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1 SPIN STANDING COMMITTEE MEETING
2 SOUTHLAKE TOWN HALL
3 1400 MAIN STREET, CONFERENCE ROOMS #3C AND #31)
4 SOUTHLAKE, TEXAS 76092
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8 MAY 8, 2001
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10 SPIN Representatives Present: Bill Stone (#13) Acting -Chair; Boyd Dollar (#1 Liaison —
11 Substituting for Representative Kim O'Brien); Martin Schelling (#2); Jan Francis (#5); Tim
12 Miller (#6); Darrell Faglie (#7); Pattie Minder (0); Brandon Bledsoe (0); Al Morin (#10);
13 Roger Hutton (#11); Rick and Jackie Phillips (#12); Andrea Brankin (#15 Co-
14 Representative); David Baltimore (Senior Representative); Garrett Mills (Youth Co-
15 Representative); Frith Dabkowski (Youth Co -Representative).
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17 SPIN Representatives Absent: Lynda Warner (#9w); Mike Conrads (#14); Curtis Powell (#15
18 Co -Representative); Bob Walker (#16); Cara White (Parks and Recreation Board
19 Representative).
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21 SPIN Liaisons Present: Nancy Carnahan (#2 Liaison); Jeff Wang (#7 Liaison).
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23 City Staff Present: John Eaglen, Assistant to the City Manager.
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25 Agenda Item No. 1, Call to Order — Acting Chair Bill Stone called the meeting to order at 6:30
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28 Agenda Item No. 2, Administrative Comments — The following items were discussed during this
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31 • Mr. Stone introduced and welcomed new SPIN #9e Representative Brandon Bledsoe. Jan
32 Francis agreed to serve as Mr. Bledsoe's mentor.
33 • Martin Schelling introduced the new SPIN #2 Liaison, Nancy Carnahan.
34 • Mr. Stone asked everyone to forward their updates on the SPIN Liaison List to Mr. Eaglen so
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37 Agenda Item No. 3, Approval of the Minutes from the March 21 Meeting and the April 7, 2001
38 Retreat / Business Meeting Portion —
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40 Motion to approve the Minutes from the March 21 Meeting and the April 7, 2001 Retreat /
41 Business Meeting portion as submitted.
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43 Motion: Morin
44 Second: Minder
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46 The motion was approved unanimously.
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2 Agenda Item No. 4, Status of Follow -Up Items from Previous Meetings — Mr. Eaglen provided
3 the Assistant to the City Manager's Report on current issues and/or items going on in the City.
4 Ms. Francis asked about the status of the Aventerra project, and Mr. Eaglen committed to
5 research and provide an update to the Standing Committee at the next meeting.
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7 Mr. Eaglen provided an update on the following outstanding items from previous meetings:
9 • Portals Update — an update on this item was requested at the April 7`h Retreat, the City owns
10 land for the portals and a preliminary conceptual design is in place, however the project has
11 stalled due to the lack of an identified funding mechanism.
12 • Extended manhole covers on Peytonville - have been reported to the Public Works
13 Department, this request is in their work order system, no update on when work is scheduled
14 to commence at this point.
15 • Light at Davis and F.M. 1709, Left Turn Lanes — raised at the April 7d' Retreat, staff has
16 passed this item along to the Department of Public Works. However, the Texas Department
17 of Transportation (TxDOT) regulates the signals at this intersection, and staff will have to
18 work through TxDOT to facilitate this change.
19 • Mailings in #9w — raised at the January 181' Standing Committee meeting. Staff is working
20 on several items to improve this situation, one is that packets are scheduled to be delivered to
21 the Post Office a week prior to the meeting, with the hope of extending the delivery window.
22 Staff is also working with a volunteer referred by Andrea Brankin to assist in developing an
23 improved database, the holdup with this initiative is culling through the utility database for
24 customers who have authorized the distribution of their information.
25 • Construction Contracts — Raised at the April 7 h Retreat. The Department of Public Works
26 has reviewed the standard contract in regards to the percentage of work to be required in-
27 house by a contractor, and increased the percentage from roughly 30-35% to 60-65%, which
28 should reduce the problems associated with the Traffic Management Bond Program
29 Intersection Improvements. These changes have begun to be implemented, and further
30 review of the contracts will occur on an as -needed basis.
