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WOLF PEN CREEK OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE
MINUTES
11:00AM, TUESDAY, February 3, 2009
THE GREEN ROOM AT WOLF PEN CREEK
1015 COLGATE COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS, 77840
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STAFF PRESENT:
Marco A. Cisneros, Director of Parks and Recreation; Amanda
Putz, Secretary; David Gwin, Director of Economic Development;
Jeff Kersten, Chief Financial Officer; Glenn Brown, City Manager;
Kathy Merrill, Assistant City Manager; Mark Smith, Director of
Public Works; Lance Simms, Assistant Director of Planning and
Development Services; Sheila Walker, WPC Amphitheater
Supervisor; Scott Hooks, West District Park Operations Supervisor
COMMITTEE PRESENT:
Marc Chaloupka, Larry Stewart, Gary Erwin, Sharon Colson ,
James Massey
COMMITTEE ABSENT:
John Nichols, Jody Ford, Dennis Maloney
VISITORS:
None
James Massey arrived at 11:45AM.
1.Call to order: James Massey called the meeting to order with a quorum
present at 11:45AM.
2. Pardon and possible action concerning requests for absences of
members: Jody Ford, John Nichols, and Dennis Maloney had sent in requests
for absence. Sharon Colson made a motion to accept the absence requests
submitted, and Larry Stewart seconded the motion. The vote was called. All
were in favor, and the motion passed unanimously.
3. Presentation, possible action, and discussion of minutes from
December 19, 2008: Gary Erwin made a motion to accept the minutes as
submitted, and Marc Chaloupka seconded the motion. The vote was called.
All were in favor, and the motion passed unanimously.
4. Presentation, possible action, and discussion regarding the Wolf Pen
Creek Water Feature Project: Marco A. Cisneros briefly explained the
status of the project and what has been discussed in previous meetings.
Those meetings consisted of the Wolf Pen Creek Oversight Committee, Wolf
Pen Creek TIF Board, and the Parks and Recreation Advisory Board. He
explained that all of the groups as a consensus were in favor for the Water
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Feature Project to be incorporated into the Proposed Festival Area. There
were concerns raised about what developments could possibly be built on the
four or five acres beside the Festival Area that the City does not own. The
main development that was mentioned was a liquor store, and the committee
and staff did not want to see a development such as that adjacent to the Wolf
Pen Creek Water Feature and Festival Area site. The committee discussed
ordinance amendments that would help deal with the types of uses in the
district. James Massey asked about placing an overlay district into the Wolf
Pen Creek Corridor. Furthermore, there was discussion about possibly trying
to acquire the four to five acre area. Marc Chaloupka said that acquiring a
business across the street from The Lofts that compliments the festival area is
in his view for the area. There was discussion of the location of the Water
Feature Project and the value of the project. Marc Chaloupka made a motion
that the Water Feature be placed on city property within the area designated
especially for the Festival Area, and Gary Erwin seconded the motion. The
vote was called. All were in favor, and the motion passed unanimously.
5. Discussion and possible action regarding development and future
Wolf Pen Creek TIF Projects: Larry Stewart said that we need to include
the Festival Area, Water Feature, and parking as priorities in the TIF fund.
Sharon Colson explained that doing a parking area that will be able to handle
the weight of large automobiles and equipment that are entering the festival
parking so that we can eliminate as many potholes and cracks as possible.
She explained that the City should try and construct the parking area as best
as possible the first time.
Sharon Colson moved on behalf of the Oversight Committee (as a consensus)
that the next completion of the Wolf Pen Creek Master Plan to include the
Festival Area, the Water Feature and the parking as a total design package
included as part of the Festival Area, and Marc Chaloupka seconded the
motion. The vote was called. All were in favor, and the motion passed
unanimously.
6. Discussion and possible action regarding future meeting dates and
agendas: Jeff Kersten, Chief Financial Officer, explained the schedule of
when the financing plan needed to be discussed and completed. The Wolf Pen
Creek Oversight Committee’s motion made will be made to the TIF Board on
Thursday, February 5, 2009 and once they approve it then the TIF Board will
meet the first week in March to amend the financing plan.
There were plans made to schedule a meeting of the Wolf Pen Creek
Oversight Committee and the design firm for the committee to give some
direction at the Project Kickoff meeting. Mark Smith can give a timeline to the
committee about the design and the finances. Discussion followed.
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7. Adjourn: The meeting adjourned at 12:41PM.
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