02.08.2011 Town Council Minutes11
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Call to Order / Roll Call.
The meeting was called to order at 6:00 p.m.
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Regular Meeting of the Prosper Town Council
Town of Prosper Municipal Chambers
108 W. Broadway, Prosper, Texas
Tuesday, February 8, 2011 at 6:00 p.m.
Council present included: Mayor Ray Smith, Mayor Pro -Tem Kenneth Dugger, Dave Benefield, David Vestal, and
Danny Wilson. Jason Dixon arrived at 6:02 p.m.
Staff present included: Mike Land, Town Manager; Hulon Webb, Director of Development Services; Chris Copple,
Planning and Zoning Manager; Ron Butler, Comptroller; Wade Harden, Senior Planner; and Karen Gill, Assistant to
the Town Manager and Interim Town Secretary.
2. Invocation and Pledge of Allegiance.
The invocation was given by Reverend Michael Gilton, St. Paul's Episcopal Church.
Mayor Smith led the Pledge of Allegiance to the United States Flag, and Salute to the Texas Flag.
3. Announcements of dates and times of upcoming community events.
No announcements were made, but Councilmember Miller did take a moment to thank the Fire Department for their
outstanding customer service to residents during the previous week's winter storm.
CONSENT AGENDA
(Items placed on the Consent Agenda are considered routine in nature and are considered nun -controversial. The Consent Agenda can be acted upon in one motion.
A majority, vote of the Council is required to remove any item for discussion and separate action. Council members may vote nay on any single item without
comment and may submit written comments as par[ of the official record.)
4. Consent Agenda
MINUTES
a. Consider and act upon minutes from the following Council meetings. (KG)
January 25, 2011 —Town Council Meeting
ORDINANCES, RESOLUTIONS. AND AGREEMENTS
b. Consider and act upon naming Karen Gill as Interim Town Secretary until further notice. (ML)
Consider and act upon calling the General Election on May 14, 2011. (ML)
Item 4.b. was palled and Items 4.a. and 4.c were motioned by Mayor Pro -'rem Dugger to approve. Motion approved
7-0. Mayor Pro -Tem Dugger re -opened Item 4.b. and after an expression of thanks to Ms. Gill, motioned to approve.
Motion approved 7-0.
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CITIZEN'S COMMENTS
(The public is invited to address the Council on any topic. However, the Council is unable to discuss or take action on any topic not listed on this agenda Please
complete a "Public Comments Form" and present it to the Town Secretary prior to the meeting.)
5. Other Comments by the Public.
There were no citizen comments.
REGULAR AGENDA
(If you wish to address the Council during the regular agenda portion of the meeting, please fill out a "Speaker Request Form" and present it to the Town Secretary
prior to the meeting. Citizens wishing to address the Council for items listed as public hearings will be recognized by the Mayor Those wishing to speak on a
non-public hearing related items will be recognized on a case-by-case basis, at the discretion of the Mayor and Town Council.)
PUBLIC HEARINGS
6. A public hearing to consider and act upon a request to rezone 13.6± acres, located on the northeast
corner of Legacy Drive and Prosper Trail, from Agricultural (A) to Planned Development -Office (PD-
O). (ZIO-0021) (CC)
Chris Copple, Planning and Zoning Manager, gave Council background information on this item, with a staff
recommendation to deny the request.
Motioned by Mayor Pro -Tem Dugger, seconded by Deputy Mayor Pro -Tem Miller, to open the Public Hearing.
Motion approved 7-0.
Mayor Ray Smith opened the Public Hearing at 6:23 p.m.
Applicant John Rose, Development Construction Management Services, addressed Council and stated the reasons that
request should be approved.
Trent Lewis, 8770 Prestonview Drive, Prosper, made a presentation to Council, explaining his reasons why the request
should be denied.
Ron Berlin, 3906 Lemmon, Dallas, owner of the property, spoke to Council to explain why the request should be
approved.
Motioned by Councilmember Dixon, seconded by Mayor Pro -Tem Dugger, to close the Public Hearing.
Approved 7-0.
Mavor Smith closed the Public Hearing at 6:50 p.m.
Motioned by Councilmember Wilson, seconded by Councilmember Vestal, to deny the request.
Denied 7-0.
DEPRTMENT ITEMS
7. Receive a report from the 2011 Bond Committee discuss Bond Committee recommendations. (HW)
Bond Committee Member George Dupont made a presentation to Council regarding their recommendations.
Council took no action.
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8. Discussion of Town Charter Amendments. (ML)
Charter Commission Member Mike Wadsworth made a presentation to Council regarding their recommendations.
Council had questions on several of the recommendations, which were directed to Charter Commission Members Mike
Wadsworth and Barbara Newell, and to Town Manager Mike Land.
Council took no action.
9. Consider and act upon landscape improvements to Main Street Park. (WH)
Wade Harden, Senior Planner, gave Council background information on this item.
Motioned by Mayor Pro -Tem Dugger, seconded by Councilmember Benefield, to approve the request for landscape
improvements to Main Street Park, as described in the Item. Approved 7-0.
10. Consider and act upon a resolution accepting the audit for Fiscal Year 2009 — 2010 and authorizing the
publication of an audit summary. (MG)
Tom Pingleton, of Pingleton, Howard and Company, P.C., Certified Public Accounting presented the audit results.
Motioned by Councilmember Benefield, seconded by Councilmember Wilson, to approve a resolution, accepting the
audit and authorizing the publication of an audit summary. Approved 7-0.
11. Consider and act upon directing Town staff to initiate the rezoning or 244.9± acres, located on the west
side of Legacy Drive, 1,000± feet north of Fishtrap Road, from Planned Development -l4 -Single Family
Village A (PD -14) to Single Family -10 (SF -10). (CC)
Mayor Smith recused himself from the discussion because of a conflict of interest.
Chris Copple, Planning and Zoning Manager, gave Council background information on this item.
Motioned by Councilmember Dixon, seconded by Councilmember Vestal, to approve the request. Approved 6-0.
12. Possibly direct Town Staff to schedule topic(s) for discussion at a future meeting.
Council directed Town Staff to prepare an agenda item for the next Council meeting to consider and act upon a
budgetary amendment to update the Town's Master Future Land Use Plan.
13. Adjourn.
Motioned by Deputy Mayor Pro -Tem Miller, seconded by Councilmember Benefield, to adjourn.
Motion approved 7-0.
Mayor Smith adjourned the meeting at 8:09 p.m.
Karen S. Gill
Interim Town Secretary
Ray Smih, Mayor
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