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THE COLONY COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION
REGULAR SESSION
MAY 13TH 2010
PRESENT: Don Beckel - President STAFF: Pam Nelson
Stephen Sohn - Member Keith Helms - Absent
TeRon Lawrence - Vice President Kathy Neal
Lisa Leary - Member
Dan Mahle - Secretary
Kathy Braby - Member
ABSENT: John Sanders COUNCIL LIAISON: Allen Harris
1. CITIZEN'S INPUT -
Pam introduced the new City Manager, Troy Powell.
Troy told the board he is looking forward to working with them and will be attending their monthly meetings.
He is very excited to be in The Colony.
2. APPROVAL OF MINUTES OF APRIL 8TH 2010 -
Motion to approve - Leary; second - Mahle; motion passes with all ayes.
3. DISCUSSION OF A WORKSESSION WITH THE CULTURAL ARTS BOARD -
Pam met with the Cultural Arts Board (CAB) to discuss having a work session with CDC Board. They agreed
to meet with the board and chose May 19'h as the meeting date.
There was discussion regarding citizen input at the upcoming meeting; it was decided to allow citizen input
but only to allow it at the beginning of the meeting and not throughout the meeting.
Items to be discussed at the meeting are -
• Overview of the CDC Master Plan and discuss a potential Arts Master Plan
• FM 423 Sound wall Art Panels and design concepts
• Stewart Creek Park - electrical upgrades and public art at entry feature
• Additional Kaleidoscapes in parks or other public spaces
• Kids Colony playground redevelopment - design for use of old name boards
• Other public art projects and process for commissioning/funding items
• Formation of a subcommittee to plan and oversee joint projects
4. DISCUSSION OF KIDS COLONY PLAYGROUND PROJECT -
Keith showed the board pictures of the playground structures with the nature theme that was selected at the
April meeting. The structures are smaller than what is currently at the playground and because they will be
custom made structures, they will be more expensive. A suggestion was made to add other elements, for
example boulders kids can climb on, that are not very expensive.
The cost estimate Keith received includes the cost of the prep work for the entire site, but Keith thinks he can
get that reduced, but he will meet with Molly from Dunkin Sims & Stoffels to discuss. There is also no money
budgeted for demolition in the estimate, so we will consider doing a work day with volunteers and staff to
demolish the playground.
There was also discussion about keeping a portion of the current playground in tact while tearing down a
different part of the playground and building the new playground; Pam said this possibility will be explored.
A suggestion was made to make the trail go around the perimeter of the park so it will lead into the Park
Loop Trail.
5. DISCUSSION OF ROADWAY, ELECTRICAL AND OTHER IMPROVEMENTS AT STEWART
CREEK PARK -
Pam and Keith have met with the electrical contractor and have a preliminary design of the electrical
upgrades. They have also met with various user groups to get their input on the design. The contractor has
been instructed to keep the repairs under $50, 000 for the first phase. We will go out for bids next week and
plan to take this to City Council at their first meeting in June. We hope to have these repairs completed in
time for the Liberty by the Lake event.
The Engineering Dept. is working on an interlocal agreement with Denton County to pay for a portion of the
cost for the asphalt overly on the roads in the park. This is already on the City Council agenda for approval.
We hope to get this started in early June so it can be completed by the Liberty by the Lake event.
The fee sign has been relocated from across the gatehouse down closer to the entrance of the park. The sign
has been refurbished and one of the staff from the Park Maintenance crew has planted shrubs by the sign to
improve the appearance.
We are going to replace some of the picnic table covers and are still working on replacing all the post and
cable so it will all be the same.
6. DISCUSSION OF UPDATED STREETSCAPE DESIGN CONCEPTS -
Keith informed the board that the design has been changed. The main entry feature is now40 ft. tall as
opposed to 60 ft., and it is a square shaped tower now. At the top of the tower we will incorporate the
kaleidoscope feature and the tower will be lit at the top from the inside. There was also discussion about
using this design at the secondary entries into the city, but on a smaller scale.
7. RECEIVE UPDATE FROM STAFF AND DISCUSS THE FOLLOWING ITEMS -
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - The March sales tax, which represents January sales, is down from this
time last year.
WILCOX PARK GIRL SCOUT GOLD AWARD PROJECT - Last year Stephanie Aceves presented a
plan to the board to make upgrades at Wilcox Park. She submitted her plan to the Girl Scout Council and
they rejected it; so she made some changes and resubmitted the plan to the Girl Scout Council and it was
approved. She is busy with fundraising now.
TRAILS - TeRon attended the recent Trail Ranger class and is now a Trail Ranger. We are getting bids to
complete the work at the Legends Alley crossing. A landscape plan for creating green barriers at the alley
closure location was included in the board's packet.
CARR/CHAPMAN PARK SIDEWALK - We are going to build a sidewalk to connect to the play
structure. The bid came in under $19, 000, so there will probably be money left over that we can use for
another trail connection at Five Star. Work should begin in 2 weeks.
There was discussion about also adding lights in the parks for safety.
MOMMY/SON LUAU - The event is Saturday, May 22nd at the Aquatic Park.
There being no further business to discuss, the meeting was adjourned at 8:10 p.m.
Kat y Neal, Recording Secretary on Beckel, President