215 E. MCKINNEY • DENTON, TEXAS 76201 • (940) 349-8200 • FAX (940) 349-7206

MEMORANDUM

DATE: September 15, 2017

TO: The Honorable Mayor Watts and Council Members

FROM: Todd Hileman, City Manager

SUBJECT: Friday Staff Report

I. Council Schedule

A. Meetings

1. Mobility Committee Meeting on Tuesday, September 19, 2017 at 9:30 a.m. in the City Council Work Session Room

2. Work Session of the City Council on Tuesday, September 19, 2017 at 12:00 p.m. in the City Council Work Session Room followed by a Regular Meeting at 6:30 p.m. in the Council Chambers.

3. No Agenda Committee Meeting on Wednesday, September 20, 2017.

II. General Information & Status Updates

A. Pops Carter Artwork Vandalism – The vandalism case has been assigned to an investigator and we are currently reviewing available video footage from areas near the park. We interviewed several people who frequent the park and located a person who claims to have observed the piece undamaged Sunday afternoon, and then noticed it was damaged when he saw it Monday morning. We also have reports of additional damage to the lights at the pedestrian bridge, approximately 150 yards away. It is unlikely the lights were broken as a means to facilitate this other act. Based on this, and previous (unrelated) reports of similar vandalism in parks, public spaces, and around schools, it is likely that this fits more in line with random acts of vandalism, as opposed to any sort of targeted, racially motivated act. Staff Contact: Deputy Chief Scott Fletcher

The sculpture has been removed from the park to prevent any injuries to people or further damages to the sculpture. The Park Foundation yesterday raised $418 to help with repair and replacement. Staff is working with the Public Art Committee to determine next steps. Staff Contact: Emerson Vorel

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B. Organizational Changes – Please see below a few announcements of upcoming organizational changes.

Procurement and Compliance  In an effort to improve oversight and compliance of procurement and contracts, a new Director of Procurement and Compliance position has been created in the City Manager’s Office. Following an executive recruitment which resulted in two interview panels meeting with several external candidates to discuss their skill sets and interests, the decision was made to not extend an offer to any of the candidates. Cassandra Ogden, who currently serves as our Utilities Business Manager, will be promoted to this new position. Cassandra will spend the first year of her tenure in the position developing a procurement training plan for all departments; be integrated into the business planning for each department in order to help strategize how to best service their procurement needs; analyze best practices to update the city’s procurement goals; and, help structure an internal contract compliance function for all department heads. There are currently over 900 identified leases, contracts, and professional service agreements that have been identified and a plan needs to be developed to ensure City resources and expectations are being overseen appropriately. Cassandra will be out for an extended leave but will fill the role upon her return in mid to late November.  To aid the Director of Procurement and Compliance with the contract and process review and compliance, a Compliance Officer position has been created. Jamie Lindsey, who currently serves as our Assistant Customer Service Manager, will be promoted to this new position effective September 18, 2017.

Capital Projects  As you know, the Capital Projects Department was created in February 2017 to ensure timely delivery and coordination of capital projects. Working through the backlog of projects, as well as the growth of our City, continues to put great demands on this department. As a result, there is a need for additional assistance in that department. An Assistant Director of Capital Projects position has been created that will report to Galen Gillum. D’Lee Williams, who currently serves as our Assistant Director of Parks and Recreation, will be transferred to the Assistant Director of Capital Projects effective September 18, 2017.  Also to better coordinate and support the continued growing demands and needed improvements in traffic management (traffic signals and signs), the Traffic Operations Division will now report to Pritam Deshmukh effective September 18, 2017.

Transportation  In order to better coordinate and implement sidewalk projects, all requests for sidewalks will now be worked through the Bike and Pedestrian Coordinator, Julie Anderson. Councilmembers and staff are asked to route any requests for new or existing sidewalks to her, either through phone or email. Contact info: [email protected], (940) 349-7718.

Parks and Recreation  Laura Behrens, who currently serves as the City’s Fire Marshal, will be transferred to the Parks and Recreation Department to fill the Assistant Director position

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effective September 18, 2017. Chief Paulsgrove is currently developing a process to enable interested internal candidates to apply for the Fire Marshal position.

Customer Service  The Customer Service Division will be transferred from Galen Gillum to Chuck Springer in Finance effective September 18, 2017.

Staff contact: Todd Hileman

C. Hurricane Irma Assistance – DME crews continue to assist with power restoration efforts in Ocala, Florida. As of today, approximately 9,000 customers (17 percent of Ocala’s total customers) are still without power. A resident of Ocala sent the following message:

“I live in southeast Ocala, FL and would like to thank and commend you all. Your crew is stellar. They worked late in my neighborhood with a great attitude and diligence and would not leave till we were back on. Thank you again for all your help!”

D. DEC Construction Update – Construction on the Denton Energy Center (DEC) is approximately 55% complete. Expenditures to date are approximately 52.3% of the allocated project funds.

Hurricane Harvey and the flooding of the greater Houston area has caused a delay in the delivery of the last six remaining engines and generators to Denton.

The first North Hall generator left Houston on Tuesday, via heavy haul truck and trailer, for the two-day trip to Denton. The remaining generators will depart next week.

All six North Hall engines have been off-loaded at the Houston port. ETA of engines to Denton is September 21 or 22.

The estimated equipment schedule impact attributed to Hurricane Harvey is unknown at this time, but could be anywhere from 0 to 10 days. The potential labor schedule impact due to Hurricane Irma will not be known for several weeks.

Major Project Accomplishment: First assembled engine (engine #7) was placed in the South Engine Hall on September 2. All six engines were in place by September 14. Site is averaging 200-225 daily workers.

Project Schedule: South Engine Hall ‐ Enclosed and Dried In 8.2.17 (Completed ahead of schedule) North Engine Hall ‐ Enclosed and Dried In 8.2.17 (Completed ahead of schedule) 3 Plant Power Transformers arrive in 8.12.17 (Arrived as scheduled) Denton via rail 6 South Hall Engines arrive in Denton via 8.22.17 (6 engines have been trucked to site) rail Plant Central Control Section ‐ Enclosed 8.25.17 (completed ahead of schedule) and Dried In

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6 Engines moved into South Engine Hall 9.15.17 (Completed) 6 North Hall Engines arrive in Denton Mid‐September (Possible delay)* 6 Engines moved into North Engine Hall 10.6.17 (Probable delay)* Start‐Up and Commissioning – Balance of Spring 2018* Plant Start‐Up and Commissioning Preliminary Late Sprint 2018* Engine Testing Commercial Operation of Plant COP During Summer 2018* (generating power) Engine Reliability Tests Immediately following COP Air Emissions Test Ongoing after Preliminary Engine Testing

*Schedule contingent on the arrival of the last six North Hall engines and generators to Denton.

Please see attached project photos from the Denton Energy Center.

E. Property at 2910 E University Drive – At the August 8 Council work session, City Council considered the potential disposal of a list of City owned property tracts. During this discussion, Council inquired if a one-acre parcel located at 2910 E University Drive had the potential to be a fire station site. Staff has reviewed the parcel and determined that it is not feasible due to the reduction of the size and usable property on the site after the utility easements and a floodplain overlay are accounted for. Staff contact: Chief Paulsgrove

F. 2017/2018 Strategic Plan – A draft strategic plan was included in the Friday, September 8 staff report with a request for any Council feedback on the updated plan. Staff received feedback from Council Member Gregory to add strategic initiatives to 1) decrease the number of structures in the 100 year floodplain and 2) increase the number of accommodations (trails, side paths, sidewalks, and bike lanes) for active transportation (walking and biking).

A goal has been added under KFA 2 to decrease the number of structures in the 100 year floodplain by 3% by 2020. Currently there are 1,304 buildings located in the 100- year floodplain, so a 3% decrease represents removing approximately 45 buildings from the floodplain. Over the next three years, staff plans to complete phase 1 and 2 of the PEC-4 drainage project that will convert an aging, undersized concrete channel in downtown Denton to a closed system to provide flood protection for the neighboring homes and businesses. Completion of these phases of the project would meet this goal.

Under KFA 5, a work plan item is included to “Continue to improve continuity and infrastructure for bike and pedestrian transportation”. A component of that work plan item will be to conduct a comprehensive sidewalk inventory, as the last sidewalk inventory was done in 2015, and develop a plan to address the capital planning and replacement of city sidewalks. Once an accurate inventory is achieved, staff can develop a strategic initiative with a metric and number to increase the number of accommodations (trails, side paths, sidewalks, and bike lanes) for active transportation (walking and biking).

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Consideration of approval of the 2017/2018 Strategic Plan is included on the September 19 City Council agenda with the above modifications. Staff contact: Sarah Kuechler

G. Smoking Ordinance – On April 21, 2015, the City Council passed Ordinance No. 2015- 121 adopting additional regulations governing smoking in the city, including banning smoking indoors and adding electronic cigarettes and vapor products to the definition of smoking. Bars permitting smoking as of the date of passage of the ordinance were permitted to temporarily continue operating as a “smoking bar” until the sunset date of December 31, 2017. The delayed implementation was intended to allow time for them to remodel or relocate if they wanted to provide smoking options in outdoor patios.

Staff is preparing to send a series of letters to the original list of grandfathered “smoking bars” to remind them of the ordinance and approaching date for compliance. Staff contact: Sarah Kuechler / Brian Daskam

H. Landfill Buffer – During the citizen reports portion of the August 15, 2017 Council meeting, resident Robert Donnelly raised a concern about the number of trees in the landfill buffer zone not being sufficient to satisfy the landfill’s specific use permit (SUP).

Many trees have been lost in the buffer zone through the years due to drought and diseases. Staff have been in the process of evaluating planting in the buffer zone, but determining the appropriate type and location of trees to ensure survival is challenging due to existing utility infrastructure, a future DME transmission project and associated easements, and the widening of Mayhill Road. Staff met with Mr. Donnelly earlier this summer and explained that the planting would be delayed in order to develop a plan that addresses these challenges while ensuring the long term health of the trees. Staff is currently in the process of requesting professional services to complete a study that will recommend the tree species, location, and maintenance required for the planting to be successful. Upon conclusion of the study, staff will provide an update to the City Council and implement the recommended tree planting and maintenance program. Staff contact: Ethan Cox

I. Friday Reports on the Website – The Friday staff reports will be posted on the website going forward. The reports can be found under Open Government and clicking on Staff Reports.

