November 7, 2011 Minutes
AGENDA
CITY OF DENTON CITY COUNCIL
November 7, 2011
Joint Meeting of the City of Denton City Council and the Denton Independent School District
Board of Trustees on Monday, November 7, 2011 at 11:30 a.m. in the City Council Work
Session Room at City Hall.
PRESENT: Council Member Watts, Council Member King, Council Member Gregory,
Council Member Engelbrecht, Council Member Roden, Mayor Pro Tem Kamp,
and Mayor Burroughs
ABSENT: None
1.Call to order; announce quorum, introductions.
Mayor Burroughs announced that a quorum of the Council was present and called the City
Council portion of the meeting to order.
2. Receive a report and hold a discussion regarding the City of Denton’s Bike Path Study.
Noreen Housewright, Engineer, presented information on the members and makeup of the
pedestrian/bicycle focus group.
Kevin St. Jacques, Freese and Nichols, presented an update on the pedestrian and bicycle linkage
components of the Denton Mobility Plan. His topics included the benefits of walking/bicycling;
pedestrian/bicycle development approach; bicycling/walking destinations; pedestrian/bicycle
plan update timeline; pedestrian/bicycle network; immediate & short range projects; Safe Routes
to School Program; implementation of the plan and Denton ISD bike/pedestrian education
programs. He felt that the plan should be ready for Council approval sometime in February
2012.
Mayor Burroughs mentioned that the Council had approved $100,000 for funding this year and
there was the potential of additional funding from the County.
Council and the Trustees discussed the Safe Routes to School program in terms of funding
issues. The DISD had statistics on the number of students who walked/rode to school, the
ranking of schools and bike theft.
3. Receive a report and hold a discussion regarding the City of Denton’s Mayhill Road
Expansion Project.
Frank Payne, City Engineer, presented an update on the Mayhill Road Expansion project. He
indicated that the schedule for the project would be dependent on how the project would be
configured and reviewed information on sidewalk placement.
4. Receive a report and hold a discussion regarding changes to the State/Federal
Accountability Systems.
Dr. Mike Mattingly, Assistant Superintendent-DISD, presented an accountability overview in
terms of the State/Federal guidelines. He indicated that the Growth Model could no longer be
used.
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Council and the Trustees discussed the impression that the schools were teaching for the Act and
how a new system would work. They also discussed the effects of the testing programs in the
schools.
5. Under Section 551.042 of the Texas Open Meetings Act, respond to inquiries from the
City Council or the public with specific factual information or recitation of policy, or
accept a proposal to place the matter on the agenda for an upcoming meeting
AND
Under Section 551.0415 of the Texas Open Meetings Act, provide reports about items of
community interest regarding which no action will be taken, to include: expressions of
thanks, congratulations, or condolence; information regarding holiday schedules; an
honorary or salutary recognition of a public official, public employee, or other citizen; a
reminder about an upcoming event organized or sponsored by the governing body;
information regarding a social, ceremonial, or community event organized or sponsored
by an entity other than the governing body that was attended or is scheduled to be
attended by a member of the governing body or an official or employee of the
municipality; or an announcement involving an imminent threat to the public health and
safety of people in the municipality that has arisen after the posting of the agenda.
This item was not considered.
6. Adjourn.
With no further business, the meeting was adjourned at 1:15 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