Aug 27, 2024 City Council on 2024-08-27 1:00 PM (Special Called Meeting)

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Meeting Date:	August 27, 2024
Board:	City Council
Video ID:	313491

Has Transcript:	Yes
Has Agenda:	Yes

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Meeting Summary: Denton City Council Special Called Meeting Date: August 27, 2024 Time: 1:00 PM – 2:24 PM Location: Council Work Session Room, City Hall

Key Topics and Discussions The City Council convened exclusively in a closed session to address Item ID 24-1729. Deliberations focused on the potential purchase of real property situated in the J. White Survey, Abstract 1433, located off Colorado Boulevard. The closed session was authorized under Texas Government Code Sections 551.071 and 551.072 to facilitate consultation with City attorneys and protect the City’s negotiating and legal positions regarding the property acquisition.

Motions, Votes, and Outcomes No motions, votes, or formal actions were recorded. The meeting was conducted entirely in closed session in compliance with the Texas Open Meetings Act.

Decisions Made No final decisions or votes were taken during this meeting. Per Texas Government Code Chapter 551, any final action on matters deliberated in closed session must be taken in a subsequent open meeting.

Action Items or Next Steps - City staff will receive and implement direction from the Council regarding the potential property purchase and associated legal consultation. - Any formal action or vote concerning this matter will be scheduled for a future open City Council meeting.

Agenda Chapters

1. 1. Closed Meeting:

0:06 - 1:03

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                              [1. Closed Meeting:]
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          GOOD AFTERNOON AND WELCOME TO THIS MEETING OF THE DENTON CITY COUNCIL. WE ONLY HAVE ONE ITEM. 
          IT'S A CLOSED MEETING ITEM. SO IT IS 1:00 PM ON TUESDAY, AUGUST 27TH. WE DO HAVE A QUORUM, SO I'LL CALL THE MEETING TO ORDER AND IMMEDIATELY CALL OUR FIRST ITEM. THE CITY COUNCIL WILL NOW AT 1:00 PM, CONVENE IN CLOSED MEETING TO DELIBERATE THE CLOSED MEETING ITEM SET FORTH ON THE AGENDA, WHICH INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING ITEM A ID 241729. DELIBERATIONS REGARDING REAL PROPERTY UNDER TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 551.072. CONSULTATION WITH ATTORNEYS UNDER TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 551.071. WE GOOD AFTERNOON. AND IT IS NOW THE CITY COUNCIL, NOW AT 2:24 P.M, RECONVENED FROM THE CLOSED SESS
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.
                

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                    City of Denton City Hall
215 E. McKinney St.
Denton, Texas 76201
www.cityofdenton.com
Meeting Agenda
City Council
Tuesday, August 27, 2024 1:00 PM Council Work Session Room
SPECIAL CALLED
CLOSED MEETING BEGINS AT 1:00 P.M. IN THE COUNCIL WORK SESSION ROOM
After determining that a quorum is present, the City Council of the City of Denton, Texas will convene in a
Closed Session on Tuesday, August 27, 2024 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. Closed Meeting:
A. ID 24-1729 Deliberations regarding Real Property - Under Texas Government Code Section
551.072; Consultation with Attorneys - Under Texas Government Code Section
551.071.
Receive information from staff, discuss, deliberate, and provide staff with direction
pertaining to the potential purchase of real property situated in the J. White Survey,
Abstract 1433, in the City of Denton, Denton County, Texas, located off of Colorado
Boulevard, where a public deliberation of such potential purchase would have a
detrimental effect on the City’s position in negotiations with a third party. Consultation
with City’s attorney regarding issues associated with the above matter where public
discussion of these legal matters would conflict with the duty of the City’s attorneys to the
City of Denton under Texas Disciplinary Rule of Professional Conduct of the State Bar of
Texas, or would jeopardize the City’s legal position in any potential litigation.
Any final action, decision, or vote on a matter deliberated in a Closed Meeting will only be taken in an Open
Meeting that is held in compliance with Texas Government Code, Chapter 551, except to the extent such final
decision, or vote is taken in the Closed Meeting in accordance with the provisions of Section 551.086 of the
Texas Government Code (the ‘Public Power Exception’). The City Council reserves the right to adjourn into a
Closed Meeting or Executive Session as au…
                    
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