III. Community Events & Updates

A. Denton Blues Festival – The Denton Blues Festival will take place this weekend in Quakertown Park. The free event starts tonight and goes through Sunday.

IV. Attachments

A. Photos from Denton Energy Center

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V. Informal Staff Reports

A. Summary of the 85th Texas Legislative Sessions B. DCAD Board Nominations C. Red Light Camera Intersections (Mario)

VI. Council Information

A. Council Requests for Information B. Draft Agenda for September 26 C. Council Calendar (September-October 2017) D. Future Council Items E. Street Construction Report

Denton Energy Center Project Photos

Gantry Crane supporting engine prior to placement in Hall

Assembled Engine being slid into South Hall

Wartsila Mechanics installing internal oil filters

Generator being slid into place

First Genset (engine and generator) joined and set in place

Date: September 15, 2017 Report No. 2017-066

INFORMAL STAFF REPORT TO MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL

SUBJECT: Summary of the 85th Texas Legislative Sessions

BACKGROUND: The City compiles its key legislative issues into a State Legislative Program that is adopted by the City Council in advance of the regular Texas Legislature session every two years. The City’s 2017 State Legislative Program for the 85th session was adopted by the City Council on December 13, 2016. The Program included a general policy that the City will oppose any legislation viewed as detrimental to the City’s strategic goals or would limit home rule authority; is contrary to the health, safety, and welfare of its citizens; mandates increased costs or loss of revenues; or would diminish the fundamental authority of the City.

DISCUSSION: Please find attached an End of Session Report from the City’s legislative consultant, Focused Advocacy, presenting a recap of the outcomes for the regular and special sessions of the 85th Texas Legislative, both in terms of cities affected statewide and Denton specifically.

Below are a couple noteworthy items from the special session:  SB 6 passed requiring cities in large counties to receive voter approval before annexing new areas. This is harmful to cities that use annexation as a means to ensure that residents and businesses outside a city’s corporate limits, who benefit from access to the city’s facilities and services, share the tax burden associated with constructing and maintaining those facilities and services. Texas Municipal League (TML) is working to update an annexation paper and provide guidance based upon the requirements of the legislation. Staff plans to present an overview on annexation changes to the City Council at a work session in October.

 HB 7 passed pre-empting some aspects of local tree ordinances. HB 7 does not allow cities to charge homeowners fees for removing trees that are under 10 inches in diameter. There is additional regulations regarding offset fees – homeowners can entirely eliminate fees by planting new trees, residential developers can offset 50% of fees, and commercial property owners can offset fees by at least 40%. This bill goes into effect December 1, 2017. Staff is working together to compare this legislation with the City’s tree ordinance and will report back to Council in October on this legislation and any associated impacts.

Please do not hesitate to contact staff with any questions on the legislative session or the attached report from Focused Advocacy.

ATTACHMENTS: 1. End of Session Report

STAFF CONTACT:

Date: September 15, 2017 Report No. 2017-066

Sarah Kuechler Assistant to the City Manager (940) 349-8356 [email protected]

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85TH SESSION END OF SESSION REPORT CITY OF DENTON

Brandon Aghamalian Snapper Carr Curt Seidlits Andrew Keefer

DENTON HOUSE DELEGATION

Tan Parker Lynn Stucky Pat Fallon Investments & Financial Agriculture & Livestock Culture, Recreation & Tourism Services (Chair) Land & Resource Management Elections International Trade & Intergovernmental Affairs Redistricting

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DENTON SENATE DELEGATION

Jane Nelson Craig Estes Finance (Chair) Natural Resources & Economic Development (Chair) State Affairs Business & Commerce Health and Human Services Transition Nominations Legislative Oversight Committee (Co‐chair) State Affairs State Water Implementation Fund for Texas Advisory Committee

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WHERE WE STARTED LEADERSHIP AGENDAS • Solid GOP majorities in both chambers – House 95 R / 55 D Senate 20 R / 11 D • Abbott – Four Emergency Items: CPS, Sanctuary Cities, Ethics, and a Convention of the States; added a fifth: Voter ID • Patrick – SB 1‐30: Property Tax Caps, School Choice, “Bathroom Bill,” Sanctuary Cities, Voter ID, State Spending Caps, Hailstorm • Straus – School Funding, CPS, Mental Health, Infrastructure, Higher Education

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85TH LEGISLATURE BY THE NUMBERS

• 6,568 # of bills filed (i.e. –proposed ideas) • 169 # of constitutional amendments filed • 80 # of bills filed per day • 3,089 # of bills filed last 10 days before deadline (47%) • 2,508 # of “city bills” tracked and monitored by Focused Advocacy

• 1,211 # of bills passed (18% passage rate) • 9 # of constitutional Amendments passed

• 1,007 # of bills signed into law • 153 # of bills filed without signature • 50 # of bills vetoed

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DENTON LEGISLATIVE AGENDA As adopted by Council (Resolution #043 2016) 1. Protect Revenue Sources & Budget Setting Authority 2. Protect Land Use Regulations & Authority 3. Preserve DME as Community Owned & Operated

4. Seek introduction and passage of legislation to authorize City to utilize local Hotel Occupancy Tax (HOT) funds for enhancement of city‐owned recreation fields (as adopted by Council Resolution #11 2017)

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RESULTS

1. Protect Revenue Sources & Budget Setting Authority ✔ Defeated SB 1 / SB 2

2. Protect Land Use Regulations & Authority Authority ✔‐ Defeated all bad land use bills but “Vote to be Annexed” passed in special –however Denton SPA protected by Focused Advocacy efforts

3. Preserve DME ✔ No bad MOU bills passed

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RESULTS

• HB 2445 by Rep. Stucky & Estes – PASSED • Rep. Stucky filed it • Delicate bill that required a lot of negotiating with Texas Hotel Association • Mayor & lobby team invested a lot of time/effort • The bill became subject to a lot of other (unrelated) amendments • It was one of the very last bills passed on the last day • Hard fought victory with all credit to Stucky & Estes

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TREES

• SB 744 by Sen. Kolkhorst (author) & Rep. Phelan (sponsor) – PASSED – Passed during regular session but vetoed by the Governor – Governor veto statement: “…compromise bill that imposes a very minor restriction on some municipal tree ordinances…I believe we can do better for private property owners”

• HB 7 by Rep. Phelan (author) & Sen. Kolkhorst (sponsor) – PASSED – Passed during special session – HB 7, unlike SB 744, doesn’t allow cities to charge homeowners fees for removing trees that are under 10” in diameter – More specific about offset fees: homeowners can entirely eliminate fees by planting new trees, residential developers can offset 50% of fees, and commercial property owners can offset fees by at least 40% – Goes into effect Dec. 1

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ANNEXATION

• SB 715 by Sen. Campbell (author) & Rep. Huberty (sponsor) – DEFEATED – Defeated with a filibuster during regular session

• SB 6 by Sen. Campbell (author) & Rep. Huberty (sponsor) – PASSED – Passed during special session – Rewrites Municipal Annexation Act to severely curtail the ability of cities to annex property – “Bracketed” to apply only to certain cities – Goes into effect on Dec. 1

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WHAT PASSED MUNICIPAL BILLS

Author Bill # Description Status Sponsor

Perry SB 4 Sanctuary Cities PASSED Geren

Paddie TNC’s (Transportation Network HB 100 PASSED Schwertner Companies) ‐ Uber

Hancock Small Cell Deployment (right of SB 1004 PASSED Geren way fees) ‐ AT&T

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SB 1004

• SB 1004 by Sen. Hancock (author) & Rep. Geren (sponsor) – PASSED • Taxpayer subsidy for use of public property • Mandates the use of street signs, traffic structures, and street lights for antennas for cell phone companies • Subsidizes the cell phone industry with below market rental rates and capped application fees • Under the Texas Constitution, cities are mandated to receive fair market rental value for use of public rights‐of‐way. • City coalition led by McAllen and Dallas have filed a state suit challenging constitutionality of the statute. More cities are expected to join coalition as the suit moves forward

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WHAT DID NOT PASS REGULAR SESSION Author Bill # Description Status Sponsor 4% Property tax rate caps & budget SB 2 Bettencourt DEFEATED referendums SB 715 Campbell Vote‐to‐be‐annexed in certain counties DEFEATED HB 424 Huberty SB 241 Burton Prohibiting Cities From Advocating / Lobbying DEFEATED SB 445 Burton SB 451 Hancock Preempting short term property rental DEFEATED HB 2551 Parker ordinances (i.e. – Home Away / Air B‐n‐B) Requiring cities to get Secretary of State SB 488 Bettencourt DEFEATED approval for all ballot propositions HB 1658 Phelan Requiring voluminous financial information to DEFEATED SB 461 Lucio appear on bond proposition ballots SB 737 Hancock Requiring cities to send email notification and DEFEATED HB 1577 Parker hold hearings before adopting/raising “fees”

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WHAT DID NOT PASS REGULAR SESSION

Author Bill # Description Status Sponsor Preempting tree ordinances if owner believes HB 1572 Workman DEFEATED removing tree necessary for safety Making cities broadly liable for attorney’s fees in HB 744 Farrar DEFEATED civil litigation HB 3801 Capriglione Prohibiting municipal regulation of payday DEFEATED SB 1530 Estes lenders HB 2076 Schubert Allowing former owners to repurchase DEFEATED SB 628 Schwertner condemned property for lack of progress HB 1271 Lang Elimination of May city election date DEFEATED SB 88 Hall Banning city red light cameras DEFEATED HB 808 Fallon

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UTILITY BILLS

WHAT PASSED

Author Bill # Description Status Sponsor

Menendez Bill payment assistance program SB 758 PASSED Rodriguez, J. for CPS Extends ERCOT IOUs to file at the SB 735 Hancock PUC to make rate changes PASSED between base rate cases

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EMINENT DOMAIN

Author Bill # Description Status Sponsor Acquisition of property by an SB 740 Kolkhorst entity with eminent domain DEFEATED authority acquisition of property by an entity with eminent domain DeWayne HB 2684 authority; waiving certain DEFEATED Burns sovereign and governmental immunity

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WHAT DID NOT PASS

Author Bill # Description Status Sponsor

AE customers to petition the PUC to HB 1460 Workman DEFEATED review rates Allow Austin City Council to transfer HB 1458 Workman management of AE to an appointed DEFEATED Board of Trustees Cap AE general fund transfer and limit HB 1459 Workman DEFEATED use of revenue Require AE to transfer outside of city HB 1461 Workman limits customers to neighboring electric DEFEATED cooperatives

