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THE COLONY COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION
REGULAR SESSION
DECEMBER 14TH 2006
PRESENT: Don Beckel - President
Vicki Briggs - Vice President
Debby Short - Member
Stephen Sohn - Member
John Sanders - Member
Sue Walden - Treasurer
Susan King - Secretary
STAFF: Pam Nelson
Kathy Neal
COUNCIL LIAISON: Allen Harris
1. CITIZEN'S INPUT - None.
2. APPROVAL OF MINUTES OF NOVEMBER 9TH 2006 -
Motion to approve - Sanders; Second - Walden; motion passes.
3.
DISCUSSION OF A REQUEST FROM THE TCYFA REGARDING FOOTBALL
FIELD IMPROVEMENTS -
TCYF A board members Paul Barnett and David Bayliss presented a list of items the league needs and/or
would like to have. They are not asking the board to fund everything that is on their list. Some of these
items include -
Raising the press boxes - Pam said this would not be possible because you can't use public funds on a
public facility that is not ADA accessible.
Bleachers - the bleachers can be moved to be more accommodating and we can consider adding more
bleachers.
Sound System - The current system is approximately 20 years old. The system they want to purchase is
$6,000 - there are 2 speakers @ $3,000 each. This is not a wireless system. Paul said a wireless system
interferes with the light system and scoreboards at Five Star. Pam asked Paul and David to do more
research on wireless systems and bring the information back to the board including the cost - it may be
that the frequency just needs to be adjusted, therefore a wireless system may be a possibility. Some board
members expressed the idea that the board could pay for the wiring of the system.
4. DISCUSSION OF PROJECT PRIORITIZATION RESULTING FROM CITIZEN'S
INPUT AT THE PUBLIC HEARING HELD NOVEMBER 9TH 2006-
The people who attended the public hearing and submitted their ideas were in agreement with
how the board ranked the projects. They also listed some additional projects they would like the
board to consider.
5. DISCUSSION OF BOARD VACANCIES -
Pam thanked Susan, Sue and Vicki for their many years of service to the board. City Council has
appointed 3 new people to the board - Lisa Leary, Andrea Porter, and TeRon Lawrence.
6.
APPROVAL OF CHALLENGE COST SHARING AGREEMENT FOR DEVELOPMENT
OF CORP PROPERTY -
The Corp of Engineers requires that we get involved in this so we can utilize the wildlife management
area along the shoreline that is not within our lease boundaries for trail development. They have
done this with other cities along the lake. Motion to approve - King; second - Briggs.
Pam said the City Attorney has reviewed this and does want some things added - the City of The Colony I
needs to be listedfor notices on the agreement, in Article 6 Subsection D - he wants added to the end of
the paragraph "and is supplemental to any other agreements concerning the Elm Fork Project ", and add
an immunity clause in Article 8.
The previous motion was amended to include approval of the agreement with the addition of the
attorney's recommendations - King; second - Briggs; motion passes.
7. RECEIVE UPDATES ON VARIOUS TRAIL PROJECTS-
AUSTIN RANCH -
Have met with the Piano Senior Park Planner at Austin Ranch and the chief engineer for Billingsley
Development, about making the connection between Piano and Sunset Park in Austin Ranch Park. The
connections will be 10ft. wide. Piano is ready to move forward as we are. There is money in the park
dedicationfundfor Austin Ranch so we can do this. We are going to hire Dunkin Sims & Stoffels to
design the connection. It will extend as far to the west as possible. We will start at our east city limits
line and work west towards Austin Ranch Park
SHORELINE -
We have started the survey and it should be done within the next 30 days. The alignment of the trail has
not changed too much, but some modifications have been made. We will have to put in 5 bridges and
some low water crossings. We had a sample of soilcrete material and we put some of it at Standrige, to
the south of Ridgepointe Park, but it did not do well with the clay soil so we won't use it. We also have
Geo Web. It's a plastic, flexible material that looks like honeycombs. No other city in the area uses this.
The manufacturer has told us they will come and help us install it. The Corp is very excited about this
product. This product is also usedfor erosion control in some areas.
8.
UPDATE FROM DIRECTOR-
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - The board reviewed the statements.
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BEAUTIFICATION PROJECTS-
Pam said we are ready to get some beautifications projects started - replacing the chain link
fence around the water tower on North colony and getting some new street banners, to name a few.
SPECIAL EVENTS COORDINATOR POSITION
An offer has been made to one of the applicants, but she has not accepted or declined yet.
HAWAIIAN FALLS EXPANSION -
They are adding some new features to the park this year. The new features will be geared towards
younger kids and things to keep the lines moving.
WEBSITE
The website should be completed and live by the end of the month. Kathy asked the board to
review the latest version and give her their suggestions.
With no further business to discuss, the meeting was adjourned at 8: 15 p.m.
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Don Beckel, President
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