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CITY COUNCIL SPECIAL SESSION
MONDAY, MAY 29, 2006
MUNICIPAL BUILDING
3800 UNIVERSITY BLVD.
5:30 P.M.
The City Council convened in Special Session in the Municipal Building Conference
Room (3800 University Boulevard) on May 29, 2006 with the following members
present: Mayor Ballanfant presiding, Council Members Cohen, Segal, Woods and Yehle.
The City Manager, City Secretary, City Attorney, Assistant City Manager/Public Works
Director, Finance Director, Parks and Recreation Director, Police Chief, and Assistant to
the City Manager were also present.
The notice for this meeting was posted in accordance with the Texas Government Code,
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Chapter 551, on the 25 day of May 2006 at 4:45 p.m.
Special Session
Capital Projects.
Matters related to capital projects including drainage, parkland property acquisition and
city-owned property and facilities master planning.
Jeff Gerber, representing Pierce Goodwin Alexander & Linville (PGAL), discussed the
proposed Property and Facility Assessment Master Plan with the City Council. They
addressed the Master Planning process including priorities for facility improvements or
replacement, current and future use of city owned property, emergency operation center,
city center campus and a possible exchange of land with the West University Baptist
Church.
The City Council agreed that the City Manager and Council Member Woods would speak
with the Baptist Church regarding the exchange of land. Council also asked the City
Attorney to research and identify the nature of the City?s ownership interest in three lots
on Community.
The City Council discussed drainage and funding. They asked Claunch & Miller, the
City?s Consulting Engineers, to explain the difference between the new design criteria
versus the design criteria of the old system. They also requested information on the
number of homes that would flood in a two-year event and an extreme event.
Parks and Recreation Master Plan.
Matters related to the Parks and Recreation Master Plan.
City Council Special Session, May 29 2006
Parks and Recreation Director Tim O?Connor presented the Parks and Recreation Master
Plan.
The City Council agreed to accept the Parks and Recreation Master Plan as the report of
the Task Force. The Plan will be used to proceed to develop properties as Council
determines on a selected basis.
The City Council discussed the future development of Colonial Park and the Recreation
Center. They requested that the Staff get a proposal and cost estimate from PGAL to
develop a conceptual plan for the Recreation Center and Colonial Park.
Park property.
Matters related to the purchase, exchange, lease or value of real property for park
purposes.
The City Council agreed to allow City Manager Michael Ross, City Secretary Kaylynn
Holloway, City Attorney Alan Petrov, and Parks and Recreation Director Tim O?Connor
to attend the Executive Session because their presence is necessary for the Council?s
consideration of the issues.
At this point in the meeting, the Mayor publicly announced that a closed, executive
session would be held and identified the section of the Open Meetings Law under which
the meeting would be held.
Closed Executive Session to be held under Section 551.072 Texas Government Code.
After the announcement, the City Council conducted a closed, executive session
beginning at 8:55 p.m.
After the closed, executive session, the Mayor announced, in open session, that the City
Council had concluded its closed, executive session at 9:48 p.m.
Adjournment.
With no further business to come before the City Council at this time, the Council
meeting adjourned at 9:50 p.m.
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