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HomeMy WebLinkAbout06/18/2001 City Council O0?Di 06/18/2001 MINUTES OF REGULAR SESSION OF COUNCIL HELD ON JUNE 18, 2001 The Regular Session of the City Council of the City of The Colony, Texas, was called to order at 7:00 p.m. on the 18th day of June 2001, at City Hall with the following roll call: Bernetta Henville-Shannon Mayor Present John Gordon Councilmember Present Lewis Jue Councilmember Present David Stanwick Councilmember Present A1 Garcia Councilmember Present John Dillard Councilmember Present Dave Kovatch Councilmember Present and with seven present, a quorum was established and the following items were addressed: 1.0 [ ROUTINE ANNOUNCEMENTS, RECOGNITIONS AND PROCLAMATIONS: I Call to Order Invocation - Reverend Carroll Caddell, First United Methodist Church Pledge of Allegiance to the United States Flag Salute to the Texas Flag 1.1 Citizen Input - None ~SENT AGENDA 2.1 Consideration of approval of the minutes of the council meeting held May 21, 31 and June 1 and 2, 2001. Motion to approve - Garcia, second- Dillard, motion carried with all ayes. 2.2 Consideration of approval of an ordinance authorizing an agreement between the City of The Colony and Jim Weathers Consulting for electrical design services for Kid's Colony and Bill Allen Memorial. Motion to approve - Garcia, second - Dillard, motion carried with all ayes 2.3 Consideration of authorizing designation of Dr. Gary Vollenweider as the Local Rabies Control Authority. Motion to approve -Garcia, second- Dillard, motion carried with all ayes 2.4 Consideration of authorizing appointment of Sue Parks as the System Representative and Wayne Bullard as Alternate Representative to the North Texas Regional Library system. Motion to approve- Garcia, second- Dillard, motion carried with all ayes 2.5 Consideration of acceptance of a letter of resignation from Mark Shaw, Parks & Recreation Board. Motion to approve - Garcia, second- Dillard, motion carried with all ayes. 2. 6 Consideration of approval of council expenditures. Motion to approve - Garcia, second - Dillard, motion carried with all ayes. (J (J 7 [3.0 I REGULAR AGENDA: I 3.1 Consideration of approval of a site plan for Wendy's Restaurant on State Highway 121 east of Paige Road Harry Persaud, Director of Planning and Development, gave an overview of the site plan. He stated that the site will be accessed through existing drives off of SH 121 that serves the Centennial Center to the west and Home Depot to the east. Mr. Persaud said there are additional development standards in the SH 121 GWY district ordinance that are applicable to this site, and that all of these requirements have been met. Council member Stanwick was concerned about the proximity of where live oak trees would be planted. Mr. Persaud said the trees would be approximately 15 feet away form the property line, and the long term plan was to improve the aesthetics along the SH 121 frontage. Mayor Henville-Shannon asked if this Wendy's restaurant would be replacing the existing Wendy's, and asked what signage would be used. Mr. Persaud said that this would be an additional Wendy's and that the signage would be of the monument type, in accordance with the City ordinance. Motion to approve with the following stipulations 1. Engineering plans are to be approved in accordance with City specifications 2. The mutual access easement at the north west corner of the site to be filed by a separate instrument 3. Signage on the property must meet City standards and sign permit shall be required - Kovatch, second - Stanwick. Motion carried with all ayes. 3.2 Discussion and consideration of appropriate action regarding the proposal by AT & T Broadband to close their office in The Colony Mayor Pro Tern Dillard said he thought the franchise agreement between the City and AT & T had been violated with the closing of the local office. Ms. Sizemore of AT & T, responded that customers have the convenience of making their payments at the Winn Dixie store for extended hours. Ms. Sizemore said the local office had only an average of eight customers per day, and that the majority of The Colony customers chose to pay for their service by phone, mail or on-line or at a service center. Mayor Pro Tem Dillard said he felt that in closing the local office AT&T was not keeping with the letter, if not the spirit of the law. Mayor Pro Tem Dillard instructed the City Attorney to review the contract and prepare a report on his findings to be available by the next City Council meeting. No action was taken. 3.3 Consideration of authorizing a completion agreement between BCI and Mid-Continent Surety Abel Sald~na, City Engineer said that this completion agreement is basically guaranteeing that the work will be completed in a timely manner. Patti Hicks, Interim City Manager, said she saw this contract as an additional insurance policy and it would help stabilize the company. Ms. Hicks also stated that the City would hold final payment until the project is completed. Motion to approve- Dillard, second- Gordon. Motion carried with all ayes. 3.4 Consideration of approval of an ordinance establishing the speed limits for South Colony Boulevard east of Paige Road and for Memorial Drive from B.N.S. & F Railroad to Worley Drive. This item was tabled. 