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HomeMy WebLinkAbout09/15/05 CDC I I I MINUTES THE COLONY COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION REGULAR SESSION SEPTEMBER 15TH 2005 PRESENT: Susan King - President Don Beckel - Secretary Richard Boyer - Member Sue Walden - Treasurer John Sanders - Vice President Vicki Briggs - Member STAFF: Pam Nelson Sam Fitzgerald Kathy Neal ABSENT: Allen Harris, Council Liaison 1. CITIZEN'S INPUT - None. Charles Horton, 5312 North Colony Blvd., The Colony, TX 75056- Mr. Horton has concerns about Five Star. He showed the Board several pictures as evidence of his concerns -fences with a lot of weeds, areas that have not been mowed, there are weeds by the Veteran's Memorial, and there is one field that has never been played on because it was cut wrong when it was built. He feels it's a slap in the face to have to pay to play or practice on these fields. Someone from Parks & Rec. and the Little League Board told him there is an additional $20 fee that was added onto the Little League registration fee; he would not give the employee's name. He was given that information in Spring of 2005. The Little League Board informed him that they would have to maintain the practice fields because Parks & Rec wasn't going to. When kids get to the majors, they leave The Colony and play in Carrol/ton, Frisco or McKinney; even though we have the best fields, we are over-priced. He thinks we can take better care of the fields at Five Star. 2. APPROVAL OF MINUTES OF JULY 21 ST 2005 - Motion to approve - Sanders; second - Walden; motion carries. 3. REVIEW AND CONSIDERATION OF PROPOSED 05 - 06 BUDGET - The $40,000 we put in the budget as matchingfundsfor LAF (Lakeside Arts Foundation), was left out of the budget. We will need to notify Dale and City Council of this immediately. The packet sent to the board members contained an incorrect budget worksheet. Sam gave the board the correct worksheet and explained the differences. Motion to approve the 05-06 budget with the addition of a line item added for the matching funds for LAF - Briggs; second - Sanders; motion carries. 4. DISCUSSION OF FUTURE TRAILS IN THE COLONY _ I SHORELINE / GAS EASEMENT - ! Pam said we have delayed the design of the shoreline trail to see whether or n~t there would be a reallocation of the sales tax, we waited to see how the budget would come in, a d how the sales tax revenue would be. lfwe move forward now with the design of the shoreline tra"!, it's possible the design of the gas easement could happen soon also. The estimated cost of Phase I oft e shoreline trail is $74,500. The cost of the gas easementfrom North Colony to Slay Baker if$17 ,000for construction, from Slay/Baker to South Colony is $85,000 andfrom South Colony to Worley $51,000. These are rough estimates. I We can try for grants on any of these. The Legends HOA wants to move forwa quickly. The Legends HOA has hired Stephens & Assoc. as their engineer and they will hire Dennis 'ms to do the architectural work; therefore, they are responsible for the design fees and we are just adding 4ft. to the design. There is the possibility that we may have to pay a portion of the design fee though. The consensus of the board is that before they proceed with both, they need to ow how much each design will cost. They requested that Sam provide the costs of the design fees a the next meeting. 423- There is a request to have TX DOT do an elevated culvert at Office Creek for a otential below grade crossingfor future trails so ifwe ever decided to connect into it, it would alrea be there. There is also discussion about the trail along the Lake Lewisville Bridge on the north side of own. We want the trail to be 10ft. wide, but we have met with some resistance on that. We have concerns as to the location of the trail. In the preliminary plans, it is on the east side of the bridge, but we want i on the west side of the bridge to make it more accessible to the shoreline trail. We are working hard t get them to change the I plans. Dale and Engineering are aware of our needs. Carter & Burgess are th consultants who are doing the wideningprojectfor 423. They gave Pam a cost estimate of$60, 000 r the additional 5 ft. of trail across the bridge; Pam is leery of this figure. 5. UPDATE FROM DIRECTOR / ASST. DIRECTOR- FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - Thefinancial statements were reviewed. BUNKER HILL RESIGNATION - Bunker resigned from the board because e moved out of the city. He thoroughly enjoyed working with everyone on the board. The board will get plaque for Bunker in appreciation of his service on the board and present it to him at a Council meeti g. CIVIC CENTER - We hope to start construction later this calendar year. Bid open on Sept. 21h to get contractors and subcontractors set up. As soon as the issue with the gas eas ment is resolved with Atmos Energy, we can go forward with City Council. LANDSCAPE COMMITTEE - Don informed the board that the committee h started a report and they are getting their plant selections plotted on a map. The report will show the plans they have for 15 parks and the report will also explain why they are not doing anything in some p rks. Pam expressed her appreciation to Don for keeping this project going. Don has spent a lot of ti e researching plants and learning about them. His dedication is appreciated by the Board MEMORIAL DR. TRAIL - The contractors are currently working in the Haw iian Falls parking lot. I They are connecting irrigation heads and putting in the live oak and jasmine. At he end of the project, they will put all the landscaping in along the median and the entrance from Mem rial into the backside of the park. I I I FIVE STAR TRAIL LIGHTS - The lights are up and there were no problems during any phase of the installation. We will turn them on next week on Tuesday and they should be on~line by Wednesday. A suggestion was made to call the newspaper so they could do an article about thf lights. There being no further discussion, the meeting was adjourned at 8:00 p.m. Kath ~