HomeMy WebLinkAbout10/09/2014 CDC October 9,2014
MINUTES OF THE REGULAR SESSION OF THE
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION
OCTOBER 9TH 2014
The Regular Session of The Community Development Corporation of the City of The Colony,
Texas, was called to order at 7:00 p.m. on the 9th day of October 2014, at City Hall, 6800 Main
Street, The Colony, Texas, with the following roll call:
Stephen Sohn President Present Pam Nelson- Staff
Kathy Braby Vice President Present Eve Morgan- Staff
Lisa Leary Secretary Present Kathy Neal - Staff
Donna Cole Member Present
Don Beckel Treasurer Present Richard Boyer, Council Liaison
Susana Perez Member Present
Allen Harris Member Absent
And with six 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
Announcements of upcoming civic events and activities 1—
Drive-In Movie—
This is a first time event at Stewart Creek Park. The movie is "Serendipity", it starts at
8:00, concessions will be available, and the event is free. Lawn chair seating will be
available for late arrivals. Movie sound will be transmitted through 99.9FM.
Family Fright Night—
This event is Oct. 25th &26`h at Stewart Creek Park. There are only seven spaces still
available. New activities added this year are a haunted house and jack-o-lantern contest and
there are some campsites with electricity.
American Heroes—
This event is at Five Star on Nov. 8th• There is a 5K/10K Run, memorial ceremony, car
show, silent auction, carnival, JoDee Messina is the headline entertainer, and fireworks.
WWW.SaluteAmericanHeroes.com is the website.
Citizen Input—None.
2.0 CONSENT AGENDA
2.1 Consider acceptance of the CDC financial reports for September 2014.
2.2 Consider approval of minutes of the Regular Session on September 11th and Joint
Special Session with City Council on September 30th 2014.
Motion to approve the consent agenda—Cole; second—Braby; motion passes with all ayes.
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3.0 REGULAR AGENDA ITEMS
3.1 Receive update and discussion of the Dog Park—
Pam told the board that City Council is supportive of the East Lake Highlands location. A tour
will be scheduled for volunteers from the dog park committee, CDC Board members who are
available to go, and Pam & Eve, to visit other dog parks to look at signage, rules, the size of
the large dog and small dog areas, and amenities to help us design our park The goal is to
have construction drawings completed by spring, get it out for bid in the spring and begin
construction in the summer. The name of the dog park has not been determined. Steve said
that there is some vacant land by the field that could potentially be used for part of the dog
park as well and we should keep that in consideration.
The practices/activities that are scheduled at this location through March will be moved to
the BB Owen fields and there shouldn't be much loss of revenue as a result.
3.2 Receive update and discussion of the playground and improvements at Stewart
Creek Park—
The layout of the playground does not fit the area it is planned for. The original footprint of the
playground is 5,000 sq.feet, but it can be expanded to 6,000 sq.ft. There is not enough space
for the swings and the cruiser, both of which were very much desired by the residents who were
at the playground meeting a couple weeks ago. There is $235,000 budgeted and that includes
design fees, surveying, construction and play equipment, but the cost is higher than anticipated.
The consensus of the board is to include the cruiser and swings despite being over budget.
There is money left from other projects that can be used for this project. The vendor will be
asked to reconfigure the layout and to include the cruiser and swings.
3.3 Receive update from staff and discuss the following items—
Veteran's Memorial Master Plan—
The consultant continues to work on phasing. There is a meeting with the Veteran's Committee
and information from that meeting will be presented at the next CDC meeting.
Park Loop Trail—
Eve showed pictures of the construction; the surface is almost in. At BB Owen, we are waiting
for warning strips to be installed.
Lions Club Pond—
This project was advertised on Oct. 3rd and will be advertised on Oct. 10th also. The pre-bid
meeting is next Tuesday and the bids open on Oct. 28`h. Eve has contacted several vendors
via telephone to tell them about the project.
Perryman Parking Lot—
The contractor will start tomorrow with a silt fence.
Bridges Cemetery—
City Council approved the Bridges Cemetery Master Plan.
Storm Damage—
There were several trees that came down in the cemetery; two Arborists are coming out to
see the damage and make recommendations.
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There was damage at Five Star—bleachers were damaged but they will be rebuilt if possible,
all the pavilions had damage, there was extensive damage on the red field, there was no
damage on the soccer side, the fence by the maintenance building was damaged and that
will be fixed next week, 1 light fixture on field 6 is no longer on the pole, and one set of
bleachers went from field 8 to field 7. A suggestion was made to make concrete pads for
the bleachers and bolt the bleachers to the pads.
3.4 Board to request items to be placed on future meeting agendas—
There were no requests.
There being no further business to discuss, the meeting was adjourned at 7:4 p.m.
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