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MINUTES
THE COLONY COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION
WORK SESSION AND BOARD MEETING
CITY HALL CONFERENCE ROOM
MARCH 18, 1999
Present: President Susan King
Vice President Morris Seay
Treasurer Vicki Briggs
Member Sue Walden
Member Don Goebel
Council Liaison Bernetta Henville-Shannon
Absent: Member Rick Manser
Secretary Pamela Kane
Staff: Gene Ramsey, Cindi Lane
The work session was called to order by President Susan King at 6:30 p.m.
Discussion was held of the March 6th bus tour and of the consulting firms under
consideration. Time goals were discussed pertaining to presenting the 4B
consulting firm chosen to the city council on April 19, 1999.
Work session recessed at 6:55 p. m. by President King.
Item # 1.0. Routine Announcements and Reports
Regular board meeting was called to order by President King at 7:09 p.m.
Item # 1.1 Staff Reports
There were no staff reports.
Item # 1.2 Board President's Comments
There were no comments by the President.
Item # 1.3 Citizen Input
There was no citizen input.
Item # 1.4 Council Liaison Comments
There was no comment made by the Council Liaison, Bernetta Hennville-
Shannon.
Item # 1.5 4A Ex-officio member comments
There was no comment made by the 4A Ex-officio member, Sue Walden.
Item # 2.1 Consideration of approval of the minutes of the board meeting
held January 21 and February 18, and work sessions held January 28,
February 2 and 4 and March 11, 1999
One correction was addressed in reference to the February 18th board
meeting. On page 5, "Mrs." Nelson needed to be changed to "Ms". Nelson.
A motion to approve the minutes as corrected was given by Vicki Briggs,
seconded by Sue Walden. The motion carried with all members voting
aye.
Item # 2.2 Discussion and appropriate action regarding scheduling
consultant for 413 update.
Joe Newman is now with Capital certified Development Corp. in Houston.
Scott Joslove of the Attorney General's office and Bob Bearden of the
Comptroller's are receptive to making a presentation. There was a motion
to table until the May 21, 1999 regular board meeting made by Sue
Walden. The motion was seconded by Vicki Briggs and carried with all
members voting aye.
Item # 2.3 Discussion and appropriate action regarding selection of a
consulting firm to be recommended to the City Council for the master plan
of the community development projects.
Each board member ranked the four consultants in order of most preferred
to least preferred with number 1 being the favorite. The tally was as
follows:
Brinkley Schrickel, Huitt-Zollars Woolpert
Sargent Rollins &
Architects Associates, Inc.
Susan King 2 1 4 3
Morris Seay 1 2 4 3
Sue Walden 2 1 4 3
Don Goebel 1 3 2 4
Vicki Briggs 1 3 4 2
Total 7 10 18 15
A motion was made to approve Brinkley Sargent Architects as the
selected consultant by Vicki Briggs. The motion was seconded by Sue
Walden and carried with all members voting aye.
Item # 2.4 Funding request regarding recycling.
Shirlene Weisman of the Environmental Learning Center made a
presentation to the board concerning the Grand Opening of the Learning
Center on Saturday, April 17, 1999 in conjunction with Earth Day. She
talked about what services the Learning Center has to offer and wants the
board to consider assisting with future funding of various projects. She
discussed the Trinity Trails project and passed out detailed information
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about the project. Upon completion of her presentation the board
addressed questions and answers.
Item # 2.5 Discussion of Wynnewood Peninsula tour.
The board discussed the tour and brought up questions and concerns
about the development of Wynnewood Peninsula.
Item 2.6 Discussion and appropriated action regarding Texpool investment
information and comparison with 1st State Bank investments.
Gene Ramsey discussed Texpool and the way that they hold the 4B
funds, the interest rate and general information. He also discussed the
difference in fees between Texpool and The 1St State Bank. Susan King
stated that she would like to see a comparison between the funds held in
Texpool verses The 1St State Bank. There was a motion made by Vicki
Briggs to table this item until the April 15th board meeting. The motion was
seconded by Sue Walden and carried with all members voting aye.
Item # 2.7 Financial reports, State Comptroller' sales taxes collection, cash
flow forecasts, bank activity report.
Gene Ramsey gave the reports. Don Goebel also submitted a worksheet
that he created. Members of the board accepted the reports as submitted.
Item #2.8 Concerns of the board.
Don Goebel had a concern about the total tax dollars collected in August,
1998 being down compared with the surrounding cities. His second
concern was about the early meeting time of the work sessions.
Susan King apologized for the early meeting schedule and will make every
effort to alter the time to begin later.
Item # 2.9 Consideration and appropriate action regarding
recommendations to Council and Public Hearing relative to Ridgepoint
Park. (Tabled 2/18)
A motion was made by Vicki Briggs for the item to remain tabled until the
consultant has been secured. The motion was seconded by Sue Walden
and carried with all members voting aye.
Item # 2.10 Future agenda items.
No future items were addressed.
There being no other business, the meeting was adjourned at 8:15 p. m'-by
President King.
Cindi Lane Susan King,
Executive Secretary President
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