CM 2015-09-29 (WKS)CFFELL
City of Coppell, Texas
Minutes
City Council
255 Parkway Boulevard
Coppell, Texas 75019-9478
Tuesday, September 29, 2015 6:00 PM 2nd Floor Conference Room
Work Session
KAREN HUNT GARY RODEN
Mayor Mayor Pro Tem
CLIFF LONG NANCY YINGLING
Place 1 Place 5
BRIANNA HINOJOSA-FLORES MARVIN FRANKLIN
Place 2 Place 6
WES MAYS MARK HILL
Place 3 Place 7
CLAY PHILLIPS
City Manager
Present 7 - Karen Hunt -,Cliff Long;Brianna Hinojosa-Flores;Wes Mays -,Gary
Roden -,Marvin Franklin and Mark Hill
Absent 1 - Nancy Yingling
Also present was City Manager Clay Phillips.
The City Council of the City of Coppell met in a Special Called Session on Tuesday,
September 29, 2015, at 6:00 p.m. in the 2nd Floor Conference Room of Town Center,
255 Parkway Boulevard, Coppell, Texas.
Call to Order
Mayor Hunt called the meeting to order, determined that a quorum was present
and convened into the Work Session at 6:12 p.m.
Work Session (Open to the Public) 2nd Floor Conference Room
1. Discussion regarding Traffic Management.
2. Discussion regarding Non-profit Funding.
3. Discussion regarding Spring Council Retreat Dates.
4. Discussion regarding Council Roles and Responsibilities.
I. Traffic Presentation - Ken Griffin and George Marshal presented information
related to many traffic topics including:
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Adjournment
A. Basic flow and management
1. Traffic capacity improvements including free right turns, left turn bay
lengthening,
2. Traffic light modifications
B. Major projects on the horizon
1. Freeport - start design and CO process
2. Beltline - to follow Freeport
3. Royal, Airline after Beltline
Council then gave direction to begin the process of planning the design and
funding of South Freeport Parkway through CO's and to expedite that project
to have it online as soon as possible to then enable the other projects
thereafter.
II. Non -Profit Funding - Discussion centered on how to avoid mission creep
and how to vet new groups before including them on the invitation to present
list.
A. Reviewed matrix and definitions of eligible groups
B. Decided to modify process as:
1. Vetting of all new groups before inviting them to present
2. Invited if CC agrees they fit into one of the categories
3. Add vetting process for new groups prior to inviting them to present
At this time, Councilmember Hill arrived.
III. Retreat Dates - It was determined to hold a series of meetings prior to the
retreat in 2016.
A. Citizen Summit on 2/18
1. Determine topics - one for report to entire group and 4 for breakouts
2. Invite 10 each plus all call to community
3. Prior to CS do inventory of what has been accomplished in 2030 and
what needs to be done in the future and hold work session with Council to
discuss
4. These to become break out session topics
B. Possible retreat dates
1. April 8/9 or 29/30 - will verify in next two weeks
C. Topics
1. Goals & Objectives
2. Citizen Summit debrief and determinations
3. Visioning
D. Facilitator
1. Council roles vs visioning
IV. Council Roles & Responsibilities
A. Vision vs Weeds
B. Policy Initiatives
C. Budgeting
D. Schedule meeting ASAP with facilitator to discuss Council roles and
expectations
There being no further discussion before the Council, the Work Session was
adjourned at 9:36 p.m.
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