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HomeMy WebLinkAbout05/07/2013 City Council-WS May 7, 2013 Work Session MINUTES OF WORK SESSION OF COUNCIL HELD ON MAY 7, 2013 The Work Session of the City Council of the City of The Colony, Texas, was called to order at 6:00 p.m. on the 7th day of May 2013, at City Hall, 6800 Main Street, The Colony, Texas, with the following roll call: Joe McCourry Mayor Present Kirk Mikulec Councilmember Absent Richard Boyer Councilmember Present Jeff Connelly Councilmember Present David Terre Councilmember Present Perry Schrag Councilmember Present Joel Marks Mayor Pro-Tem Absent And with five council members present a quorum was established and the following items were addressed: A. Call to Order B. Discuss Fire Department apparatus equipment regarding needed repairs and/or replacement (Miller) Fire Chief Scott Thompson said it has been determined that the Fire Department's 1994 Quint has a stress crack in the chassis and there are broken bolts in the aerial turntable, rendering it out of service. If this piece of equipment can be repaired the cost is approximately $60,000. Additionally, Engine 472 (1998) needs $30,000 in repairs. Replacement costs and timelines were discussed and council directed staff to bring back a contract, for ordering new equipment, which takes 8-9 months to receive. The vendor is expected to provide loan equipment for a portion of this time period. A third piece of equipment was briefly discussed as needing to be salvaged. If two pieces of equipment can be repaired they should go into the reserve fleet when the new equipment is received. It was noted that the payments on new equipment will be included in the 2014-15 budget. C. Receive overview of CoServ project to install overhead power lines on Memorial Drive (Scruggs) Gordon Scruggs stated that CoServe plans to install overhead power lines on Memorial.from Morningstar to the BNSF Railroad. Wile the city cannot rewire underground lines, there is an option, for the city to pay for the upgrade if'desired. For the city to pay for the entire section to be upgraded the cost would be $3861C and for the upgrade to extend only to Navaho, it would be $310k. A decision will need to be made by June. The council was in. general agreement that the city cannot pay jbr the underground lines (too many other projects in need offunding) and asked Gordon to check with the two homeowners associations in the area to see if they want to fiord. D. Council to receive supplemental information from staff or answers to questions 1 May 7, 2013 Work Session regarding the May 7, 2013 regular agenda items as follows: 2.1 Consider approval of minutes of council meetings held April 16, 2013 [Marks WS] (City Secretary) 2.2 Consider approving council expenditures for the month of March 2013 (Council) 2.3 Consider approving a special event fee waiver request from the Sons of the American Legion for their annual BBQ Cook-off fundraiser to be held May 31 and June 1 (General Administration, Miller) 2.4 Consider approving an ordinance adopting Standards of Care for Kidz Kamp Day Camp Programs Policy for 2013 (PARD) Will be pulled. 2.5 Consider approving an ordinance amending the FY 2012-2013 Municipal Budget for the purchase of replacement fire rescue equipment and fire protective clothing, and to frond an Intern for plans review and new construction inspections (Fire, Thompson) Councilmember Connelly asked Chief Thompson about the need to fund an intern at this time. Chief Thompson said that recent activity has shown that assistance is needed to handle multiple projects. 2.6 Consider approving a request for a rental fee waiver from the Carter Blood Institute for use of rental space at the Recreation Center to conduct a blood drive on May 25 (General Administration, Perez) 3.1 Conduct a public hearing, discuss and consider an ordinance approving a zoning change on a tract of land totaling approximately 7.22 acres, generally located on the west side of Paige Road and approximately 400 feet south of Memorial Drive, from Business Park (BP) zoning district to Light Commercial (LC) district (Development Services, Joyce) 3.2 Conduct a public hearing and discuss a zoning change on a tract of land totaling approximately 29.08 acres, generally located on the both sides of Waters Edge Drive and on the west side of Waters Edge Court, from an Agriculture (A) zoning district to a Planned Development zoning district (PD-26); providing the permissible uses and development standards thereof, and discuss whether to commence annexation proceedings concerning the annexation of Water's Edge Drive (Development Services, Joyce) 3.3 Continue a public hearing from March 19, 2013, discuss and consider an ordinance revising Section I OA, "Gateway Overlay District Regulations," Appendix A, "Zoning" of the Code of Ordinances, by rescinding the current regulations and replacing them in their entirety with new regulations (Development Services, Joyce) 3.4 Discuss and consider approving a resolution authorizing the city manager to execute a contract amendment with Bridgefarmer & Associates, Inc. for engineering services related to the Memorial-Spring Creek Connector Project (Engineering, Scruggs) 3.5 Conduct a public hearing, discuss and consider adopting a revised city council single- member district map, and consider direction to staff regarding preparation an ordinance adopting the revised map for consideration at a subsequent city council meeting (Council, Boyer) 3.6 Discuss and consider approving a resolution authorizing city council members to serve on volunteer public safety organizations (Council, Schrag) 2 May 7, 2013 Work Session 3.7 Discuss and consider approving a revised council resolution for conduct of city council meetings (Council, Mayor) E. Council to provide direction to staff regarding future agenda items. Councilinember Terre asked 1o' r a report on West Nile activity at the next work session. It was noted that the next lvork session is being cancelled but the Mayor asked that this report appear month4y on the council agendas beginning in .Tune. Councihnember Boyer asked that the slip roads on South Colony Boulevard and on North Colony Boulevard west of'Main be signed for one-way traffic, like North Colony is east of Main. F. Adjourn And with no further business to discuss the meeting was adjourned at 6:40 p.m. APPROVED: Joe McCourry, Mayor City of The Colony ATTEST: Christie Wilson, TRMC City Secretary 3