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April 25, 2013
MINUTES OF REGULAR SESSION OF THE
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION
APRIL 25TH 2013
The Special Session of The Community Development Corporation of the City of The
Colony, Texas, was called to order at 6:05 p.m. on the 25th day of April 2013, at City
Hall, 6800 Main Street, The Colony, Texas, with the following roll call:
Tenon Lawrence President Absent Pam Nelson - Staff
Stephen Sohn Vice President Present Kathy Neal - Staff
Lisa Leary Secretary Absent
Donna Cole Member Present Jeff Connelly - City Council
Don Beckel Member Present
Susana Perez Member Present
Kathy Braby Treasurer Absent
And with five board members present a quorum was established and the following items
were addressed:
1.0 ROUTINE ANNOUNCEMENTS, RECOGNITIONS
Call to Order
Pledge of Allegiance to the United States Flag
Salute to the Texas Flag
2.0 REGULAR AGENDA ITEMS
2.1 Public Hearing to receive public input regarding funding and construction of
the Analemmatic (Human) Sundial for the Keith Helms Memorial and Lions
Club Park Pond Improvements -
The Public Hearing was called to order at 6.•06p.m.
An announcement was made to clam that the Analemmatic (Human) Sundial for the
Keith Helms Memorial project and Lions Club Park Pond Improvements are separate
projects - they are just included in the same agenda item.
Pam told the board the sundial will be installed at the end of the parking lot at the
Stewart Creek Park trailhead. Granite material will be used and inlayed with stainless
steel, and the numbers will be flush with the ground. There will be a sign to explain how
the sundial works and a sign about Keith. The estimated cost of the granite is $15,000
and $7, 000 installation; the signs will cost approximately $3,500 - $4, 000. This project
is under $50, 000 so we do not have to get bids, we just have to get 3 quotes. We will get
a separate quote for the fabrication of the granite and a separate quote for the
installation.
Christi Martin, 5604 Longhorn Dr., The Colony - She is surprised that there is not more
information being presented tonight. She asked if there is going to be another meeting to
give more information.
Board member Braby indicated that Jason Ney showed specifics at the last CDC Board
meeting and Board member Cole added that the font was not yet determined.
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Lions Club Park Pond Improvements - Pam told the hoard the pond needs to be dredged.
The board has already given approval to do a silt test so we can get an idea of the
volume of silt and that will help determine the cost to dredge the pond. An aeration
system and a fountain will be installed.
The public hearing was closed at 6:22p. in.
2.2 Discussion and action to be taken as a result of the public hearing -
Lions Club Park Pond Improvements - Pam said no action is needed; after the silt test is
done we will have an estimate on what it will cost for the dredging and then we will
prepare bid specs to go out for bid.
Sundial Memorial - Pam said no action is needed. The project is in the $25, 000 price
range so we will get 3 bids and present them to the board. We will get a separate bid for
fabrication and a separate bid for installation. We have found a contractor in McKinney
who has done a sundial project.
2.3 Discussion of Kids Colony 2 Grand Opening event on May 10th -
Pam told the board that the event was moved to May 10'x' so it could be done on the same
day as the Movie in the Park event; the movie that would normally have been shown at
Five Star will be shown at Kids Colony following the grand opening activities. We will
put signs at Five Star to notify people and remind them the movie will he shown at Kids
Colony.
A local food vendor has been asked to cook for the event because of the large crowd
anticipated; we will have hot dogs and hamburgers. Flyers will be distributed in the
schools and the event will be advertised on various media outlets.
The rubber surface has been installed and it looks great. The cotton gin boards have to
be refabricated because the holes are bad, work continued on the arbor structure today,
the irrigation is almost complete, color will be added to the vertical seating walls, more
sod is needed for the border, and the music pods were installed but the xylophone was
not. A drain line was hit when the music pods were installed, so that will have to be
fixed. There have been some additional expenses we did not anticipate -paying for an
additional month for the 2 storage containers and rental of a scissor lift for the 2
community build days, but the construction budget is good. The signs will not be ready
for the grand opening, and we authorized the purchase of more sod.
We will invite representatives from CoServe for the presentation of the grant, Dr.
Pepper/Snapple to acknowledge their grant towards the project, and announce the city
receiving the Playful City designation for the third year. We are also going to invite
families who are descendents of the Bridges settlement.
And with no further business to discuss, the meeting was adjourned at 6:34 p.m.
Kathy Neil, Recording Secretary ~4 ,~Vrence President
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