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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 City of Denton City Council Minutes January 13. 2004 Page 2 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