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Home My WebLink About10/21/2014 City Council-WS October 21,2014 Work Session MINUTES OF COUNCIL WORK SESSION HELD ON OCTOBER 21, 2014 The Work Session of the City Council of the City of The Colony, Texas,was called to order at 6:01 p.m. on the 21sT 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 (6:15 p.m.) Richard Boyer Councilmember Present Jeff Connelly Councilmember Present David Terre Mayor Pro-Tern Present Perry Schrag Councilmember Present Joel Marks Councilmember Absent And with five council members present a quorum was established and the following items were addressed: A. Call to Order B. Discuss the Arts Master Plan (Powell)Discussion on this item was postponed until the next council meeting[November 18, 2014]. C. Discuss phasing of construction for the widening of Main Street/ FM 423 (Scruggs) Gordon reviewed anticipated road closures, detours, and night work that will be required on Main Street. D. Presentation of the Main Street Construction video (Baxter) Diane Baxter presented the video prepared to inform people about this major road construction project that is about to begin. There will be on-going press releases in order to keep everyone informed of road closures. E. Discuss communication options for the city and residents along the Memorial Drive underpass (Connelly) Councilmember Connelly stated there have been residents near the construction area that have been affected and he would like the city to begin communicating with them about who they can contact if they have questions or issues that need to be addressed. Brant Shallenburger will spearhead these efforts. F. Discuss the possibility of changing the city council work session start time (Connelly) Councilmember Connelly said he would like the council discuss whether a change to the work session start time should be implemented. For some council members who drive in from other cities traffic is sometimes traffic prevents them from arriving by 6 p.m. The Mayor questioned the city attorney whether a general statement could be included on the regular agenda about items from the work session being discussed if they 1 October 21,2014 Work Session could not get to them, if the meeting were to start at 6:30 p.m. The city attorney indicated he did not think so but would check into it. Some council members indicated they would prefer a later start time;for others it did not matter. The Mayor asked for the item to be brought back at the next meeting. G. Mobile Food Vendor revision update presentation (Branch/Perez) Joe Perez told the council this is an item they had previously requested. He presented some options for a possible ordinance that would allow push carts and stationary carts for food vendors. Definitions of both were discussed. The Health Inspector title will be changed to Health Authority. It was noted that such an ordinance would amend the Code of Ordinances, Chapter 6. Council made some suggestions and staff will bring back changes. H. Council to receive supplemental information from staff or answers to questions regarding the October 21,2014 regular agenda items as follows: None 2.1 Consider approving minutes of council meetings held September 30 [Mikulec] and October 7 [Boyer], 2014 (City Secretary) 2.2 Consider approving a resolution designating the Dallas Morning News NeighborsGo as the city's official newspaper for FY 2014-15 (City Secretary) 2.3 Consider approving a resolution authorizing the mayor to execute a License Agreement with Webber, LLC for use of the city's property located at 6001 Main Street during the construction of F.M. 423 (Engineering, Scruggs) 3.1 Discuss and consider approving a resolution authorizing the city manager to execute a contract amendment with Austin Bridge & Road, L.P for the South Colony Boulevard Grade Separation at the Sam Rayburn Tollway / S.H. 121 for earthwork, structure, and illumination revisions, and compensation for Force Account Work (Engineering, Scruggs) 3.2 Discuss and consider approving a resolution authorizing the city manager to issue a purchase order for the purchase of five (5) police vehicles from Holiday Chevrolet with pricing available through the Tarrant County Cooperative Purchasing Agreement(Police, Chandler) 4.1 Receive quarterly report on public information requests (City Secretary) I. Council to provide direction to staff regarding future agenda items. Councilmember Connelly requested a resolution renouncing cities for retaliating against churches (ref. Houston's ordinance that was opposed by residents. Houston retaliated against some pastors that had signed a petition then were issued subpoenas for sermons and discussion regarding the ordinance, which was about expanding the definition of diversity in Houston.) Councilmember Connelly requested the city contact state and national representatives about this matter. City Manager Powell reminded everyone that the November 4th council meeting is cancelled due to the election. J. Adjourn 2 October 21,2014 Work Session And with no further business to discuss the meeting was adjourned at 6:58 p.m. APPROVED: Jo McCourr , Mayor ity of The Colony ATTEST: ZaC:L---b-VJ ,,, `'`'-1THE Christie Wilson, TRMC ,•`,(-).° �l0 ' '3 City Secretary ; _ w 3