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HomeMy WebLinkAbout06/17/2002 City Council June 17, 2002 MINUTES OF REGULAR SESSION OF COUNCIL ItELD ON JUNE 17, 2002 The Regular Session of the City Council of the City of The Colony, Texas, was called to order at 7:06 p.m. on the 17th of June 2002 at City Hall, with the following roll call: Bernetta Henville-Shannon Mayor Present John Gordon Councilmember Present Lewis Jue Councilmember Absent (unknown) Joe McCourry Councilmember Present Lynda Bayliss Councilmember Present Perry Schrag Councilmember Present Joel Marks Councilmember Present I 1.0 ] ROUTINE ANNOUNCEMENTS, RECOGNITIONS AND PROCLAMATIONS: Call to Order Invocation - Rev. Judith Reedy of First United Methodist Church Pledge of Allegiance to the United States Flag Salute to the Texas Flag Recognition of outgoing Councilmember A1 Garcia Mayor Henville-Shannon presented a plaque of appreciation to former Councilmember A1 Garcia. Presentation of Employee recognition awards (Burkett) Mayor Henville-Shannon and Margaret Burkett made presentations for several employees' years of service to the city. Receive presentation from Charles Emery, DCTA Chairman (Terrall) A presentation was made by Charles Emery explaining the recently approved transportation service plan, stating that the city will receive a copy when it gets printed. He gave a summation of the report indicating the goals and objectives, as well as showing slides of proposed rail routes, bus systems, costs and funding scenarios. Mayoral Comments: Council Appointed Advisory Boards and Commissions-The Mayor stated that applications are being accepted for board positions and will soon be holding interviews for same. D Magazine- Congratulations to the Colony residents for the recent recognition printed in D Magazine. Citizen Input- Gregory Ream did not wish to speak but asked for his position to be recorded concerning the scanner permit ordinance. (Items 2.6 and 2.8 were pulled from consent agenda for separate discussion.) 12.0 t CONSENT AGENDA 2.1 Consideration of approval of the minutes of the council meeting held June 1, 3, and 10, 2002 (Hicks) Motion to approve as presented- Gordon; second- Marks; carried with all ayes. 2.2 Consideration of acceptance of resignation of Larry Henderson from the Parks and Recreation Board (Nelson) Motion to approve as presented- Gordon; second- Marks; carried with all ayes. 2.3 Consideration of approval of an ordinance amending Chapter 2, Article II, by deleting in its entirety, Division 2 - Special Events Board (Council) June 17, 2002 Motion to approve as presented- Gordon; second- Marks; carried with all ayes. 2.4 Consideration of appointment of Nancy Wetzel to the Parks & Recreation Board -- (Council) Motion to approve as presented- Gordon; second- Marks; carried with all ayes. 2.5 Consideration of approval of an ordinance amending Chapter 14 Parks and Recreation by amending section 14-1 and section 14-2 regarding special events and recreation programs (Nelson/Hicks) Motion to approve as presented- Gordon; second- Marks; carried with all ayes. 2.6 Consideration of approval of an ordinance authorizing a contract with CRW Associates for the purchase of Building Inspections and Code Enforcement Software (Persaud) This item was pulled by Councilmember Marks due to the fact that the contract copies that were in the packet had some clerical errors on it and council had received a corrected version of the contract prior to this meeting. He also asked Harry Persaud how long the technical support pricing was good. Mr. Persaud indicated that price was good until the contract was approved. There was further discussion regarding the contract amounts and clarifying the terms of the contract. Mr. Persaud indicated that the 1st year is $61,000 and after that an annual maintenance and upgrade fee of $6,000 will be assessed. Motion to approve with stipulation to the clerical errors being corrected- Marks; second- McCourry; carried with all ayes. 2.7 Consideration of acceptance of a proposal from Parkin, Perkins, Olsen Consulting Engineering, Inc. to provide the geotech report and bid specifications for the concrete slab for the Skatepark at the Recreation Center and consideration of approval of an ordinance authorizing contract for same (Nelson) Motion to approve as presented- Gordon; second- Marks; carried with all ayes, 2.8 Consideration of acceptance and award of bid to Camino Construction, Inc. for the Paige Road Drainage Channel in the amount of $58,892.00 and consideration of approval of an ordinance authorizing contract for same (Sparkman) This item was pulled by Councilmember Gordon who questioned Bob Sparkman. The concern was that this bid was considerably lower than the others that were submitted. City Manager Dale Cheatham commented that Camino Construction was currently doing work in the City and this could be why they gave a lower bid. Motion to approve as presented- McCourry; second- Gordon; carried with all ayes. 2.9 Consideration of approval of council expenditures (Council) Motion to approve as presented- Gordon; second- Marks; carried with all ayes. I 3.0 I REGULAR AGENDA ITEMS 3.1 Public hearing to discuss the proposed TXU Gas Distribution Rate Increase (Sparkman) June 17, 2002 Bob Sparkman advised the city attorney stated a public hearing was needed to be held on this item prior to passing a resolution. The Mayor clarified that the rate increase would go to residents and not commercial establishments. Mr. Sparkman confirmed. Public hearing opened at 8:45 and closed at 8:50 with no one requesting to speak, and no representatives from TXU were present. 