Jan 06, 2015 City Council on 2015-01-06 1:00 PM

January 06, 2015 City Council 13159

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Meeting Date: January 06, 2015
Board: City Council
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Meeting Summary: City of Denton City Council Date: January 6, 2015 Location: City Hall, Denton, Texas

Key Topics and Discussions The agenda outlined a Work Session, Closed Meeting, Regular Meeting, and Special Called Session. Primary topics included: - Work Session: Staff reports and council direction on the Rayzor Ranch Vision and ordinance revisions; updates to Smoking Ordinance No. 2012-367; structure of the 2014 Bond Oversight Committee; and recommendations for hiring a second construction crew and purchasing equipment for the Wastewater Collection department. - Closed Meeting: Deliberations on real property acquisitions for the Denton Enterprise Airport and South Locust DME Substation expansion; legal consultations regarding the municipal sign code, DME competitive/financial strategies, and the Gas Well Ordinance, including pending litigation and regulatory authority. - Regular Meeting: Consent agenda items covering contracts for airport terminal improvements, landscaping equipment, compressed natural gas, water reclamation engineering services, police ammunition, and a noise ordinance exception for U.S. 380 reconstruction. Additional items included termination of two airport land purchase contracts, approval of November 2014 minutes, and a Rayzor Ranch zoning amendment. - Public Hearings: Comprehensive Plan update; amendment to the Denton Development Code to define and regulate "Bar" uses; amendments to Planned Development 12 (PD-12); rezoning of a 2.195-acre parcel from NR-4 to NRMU-12; and a continued hearing on gas well drilling and production regulations. - Special Called Session: Joint hearing to consider extending the gas well permit moratorium by 91 days.

Motions, Votes, and Outcomes The provided document is a meeting agenda and does not contain recorded motions, votes, or final outcomes. Per the Texas Open Meetings Act, final actions on closed meeting deliberations and all agenda items were scheduled to be taken during the open Regular and Special Called Sessions. Planning and Zoning Commission recommendations were noted for several public hearing items (e.g., Comprehensive Plan update with conditions, "Bar" use amendment, PD-12 amendments, and NR-4 to NRMU-12 rezoning).

Decisions Made No final decisions are documented in the agenda. The agenda indicates that consent agenda items were scheduled for approval via a single motion, authorizing the City Manager or designee to implement contracts and expenditures. Proposed actions included adopting ordinances for the Comprehensive Plan update, Development Code amendments, PD-12 modifications, NR-4 to NRMU-12 rezoning, and the gas well moratorium extension.

Action Items or Next Steps - City Manager or designee to execute approved consent agenda contracts and expenditures. - Proceed with eminent domain proceedings for the South Locust DME Substation expansion if the final purchase offer of $378,711.00 is not accepted. - Continue public hearing on gas well drilling and production ordinance amendments at a future scheduled date. - Implement 91-day extension of the gas well permit moratorium if approved during the Special Called Session. - Staff to provide further direction and reports as requested during Work Session and Closed Meeting deliberations.

