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THE COLONY COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION
SPECIAL SESSION
SEPTEMBER 6TH 2007
PRESENT:
Don Beckel - President
Stephen Sohn - Treasurer
Debby Short - Secretary
John Sanders - Vice President
STAFF: Pam Nelson
Keith Helms
Kathy Neal
MEMBERS ABSENT: Lisa Leary
Andrea Porter
TeRon Lawrence
COUNCIL LIAISON: Allen Harris - Absent
GUEST: Wes Morrison, City Planner
1. CONDUCT INTERVIEWS AND RECEIVE PRESENATIONS FROM PROSPECTIVE
CONSULTANTS REGARDING DEVELOPMENT OF THE CDC MASTER PLAN _
Halff Associates - Francois J de Kock, Adam Wood, Benjamin McGahey, Raymond Turco _
Raymond Turco & Associates, Stephen Springs - Brinkley Sargent
The firm that is chosen should have a vision, commitment, and understanding of the project.
The Colony has already been recognized, now The Colony needs to be recognized on a national
level. Halff Associates would enlist the services of Brinkley Sargent Architects and Raymond
Turco & Associates to complete this project. Brinkley Sargent specializes in parks and can assist
withfinancial planning, and Raymond Turco has a lot of experience with citizen surveys in
The Colony and other cities. Halff Associates understands TPWD requirements, has a successful grant
record and they can help build on the Trail Plan.
They will have many public meetings and will conduct surveys at those meetings. They will
identify, prioritize, and develop ideas. They will make sketches of their ideas and document them
and show them to the public. They once worked at a store-front so they could get input from
the public regarding a project. They will seek a lot of public input. The plan they create will be a
custom plan, not a reproduction of a plan from another city.
Their planning process is -
Phase I - Pre-Planning
Phase 2- Inventory of Park Facilities
Phase 3 - Citizen Input
Phase 4 - Needs Assessment
Phase 5 - Public Forum
Phase 6 - Prepare Master Plan Recommendations
Phase 7 - Prepare Funding & Implementation Strategy
They think the plan could take 7-8 months to one year and their record shows they complete projects
within the allotted time frame.
Carter & Burgess - Philip Neeley, Britt Flaten
They have done a lot of park planning in Texas. They have a team to create a vision.
The first phase of their plan is to do an inventory and market analysis which will include a base map,
population analysis and benchmark comparisons, standards analysis, demands analysis and needs
assessment. In the next phase they will prioritize rankings, develop an action plan, expenditure
analysis, partnering analysis, a preliminary master plan and then the final master plan.
They will have community meetings with the public at schools and churches, and they will also
have meetings with the other city boards and City Council. They think this plan can be completed
in 8 - 9 months.
2. ACTION TO BE TAKEN AS A RESULT OF CONSULTANT INTERVIEWS-
Pam said the board is very familiar with Dunkin Sims & Stoffels and has been very pleased with
their work. Halff Associates is currently doing some other city work and has a good knowledge of
the engineering side. They have a lot of resources they can use to develop the Master Plan. Carter &
Burgess is a goodfirm and Pam has no experience with Huitt Zollars.
Wes was impressed with Dunkin Sims & Stoffels and Halff Associates because they each referenced
the city's Comprehensive Plan. That's an indication to him that they have done recent research on the
city and that the plan this board wants to develop will coincide with the city's Comprehensive Plan.
Pam urged the board to base their decision on the firm's qualifications and not the cost. After the
board chooses afirm, a contract will be negotiated and presented to the board
Motion to table action until the next meeting - Sanders; second - Sohn; motion passes.
There being no further business to discuss, the meeting was adjourned at 9:35 p.m.
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Don Beckel, President