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ELECTRIC MARKET STRUCTURE

Author Bill # Description Status Sponsor Hancock General Land Office Power SB 736 PASSED Clardy Program Menendez SB 758 Bill payment assistance programs PASSED Rodriguez, J. Eligibility process for customer SB 1976 Whitmire PASSED service benefits

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BILLS AFFECTING CITIES LAND USE REGULATIONS

Author Bill # Description Status Sponsor Kolkhorst Tree planting credit to offset tree SB 744 VETOED Phelan mitigation fees Buckingham Limits municipal regulation of SB 1248 PASSED Lucio IIII manufactured home communities HB Simmons Prohibits cities from imposing affordable PASSED 1449 Nelson housing fees on new construction

HB Kuempel Loser pays court costs and attorney's fees PASSED 1704 Huffman in “permit vesting” lawsuits (chapter 245)

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BILLS AFFECTING CITIES CONTRACTING & REPORTING

Author Bill # Description Status Sponsor Personal financial statements filed by public Capriglione HB 501 officers and candidates, disclosure of certain PASSED Taylor, V. contracts Contracts with and training for governmental Zaffirini SB 255 entities and vendors, including purchasing and PASSED Simmons contract management training

Creighton Purchase of iron and steel made in the United SB 1289 PASSED Paddie States for certain governmental entity projects

Watson Annual report submitted to comptroller for SB 1221 PASSED Hinojosa hotel occupancy taxes

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ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT • No “bad” economic development bills passed this session.

• However, dozens were filed and considered.

• “Economic Development” has become a bad word. It’s now thought of by most as cronyism, picking winner and losers, corporate welfare and/or violating property rights.

• Texas Enterprise Fund reduced to $86M (down from $90M).

• FYI ‐ Chapter 312 (tax abatements) expires next session.

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LOCAL CONTROL VS. LIBERTY

• “If 2015 was the year local control began to lose its luster as a governing principle…, the 2017 Session saw the culmination of this unfortunate trend.

• The new, improved mantra at the Capitol is “liberty,” which translates to liberty to do anything you want in a city without consideration for the liberty or property values of your neighbors.

• How did we arrive at this state of affairs?

• There are three principle reasons.” ‐‐ TML

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LOCAL CONTROL VS. LIBERTY

• ‘First, national “think tanks” are pushing the idea that state legislatures know better than local governments…that preemption …is the way forward... These groups are well funded by the national business lobby.

• It’s a simple concept: why deal with multiple cities’ regulations when you can have one‐ stop shopping at the statehouse?

• Second, years of litigation against the federal government have convinced some that state government is the pinnacle... That state government is supreme, and higher and lower levels of government need to get on board with that concept.

• Finally, (there is) a new effort to politicize the non‐partisan nature of city government... Supporters of the two major parties are active in local city elections. This trend toward politicizing local government may be one of the biggest challenges the League faces in the coming years.” ‐‐ TML

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SPECIAL SESSION

• During regular session, Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick held key “sunset” legislation hostage

• It was an effort to force a special session on other issues

• Namely bathrooms and property tax reform and some other “red‐meat” issues

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MAKE IT COUNT 20 ISSUES • “Because of their inability or refusal to pass a simple law that would prevent the medical profession from shutting down, I’m announcing a special session to complete that unfinished business. But if I’m going to ask taxpayers to foot the bill for a special session, I intend to make it count.” –Greg Abbott

• Promised to add 19 more issues but only after the Senate passed sunset

• 20 for 20 became the mantra – especially in the Senate and with the Governor

• “As your governor, I will not allow Austin, Texas, to California‐ize the Lone Star State” –Greg Abbott

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PATRICK COMMENT ABOUT CITIES • Dan Patrick: “People are happy with their governments at the state level.

• They’re not with their cities…

• Our cities are still controlled by Democrats.” –Dan Patrick

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PATRICK COMMENT ABOUT CITIES • “Where do we have all our problems in America? Not at the state level, run by Republicans, but in our cities mostly controlled by Democrat mayors and city councilmen.

• That’s where you see liberal policies, that’s where you see high taxes, where you see high street crimes. Look at New York, look at Chicago, look at…go around the country.

• So the only place Democrats have control of is our cities and they’re doing a terrible job.”‐‐Dan Patrick

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THE SCORE CARD WHAT PASSED

1. Medical Board Reauthorization (sunset) ✔ 2. Annexation by Referendum ✔ 3. Preemption of Tree Ordinances ✔ 4. Reforming Health Insurance funded Abortions ✔ 5. Abortion Complication Reporting ✔ 6. Commission for School Finance ✔ 7. Teacher Pay & Benefits (Band Aid School Finance) ✖✔ 8. Mail‐in Ballot Fraud ✔ 9. Do‐Not‐Resuscitate Orders ✔ 10. Maternal Mortality Task Force ✔

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THE SCORE CARD WHAT FAILED

1. Property Tax Rate Caps / Budget Referendums (3%) ✖ 2. Spending Caps on Local Governments ✖ 3. Preemption of Ordinance on Private Property ✖ 4. Preemption of Hands Free Ordinances ✖ 5. Expedited Permitting ✖ 6. Bathrooms / Privacy ✖ 7. Prohibiting Taxpayer Funded Abortions ✖ 8. School Choice (Special Needs Student) ✖ 9. Union Dues ✖ 10. Spending Caps on State ✖

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THE BLAME GAME

• "We missed some major opportunities, but what I'm most upset about is the House quit tonight," Patrick said at a press conference Tuesday evening.” With 27 hours to go, they walked off the job," he added.

• Gov. Greg Abbott put blame on the House —particularly Speaker Joe Straus —for the shortcomings of the special session and left the door open to calling another one.

• Asked if he assigned blame to Straus, a San Antonio Republican, Abbott replied, "Well, of course."

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THE BLAME GAME

• "There is a deep divide between the House and Senate on these important issues," Abbott said.

• "So I’m going to be making decisions later on about whether we call another special session, but in the meantime, what we must do is we need to all work to get more supportr fo these priorities and to eliminate or try to dissolve the difference between the House and the Senate on these issues so we can get at a minimum an up‐or‐down vote on these issues or to pass it.”

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LOOKING AHEAD JUDICIARY • Sanctuary Cities (SB 4) –TRO issued Aug. 30, 2017

• Voter ID –permanent injunction issued Aug. 23, 2017

• Small Cell Deployment (HB 1004) – lawsuit filed

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LOOKING AHEAD ELECTIONS • Statewide Officers on the ballot in 2018 (US Senate top of ticket along with Governor, Lt. Gov, etc.)

• Primary races essentially start now (March 6, 2018)

• General Election (Nov. 6, 2018)

• Retirements / Seeking other offices will continue to drive turnover in Legislature

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MEMBERS NOT RETURNING

SENATORS REPRESENTATIVES

1. Taylor, Van (R) – Plano 1. Keough, Mark (R) –The Woodlands 2. Gonzales, Larry (R) – Round Rock 3. Laubenberg, Jodie (R) – Parker 4. Cindy Burkett – running for Senate 5. Pat Fallon – running for Senate

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LOOKING AHEAD NEXT SESSION • Anti‐First Amendment Movement (limiting cities voice in legislature)

• Property Tax Rate Caps & Budget Referendums

• Local Control v. Liberty (i.e. ‐ municipal preemption) – Land use – STR

• Right of Way Revenues

• Debt Issuance

• Re‐Addressing Unconstitutional Bills

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THANK YOU

Brandon Aghamalian Snapper Carr Curt Seidlits Andrew Keefer

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19 Date: September 15, 2017 Report No. 2017-067

INFORMAL STAFF REPORT TO MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL

SUBJECT:

Nominations for DCAD Board of Directors

BACKGROUND:

The Denton Central Appraisal District (DCAD) has requested nominations to their Board of Directors (memo attached). This item will be included on the October 10, 2017 City Council Agenda. The purpose of this informal staff report is to notify you of the nomination process in advance so that you can give adequate consideration to your nominee(s). The City can nominate up to five candidates. Please let me know of your recommended nominee(s) by September 28, 2017, in order to prepare the documents for the City Council Agenda.

Board members serve two-year terms, and all five board member positions are subject to the nomination process every two years. The number of votes a taxing unit has is determined by their proportional share of the total levy in the district from the prior tax year. There are a total of 5,000 votes throughout the district. One thousand votes are the maximum number needed to elect a local representative/nominee to the Board of Directors. In 2015, the City of Denton cast 192 votes for Charles Stafford to serve on the DCAD Board of Directors.

The current Board of Directors is as follows:

Charles Stafford - Chairman Connie Smith – Vice Chairman David Terre – Secretary Mike Hassett – Member Robert Gallagher – Member

Michelle French – Ex Officio Member

DISCUSSION:

This year, the City has 191 votes and DISD has 658 votes. The following is a summarization of DCAD’s nomination process.

Prior to October 1st - DCAD notifies taxing entities of the number of votes they are entitled to cast for appointing board members.

Prior to October 15th - Nominations are submitted to DCAD by each jurisdiction. Each jurisdiction can nominate up to five candidates.

Date: September 15, 2017 Report No. 2017-067

Prior to October 30th - DCAD compiles a comprehensive list of the nominees and forwards to each taxing unit in the form of a ballot.

Prior to December 15 - The taxing jurisdictions choose by written resolution the candidate (s) of their choice. The jurisdiction then submits the name (s) and the votes cast to DCAD.

Prior to December 31st - DCAD tabulates the votes and forwards the results back to the jurisdictions. The five candidates that receive the most votes become the Board of Directors as of January 1st.

ATTACHMENT:

1. DCAD Memo

STAFF CONTACT: Chuck Springer, Director of Finance (940) 349-8260 [email protected]

Date: September 15, 2017 Report No. 2017-068

INFORMAL STAFF REPORT TO MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL

SUBJECT:

Information regarding the City of Denton’s Red Light Camera Program

BACKGROUND: A recent investigative news story from KXAN-TV of Austin reported that several cities within the state were not in compliance with state law regarding their red light enforcement program. The story explained that several Texas cities had not conducted the required engineering study prescribed by Senate Bill 1119 (which became Chapter 707, Texas Transportation Code), which was enacted on September 1, 2007. As a result of this news piece, some concerns were raised at the September 12, 2017, City Council meeting about whether Denton’s program is in compliance. A request was made to provide a report of Denton’s red light enforcement program and the associated engineering studies.

