Minutes November 7, 2005
CITY OF DENTON CITY COUNCIL MINUTES
November 7, 2005
After determining that a quorum was present, the City Council convened in a Special Called
Meeting on Monday, November 7, 2005 at 11:30 a.m. in the Council Work Session Room.
PRESENT: Mayor Brock; Mayor Pro Tem McNeill; Council Members Heggins, Kamp,
Montgomery, Mulroy, and Thomson.
ABSENT: None
1. The Council received a report, discussed, and provided guidance on the implementation
process to provide citywide residential cart service.
Vance Kemler, Director of Solid Waste, stated that a mandatory residential cart collection
program would start at the end of January 2006. An educational campaign program will begin in
November and December. Topics addressed will include special needs population, program
benefits, when the transition would occur and new policies/procedures. Media efforts will
include local media, paid print advertising, direct mail, cable TV spots, the web site, cart hotline,
displays and a packet delivered with the carts. He reviewed the schedule for delivering the carts
and the transition to once a week collection service. Special services would take into account
that manual collection would be necessary in some areas, mobility and visually impaired would
have front door service, yard waste service would remain once per week, bulky item would
remain once a week and any extra waste would have to be held for the next collection or could
be collected for a fee.
Consensus of Council was to no longer supply the clear plastic bags for yard waste.
Council discussion included:
Would the current trucks be retrofitted or would new trucks be leased? Kemler
replied that there would be a replacement of older trucks with 7 new trucks in
order to accommodate the change.
Some areas in the city were always leaving the carts on the curb making the
neighborhoods unsightly.
As only 12,000 new cart customers were going to be added, the amount of money
allocated for education of customers might be too large. It might be wise to
revisit some of the educational items as many customers were already aware of
the change in service.
What would be done with refuse outside the carts ? Kemler replied that the
customer could request a special collection with a $5.00 fee and if the customer
did not call, the driver would leave a door hanger indicating that the additional
amount would have to be held until the next collection day or to call for service.
Was there a penalty for not picking up the cart from the curb in a timely manner?
? Kemler replied that there was no penalty at this point in time with no language
in the nuisance code or solid waste code other than it was a violation.
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Some type of enforcement might be needed to keep the carts off the curbs
2. The Council received a report, held a discussion and gave staff direction regarding the
proposed Downtown Multimodal Station, Catalyst Project and the proposed South Transit
Station in the Mayhill/Brinker Road area.
Mark Nelson, Chief Transportation Official, stated that at the Council annual planning session,
staff was asked for an update. DCTA had approved a locally preferred rail alignment along the
former MKT line. It had initiated a one-year environmental study and would not commit to
specific sites until the environmental study was complete and the corridor was environmentally
cleared. The DCTA had received a RTC funding commitment for the development of two
stations. RTKL had identified five areas in the downtown area that might be considered for an
economic development catalyst. Development costs included a DCTA service plan of $240
million for development of 20 miles of rail. He presented several pictures of various other transit
stations. Next steps would include identifying the focus for the station, either a downtown or
south station.
The Council convened in Closed Session at 12:30 p.m.
1. Closed Session
A. Deliberations regarding Real Property ? Under Texas Government Code Section
551.072 and Consultation with Attorney ? Under Texas Government Code
Section 551.071.
1. Deliberated the purchase and value of real property interests for the
proposed Downtown Multimodal Station and Catalyst Project and the
proposed South Transit Station in the Mayhill/Brinker Road area, which
acquisitions are for public purposes. Received legal advice from the City
Attorney or his staff concerning legal issues regarding the acquisition
and/or condemnation of such real property interests.
With no further business, the meeting was adjourned at 1:45 p.m.
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EULINE BROCK
MAYOR
CITY OF DENTON, TEXAS
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JENNIFER WALTERS
CITY SECRETARY
CITY OF DENTON, TEXAS