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HomeMy WebLinkAbout07/02/2001 City Council UU7Wlo 7/2/2001 MINUTES OF REGULAR SESSION HELD ON JULY 2, 2001 The Regular Session of the City Council of the City of The Colony, Texas, was called to order at 7:01 p.m. on the 2na day of July, 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: ~UTINE ANNOUNCEMENTS, RECOGNITIONS AND PROCLAMATIONS: ] Call to Order Invocation - Dave Kovatch Pledge of Allegiance to the United States Flag Salute to the Texas Flag Presentation of Employee Recognition Awards Margaret Burkett, Human Resources Director, and Mayor Henville-Shannon recognized employees' anniversaries and presented awards accordingly. 1.1 Citizen Input John Dillard, 4916 Crawford Dr., announced that Patti Hicks is President-Elect of the Texas Municipal Clerks Association and expressed congratulations for this great accomplishment. 12.0 I CONSENT AGENDA I Items 2.1 and 2.4 pulled. 2.2 Consideration of approval of a resolution authorizing the city manager to enter into an interlocal agreement with North Texas Area Demandstar Users Group for the purpose of cooperative purchasing Motion to approve - Gordon; second- Dillard; carried with all ayes. 2.3 Consideration of approval of a resolution authorizing an interlocal agreement between the City of The Colony and Denton County for the collection of property taxes Motion to approve - Gordon; second- Dillard; carried with all ayes. 2.1 Consideration of approval of the minutes of the council meeting held June 18 and 25, 2001 Mayor Henville-Shannon reported that the first page of the minutes for June 25, 2001, in her packet was illegible. Motion to approve minutes for June 18 - Stanwick; second- Dillard; carried with all ayes. Motion to postpone approval of minutes for June 25- Dillard; second- Kovatch; carried with all ayes. 2.4 Consideration of a resolution approving the fiscal year 2002 Financial Plan for the Denco 9- 1-1 District Councilman Dillard asked for an opportunity to carefully look over the financial plan prior to approval. Motion to postpone - Kovatch; second- Garcia; carried with all ayes. 13.o I R GULAR AGENDA: 3.1 Public Hearing regarding grant application to TPWD for The Colony Centre Mayor Henville-Shannon opened the public hearing. Pam Nelson, Parks and Recreation Director, explained that the City was denied grant funds last year since consideration was given more to first-time applicants. The City was encouraged by TPWD to reapply this year. According to Ms. Nelson, steps have been taken to ensure a higher score by the City. Susan King, 5013 Aztec Dr., voiced her support for this project. Richard Kuether, 4109 Driscoll Dr., asked about structural problems. Ms. Nelson responded that there had been a foundation analysis performed and no problems found, however, roof leaking problems would need to be considered. Discussion followed regarding funding and Tony Johnston, Assistant City Manager, assured Council that figures had already been considered in long-term debt structure for this project. Mayor Henville-Shannon closed the public hearing. 3.2 Consideration of a resolution authorizing application to TPWD for a $750,000 grant for the Colony Centre Pam Nelson, Parks and Recreation Director, informed Council that there was a scaled-down version prepared in the event City is denied the grant. City should be aware of acceptance by January, 2002. Councilman Stanwick stated that the debt could be issued in two different budget years. Motion to authorize application and designate Pam Nelson as agent- Kovatch; second- Dillard; carried with all ayes. 3.3 Consideration of approving a proposal to name the multi-sport complex "The Colony Five Star" Pam Nelson, Parks and Recreation Director, choosing a Texas heritage theme, explained the reasons behind the name choice. Joyce Fulco, 4712 Clover Valley, asked if the phone number would be listed as "Five Star". Richard Kuether, 4109 Driscoll Dr., suggested that some wording be added to the end of "Five Star", for example, "Complex". Motion to approve the name "The Colony Five Star"- Garcia; second- Jue; carried with all ayes. Councilmen Gordon and Jue left the meeting due to a possible conflict of interest. 3.4 Consideration of approval of a site plan for Racetrac, located on Lot 1, Block 1, Mesquite Creek Addition in The Colony Harry Persaud, Director of Planning, gave an overview of the proposed plan. He informed Council that the monument sign for Friendship Baptist Church is currently not in compliance with building codes. Mayor Henville-Shannon asked if the church had been notified of the non-compliance. Mr. Persaud said they have not been informed but until the future widening of F.M. 423 (Main Street), the sign will not have to be altered. Councilman Stanwick asked Mr. Persaud to send a letter of explanation to the church. Motion to approve the site plan with staff and Planning and Zoning stipulations - Stanwick; second- Dillard; carried with all ayes except Henville-Shannon who voted no. Councilmen Gordon and Jue returned to the meeting. 