for working with their chapter of MADD to help accomplish their mission to prevent the tragedies caused by drinking driver before they occurred. Lewis presented Thomason with a placque. Thomason said it had been a privilege and honor to work with Lewis and MADD. They first identified through working with the program and various statistics that in the United States in one years time over 5,200 young people between the ages of 15-24 died in drunk driving related car crashes. He said that did not include the number of young people debilitated. Thomason said it had become their mission to educate the youth in Denton County or anyone that will let them show the Choices program. It was because of Lewis and the lives of those lost in Denton and Denton County that they did the program. 4. Citizen Reports A. Received a report from Carl Williams regarding a Citizen Police Review Board. Mr. Williams was not present at the meeting. B. Council received a report from John Weber regarding supporting neighborhood representation in city government. Weber said the Denia area Community group expressed support for the proposed Denton Council of neighborhoods. He said the group would give the various neighborhoods in Dun~on a forum in which to communicate with the City Council and other agencies. It would also allow Council to rally support for programs and pass on information viable to Denton's growth and social well being. Weber 85 City of Denton City Council Minutes December 5, 1995 Page 3 said Denton was poised at a crossroads. He said one path lead to unbridled commercial development and felt it would be good if the citizens, the City and businesses were all pulling in the same direction. The formation of the Council of neighborhoods was a step in that direction. He encouraged all of Denton's neighborhood groups to elect representatives to attend the December 12, 1995 meeting at the Senior Center. Webberthanked Councilmembers Brock, Miller, and Cott for support of the Denia community and their struggle to protect their neighborhood from commercial exploitation. He said the citizens of Denton would remember those who supported them and those who did not and encouraged all citizens of Denton to register to vote and make their voices heard. Weber said a poor turnout allowed a radical minority undue influence in the running of city government. He said the Denia community was beginning a campaign to register all voters in their area and encouraged all of the neighborhoods to do so as well. B. Received a report from Carol Freeman regarding the City donating a lot at 736 $chmitz Street to Habitat for Humanity. Freeman said she was the president of the local affiliate for Habitat for Humanity. The organization was dedicated to eliminating poverty housing. They accomplished that by building houses with volunteer labor so they could afford to sell them to families at a reasonable cost with no interest on the loan. She petitioned the Council to donate lots 11 and 12 of Block 2 of the Oak Meadow Addition. Lewis said the City would not be able to build on the lots because use of federal funding stated that it must be 300 feet from the railroad tracks and those lots were not. As a private builder Habitat would not be confined to that rule. Lewis said the homes would not interfere with any of the right of way when thewidening the street. She said they would try to put sound proofing in the home because it would be near the railroad tracks. Mayor said the item would be placed on a future agenda. C. Council received a citizen report from Dessie Goodson regarding the City of Denton and SPAN. Goodson commented that SPAN and the City of Denton seemed to have no knowledge of the meaning of the word publicize. She said all Trolley changes and days they will not be running has to be publicized for the sake of the riders so they would not be left stranded as she and others had been. She asked for explanation as to how the Trolley or any person could be in two places at one time. She referred to the Trolley schedule revised in July. Goodson addressed the City Attorney and said that if he had investigated her complaint of May 17 thoroughly his office would have known that the ambulance bill she presented was not hers. She City of Denton City Council Minutes December 5, 1995 Page 4 stated that she did not call for the service. She was forced on the gurney by the twisting of her right arm behind her back by a police officer, strapped on the gurney and forced to go the hospital against her will. She said she would not accept any more garbage like that sent to her house. She requested an explanation as to how she owed $113 in a utility bill. She asked the Deputy City Manager to explain how on 10/12 she in 23 days consumed 1800 gallons of water totaling $11.81 and when the meter was read on 10/9 for 28 days she used 1600 gallons totaling $13.00. She asked how could she