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HomeMy WebLinkAbout01/12/2017 CDCJanuary 12, 2017 MINUTES OF THE REGULAR SESSION OF THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION JANUARY 12TH 2017 The Regular Session of The Community Development Corporation of the City of The Colony, Texas, was called to order at 6:34 p.m. on the 12th day of January, 2017, 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 Absent Allen Harris Member Present 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 Items of Community Interest I - Polar Open Disc Golf Tournament - This year the tournament is part of the TAAF Winter Games of Texas. The tournament is on Saturday, Jan. 14`h at Bill Allen Memorial Park. Registration can be made online at PDGA.COM. Daddy/Daughter Dance - The dance is on Saturday, Feb. 25`h at the Cascades Events Center. Tickets are on sale now at the Recreation Center for $35.001couple; dance times are - 3:00, 5: 00, and 7:00. 2.0 CITIZEN INPUT None. 3.0 1 CONSENT AGENDA 3.1 Consider approving CDC Board Regular Session minutes for December 8th 2016 3.2 Consider acceptance of the CDC fmancial reports for December 2016 Motion to approve the consent agenda -- Cole; second - Leary; motion passes. January 12, 2017 4.0 1 REGULAR AGENDA 4.1. Discuss and consider approval of a proposal from SPA Skateparks for the design and construction of the skate park renovation and expansion -- Eve told the board that 4 RFQ's were received and after several interviews and site visits, SPA Skateparks is the recommended contractor; they are based in Austin and have built many skate parks. The project budget is $300, 000 and does not include testing/inspection, sod, contractor's permit, and accessibility reports. The cost of the sod will depend on how much area is disturbed and the reports should cost less than $1,000. Construction would start after they finish the park they are building in Frisco. Meetings will be held with the public to get input on the design and features. Motion to approve the proposal from SPA Skateparks -- Harris; second - Cole; motion passes with all ayes. 4.2. Receive presentation and discuss and consider approval of the Trail and Bike Route Master Plan - Lenny Hughes from HaffAssociates made a presentation. He explained they created the plan by doing site visits, touring the city, having meetings with city staff, attended a CDC Board meeting to get public input, and created an online survey and included the survey results in the plan. He briefly reviewed the components of each chapter and explained that the plan is designed to be completed in phases. This plan will provide opportunities for recreation, exercise, connections to other cities, connections between homes, schools and parks, and create options for bikeways - - and paddle/kayak trails. This will be presented to City Council in February. Motion to approve the Trail and Bike Route Master Plan - Beckel; second Braby; motion passes with all ayes. 4.3 Receive update from staff and discuss the following items - Stewart Creek Park - Entry Feature - The plans are complete and Eve is getting quotes for the hardscape. Fishing Pier - All discussions to date have been with the vendor who builds piers, but now we are going to discuss the project with an engineer to get information for additional work about parking and walkways adjacent to the gangway for the pier. We plan to discuss this at a work session with City Council in February. Trees and Irrigation - Locations for new trees have been identified; they will be native and low maintenance. We are reviewing a proposal for renovation of the current irrigation system at the park; Eve assured the board that the irrigation plan will be - - compatible with the .Stewart Creek Park Master Plan. January 12, 2017 Trails — Squires/Taylor, Stewart Creek Park and South Colony Blvd. will be done as a bundle and Eve should have the completed plans from Dunkin Sims Stoffels next week. She is working with ATMOS on an Encroachment Agreement. The tentative plan is to get the plans to - — Engineering for review in February, go out for bid and award the contract in March and construction to start in July. Bike Friendly Community Application — Eve is working on the application and the deadline is Feb. I Ph. Steve and Don started a young seniors group for biking. They will start by doing safety checks on the bikes the seniors will be riding, make sure they have helmets, teach the correct signals to use when riding, and view instructional videos. Bridges Cemetery Restorations — The cost for headstone restoration is $32,438 and is good for 2 years. The board was given a prioritized list of all the headstones. There is $10,722 remaining in this budget, but a budget amendment could be done and this could be brought back to the board in February for formal approval. The board has to decide if they want to do the restoration in phases or do them all at the same time. Pam said we will get information on how much time it would take to do each phase. 4.4 Consider approval of a Performance Agreement with Jackson-Shaw/The Oasis Limited Partnership — Pam reminded the board that a public hearing was held a couple months ago and the 60 day comment period has passed. Motion to approve the Performance Agreement -- Leary; second -- Braby; motion passes with all ayes. There being no further business to discuss, the meeting was adjourned at 7:39pm. Kathy Neal, Recording Secretary Stephen Sohn, ident