Minutes May 20, 2003CITY OF DENTON CITY COUNCIL M1NUTES
May 20, 2003
After determining that a quorum was present, the City Council convened in a Planning Session
of the City of Denton City Council on Tuesday, May 20, 2003 at 4:00 p.m. in the City Council
Work Session Room at City Hall.
PRESENT:
Mayor Brock; Mayor Pro Tern Burroughs; Council Members Kamp, McNeill,
Montgomery, Redmon and Thomson.
ABSENT: None
Mayor Brock indicated that Item #2 would be considered first.
2. The Council received a report, held a discussion and gave staff direction regarding TIP
Strategies, Inc. recommendations for economic development implementation plans and
organizational structure.
Linda Ratliff, Director of Economic Development, stated that the City had had an economic
development partnership with the Chamber since 1986. Some of the Chamber's responsibilities
included marketing, trade shows, regional and state economic development organizations, and
developing various allies to help develop Denton. The City was responsible for retention of
those businesses and allies. She reviewed the hiring of TIP for strategic planning.
Bill Patterson, Chair - Image and Marketing Task Force, stated that a goal of the task force was
the opportunity to market Denton around the theme "creative and intellectual capital of North
Texas". It was felt that an image survey should be done with a campaign based on those findings
designed with both an internal and external campaign. He stated that a community marketing
campaign must indicate that it was directed towards the city's image.
Randy Robinson, Chair-Business Park, presented the members of his task force. He reviewed
proposed business park sites and the implementation plan.
Richard Rafes, UNT, detailed the UNT Research Park. He detailed UNT's role in the
community, benchmarking to determine three major research parks, the public sector role and
presented three research parks across the county that were already built. He also reviewed the
implementation plan for a UNT research park.
Mayor Brock reviewed the Downtown Development Task Force recommendations. She stated
that Denton was one of the few authentic downtowns with a historic courthouse and a well-
preserved square. The downtown was the economic and social center for the city and a vibrant
urban center that served as a major business recruitment tool.
Council discussion included the following topics:
Make-up of a future board for the project
Council help with the development park on Woodrow Lane
Perception of Denton inside and outside the community
Competition with other cities for economic development
"Uniqueness of Denton"
Maintaining graduates in Denton to assist with economic development.
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City Manager Conduff stated that implementation of the projects outlined would be the outcome
statements for this topic. Council would consider the appointment of a subcommittee to look at
the structure of the future projects.
1. The Council received an outcome statement and held a discussion regarding
Transportation/Airport Master Plan.
City Manager Conduff stated that outcome statements described a future state. They did not
involve action words and were not strategic plans. Two different forms of the
Transportation/Airport Master Plan outcome statements were provided to Council - one in bullet
form and one in paragraph form.
Council discussed and made changes to the paragraph form of the outcome statement.
City Manager Conduff stated that the changes would be incorporated into both the bullet points
and the paragraph form.
With no further business, the meeting was adjourned at 6:30 p.m.
EUL1NEBROCK
MAYOR
CITY OFDENTON, TEXAS
JENNIFER WALTERS
CITY SECRETARY
CITY OF DENTON, TEXAS