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Home My WebLink AboutCity Packets - City Council - 08/05/2025 - RegularCITY OF THE COLONY CITY COUNCIL AGENDA TUESDAY, AUGUST 5, 2025 6:30 PM 1.0 ROUTINE ANNOUNCEMENTS, RECOGNITIONS and PROCLAMATIONS 1.1 Call to Order 1.2 Invocation 1.3 Pledge of Allegiance to the United States Flag 1.4 Salute to the Texas Flag 1.5 Items of Community Interest 1.6 Receive presentation from Parks and Recreation regarding upcoming events and activities. (Hancock) 2.0 CITIZEN INPUT 3.0 WORK SESSION 3.1 Council to receive a presentation from ZacTax on a Tax Assessment Analysis completed for the City. (Miller) 3.2 Council to receive presentation and provide direction on FM 423 streetlighting condition and repair analysis. (Miller) 3.3 Council to provide direction to staff regarding future agenda items. (Council) 4.0 CONSENT AGENDA 4.1 Consider approving City Council Special Session and Regular Session meeting minutes from July 15, 2025. (Stewart) TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS Notice is hereby given of a REGULAR SESSION of the CITY COUNCIL of the City of The Colony, Texas to be held at 6:30 PM o n TUESDAY, AUGUST 5, 2025 at CITY HALL , at which time the following items will be addressed: This portion of the meeting is to allow up to five (5) minutes per speaker with a maximum of thirty (30) minutes for items not posted on the current agenda. The council may not discuss these items, but may respond with factual data or policy information, or place the item on a future agenda. Those wishing to speak shall submit a Request Form to the City Secretary. The Work Session is for the purpose of exchanging information regarding public business or policy. No action is taken on Work Session items. Citizen input will not be heard during this portion of the agenda. The Consent Agenda contains items which are routine in nature and will be acted upon in one motion. Items may be removed from this agenda for separate discussion by a Council member. REGULAR SESSION OF THE CITY COUNCIL Agenda Meeting Date: 08/05/2025 1 4.2 Consider approving Council expenditures for April and May 2025. (Council) 4.3 Consider approving a resolution authorizing the City Manager to execute a Construction Services Contract with Capko Concrete Structures, LLC, for the Plano Parkway Drainage Outfall Energy Dissipator Project in the amount of $323,751.00. (Hartline) 4.4 Consider approving a resolution authorizing the City Manger to issue a purchase order to Haloz36 to provide marked police vehicle upfitting services for two marked police vehicles in the estimated amount of $60,767.60. (Foxall) 4.5 Consider approving a resolution authorizing the City Manager to execute an Interlocal Cooperation Agreement with Denton County in the amount of $67,105.00 for the City of The Colony to provide fire protection and emergency ambulance services beginning October 1, 2025 through September 30, 2027. (Thompson) 4.6 Consider approving a resolution authorizing the City Manager to execute a Professional Services Agreement with Dunaway for the design of RV Loops at Stewart Creek Park in the amount not to exceed $167,400.00 to be funded by the Lake Parks Fund. (Lehmann) 4.7 Consider approving a resolution authorizing the City Manager to issue a change order to Purchase Order No. 25-05125 with Camelot Landfill for sludge hauling in the amount of $50,000.00. (Whitt) 4.8 Consider approving a resolution authorizing the City Manager to execute an emergency construction services contract with Pennington Concrete & Utilities, LLC for the reconstruction of approximately 90 linear feet of Paige Road and approximately 60 linear feet of storm drain in the amount of $114,567.27. (Whitt) 4.9 Consider approving an ordinance authorizing the City Manager to execute the sale of certain parkland generally located at 4529 and 4531 W. Lake Highlands Drive and all actions related thereto. (Kopsa) 4.10 Consider approving a resolution authorizing the City Manager to participate in and execute any appropriate documentation related to the Purdue Pharma L.P. National Opioid Settlement brought by the State of Texas. (Beene) 5.0 REGULAR AGENDA ITEMS 5.1 Discuss and consider the proposed 2026 tax rate of $0.6300 per $100 of property valuation and setting the date for public hearing on the budget, tax rate, and Grandscape PID assessment for August 19, 2025. (Miller) 5.2 Discuss and consider approving a resolution authorizing the City Manager to execute a Professional Services Agreement with Parkhill for design services for the Police Department and Fire Administration Renovation (Old Community Center) in the amount not to exceed $259,380.00. (Lehmann) 6.0 EXECUTIVE SESSION REGULAR SESSION OF THE CITY COUNCIL Agenda Meeting Date: 08/05/2025 2 6.1 A . Council shall convene into a closed executive session pursuant to Sections 551.072 and 551.087 of the Texas Government Code to deliberate regarding purchase, exchange, lease or value of real property and commercial or financial information the city has received from a business prospect(s), and to deliberate the offer of a financial or other incentive to a business prospect(s). 7.0 EXECUTIVE SESSION ACTION 7.1 A. Any action as a result of executive session regarding purchase, exchange, lease or value of real property and commercial or financial information the city has received from a business prospect(s), and the offer of a financial or other incentive to a business prospect(s). _________________________________________ Tina Stewart, TRMC, CMC, City Secretary EXECUTIVE SESSION NOTICE Pursuant to the Texas Open Meeting Act, Government Code Chapter 551 one or more of the above items may be considered in executive session closed to the public, including but not limited to consultation with attorney pursuant to Texas Government Code Section 551.071 arising out of the attorney's ethical duty to advise the city concerning legal issues arising from an agenda item. Any decision held on such matter will be taken or conducted in open session following the conclusion of the executive session. ADJOURNMENT Persons with disabilities who plan to attend this meeting who may need auxiliary aids such as interpreters for persons who are deaf or hearing impaired, readers or, large print are requested to contact the City Secretary's Office, at 972-624-3105 at least two (2) working days prior to the meeting so that appropriate arrangements can be made. CERTIFICATION I hereby certify that above notice of meeting was posted outside the front door of City Hall by 5:00 p.m. on the 31 day of July 2025. REGULAR SESSION OF THE CITY COUNCIL Agenda Meeting Date: 08/05/2025 3 Agenda Item No: 1.6 CITY COUNCIL Agenda Item Report Meeting Date: August 5, 2025 Submitted By: Ana Alvarado Submitting Department: Parks & Recreation Item Type: Announcement Agenda Section: routine announcements, recognitions and proclamations Suggested Action: Receive presentation from Parks and Recreation regarding upcoming events and activities. (Hancock) Background: 4 Agenda Item No: 3.1 CITY COUNCIL Agenda Item Report Meeting Date: August 5, 2025 Submitted By: Ana Alvarado Submitting Department: Finance Item Type: Presentation Agenda Section: work session Suggested Action: Council to receive a presentation from ZacTax on a Tax Assessment Analysis completed for the City. (Miller) Background: The City Council has a constant eye on the property tax rate and its impact on the residents and businesses in the city. As part of their continuing process to review the tax rate and the property valuations, a study was authorized to review the entire property tax system in The Colony. ZacTax is a Financial Consultant specializing in property and sales taxes in Texas with over 200 cities in its customer base. The study collected and reviewed many years of data to analyze the impacts of the tax rate over time, the makeup of the residential and commercial tax bases, and future tax projections based on the data provided. Included is a copy of the presentation for the meeting. Attachments: TheColony_TaxAssessment_PPT.pdf 5