August 28, 2006 Minutes DISD
CITY OF DENTON CITY COUNCIL MINUTES
August 28, 2006
Joint Meeting of the City of Denton City Council and the Denton Independent School District
Board of Trustees on Monday, August 28, 2006 at 11 :30 a.m. in the Board Room at the DISD
Central Services Building, 1307 N. Locust St., Denton, Texas.
PRESENT: Mayor McNeill; Mayor Pro Tern Kamp; Council Members Heggins, McElroy,
Montgomery, and Thomson.
ABSENT: Deputy Mayor Pro Tern Mulroy
1. Mayor McNeill called the Council portion of the meeting to order, announced that a
quorum was present and had introductions of Council and city staff.
2. Update on Various Transportation Projects
Frank Payne, City Engineer, reviewed the city's bond projects. Those included Mayhill Road,
Shady Oaks Drive/Brinker Road, Hobson Lane, Western Boulevard, and the U.S. 377 bridge at
Union Pacific Railroad. He reviewed TxDOT projects including Loop 288 widening, Teasley
Lane, McKinney Street, Fort Worth Drive, and 135 East. Mobility Plan amendments reviewed
were Hickory Creek Road/Creekdale realignment, Mills Extension (west), Bonnie Brae at
Highway 77 realignment, Loop 288 parallel collector, and the Mayhill Road realignment.
The Board and Council discussed the railroad bridge alignment over Fort Worth Drive and the
traffic patterns on Teasley Lane at Guyer High School
3. Update on Major Denton ISD and City of Denton Housing Developments
Kelly Carpenter, Director of Planning and Development, presented an update on major
development projects in the city. Currently there were 28 active housing projects. Four larger
projects were pending - Cole Ranch, Rayzor Ranch, Hunter Ranch and Hills of Denton.
4. Update on Denton ISD Growth Report
Gene Holloway, Director ofDISD Planning, reviewed new housing activity in the DISD, a price
range analysis of those homes, and a 10-year enrollment projection. A second quarter 2006
summary for housing in the DISD was also reported.
5. Discussion on Development of Legislative Priorities
Superintendent Ray Braswell felt that the next step for the City and DISD was how to deal with a
set of priorities for the next legislative session. He suggested developing a joint time line to
establish those priorities.
Consensus of the Council and Board was to work on ajoint document to present to legislators.
6. Update on Denton ISD enrollment.
Roger Rutherford and Jamie Wilson, DISD, presented enrollment figures at the elementary,
middle and high schools. Enrollment in all of the school had increased from last year.
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With no further business, the meeting was adjourned at 1: 15 p.m.
PERRY R. MCNEILL
MAYOR
CITY OF DENTON, TEXAS
JENNIFER W AL TERS
CITY SECRETARY
CITY OF DENTON, TEXAS