owe more for 1600 gallons than for 1800. She also asked how one woman could use 57 gallons of water in one day. He said bill showed that she owed over $113. According to her calculations the bill for October should have been $28 and with the November bill a total of $76.85 no'a $113.89. She said it was a difference of $37.04. She asked if they could get together to discuss the bill because she would not be in jail again because she would not pay $133 she said not owe. She said it would be resolved because if not she had a paper she would file anyway by the end of the week to sue the City of Denton, the Council, and the Mayor. She said so not ever tell her again that she could not say anything to any Councilmember. She had talked with two representatives that she said had the right to say what she needed to a Councilmember or anyone else. Councilmember Young directed the City Manager to take a good look at her utility bill to make sure everything was right. E. Council received a report from Joe Dodd regarding neosegregation. Dodd said he would not repeat what he had said about the foolishness of the diversity task force. He said neosegregation was what was going on with the diversity movement in America. He said the process was going bad in Denton when it was going very well. He said Council had already heard one complaint from the Denia group who believed things went on behind closed doors. He said Council would probably hear from others about gun control and things going on behind closed doors that they did not like. He said he did not think they should have the task force but if so it should be in public. Dodd referred to Item 3 from the City Attorney's office on how to set up the task force. He ~a£d It stated that the task force meetings should be held in private and the release of information to the press on the progress of the task force should be done through the chair person of the entire task force. Dodd said that was behind closed doors, in secret. He also commented that the timing of the task force, January to July, was very convenient for anyone that wanted to be in the next City election because they could say the blue ribbon task force was looking into it. Dodd said if they were going to deal with the issue, deal with it in public and not have diversity be about 87 City of Denton City Council Minutes December 5, 1995 Page 5 everything on the planet. He said the original charges were on racism and hiring and promotion. He said there was a complaint that a police review board was needed. He did not believe that was true but if the issue would be examined he asked that it be done in public. He said the Council should not hire a San Antonio expert to come for a 2 day retreat to teach the Council to talk to each other. Dodd said the taxpayer already bought one facilitator on how to talk to each other and the only thing different was the cultural diversity which he regarded as none of the Council's business. He said discrimination was their business, hiring the best candidate. Enforcing or promoting diversity was the community's responsibility. 5. Public Hearings A. Council held a public hearing and considered adoption of an ordinance amending the Detailed Plan of the Villas of Piney Creek to allow the location of a temporary concrete batch plant for the construction of the roads. The subject property was located on the southwest side of Colorado Boulevardr northwest of San Jacinto Boulevard. The property was located in PD-6 and consisted of 15.413 acres. (The Planning and Zoning Commission recommended approval 6-0.) Frank Robbins, Director of Planning and Development made the staff presentation. He said the zoning ordinance allowed a temporary batch plant by specific use permit in the straight zoning districts and by amendment of the detail plan in the planned development district. He said the batch plant would be in a planned development district. Robbins said 34 notices were mailed. Two were returned in opposition. The Planning and Zoning unanimously recommended that for the development that 3 permits be allowed for a duration not to exceed 30 days for each permit. Robbins said a permit could be issued for one phase only. Edmond S. Bright, Project Manager for the Villas of Piney Creek addressed the Council. He said he temporary batch plant would be owned and operated by their prime contractor. They asked for a 30 day permit. He though the job would be completed in 10 says, 1 day to assemble, 1 day to take it out, and ~ days of operation. The extra days were for rain days. He said it would allow the contractor the ability to bring the materials to the laying machine promptly and more economically than ordering from Redi-Mix. Bright stated equipment was approved by the Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission and met all EPA Standards. Councilmember Young asked if they %;ould c2ean up tho area after