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Notice is hereby given as required by Title 5, Chapter 551.041 of the Texas Government Code that the Community Development Corporation (4B Sales Tax) of the City of Lake Dallas will meet in a regular meeting on May 12, 2008 at 7:00 PM at the Lake Dallas City Hall located at 212 Main Street, Lake Dallas, Texas. The agenda follows.

1. Call to Order

2. Roll Call

3. Announcements

4. Citizens/Visitors Agenda: In accordance with the Open Meetings Act, the Board is prohibited from acting on or discussing (other than factual responses to specific questions) any items brought before them at this time. Citizen’s comments will be limited to three (3) minutes.

5. Reports from Parks Liaisons

6. Consent Agenda:
a) Secretary’s Report and Consideration and Action on approval of Minutes for March 10, 2008 meeting.
b) Consideration and Action on approval of March and April financial reports.

7. Business:
a) Consideration and Action on an application from Helm Publishing for Main Street streetscape.

b) Presentation by John Lugenheim, Lake Cities Chamber of Commerce, regarding tourism in the Lake Cities.

c) Discussion with Wes Eversole regarding the Lake Dallas ISD and façade plans for the new elementary school on Main Street.

d) Consideration and Action on approval of contract with Schrickel, Rollins and Associates, Inc. regarding Willow Grove Park, Phase 2.

e) Review on the priorities of the Parks Master Plan.

f) Consideration and Action on Willow Grove Park proposal of concession stand and mini-train.

8. City Manager Report

9. Future Agenda Items

10. Adjournment

I, Beverly Weikum, City Secretary, certify that this agenda was posted on the City of Lake Dallas bulletin board as required on May 9, 2008 by 5:00 PM.

Executive Session:
As authorized by Section 551.071 of the Texas Government Code, this meeting may be convened into closed executive session for the purpose of seeking confidential legal advice from the City Attorney on any agenda item listed herein.

AGENDA ITEMS --

Click here for proposed Minutes.

Click here for March Financials.

Click here for April Financials

Information on Willow Grove Park, Phase 2

Willow Grove Park Concession Stand Proposal.

 

Minutes

 

The Community Development Corporation of the City of Lake Dallas met in a regular meeting on February 11, 2008 in the Lake Dallas City Hall, 212 Main Street, with notice of the meeting posted as required by Title 5, Chapter 551.041 of the Texas Government Code.

1. Karl Hammond called the meeting to order at 7:00 pm.

2. Roll Call
Present were: Karl Hammond, B. W. Brooks, Gordon McQuillin, and E. J. Rodrigues.

Lori Farney was unable to attend the meeting.

Staff present were: City Manager Earl Berner, Special Events Coordinator Holly Deitrick, and City Secretary Beverly Weikum.

3. Announcements
There were no announcements.

4. Citizens/Visitors Agenda:
No one came forward to speak so Karl Hammond closed the Citizens Agenda.

5. Reports from Parks Liaisons
E. J. Rodrigues said she went to Community Park and picked up some trash. She said that she talked with someone who was there with her children. E. J. asked if there’s an area where a bunch of little kids could sit down in circle on seating that looks like toadstools to hear stories or do activities.
Karl said he had gone to Willow Grove Park last Friday and there were lots of people there. He talked with one person about filling out an application to be a board
member.  Gordon said he had been to Willow Grove Park and there were a lot of campers there and that a lot of children were making use of the playground.
City Manager Earl Berner said he went on an inspection trip a week or so ago with the State representative regarding handicap access at City Park and Willow Grove Park. They checked the equipment and the trails. Mr. Berner said he thinks we’re going to get a good report. He mentioned that there had been some graffiti on the back of some of the benches.

6. Consent Agenda:
a) Secretary’s Report and Consideration and Action on approval of Minutes for January 14, 2008 meeting.
b) Consideration and Action on approval of January financial reports.
Motion to accept the Consent Agenda was made by B. W. Brooks. Second by E. J. Rodrigues.
Ayes: Karl Hammond, B. W. Brooks, Gordon McQuillin, and E. J. Rodrigues
Noes: None
Motion Passed