City Staff has confirmed that Denton’s red light enforcement program is in compliance with state law.

The City of Denton has 13 cameras monitoring 11 intersections. The camera intersections are: 1) Bell Avenue (northbound) at Hickory (installed 2006) 2) W. Oak (westbound) at Carroll (2006) 3) Mayhill (northbound and southbound) at Spencer (2006) 4) Shady Oaks (eastbound) at Woodrow (2006) 5) Ft. Worth (northbound) at I35E Service Road (2011) 6) University (eastbound and westbound) at Mayhill (2011) 7) Ft. Worth (southbound) at I35E Service Road (2013) 8) Loop 288 (northbound) at Spencer (2014) 9) Loop 288 (southbound) at I35E Service Road (2014) 10) Lillian Miller (eastbound) at I35E Service Road (2014) 11) University (westbound) at I35 Service Road (2014)

The City had contracted to install red light cameras at four intersections in 2006 and at that time there was no requirement to conduct an engineering study and therefore they were never completed. All other red light cameras since SB 1119’s passage engineering studies have been completed. Subsequent installations were placed on TXDoT controlled roadways and all data has been acquired and submitted to TXDOT in accordance to their format.

There is an exception for three of the cameras installed in 2011. When plans began for this these cameras TXDoT had not created the standard form. As a result, staff gathered the required information and presented our engineering findings to the Traffic Safety Commission in December 2007 and to the City Council in subsequent meetings. This information was then submitted to the Dallas TXDOT office. Since that time, all subsequent cameras have used the standard TXDoT format.

ATTACHMENTS:

1. KXAN News – Red Light Cameras 2. Municipal Maintenance Agreement Red Light 3. Engineering Report – Ft. Worth @ IH35E 4. Engineering Report – University(380) @ Mayhill 5. Engineering Report – Ft. Worth @ I35 6. Engineering Report – Loop 288 @ Spencer 7. Engineering Report – Loop 288 @ I35 8. Engineering Report – Lillian Miller @ I35 9. Engineering Report – 380 wb @ I35

STAFF CONTACT:

Mario Canizares, Assistant City Manager (940) 349-8535 [email protected] Canizares, Mario

Red light cameras across Texas could be operating illegally

Red light cameras investigation.

By Jody BarrPublished: September 10, 2017, 7:30 pm Updated: September 10, 2017, 9:21 pm Austin's Red Light Cameras

AUSTIN (KXAN) -- There are nine intersections in Austin, armed with a red light camera. You might not notice them, but roll through a red light or roll past that white stop bar painted on the ground and you’re likely to end up with a $75 ticket in the mail.

Austin is one of 60 cities across Texas to have installed red light cameras. Several of those cities have gotten rid of their cameras; mostly because when voters have a say, they vote the cameras out of town.

But, a KXAN Investigation of how these cities installed the cameras shows most all are not in compliance with state law—the law that gave cities the right to charge a civil fine for running a red light.

1 Before Sept. 1, 2007, there were no rules on how much Texas cities could charge for running a red light. There were no rules on how cities could contract with camera companies with respect to keeping cameras from being used to fill quotas and be turned into money makers for cities.

With the passage of Senate Bill 1119 in 2007, that all changed. The new law gave cities the right to charge drivers civil fines for red light running instead of the criminal penalty. The law became part of Texas Transportation Code, Section 707.003.

The law had one major requirement before a city could install a red light camera: perform a traffic engineering study. Those studies required cities to look for other adjustments that could be made to an intersection to reduce crashes before installing a red light camera—or to help reduce the chances of people running a red light.

In order to find out which cities complied with the law, KXAN filed public records requests with every city that we could find records of ever using a red light camera. KXAN received records from 50 cities. Our analysis of those records shows only three cities appear to have conducted a traffic engineering study that was signed and sealed by a licensed Texas engineer: Abilene, College Station and Southlake.

“We found—more than once, on multiple, multiple occasions…there’s a lot of cities that just didn’t comply with this traffic engineering study requirement—at all,” Russell Bowman told KXAN. Bowman is an attorney in Irving and got a red light ticket in Richardson, Texas in November of 2012. Bowman said he wasn’t driving the car at the time, but someone in his family was. Bowman still got the ticket and would have to prove it wasn’t him running the red light.

Bowman chose to fight the $75 ticket. It was nothing more than a fight on principal, Bowman said.

“They ticketed the wrong guy this time,” Bowman told KXAN investigator Jody Barr.

Bowman filed records requests with Richardson’s city hall. The lack of response, he said, caused him to sue the city.

Knowing the state required cities to perform a traffic engineering study for each red light camera as of Sept. 1, 2007, Bowman wanted to see if Richardson ever performed the study. Richardson officials, Bowman said, never answered his request to see their study.

"I know why they didn’t respond to my letter because they never did those things,” Bowman said. “When I’m looking at the statute, it provides that if the traffic engineering study is not done, they can’t impose a red light camera penalty—they just can’t—the statute prohibits it." The Lack of an Engineering Study

Our analysis of the 49 cities that responded shows only Abilene , College Station and Southlake hired professional engineers who signed and sealed those cities' engineering studies.

“We did not want these to become little ATMs along the highway,” State Rep. Jim Murphy, R-Houston, who co- authored the 2007 red light camera law, along with former Dallas-area State Senator, John Carona. Carona— who lost his seat in 2015—declined to participate in this report.

Lawmakers took suggestions from the engineering field before writing the red light law so they could clearly detail that requirement in the bill, Murphy said.

“Part of the engineering study is to say: are there other things you can do because there are measures that are much easier to do, sometimes they’re less expensive,” Murphy said. “It was to say the conditions merit a red light camera and there is no other alternative." 2 On Aug. 2, the city of Austin sent KXAN a response to a public records request, asking the city for its traffic engineering study. What we got back was 10 pages titled, “Assessment Sheet: Engineering Countermeasures to Reduce Red-Light Running.”

We looked for an engineer’s name on each of the pages. There wasn’t one. There also isn’t an engineer’s seal, identification number or signature on any of the 10 pages.

We showed Austin's study to Rep. Murphy. For comparison, we also showed Murphy a copy of Abilene’s 109- page engineering study; a study Irving Attorney Russell Bowman calls the “standard” for how these studies should be done.

“Clearly, these are in two different worlds,” Murphy said as he looked over Austin and Abilene’s studies last month. “This is not a sealed study. It does not identify the level of detail and it doesn’t seem to have any options."

Aside from College Station, Abilene, and Southlake, our research shows nearly every other city we got records from did what Austin did. Those cities performed assessments of each intersection, keyed in figures on the assessment sheet and provided those to us as their traffic engineering studies.

The only other city with a signed, sealed study that appears to meet the requirements of the engineering study was the city of Willis. Willis didn’t perform its engineering study until more than five years after installing its red light cameras and did so amid a lawsuit over its cameras, according to records provided to KXAN by the city. Austin's Red Light Cameras

Since 2008, Austin’s cameras have issued 81,493 red light tickets, according to records provided by the city’s municipal court. Find out which cameras have caught the most red light runners.

App users tap here for the interactive map. Cities Could be Forced To Issue Refunds

3 The concern with those fighting cities like Austin in court is that those cities might be forced to repay the money it has collected one day. According to figures from the Texas Comproller's Office, cities have netted around $537 million from red light camera tickets since 2008.

We tried for nearly three weeks to have someone from the city of Austin’s Transportation Department interview with us as part of this investigation. For nearly three weeks, the city would not provide an interview.

The city’s transportation department sent us an email, defending the city’s position on its engineering study requirement of the red light camera law. Transportation spokeswoman, Cheyenne Krause, wrote in an Aug. 17 email: “The Austin Transportation Department completed a traffic engineering study, as required by state law, in 2008. Per section 1001.053 of the Texas Engineering Practices Act, a seal is not required if the project is a public work that does not involve electrical or mechanical engineering if the contemplated expense for the project is $20,000 or less.”

We wanted to see if the city installed the nine cameras without any sort of electrical or mechanical engineering, along with the cost of the project. We filed a formal request under the Texas Public Information Act on Aug. 22. On Sept. 6, the city turned over 26 pages to KXAN.

The 26 pages show engineering drawings from REDFLEX Traffic Systems, the company the city contracts with for its red light cameras. Each page contains an engineer’s seal and signature, indicating engineering work was performed as part of the design and installation of the city’s red light cameras.

The city told KXAN it did not have any records related to the "total cost of the design, engineering, planning, materials, equipment installed, labor costs, and construction" for any of the nine red light cameras, Austin Transportation Department employee Joana Perez wrote in a Sept. 7 email. The city claims it had nothing to do with the installation of those cameras and Redflex, the private camera company, installed the cameras on its own.

The documents appear to contradict the city’s Aug. 17 statement indicating that it did not need a signed, sealed traffic engineering study.

Russell Bowman, the Irving attorney who successfully sued the city of Richardson over its red light cameras, told KXAN, the city of Austin is “flat out mistaken,” in its interpretation of the Texas Engineering Practices Act.

Krause wrote in her email there’s evidence the city’s engineering assessments looked for alternatives to the red light cameras because, “…rather than recommend red light cameras at some locations, the study resulted in design and signal timing changes.”

After the Transportation Department denied our requests for an on camera interview to address the allegations, KXAN asked for an interview with Interim City Manager Elaine Hart. The city denied each request to interview Hart, who is responsible for the day-to-day operations of the city.

Many of the cities that did not perform any type of study told KXAN they were “grandfathered” into the state’s 2007 red light camera law and were exempt from the traffic study if they signed a contract with a red light camera company before Sept. 1, 2007.

“There was no grandfathering of this law,” Rep. Murphy told KXAN. “Every red light camera in the state of Texas must have this study done."

Murphy explained the section of the law dealing with red light camera contracts is what many cities are confusing with a grandfather clause. The confusion comes from the section that states, "added by this Act, applies only to a contract entered into on or after the effective date of this Act.”

The Sept. 1, 2007 "grandfathered" date only applies to contracts, not the implementation of and operation of red light cameras, Bowman said. “The contracting of a red light camera program has absolutely nothing at all 4 to do with how those cameras are operated and used to fine drivers,” Bowman said. “And, those attorneys those cities are hiring know that."

