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MINUTES OF THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING
HELD ON
JULY 9, 1990
The Special Session of the City Council of the City of The
Colony, Texas was called to order at 7:00 p.m. on the 9th day of
July, 1990 at City Hall with the following Council roll call:
Don Amick, Mayor Present
Bill Manning, Councilman Present.
Steve Withers, Councilman Present
Mike Alianell, Councilman Absent
Rob Burchard, Councilman Present(Arrived 8:00)
Lou Gomez, Councilman Present
Joel Marks, Councilman Present
and with five present, a quorum was established and the following
items were addressed:
1. CLOSED DOOR SESSION AS AUTHORIZED BY ARTICLE 6252-17,
V.A.C.S., SECTION 2G, REGARDING PERSONNEL, TO-WIT:
A. INTERVIEW FOR ADVISORY BOARDS
8:00 p.m. Councilman Burchard arrived
9:05 The Council took a ten minute recess, after which t. he .--.
following item was discussed:
4. WORK SESSION WITH THE PARK AND RECREATION BOARD
Members of the Park and Recreat. ion Board present were:
Julia Warren, Chairman, Rod Rodriguez, Mike Stanfield, Susan
King and Kathy Phillips
The Council and The Board discussed the Adopt-A-Park
Guidelines, specifically covering recommended amendments as
follows:
City Responsibilities:
Item No. 2 - After a brief discussion relating the city
providing irrigation to each park, it was decided that. the City
should not be obligated to provide irrigation, but on a case by
case basis, if the money is available and the group is deemed
worthy of the assistance, the city could provide irrigation.
Item No. 2 will not be amended.
Item No. 4 - There was a lengthy discussion on how long the
city should store equipment before installing it in the __
designated park. Susan King explained that there does need to be
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a time limit or the City could be storing equipment indefinitely.
Item 4 will be amended to set a time limit for storage.
Item No. 5 - To be deleted in it's entirety.
Item No. 6 - Will become No. 5 and have no changes.
Adopting Organization's Responsibilities:
Item No. 3 - This item deals with naming of the adopted park
and an amendment to require the organization to pay for the
signage if their name appears on the sign will be added.
Item No. 4 - The only change is to change Public Works
Superintendent to Director of Public Works.
Item No. 5 - This item is amended to require the
organization to pay for all expenses related to the planned
improvements to the park.
Item No. 6 - No amendment
Item No. 7 - This amendment will require a report to the
Board by the organization once each quarter.
Item No. 8 - An added item requiring two clean-ups of the
park per year.
Item No. 9 - An added item requires that trees and shrubs
will meet established guidelines.
With no further discussion, the City Secretary was directed
to place this item on the July 16, 1990 agenda for action.
Chairman Warren suggested also talking about adjusting the
entrance fees at the Aquatic Park for children. Mayor Amick, the
Council and the Board agreed this item should be referred to the
Fees Corrrnittee.
3. FIRST READING OF AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE CODE OF
ORDINANCES BY AMENDING CHAPTER 11, RELATING TO THE LIBRARY
BOARD; CHAPTER 14, RELATING TO THE PARK AND RECREATION BOARD
CHAPTER 17, RELATING TO THE PLANNING AND ZONING
COMMISSION; AND AMENDING SECTION 21 OF APPENDIX A-ZONING
RELATING TO THE BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT AND APPEALS
Patti Hicks, City Secretary explained her reasons for
suggesting amendments to various sections of the Code relating to
advisory boards. Ms. Hicks explained that amending the terms of
office so that all boards' terms run from January 1 through
December 31 would eliminate the need to find time to interview
for board positions all throughout the year, stating that
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typically November and December are slow months for Council
activity and it would easier to set aside a meeting night for
interviews. Ms. Hicks also recommended extending the terms of
office for those persons now serving to run through December 31
1990 or 1991 whichever is appropriate.
After a brief discussion, the Council agreed to amend the
terms of office to run January to December but not to extend the
terms of those persons now serving. They agreed that any new
appointments made would serve until December of 1990 or 1991
whichever is appropriate.
Ms. Hicks also made a recommendation to delete the portion
of Chapter 14 which states the Chairman shall not vote and to
eliminate the requirement for two alternate members on the Park
and Recreation Board. There were other minor amendments which
merely cleaned up the various sections, making them more uniform.
The Council agreed with these amendments and the City Secretary
was directed to place this ordinance on the July 16, 1990 agenda
for action.
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At this time, the Mayor called the meeting back to Closed
Door.
1. CLOSED DOOR SESSION AS AUTHORIZED BY ARTICLE 6252-17,
V.A.C.S., SECTION 2G, REGARDING PERSONNEL, TO-WIT~
A. INTERVIEW FOR ADVISORY BOARDS
2. CONSIDERATION OF ANY APPROPRIATE ACTION TO BE TAKEN AS A
RESULT OF THE CLOSED DOOR SESSION
No action was taken at this time since more interviews for
Board positions will be held at the July 16, 1990 meeting
With no further business to address, Councilman Manning
moved to adjourn and Councilman Wit. hers seconded the motion which
carried with all members voting Aye.
Mayor Amick adjourned the meeting at 10~58 p.m.
Don Am~i~k, May~f ~' '
Patti A. Hicks, City Secretary
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