they took the plant down. 88¸ City of Denton City Council Minutes December 5, 1995 Page 6 Bright responded that there was currently no vegetation on the site but once they finished they would clear the site. Young confirmed that they would use filters and there would not be any leaks. Bright said they would conform to the EPA standards and a City inspector would be on site to monitor that. Young asked if they contacted the citizen's in the area. Bright responded that in addition to Staff mailing out letters they put letters in the doors of all the neighbors. Young wanted to know if there was any opposition from the citizens. Bright said they received no replies except that it was a nice letter. Cott asked why should the city want to approve this. Bright said they were laying concrete streets versus asphalt. He further responded that there had been a batch on Teasley Lane that was put into the Park area on a temporary basis. He said it was a more efficient method of laying the concrete. It kept traffic off the roads. Having trucks run concrete to the site from the concrete companies it would be far more risky for the citizens. He said the would bring it to the site in bulk and mix it there. Cott asked Bright if he said the quality was roughly equal to the quality of the asphalt. Bright responded that it was probably better because they laid an additional inch to the streets (7 inches thick, reinforced with steel). Concrete was used on the subdivision was because the streets were private, short and had a short turning radius in the cul-de-sac. Bright further commented that turning on asphalt with 100 degree Texas temperatures the asphalt begins to build up and walk. There were no additional speakers. Mayor Castleberry closed the public hearing. Council consider the following ordinance: Ordinance No. 95-244 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OE DENTON, TEXAS, APPROVING AN ADDENDUM TO THE DETAILED PLAN FOR THE VILLAS OF PINEY CREEK, A DEVELOPMENT COMPRISING 15.413 ACRES OF LAND 89 City of Denton City Council Minutes December 5, 1995 '~ Page 7 LOCATED WITHIN PLANNED DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT SIX (PD-6), NEAR THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF THE INTERSECTION OF COLORADO BOULEVARD AND SAN JACINTO BOULEVARD; PROVIDING FOR A PENALTY IN THE MAXIMUM AMOUNT OF $2,000 FOR VIOLATIONS OF THE ORDINANCE; AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. Young motioned, Krueger seconded for approval. Biles asked for clarification on the motion. He wanted if it was for all three batch plants. Young responded yes the motion was for all three plants and three 30 day license. On roll vote Cott, "aye", Brock "aye", Mii~er "aye", Castleberry "aye", Biles "aye", Young "aye"~ Krueger "aye". Motion passed unanimous ly. B. Council held a public hearing on the use of approximately $1.5 million in Community Development Block and HOME Investment Partnerships program funding and on the Community Development Citizen Participation Plan. Barbara Ross made the staff presentation. She said the City of Denton expected to receive approximately $1.5, perhaps as much as $1.7 million) in federal funding for the year. The purpose of the hearing was to receive citizen comment on community needs and potential use for those funds. Ross said they would receive approximately $1.1 million in Community Development Block Grant funds. She stated that some of the eligible activities included public improvements, drainage and park improvements. CDBG funds could also be used for housing rehabilitation and home buyers assistance and they had also used it to assist local service agencies. The HOME program would provide about $400,000 for housing programs such as rehabilitation, reconstruction, new home buyers assistance, and tenant based rental assistance. Ross said they were trying to provide several opportunities for citizens to give comments on the use of the funds. She said they would have another public hearing on Monday, January 11, 1996 and the MLK Center at 7:00 p.m. following the NICE meeting. She comments could also be forwarded to the Community Development o~fice in writing or by phone. The comments would be provided to the Community Development Advisory Committee and the Human Services Advisory Committee. Ross said the hearing was not a time for specific proposals but for comments on needs. She said applications for specific proposals would be made available at the end of December/beginning of January and would be due in at the end of January. 