Bastrop, which once had a red light camera that collected $2.8 million in fines, hired a Fort Worth attorney to help the city defend itself in a lawsuit filed by people ticketed by red light cameras. The attorney, George Staples, wrote in an email response to KXAN that Bastrop and cities like it that signed contracts before Sept. 1, 2007 did not have to conduct a traffic engineering study. “I see no point in researching the history and determining whether 707.003 [the law] was followed or not followed. It is as irrelevant to me as confederate statues. I see no point to trying legal issues in the news media; my forte is the court room. It also pays better,” Staples wrote.

But the lack of an official traffic engineering study isn't the only part of the law cities haven't conformed to. The red light camera law requires that cities compile annual crash data for each intersection with a red light camera and turn those reports into the Texas Department of Transportation, which are then posted for the public to see.

We showed Murphy our analysis of TxDOT records that show 29 of the 59 red light camera cities have not consistently submitted annual reports to the state agency.

TxDOT records show the city of Austin didn’t submit annual reports for 2010 and 2012. KXAN requested those records but the city did not provide any documents for those years.

TxDOT's web site shows the city of Hutto, for example, never submitted any annual reports after it installed cameras in November 2009. Round Rock never submitted its 2011 or 2012 annual reports and the city of Diboll hasn't submitted any reports since 2011, TXDOT's accounting shows.

Even though the law requires the data to be filed with TxDOT, the agency says it doesn't have the authority to enforce cities to comply. "TxDOT’s role is to provide crash data and publish the red light camera reports," the agency wrote in an email.

“TxDOT’s supposed to get those reports so we can monitor: were they successful? Good data leads to good decisions. Right now it appears we’re not getting it on the front end, which makes it really hard to compare on the back end,” Murphy said.

After considering the results of what we uncovered in this KXAN investigation, Murphy said he’s going to do something about it in the next legislative session.

“I will suggest the folks in transportation they do some sort of an interim study on this and find out what the compliance issues are," said Murphy, "and be talking about putting some penalties in, some sanctions in or some relief in if people aren’t using these cameras as we designed them to be done."

As for the half-billion dollars collected in the last decade with these cameras, Murphy thinks cities could be facing some trouble for not having the authority to fine drivers this way.

“A lot of cities could potentially be on the hook for millions,” Barr asked the lawmaker.

“I think that could very well be the case,” Murphy said.

5 FT WORTH DRIVE/US377 AND THE NORTHBOUND IH35E FRONTAGE ROAD

A traffic engineering study for the intersection of Ft Worth Drive/US377 and the northbound IH35E frontage road for the purposes of the installation of red light running camera(s) and enforcement.

The intersection of IH35E at Ft Worth Drive/US377 is a standard grade separated Texas Diamond interchange with frontage roads that intersect Ft Worth Drive/US377 at grade and the main lanes of IH35E crossing over Ft Worth Drive/US377.

Ft Worth Drive/US377 is considered the north/south highway and the IH 35E north/southbound (by name only herein) IH35 frontages are west/east in this report and therefore all directional references provided are in relation to this accordingly.

Ft Worth Drive/US377 is a TxDOT maintained highway and constructed of Portland Cement Concrete.

IH35E northbound frontage road is a TxDOT maintained highway and constructed of Portland Cement Concrete.

The northerly leg (top side of the intersection) is Ft Worth Drive/US377. It is 2-way and a divided highway with a raised median with curb and gutter; with three approach lanes and three exiting lanes. Currently the three approach lanes are designated as:  Inside lane – exclusive advance left turn movement that continues under the IH35E overpass and turns left onto the eastbound IH35E southbound frontage road  Middle lane – exclusive through movement that continues south on Ft Worth Drive/US377  Outside lane – exclusive right turn movement that continues westbound on the IH35E northbound frontage road. The southerly leg (bottom side of the intersection and under the IH35E overpass) is Ft worth Drive/US377. It is 2-way and a divided highway with a painted median, with 3 approach lanes and two exiting lanes. Currently the three northbound approach lanes are designated as:  Inside lane – exclusive left turn movement to the westbound IH35E northbound frontage road  Middle lane – optional left turn movement to the westbound IH35E northbound frontage road or through movement that continues northbound on Ft Worth Drive/US377  Outside lane – exclusive through movement that continues northbound on Ft Worth Drive/US377  Note there is an additional lane width that is marked out and therefore, currently not used. The easterly leg (right side of the intersection) is the IH 35E northbound frontage road. It is one-way westbound; with a 3 approach lanes at Ft Worth Drive (note: there is an additional lane just east of the intersection that serves a Texas U-turn) that are designated as:  Inside lane – exclusive left turn movement to southbound Ft Worth Drive/US377  Middle Lane – exclusive through movement that continues westbound on the IH35 northbound frontage road  Outside Lane – exclusive right turn movement to northbound Ft Worth Drive/US377 The westerly leg (left side of the intersection) is the IH 35E northbound frontage road. It is one-way westbound; with 3 exiting lanes (because it is one-way there are no approach lanes) at Ft Worth Drive (note: there is a Texas U-turn just west of the intersection).

There are no sight restrictions at the intersection due to foliage, buildings or other structures and/or street furniture.

As one approaches this intersection:  the southbound Ft Worth Drive/US377 signal head(s) can be observed in excess of 725 feet from the stop bar,  the northbound Ft Worth/US377 signal head(s) can be observed in excess of 500 feet from the stop bar, understanding that a driver must first pass through the signal for the southbound service road and so are already acclimated to observing a signal,  The westbound IH35 northbound frontage road signal head(s) can be observed in excess of 900 feet from the stop bar

As one approaches this intersection on:  Ft Worth Drive/US377 from the north(southbound) has no appreciable horizontal curves. It has at an incline of approximately (-) 2.79% slope towards the intersection with the crest being approximately 390 feet upstream of the stop bar,  Northbound Ft Worth Drive/US377 has no appreciable horizontal curves. It has at a slight incline of approximately (+) 2.79% slope towards the intersection (under the IH35N bridge) and has a negligible slope just south of the IH35 southbound frontage road  Westbound IH35 northbound frontage road has no appreciable horizontal or vertical curves and only a marginal slope.

Speed limits on both highways are recommended by TxDOT based upon speed studies and established by ordinance by the City of Denton City Council:  Ft Worth Drive/US377 is 45 MPH  IH 35 northbound service road is 45 MPH

Both the IH 35E northbound and southbound frontage roads at their intersection with Ft Worth Drive/US380 are signalized and run in the standard 4-phase TTI.

The signal is constructed with TxDOT standard metal poles with mast-arms and the vertical poles being on the standard right side of the approach lanes and on the far side of the intersecting roadway.

Signal head placement is as follows:  Southbound Ft Worth Drive/US377 – 2, 3-section heads on the mast arm  Northbound Ft Worth Drive/US377 – 2, 3-section heads and 1, 5-section head on the mast arm  Westbound IH35 northbound frontage road- 2, 3-section heads on the mast arms The number of heads and head placement are typical of a TxDOT designed traffic control signal for this type of arrangement.

The number of heads and head placement are typical of a TxDOT designed traffic control signal for this type of arrangement.

Amber times are currently set at 4.5 seconds for all directions, which conforms to the ITE recommended amber times and are also established for use by TxDOT.

All signing and markings conform to the Manual on Uniform Traffic Controls (MUTCD)

As a result of this investigation, there are no improvements of any significance that could be made to this intersection that could substantially improve the visibility of the intersection to help reduce the potential for red light running.

______Bernard Jerome Vokoun P.E. Date

A sampling of crashes in the area, as reported by the City of Denton Police Department is as follows: Accident Date Accident Time DOW Address Intersecting Street 03/02/02 4:40:00 AM Sat I35E 700 FORT WORTH DR 04/02/02 1:35:00 PM Tue 500 N I35E 700 FORT WORTH DR 04/19/02 4:00:00 PM Fri 400 N I35E 700 FORT WORTH DR 04/19/02 2:32:00 AM Fri 400 I35E 800 FORT WORTH DR 06/11/02 3:49:00 PM Tue 500 N I35E 700 FORT WORTH DR 07/15/02 10:52:00 AM Mon MM 466 I35E 700 FORT WORTH DR 11/01/02 12:04:00 AM Fri 400 S I35E 700 FORT WORTH DR 10/31/02 10:15:00 PM Thu N I35E FORT WORTH DR 11/27/02 8:20:00 PM Wed N I35E FORT WORTH DR 12/06/02 2:38:00 PM Fri 500 S I35E S/R 900 FORT WORTH DR 12/06/02 6:33:00 PM Fri 500 N IH35E S/R 700 FORT WORTH DR 02/05/03 7:46:00 PM Wed N I35E FORT WORTH DR 02/16/03 10:57:00 PM Sun 500S I35E 700 FORT WORTH DR 02/25/03 11:20:00 AM Tue 600 N I35E 700 FORT WORTH DR 02/25/03 1:00:00 PM Tue 6400 I35 3950 FORT WORTH DR 03/12/03 1:25:00 PM Wed 600 N I35E 700 FORT WORTH DR 05/09/03 11:50:00 AM Fri 500 N I35E 700 FORT WORTH DR 09/18/03 11:42:00 AM Thu 200 S I35E 700 FORT WORTH DR 10/28/03 7:00:00 AM Tue 300 S I35E 800 FORT WORTH DR 11/29/03 7:49:00 AM Sat 519 N I35E 800 FORT WORTH DR 12/03/03 12:59:00 PM Wed 500 S I35E 800 FORT WORTH DR 01/08/04 10:44:00 PM Thu 400 N I35E 700 FORT WORTH DR 01/24/04 10:22:00 AM Sat 600 N I35E 800 FORT WORTH DR 01/31/04 10:47:00 PM Sat 1600 N I35E 700 FORT WORTH DR 02/10/04 12:05:00 PM Tue 700 N I35E 700 FORT WORTH DR 02/17/04 10:00:00 AM Tue 200 S I35E FORT WORTH DR 05/03/04 5:59:00 PM Mon 500 N I35E 900 FORT WORTH DR 08/04/04 2:00:00 PM Wed 500 S I35E 900 FORT WORTH DR 08/19/04 12:45:00 PM Thu 700 S I35E 800 FORT WORTH DR 09/02/04 3:35:00 PM Thu 500 N I35E 800 FORT WORTH DR 10/07/04 4:21:00 PM Thu 500 S I35E 900 FORT WORTH DR 02/15/05 4:32:00 PM Tue 100 S I35E 700 FORT WORTH DR 04/04/05 2:16:00 PM Mon 500 N I35E 800 FORT WORTH DR 06/02/05 12:52:00 PM Thu 600 N I35E FORT WORTH DR 06/26/05 12:37:00 PM Sun 600 N I35E 700 FORT WORTH DR 10/01/05 11:03:00 PM Sat 800 FORT WORTH DR 500 N I35E 11/10/05 2:49:00 AM Thu 600 N I35E 700 FORT WORTH DR 11/09/05 1:45:00 PM Wed 400 N I35E 700 FORT WORTH DR 11/15/05 8:07:00 AM Tue 600 N I35E 800 FORT WORTH DR 12/19/05 8:15:00 PM Mon 800 FORT WORTH DR 600 N I35E 12/27/05 2:12:00 PM Tue 800 FORT WORTH DR 500 N I35E 03/01/06 10:40:00 PM Wed 300 N I35E 700 FORT WORTH DR 03/20/06 8:30:00 PM Mon 800 FORT WORTH DR 600 N I35E 03/24/06 12:37:00 AM Fri 600 N I35E 500 FORT WORTH DR 04/12/06 8:38:00 PM Wed 600 N I35E 800 FORT WORTH DR 06/30/06 10:21:00 PM Fri 900 FORT WORTH DR 500 N I35E 01/20/07 6:54:00 PM Sat 400 N I35E 900 FORT WORTH DR 03/28/07 4:35:00 PM Wed N I35E 700 FORT WORTH DR 03/30/07 6:37:00 PM Fri 500 N I35E 800 FORT WORTH DR 04/26/07 11:11:00 AM Thu 500 S I35E 900 FORT WORTH DR 06/20/07 8:39:00 AM Wed 500 N I35E 800 FORT WORTH DR 06/22/07 5:40:00 PM Fri 800 FORT WORTH DR 500 N I35E 08/12/07 11:17:00 AM Sun 700 FORT WORTH DR 500 N I35E 08/24/07 4:10:00 PM Fri 900 FORT WORTH DR 500 N I35E 09/22/07 1:28:00 AM Sat 100 N I35E 700 FORT WORTH DR

