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Home My WebLink About11/06/2000 City Council MINUTES OF THE REGULAR SESSION OF COUNCIL HELD ON NOVEMBER 6, 2000 The REGULAR SESSION of the City Council of the City of The Colony, Texas, was called to order at 6:35 p.m. on the 6th of November, 2000 at City Hall with the following roll call: William W. Manning, Mayor Present Councilmember John Gordon Present Councilmember Lewis Jue Present Councilmember David Stanwick Present Councilmember A1 Garcia Present Councilmember John Dillard Present Councilmember Dave Kovatch Present and with seven present a quorum was established and the following items were addressed: 1.0 WORK SESSION Abel Saldafia, City Engineer, presented information regarding the engineering, design, construction, and funding of Memorial Drive from Blair Oaks Road to Paige Road. Discussion followed regarding the design and construction of the proposed multi sport athletic complex to be located north of Memorial Drive between Blair Oaks Road and Paige Road I 2.0 I ROUTINE ANNOUNCEMENTS, RECOGNITIONS AND PROCLAMATIONS: Call to Order Invocation - Tony Johnston, Finance Director Pledge of Allegiance to the United States Flag Salute to the Texas Flag Mayoral Proclamation - Veteran's Day - November 11, 2000 The proclamation was presented to Mike Alianell Invitation to Veteran's Day Parade - November 11, 2000 Mr. Alianell invited all citizens to watch the parade, created by the Masonic Lodge, on Saturday at 11:00 a.m. Mayor Manning will serve as Grand Marshal and all City Council are invited to participate. Parade will end at Perryman Park with festivities to follow. 2.1 Citizen Input Oma King, 5052 Arbor Glen, asked if drainage on the north side of the property to be developed as an athletic complex had been addressed. She had heard there were plans for drainage on the south side but noted there is a problem on the north side. Mayor Manning and Councilman Stanwick assured Ms. King that as construction continues, those problems will be addressed and drainage will flow properly when the project is complete. Sharon Ellis, 5217 Arbor Glen, asked if an investigation is being conducted regarding possible conflicts of interest of Councilmembers. Mayor Manning responded that an investigation has begun by the city attorney and will involve a third party. David Greet, 4164 Ballard Trail, would like to see all employees, particularly fire and police department employees, receive pay raises in the same fashion as the City Secretary. He doesn't understand why she gets two or three raises at a time and thinks all employees should be compensated likewise. He also requested that the City put a second lock with a separate key on the early voting ballot box during the next election as the County does. Mr. Greet continued by asking Mayor Manning to resign. ' Bill Harrison, 5068 Walker Dr., announced that The Colony High School Band had placed 4~ in a preliminary state competition. They will perform this evening for the state championship. 13.0 I CONSENT AGENDA 3.1 Consideration of approval of the minutes of the council meetings held October 16 and 23, 2000 (Devlin) Motion to approve - Gordon; second - Kovatch, carried with all ayes. 3.2 Consideration of an ordinance authorizing a contract between the City and The Colony Economic Development Corporation (4A) for administrative services (Terrall) Motion to approve - Gordon; second - Kovatch, carried with all ayes. 3.3 Consideration of acceptance and award of proposals for asbestos abatement management services contract to Lambert and Associates and approval of an ordinance authorizing contract for same Motion to approve - Gordon; second - Kovatch, carried with all ayes. I 5.0 CITY MANAGER AND STAFF REPORTS 5.1 Receive progress report on the 1999 Thoroughfare Bond Program (Saldaaa/Leverich) Ken Leverich, Public Services Director, presented a video showing the progress of the bond program. He explained that the project is on schedule providing rain doesn't present a problem. He distributed a timeline to Council. 5.2 Receive report regarding dredging of the pond at Scout Park (Nelson) Pam Nelson, Parks and Recreation Director, reported that Scout Park has been on the Capital Improvements Program list for some time. The problem is serious since there is a lot of silt creating problems. She would like to hire a consultant to determine how deep the silt actually is and how deep the pond actually should be. The pond will need to be drained and tested for toxicity (probably a summer project). This project would not be eligible for 4B funding. Councilman Stanwick asked for two different cost estimates, one for maintaining all parks with ponds. Tony Johnston, Finance Director, explained that included in CIP is projection to work on a pond per year. [4.0 I REGULAR AGENDA: 4.1 Public Hearing regarding a request for a Specific Use Permit allowing for a rectory in an existing church located in the Neighborhood Services "NS" zoning district classification, situation at 5600 North Colony Boulevard and consideration of approval of an ordinance granting Specific Use Permit (Persaud) Mayor Manning opened the public hearing. Harry Persaud, Planning Director, gave an overview of the request for an SUP. Councilman Stanwick requested the SUP be approved in such a way that if the use changed, a new SLIP would have to be requested. Mr. Persaud said the ordinance could be worded to make the SUP specific to only churches. Chrystya Germesz, 6111 Meadow Rd., Dallas, representing St. Sophia Ukrainian Catholic Church, asked if a larger church was built on the same property, would that affect the SUP. Harry Persaud responded that a larger building would have to go through a site plan process which would incorporate the rectory and the SUP would stay the same. Mayor Manning closed the public hearing. 1 I/6/00 Motion to approve subject to staff stipulations and additional stipulation that limits this SUP to allowing for a rectory in this existing church - Kovatch; second - Dillard, carried with all ayes. Mayor Manning left the meeting. 4.2 Consideration of approval of an ordinance providing for the annexation of approximately 604 acres comprising tracts A and B located on Wynnwood Peninsula and included in the Denton County Development District #5 (Persaud) Harry Persaud, Planning Director, explained that the annexation process was started in August and public hearings were held according to state law. Mayor Pro-tem Dillard read the ordinance caption. Motion to approve - Stanwick; second - Gordon, carried with all ayes. 4.3 Public Hearing regarding a request for a zoning change to establish Planned Development "PD-18" zoning district classification, on a tract of 611.5 acres located on Wynnwood Peninsula, situated west of FM 423 and generally south of Boyd Road in the City of The Colony and consideration of approval of an ordinance granting the zoning change (Persaud) Mayor Pro-tem Dillard opened the public hearing. Mr. Persaud gave an overview and Don Blackwood and Tim House, developers, presented photographs taken in Scotland depicting a typical design which will be used for the Wynnwood Peninsula Town Center development. Mr. House said that canals and waterways would be created throughout the development. Mr. Blackwood stated that interlocal agreements would be developed in the future. Laurie Cronan, Windjammer, requested some charts and graphs to show homeowners in the Wynnwood Peninsula area to keep them informed. Councilman Stanwick questioned proposed population. Mr. Persaud responded that a better trigger for population will be approval of plats. Discussion continued regarding density. Gary Herman, 5048 Lakeshore, expressed concern since Lake Lewisville is not a constant level lake, how would they keep water in canals when lake levels are low. Tim House, Matthews-Southwest, explained that using dams and weirs, the canals would drain to the lake because of the elevation. Discussion followed regarding multi-use zoning in the Town Center area. Mayor Pro-tem Dillard closed the public hearing. Motion to approve the PD subject to 25% maximum single-family restriction and 50% mid-rise residential restriction in the Town Center use and all other staff and P&Z stipulations - Stanwick; second - Garcia, carried with all ayes. With no other business to address, Mayor Pro-Tern Dillard adjourned the meeting at 8:55 p.m. . f~PR~OVED:~ /~thann De, ' vlin,~Dep~"ty City Sec~'eta{y