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October 1, 2013 Work Session
MINUTES OF COUNCIL WORK SESSION
HELD ON
OCTOBER 1, 2013
The Work Session of the City Council of the City of The Colony, Texas, was called to order at
6:04 p.m. on the 1St day of October, 2013, at City Hall, 6800 Main Street, The Colony, Texas,
with the following roll call:
Joe McCourry Mayor Present
Kirk Mikulec Councilmember Present
Richard Boyer Councilmember Present
Jeff Connelly Councilmember Present
David Terre Council member Present
Perry Schrag Councilmember Present
Joel Marks Mayor Pro-Tern Absent
And with six council members present a quorum was established and the following items were
addressed:
A. Call to Order
B. Council to discuss an amendment and usage of the Interlocal Cooperation
Agreement with the Lewisville Independent School District for Joint Use of
Property (Shallenburger) Troy Powell asked the council whether there is any
interest in rewriting the existing shared use agreement with LISD to allow third
parties to utilize the city's options. He added that the city currently is working with
the Little Elm Elementary School District on a similar agreement, and that the
exhibit showing the list offacilities is outdated. Several council members expressed
that the agreement should not be rewritten and that any fitture agreements with
LEISD should be drafted in the same way.
C. Discuss a proposed application for a Boating Access Grant through Texas Parks
and Wildlife in partnership with Matthews Southwest for the construction of a
boat ramp and related facilities on Corps property at The Tribute development
(Nelson) Pam Nelson introduced John Matthews and Cathy Cunningham of
Matthews Southwest who presented the preliminary plan for a marina on Lewisville
Lake on Wynnwood Peninsula. They requested the city partner with them in
applying for an access grant. The grant would pay up to $500, 000 or 75%, and the
remaining cost would be covered by Matthews Southwest. The city's roll would be to
act as administrator of the grant. Pam said that if approved there would be a
development agreement. She added that with such a grant, the marina would have to
remain a public facility for at least 25 years. It was noted that there would be no
conflict with Hidden Cove Park in regard to the number of slips on the lake. There
was general agreement among council members for staff to move forward on a
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formal agenda request for this item.
D. Discuss S.H. 121 frontage road intersections at Paige Road and Plano Parkway
(Scruggs) Gordon Scruggs reviewed traffic situations that have occurred in the
past
at some of the intersections along the frontage road and how those have been
addressed. He said that the current configurations are expected to be good until
2020 then a plan to accommodate the expected traffic with dual left turn lanes [due
to Nebraska Furniture Mart development] has been made. The budget for those
changes is $185, 000 on each the north and south bound frontage roads. Some
options were discussed and council advised staff to move forward with the changes
now, rather than waiting until 2020.
E. Council to receive supplemental information from staff or answers to questions
regarding the October 1, 2013 regular agenda items as follows:
2.1 Consider approving minutes of council meetings held September 17 [Mikulec WS,
SS; Marks WS] and September 23 [Mikulec], 2013 (City Secretary)
2.2 Consider approving council expenditures for August 2013 (Council)
2.3 Consider approving a resolution authorizing the city manager to execute a contract
and issue a purchase order to Team One Integration, LLC, a Sole Source Vendor, for
engineering design work for the SCADA system upgrades at Office Creek Pump Station
(Finance, Cranford)
2.4 Consider adopting an ordinance approving a negotiated settlement between Atmos
Cities Steering Committee and Atmos Energy Corporation regarding 2013 Annual Rate
Review and the adoption of tariffs that reflect a rate adjustment for natural gas service
(Finance, Cranford)
3.1 Discuss and receive Legislative Update presentation from State Representative Pat
Fallon (Council)
3.2 Discuss and consider a resolution authorizing the mayor to execute the First
Amendment to Development Agreement between the City of The Colony and the Residences
of Austin Ranch No. 6, Ltd. (Development Services, Joyce)
3.3 Discuss and consider making appointments to fill vacancies on the Planning and
Zoning Commission, the Board of Adjustment, and the Community Image Advisory Board.
Mavor McCourry said item3.4 is being pulled from the agenda as it is not needed due to the
PD at that location.
3.4 Discuss and consider approving an exception to the noise ordinance for the Top Golf
Grand Opening on November 2, 2013 (General Admin, Shallenburger)
F. Council to provide direction to staff regarding future agenda items.
Coimcilmember Terre requested an update on the progress at Hidden Cove Park.
G. Adjourn
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And with no further business to discuss the meeting was adjourned at 6:40 p.m.
APPROVED:
Joe McCourry, Mayor
(City of The Colony ;
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Christie Wilson, TRMC
City Secretary CJ~r' ~p
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