Agenda Chapters
1. 2. Requests for clarification of agenda items listed on the agenda for January 6, 2015.
0:46 - 204:41
2. A. SI14-0013 Receive a report, hold a discussion, and give staff direction regarding the proposed Rayzor Ranch Vision and proposed revision to the current Ordinance.
23:12 - 145:45
3. B. ID 15-001 Receive a report, hold a discussion, and give staff direction regarding Smoking Ordinance No. 2012-367.
145:45 - 180:26
4. C. ID 15-008 Receive a report, hold a discussion, and give staff direction regarding the structure of the 2014 Bond Oversight Committee.
180:26 - 185:45
5. D. ID 15-009 Receive a report, hold discussion and consider recommending approval of hiring a second construction crew and purchase of related construction equipment for the Wastewater Collection department.
185:45 - 204:41
6. 1. Closed Meeting:
204:41 - 205:16
7. Regular Meeting of the City of Denton City Council at 6:30 p.m. in the Council Chambers at City Hall, 215 E. McKinney Street, Denton, Texas at which the following items will be considered:
205:16 - 205:22
8. 1. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
205:22 - 206:01
9. 2. CONSENT AGENDA
206:01 - 362:05
10. A. ID 15-020 Consider adoption of an ordinance finding that a public use and necessity exists to acquire fee simple title to a 2.484 acre tract located in the Alexander Hill Survey, Abstract No. 623, City of Denton, Denton County, Texas, as more particularly described and depicted on the Exhibits "A" and "B" attachments to the ordinance and located generally in the 200 block of Collins St. ("Property Interests"), for the public use of expansion, construction, maintenance, operation, and improvement of electric transmission and distribution lines, facilities, and structures, including substations and switch stations; authorizing the City Manager, or his designee, to make a final offer to Tomasa L. Garcia ("Owner") to purchase the Property Interests for the price of Three Hundred Seventy Eight Thousand Seven Hundred and Eleven Dollars and 00/100 dollars ($378,711.00), and other consideration, as set forth in the Contract of Sale attached as Exhibit "C" to the ordinance; authorizing the filing of eminent domain proceedings to acquire the Property Interests if the final offer is not accepted; authorizing the expenditure of funds; and providing an effective date. (South Locust DME Substation Expansion)
206:56 - 210:39
11. A. CA11-0004d Hold a public hearing and consider an ordinance of the City of Denton, Texas, adopting the update to the City of Denton's Comprehensive Plan; and providing an effective date. (CA11-0004) The Planning and Zoning Commission recommends approval of this request with conditions (5-2).
210:39 - 275:56
12. B. DCA14-0007 Hold a public hearing and consider adoption of an ordinance of the City of Denton, Texas, regarding amending Section 35.5 of the Denton Development Code to add "Bar" to the schedule of uses and amend Section 35.23 to define the use of "Bar" providing for a penalty in the maximum amount of $2,000 for violations thereof, severability, and an effective date (DCA14-0007). The Planning and Zoning Commission recommends approval of this request (7-0).
275:56 - 281:44
13. C. PDA14-0008 Hold a public hearing and consider adoption of an ordinance of the City of Denton, Texas, amending lot coverage, landscaping and elevations to the approved Detail Plan of Planned Development 12 (PD-12); and providing for a penalty in the maximum amount of $2,000 for violations thereof, severability, and an effective date (PDA14-0008). The Planning and Zoning Commission recommends approval of this request (7-0).
281:44 - 293:10
14. D. Z14-0021 Hold a public hearing and consider adoption of an ordinance of the City of Denton, Texas, regarding rezoning from a Neighborhood Residential 4 (NR-4) zoning district and use classification to a Neighborhood Residential Mixed Use 12 (NRMU-12) zoning district and use classification with Mixed Use Residential Protection Overlay restrictions on approximately 2.195 acres of land generally located at the northeast corner of McKinney Street and Bellaire Drive; and providing for a penalty in the maximum amount of $2,000.00 for violations, thereof, severability, and an effective date. (Z14-0021). The Planning and Zoning Commission recommends approval (6-1).
293:10 - 339:55
15. E. DCA14-0009A Continue a public hearing on Tuesday, January 6, 2015, and consider an ordinance amending Subchapters 5, 7, 16 and 22 of the Denton Development Code, relating to Gas Well Drilling and Production, Definitions and Procedures; amending Ordinance No. 2013-248, relating to planning and development fees and road damage remediation fees relating to gas well drilling and production activities; adding new Subchapter 22A to the Denton Development Code, relating to Oil and Gas Pipelines, Definitions, Procedures; providing a cumulative clause; providing a severability clause; providing for a penalty; and providing for an effective date (DCA14-0009A)
339:55 - 362:05
16. 5. CONCLUDING ITEMS
362:05 - 382:51
17. A. SI14-0012 Hold a Joint City Council and Planning and Zoning Commission public hearing and consider adoption of an ordinance amending Ordinance No. 2014-137, as amended by Ordinance Nos. 2014-192 and 2014-276, to extend for an additional ninety-one (91) days, or such other reasonable date, the moratorium on the acceptance, processing, and approval of certain applications for gas well permits within the corporate limits of the City of Denton, Texas, and on applications for specific use permits, site plans, development plans of any nature or type, including applications for amendments to approved or pending gas well development plats, and on applications for Fire Code operational permits, as they relate to gas well drilling and production activities, subject to certain exemptions; providing a cumulative clause; providing a severability clause; and providing an effective date.
366:05 - 382:51
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City of Denton City Hall 215 E. McKinney St. Denton, Texas 76201 www.cityofdenton.com Meeting Agenda City Council Tuesday, January 6, 2015 1:00 PM Work Session Room & Council Chambers After determining that a quorum is present, the City Council of the City of Denton, Texas will convene in a Work Session on Tuesday, January 6, 2015 at 1:00 p.m. in the Council Work Session Room at City Hall, 215 E. McKinney Street, Denton, Texas at which the following items will be considered: 1. Citizen Comments on Consent Agenda Items This section of the agenda allows citizens to speak on Consent Agenda Items only. Each speaker will be given a total of three (3) minutes to address any items he/she wishes that are listed on the Consent Agenda. A Request to Speak Card should be completed and returned to the City Secretary before Council considers this item. 2. Requests for clarification of agenda items listed on the agenda for January 6, 2015. 3. Work Session Reports A. SI14-0013 Receive a report, hold a discussion, and give staff direction regarding the proposed Rayzor Ranch Vision and proposed revision to the current Ordinance. Attachments: Exhibit 1 - RED Development Vision Exhibit 2- Ordinance 2010-158 (Revised) B. ID 15-001 Receive a report, hold a discussion, and give staff direction regarding Smoking Ordinance No. 2012-367. Attachments: Exhibit 1 2012-367 Smoking Regulations Exhibit 2 Informal Staff Report Smoking Ordinance Update (2014-058) Exhibit 3 Ecig Laws in States and Cities Exhibit 4 ANR E-cigarettes and Secondhand Aerosol Exhibit 5 AHA Fact Sheet - E-Cigarettes and Public Health Exhibit 6 TFK E-cigarettes Included in Smoke-Free Laws C. ID 15-008 Receive a report, hold a discussion, and give staff direction regarding the structure of the 2014 Bond Oversight Committee. Attachments: Exhibit 1 Powerpoint Presentation D. ID 15-009 Receive a report, hold discussion and consider recommending approval of hiring a second construction crew and purchase of related construction e…

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