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Home My WebLink About10/07/2014 City Council-WS October 7,2014 Work Session MINUTES OF COUNCIL WORK SESSION HELD ON OCTOBER 7, 2014 The Work Session of the City Council of the City of The Colony, Texas, was called to order at 6:17 p.m. on the 7TH day of October, 2014, 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 Absent Jeff Connelly Councilmember Present(6:20 p.m.) David Terre Mayor Pro-Tem Present Perry Schrag Councilmember Present (6:20 p.m.) Joel Marks Councilmember Present And with four council members present a quorum was established and the following items were addressed: A. Call to Order B. Discuss a possible amendment to Appendix A, "Zoning," regarding the addition of the land use "thrift store" as separate from other retail entities, requiring a Specific Use Permit (SUP) (Joyce) Mike Joyce told the council he received an inquiry about thrift store zoning and was bringing this item for discussion and council feedback about the desire to make a zoning change. He said he surveyed 15 cities and found that 4 of them require an SUP for a thrift store. A new definition would need to be adopted. There was discussion regarding existing businesses in town that would fit the general category of thrift store. The council asked Mike to bring back definitions for thrift store and second-hand store. City Attorney Jeff Moore informed the council that pawn shops cannot be categorized since they are already regulated by the state. C. Discuss F.M. 423 construction phasing alternative (Scruggs) Brant Shallenburger spoke on this saying he and Gordon Scruggs will be attending a pre-construction meeting on the following Thursday. October 20th is the planned start date for the project. He added that the city utility lines still need to be moved and that will take about six months. Discussion of culvert replacement and potential road closures followed. Mayor McCourry pointed out that there is an area of the roadway on the southbound lanes of Main Street near the bridge that are very rough and asked for this to be taken care of and not wait for roadway replacement. D. Council to receive supplemental information from staff or answers to questions regarding the October 7, 2014 regular agenda items as follows: 1 October 7,2014 Work Session 2.1 Consider approving minutes of council meetings held September 16, 2014 [Marks WS] (City Secretary) 2.2 Consider approving council expenditures for August 2014 (Council) 2.3 Consider approving the First Amendment to Business Property Lease by and between the City of The Colony and TXFM, Inc. for the purpose of extending the lease of city property located at 6804 Main Street to December 31, 2014 (General Admin, Maurina) 2.4 Consider approving a resolution authorizing the city manager to execute an Interlocal Cooperation Agreement with Denton County for the collection of FY 2014-15 property taxes (Finance, Cranford) 2.5 Consider approving a resolution authorizing the city manager to execute a financial agreement between the City of The Colony and Government Capital Corporation for the purpose of financing vehicles and equipment, and consider approving an ordinance establishing a sinking fund (Finance, Cranford) 2.6 Consider approving a resolution authorizing the mayor to execute an Interlocal Cooperation Agreement with Denton County for library funding for FY 2014-15 (Library, Sveinsson) 2.7 Consider approving a resolution authorizing the city manager to execute a contract with Halff Associates, Inc. for the purpose of updating the construction plans for the Phase IV Street Reconstruction (Engineering, Scruggs) 3.1 Receive presentation from First Southwest, discuss and consider approving a resolution authorizing a Notice of Intention to Issue City of The Colony, Texas Certificates of Obligation (Finance) 3.2 Discuss the November 4, 2014, city council election with the Denton County Elections Administrator, including but not limited to the order of items on the election ballot, and take any action necessary regarding the November 4, 2014 election and related joint election agreement and contract for election services (Council) 3.3 Discuss and consider approving a resolution authorizing a Special Service Request contract amendment with Corollo Engineers, Inc. for additional engineering design relating to new utility power connections and additional backup generator capacity at the Stewart Creek Wastewater Treatment Plant to accommodate Phase 1 and Phase 2 plant improvements (Public Works, Groeshel) 3.4 Discuss and consider approving a resolution adopting the Bridges Cemetery Master Plan (Library, Megan Charters) 3.5 Discuss and consider approving an ordinance amending the Code of Ordinances, Chapter 19, Section 19-12(m), entitled "Parking Requirements" regarding parking, stopping and standing of unauthorized vehicles, to provide time limits (Development Services, Joyce) Councilmember Connelly stated he had requested a change to this ordinance. Mike Joyce said that language for Planned Developments has been added. 2 October 7,2014 Work Session 3.6 Discuss and consider a resolution approving a Private Transfer Agreement (Grant by Special Warranty Deed) by and between The Colony Local Development Corporation and LMG Ventures, LLC, conveying an approximately 3.693 acre tract of land, located in the Buffalo Bayou, Brazos & Colorado Railroad Company Survey, Abstract No. 173, City of The Colony, Denton County, Texas (General Admin, Maurina) 3.7 Discuss and consider cancelling or rescheduling the November 4, 2014 city council meeting and provide direction to staff(Council) E. Council to provide direction to staff regarding future agenda items. Councilmember Connelly requested council discuss changing the start time for the Work Session to 6:30 and also to discuss a communication plan with residents along Memorial near the underpass. F. Adjourn And with no further business to discuss the meeting was adjourned at 6:40 p.m. APPROVED: rti G J e Mc ou , Mayor ity of The Colony A TES ' SO 0000000000000 ®f TNSoc® % • Aleth-Mrj Christie Wilson, TRMC ; W City Secretary 1—` SE Pls 7-Ex P 3 1 1 1