11/21/10 Meeting Liveblog

Tonight should be interesting with discussion of new tax districts on the table. Mr, King introduces the discussion of the sales tax options with a probable election voting date of November 2011.  May is typically held out for the council elections.  There are some logistics needed in the lead up to a tax election that [...]

8/16/10 Meeting Liveblog

Welcome to the August Council Meeting.  First up is the Denton County Transportation Authority (DCTA) to discuss what’s new with the light rail including scheduling and fees. Charles Emery (DCTA executive) mentions that DCTA will be given an award from the N Tx Commission for the light rail. A letter from the City of Denton [...]

6/7/10 Meeting Liveblog

Workshop begins in 4 minutes… this is probably going to not be as exciting as the Apple iPhone liveblogs from earlier in the day… DCTA is here with Mr. Emery (Board of Directors) and Mr. Cline (President).  They’re here to discuss the progress of the light rail program as well as public meetings, fares, and other [...]

6/7/10 Meeting Preview

Things have been slow going into the summer (as you can tell from the dearth of posts here).  With Cub Scouts winding down hopefully I’ll have a bit more time.  Here are the high points up for discussion tomorrow. 1-   Update of the DCTA Rail project.  I’ve been hearing that the board of DCTA [...]

5/3/10 Meeting Liveblog

6:30 and we’re settling in for the council meeting. Mr King mentions that the public hearing is to help expand an auto auction facility.  This doesn’t impact the 10% storage rule since autos are considered ‘display’ not ‘storage’.  This is West of Holfords Prairie and South of Midway. There was some concern about kids in [...]