3.2 Consideration of approval of a resolution denying TXU Gas Distribution's request to change rates in the North Texas Metroplex Distribution System (Sparkman) Bob Sparkman gave some background on the rate increase and asked for denial of the request, however for the city to stay in the coalition. The Mayor asked how many cities were in the coalition and Mr. Sparkman stated 86. Councilmember Gordon asked if the next step for the coalition is to open negotiations with TXU and Mr. Sparkman replied that was the goal. Councilmember Marks asked if there was a deadline for passing the resolution and if so, whether it would fall after the next council meeting. It was determined there will be a council meeting on July 1st and the deadline is July 3fa. Mr. Marks asked if the only benefit of putting off a vote on this matter would be to see what the other cities are doing. Mr. Cheatham confirmed this could be a benefit. Motion to table this item to the next meeting on July 1- Marks; second- Gordon; carried with all ayes. 3.3 Consideration of approval of a site plan for Preston's Paradise Car Wash located on Lot 1, Block 1, Partial Eclipse Addition, north of SH 121 and east of the proposed Discount Tire Center (Persaud) Harry Persaud explained the site plans for this car wash, showing location slides and discussing the mutual access easements across adjacent properties. He said P&Z recommends approval of the site plans with the additional requirement of a deceleration lane. Councilmember McCourry asked if there was any chance TXDOT won't approve the deceleration lane. Mr. Persaud believes TXDOT will have no problem with it. He also indicated that the length requirements are adequate for both a new deceleration lane and the existing westbound acceleration lane. The Mayor asked if the car wash was self-service. A representative of the car wash indicated the concept was such that the vehicle driver would remain in the vehicle and drive through an automatic car wash. The Mayor asked if a right of way is needed, and if all P&Z stipulations have been met. Mr. Persaud confirmed there is no right of way needed and all stipulations have been met. Councilmember Marks made a motion to approve with stipulations being met; second- McCourry; carried with all ayes. 3.4 Consideration of approval of a site plan for Lakeside Montessori Academy located on Lot 1, Block A, Lakeside Montessori Academy Addition at the Southwest corner of S. Colony Blvd. and Westport Drive (Persaud) Harry Persaud explained the site plans for the Montessori Academy, showing location slides and stating P&Z has approved with two stipulations. He indicated he does not anticipate any traffic congestion on S. Colony which does not have much traffic now. Motion to approve per staff recommendations- Gordon; second- Schrag; carried with all ayes. 3.5 Discussion and action regarding types of streets (residential or major arterials) to be targeted for improvements in the future (Henville-Shannon) 00765z. June 17, 2002 Mayor Henville-Shannon opened the discussion on this item stating the plan of action for street repairs needed to be clarified, and spoke of some beautification funds that will be available in this year's budget through the Community Development Corporation. Councilmember McCourry stated he would like to see a more combined plan of beautification in both residential and major thoroughfares. Councilmember Marks indicated he believed residential streets should be addressed first. Mayor questioned whether a list of streets was available and Mr. Ken Leverich stated there is a list but he did not have it with him at this meeting. Councilmember Bayliss asked if the major road repairs will delay the overall beautification projects. Mr. Leverich replied no; some street lighting was already in the plan for major road and residential streets. Mr. Gordon commented that beautification of Paige should be done right after the road repair, and that the city should follow the plan that was in place. Mr. Leverich said that beautification plans should be in place along with street repairs. Council agreed they should stay with the existing plan of Paige, Eastvale, then other residential. The Mayor commented that the recent city survey results showed the citizens were very concerned with the streets as well as aesthetics. Mr. Marks asked what the time frame is, and whether the extra funding is going to be used for residential streets. Mr. Cheatham advised that was correct. 3.6 Consideration of appointment to council committees (Henville-Shannon) The Mayor stated who would serve on what committees as follows: Denton Co. Mayors and City Managers Henville-Shannon & City Manager Cheatham Voting member of COG Henville-Shannon & Marks Metrocrest Hospital Jue 121 Task Force Gordon Wynnwood Development Bayliss, Schrag & Henville-Shannon FM 423 Task Force Marks & McCourry Solid Waste McCourry & Schrag 4A Gordon 4B Jue Park & Rec/Special Events Bayliss 3.7 Consideration of approval of a development plan for Global Centre to be located at the southwest corner of the intersection of State Hwy. 121 and Piano Pkwy. (Persaud) Harry Pcrsaud introduced Terry Morgan, who is thc attorney retained to represent thc city on the plans for Global Centre. Mr. Morgan addressed the council and recommended they adjourn to executive session to discuss some issues on this item. Attorney for Global Centre, John Sloan, asked to address thc council, stating his objection of the executive session. Mr. Morgan stated Texas Government Code 551.071 (2) constitutes an exception to the Open Meetings Laws and reiterated to thc council that executive session is in order. Thc Mayor adjourned thc council to executive session at 8:33 p.m. Council returned from executive session and rcconvcncd the regular session at 10:52 p.m. Attorney John Sloan requested to address thc council. He requested a joint work session between all parties involved in thc Global Centre plan and the city in order to work out some issues on this item. He advised all representatives of thc Global Centre were not present at this time. Thc Mayor stated she would also like a work session. Councilmember McCourry asked what thc time frame was for thc work session and Mr. Sloan advised he believed it should be soon. The Mayor asked for a motion to table this item. Motion to table this item and schedule a work session- Marks; second- McCourry; motion passed with all ayes. 007612 June 17, 2002 With no further business to address, the meeting was adjourned at 10:56 p.m. APPROVED: ]3¥~e~t~ Henville-Shannon, Mayor ATTEST: Patti A. Hicks, TRMC, City Secretary