Minutes April 02, 2004CITY OF DENTON CITY COUNCIL MINUTES
April 2, 2004
Join Meeting of the City of DeNon City Council and the DeNon IndependeN School District
Board of Trustees on Friday, April 2, 2004 at 7:30 a.m. in the Board Room at the DISD Central
Services Building, 1307 N. Locust St., Denton.
PRESENT:
Mayor Brock; Mayor Pro Tem Burroughs; Council Members Kamp, McNeill,
Montgomery, Redmon and Thomson.
ABSENT: None
1. Call to order; announce quorum, introductions.
Mayor Brock called the Council to order and announced that a quorum was present.
2. Recognition of Denton as one of the Top 100 Music Cities.
David McCullar, Director of Fine Arts, stated that Denton had been recognized as one of the Top
100 Music Cities in America.
The Council coNinued a discussion regarding jurisdictional overlapping issues, including
but not limited to:
A. DISD PowerPoint presentation on district growth
Dr. Ray Braswell, Superintendent of Schools, presented a powerpoint presentation that detailed
the growth in the District and showed new developments taking place throughout Denton and the
DISD district.
B. Impact fee
Dr. Braswell indicated that the DISD was working with the City for resolution of the impact fee
issue.
C. School finance
Mayor Brock indicated that there was a local government crisis as a result of the Governor's
response to the school finance crisis. At issue was the Governor's proposal to cap increases in
appraisals and cap the total revenue local governments could have. She felt that price control did
not work in either the public or the private sector and that this was the wrong approach to solving
the issues. This issue would have a tremendous impact on economic development. She felt the
DISD and the City should try to communicate with as many legislators as possible to make the
City's and DISD's position known.
Discussion poiNs included:
· Schedule a join meeting with as many legislators as possible to express concerns.
· Don't let this issue split the good relationship established between the DISD and the City.
· Be aware of issues connected with the "school finance" issue such as including appraisal
district in the school finance legislation.
D. Crossing guards
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Mike Conduff, City Manager, stated that legislation allowed for a portion of the vehicle
registration license fee to be used for public safety issues. The City was working with the
County and Commissioners Court to have that fee added to the license fee. That fee would be
charged by the County, which could keep the portion of the fee charged to resideNs outside a
municipal boundary. While there were no guarantees that the proposal would pass
Commissioners Court, there was the possibility of $100,000 for the City to use for public safety
issues such as crossing guards. The request to add the fee to the license fee would have to be to
the Department of Transportation by September 1 st in order to start collecting the fee by January
1, 2005.
E. Exploration of poteNial join legislation
This item was discussed with School Financing.
F. Join fiber project
Dr. Braswell stated that the DISD was continuing to dialog with the city on this project and there
was still a potential for a partnership in the project. The DISD was working on a Request for
Proposal for the project and had asked the City for help with the wording for the request. There
were right-of-way issues to still work through.
Discussion poiNs included:
· The fiber investmeN by the City had helped the eNire city.
· The City/DISD were doing a good job to meet a need that private eNerprise
had not filled.
G. Tax credit project
Dr. Braswell indicated that the City and DISD would continue to coordinate efforts when these
types of projects came before both eNities.
4. Determine next meeting date.
This item was not discussed.
5. Adjourn.
With no further business, the meeting was adjourned at 8:55 a.m.
EULINEBROCK
MAYOR
CITY OFDENTON, TEXAS
JENNIFER WALTERS
CITY SECRETARY
CITY OF DENTON, TEXAS