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Home My WebLink About02/04/2002 City Council MINUTES OF REGULAR SESSION OF COUNCIL HELD ON FEBRUARY 4, 2002 The Regular Session of the City Council of the City of The Colony, Texas, was called to order at 7:00 p.m. on thc 4th day of February 2002, at City Hall with the following roll call: Bernetta Henville-Shannon Mayor Present John Gordon Councilmember Absent (Illness) Lewis Jue Councilmember Present David Stanwick Councilmember Present A1 Garcia Councilmember Present John Dillard Councilmember Present Dave Kovatch Councilmember Present and with six present, a quorum was established and the following items were addressed: Il.0 I ROUTINE ANNOUNCEMENTS, RECOGNITIONS AND PROCLAMATIONS: I Call to Order Invocation - Bob Evans, Holy Cross Catholic Church Pledge of Allegiance to the United States Flag Salute to the TeXas Flag Presentation of plaque to Joe Agnew (Persaud) Presentation of Recognition Award to Donna (Stueber) Richardson (Parks & Recreation) Pam Nelson and Mayor Henville-Shannon presented Ms. Stucber with a plaque showing appreciation for her 20 years of service to the City of The Colony Receive quarterly CHAMPS report (Walden) Ms. Walden reported on activity and advised a total of $983.00 was saved during this quarter. Mayoral Comments - none 1.1 Citizen Input - none ~ CONSENT AGENDA l 2.1 Consideration of approval of the minutes of the council meeting held January 21, 2002 (Hicks) Motion to approve as written - Garcia; second- Dillard carried with all ayes. 2.2 Consideration of acceptance and award of bids to DPC Industries and DCC, Inc. for the annual contract for purchase of chemicals for the Wastewater and Water Production Departments and approval of an ordinance authorizing contract for same (Leverich/Sparkman) Motion to approve as recommended- Garcia; second- Dillard carried with all ayes. 2.3 Consideration of acceptance and award of bids to Butler Electric in the amount of $47,300.00 for lighting improvements at Bill Allen Memorial and Kid's Colony Parks and approval of an ordinance authorizing contract for same (Nelson/Sparkman) Motion to approve as recommended- Garcia; second - Dillard carried with all ayes. February 4,2002 1 2.4 Consideration of acceptance and award of bids to Adolfson & Peterson Contractors for construction of the Five Star Complex in the amount of $6,354,000 and approval of an ordinance authorizing contract for same (Nelson/Sparkman) Motion to approve as recommended - Garcia; second- Dillard carried with all ayes. 2.5 Consideration of acceptance and award of bids to Century Services Company in the amount of $36,916.00 for construction of sidewalks and wheel chair ramps at Lion's Club and Perryman Parks and approval of an ordinance authorizing contract for same (Nelson/Sparkman) Motion to approve as recommended - Garcia; second - Dillard carried with all ayes. 2.6 Consideration of approval of Assignment of Agreement from Texas Legends Golf to John W. McDonald (Cheatham) Motion to approve as recommended- Garcia; second - Dillard carried with all ayes. 2.7 Consideration of appointment of Tom TerraH as representative and Tony Johnston as alternate representative to the Denton County Transportation Authority (Council) Motion to approve as recommended- Garcia; second - Dillard carried with all ayes. 2.8 Consideration of approval of a resolution supporting the Austin Ranch project for funding under the North Central Texas Council of Governments Land Use Transportation Joint Venture Program (Persaud) Motion to approve as recommended- Garcia; second - Dillard carried with all ayes. 13.0 I REGULAR AGENDA: I 3.1 Consideration of approval of a site plan as presented by Walgreens to be located in the Paige/121 Addition (Persaud) Mr. Persaud advised thc council that the P&Z has reviewed this site plan and recommends approval with the following stipulations: 1. Engineering plans are to be approved in accordance with city specifications. 2. Permission from Budget Suites is required for removal or relocation of trees on the north side of the development. 