HomeMy WebLinkAbout12/16/2014 City Council-WS December 16,2014 Work Session
MINUTES OF COUNCIL WORK SESSION
HELD ON
DECEMBER 16, 2014
The Work Session of the City Council of the City of The Colony, Texas, was called to order
at 6:03 p.m. on the 16th day of December, 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 Present
Brian R. Wade Councilmember Present(6:25 p.m.)
David Terre Mayor Pro-Tem Present
Perry Schrag Councilmember Present
Joel Marks Councilmember Present(6:17 p.m.)
And with five council members present a quorum was established and the following items were
addressed:
A. Call to Order
B. Discuss and receive guidance on proposed erosion control projects on Office Creek
along the Ridgepointe subdivision (Scruggs) City Engineer Gordon Scruggs reviewed
the background of the erosion issues and presented an overview of the current issue,
which is upstream of the previous work done along Creek Hollow Way. He asked council
whether they want to continue the current policy of the city mediating the erosion. The
cost to resolve the current problem is approximately $80,000 and funds are available in
the storm water utility fund balance. Gordon also stated he plans on have an erosion
mitigation plan done next year. The council instructed Gordon that the city should be
responsible for the repairs and to move forward.
C. Discuss new presentation equipment for the Council chambers and provide
direction to staff(City Secretary/IT) City Secretary Christie Wilson asked the council if
they desire to have one or two new HD projectors and screens installed in the council
chambers. After a brief discussion it was determined the room needs two.
D. Receive update regarding Council Retreat Goal 5: Beautification Policy (Perez) Joe
Perez reviewed that the city repainted 72 cluster mailboxes in the city in 2012. He said
that in the 2014-15 budget another 72 are scheduled. The boxes are located north of
North Colony and west of Main Street. The remaining boxes will be done in the
following budget year.
E. Discuss and make appointments for Council committees and board liaisons (Mayor)
See attached exhibit of appointments.
F. Council to receive supplemental information from staff or answers to questions
regarding the December 16, 2014 regular agenda items as follows:
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2.1 Consider approving minutes of council meetings held December 2, 2014 (City
Secretary)
2.2 Consider approving council expenditures for the month of October 2014
(Council)
2.3 Consider approving a resolution requesting the 84th Texas State Legislature to
maximize the use of revenue from the sporting goods sales tax to support local parks and
recreation grant opportunities and state park operations; and that all TRPA funded
projects be subject to the established Texas Parks and Wildlife Department competitive
scoring system(Parks &Recreation,Nelson)
2.4 Consider authorizing a payment of $72,882.67 to CoSery for additional cost to
install nine (9) concrete poles within 400' of major intersections on Main Street
(Engineering, Scruggs)
2.5 Consider approving a resolution authorizing the city manager to execute a
Development Agreement by and between the City of The Colony and OOPS LAND,
LTD. for a temporary sanitary sewer line and lift station at the Old Oak Pond Office
complex located in Austin Ranch (Development Services, Joyce)Mayor McCourry asked
as to why TCEQ (Texas Commission on Environmental Quality) was not mentioned as a
requirement in the documents. City Attorney Jeff Moore stated this will be amended
during the regular session.
3.1 Discuss and consider approving a resolution awarding a bid and authorizing the
city manager to issue a purchase order for the purchase and installation of playground
equipment for Stewart Creek Park from Child's Play, Inc. with pricing available through
Buy Board, and funded by the Community Development Corporation (Parks &
Recreation,Nelson)
3.2 Discuss and consider approving a resolution awarding a bid authorizing the city
manager to execute a contract with RLM EarthCo for the Lions Club Park desilting
project, and funded by the Community Development Corporation (Parks & Recreation,
Nelson)
3.3 Discuss and consider approving a resolution authorizing the city manager to issue
a purchase order to Caldwell Tanks, Inc. for the purpose of rehabilitating the city's
elevated water storage tanks located at 5033 Clover Valley and 5260 North Colony
Boulevard as approved in the 2014-15 municipal budget(Finance, Cranford)
3.4 Discuss and consider approving a resolution authorizing the city manager to issue
purchase orders for the purchase of utility equipment as approved in the 2014-15
municipal budget(Finance, Cranford)
3.5 Conduct a public hearing, discuss and consider an ordinance approving a Specific
Use Permit (SUP) to allow a modification to Gateway Overlay District Section 10A-
900(c)(1)(C) regarding the use of an alternate exterior material (Development Services,
Joyce) [PH SUP 14-0010,Panda Express Exteriors]