90 City of Denton City Council Minutes December 5, 1995 Page 8 Luisa Rodriguez-Garcia, Program Analyst, provided the information in Spanish. Nancy Boorman, Resource Development Coordinatcr at Lake Forest Good Samaritan Village, and Sam Dickson. She said it was a retirement community with a 60 bed health care facility and 180 independent residents. She said in 1084 Lake Forest was asked by the City to come into the city. She said they were in need of new roofs and restoration of their lake because of runoff from the Monticeto area and the mobile home park. Dickson said the original buildings were built in the late 1970's. The were wood framed buildings. The back half of the building had flat roofs and the front half were shed roofs. He said they were in bad condition and needed to be replaced. He commented that the roofs were in such condition that £t caused a security hazard for the residents. Dickson also said the 14 acre lake was a major asset to their village. It had taken considerable runoff particularly in the last few years dus to development in the area. Dickson said the lake was in danger of dying. He said the lake provided aesthetic beauty to the property as well as a flood control. Ron Fanin, President of the Boar~ of Directors of the Denton City /County Day Nursery, addressed the Council. He said he hoped Council would continue to support funding for programs like the Denton City/County Day Nursery. He felt the services beyond streets, fire and police protection make Denton special. He said families of all kind were offered high quality yet affordable child care services. Fanin said he koped they continued to have the opportunity to use CDBG funds in a positive manner. Rudy Rodriguez, member of the League of United Latin American Citizens, complimented the City of Denton and the CDBG Staff for the preparation of the 1995 Consolidated Plan. He also commented that it might have been a sligkt, inadverten= omission from the plan in that the needs of a segment of the community were not adequately addressed, the recent L~migrant in southeast Denton. He said on November 2, several members of the CIP met with approximately 45 members of the Hispanic community. Several members from LULAC were available to assist memDers of the Hispanic community in translation to ensure that the needs expressed to the CIP Committee were communicated. Rodriguez shared some of those concerns with the Council. They included: 9il operators were slow to respond to calls from the Spanish speaking community because bilingual operator were not immediately aYailable; more bilingual personnel was needed at the MLK Center; special interest programs such as soccer, Mexican folk dance classes should be programmed in 91¸ City of Denton City Council Minutes December 51 1995 Page 9 southeast Denton; employment opportunity classes provided in Spanish; and speed bumps on Ruddell. Dick Waters also represented the Denton City County Day Nursery. He said they were engaged in a long ranged planning process to extend their program. He encouraged Council to look with favor on their program. The public hearing was closed. Mayor Castleberry moved Item 9 up on the agenda for consideration. 9. Council considered adoption of an ordinance or resolution authorizing the City Manager, the Acting City Manager or his designee to prescribe written rules and regulations for the safe and orderly use of City buildings and facilities including creating a rule prohibiting the carrying of a concealed handgun in a City building or portion of a City building; making compliance with the rule prohibiting the carrying of a concealed handgun in City buildings a condition of the use of C~.ty buildings; and providing for a severability clause. Herb Prouty, City Attorney presented two options to the Council, an ordinance or resolution creating a house keeping rule which would among other things prohibit carrying cf a handgun in City buildings. He said the ordinance would create the rule and the resolution would delegate to the City Manager the authority to create house keeping rules for the safe keeping and security of the City buildings and facilities including the right to create a rule that would prohibit the carrying of concealed handguns in those facilities and also delegate the authority of the City manager to enforce that rule by posting notices and taking whatever other course of action deemed necessary. That ~,articular rule would not be a penal ordinance. There wou].a be no municipal imposed penalty for the violation of the rule. ?he ru~e would be eniorced through the criminal trespass statute. Prouty said in other words if a person enter the facilities of the municipality with a concealed handgun he or she would be warned 'that it was prohibited and asked to leave, he said if that person then did not leave, the police or peace office would have the authority to arrest that person under the criminal trespass sta%ute which makes it a class A misdemeanor. Prouty further commented that there had been a number of laws passed regarding concealed handg~ns. Some prohibitions already exist under the state statute. For instance, the statutes prohibit any-persons from carrying a concealed hand gun in a meeting of a governmental