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HomeMy WebLinkAbout06/22/1981 City Council 000892 MINUTES OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF THE COLONY HELD ON JUNE 22, 1981 A WORK SESSION of the City Council of the City of The Colony, Texas was called to order at 7:30 p.m. with the following members present: Richard Turner Mayor Scott North Councilman Freeman Upchurch Councilman Norman Adeler Councilman Gary Shipman Councilman Charles Dodds Councilman and with no members absent; thus, a quorum was established. 1. CITIZEN INPUT Larry Sample: Mr. Sample was concerned about traffic flow in the northern section of The Colony, especially in regard to people trying to leave The Colony for work. He felt that something needs to be done about another route from North Colony Boulevard to Highway 121 and suggested that the city do a feasibility study on this problem. He suggested further that possibly a route could be worked out on the east side of The Colony, and he stated that he felt that a solution should be found for this traffic problem or the city should not permit building to continue. Mayor Turner stated that he agreed with Mr. Sample. Councilman Shipman brought up the fact that any road which connects with Highway 121 will be considered a major artery and will have to be a certain size to meet state specifications. Councilman Shipman also mentioned that building an intersection at a railroad track is always very expensive and anything worked out on the east side of The Colony would probably have to have a railroad crossing. Councilman Adeler suggested possibly going through Frisco's territory east of The Colony. Janice Carroll brought up the fact that Fox & Jacobs had presented a preliminary plat to the Planning & Zoning Commission for development of an area adjacent to the IBM property and this plat was turned down by the commission due to traffic flow problems. 3. DISCUSSION OF SOUTHWESTERN BELL RATE CASE Janice Carroll presented this report to the Council; however, she was waiting for a letter from Mr. Don Butler, a TML attorney, which had not been received as yet, which would have had most of the information she had planned to discuss. It was Mrs. Carroll's recommendation that The Colony join this rate increase protest; a major point of contention is that Southwestern Bell is attempting to use capital outlay in their rate structure. Councilman Shipman felt that we should try to help with this protest if it was not too expensive. Mayor Turner stated that the Council would look at this again at their next regular meeting on July 6. Councilman North mentioned that the ECC rates were up for a decision on whether to continue or not this month, and he wondered if this would continue in The Colony. It was agreed on that, since this has been very successful from their point of view, it probably would be continued. 2. RECEIVE 4th OF JULY REPORT Mr. Rick Herold, Director of Park & Recreation, was present to give an update on the planned activities for Saturday, July 4. He stated that the parade route would be from a point on North Colony Boulevard near the athletic fields east to Paige Road, then south on Paige Road to South Colony Boulevard, west on South Colony Boulevard to Blair Oaks Road and south on Blair Oaks Road to Camey Elementary School where it would terminate. The parade is to start at 10 a.m. Recognition -1- 000893 of dignitaries and the guest speaker are planned for 11 a.m. Mr. Herold also announced that there would be two rides and a "space walk" during the day and that hot dogs were to be sold for 35¢. Also as part of the presentation, Mr. Herold had a guest dressed as "Uncle Sam" who sang "I'm A Yankee Doodle Dandy" with original wording regarding the various activities that will take place. 4. DISCUSSION OF BUDGET TOWN HALL MEETING PROCEDURES Mayor Turner started this discussion by giving the background on why these meetings have been planned for members of the audience. These are being set up and advertised in such a way that, hopefully, a majority of the residents will be aware of the meetings and can plan to attend the ones of interest to them. Each meeting will have certain departmental presentations scheduled, and no other departments will be discussed that night. The basic procedure will be to have staff pre- sentations first followed by a time for the Council to ask questions. Then there will be a brief recess during which time citizens will be given the opportunity to sign up if they wish to state an opinion or ask questions. Then after the recess, citizens who have signed up will be heard by the Council. It was mentioned that the amount of time given to each citizen will depend entirely on how many have signed up on that night, since obviously there will have to be a limit on the amount of time spent. 5. CLOSED DOOR SESSION A. POLICE DEPARTMENT PERSONNEL B. FIRE DEPARTMENT PERSONNEL C. BOARD APPOINTMENTS At this time, Mayor Turner did announce that the Council would meet in a closed door session as authorized by Article 6252-17 of Vernon's Ann. Civil Statutes, and that no action would be taken at this time. Upon reconvening in open session, there being no further items for the Council to discuss, Councilman Shipman made a motion to adjourn. Seconded by Councilman North, the motion was passed by the following vote: Ayes: Ail members present voted aye Noes: None Mayor Turner adjourned the meeting at 11 p.m. RICHARD TURNER, MAYOR ATTEST: JANIC ~ -2-