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HomeMy WebLinkAbout10/08/2015 CDC October 8,2015 MINUTES OF THE REGULAR SESSION OF THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION OCTOBER 8TH 2015 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 8th day of October 2015, 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 Donna Cole Secretary Present Kathy Neal - Staff Don Beckel Treasurer Present Jackie Kopsa- Staff Lisa Leary Member Present Richard Boyer, Council Liaison Dan Mahle Member Present Allen Harris Member Present And with all 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 '— Family Fright Night— This event is at Stewart Creek Park on Oct. 17th& 18th and is already sold out. American Heroes— This event is at Five Star on Saturday, Nov. 7th. This year everything is being relocated to the south side of Five Star and the carnival will be in the south parking lot as well. The Gin Blossoms are the headline band this year. Make a Difference Day— This event is part of Keep the Colony Beautiful and is being hosted by the Community Image Dept. on Saturday, Oct. 24`". There will be activities at Bill Allen Memorial Park, the Shoreline Trail and the Tribute Trail. Historical Bridge Marker Dedication— The dedication to recognize the bridge as a historic landmark in Denton County will take place on Friday, Nov. 13th at 10:00am. Arbor Day— The fifth grade class at Peters Colony Elementary school will participate in this event with the Parks&Recreation Dept.; it will be held on Nov. 12th at 1:00 at the school. Citizen Input—None. 1 October 8,2015 2.0 CONSENT AGENDA 2.1 Consider acceptance of the CDC financial reports for September 2015 2.2 Consider approval of minutes of the September 10th 2015 Regular Session Motion to approve—Cole;second—Mahle; motion passes with all ayes. 3.0 REGULAR AGENDA ITEMS 3.1 Discussion and schedule a public hearing for Capital Improvement Projects to be funded in the 2015-2016 budget year- The old capital improvement project list was included in the budget by mistake, so the list in this packet will be given to City Council to review and be on their Oct. 20th agenda. The public hearing will take place at the November 12th CDC meeting. There was discussion about reallocating money in the Veteran's Memorial project to the Squires trail project. The board is in favor of doing this;funds still remaining in the Veteran's Memorial project after the Squires trail project is completed can remain in that project or be reallocated to another project. 3.2 Discuss and provide update on trail connections in Austin Ranch- Eve and Pam explained that they don't think the CDC Board should participate in making these trail connections in Austin Ranch; this would be a big expense, there are many grading issues that could affect ADA requirements, and the connections would be in a floodway which means high water flows and washout. The consensus of the board is to work on a connection on the north side of Windhaven to connect to the existing Grandscape trail and not to participate in the trail connections in Austin Ranch. 3.3 Discuss and consider approval of changing the start time for the monthly CDC Board meeting— There was discussion to change the meeting time from 7:00 to 6:30; Allen and Donna indicated that it may be difficult for them to get to the meeting on time. Motion to change the start time for the monthly CDC Board meeting to 6:30pm—Mahle; second— Braby; motion passes with all ayes. 3.4 Receive update from staff and discuss the following items— Stewart Creek Park— The new playground is open and there was a good turnout for the grand opening event. The basketball goal is not here yet and the new grass is doing well. Park Loop Trail— The growing season is over, but the Bermuda grass should come back in the spring. There are significant cracks in the trail that have to be fixed and Eve is working with the contractor and consultant to get that done. There is a 2-year maintenance bond with the contractor, so that will help in getting the cracks fixed. 2 October 8,2015 Dog Park— The zoning for the location was approved at the October 6th City Council meeting; there was a complaint from a resident about the smell, sound and lighting and another resident expressed their support of the dog park because it will eliminate a lot of traffic in the alley. The size of the dog park may be reduced and it will extend into the tree line. 3.5 Board to request items to be placed on future meeting agendas— • Discussion of the Christmas pot luck dinner There b ing no further business to discuss, the meeti _ was adjourne. at 7:43pm. 4.16All Kathy Neal, Rec ing ecretary Stephen S. 'resident 3