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HomeMy WebLinkAbout04/17/2000 City Council 0073. MINUTES OF THE REGULAR SESSION OF COUNCIL FII~LD ON APRIL 17, 2000 The REGULAR SESSION of the City Council of the City of The Colony, Texas was called to order at 7:05 p.m. on the 17th day of April 2000 at City Hall, with the following council roll call: William W. Manning, Mayor Absent (personal) John Gordon, Councilmember Present Lewis Jue, Councilmember Present David Stanwick, Councilmember Present A1 Garcia, Councilmember Present John Dillard, Councilmember Present Jeff Meyers, Councilmember Present and with slx ~resent a quorum was established~ the following items were addresoed: ITEM DESCRIPTION SOURCE STATUS 1.0 ROUTINE ANNOUNCEMENTS, RECOGNITIONS AND PROCLAMATIONS: Call to Order Manning Invocation - Councilmember David Stanwick Pledge of Allegiance to the United States Flag Manning Salute to the Texas Flag 1.1 Citizen Input Manning Ms. Dalene Buhl introduced herself as the new representative to The Colony for Southwestern Bell Telephone Co. 2.0 CONSENT AGENDA 2.1 Consideration of approval of the minutes of the council Hicks/ meetings held April 3 and April 10, 2000 Devlin Motion to approve the minutes as written-Stanwick; second-Garcia, carried with all ayes. 2.2 Review and consideration of council expenditures for the Council month of March Motion to approve the expenditures as presented- Stanwick; second-Garcia, carried with all ayes. 2.3 Consideration of approval of an ordinance amending Chapter Chandler 19 by amending Section 19-11 relating to school zones, amending the distance of the school zone on Blair Oaks Road Motion to approve the ordinance as written-Stanwick; second-Garcia, carried with all ayes. Consideration of approval to authorize the City Manager to Chutchian 2.4 request a public access channel for Collin County Community College Motion to approve the request as presented-Stanwick; second-Garcia, carried with all ayes. 3.0 REGULAR AGENDA: 3.1 Public Hearing to consider land use assumptions and Saldafia consideration of approval of a resolution adopting land use assumptions for the Drainage Watershed of Stream SC-1A Mayor Pro-tem Dillard opened the public hearing. Mr. Lambert explained that the public hearing and resolution relate to land use assumptions that will be used to develop a capital improvements plan on 45 acres in the SC-lA drainage watershed (property currently owned by Intermandeco [The Legends subdivision]). There being no public input or questions from the council, Mayor Pro-tem Dillard closed the public hearing. Motion to approve the resolution as presented-Stanwick; second-Meyers, carried with all ayes. 3.2 Consideration of adoption of an ordinance authorizing the Lambert issuance and sale of the City's Limited Tax Notes, Series 2000 in the amount of $860,000; prescribing the form of said Notes; levying an ad valorem tax to pay said Notes; awarding the sale thereof; and enacting other provisions relating to the subject Mr. Tony Johnston explained these notes are for the purchase of capital items approved in the 1999-2000 budget process. He said this 4-year note would be the last short-term note the city will have. Doug Harman with First Southwest Company recommended awarding the sale to ABN AMRO at 5.52% interest. Motion to approve the ordinance as recominended- Garcia; second-Meyers, carried with all ayes. 3.3 First reading of an ordinance authorizing joint sessions of the Persaud/ City Council and the Planning and Zoning Commission Cty. Atty. Ms. Tiffany Haertling, city attorney, explained this ordinance is required by the Government Code and will authorize joint sessions of P&Z and council in the future. 3.4 Consideration of authorizing funds for the purchase of certain Morrison equipment necessary for the adequate performance of the Emergency Operations Center Chief Van Morrison discussed the proposed list of equipment, fielding a few questions from the council. It was noted that Mayor Manning is researching getting a better price on the weather radio and that he requested no action be taken on this item until May 1, 2000. Motion to postpone to May 1, 2000; seeond-Garcia, carried with all ayes. 3.5 Consideration of approval of a resolution authorizing credit Carroll card collection for City of The Colony services Ms. Jackie Carroll presented the background on this item 0( 735, and responded to council questions. Councilman Stanwick said to monitor this to be sure the fees we have to pay do not delete too much from our operation budget. Motion to approve the resolution as written-Gordon; second-Stanwick, carried with all ayes. 3.6 Consideration of approval to authorize City Manager to enter Lambert into a contract with JD Wilson & Associates for professional services Mr. Lambert explained he would like to have a planning consultant available for future large developments. Councilman Garcia asked if we could still look at other firms. Councilman Gordon asked if wc need to do this now or if we could wait until we have a large development. Mr. Lambert said we can seek other RFQ's from other consultants and noted that we do need to get someone on board before we have a large project. Motion to approve the contract with the understanding that staff will see additional RFQ's-Stanwick; second- Gordon, carried with all ayes. 3.7 Consideration of approval of a budget amendment to provide Lambert for increased costs related to Plano water purchase Mr. Lambert explained that thc funds for this purchase had not been included in the 1999-2000 because he did not know how much we would be buying. He further explained that he had not included thc payments to the North Texas Municipal Water District in the budget either for much the same reasons. There was a discussion regarding how much to plan for the payment to Plano. Mr. Johnston said some payments had already been made to Plano but that he had stopped the last payment pending council approval of the budget amendment. Council agreed to pay the current bill but asked Mr. Lambert to bring back accurate estimates for action on the budget amendment. Motion to approve paying the current invoice for Piano water-Stanwick; second-Gordon, carried with all ayes. 7:45 p.m. 7:47 p.m. Recess Executive Session as authorized by Chapter 551 of the 4.0 Local Government Code, to wit: City Attorney/ a. To deliberate the offer of a financial or other incentive to Council First Industrial 8:24 p.m. Reconvene 4.1 Consideration of any appropriate action to be taken as a result Council of the executive session 00735° Mayor Pro-tem Dillard asked the council to waive the rules of citizen input and allow speakers on this item. The council agreed to do so. Joe McCourry, Bedford Lane, stated he was uneasy about all the discussions on this matter being held in executive session and asked the council to keep the citizens' concerns in mind when they voted. Motion to approve entering into a developer's agreement with First Industrial, based upon negotiating team proposal not to exceed $1.7 million in tax abatements from the city and infrastructure costs from 4A over a 5 year period, with a maximum contribution by 4A being limited to $250,000 in any one fiscal year-Gordon; second-Meyers, carried with all ayes. With no further business to address, Mayor Pro-tern Dillard adjourned the meeting at 8:27 p.m. APPROVED: lard, May - - ATTEST: Patti A. Hicks, TRtMC/CMC/AAE City Secretary