HomeMy WebLinkAbout02/11/2016 CDCFebruary 11, 2016
MINUTES OF THE REGULAR SESSION OF THE
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION
FEBRUARY 11TH; 2016
The Regular Session of The Community Development Corporation of the City of The Colony,
Texas, was called to order at 6:30 p.m. on the 11th day of February 2016, 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 Ilarris
Member
Present
And with all board members present a quorum was established and the following items were
addressed:
1.0 ROUTINE —AN N0UNCE:MIF.NTS, 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—
Daddy/Daughter Dance
This event is on Saturday, Feb. 20'hat the Cascades Event Center @ the Fairfield Inn. They: 00 and
7:00 dances are sold out, but there is still room available for the 3:00 dance. The cost is $35per
couple.
Citizen Input — None.
L2.0 CONSENT AGENDA
2.1 Consider acceptance of the CDC financial reports for December 2015
2.2 Consider approval of minutes of the December 10th 2015 Regular Session
Motion to approve the consent agenda - Harris; second - Mahle; motion passes with all ayes.
3.0 REGULAR AGENDA ITEMS_
3.1 Discuss and consider changing the March meeting date —
The consensus of the board is to change the March meeting date from March 10`" to March 17'h due
to schedule conflicts with spring break.
February 11, 2016
3.2 Receive update from staff and discuss the following items -
Dog Park - j
The site plan was approved by the P & Z Board on Jan. 26`" and will be presented to City Council on
Feb. 16` for their approval. We should receive the first draft of the plans and project manual - —
tomorrow so we can go out for bid at the end of February; the expected completion date is August,
2016.
Phillip Faggett, 5136 South Colony Blvd. - Ile asked the board if there is access to the lake from
The Tribute community. Pam replied that there is access from the trail head at the Old American
Golf Course parking lot.
Ridgepointe Park Playground -
The new tot playground for ages 2-5 has been installed and an audit was performed today. It will
remain closed until the punch list is finished. We are adding an Expression Swing; this is a swing
where 2 people face each other while they are swinging; by adding this swing we have exceeded the
budget, but this is a unique feature to add to the playground. Eve showed a brief video about the
swing and the board was impressed.
Boat Ramp Parking Lot Repairs -
We are going to build a 2ft.-3ft. bag wall to fix the erosion problem. We have received some quotes
and should have a contract next week. Funding from this will come from the flood repair fund and a
claim will also be submitted to FEMA.
Trail Master Plan
City Council approved this at the Feb. 2nd meeting. A meeting will be scheduled with the consultant
to discuss the scope of the project.
Squires / North Colony Trail Design -
City Council approved this at the Feb. 2nd meeting. A survey has been ordered. This project should
be completed by the beginning of 2017.
3.3 Board to request items to be placed on future meeting agendas -
A request was made to have the skate park on the agenda.
There eing no further business to discuss, the meet' g was adjo at 6:51pm.
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Ka y Neal, Recor ing Secretary Stephe ell
President