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September 3, 2013 Work Session
MINUTES OF PRE-COUNCIL WORK SESSION
HELD ON
SEPTEMBER 3, 2013
The Pre-Council Work Session of the City Council of the City of The Colony, Texas, was called
to order at 6:03 p.m. on the 3rd day of September, 2013, at City Hall, 6800 Main Street, The
Colony, Texas, with the following roll call:
Joe McCourry Mayor Absent
Kirk Mikulec Councilmember Absent
Richard Boyer Councilmember Present
Jeff Connelly Councilmember Present (6:15)
David Terre Councilmember Present
Perry Schrag Councilmember Present
Joel Marks Mayor Pro-Tem Present
And with four council members present a quorum was established and the following items were
addressed:
A. Call to Order
B. Discuss use of event signs to advertise city elections (Connelly) Councilmember
Connelly stated he was contacted by a resident requesting the city use the Event Signs to
advertise city elections in the fixture. It was discussed that this is a good additional way
to advertise elections.
C. Discuss high school football game video production (Powell) City Manager Troy
Powell said that some of the city recording equipment used by volunteers to produce
videos of football games is needing replacement. Allen Harris, volunteer and
Technologies Board member, addressed the council with the details including the cost of
$10,000-$15,000. He indicated the volunteers would increase the coverage of city
events as well. It was suggested that the volunteers meet with the Technologies Board to
discuss this.
D. Discuss All-America City 2014 competition (Terre) Councilmember David Terre
provided an overview of what was learned by the group involved in the 2013 competition
and discussed what is needed if the city wants to pursue the award again in 2014.
Council will need to discuss it further.
E. Discuss current traffic study requirements and provide direction to staff
(Powell 8/20) Engineer Gordon Scruggs reviewed what the city requires for new
businesses to be required to conduct a traffic impact study compared to surrounding
cities. There was discussion about fixture traffic expected along S.H. 121.
Councilmember Connelly said he believes there will be a public safety issue with the exit
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ramps and speeds. Gordon said he has already discussed this with TxDOT and the cost
for obtaining right of way for right hand turn lanes could be very expensive. It was
noted that different requirements for conducting a traffic study could be established for
S.H. 121 and would need to be a city policy change.
F. Council to receive supplemental information from staff or answers to
questions regarding the September 3, 2013 regular agenda items as follows:
2.1 Consider approving minutes of council meetings held August 20, 2013 [Marks, Terre
WS] (City Secretary)
2.2 Consider approving council expenditures for July 2013 (Council)
2.3 Consider approving an ordinance repealing Ordinance 2013-2008 and adopting a
revised city council single-member district map for Places 3-6 (Council)
2.4 Consider approving a resolution approving a detailed map for revised city council
single-member district Places 3-6 (Council)
2.5 Consider approving an ordinance amending the Code of Ordinances, Chapter 2,
Article I, Section 2-1 by repealing it in its entirety and replacing it with a new Section 2-
1, entitled "Elections- Districts created", addressing the adoption of council districts by
ordinance (Council)
2.6 Consider approving a resolution authorizing the city manager to execute a
License and Use Agreement with Carnival Americana, Inc. to hold a carnival November
7-10, 2013 at the Five Star Complex, and authorizing extended hours of operation
(PARD, Swain)
3.1 Conduct the first of two public hearings and discuss the proposed 2013-2014 tax rate
not to exceed $.6775 cents per $100 valuation for the taxable value of all property, real
and personal, located within the City of The Colony, and announce that the tax rate will
be voted on at The Colony City Hall on September 17, 2013 at 7 p.m. (Finance)
3.2 Conduct a public hearing, discuss and consider approving an ordinance amending the
Code of Ordinances, removing various sections of the Code of Ordinances regarding
temporary uses, and adding a new section l OD, entitled "Special Regulations For Certain
Types of Temporary Uses" including construction offices, garage sales, mobile food
trucks, new home sales offices, seasonal Christmas tree sales, seasonal firewood sales,
seasonal snow cone establishments, special events, temporary accessory buildings,
temporary batch plants, tents and canopies, natural disasters and emergencies (Planning,
Joyce)
3.3 Conduct a public hearing, discuss and consider approving an ordinance amending
Planned Development 18 and Planned Development 23 development standards. The
property is located on the east and west sides of Lebanon Road on Wynnwood Peninsula
(Planning, Joyce)
3.4 Discuss and consider approving a resolution authorizing the mayor to execute an
Interlocal Cooperation Agreement with Denton County for local match funding of the
Memorial-Spring Creek Connector Project (Engineering, Scruggs)
G. Council to provide direction to staff regarding future agenda items. None.
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H. Adjourn
And with no further business to discuss the meeting was adjourned at 7:00 p.m.
APPROVED:
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City Secretary
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