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Denton council discusses new Capital Improvements Advisory Committee after state law change
Summary
City staff recommended creating a new, independent Capital Improvements Advisory Committee (CIAC) after recent state amendments; council members asked for clarifications on residency, ETJ representation and term lengths and directed staff to return with a refined ordinance.
Denton City Council heard a staff proposal Sept. 30 to create a new Capital Improvements Advisory Committee after recent changes to state law eliminated the option to use the Planning and Zoning Commission as the CIAC.
The council was told the changes in Senate Bill 1883 and Chapter 395 of the Texas Local Government Code require a separate CIAC and raise membership and audit requirements. Angie Mangleris, the city’s development review manager, said staff recommends a seven-member body plus one extraterritorial-jurisdiction (ETJ) representative, four-year terms with a three-term maximum, and a requirement that at least 50% of members represent the real estate, development or building industries and not be city employees or officials. “SB 1883 was recently passed with this legislative session and amended several sections of the Texas Local Government Code as it relates to the CIAC,” Mangleris said.
The nut of the discussion was how to implement those statutory…
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