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32 Agenda Item No. 5, SPIN Operating Budget Items — Mr. Eaglen described the request submitted
33 by staff to amend the FY 2000-01 Operating Budget in the following areas:
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35 Mr. Morin asked why funds have not been utilized from accounts where it looks as if extra funds
36 are available. Mr. Eaglen replied that staff forecasts that in most of the accounts the budget will
37 be on target by the end of the year, and that the additional funding requests are in accounts that
38 were not adequately funded or for specific projects that were not budgeted for. Mr. Eaglen
39 added that at the end of the fiscal year any unexpended funds would roll into the End -of -Year
40 Reserve Fund Balance, of which City policy stipulates a minimum fund balance of 15% of the
41 current year budget.
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43 Agenda Item No. 6, SPIN Candidates Forum Recap — Candidates Forum Sub -Committee Co-
44 Chair Andrea Brankin provided a brief recap of this year's Candidates Forum, and announced
45 that overall the event was successful. Ms. Brankin provided the following recommendations for
46 future events:
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• Increased publicity for the event to increase overall turnout;
• Holding the event in Town Hall in the future, as Johnson Elementary was sufficient, but does
not have the capacity to utilize more than five (5) microphones, resulting in Candidates
shuffling the microphones between each other during the event.
Agenda Item No. 7, SPIN Retreat Follow -Up — Mr. Stone covered the following items:
• Reviewed "SPIN 2001-Our Destination" Document with the Standing Committee.
• Explained the methodology in which assignments to research and report on the components
of "SPIN 2001-Our Destination" has been completed.
• Explained that the expectation would be for the owner and co -owners of each assignment
would be to come back at the June 12 meeting with recommendations to improve the current
situation in each area, and to recommend budget components if applicable.
• Mr. Stone announced that Mr. Eaglen would send out an assignment sheet providing notes
and additional details with the next City Council Packet, and that if members switched to let
him know as soon as possible to avoid confusion.
Agenda Item No. 8, Neighborhood Reports —
• Seniors Representative —
1. No Activity to Report.
1. No Activity to Report.
• 4PTN #15 —
1. City Council recently approved Sonic restaurant, construction coming soon.
• SPIN # 12 —
1. Cross Timber Hills and Peytonville intersection a problem, need to submit a CIP Project
Request for this.
2. Application in the approval process for Secure Source, Inc. at 1501 N. Randol Mill.
Some neighbors like this plan, but others have concerns, the main issue with this proposal
relates to eroding the City Council's promise to not have commercial development in the
proximity of a potentially expanded F.M. 1938.
• Youth Representative —
1. No Activity to Report.
• SPIN #8 —
1. City Council approval of Gumm Office Plaza, Gateway Church.
2. Request submitted from Cambridge Place requesting rezoning of property adjacent to the
entrance along Kimball, Pumpco is potentially for sale.
3. S. Kimball Road reconstruction is underway.
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• SPIN #6 —
1. No Activity to Report.
• SPIN #7 —
1. S. Kimball Road reconstruction has begun, school reneged on commitment not to use S.
Driveway as a construction entrance. Asked several months ago to place "No
Construction Entrance" sign, they have never obliged. There is a meeting tomorrow
night with the Public Works staff and the neighborhood to discuss the contract issues
with this project, the contract had not addressed the compressed project schedule and the
City was attempting to negotiate with the contractor.
2. Reconstruction of 1709 to Crooked Lane is coming.
• SPIN #1 —
1. Second reading of Ordinance approving application for Clariden School coming up at the
next City Council meeting.
• SPIN #9e —
1. Continental @ Byron Nelson road closure is an issue — people going down to the dead
end.
2. Access to Old Union Elementary is a key issue, no sidewalk on the corner is a concern,
residents will continue to pursue this item.
• SPIN #5 —
1. Update on Haltom Creek Estates — Planning and Zoning Commission denied
recommending the application to the City Council, thus a supermajority is required when
it goes to City Council on May 151h. Issues with this proposal include the impact of the
project on the schools, density, and traffic.
2. Aventerra is coming through DRC at this time, this is the 504 acres north of 114 in the
proximity of N. White Chapel.
• SPIN #2 —
1. No Activity to Report.
• SPIN # 11 —
1. No Activity to Report.
Agenda Item No. 9, Open Forum — There was no discussion during this agenda item.
Agenda Item No. 10, Adjourn —Bill Stone adjourned the meeting at 7:48 p.m.
Mike Conrads, Chair
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