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Home My WebLink About02/12/2015 CDCFebruary 12, 2015 MINUTES OF THE REGULAR SESSION tai THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION FEBRUARY 12TH 2015 The Regular Session of The Community Development Tebr°rrar��(l eity, of The Colony.,Texas, was called to order at 7:00 p.m. on the 12"' day of 15, 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 Veal - Staff Dorina Cole Member Present Jackie Kopsa - Staff Don Beckel Treasurer Present Richard Boyer, Council Liaison Susana Perez Member Present Allen Harris Member Present And Nvith all board members present a quorum was established and the following items wvere addressed: 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 Daddy/Daughter Dance - The dance is Saturday, Feb. 2'1" at the Cascades Livia Center. The ei,ent is' for ages 3-12, the cost is S35 and that does include a photo. There ,rs,still t-oo7yi.itithe 3.-Oodance. Citizen Input - None. 2.0 CONSENT AGENDA 2.1 Consider acceptance of the CDC financial reports for January 2015 2.2 Consider approval of minutes of the January Sth 2015 Regular Session and January 26 th 2015 .Taint Special Session with City Council Nlotion to upprow the consent agenda - Harris; second - Beckel; motion passes. 13.0REGULAR AGENDA ITEMS —1- — 3.1 Discussion of CDC / CC work session on Jarman' 26'h and review Capital Improvement Project list (CTP List) for future projects - The board had a copy of the list that it as discussed with Cily Council, but another, item isys added since the danuari, 20"" ineeting. Pani, Eiv anal cii),ITstqff"tnei with, a cowpany that does OHMS prog7vn7sJ6rpa)*'s. Tlii,sprogi°aiitcoitlddowart iiii,eiztoi,,i,ofall oiri`crs°,sel,sii7(aIIQf the p,c7t,ks and snap thew on a CIS si'sten, that would create a inap ii hick would be integrated onto the city Website. The cost depeids on if ire gather the information oi- if this is clone as a turn -fey - i, pmjecl C111dthey gafhcr all the inforniation,0- the 28 citlypai-ks. Kean lie. inteifiwedivith the cio''s February 12, 201 5 current GIS s ' i,stetn, it can program integrated with the City ffoi*5 prograthe citi, uses and it can also doaminortreeinrentori,. There is no annual cost and then will teach ?Is, how to input the information and ni67ke,cheiiiges.1a4jitsttii,eiits, iihen needed and the troining is included in the proposed cost. Ted from the IT Dept. said it would use the cit),'s GIS collector which is an app that can be used on cell phones and I -pads ofstqlfand board n7enibers that would enable thein to inark things and enter the it jbrination into the database. Pani stressed that this was onli, the first ineetingfor this product, but it could he presented to the board at a later date jbr their consideration. This would be a great tool.tbr managing our assets and communicating with the public about the parks. The board discussed at previous meetings their intent to allocate money, ' jbr the Veteran's Ift"Inorialproject. but because neither the plan nor the cost has been deterinined, there is no monei,° on this CII' Listjbr thisproiect. There was brief discussion abowresident,5 using the tennis courts at the high sc,hool. Pearn said ,she is working with the school district on this issue. Currently groups,organizations can reser l'e them, bast indiOditaly can't. Pain is trOng to see if there is a war, the city can inatiage rescrrolioi)5 and also help with maintenance of the courts. There aregra nt5available lhroz(gh the USI�A that maY help in this endeai,or. The boardrequested Finance on the balance and time leli to pa.1on the peaking lot adtfition at Haat aiian Falls and the shoreline trail. Councibnau Bo ' iv;° told the hoard that Citj, Council ii'ill discuss theprojects on lhis° Lst cri their lipce)illitl"'Cole,FicilReti,°eottiridproi,idetheniii,itha7-ei,isedlist based ori their t'li,s'eti,s,,Yiopa,s. Pain said'(1115 is llecdedfiw Planningpiaposes,for the ipconfing budget, 3.2 Discussion of changing the March meeting date due to conflictwith Spring Break — The Marchnieeling date has been changedfi-oin .11arch 12"' to March 3.3 Receive update from staff and discuss the following items — Lions Club Pond Desilting Project — Eve dispIqi,edpictuves of lhe,sill and explained that the depth of the sill is 15ft. and neat 1)fa`.o", thollghf� which is another 1,300 cubic " iards of silt. The engineer gaiv an estinlate of SPi,000 to remove the additional silt Tlie,sillits deepen ori the banks ,Ofthe poiid,so aid6ii,rioiia,rf dirt it,illlicti°ctobebi,,oitghiiii. T'Ve it, ill not hai,e to find another location fibra IN additiom d 071, Sonic o/ it can be put in some sink holes on the hill behind the park. Removing ,silt at the l5ft. le rel i i, ill add ( )more da, i'Lsontotheprqject. The consensus ofthe board is to remure as much of the additional silt os possible but without exceeding S35, 000. S1a-s'/Baker Park — The wia' structure has been installed and should be open in another Aveek Park Loop Trail — Eiv remineYed the board that the concrete did not meet the strength specifications. The ON Engineers suggested ive get a reeominendation from an oulside engineer. Theenalelilleell recommends that the section in question — the section north of Sla ' vBaker Park and approximately, 100 It. north of the intersection at Baker and alproximotely 402 ft. long — be relriacrd at the coratr actor 's e.slaerase. The concrete supplier did not provide the correLl /Hi -Y. Stewart Creek Park Playground — Lnginocering is currewli,reviciong the plans; Pow and Eve will ineet with 117cin next Week. to gel their conunenls and there discuss thein with the consultant. FebrLiary 12, 2015 Dog Park — Cita Coiencil appoved the design contractfirom Dienkin Shim & Stqffielv, and the.v have.starred on the design. West Shore Park — City Comicil approved the design contractfivin Dunk -in Sinis & Sto#cls -4 siwveY has been completed. A pziblic ineefing i vill he scheduled in April to present as conceptlial PIC al to reshlenfs card get thehhip'Ift. 3.4 Board to request items to be placed on future meeting agendas — A"One, There beinL, no further bysiness to discuss, the meeting was adjourneq at 8:01p.m. Ire, Kathy Neal, Recording Secretary Stephen ®I So&APriesident