HomeMy WebLinkAbout03/09/2017 CDCMarch 9, 2017
MINUTES OF THE REGULAR SESSION OF THE
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION
MARCH 9TH 2017
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 9`" day of March, 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
Absent
Richard Boyer, Council Liaison
Dan Mahle
Member
Absent
Allen Harris
Member
Present
And with five board members present a quorum was established and the following items were
addressed:
1.0 1 ROUTINE ANNOUNCEMENTS, RECOGNITIONS
Call to Order
Pledge of Allegiance to the United States Flag
Salute to the Texas Flag
Items of Community Interest -
Spring Break Kidz Kamp -
This program is March 13'h- 11"; there is afield trip every day and the cost is $150/week or
$35/day.
Movie in the Park -
"The Jungle Book" will be shown at Five Star on Friday, April 7'hat 8:00. This event is free and
concessions will be available for purchase.
Spring Eggstravaganza -
The Faster Egg Hunt is at Five Star on Thursday, April 13'hfrom 6:30 - 8:00pm. Tickets
are $3/child if purchased in advance or $5/child if you buy them on the event day.
Kids Chase by the Lake -
This event is on Saturday, April 22"d at Stewart Creek Park. The cost is $8/child and registration
is required prior to the race day. This is for boys and girls ages 5 - 11. The Colony Roadrunners
Club and The Parks & Recreation Dept. host this event.
F-2.0 CITIZEN INPUT
None.
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3.0 =CONSENT AGENDA
3.1 Consider approving CDC Board Regular Session minutes for February 91h 2017
Consider acceptance of the CDC financial reports for February 2017
Motion to approve the consent agenda - =Harris; second - Braby; motion passes.
4.0 1 REGULAR AGENDA
4.1. Discussion of projects and priorities for next year -
The board was given notes from a previous park tour that identified repairs and amenities needed
for each park. Pam told the board that a comprehensive sign replacement plan is being
developed for each park; signs at Stewart Creek Park will be replaced during the next couple of
months.
Until the board knows if they will be asked to assist with the relocation of City Hall, the
consensus of the board is to work on projects that can be accomplished easily and that don't cost
a lot of money. In addition to the projects identified on the list, these projects were also of
interest to board members -
• Continue to add trees to all the parks
• Consider moving up the trail connection at HWY 121 - - -
• Install bike racks in the parks
• Install decorative bridges for crossings at John Yates, Blair Oaks, and Miller
• Install interpretive signage in parks that explains the history of the park
• Explore the possibility of partnering with the TIRZ on the trail connection between the
Cascades and Grandscape
Tina is scheduling a work session with City Council. Suggested topics to discuss include
• Do they want us to continue to working on improvements at Stewart Creek Park and if
they do, do they want us to issue debt or pay cash
• Discuss trail priorities
• Are they continuing to pursue big projects like the Veteran's Memorial & West Shore
Park
• The need to hire an Arborist to maintain the trees we are planting and have planted and
a Project Manager to help manage projects.
The board was instructed to review the listfrom the park tour and idents their top 10 priorities
and to make any changes they think are necessary; the lists will be discussed at the next meeting
in preparation for the work session with City Council.
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4.2 Receive update from staff and discuss the following items -
Stewart Creek Park -
_ • Entry Feature - We have 2 quotes and are waiting for one more.
• Fishing Pier - Eve displayed an aerial view of the pier. She and Pam are working
with the site consultant; the engineering division of their firm wants to do a bigger
study than what is necessary.
• Trees and Irrigation - Eve is looking for a licensed irrigator/landscape architect
that has the required insurance for the city and state to do a plan for us. There is
a 2 -wire system but we want to do a traditional wire system which will be
easier to troubleshoot problems.
• Trail Extension - Eve showed the board a revised drawing of the trail being
re-routed by the existing small playground. This will be included in the
Squires/Vaden trail project.
Skate Park -.
City Council approved the project. Eve is gathering information so the consultant can create the
base map. Public input meetings will be scheduled in April and May and construction should
start in late summer.
Tree City USA -
April le is the tentative date to present the city's designation to City Council.
- - Park Loop Trail -
We are changing the direction of the trail so it will connect to the sidewalk on the south side
of Vaden.
Bicycle Committee -
The committee has met their first year goals of assisting with the review of the Trails and
Bikeways Master Plan and completing the Bike Friendly Community Application. Their future
goals include creating safe bike routes to school, idents current and proposed locations for bike
racks and review city ordinances related to bike racks, and idents locations for bike route
signage.
Bike Friendly Community Application -
The application is on Facebook and as of today there have been 213 clicks on the link, 28 shares,
76 likes, 16 comments ad it reached 3,700. Tomorrow is the last day to complete the
Survey.
City Council Work Session -
A request has been made; we are waiting to hear from the City Secretary.
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4.4 Board to request items to be on a future agenda —
Donna requested consideration of short term mowing or a prescribed burn on the trail in the
area of Lakeshore & Lakeridge in the meadow between the shortcut and the bridge heading
north. She said it has become overgrown with a lot of brush.
There being no further business to discuss, the meeting was adjourned at 7:19pm.
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Kathy Neal, ecording Secretary Stephen S esident