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Home My WebLink About08/06/2001 City Council 8/6/2001 0 U '~ b ~ tO MINUTES OF REGULAR SESSION OF COUNCIL HELD ON AUGUST 6, 2001 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 6th day of August 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 members present a quorum was established and the following items were addressed: 1.0~INE ANNOUNCEMENTS, RECOGNITIONS AND PROCLAMATIONS: ] Call to Order Invocation - Tony Burrell, Friendship Baptist Church Pledge of Allegiance to the United States Flag Salute to the Texas Flag Mayoral Proclamation - National Night Out - Mark Phillips accepted the proclamation and invited all citizens to participate in the event to be held August 7, 2001. 1.1 Citizen Input Sarah Braverman, 6024 Dooley Drive expressed her concern about the air quality at BB Owens Elementary School in The Colony. Melvina Sparks, 5649 Painter, requested the council to take action regarding a criminal investigation case involving her juvenile son. Tammy Rexroad, 5661 Phelps, expressed concerns about the health hazards at BB Owens Elementary School and asked the city health department to get involved. John Klaiber, 1601 Railroad Drive, Lewisville, Texas with Waste Management said he is interested in submitting a proposal to the city for recycling. Jerry Perkins, 4436 Chapman, handed out pictures to the council and discussed several code enforcement issues, stating the city needs to take care of its own property before issuing violations. Councilmember Kovatch asked the city manager to see that the city property is cleaned up within 30 days. [2.0 [CONSENT AGENDA I 2.1 Consideration of approval of the minutes of the council meetings held July 16, 2001 (Devlin) Mayor Henville-Shannon requested that the word interim be inserted in front of the words city manager in two places on page 3. Motion to approve the minutes as amended - Kovatch; second - Dillard, carried with all ayes. 2.2 Consideration of authorizing a professional Services Contract with Teague Nail and Perkins, Inc. for the surveying/engineering design of the Eastvale Subdivision street reconstruction project (Saldafla) Councilmember Gordon clarified that this price included using existing survey work done during the water line project, which is saving the city approximately $25,000. Motion to approve the contract as recommended - Gordon; second - Dillard, carried with all ayes. 2.3 Consideration of an ordinance amending the Code of Ordinances by amending Chapter 10- 30 relating to definitions of junked vehicles (Carroll) Motion to approve the ordinance as written - Garcia; second - Dillard, carried with the following vote: Aye - Gordon, Jue, Stanwick, Garcia, Dillard, Henville-Shannon Abstain - Kovatch 2.4 Consideration of authorizing a change order to the agreement with Texas Systek, Inc. for a 30 day extension for the installation of the SCADA System (Saldafla) Motion to approve the ordinance as written - Garcia; second - Dillard, carried with the following vote: Aye - Gordon, Jue, Stanwick, Garcia, Dillard, Henville-Shannon Abstain - Kovatch 2.5 Consideration of approval of a resolution nominating Olive Stephens to serve another two- year term on the Denco Area 9-1-1 District Board of Directors (Hicks) Motion to approve the ordinance as written - Garcia; second - Dillard, carried with the following vote: Aye - Gordon, Jue, Stanwick, Garcia, Dillard, Henville-Shannon Abstain - Kovatch 2.6 Consideration of approval of a recommendation to remove the Collin County Community College programming from AT&T Cable Channel 17 and authorize the use of Channel 17 as The Colony Government Access Television (Telecommunication Board) Councilmember Dillard asked what Channel 6 would be used for and Mr. Cheatham replied that it is to be used for public safety exclusively. Motion to approve the ordinance as written - Kovatch; second - Dillard, carried with all ayes. 2.7 Consideration of proposed tax rate and record vote on the proposal; and consideration of setting a public hearing on the tax rate to be held September 10, 2001 (Johnston) Motion to approve the ordinance as written - Garcia; second - Dillard, carried with the following vote: Aye - Gordon, Jue, Stanwick, Garcia, Dillard, Henville-Shannon Abstain - Kovatch 13.0 I. G,. A-AGENDA: I 8/6/2001 3.1 Continuation of a Public Hearing regarding the feasibility of altering speed limits on certain residential streets and the costs related thereto; and consideration of any appropriate action (Kovatch) Mayor Henville-Shannon re-opened the public hearing. Richard Kuether, 4109 Driscoll Drive, stated that instead of changing the speed limit and placing new signs, the current speed limits should be enforced. Councilmember Kovatch questioned why no back up had been provided in the council packet on costs of a pilot program, etc. City -- Sect~aryJJ, icks remii~tted the council that this item ended in a tie vote at the last council meeting, which meant no direction had been given to staff. She further advised that Mr. Ken Leverich did have some additional information regarding number of streets. There being no further public input, Mayor Henville-Shannon closed the public hearing. Mayor Henville-Shannon asked Mr. Leverich to present his information. Mr. Leverich handed out a list of those streets, which would be affected by the proposed change and proceeded to show the council samples of informational signs, which could be placed at key locations in the city reminding drivers of the speed limits. Motion to authorize a pilot program to lower speed limits on certain streets - Kovatch; second - Dillard failed with the following vote: Aye - Dillard, Kovatch, Henville-Shannon No - Gordon, Jue, Stanwick, Garcia Motion to direct staff to bring detailed cost estimates to council for placing informational signs regarding speed limits in the city - Stanwick; second - Kovatch, carried with all ayes. 3.2 Consideration of granting The Billingsley Company permission to close Davidson Street to public traffic until July 31, 2002 (Saldafla) Motion to approve the temporary road closing as recommended - Stanwick; second - Kovatch, carried with all ayes. 3.3 Discussion and appropriate action regarding future council meeting dates (Henville-Shannon) Mayor Henville-Shannon announced the first budget work session would be at 6:00 p.m. on August 13, 2001. Council consensus was to hold the second budget work session at 6:00 p.m. on August 27, 2001. I 4.0 CITY MANAGER AND STAFF REPORTS 4.1 Monthly Update on 1999 Thoroughfare Bond Program (Leverich/Saldafla/Johnston) Ken Leverich gave a brief report on the status of the bond program. 4.2 Receive quarterly report from CHAMPS coordinator (Walden) Sue Walden, CHAMPS coordinator reported on the past quarter's activity. She advised that 24 volunteers had painted Kid's Colony Park. 4.3 Receive report regarding the city council re-districting plan (Persaud) Mr. Persaud gave a brief report on the re-districting plan. He advised that Places 4 and 5 would not change under this plan. He further stated that Places 3 and 6 would change with this plan and 816/2001 0 0 7 5 ~ J- noted that in two years, we would probably have to look at re-districting again, due to the growth in The Legends area. Mr. Persaud will proceed with the public hearing process. There being no further business to address the meeting was adjoumed at 8:10 p.m. APPROVED: Bemetta Henville-Shannon, Mayor ATTEST: Patti A. Hicks, TRMC, City Secretary