3.5 Consideration of an ordinance authorizing a professional services contract with Nathan Maier for surveying and engineering design of the Sutton Drainage Channel Project Abel Sald~na, City Engineer, explained that this was basically an indefinite delivery contract that is requesting an alternative analysis of the Sutton Creek drainage channel. City Engineer departmental funds will be used to fund this item, not to exceed the sum of five thousand dollars ($5,000.00). The funds will be used on an as needed basis. The company will present various options as to how the City can approach this issue. Patti Hicks, Interim City Manager, said what is anticipated is that after receiving the 0 0 7 51 analysis, staff will come back to the City Council with the alternatives and present this as a capitol improvements project. Motion to approve - Stanwick, second - Dillard. Motion carried with all ayes. 3.6 Discussion and consideration of appropriate action regarding the July 2, 2001 council meeting. Mayor Henville-Shannon pulled this item, no action was taken. 3.7 Discussion and consideration of appropriate action regarding traffic direction on Blair Oaks Road. Abel Saldana, City Engineer, said he had met with the Assistant City Manager, Chief of Police and Fire Chief to discuss traffic direction. He said there was no way to have a two-way traffic flow. Mayor Henville-Shannon asked how soon the traffic light would be installed at Morningstar. Mr. Saldana said the traffic light warrant was issued in October 2000, and the whole process usually takes around 11 months. Mayor Henville-Shannon asked if there was any way to expedite the process. Mr. Saldana indicated there was not. No action was taken. 3.8 Discussion and consideration of appropriate action regarding an additional right turn lane from southbound Morningstar Drive. Council member Kovatch said he asked for this item to be placed on the agenda because as he is someone who uses Morningstar on a daily basis, he is concerned that with the addition of a traffic light at this intersection, that there will be two left turn lanes coming out of Morningstar because this is already happening. Mr. Kovatch said he knew that Chief Clark's new traffic enforcement unit is cracking down on this situation, but it is still happening. Mr. Kovatch said he wanted to propose that staff be instructed to look into constructing a right turn lane at the end of south bound Morningstar, which will still allow two left lanes and still allow a 125 foot right turning lane. Mr. Kovatch went on to say that this would serve several purposes, one being it would make the intersection safer. Mr. Kovatch said he knew it would incur design and construction costs, but thinks it will be money well spent. Council member Stanwick said that he thinks most of the traffic problem will be solved with the installation of the traffic light. As for the cost, Councilmember Stanwick said he did not think there will be enough benefit from a project costing two hundred thousand dollars ($200,000.00). Councilmember Kovatch said he did not think the project would cost that much. Abel Sald~na, City Engineer said he had discussed this issue with the traffic consultant, the Police Chief, and Public Works director and all agreed that at this time they do not recommend going forward with any funding or any design of a right mm lane at that intersection. Mr. Saldana said the signs at the intersection did need to be corrected. Councilmember Jue said he was concerned about instructing staff to do something when costs were unknown. Mayor Henville-Shannon said she was concerned about getting people out of the City as quickly as possible. Council member Kovatch asked the City Engineer if he thought construction of a right hand lane would make the intersection more dangerous. Mr. Saldana said yes he did think the intersection would be more dangerous. Police Chief Clark said he was concerned that this was a budgetary issue, and suggested it may not be cost effective to spend this amount of money. Motion to instruct staff to design and construct a right hand turn lane from south bound Morningstar to west bound SH 121. The council was polled, with the following results: Mayor Shannon- Yes, Gordon- No, Jue- Yes, Stanwick- No, Garcia- No, Dillard- Yes, Kovatch- Yes. Motion carried. 3.9 Consideration of further appointments to the Charter Review Committee Mayor Henville-Shannon said she would like to hold a meeting of the Charter Review Committee soon after the second council meeting of July. She, asked council members if they had additional names of residents from their respective districts to serve on the committee. Mayor Pro Tem Dillard nominated oo7 3 oo Andy Leary, Councilmember Garcia nominated Robert Leach, Councilmember Kovatch nominated Daniel Sliger. Mayor Pro Tem Dillard said he would like to see Interim City Manager/City Secretary, Path Hicks serve on the charter review committee, due to the forthcoming departure of Pam Russell, Deputy City Secretary. I 4.0 CITY MANAGER AND STAFF REPORTS I 4.1 Monthly update on 1999 Thoroughfare Bond Ken Leverich, Director of Public Works gave an overview of the project and indicated which areas were now substantially complete. Reed Street now has established grass, tree wells, and landscaping; which residents are taking care of nicely. Ragan Drive has received replacement landscaping, and there will be a final walk through taking place later this week with the contractor. Baker, Aztec, Jennings, Worley, John Yates and Wilcox streets are substantially complete. Phase lB started last month. The contractor is currently doing sewer work and replacing water lines. Mr. Leverich said he did not think the trees would be damaged as a result of the construction, because the elevation will not be changed on these streets. With no further business to address, Mayor Henville-Shannon adjourned the meeting at 8:48 p.m. APPROVED: Bernetta Henville-Shannon, Mayor ATTEST: ~. Patti A. Hicks, TRMC, City Secretary