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Minutes January 15, 1997CITY OF DENTON CITY COUNCIL MINUTES JANUARY 15, 1997 The Council convened into a joint session with the Denton Independent School District Board of Trustees on Wednesday, January 15, 1997 at 12:00 noon at the Radisson Hotel. PRESENT: Mayor Miller; Mayor Pro Tem Brock; Council Members Beasley, Biles, and Cott. ABSENT: Council Member Young 1. The Council Receive a report and held a discussion regarding the joint City/DISD Planning Group. Ted Benavides, City Manager, stated that a joint City/DISD Planning Group would be formed. This group would provide additional coordination for particular issues dealing with the two groups. Ed Hodney, Director of Parks and Recreation would coordinate for the City. Albert Thomas, Superintendent of Schools, stated that Ray Braswell would coordinate the issues for the DISD. Time was needed to coordinate the group and get the proposal.ready for City Council and ISD approval. 2. The Council received an update and held a discussion on the new middle school to be built in South Lakes Park. Dr. Thomas stated that the school would be out for bids on January 23rd. All issues concerning the land had been resolved and within a month the project should begin. The Acme Brick property was acquired and the school should open in 1998. This would be a time of transition to move the sixth grades to middle schools. 3. The Council received an update and held a discussion on the connector street between Loop 288 and Mayhill Road. Jerry Clark, Director of Engineering and Transportation, stated that they were working with the DISD on alternatives to the McKinney Street entrance to Ryan High School. There was a proposal for a north entrance at Mayhill Road. This was in the fourth year of the CIP proposal and included a signal and a new road. It was felt that this would be a help for economic development in the area. Design on the road would begin in 1998. A fifth year project would be to rebuild Mayhill and reconstruct Mills. The corners of Mayhill Road would also be widened to help address the access issue. 4. The Council received an update and held a discussion regarding the status of the city bond program. Rick Svehla, Deputy City Manager, stated that projects in the bond issue included Kerley and Robertson Streets drainage, sidewalks in southeast Denton and the purchase of Loop 288 right-of-way. Included in the first year of the program was the installation of traffic signals at Oak/Hickory at Bonnie Brae and turn lanes at U.S.380, Bell Avenue and Sherman Drive. Included in the second 301 3O2 City of Denton city Council Minutes January 15, 1997 Page 2 year of the program was Nottingham, Mingo Road to Audra Lane with railroad crossing signals. Later years included a Mayhill/Loop 288 connector and Mills Road. 5. The Council received an update signals to be installed on McKinney Kings Row. and held a discussion on at Mayhill and Loop 288 at Rick Svehla, Deputy city Manager, stated that approval was needed from the State regarding the signal at Kings Row and Loop 288. Design would begin soon and the signal should be in by March. The signal at McKinney and Mayhill was a TxDOt signal. The contract was let in November with 120 days to complete. The signal should begin work in February with completion seen approximately in late Spring. 6. The Council received a update and held a discussion regarding the status of the Development Plan Committee. Rick Svehla, Deputy city Manager, stated that the Development Plan committee had been working for over a year on this update. currently they were working on the concept map. The Committee was going over the document line by line and probably would not be finished before February/March. The process would be to receive public comment, proceed to the Planning and Zoning Commission and finally go before the City Council. The earliest the process could be completed would be May but more likely it would be June or July. 7. The Council received a report and held a discussion regarding building permit activity in Denton. Rick Svehla, Deputy City Manager, reviewed statistics from the prior year. It appeared that most of the building permit activity this year was in the residential area as opposed to commercial. Some of the building was outside the city limits but was still in the DISD boundaries. City Manager Benavides felt that these meetings were a great way to exchange ideas and information between the two entities. The next meeting was scheduled for April 16th. With no further business, the meeting was adjourned at 1:15 p.m. J~NiFE~ WALTERS C~¥ SECRETARY CITY OF DENTON, TEXAS CITY OF DENTON, TEXAS ACC00371