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2009-05-12 City of Southlake Crime Control & Prevention District Meeting 05/12/2009 SOUTHLAKE CRIME CONTROL & PREVENTION DISTRICT MEETING Tuesday, May 12, 2009 MINUTES LOCATION: Southlake West DPS Facility 2100 West Southlake Boulevard Southlake, Texas 76092 REGULAR SESSION: Board Members Present: Martin Schelling, Richard Sandow, Lou Ann Heath, Bob Mundlin, Craig Sturtevant and Robert Williams Staff Members Present: Director of Public Safety Jim Blagg, Police Chief Robert Finn, Fire Chief, Mike Starr; Police Services Divisional Assistant, Melissa Rodriguez; Finance Director, Sharen Jackson; Deputy Director of Community Services, Kerry McGeath Contractors and Consultants Present: Robert Garza with RPGA Design Group and Smith Dorman with Lee Lewis Construction Agenda Item No. 1. Call to order. The May 12, 2009 CCPD Meeting was called to order by Martin Schelling at 7:01 p.m. Agenda Item No. 2. Executive Session: No executive session. Agenda Item No.3 Reconvene: No action Agenda Item No. 4. Public Forum: No Public Forum. Agenda Item No. 5. Administrative Comments: A. CCPD Sales Tax Report An update on the sales tax was given by Sharen Jackson. Mrs. Jackson advised that the most recent sales tax collections, which are for March 2009 sales, were 3.55% below previous sales tax collections for March 2008. Year-to-date collections are 2.2 million, which is about 2% less for the same period in the prior fiscal year. Staff will continue to monitor sales tax collections and make the necessary budget amendments and bring forward to the Board. A Board Member inquired about the accuracy of January 2009 sales figures. Mrs. Jackson advised the Board that the figures were accurate. Mrs. Jackson gave an update on Bond Sales. A brief discussion took place. City of Southlake Crime Control & Prevention District Meeting 05/12/2009 B. Update on progress of DPS Headquarters Construction An update on the progress of the DPS Headquarters Construction was given by Smith Dorman. Updates on the progress of DPS Headquarters included: ■ Exterior framing primarily completed ■ 65% of masonry is completed ■ Fire facility facing Carroll Ave. is progressing well ■ Building portion of concrete is primarily complete ■ Interior framing is primarily complete on the lower two levels ■ Drywall installation has begun ■ Duct work and electrical is progressing Staff advised the Board that the project is still on schedule to turn the building over to DPS on December 9`b, 2009 and that plans for a Dedication and Grand Opening have begun. C. DPS North Facility Update An update on the NDPS Facility was given by Robert Garza with RPGA. Mr. Garza informed the Board that the information from Needs Assessment is being put into plans for finalization and is two weeks away from completing the plans. Staff presented the Board with examples of Fire and DPS training facilities. The Board and Staff shared and discussed ideas for the exterior design of the NDPS Facility. Consent Aunda• Agenda Item No. 6. Consent A. Approve Minutes of the Crime Control and Prevention District Board Meeting held on April 14, 2009. A Board member requested corrections to Item No. 6B of the April 14, 2009 meeting minutes. The change requested was to correct the Approved votes from 4-1 to 4-0-1. A motion was made to approve the minutes for the April 14, 2009 meeting with the corrections requested above. Motion: Sturtevant Second: Mundlin Ayes: Sturtevant, Mundlin, Williams, Heath, Schelling Nays: None Abstained: Sandow Approved: 5-0-1 Regular Amda• Agenda Item No. 7. Discussion: No Items to discuss. City of Southlake Crime Control & Prevention District Meeting 05/12/2009 Agenda Item No. 8. Consider: A. Recommendation for Artist Concept for Mural in main lobby of the DPS Headquarters. Staff reminded the Board of Ms. Bonham's art samples submitted when the artist selection begin. They were also reminded of how the Board and Staff expressed to Ms. Bonham that a mural is what was wanted for the main lobby. Staff advised the Board that a meeting recently took place with Ms. Bonham and although Ms. Bonham initially indicated a willingness to paint a mural in the main lobby of DPS HQ; she no longer has the time or interest in painting a mural. Ms. Bonham is proposing a 36x24 framed painting for her final concept. Staff recommended to the Board that we try to come to some agreement with Ms. Bonham on another art piece or to seek settlement with Ms. Bonham for her work thus far and begin the bid process for a new artist to paint a mural. Discussion took place. A motion was made to seek a settlement with Ms. Bonham for her work thus far and to begin obtaining new bids for a new artist to paint a mural. A discussion in regards to the above motion took place and it was decided to amend the motion. An amended motion was made to seek settlement with Ms. Bonham for her work thus far and for the Board and Staff to discuss a solution. Motion: Sandow Second: Mundlin Ayes: Sandow, Mundlin, Heath, Williams, Schelling and Sturtevant Nays None Approved: 6-0 Agenda Item No. 9. Adjournment: Martin Schelling entertained a motion to adjourn. Motion: Heath Second: Williams Ayes: Heath, Williams, Sturtevant, Mundlin, Schelling and Sandow Nays: None Approved: 6-0 Meeting adjourned at 7:39 p.m. -711 o iy)Q , Martin Schelling, President Melissa Rodriguez, Secr