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C. ID 23-1768 Receive a report, hold a discussion, and give staff direction regarding processing petitions for removal from the City's Extra-Territorial Jurisdiction (ETJ). [Estimated Presentation/Discussion Time: 30 minutes].

AIS Exhibit 1 - Agenda Information Sheet - FINAL Exhibit 2 - Maps illustrating properties petitioning for removal Exhibit 3 - Senate Bill 2038 Exhibit 4 - Presentation

D. ID 23-222 Receive a report, hold a discussion, and give staff direction on pending City Council requests for: 1) Request for a work session for the creation of a comprehensive program for public hydration stations (exterior water fountains and bottle fillers), with an initial short-term goal of tripling the number of stations across Denton. [Estimated Presentation/Discussion Time: 30 minutes]

AIS Exhibit 1 - Agenda Information Sheet - Pending Council Request Exhibit 2 - Ordinance 21-1837 - City Council Request Process Exhibit 3 - Presentation

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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:

A. ID 23-1636 Deliberations regarding Real Property - Under Texas Government Code Section 551.072; Receive information from staff, discuss, deliberate, and provide staff with direction pertaining to the potential purchase of real property situated in John S. Dickson Survey, Abstract No. 342, and the Jasper C. Baker Survey, Abstract 47, both in the City of Denton, Denton County, Texas, located off of Teasley Road for future improvements and additions to the existing Hickory Creek Lift Station, where a public deliberation of such potential purchase would have a detrimental effect on the City's position in negotiations with a third party.

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B. ID 23-1848 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 in Cause No. DC-22-17013, styled "City of Denton, Texas, acting by and through its Electric Utility Department, Denton Municipal Electric v. Delilah Solar Energy, LLC and Samson Solar Energy, LLC, pending in the 192nd District Court, Dallas County, Texas; where 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 the Texas Disciplinary Rules of Professional Conduct of the State Bar of Texas, or otherwise compromise the City's legal position in pending litigation.

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C. ID 23-1862 Consultation with Attorneys under Texas Government Code Sections 551.071 regarding deliberations involving engagement of outside counsel for personnel investigation(s). Consultation with the City's attorney regarding legal issues involving engagement of outside counsel for case evaluation and personnel investigation 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 the Texas Disciplinary Rules of Professional Conduct of the State Bar of Texas.

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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.

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:

1. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE

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2. PROCLAMATIONS/PRESENTATIONS