entity. The=e were akso restric%ions on what a municipality could do to regulate cancelled handguns or the carrying of those weapons witnin b~ildings. He said Staff believed, based on recent Attorney General opinions, that the most legally correct and safest way to regulate the carrying of 92 City of Denton City Council Minutes December 5, 1995 Page 10 concealed handguns was through the delegation of the housekeeping rules to the City Manager. Prouty said Council also had the option of not taking any action. Krueger said citing the reasons given by the City Attorney he moved to deny adoption of any ordinance or resolution regarding the motion. Young seconded the motion. William Arvola voiced opposition to the adoption of any ordinance or resolution prohibiting the carrying of concealed handgun urged the Council to allow citizens to govern themselves. Gloria Howell presented the idea of gun culture where sportsman, hunters, and men and women who wish to protect themselves. She said it was a non ethnic culture since it transcended all traditional race and ethnic boundaries and a peaceful and productive culture evidenced by %he large number of its members living lawfully. She also said there was a subculture- a crime culture who's ranks have sky rocketed since the 1960's. She said that culture preyed on society. !~ow~]_ said some people who wrongfully equate the two cultures. ~he sail some did that because many of the crime culture use guns to commit crimes while others equate the two for political reasons. She sald the mind set that would equate all gun owners to violence and crime was a shallow and disturbing one that had it's roct in fear, prejudice and misinformation. Howell asked what the Council's reaction would be if someone said because so much crime was reportedly committed by Black males that it would be safer ior our citizens if all Black males out of the parks and city Duil~in~so She said the Council would never entertain such a bigoted ide~ ~or one second. She asked why the response different for law abiding gun owners and commented that firearms were used lawfully used over 2.5 million times each year to prevent crime. Howell said there were an estimated 200 million firearms £n ~he country and less than one percent were used in a crime. There was no evidence to support the idea that carry licenses holders would contribute to crime simply because they carry a firearm. She said concealed carrying of firearms had been around for ¥'ears and the statistics did not support the accusations against Lhe ~ecent members of society. Howell stated that the law abidin~ c].kizen %~bo receives a handgun carrying license has to go through fingerprinting, background checks and a 10 hour training course. ~h~ ~ncourag~d ~he Council to reject the baseless and prejudiclal arguments against gun owners and uphold the law as passed by the elected representatives in Austin. Jay Howell addressed the Council. He said he was disappointed by reading some of ~he comments in t~e ~,aper on the issue that people were so void of moral character and rauional thinking that they would start blowing people away over tickets or zoning change City of Denton City Council MinuLes December 5, 1995 ~ ? Page 11 issues. Howell said no one of that type would receive a license because the process weeds out those types of people. He said Texas' carry law was more strict than any other state. Howell presented statistics from the Uniformed Crime Report that compared crime rates in other states. He said the law had proven to have a positive effect on violent crime. Howell said the Texas Carry law addressed bring guns into the court room and public meetings. He said it sent a message to the criminal and passage of the ordinance would gut the law and render it useless. He felt that it would create safe zones for criminals. He urged Council not to pass the ordinance. Jim Penton repeated a letter to the editor. He asked that the Council read the law, and take the class required by state law to obtain a permit. He also suggested that they go to the gun range and witness the shooting tests., Penton said the biggest thing about the law was that it put fear in the criminal. John Lassiter expressed opposition to the ordinance. He said over the past 30 years the city had gone from a place where you did not have to lock your door or take the keys out cf the car to a place that you had to get up each morning to see if you still had a mailbox. He felt the time spent on tlhe issue would be better spent taking rights away from criminals than ~aking rights away form citizens. Dwayne Tieszen said anytime a law was made, the law applied to one group- the law abidding citizen. The laws restrict that segment of society. Tieszen said non law abiding citizens did not recognize the laws. He said regulation further restricted the law abiding citizens right to protect themselves an~ others and