3.6 Discuss and consider an ordinance approving a Development Plan for a 2,698
square foot restaurant, Panda Express, to be located on a 0.91 acre tract of land within
Planned Development No. 16 (PD-16) on the north side of the Sam Rayburn Tollway
(S.H. 121) approximately 250 feet west of South Colony Boulevard (Development
Services,Joyce) [SP14-0017, Panda Express Restaurant Development Plan]
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3.7 Conduct a public hearing, discuss and consider an ordinance approving a Specific
Use Permit (SUP) to allow a modification to Gateway Overlay District Section 10A-
900(c)(1)(C) regarding the use of an alternate exterior material (Development Services,
Joyce) [PH SUP 14-0009, Dental Depot Exteriors]
3.8 Discuss and consider an ordinance approving a Site Plan for a 6,000 square foot
dental office, Dental Depot, to be located on a 0.60 acre tract of land within a Shopping
Center (SC) zoning district on the north side of the South Colony Boulevard at the
intersection of Main Street (F.M. 423), addressed as 5014 Main Street (Development
Services, Joyce) [SP14-0021, Dental Depot Site Plan]
3.9 Discuss and consider an ordinance approving a Development Plan for a 16,614
square foot restaurant, Hard Eight BBQ, to be located on a 3.39 acre tract of land within
Planned Development No. 25 (PD-25) at the southeast corner of the Sam Rayburn
Tollway(S.H. 121) and Plano Parkway(Development Services,Joyce) [SP14-0018, Hard
Eight BBQ Restaurant Development Plan]
3.10 Discuss and consider an ordinance approving a Development Plan for a 3,575
square foot restaurant, Raising Cane's, to be located on a 1.50 acre tract of land within
Planned Development No. 25 on the west side of Plano Parkway approximately 325 feet
south of the Sam Rayburn Tollway (S.H. 121) (Development Services, Joyce) [SP 14-
0019, Raising Cane's Restaurant Development Plan]
3.11 Discuss and consider an ordinance approving a Development Plan for a lake
amenity and an adjacent outdoor boardwalk, to be located on a 13.35 acre tract of land
within Planned Development No. 25 (PD-25) south of the Sam Rayburn Tollway (S.H.
121) west of Destination Drive (Development Services, Joyce) [SP14-0020, Boardwalk
Lake Development Plan]
3.12 Conduct a public hearing, discuss and consider an ordinance amending the
Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance and map of the city for signage and parking
development standards for a 31.10 acre portion of Tract D in Planned Development
No.16, located on the south side of Memorial Drive and west of South Colony Boulevard
(Development Services, Joyce) [PH PDA14-0004, PD-16, Colony Center Text
Amendments]
3.13 Conduct a public hearing, discuss and consider an ordinance amending the Code
of Ordinances regarding text amendments to Appendix A, Zoning, by adding a new land
use, "Thrift Stores" to Section 10-200, Schedule of Uses, adding a definition of"Thrift
Store" to Section 10-300, "Definitions and Explanations Applicable to the Schedule of
Uses," and adding a new Section 10-2500, entitled "Thrift Store Regulations"
establishing regulations relating to Thrift Stores, including requiring a Specific Use
Permit (SUP) for the placement of thrift stores in certain zoning districts and establishing
criteria by which a proposed thrift store may be judged to be in compliance with the
overall goals of the Comprehensive Plan and to be compatible with existing adjacent land
use (Development Services, Joyce) [PH SI14-0010, Zoning Ordinance Text Amendment
for Thrift Stores]
3.14 First reading and discuss an ordinance amending the Code of Ordinances by
repealing and replacing in its entirety Chapter 6, Article VI, Sections 6-131 to 6-170,
entitled"Food and Food Establishments (Perez)
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3.15 Discuss and consider amending Resolution No. 2013-029 to update council
meeting procedures (Council)
G. Council to provide direction to staff regarding future agenda items. Councilmember
Schrag stated he would like to discuss the S.H. 121 Overlay District as it relates to South Colony
Boulevard and possibly expand it to include part of this area.
H. Adjourn
And with no further business to discuss the meeting was adjourned at 6:46 p.m.
APPROVED:
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EXHIBIT A
2014-2015 STANDING COUNCIL COMMITTEES
DENTON CO. VOTING MBR. METROCREST
MAYORS & OF C.O.G. HOSPITAL
CTY. MGRS. AUTHORITY
McCourry Schrag Marks
Powell Boyer
WYNNWOOD FM 423 SOLID WASTE
DEVELOPMENT TASK
FORCE
Wade Mikulec Schrag
Schrag Terre Wade
Mikulec McCourry McCourry
Powell
CAPITAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE COUNCIL LIAISONS TO THE BOARDS
P & Z Commissioners Type A-Schrag 2nd Wednesday
ETJ member-open Type B-Boyer 2" Thursday
P&Z- Terre 2nd &n th
4 Tuesdays
Tech- McCourry/Mikulec 1st Monday (as needed)
Community Image- Marks 4th Thursday (as needed)
Library- Wade 4th Thursday
BOA- Wade 3rd Wednesday(as needed)
Sign Board- Wade As needed
Public Tree-Boyer (4x yr)
Animal Control- Terre (3x yr)
December 16,2014