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Home My WebLink About12/09/2010 CDC MINUTES THE COLONY COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION REGULAR SESSION DECEMBER 9TH 2010 PRESENT: Don Beckel - President STAFF: Pam Nelson John Sanders - Treasurer Kathy Neal Stephen Sohn - Member Kathy Braby - Member Lisa Leary - Member TeRon Lawrence - Vice President ABSENT: Keith Helms Dan Mahle - Secretary Allen Harris, Council Liaison 1. CITIZEN'S INPUT - None. 2. APPROVAL OF MINUTES OF NOVEMBER 18TH 2010- Motion to approve - Lawrence; second - Leary; motion passed with all ayes. 3. RECEIVE DONATION PRESENTATION FROM STEPHANIE ACEVES FOR HER GIRL SCOUT GOLD AWARD PROJECT AT WILCOX PARK PLAYGROUND - Stephanie presented a check for $1,772. 00 to the board, this money was raised through various fundraising projects Stephanie did throughout the year to help with the redevelopment of the Wilcox Park Playground. She expressed her gratitude to the board for their support and to Pain and Keith for their help and guidance with the design process. The board expressed their appreciation to Stephanie for her diligence in completing the project. The new playground is currently under construction. 4. DISCUSS AND SET A DATE FOR THE WILCOX PARK PLAYGROUND RIBBON CUTTING CEREMONY - A tentative date of the end of February or the beginning of March was decided. The board will host a cook- out at the park A firm date will be decided at the January meeting. 5. RECEIVE PRESENTATION FROM CASEY KIDWELL, CULTURAL ARTS BOARD MEMBER, AND DISCUSS A MURAL PROJECT FOR THE CITY - Casey has given this presentation to the Cultural Arts Board and City Council and both groups were interested in the project. Some of the benefits of doing murals are they give you a sense of community, they are good advertising, and they can provide an identity to the city. There aren't really any good structures on Main St. for a mural, the water tanks at Office Creek is a possibility; but the wall on the Recreation Center is also a possibility as it is visible fi^om the street, the new Kids Colony playground is there, and also the trail. He recommends using professional mural painters (artists) - their fees will vary but many that he is familiar with have worked with municipalities; per diems would have to be issued to the artist and scissor lifts would have to be provided. Murals don't get tagged by vandals. Life expectancy varies, but some last 30 years with minimal touch-up. The board expressed their interest and support of the project. 6. RECEIVE UPDATES FROM STAFF AND DISCUSS THE FOLLOWING ITEMS - FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - Sales tax continues to rise. CAB / CDC COMMITTEE UPDATES - KIDS COLONY - The pavilion is being designed so the name boards can be added; we can get volunteers to clean them. ART PANELS - The committee continues to look at options, but they really like the mural idea. CULTRUARAL ARTS MASTER PLAN -A firm from California was selected. City staff, committee members and the new firm will discuss costs. The Cultural Arts Board is currently in transition with new board members. CITY QUARTERLY INVESTMENT REPORT - The board was given a copy of the report, there was no discussion. KIDS COLONY - The pavilion is being manufactured and the sidewalk has been formed. The storm drain project will be presented to City Council in January. We are planning a volunteer work day on January 15`x' which will be the community build. The playground equipment will be herein January but we won't post it in print until we can confirm the delivery date. The CDC Board can provide a hot dog lunch for the volunteers. STEWART CREEK PARK - We are working with an architect to see about adding a storage area behind the restroom building so we can get rid of the mobile mini unit we are currently using. We are also working on the specs for the picnic table shelters. There being no further business to discuss, the meeting was adjourned at 7:55 p.m. Kathy Neal, ecording Secretary Don Beckel, President