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UNIVERSITY DRIVE/US380 AND MAYHILL ROAD/COOPER CREEK ROAD

A traffic engineering study for the intersection of University Drive/US380 and Mayhill Road/Cooper Creek Road for the purposes of the installation of red light running camera enforcement.

The intersection of University Drive/US380 and Mayhill Road/Cooper Creek Road is a standard four legged intersection with each roadway intersecting the other at nearly perpendicular angles to the other.

Mayhill Road/Cooper Creek Road is considered the north/south roadway and US380/University Drive the east/west roadway in this report and therefore all directional references provided herein are in relation to this accordingly.

University Drive/US380 is a TxDOT maintained highway and constructed of Portland Cement Concrete.

Mayhill Road/Cooper Creek Road are City maintained roadways and constructed of Asphaltic Concrete.

The westerly leg (left side of the intersection) is University Drive/US380. It is two-way and an undivided highway with a continuous 2-way left turn pocket upstream of the intersection which turns into a dedicated one-directional left turn pocket at the intersection, with four approach lanes and three exiting lanes. The four approach lanes are designated as:  Inside lane – exclusive left turn movement to northbound Cooper Creek Road  Middle 2 lanes – exclusive through movements continuing eastbound on University Drive/US380  Outside lane – optional through movement continuing eastbound on University Drive/US380 and right turn movement to southbound Mayhill Road and. The easterly leg (right side of the intersection) is University Drive/US380. It is two-way and an undivided highway with a continuous 2-way left turn pocket upstream of the intersection which turns into a dedicated one-directional left run pocket at the intersection, with four approach lanes and three exiting lanes. The four approach lanes are designated as:  Inside lane – exclusive left turn movement to southbound Mayhill Road  Middle 2 lanes – exclusive through movement continuing westbound on University Drive/US380  Outside lane – optional through movement continuing westbound on University Drive/US380 and right turn movement to northbound Cooper Creek Road. The southerly leg (bottom side of the intersection) is Mayhill Road. It is two-way and a typical undivided rural type roadway with borrow ditches on both sides. There is one approach lane and one exiting lane. Currently the approach lane is designated for all movements including: left turns to westbound US380/University Lane, through movements continuing northbound to Cooper Creek Road and right turns to eastbound US380/University Drive. The northerly leg (top side of the intersection) is Cooper Creek Road. It is two-way and an undivided roadway for approximately 200ft at which point, partial improvements widen it to a 4lane width with raised median with curb and gutter for approximately 325ft at which it then tapers back to a two lane roadway. There are no substantive borrow ditches within this length of roadway. There is one approach lane and one exiting lane. Currently the approach lane is designated for all movements including: left turns to eastbound US380/University Lane, through movements continuing southbound to Mayhill Road and right turns to westbound US380/University Drive.

There are no significant sight restrictions at the intersection due to foliage, buildings or other structures and/or street furniture.

As one approaches the intersection:  The eastbound US380/University Drive signal head(s) can be observed in excess of 3000 feet from the stop bar. There is a lack of overhanging vegetation into the street, that could restrict visibility, within this distance,  The westbound US380/University Drive signal head(s) can be observed in excess of 3500 feet from the stop bar as a result of the crest vertical curve noted herein. There is a lack of overhanging vegetation into the street, that could restrict visibility, within this distance,  the northbound Mayhill Road signal head(s) can be observed in excess of 1000 feet from the stop bar, largely as the result of overhanging vegetation into the street,  the southbound Cooper Creek Road signal head(s) can first be observed in excess of 1600 feet, however, because of a combination of the horizontal curve noted in this report and trees on the side of the roadway, the signal heads cannot be observed continuously until approximately 700 feet from the stop bar. It should be noted that the tress indicated herein do not overhang the street which, if it were the case, could cause additional visibility issues, within both of these distances.

As one approaches this intersection on:  US380/University Drive from the west (eastbound) has no horizontal or vertical curve(s) of any significance within any critical distance that restricts visibility of the signal heads.  US380/University Drive from the east (westbound) has no horizontal curve(s) of any significance within any critical distance that restricts visibility of the signal heads. The crest of a vertical curve exists approximately 2900ft east of the stop bar.  Mayhill Road from the south (northbound) has no horizontal curves of any significance within any critical distance that restricts visibility of the signal heads. The crest of a vertical curve exists approximately 1450 feet south of the stop bar.  Cooper Creek Road from the north (southbound) has a horizontal curve that ends approximately 375feet north of the intersection but, has no vertical curve(s) of any significance within any critical distance that restricts visibility of the signal heads.

All approaches gently slope to the intersection.

The speed limit on US380/University Drive is 55mph and recommended by TxDOT based upon speed studies and established by ordinance by the City of Denton City Council:

The speed limit on Mayhill Road is 35mph and established by ordinance by the City of Denton City Council

The speed limit on Cooper Creek Road is 30mph and established by the state of Texas’ prima fascia law.

This intersection is signalized and runs in a 6-phase, dual lefts with leading left turns in the east/west (US380/University Drive) directions. The north/south (Mayhill Road/Cooper Creek Road) directions are 2-phase and all movements run at the same time for each direction.

The signal is constructed with TxDOT standard metal poles with mast-arms with the vertical poles being on the standard right side of the approach lanes and on the far side of the intersecting roadway.

Signal head placement is as follows:  Southbound Cooper Creek Road – 2, 3-section heads on the mast arm for all movements  Northbound Mayhill Road – 2, 3-section heads on the mast arm for all movements  Eastbound US380/University Drive- 2, 3-section heads for the through/right turn movements and 1, 5-section (protected/permissive) head for the left turn lane, all heads being on the mast arm  Westbound - 2, 3-section heads for the through/right turn movements and 1, 5-section (protected/permissive) head for the left turn lane, all heads being on the mast -arm.

The number of heads and head placement are typical of a TxDOT designed traffic control signal arrangement.

Amber times are currently set at:  5.5 seconds for both directions of US380/University Drive  4.0 seconds for northbound Mayhill Road  4.0 second for southbound Cooper Creek Rd (note: although the speed limit, as noted earlier for Cooper Creek Road is 30MPH, the City’s policy is to take the worst case scenario of the two opposing legs, in which case the 35MPH [4.0 seconds] for northbound Mayhill would control), which conforms to the ITE recommended amber times and are also established for use by TxDOT.

All signing and markings conform to the Manual on Uniform Traffic Controls (MUTCD)

As a result of this investigation, there are no improvements of any significance that could be made to this intersection that could substantially improve the visibility of the intersection to help reduce the potential for red light running.

______Bernard Jerome Vokoun P.E. Date

A sampling of crashes in the area, as reported by the City of Denton Police Department is as follows:

Accident_date Accident_time DOW Block Street_Name Intersecting_Street_RR_Xing

5/4/2005 10:04 AM Wed 1500 N MAYHILL RD 3600 E UNIVERSITY E UNIVERSITY 10/16/2005 7:18 PM Sun 3500 DR N MAYHILL RD E UNIVERSITY 10/26/2005 9:20 AM Wed 3600 DR 1500 N MAYHILL RD E UNIVERSITY 11/21/2005 8:30 PM Mon 2500 DR 1500 N MAYHILL RD E UNIVERSITY 11/21/2005 8:28 PM Mon 2500 DR 1500 N MAYHILL RD E UNIVERSITY 6/21/2006 6:17 AM Wed 37 00 DR 1500 N MAYHILL RD E UNIVERSITY 7/15/2006 11:50 AM Sat 3500 DR 1500 N MAYHILL RD E UNIVERSITY 8/17/2006 5:50 PM Thu 3600 DR 1500 N MAYHILL RD E UNIVERSITY 9/22/2006 11:53 PM Fri 3600 DR 1599 N MAYHILL RD E UNIVERSITY 2/27/2007 1:40 PM Tue 3500 DR 1500 N MAYHILL RD E UNIVERSITY 3/5/2007 5:55 PM Mon 3600 DR 1600 N MAYHILL RD E UNIVERSITY 8/10/2007 6:00 AM Fri 3500 DR 1500 N MAYHILL RD 9/10/2007 3:55 PM Mon 1500 N MAYHILL RD 3500 E UNIVERSITY 9/15/2007 8:39 PM Sat 1700 N MAYHILL RD 3500 E UNIVERSITY E UNIVERSITY 9/22/2007 12:42 AM Sat 3500 DR 1900 N MAYHILL RD