exhibited a false sense of providing nebulous salety to and for an uninformed public. Slam Buffington said he was against any adopt£on of the ordinance. He said the state law was set and should be final. He said as a private investigator he captured criminals all over the United States and never had he captured one wi~h a legal gun permit. Buffington asked that the Council allow the honest citizens of the community have the right to protect themselves if needed. Kay S. Francis called upon the Council to suppDrt Councilmember Krueger's motion and uphold the right to carry as passed by the Texas Legislature without diluting, or changing the bill text report. She said in her opinion the righa ~o carry leveled the playing field for vulerable women in an increasingly violent society. Francis commented that 5he right zo self defense was the most basic of human rights and should not be limited by governmental intervention. City of Denton City Council Minutes December 5, 1995 Page 12 Mark Hannah Jr. said he had taken a 40 hour training class at teh DPS. He read an article from the paper. He highlighted that the law already prohibits the carrying of g~ns in public meetings. He said good citizens were taking the course and paying approximately $300 plus the weapon. Hannah felt the good citizen would not give up that right over a $40 utility bill or $50 ticket. Donald Grimes felt the gun carry la~ was a good one and opposed adoption of the ordinance. Cott said he felt it was a constitutional issue among all the things the speakers said. He said the constitution in Texas authorized the State Legislature no creane the law that had everything in it Uhat Prouty was tring Lo pul forth. Cott said it was voted 101 to 46. Cott said it reduced government's interference with everyone. He hoped the other Councilmembers would vote against the ordinance. Young said the gun issue was a sensitive cne and had historical significance. He felt it was a constitutional issue. He said the forefathers thought enough years back to put it in the constitution so a person would have the right to bear arms to defend themselves. Young moved to call the question. Krueger seconded. On roll vote Cott, "aye", Brock "nay", Miller "nay", Castleberry "nay", Biles "nay", Young "aye", Krueger "aye". Motion failed 3-4 and Council continued discussion. Brock said she intended to vote for the amendment because from the state level there were so many conf~.ictJ.ng directives, ambiguties, and even contridictions in the present law. She wanted to defer the issue until they had more clear direction from the Attorney General's Office and the Legislature~ Miller said he would also vote ~or the motion but with reluctance. He said there would be a few people even among Uhe best that put in a certain situation would do things that after it was done would question the action. Miller said he did not buy completely the ideas of that being government in'~rusicn. He fel~ there were many people that looked to local government t¢ look ~fter the interest of everyone. It was with that reluctance he would vote ior the motion. He felt it was up to local g~vernment to make it work. Mayor Pro Tem Biles said the State Legislature had unfortunately done everyone a great disservice. He said Section 215 of the Municipal Regulations said a City Council could not adopt an ordinance that prohibited a person from carrying a fire arm if they had a permit to carry a gun. H.~ asked ho~ ~]]an¥ people knew that the Statute did allow any City Council no ~dopt an ordiance that 95 City of Denton City Council Min~tes December 5, 1995 Page 13 does prohibit the carrying of a gun by persons that do not have a permit. He said there were a lot of gaps and missed steps and even the Attorney General has given conflicting information in trying to assist cities and counties address the [ssues. Bile also addressed the issue of liability on behalf of the city. He said if the city were to pass an ordinance but not be able to effectively enforce it, those who had come to rely upon an added level of security might very well sue the city and would have a cause of action if the city was not doing its job. He said he intended on supporting the motion. Biles said a legal reading of the statute showed that the State Legislature had a whole lot more wor~ to do. He did not feel the City should be regulating the issue because they would be asking for more problems than they needed to be dealing with on the issue. Krueger said he felt the Legistature worked with what they had. He felt that the laws had been taken care of. Mayor Castleberry asked Krueger to repeat the mo%ion. Krueger stated that the mo%ion was to deny adoption of the ordinance and or resolution regarding the prohibiting the carrying of handguns. On roll vote Cot-a, "aye", Brock '~aye", M]!Ler "aye", Castleberry "aye", Biles "aye", Young "aye", Krueger "aye". Motion passed unanimous ly. Consent Agenda ae Bids and Purchase Orders: 1. Bid # 1813 - Transit Buses 2. Bid # 1830 - Circuit Breakers 15 KV 3. P.O. #61522 - K.V.B., Inc. - EPA Software Upgrade Interlocal Agreements 1. City of Argyle - Ambulance Services 2. City of Corinth - Amb'~lance Services 3. City of Lake Dallas - Ambulance Services .