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HomeMy WebLinkAbout11/13/2014 CDC November 13,2014 MINUTES OF THE REGULAR SESSION OF THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION NOVEMBER 13TH 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 13th day of November 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 Absent Allen Harris Member Absent—Excused for city related business 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 Announcements of upcoming civic events and activities 1— Holiday in the Park— This event is on Saturday, Dec. 6th at Perryman Park. There will be carnival games, the Parade of Lights starts at 5:45p.m., and Santa will be at the park. The Colony Christmas Spectacular— This is the holiday light show that runs nightly at the Central Fire Station on Blair Oaks from Dec. 6th thru Jan. 3rel. Citizen Input—None. 2.0 CONSENT AGENDA 2.1 Consider acceptance of the CDC financial reports for October 2014. 2.2 Consider approval of minutes of the October 9th Regular Session Motion to approve the consent agenda—Cole;second—Braby; motion passes with all ayes. 3.0 REGULAR AGENDA ITEMS 3.1 Discussion and consider approval of the Veteran's Memorial Master Plan and funding options— David Buchanon from Halff Associates made a presentation to the board. He told the board that all the feedback and comments they received has been incorporated into this design. The memorial will include an amphitheater,parking lot, boardwalk, interpretive signage, lighting 1 November 13,2014 and the monument. The amphitheater will have 6 tiers, accommodate approximately 250 people and will be located close to the parking area. The monument is 60-80 feet tall and will be a one of a kind monument. The artist is from Arlington, Texas; he has never done a monument like this before but he has done metal work. This project can be done in phases. Phase 1 would be the parking lot, amphitheater, lighting, board walks and plantings; Phase 2 is the memorial structure and the water feature surrounding it; Phase 3 is enhancements to the water channel; and other phases would focus on the south side with additional sidewalks,plantings, lighting, and shade structures. Pam reminded the board that there is funding set aside in the current budget for this project that could be used to move forward on the design and Phase 1. The consensus of the board is that they like the design but are concerned about the cost and how it will impact the projects they are working on and will work on in the future. They want to review the project list in the CDC Master Plan and see how this project will fit in with that and they also want to know what City Council thinks before they move forward. Motion to table approval of the Veteran's Memorial Master Plan and funding options — Cole; second—Leary; motion passes with all ayes. 3.2 Schedule a public hearing for upcoming projects— A public hearing will be held at the December 11`h 2014 board meeting. 3.3 Receive update from staff and discuss the following items— Stewart Creek Park Playground— Eve displayed the playground design which includes the cruiser. She and Pam will meet with the consultant to work on incorporating the swing set in the design. Park Loop Trail— All the concrete is in place but the strength test did not meet the requirements; we are waiting on test results. Lions Club Pond— This project was put out for bid again, this time we received 6 bids and 5 are acceptable. Perryman Parking Lot— All the concrete has been installed and it is on schedule to be complete for the Christmas Spectacular. Sod will be installed and the striping won't be done until after the Christmas Spectacular event is over. Dog Park— A field trip will be scheduled to visit dog parks in McKinney, Plano, Frisco, Lewisville and Irving to see how these cities designed their dog park, the amenities included in them, and to see their rules and signage. Arbor Day Event— This year the event is at BB Owen Elementary School but it was held inside because of the cold temperature. Courtney Blevins from the Texas Forest Service was there. A proclamation will be presented at the next City Council meeting. 2 November 13,2014 3.4 Board to request items to be placed on future meeting agendas— • Review of the CDC Priority Task List at the next meeting. • Schedule a field trip to the city parks to see what they need to be complete before the next budget process. Ther being no further business to discuss, the meeting was adjou d at 8:19p.m. t/Ce--etc \. \ , Kathy Nbal, Recording Secretary c Ste en Sohn, resider L / t 3