3.5 Consideration of approval of a resolution approving the Articles of Incorporation and bylaws of the Cities Aggregation Power Project, Inc. (CAPP); accepting membership in said corporation; appointing a representative and approving payment of an initial membership fee; for electricity negotiations Bob Sparkman, Purchasing Agent, explained the advantage of being a member of CAPP will be that residents will receive a 6% reduction on electricity bills. CAPP was formed to band cities together in order to negotiate with power companies. Julie M. Fleischer, Assistant to the City Manager of the City of Plant, informed Council that there were 72 cities currently in CAPP with another four pending. Motion to approve - Stanwick; second- Kovatch; carried with all ayes. 3.6 Consideration of authorizing payment in the amount of $224,967.50 to Legend Partners for the construction of South Colony Blvd. from Paige Rd. to Legend Trails Phase I and for the Water Tower Street Improvements Abel Saldaha, City Engineer, gave a brief explanation as to why the original estimates were so much lower than actual costs. Path Hicks, City Manager, explained that the scope of the project changed drastically. Cary Cobb, Intermandeco, said that a delay in schedule caused higher material costs. Councilman Stanwick asked if Council Work Sessions had created much of a delay. Mr. Saldafia responded the Work Sessions had created about a three month delay in scheduling. Motion to approve payment - Stanwick; second- Kovatch; carried with all ayes. Tony Johnston, Assistant City Manager, informed Council that impact fees cannot be used but there are funds set aside for construction of Paige Rd. Impact fees can be used for the construction intended for Paige Rd. 3.7 Discussion and appropriate action regarding lowering the speed limit on non-collector residential streets Councilman Kovatch explained that there are some streets so narrow that when cars are parked next to curbs, only one car can pass through. He is concerned for children's safety and recommends a speed limit of 20 mph. Gordon Hikel, City Attorney, stated that a public heating would need to be held since a lot of citizens would be impacted. Joe Clark, Police Chief, added that there would need to be additional officers to enforce plus the cost of street signs. He said that the change in speed limit would not be enforceable if below 30 mph (state law) and not posted. Councilman Stanwick stated he would rather see money spent on additional police officers to enforce current speed limit. Mayor Henville-Shannon recommended scheduling the public hearing and researching the cost involved. Councilman Stanwick added that cost estimates are needed for both manpower and maintenance. 3.8 Discussion and appropriate action regarding posting speed limit signs throughout the residential sections of the city Councilman Kovatch suggested saving any presentation until the public hearing. 3.9 Discussion and consideration any appropriate action regarding Resolution No. 99-22 relating to council meeting and council agenda procedures Mayor Henville-Shannon asked for clarification of Section II-7. Gordon Hikel, City Attorney, stated there was no difference between Special or Regular or Work Sessions - all are defined as "meetings." Councilman Stanwick said the resolution states the mayor can pull an item one time and suggested adding the word "any" before "meetings." Councilman Gordon said procedures are clear and asked why the Mayor pulled the item from the special session. Mayor Henville-Shannon responded that she would like to see a work session held for the item in question. Councilman Jue stated the Mayor should have informed Council that she wanted the work session. He continued by saying he had requested the item be added to the agenda and was not afforded the courtesy of any explanation when the Mayor asked it to be pulled. He also added that Mayor had disregarded established procedures and demanded the item in question be added to tonight's agenda which, in his opinion, is gross misconduct. He stated that the City needs to be aware that the Mayor has no more authority than any other City Council member. Gordon Hikel stated that as the procedures currently state, #7 refers to any meeting. Councilman Dillard said to leave the procedures as they are. No action was taken. 3.9 A. Based upon the resolution of issues regarding procedures (Item 3.9), discussion and consideration of a resolution of the City Council expressing its desire to be represented by a single Denton County Commissioner after the Denton County redistricting of commissioners' districts is completed Richard Kuether, 4109 Driscoll Dr., requested the Council to keep dual representation on the County level since he believes it serves the City's best interests. Councilman Dillard explained that there is no benefit in having two representatives since it only serves to split the vote. Councilman Kovatch expressed his desire to keep two districts. Councilman Jue explained the resolution was only to show support of the single district. Discussion continued regarding the benefits of one versus two county districts and how it would best serve The Colony. Motion to approve resolution to support single precinct- Jue; second- Dillard, carried with the following roll call vote: Ayes: Gordon, Jue, Stanwick, Garcia, Dillard Noes: Henville-Shannon, Kovatch 4.0 CITY MANAGER AND STAFF REPORTS I 4.1 Receive report from Recycling Coordinator on City-wide clean up day held June 23, 2001 Bruce Crutchfield, Recycling Coordinator, thanked all City staff and I.E.S.I. staff involved. Tony Johnston showed a brief video of citizens lined up to drop off items. The event was extremely successful with a huge turn-out. 4.2 Receive report on status of SIt 121 widening project Harry Persaud, Director of Planning, showed several exhibits of intersections with proposed changes. 4.3 Receive report on Eastvale street reconstruction project Abel Saldafia, City Engineer, explained that the consulting .engineers' cost estimate included much more work needed in the ditchwork and culvert construction. Mayor Henville-Shannon requested a work session to discuss the costs involved. With no further business to address, Mayor Henville-Shannon adjourned the meeting at 9:50 p.m. APPROVED: ATTEST: ~u~h~u~ ~/~, Depu"'ty~C~' ~cretary __ 4