Minutes September 09, 2003CITY OF DENTON CITY COUNCIL MINUTES
September 9, 2003
After determining that a quorum was presem, the City Council convened in a Planning Session
on Tuesday, September 9, 2003 at 4:00 p.m. in the City Council Work Session Room.
PRESENT:
Mayor Brock; Mayor Pro Tem Burroughs; Council Members Kamp, McNeill,
Montgomery, Redmon and Thomson.
ABSENT: None
1. The Council received an outcome statement and held a discussion regarding Denton's
image in regard to Balanced and Sustainable Growth.
City Manager Conduff stated that Council needed to look at the proposed draft outcomes from
the previous session. Last session dealt with the historic nature of the community and how that
impacted tourism and development.
Council discussion dealt with the following:
What would be done with the outcome statements when they were finished.
The need for infill developmem and compatibility with existing neighborhoods.
A suggestion that the Planning and Zoning Commission work with developers
experienced in the area of infill to assist with standards.
The need for historic markers throughout the city to mark landmarks.
Capitalize on the city's historic markers.
Promote Denton during university event days such as Parents Weekend.
2. The Council received a report, held a discussion and gave staff direction regarding
prioritizing outcomes for future work sessions.
City Manager Conduff stated that the Council's "dreams" for Denton in 2025 indicated how the
Council would like to proceed with DeMon's future. This meeting would provide Council with
an opportunity to articulate their dreams, what Council would want to add/detract from the
"story", and the key essences of the dreams.
Council idemified the following 10 issues to look at in more depth in the coming year. Specific
comments follow the topic and the dollar amount denotes the number of votes each issue
received as a priority. Each council member was give $25,000 "DeNon Dollars" to spend on the
issues.
Dowmown $32,000
· Outreach was needed to hone the Council's vision for downtown with the rest of the
community
· Field trips needed to be taken
· Research was needed on other communities who had "done the dream"
· Look at infill development
· History
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Attractiveness
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$29,000
Dumpster issue
Everyday surroundings need to be beautiful (beauty was created, it did not just
happen)
Landscaping
Public Views
Billboards
VibraN Cultural Life $28,000
· Public music and art
· History
· MLK Road
Sustainable Development
· Infill
· Redevelopment
$18,000
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Neighborhoods $8,000 (even though by vote this issue would technically be #9 the
Council waned to have Sustainable DevelopmeN and Neighborhoods back to back)
· "Fair share of development" issues for the different parts of town
· PreveNing urban blight
· Redevelopment and preservation
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GovernmeN Process $14,000
· In house vs. outsourcing
· Incubating new leadership
· Efficiency
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EnvironmeN $13,000
· Tree ordinance- approve one and make it day to day business
· Urban forestry specialist
· Green space and open space
· Cross timbers
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Corridors, ENryways and City Facilities
· DeNon's not much to look at from 1-35
· Use these as marketing tools
· Use for economic developmeN
$13,000
Conference CeNer/ Hotel/ Museum 13,000
· Need to look at public private partnership
10.
Work with UNT on Research Park $6000
· High quality business park
· Research facilities
· Need to elevate the conversation in the community
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· University is well on the way to plans, City/Council vision needed to be included in
the planning
(Council decided that the new Economic Development Board that would be in existence
as of October 1st would play a major role in seeing that Council's vision was also at the
planning table for this project. It would be more appropriate to address this at a lunch
with the university than to have a planning session on it.)
City Manager Conduff stated that these topics would be assigned to the available planning
sessions for 2003-2004.
With no further business, the meeting was adjourned at 6:30 p.m.
EULINE BROCK
MAYOR
CITY OF DENTON, TEXAS
JENNIFER WALTERS
CITY SECRETARY
CITY OF DENTON, TEXAS