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March 2, 2009 Minutes CITY OF DENTON CITY COUNCIL MINUTES March 2, 2009 Joint Meeting of the City of Denton City Council and the Denton Independent School District Board of Trustees on Monday, March 2, 2009 at 11:30 in the Board Room at the DISD Central Services Building, 1307 N. Locust St., Denton, Texas. PRESENT: Mayor Burroughs; Mayor Pro Tem Kamp; Council Members Heggins, Mulroy, Thomson and Watts. ABSENT: Council Member Moreno 1.Call to order; announce quorum, introductions. Mayor Burroughs announced that a quorum of the Council was present and introductions were made. 2.The Council received a report and held a discussion on the possibility of establishing a new set of development/construction guidelines for governmental agencies. Norm Sisk, DISD, reviewed the mission for the joint partnership on construction projects. Rod Reeves, DISD, reviewed the 2007 bond overview, projects and timeline. Tom Rutledge, Teague Nall and Perkins, reviewed the current city development guidelines. He felt the current process was designed for private development. The challenge was getting a building permit and the need to get there sooner. He presented a proposed process that would allow for parallel processes for platting, architecture and plans. The next stop was for a general consensus to formalize a plan, establish a timeline for implementation and agreement for an interim process. City Manager Campbell stated that both staffs were already working on procedures. Assistant City Manager Martin stated that in general, staff would agree with a multilevel process, it was just working out the details of that process. There were many components to projects and they pledged to continue to evaluate the proposal. The discussion on Item 3 and 5 was combined. 3.The Council received a report and held a discussion on the numbers, units, and types of multifamily housing approved during the past year within the City of Denton. 5.The Council received a report and held a discussion regarding major development projects. Mark Cunningham, Director of Planning and Development- City of Denton, reviewed the 2008 annexations, master planned communities, new and ongoing projects for single-family, multifamily and non-residential development. City of Denton City Council Minutes March 2, 2009 Page 2 4.The Council received a report and held a discussion on the demographics of the Denton ISD inside and outside the City of Denton. Superintendent Braswell reviewed the DISD’s boundaries, demographics of students inside and outside the city limits, distribution of multifamily student population, and distribution of apartment student population. 6.The Council received an update and held a discussion regarding legislative issues important to the Denton ISD and the City of Denton. City Manager Campbell stated that staff would be working in concert with each other on mutual legislative issues. Superintendent Braswell stated that the $.50 test that the Attorney General used to evaluate new bond issues before the bonds were approved for issuance was of major importance to the DISD. 7. With no further business, the meeting was adjourned at 1:20 p.m. ____________________________________ MARK A. BURROUGHS MAYOR CITY OF DENTON, TEXAS ____________________________________ JENNIFER WALTERS CITY SECRETARY CITY OF DENTON, TEXAS