Minutes January 19, 2000CITY OF DENTON CITY COUNCIL MINUTES
January 19, 2000
Joint Meeting of the City of Denton City Council and the Denton Independent School District
Board of Trustees on Wednesday, January 19, 2000 at 12 noon in the City of Denton City
Council Work Session Room at City Hall, 215 E. McKinney.
PRESENT: Mayor Miller, Mayor Pro Tem Beasley; Council Members Burroughs, Durrance,
and Kristoferson.
ABSENT: Council Members Cochran and Young.
1. Mayor Miller called the Council to order and announced a quorum.
2. The Council received a report and held a discussion regarding information sharing
between the City of Denton and the Denton Independent School District
Dave Hill, Assistant City Manager for Development Services, stated that the types of
communication anticipated were: (1) assessment of development impacts related to zoning
decisions; (2) school site selection and adequacy of infrastructure; (3) coordination of capital
budgets to ensure proper functioning facilities; (4) data used to indicate projected facility needs;
and (5) sharing of facilities or programs.
Mayor Pro Tem Beasley asked if the DISD staff could provide the City with information for
zoning cases. She stated the Council did not know all of the land the school district owned and
where prospective schools would be built.
Board Trustee Schaacke suggested staff proceed with the steps to initiate staff-to-staff contact
and information sharing.
City Manager Jez suggested that the respective staff members come up with a written policy to
handle staff-to-staff and department-to-department information sharing.
3. The Council received a report and held a discussion regarding the new bus routes for the
Denton transportation system.
Veronica Rolen, Public Transportation Coordinator, presented an update on the new bus routes.
4. The Council received an update and held a discussion on the joint use of facilities: (a)
early childhood center on Audra; (b) Aquatics Center; and (c) McMath Track.
5. The Council received a report and held a discussion regarding the widening of McKinney
Street.
Rick Svehla, Deputy City Manager stated that McKinney Street was scheduled to be widened to
four lanes by October 2003.
6. The Council received an update and held a discussion regarding Teen Court.
Robin Ramsay, Municipal Court Judge, Roland Jones, Teen Court Coordinator for Juvenile
Diversionary Services, and Reed Jackson, DISD, gave an update. Discussion followed and it
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was mutually agreed upon to share information between the City, DISD, and Juvenile
Diversionary Services.
7. The Council received an update on the City’s Capital Improvement Program.
Rick Svehla, Deputy City Manager presented the Bond Election brochure which listed the
breakdown of projects.
8. The Council received an update and held a discussion regarding possible school site
locations.
Superintendent Braswell stated that this item was covered in the discussion on the first item.
With no further discussion, the meeting was adjourned at 2:25 p.m.
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JANE RICHARDSON
ASSISTANT CITY SECRETARY
CITY OF DENTON, TEXAS