%. City of Ponder - Ambulance S~rvices 5. City of Sange:~ - Ambulance S~rvices Brock motion, Biles On roll vote Cott, "aye", Biles unanimously. seconded to approve the Consent Agenda. "aye", Brock "aye", 5~iller "aye", Castleberry "aye", Young "aye", Krueger "aye". Motion passed City of Denton City Council Minutes December 5, 1995 Page 14 7. Consent Agenda Ordinances The following consent agenda ordinances were considered: ORDINANCE NO 95-~245 AN ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR THE EXPENDITURE OF FUNDS FOR PURCHASES OF MATERIALS OR EQUIPMENT WHICH ARE AVAILABLE FROM ONLY ONE SOURCE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF STATE LAW EXEMPTING SUCH PURCHASES FROM REQUIREMENTS OF COMPETITIVE BIDS; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. ORDINANCE NO. 95-246 AN ORDINANCE ACCEPTING COMPETITIVE BIDS AND AWARDING A CONTRACT FOR TRE PURCHASE OF MAtERiALS, WQUIPMENT, AUPPLIES OR SERVICES PROViDiNG FOR THE EXPENDITURE OF FUNDS THEREFORE; AND PROVIDING .FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. Biles motioned, Brock seconded to approve the consent agenda ordinances. On roll vote Cott, "aye", Brock "aye", Miller "aye", Castleberry "aye", Biles "aye", Young "aye", Krueger "aye". Motion passed unanimously. 8. Consent Agenda Resolutions The following consent agenda ordin~nce~ we~e considered: RESOLUTION NO R95-077 A RESOLUTION APPROVING AN iNTESLOCAL AMBULANCE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF DENTON AND THE CiTY OF ARGYLE FOR AMBUL~NCE SERVICES; AND DECLARING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. RESOLUTION R95-078 A RESOLTUION APPROVING AN INTERLOCAL AMBULANCE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF DENTON AND THE CITY OF CORINTH FOR AMBULANCE SERVICES; AND DECLARING AN E~FECTIVE DATE. City of Denton City Council Minutes December 5, 1995 Page 15 RESOLUTION R95-079 A RESOLUTION APPROVING AN INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF DENTON AND THE CITY OF LAKE DALLAS FOR AMBULANCE SERVICES; AND DECLARING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. RESOLUTION R95-080 A RESOLUTION APPROVING AN INTERL©CAL AMBULANCE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF DENTON AND THE CITY OF PONDER FOR AMBULANCE SERVICES; AND DECLARING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. RESOLUTION' R95-081 A RESOLUTION APPROVING AN INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITYOF DENTON AND THE CITY OF SANGER FOR AMBULANCE SERVICES; AND DECLARING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. Biles motioned, Young seconded t.o approve the consent agenda ordinances. On roll vote Cott, "aye", Brock "aye", Miller "aye", Castleberry "aye", Biles "aye", Young "aye"~ Krueger "aye". Motion passed unanimously. 10. Council considered nomination/appointments to City Boards and Commissions. A. Keep Denton Beautiful Board .- Fjola Jefferies On roll vote Cott, "aye", Brock "aye", Miller "aye", Castleberry "aye", Biles "aye", Young "aye", Krueger "aye". Motion passed unanimously. B. Traffic Safety Commission - Derrick Hartsfield On roll vote Cott, "aye", Brock ....aye , Miller "aye", Castleberry "aye", Biles "aye", Young "aye", Krueger "aye". Motion passed unanimously. C. Sign Board of appeals Brock nominated Rebecca Arnold-Moore. 11. Vision Update Brock gave the Vision update. She said they were completing the working on the strategy boards. She said Staff wou~d~ be 98 City of Denton City Council Minutes December 5, 1995 Page 16 incorporting the changes made over the last couple of weeks. Brock said he representatives from the seven different sponsoring agencies would be taking those boards to their sponsoring agencies for a sign off early in the year. Brock said they were already implementing some of those things. 12. Miscellaneous Matters from the City Manager Acting City Manager Svehla informed Council of the Open House for City HAll in the Mall and that City offices would be closed on December 26. 13. Official Action on Closed Meeting Items There was no ofiicial action on c~osed meeting items. 14. New Business Miller rsquested that Staff bring before Council something on the Rules of Procedures and calling for the q~estion. Brock asked Staff to bring before Traffic Safety the issue of speed humps on Ruddell. She also asked that Staff bring informaton regarding the status of the lots requested to be purchased by Habitat for Humanity. With no further business the meeting was adjourned. Veronica S. Rolen Deputy City Secretary City of Denton MB~oCraSt leberrY~~ City of Denton