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THE COLONY COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION
WORK SESSION & REGULAR MEETING
CITY HALL COUNCIL CHAMBERS
AUGUST 19, 1999
Work Session
Present: 4B Board:
President Susan King
Vice President Morris Seay
Treasurer Vicki Briggs
Secretary Pamela Kane
Member Sue Walden
Member Don Goebel
Parks and Recreation Department:
Larry Henderson
Laura Bickerstaff
John Sanders
Donna Baggett
Pam Nelson, Director
Library Department:
Diana Kruzich
Lorraine Clark
James W. Althaus
Jayme Skelton
Sue Parks
Joan Sveinsson, Director
Staff: Gene Ramsey, Cindi Lane
Guests: Dwayne Brinkley, Brinkley Sargent Architects
Dennis Sims, Dunkin Sims Stoffels, Inc.
Raymond Turco, Raymond Turco and Associates
Item #1.0. Call to Order: The work session was called to order by President
Susan King at 7:04 p.m. A quorum was present.
Item #1.1. Discussion regarding the Raymond Turco telephone survey
questionnaire: Mr. Raymond Turco was introduced to the group. Mr. Turco
explained the background of a telephone survey, the rules and the way in which
the results would be analyzed. Then he read the entire draft survey to the group.
Upon completion of the reading of the survey, Mr. Turco addressed all questions
and edited it as recommended from members of the boards. Mr. Turco told the
group that he would make the revisions and e-mail the changes back to Gene
Ramsey, Pam Nelson and Joan Sveinsson on Friday, August 20, 1999. He
asked that approval be made by Monday, August 23, 1999 at noon. Mr. Turco
said that he would be ready to proceed with the phone calls the week of August
23 and 30.
Item #1.2. Discussion of Community Development Master Plan with
consultant Dwayne Brinkley: There was brief discussion of the phone survey
being on target with the timeline of the overall Master Plan.
Item #1.3. Discussion of athletic complex: There was no discussion of the
athletic complex. President Susan King adjourned the work session at 9:10 p.m.
Regular Meeting
Present: President Susan King
Vice President Morris Seay
Treasurer Vicki Briggs
Secretary Pamela Kane
Member Sue Walden
Member Don Goebel
Staff: Gene Ramsey, Cindi Lane
Item # 2.0. Call to order: The regular 413 meeting was called to order by
President King at 9:15 p.m.
Item #2.9 Concerns of the board: Don Goebel expressed his concerns of not
enough notification being given for the Town Hall meeting on August 17, 1999.
There was discussion of having a saturation mailing or printing information on
residents' water bills. There was also discussion of the focus group meeting on
August 26, 1999. The board suggested that additional athletic special groups be
invited to participate in the focus group meeting.
Item #2.1. Staff reports: Mr. Ramsey went over the Quicken report, the cash
flow projection spreadsheet and the tax allocation summary. He pointed out that
the sales taxes collected so far are approximately 25% ahead of last year's
collections. Mr. Ramsey also went over the financial statement. The board stated
that in the future they want to see only the 4B financial statements and only the
Denton County portion of the Tax Allocation Summary. Mr. Ramsey informed the
board that he would be out of town next month during the regularly scheduled
meeting and asked the board if they would like to move the meeting to a different
Thursday or keep it the same. The board decided that they would like to meet on
September 23ra
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Item #2.2 Board President's comments: President King stated that according
to the report to the City Manager, she feels that Mr. Ramsey may be spending
too much time on city duties.
Item #2.3. Citizen input: There was no citizen input.
Item #2.4. 4A ex-officio comments: 4A Ex-officio member Sue Walden
reviewed the minutes from the 4A board meeting held on July 28, 1999.
Item #2.5. Discussions and appropriate actions regarding work session:
There was no discussion from the board at this time.
Item #2.6. Consideration and approval of the minutes of the public hearing
held June 17, 1999 and regular board meeting held July 19, 1999: A motion
was made by Ms. Walden to accept the minutes of the regular board meeting
held July 19, 1999. Vicki Briggs seconded the motion. The motion carried with all
ayes. A second motion was made by Ms. Briggs to approve the minutes from the
public hearing held June 17, 1999 with the amendment of changing the spelling
of the word "Turku" on Item #2.5 to "Turco". Morris Seay seconded the motion.
All members voted in favor with the exception of Pamela Kane who abstained.
Item #2.7. Discussion and appropriate action regarding the approval of the
1999-2000 administrative budget: Ms. Briggs made a motion to accept the
1999-2000 administrative budget as written for a total of $88,989.00. Ms. Walden
seconded the motion. The motion carried with all ayes.
Item #2.8. Discussion and appropriate action regarding the approval of the
1999-2000 contract between The City of The Colony and The Colony
Community Development Corporation. There was discussion of the 1999-
2000 contract. The board decided to have an independent attorney review the
contract and consider it at the September meeting.
Item #2.10. Future agenda items: The board had no items to add.
There being no other business, the meeting was adjourned at 10:10 p. m. by
President King.
Cindi Lane Susan King
Executive Secretary President
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