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HomeMy WebLinkAbout03/12/09 CDC MINUTES THE COLONY COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION REGULAR SESSION MARCH 12TH 2009 PRESENT: Don Beckel - President STAFF: Pam Nelson Stephen Sohn - Treasurer Keith Helms John Sanders - Vice President Kathy Neal TeRon Lawrence - Member Lisa Leary - Member COUNCIL LIAISON: Alan Harris Debby Short - Member Dan Mahle - Member 1. CITIZEN'S INPUT - None. 2. APPROVAL OF MINUTES OF FEBRUARY 12TH 2009 - Motion to approve minutes Sanders; second - Mahle; motion passes. 3. CONSIDERATION OF APPROVAL FOR FUNDING ELECTRICAL UPGRADES AT STEWART CREEK PARK - Bart Ripperger, a resident of The Colony who was involved with the Pirate Days event, gave the board an estimate for upgrading the electricity at the park. He also gave the board copies of pictures of various locations in the park to show how bad the electrical issues are. During the Pirate Days event, there were many electrical challenges to overcome. Some of the vendors needed 50 amps, so they had to bring their own generators. There have been no improvements to the electricity at the park in 30 years. The bid submitted by Bart is to replace existing electrical boxes, underground wiring, replace all the RV boxes, and add more electrical boxes by the playground and volleyball pit. Some of the posts at the RV sites are using washer/dryer connections. There was discussion about using GFI breakers and GFI plugs in the upgrade, determine if the restroom could be used to provide power, and the need for replacing some of the light poles. Pam suggested there should be a meeting with an electrician at the park to get another opinion and to refine Bart's information. She asked John Sanders to attend. Additional bids will also be required. There are funds available in the Stewart Creek Park fund to pay for the estimate Bart presented tonight and the board could do this so they would be in place for the Pirate Days event this year. There is a consensus of the board that upgrades are needed, but they need more information to before they approve funding. Motion to table this item - Sanders; second - Lawrence. 4. DISCUSSION OF AMENDMENTS TO THE CODE OF ORDINANCES CHAPTER 14 PARKS & RECREATION REGARDING TRAIL RULES - Pam said that instead of creating a Trail Ordinance we added Trails to the existing code of ordinances, Chapter 14 Parks & Recreation. Items that were on the trail list given to the board that were listed as prohibited, were incorporated into the Code of Ordinances already in place for Parks & Recreation. The City Attorney amended some of the definitions and inserted specific wording on what is prohibited on trails into the ordinance where needed. 5. DISCUSSION OF TRAIL INTERPRETIVE SIGNAGE - Pam and Keith continue to work with the consultant on the design, graphics and verbiage on the signs. On the examples the consultant has completed, they did not like the color schemes so those will be changed, and in addition to the stock photos being used, they are also looking for local pictures to be used on the signs. There will be 8 panels along the trail. 6. DISCUSSION AND RECEIVE UPDATE ON TRAIL PROJECTS - Shoreline Trail - Bridges will be delivered at the end of the month and will be set in place the beginning of April. The parking lot at Stewart Creek Park is finished but the parking lot at Ridgepointe is not finished. There will be a connection from the trail to Angelina's. Austin Ranch Trail - We need to add an additional 350 ft. retaining wall to a section on Windhaven; a soil analysis will have to be done. 7. DISCUSSION AND RECEIVE UPDATE ON CDC MASTER PLAN - All the comments received from the board were combined into one document and given to the consultant. Member Sanders indicated that the 4B law has changed which states 4B funds can no longer be used for libraries and that should be noted in the Master Plan. Keith submitted some additional budget information to the consultant. 8. DISCUSSION AND PROVIDE DIRECTION TO STAFF ON THE HISTORICAL PARK CONCEPT PLANS - Keith displayed 4 examples of concept plans developed by Halff Associates. They include an interactive fountain, playground, historical panels to highlight the early county or The Colony settlement, and story walls. The board liked features from each example and would like to see them incorporated into one design. 9. RECEIVE UPDATE FROM STAFF AND DISCUSS THE FOLLOWING ITEMS - FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - Sales tax is up this month. Over the next quarter, we will see how the opening of Target and Best Buy impact the sales tax. NORTH COLONY COMPLEX - This project included improvements to Kids Colony and the expansion of the Police Department. The expansion of the Police Department has been put on hold. They won't make any improvements in their area until the city tax appraisals come in. We can still move forward with our plans for Kids Colony but we will delay the improvements and construction. When the reconstruction of North Colony takes place, some of the cost of the drainage issues will be absorbed in that project, the cost will be shared. There being no further business to discuss, the meeting was adjourned at 8:55 p.m. Kat y Neal, R cording Secretary Don Beckel, President