7. Business:
a) Consideration and Action on acceptance of Financial Audit FYE 2007.
Carl Deaton of Hankins, Eastup, Deaton, Tonn & Seay handed out the audits to the board members. He said the decrease in the fund balance was the result of some large expenditures. He said that the two largest expenditures were for Willow Grove Park and City Park improvements.
Mr. Deaton said that he’s also required to show the revenues and expenditures comparison to the budget. He said that the variance shows up in the last column and said that they were very much on track.
He said that the middle part of report gives a lot of footnote disclosures. He said that all of these park improvements are showing as City of Lake Dallas assets instead of the Community Development Corporation assets.
Mr. Deaton said that for a few years we built the fund balance up and that during the last couple of years we’ve spent down. He suggests that the board should not budget any more than the current year’s revenue.
Motion to accept the Financial Audit FYE 2007 was made by B. W. Brooks. Second by Gordon McQuillin.
Ayes: Karl Hammond, B. W. Brooks, Gordon McQuillin, and E. J. Rodrigues
Noes: None
Motion Passed

b) Discussion on plaques for Butterfly Garden and Concession Stand at City Park.
Holly Deitrick gave out handouts that gave the information about what is printed on the plaques. Winner’s Choice Awards will do the cast bronze plaques and they will be like the one in lobby. They are thick and heavy, will last for years, and can be put into concrete. They will not disintegrate. Winner’s Choice suggested a 15” X 20” size for the butterfly garden. Holly asked the board what they would like the plaques to say. She said the prices are discounted and In order to lock this in we need to order prior to February 21. There will be a substantial price increase after that date.
They will tell us how to install the plaques. Romo’s did our Welcome sign at the south entrance to the city. Holly said they have little designs that can be put on the plaques and she will have them email proofs to her and she’ll email them on to the board members.
Holly said that April 19th is the Keep Lake Dallas Beautiful Committee cleanup. That could kind of be the kickoff to the dedication for City Park. She said we always have breakfast prior to the cleanup. The consensus of the board was that the dedication on that date should be good. We will invite the Lake Cities Soccer Association to come and ask Marsha Rios of the Lake Cities Sun to come out to take photos

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c) Review on the priorities of the Parks Master Plan.
Karl Hammond explained for the new members about the 2003 original master parks plan. He said we’ve got about one third of the projects completed. He said we need a priority list for what we want to see done in the next three or four years.
There was discussion about Willow Grove Park and that at the last meeting the board had agreed that the boat ramp, restrooms and outdoor showers were a priority for that park The replacing of tables, adding grills to the campsites, and add covers to day sites should be rated as a 3. The ball fields and expanded electricity outlets have been done. A pavilion and new bathroom/shower facilities should be rated as a 1. A sand beach should be a 2. Swimming has been allowed at Willow Grove Park since the City Council changed that early last summer. Since the boardwalk is done there was discussion about a long-term plan for getting out to the little island. It’s really not large enough for horseshoe pits or a volleyball court but perhaps we could put sand out there to create a beach and add a little rope bridge that kids and young adults could enjoy. More discussion on Willow Grove Park included the planning of linking Church Street to Main Street so we could create a stream of traffic going right through downtown Lake Dallas.
City Manager Earl Berner said that he and Special Events Coordinator Holly Deitrick would be meeting with someone at 10 am on Wednesday regarding a concession stand and a little train for Willow Grove Park. We’ll plan to have him attend the next 4-b meeting.
Karl said he thinks we have the River Oaks and Thousand Oaks parks pretty well set. He said he would like to see us do something more with Community Park and the first thing would be to replace that nasty chain link fence with a wrought iron fence. The discussion on this park ranged from adding picnic tables (Phase 2) and adding little toadstools for seating and making the park into something like a little “wonderland” for the children. There was also discussion about placing a gazebo in the park.
The proposed plan for City Park and soccer fields is to extend the trail all the way over to Shady Shores. Ultimately the trail is supposed to go all the way around the park. Some of the soccer fields need repairs. There are no swings in any of our city parks.
There was some discussion about roller-skating and skateboards but there have been a lot of skateboard parks that have closed down due to the high liability risk.
City Manager Earl Berner said we will bring a plan of action for what needs to be done next.

8. City Manager Report
City Manager Earl Berner said that the main thing was the ADA inspection that he mentioned in the parks reports.
Mr. Berner said there is a $500,000 grant that could be applied for to be used at Willow Grove Park. This grant also includes restrooms. The grant requires a 25% matching fund. He said he hopes that the parks fees collected from the building permits could be used for this fund. The application can be submitted at any time. It is unknown if we could get more funding if we have an ADA boat ramp.

9. Future Agenda Items
Karl asked if there was anything we haven’t mentioned.
EJ said the Mardi Gras event was really good even under the harsh weather
conditions.

10. Adjournment
Karl Hammond adjourned the meeting at 7:56 pm

Karl Hammond, Chair

B. W. Brooks, Secretary-Treasurer

Beverly Weikum
City Secretary

 

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