3. A 5' sidewalk along Paige Road is required 4. Light poles for external lighting shall not exceed the height of poles on adjacent propeC~y. Councilmember Stanwick asked that stop sign be installed at thc north end of the intersection of thc mutual access. Mr. Saldafia advised that the city does not normally require a stop sign on a common mutual access. Councilmember Stanwick understood, but said due to the traffic coming into the site, he felt it would be warranted. Mr. Saldafia said that staff can ask, but we cannot require (the stop sign) Motion to approve the site plan as presented with staff and P&Z stipulations and one additional stipulation, to install a stop sign a the north end of the mutual access intersection - Stanwick; second - Dillard carried with all ayes. February 4, 2002 2 3.2 Discussion and consideration regarding advertising non-profit organizations on Cable Channel 17 (Henville-Shannon) Mayor Hcnville-Shannon told thc council that thc policy needs to be reviewed with regard to advertising for non-profit organizations and she asked for council opinions. Councilmcmbcr Juc stated he has no problem with most non-profit organizations, but is afraid wc would open thc door to organizations that would not be desirable. Councilmember Stanwick agreed and reminded council of the two points he made at the recent work session on this topic; 1) subscriber rate of cable television is about 50% and of that only a fraction what city channels 6 and 17. He said the benefits would not warrant advertising for non-profit organizations; 2) Cable channels 6 and 17 are for public safety and government access. He is concerned about opening these channels to programming other than governmental. Councilmember Garcia also referred to the work session and said it is hard to draw a line, but he does not want the city to open the door to undesirable organizations. Councilmember Dillard asked the city attorney how a non-profit organization could be defined. Mr. Hikel stated the IRS definition is a proven policy and could be used. Councilmember Dillard also voiced concern that if we open the channel (to non-profit organizations) the city could lose control. He said there are great organizations such as Boys & Girls Club, Lions, etc. and it would be good to be able to provide information to the public about these groups. Councilmember Kovatch asked if this would include slides or videos and the mayor said it would only be for advertising. Mr. Hikel advised that the city could determine the format to be used but said we need to be sure the policy is applied uniformly. Councilmember Dillard suggested that Mr. Hikel bring back information on definitions and see if the council is in favor of pursuing. Mayor Henville-Shannon agreed that we owe it to the public to at least advertise events. Councilmember Stanwick asked Mr. Hikel if types of organizations could be identified as suitable for advertising on the city channels. Mr. Hikel again urged caution. Motion to postpone until February 25, 2002 to allow the city attorney to bring back information regarding definitions and policies - Kovatch - second Dillard carried with the following roll call vote: Aye- Jue, Garcia, Dillard, Jue, Henville-Shannon No - Stanwick 3.3 Discussion regarding evaluation form for Municipal Court Judge (Kovatch) Councilmember Kovatch reminded the council that when they evaluated Judge Stuckle in late 2001, an evaluation form was hastily provided, and was subsequently not used because it contained information of which the council had no knowledge. He suggested that the court personnel be asked to complete anonymous questionnaires just prior to the next evaluation so the council could then use that information to help them in evaluating the judge's performance. Councilmember Dillard said he would listen to feedback (from employees) but he did not want a "secret" evaluation by the court clerk. He went on to say the judge works for the council and that it is the council's responsibility to perform the evaluation. Councilmember Stanwick agreed that he likes to hear from the court supervisor and other employees. He said we all have opinions based on constituent comments. He further stated that he doesn't think much of forms. Councilmember Jue said the form provided continued good questions and suggested using a departmental survey, going on to say he is not comfortable with subordinates rating someone. He said it is the city manager's responsibility to give information to the council and it is up to the council to do the evaluation. After further discussion, the city manager advised he had a good idea of what the council wanted to see and that staff would work on the matter. February4,2002 3 With no further business to address, the meeting was adjoumed at 8:00 p.m. Bemetta Henville-Shannon, Mayor ATTEST: ~ Patti A. Hicks, TRMC, City Secretary February4,2002 4