Agenda Items

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A. ID 23-149 Receive a report, hold a discussion, and give staff direction regarding Audit Project 022 - Building Permit Processes: Follow-Up Review. [Estimated Presentation/Discussion Time: 15 minutes]

AIS Exhibit 1 - Agenda Information Sheet Exhibit 2 - Follow-Up Review of the Bulding Permit Processes Audit Exhibit 3 - Presentation

B. ID 23-150 Receive a report, hold a discussion, and give staff direction regarding Audit Project 016 - COVID-19 Response: Pandemic Preparedness Follow-Up Review. [Estimated Presentation/Discussion Time: 15 minutes]

AIS Exhibit 1 - Agenda Information Sheet Exhibit 2 - Follow-Up Review of the COVID-19 Response: Pandemic Preparednes Audit Exhibit 3 - Presentation

C. ID 23-286 Receive a report, hold a discussion, and give staff direction regarding funding recommendations from the Community Services Advisory Committee (CSAC) for the proposed activities to be included in the 2023-2027 Consolidated Plan for Housing and Community Development and 2023 Action Plan. [Estimated Presentation/Discussion Time: 30 minutes]

AIS Exhibit 1 - Agenda Information Sheet Exhibit 2 - 2023-24 CSAC Funding Recommendations Exhibit 3 - 2023-24 Project Descriptions Exhibit 4 - 2023-2027 City of Denton Consolidated Plan Strategy Survey Results Exhibit 5 - Presentation

D. ID 23-456 Receive a report, hold a discussion, and give staff direction regarding an allocation of excess sales tax. [Estimation Presentation/Discussion Time: 30 minutes]

AIS Exhibit 1 - Agenda Information Sheet Exhibit 2 - Presentation

Following the completion of the Work Session, the City Council will convene in a Closed Meeting in the Council Work Session Room to consider specific item(s) when these items are listed below under the Closed Meeting section of this agenda. The City Council reserves the right to adjourn into a Closed Meeting on any item on its Open Meeting agenda consistent with Chapter 551 of the Texas Government Code, as amended, or as otherwise allowed by law.

1. Closed Meeting:

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 authorized by Texas Government Code, Section 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 Sections 551.071-551.086 of the Texas Open Meetings Act.

A. ID 23-842 Deliberations Regarding Certain Public Power Utilities: Competitive Matters - Under Texas Government Code Section 551.086; Consultation with Attorneys -- Under Texas Government Code Section 551.071. Receive information from staff regarding an update on the Core Scientific Power Purchase Agreement and Lease that includes data stemming from public power utility competitive data; discuss, deliberate, and provide direction to staff regarding same. Consultation with City's attorney regarding legal issues associated with the above matter where a public discussion of these legal matters would conflict with the duty of the City's attorneys to the City of Denton and the Denton City Council under Texas Disciplinary Rule of Professional Conduce of State Bar of Texas, or would jeopardize the City's legal position in any administrative proceeding or potential litigation.

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B. ID 23-911 Consultation with Attorneys - Under Texas Government Code Section 551.071. Consult with the City's attorneys on the legal status, expenses, strategy, and options for resolution of litigation issues associated with the "Application of Denton Municipal Electric to Change Rates for Wholesale Transmission Service" pending before the Public Utility Commission of Texas under Docket No. 52715; where public discussion of these legal matters would conflict with the duty of the City's attorneys to the City of Denton and Denton Municipal Electric (DME) under the Texas Disciplinary Rules of Professional Conduct of the State Bar of Texas, or otherwise compromise the City's legal position.

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NOTE: Any item for which a formal action at the Regular Meeting has been taken by Council may be subject to a request for a motion for reconsideration at any time during the meeting, at the Concluding Items Section, or after the meeting. In order to comply with the Texas Open Meetings Act, a request for a motion for reconsideration made during, at the end of, or after a Council meeting will be placed on the agenda and considered at the next official meeting of the City Council.

Following the Closed Meeting, the City Council will reconvene in Open Meeting to take action, if any, on matters discussed in closed session.

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AFTER DETERMINING THAT A QUORUM IS PRESENT, THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY OF DENTON CITY COUNCIL WILL CONVENE AT 6:30 P.M. IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS AT CITY HALL, 215 E. MCKINNEY STREET, DENTON, TEXAS AT WHICH THE FOLLOWING ITEMS WILL BE CONSIDERED:

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