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.
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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.
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MARK A. BURROUGHS
MAYOR
CITY OF DENTON, TEXAS
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JENNIFER WALTERS
CITY SECRETARY
CITY OF DENTON, TEXAS