Minutes January 13, 2004CITY OF DENTON CITY COUNCIL M1NUTES
January 13, 2004
After determining that a quorum was present, the City Council convened in a Planning Session
on Tuesday, January 13, 2004 at 4:00 p.m. in the City Council Work Session Room at City Hall.
PRESENT: Mayor Brock; Council Members Kamp, McNeill, Montgomery, and Thomson.
ABSENT: Mayor Pro Tern Burroughs; Council Member Redmon
1. The Council received outcome statements and held a discussion regarding
Downtown and the Downtown Master Plan.
City Manager Conduff stated that the proposed outcome statements were presented to Council
for consideration. Outcomes were a future state written in current language. They were written
as though they were already done.
Council discussed the outcome statements and made the following suggestions:
· Add the word "purpose" to Section 2.3.4.
· Split Section 2.3.1.3 into two sections - having one section indicating "well marked" and
one section as "convenient and multi-modal".
· Include a wide range of downtown residential housing and a large residential population
in downtown.
· Add goods and services to support residents in downtown (a viable retail area to support
retail area).
· Add Downtown has a multi-modal transportation center as a separate category.
· Include a statement that the Downtown has multiple venues for arts, meetings,
performances, museums, conference space all with pedestrian linkages.
· Include a statement that the Downtown is a center for live music venues (clubs)
· Change Section 2.4 to include "guided and self guided tours are available"
2. The Council received a report and held a discussion regarding
Attractiveness/Community Aesthetics.
Lancine Bentley, Program Area Manager-Keep Denton Beautiful, reviewed the information in
the white paper regarding community aesthetics. Streetscapes were discussed in terms of
purpose and benefits, elements, designating city gateways, visual assessment of streets, Fry
Street streetscape and other city solutions. Interstate Highway 35E considerations included
future reconstruction, right-of-way maintenance, TxDOT maintenance levels and other
metroplex cities' solutions.
Courtney Blevins, Texas Forest Service, presented information on urban forests. Urban forests
were trees that surrounded the places where people lived, worked and played. He reviewed the
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environmental, economic and quantitative benefits of urban trees including tree preservation and
the draft tree preservation ordinance.
Herbert Holl, Denton Visual Arts Center, presented information on public art. Topics of
discussion included design process, integration of public art, and the Denton Plan.
Bentley reviewed way finding (signage), funding tool programs and litter.
Vance Kemler spoke on dumpster issues. Topics included dumpsters in the right-of-way,
dumpsters in new developments and existing developments, other cities' solutions, container
appearance/condition, graffiti, Fry Street dumpsters, the draft solid waste code and the Denton
Plan.
Joannie Housewright, Denton Police Department, reviewed code enforcement provisions relative
to nuisance abatement, enforcement designation, individual rights versus community welfare.
Initial discussion from the Council dealt with the fact that ordinances were needed to incorporate
the required changes and philosophical discussions were needed on enforcement, citizen
complaints or city enforcement. Council determined that discussion would continue on this item
at the next planning session.
3. Suggestions for Agenda Committee on future agenda items and/or placement of
items for upcoming agendas.
There were no suggestions for the Agenda Committee.
With no further business, the meeting was adjourned at 6:50.
EUL1NEBROCK
MAYOR
CITY OFDENTON, TEXAS
JENNIFER WALTERS
CITY SECRETARY
CITY OF DENTON, TEXAS