Arial Map of Location

Revision Date 9/15/17 Council Requests for Information Request Request Date Staff Responsible Status 1. Report on the background and level of service for gas 3/21/17 Kuechler A work session is scheduled for Oct. well inspections / work session on gas well setbacks 17. 2. Work session to 1) review Comp Plan for Economic 5/30/17 Booth A work session is scheduled for Oct. Development and 2) incentive policy discussion 10. 3. Work session on landfill mining operation and ROI 6/5/17 Cox A work session is scheduled for Sept 19. 4. Information on cost determination for curb rate vs drop- 6/5/17 Cox Staff is working with a consultant to off rate at landfill provide a revised cost of service study. 5. Update on stack of railroad ties– are they being picked 6/5/17 Nelson Ties removed from area along Mingo up? Rd near Service Center. Crews are working on downtown area. 6. Discussion of development code criteria for width of 6/6/17 Canizares Water and WW criteria is in process of streets being updated. Street design criteria is next. 7. Work session on planning & development studies 6/20/17 Mauladad A work session is scheduled for Oct. 10. 8. Full climate cycle analysis for Denton Energy Center 7/25/17 Banks Provide an update later in the year after Black & Veatch study; potential Q1 2017/18 project. 9. Survey and report of how other municipalities and 7/25/17 Howell An ISR is expected for the Friday Sept. school districts fund their School Resource Officers, as 22 report. well as analysis of calls to school and efficiency 10. Work session on parking requirements in the Code 8/1/17 Mauladad Staff is working on a proposed parking amendment for a work session on Oct. 17. 11. Analyze and present options to restrict or address 8/1/17 Howell A work session is scheduled for Sept. deliveries on the Square 19. 12. Analysis and options for public restrooms on the square 8/3/17 Rosendahl An ISR is expected for the Friday Sept. 22 report. 13. Info on landfill SUP requirement 8/15/17 Cox Landscape architect being retained. Working with legal counsel on updating SUP. 14. Work session on Section 35.12.10.p of the Code 8/15/17 Mauladad A work session is scheduled for Sept. regarding music/art studios SUPs 19. Request Request Date Staff Responsible Status 15. Request to consolidate Council subcommittees and 8/22/17 Walters/Kuechler Staff is working on an interim solution agendas on the website in one spot to consolidate to one website page, as well as a plan to transition more meetings to the Granicus platform. 16. Request to minimize extra utility poles and what can be 8/22/17 Langley/Gillum done 17. Information on paid parental leave benefits 8/22/17 Romine An ISR is expected for Friday Sept. 22. 18. Regular Council updates on DDC progression 9/12/17 Mauladad An update will be included in the Friday Sept 22 report with ongoing updates following. 19. Options for missing sidewalk segments along 9/12/17 Nelson/Gillum McKinney (across railroad tracks and correcting the rise in the sidewalk), in front of Mack Park, and new DME substation 20. Provide the results of the engineering studies for red 9/12/17 Canizares An ISR is included in the Friday Sept. light camera intersections 15 report. 21. Plan to replace or minimize trees that will be removed 9/12/17 Banks/Gillum Staff will look at options, including for the Mayhill Rd widening project regulations for planting in the medians. 22. Work session on SB4 – how it will impact the 9/12/17 Howell/Leal A work session is scheduled for Oct. community and update on lawsuit 17. 23. Work session on funding for downtown reinvestment 9/12/17 Booth A work session is scheduled for Oct. grant 10. 24. Consider an ordinance for building height restrictions 9/12/17 Mauladad around the Square 25. Information and plan for city property at North Lakes 9/12/17 Vorel/Langley park (parcel adjacent to Hwy 77 by the animal shelter) 26. Work session on McDonalds SUP 9/12/17 Mauladad A work session is scheduled for Sept. 19.

City Hall City of Denton 215 E. McKinney St. Denton, Texas 76201 www.cityofdenton.com Meeting Agenda City Council

Tuesday, September 26, 2017 8:30 AM Work Session Room

After determining that a quorum is present, the City Council of the City of Denton, Texas will convene in a Closed Meeting on Tuesday, September 26, 2017 at 8:30 a.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 17-1273 Deliberations regarding a Personnel Matter under Government Code Section 551.074

Conduct City Attorney candidate interviews and discuss and deliberate regarding the evaluation of candidates and the appointment/employment of a City Attorney. 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 ACTION, DECISION, OR VOTE IS TAKEN IN THE CLOSED MEETING IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF §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 AUTHORIZED BY TEX. GOV’T. CODE, §551.001, ET SEQ. (THE TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT) ON ANY ITEM ON ITS OPEN MEETING AGENDA OR TO RECONVENE IN A CONTINUATION OF THE CLOSED MEETING ON THE CLOSED MEETING ITEMS NOTED ABOVE, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION §551.071-551.086 OF THE TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT. C E R T I F I C A T E

I certify that the above notice of meeting was posted on the bulletin board at the City Hall of the City of Denton, Texas, on the ______day of ______, 2017 at ______o'clock (a.m.) (p.m.)

______CITY SECRETARY NOTE: THE CITY OF DENTON CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION ROOM IS ACCESSIBLE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT. THE CITY WILL PROVIDE SIGN LANGUAGE INTERPRETERS FOR THE HEARING IMPAIRED IF REQUESTED AT LEAST 48 HOURS IN ADVANCE OF THE SCHEDULED MEETING. PLEASE CALL THE CITY SECRETARY'S OFFICE AT 349-8309 OR USE TELECOMMUNICATIONS DEVICES FOR THE DEAF (TDD) BY CALLING 1-800-RELAY-TX SO THAT A SIGN LANGUAGE INTERPRETER CAN BE SCHEDULED THROUGH THE CITY SECRETARY’S OFFICE.

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09/15/17 FUTURE CITY COUNCIL ITEMS

Note: This is a working draft of pending Council items and is subject to change without notice. Meeting Date Deadlines Item September 26 – 4th Tuesday Session Captions – September 11 City Attorney Interviews Backup – September 22 October 2 – Luncheon Captions - September 18 Council Appointee Reviews Backup - September 28 October 3 – No Meeting TML, Houston, TX 10/3-6National Night Out October 10 – 2nd Tuesday Session Captions – September 25 Council Appointee Reviews Backup – October 6 WS – Development Department Update WS – CNG contract update WS – Downtown TIF discussion WS – Denton Plan 2030 WS – Economic Development Update WS – Housing Tax Credit Application Process October 17 – Work/Regular Session Captions - October 2 WS – Water Park Update Backup – October 13 WS – Code Parking Requirements WS – Downtown Visitor Center WS – Gas Wells October 24 – 4th Tuesday Session Captions – October 9 WS – SB 4 Backup – October 20 (ICMA, San Antonio, TX 10/22-25) October 31 – No Meeting 5th Tuesday November 6 – Luncheon Captions – October 23 Backup – November 2 November 7 – Work/Regular Session Captions – October 23 Backup – November 3 November 14 – 2nd Tuesday Session Captions – October 30 NLC, Charlotte, NC 11/15-18 Backup – November 10 November 21 – No Meeting Thanksgiving, 11/23-24 November 28 – 4th Tuesday Session Captions – November 13 Backup – November 21 December 4 – Luncheon Captions – November 20 Backup – November 30 December 5 – Work/Regular Session Captions – November 20 Backup – December 1 December 12 – 2nd Tuesday Session Captions – November 27 Backup – December 8

CA-Consent Agenda IC-Individual Consideration WS-Work Session CM-Closed Meeting PH-Public Hearing Meeting Date Deadlines Item December 19 – No Meeting December 26 – No Meeting Christmas, 12/24-25City offices closed 12/25 & 12/26

CA-Consent Agenda IC-Individual Consideration WS-Work Session CM-Closed Meeting PH-Public Hearing Construction Projects Report Starting Sept 18-24, 2017

road closures Barthold Rd at Intersection of I35 Service Rd going West 700' will be closed (Jun 12-Oct 15)

lane closures

Detour Routes Proposed Date of Proposed Date of Contact Street / Intersection Brief Description of Construction (if applicable) Construction Completion Department RESIDENTIAL

Street Reconstruction Bolivar yes Jul 6, 2017 Oct 30, 2017 Streets Sunset to College

Sewer Main Construction Carmel no Aug 30, 2017 Sep 29, 2017 Wastewater Hobson to Chiquita

Street Reconstruction Emerson yes Aug 14, 2017 Oct 2, 2017 Streets Nottingham to Hanover

Concrete Valley and Curb Repair Highland yes Sep 18, 2017 Sep 25, 2017 Streets IOOF to Carroll

Water Line Replacement Huisache/Retama/Sagebrush no Sep 5, 2017 Oct 13, 2017 Water Yucca to Yuccca

I-35E Hwy Constr. Intersection work Kendolph yes Jul 22, 2015 Temporary Closure Engineering North Bound

Street Reconstruction Kingfisher Ct yes Aug 1, 2017 Oct 9, 2017 Streets Kingfisher to Dead End Street Reconstruction Kingfisher Ln yes Aug 1, 2017 Oct 9, 2017 Streets Oriole to Cardinal

Curb and Gutter/Drive Approaches Kings Row no Aug 7, 2017 Sep 22, 2017 Engineering WB Right Ln Wellington and Sherman

I-35E Hwy Constr. Intersection work Knight yes Jul 22, 2015 Temporary Closure Engineering South Bound

Sidewalk/driveway/Valley gutter repair McCormick no Jul 31, 2017 Sep 22, 2017 Streets Willowwood to I35 Service Rd

Street Reconstruction E Oak yes Aug 14, 2017 Sep 29, 2017 Streets Wood to Crawford

Street Reconstruction Ponder yes Aug 21, 2017 Oct 6, 2017 Streets Broadway to Panhandle

Curb and Gutter/Drive Approaches E Sherman Dr no Aug 7, 2017 Oct 15, 2017 Engineering NB Right Ln Stafford and Wellington

Street Construction Ridgecrest no Aug 30, 2017 Sep 29, 2017 Streets Pennsylvania to Southridge

Water and Sewer Line Construction Springtree yes Sep 13, 2017 Nov 15, 2017 Engineering East McKinney St to Pecan Grove Dr

Street Reconstruction Victoria Dr yes Aug 1, 2017 Sep 25, 2017 Streets Churchill to Nottingham MAJOR ROADS

