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MINUTES
THE COLONY COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION
WORK SESSION
CITY HALL COUNCIL CHAMBERS
JULY 19, 1999
Present: President Susan King
Vice President Morris Seay
Treasurer Vicki Briggs
Member Sue Walden
Member Don Goebel
Absent: Secretary Pamela Kane
Staff: Gene Ramsey, Cindi Lane
Item #1.1. Call to Order: The work session was called to order by President
Susan King at 7:04 p.m. A quorum was present.
Item #1.2. Staff reports: Gene Ramsey covered the financial and staff reports.
He discussed the timeline for the July 29th work session. Mr. Ramsey discussed
the disbursement procedures for expenditures from the 4B bank account. He
covered the Tax Allocation Summary and discussed the TEDC 76th Legislative
Session Summary Report. Also discussed were the Sales Tax Holiday August 6-
8, Draft Bylaws of The Texas Economic Development Sales Tax Association and
notes from the TEDC seminar in Galveston.
Item #1.3. Board President's comments: President King had no comments.
Item # 1.4. Citizen Input: There was no citizen input.
Item #1.5 4A Ex-officio comments: Sue Walden reported on the timeline set up
for the consultants hired by the 4A Board to complete their economic plan. Ms.
Walden also informed the board that the next meeting of the 4A Board will be
held on July 28, 1999.
Item #1.6. Discussion of timeline regarding Brinkley Sargent Architects:
There was discussion of the timeline of Brinkley Sargent Architects conveying
topics presented from 46, Parks and Recreation and Library boards to Turco, It
was agreed that the draft wording survey text would be submitted to the 4B,
Parks and Recreation and Library boards for review. It was agreed that a joint
work session would be scheduled upon completion of draft questions.
Item #1.7. Discussion of questions for the phone survey: There was
discussion of the questions submitted by the Parks and Recreation and the
Library boards. The 4B Board then discussed additional topics.
Topics to be addressed include: seniors, public artwork, medians, entrance
features, signage, conventions, future facilities for recreation center, ice rink and
possible public-private partnerships with ice hockey, minor league baseball
teams and water parks.
There was discussion of whether to mention specific parks in the survey or
asking citizens which parks they use. There was discussion of the purpose of the
survey as determining a general overview as to what the residents' priorities are
before having the open meetings and focus group studies. Public input will
narrow down the priorities. There was also discussion of publicizing the up-
coming telephone survey via cable television and local newspapers to inform
residents receiving an "anonymous" phone call on their caller ID.
Item #1.8.Discussion of the 1999-2000 administrative budget:
There was discussion of the budget. It was the consensus of the board that the
budget was acceptable.
Item #1.9. Concerns of the board: The board had no concerns.
Item #1.10. Future agenda items: No future agenda items were mentioned.
There being no other business, the meeting was adjourned at 10:00 p. m. by
President King.
Cindi Lane Susan King
Executive Secretary President
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