Street Construction Barthold yes Jun 12, 2017 Oct 15, 2017 Engineering I35 Svc Rd Intersection to 700' West Utility Improvements Bernard no Sep 5, 2017 Sep 22, 2017 Engineering Maple and Bernard Intersection

Concrete Street Panel Repairs Centre Place no Sep 25, 2017 Nov 10, 2017 Streets I-35 Service Rd to Alegre Vista

Shoulder Widening S. Bonnie Brae no Aug 9, 2017 Oct 1, 2017 Engineering Vintage Blvd to 1500 ft N of Vintage Blvd

Utility Improvements Fulton yes Aug 14, 2017 Sep 22, 2017 Engineering Crescent to Emery

Duct Bank Construction Hickory yes Aug 23, 2017 Nov 22, 2017 Engineering Bonnie Brae to E of Ave H

Duct Bank Construction Hickory yes Sep 8, 2017 Nov 22, 2017 Engineering Stella to Hickory

Waterline Replacement Hickory yes Sep 5, 2017 Nov 3, 2017 Water North Texas Blvd to Ave D

Waterline Replacement Hickory yes Jun 16, 2017 Sep 1, 2017 Water Ave F to North Texas

Drive Approaches NB I35 Frontage Rd no Aug 3, 2017 Oct 1, 2017 Engineering N of Scripture to S of US380

Sewer Line Replacement Oak no Aug 30, 2017 Sep 29, 2017 Wastewater Oak & Bell Intersection to Dead End

Shoulder Widening Roselawn St no Aug 9, 2017 Oct 1, 2017 Engineering Old Bonnie Brae to Roselawn Cemetery

Utility Improvements Welch no Sep 5, 2017 Sep 22, 2017 Engineering Maple and Welch Intersection Drive Approaches US 380 no Aug 7, 2017 Oct 1, 2017 Engineering East of Ector to Bonnie Brae

Note: This provides an Estimate of work to be done the next two weeks. Weather, equipment breakdowns, or other unforeseen problems could cause this schedule to change.

Drainage 349-7116 / Water Distribution 349-7181 / Wastewater 349-8489 / Traffic 349-7342 / Streets 349-7160, [email protected] Engineering 349-8910, [email protected] / TX DOT 387-1414, [email protected] / Denton County 349-3420 COMPLETED PROJECTS

Street Reconstruction Alan A Dale no Jul 17, 2017 Aug 25, 2017 Streets Archer Trl to Northern dead end

Utility Improvements Cordell no Aug 14, 2017 Sep 29, 2017 Engineering Fulton to Crescent

Sewer Line Replacement Geesling yes Jul 24, 2017 Sep 1, 2017 Wastewater 2836 Geesling to Fishtrap

Sewer Main Construction Royal Ln no Aug 15, 2017 Oct 15, 2017 Wastewater Mistywood to Rockwood

Concrete Panel Repair Shady Shores no Aug 9, 2017 Aug 25, 2017 Streets Lake View to Old Hwy 77

Concrete Street Panel Repairs Worthington no Jun 5, 2017 Sep 15, 2017 Streets Schuyler to Barcelona Maple Leaf Maple Leaf Maple Leaf DME Hickory Duct Bank

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ROAD CLOSED ROAD CLOSED TO TO THRU TRAFFIC THRU TRAFFIC SALESMAN/EXECUTIVE CONTRACTOR: NOTES Dickerson Construction TYPE III TYPE III R11-4 / M4-10L R11-4 / M4-10L Jeremiah Keys CONTACT: CITY: Blake Denton DETOUR DETOUR ROAD CLOSED CONTACT NUMBER: JOB NAME: ROAD CLOSED TCP DESIGNER TO TO 972-982-2043 Pecan Creek Interceptor IV Phase 2 THRU TRAFFIC THRU TRAFFIC TYPE III TYPE III Reedie Lea DATE: LOCATION: R11-4 / M4-10R R11-4 / M4-10R THIS PLAN IS FOR ILLUSTRATIVE PURPOSES ONLY AND 08/16/2017 Fulton St & Cordell St IS NOT INTENDED TO RELIEVE THE CONTRACTOR FROM ROAD ROAD THE REQUIREMENTS SET FORTH BY RELATED CONTRACT SCOPE OF WORK: All Traffic Control Plans (TCPs) are the property of Buyers CLOSED CLOSED DOCUMENTS, THE TEXAS MANUAL ON UNIFORM TRAFFIC Devices spaced on 20ft centers Barricades, Inc. and are included with Buyers Barricades CONTROL DEVICES (MUTCD) OR THE OVERALL Road Closure rental agreements. Traffic Control Plans issued without a NOTE: Plan design based on engineered stamped plans provided by Contractor does not conform to TXDOT/MUTCD standards. RESPONSIBILITY TO TRAFFIC CONTROL SAFETY. Type 3 Barricade Posted speed limit 30MPH rental agreement will be charged to the customer. Buyers Barricades shall not be held responsible for results of deviation from standardized traffic/safety control. RAMP RAMP CLOSED CLOSED Devices spaced on 20ft centers NOTE: Changes requested by Contractor do not conform to TXDOT/MUTCD standards. Phase 1Sheet 1 Chris Schreiner Posted speed limit 30MPH Buyers Barricades shall not be held responsible for results of deviation from standardized traffic/safety control. Devices spaced on 25ft centers Part A 50ft 100ft 150ft 200ft Christian Brown Posted speed limit 35MPH Work Work Work Work ALLEY ALLEY Type 3 Barricade CLOSED CLOSED Navigator Zone Zone Zone Zone NOTE: Plan requested by Contractor does not conform to TXDOT/MUTCD standards. Cole Benton Devices spaced on 30ft centers TYPE III TYPE III 400ft Type 1 Barricade Type 2 Barricade 250ft 300ft 350ft R11-2 R11-2 Buyers Barricades shall not be held responsible for results of deviation from standardized traffic/safety control. Courtney Jeffus Posted speed limit 40MPH Work Work Work Work ALLEY CLOSED ALLEY CLOSED Zone Zone Zone Zone TO TO Devices spaced on 35ft centers THRU TRAFFIC THRU TRAFFIC Dustin Rawlings Navigator Barrels 450ft 500ft 1000ft 1500ft Posted speed limit 45MPH Work Work Work Work Type 3 Barricade Type 3 Barricade Eddie Harmon Zone Zone Zone Zone Speed Taper Sign Devices spaced on 40ft centers Buffer Spacing 85ft 180ft 245ft 120ft Garrett White 120ft 160ft Hamilton Duffy, PC Navigator Barrels Posted speed limit 50MPH Buffer Taper Taper Buffer 30 180 85 120 Consulting 170ft 320ft 540ft 220ft Jason Garrett Type 1 Barricade Type 1 Barricade 240ft 320ft 35 245 120 160 Devices spaced on 45ft centers Buffer Taper Taper Buffer Tex Reg F-5260 Jeremiah Keys Type 3 Barricade Type 3 Barricade Posted speed limit 55MPH 280ft 600ft 660ft 335ft 40 320 170 240 400ft 500ft Buffer Taper Taper Buffer Jessica Paredes Devices spaced on 50ft centers 45 540 220 320 415ft 720ft 780ft 485ft Navigator Barrels 600ft 700ft Jill Smith Posted speed limit 60MPH Buffer Taper Taper Buffer 50 600 280 400 Type 2 Barricade Type 2 Barricade 585ft 840ft 900ft 720ft 800ft 900ft Keith Hamilton Devices spaced on 55ft centers Buffer Taper Taper Buffer 55 660 335 500 Type 3 Barricade Type 3 Barricade Posted speed limit 65MPH Kevin Omachel 1000ft 1600ft 60 720 415 600 100ft 100ft xxft 90ft 85ft Navigator Barrels Devices spaced on 60ft centers Shoulder Shifting Lauren Simpson Taper Buffer 100ft 65 780 485 700 Type 1 Barricade Type 1 Barricade Posted speed limit 70MPH Taper Taper Lindsay Garrett 70 840 585 800 Type 2 Barricade Type 2 Barricade Devices spaced on 65ft centers 1000ft 1/2 MILE 1 MILE Marie Rhom Type 3 Barricade Type 3 Barricade Posted speed limit 75MPH 75 900 720 900 Matt Sauer Devices spaced on 70ft centers Navigators Barrels Posted speed limit 80MPH Michael Cooper Type 3 Barricade Type 3 Barricade Mike Moreno 2-Way Traffic 2-Way Traffic MAPSCO: Tony Troxclair Vertical Panel Vertical Panel Navigators Barrels

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY AFFAIRS 215 E. McKinney * Denton, TX 76201 * 940-349-8509

Public Works Information Sheet

1. Location: McCormick St from Willow Wood St. to I-35 Service Rd. 2. Proposed Date of Construction: July 31- 2017 3. Proposed Date of Completion: August 31- 2017

4. Brief Description of the Project: Provide a summary of the work being completed and the reason for the project.

Replacing Bad Sidewalk, Driveways, Valley Gutters and Curbs. The work starts with sawing the damaged concrete and then the contractor will remove the concrete with backhoe, then forming up location to get poured with brand new concrete.

5. Special Requirements: No Parking on Street. Limited access to driveways while crews are present.

6. Funding Source: O&M

7. Council District:

8. Public Outreach: Door hangers, Street Construction Report

9. Map: Attached

10. Contact Information: Streets Manager. Robbin Webber 940-349-7146 McCormick St (Willowwood - I-35)

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY AFFAIRS 215 E. McKinney * Denton, TX 76201 * 940-349-8509

Public Works Information Sheet

1. Location: Schuyler St. ( I-35 service road to Worthington) Worthington (Schuyler to Worthington)

2. Proposed Date of Construction: 6-5-2017

3. Proposed Date of Completion: 7-7-2017

4. Brief Description of the Project: Concrete street panel repair. The process starts with Barricading the street then sawing the Base failures on the concrete and removing them. Then they will compact the subgrade with flex base and pour back 10” of concrete.

5. Special Requirements: No Parking on Street. Limited access to driveways while crews are present.

6. Funding Source: O&M

7. Council District: Department of Community Affairs will provide this information.

8. Public Outreach: Door hangers, and Street Construction Report

9. Map: Please attach a map of the area under construction, and any detour map if applicable.

10. Contact Information: Robbin Webber 940-349-7146