01-27-2005 (City Council) Minutes .u. MINUTES
WYLIE CITY COUNCIL
Special Called Meeting
Thursday, January 27, 2005
4:00 p.m.
Wylie Municipal Complex—Council Chambers/Council Conference Room
2000 State Highway 78 North
Wylie,Texas 75098
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Mayor Mondy called the Special Called Work Session to order at 4:10 p.m. with the following Council
members present: Mayor Pro Tern Eric Hogue, Councilwoman Reta Allen, Councilman Chris Trout,
Councilman J. C. Worley, and Councilman Merrill Young. Councilman Earl Newsom was out of town.
Staff present were: City Manager Mark B. Roath, Assistant City Manager Mindy Manson, City Engineer
Chris Holsted, Planning and Zoning Director Claude Thompson, Public Services Director Mike Sferra,
Library Director Mignon Morse, Human Resource Supervisor Lynn Fagerstrom, Public Information
Officer Mark Witter, and City Secretary Carole Ehrlich.
Mayor Pro Tern Hogue gave the invocation and Councilman Worley led the Pledge of Allegiance.
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• Final report regarding the"Needs Assessment Study"by Brinkley Sargent.
(Mark Roath, City Manager, Dwayne Brinkley, Brinkley Sargent and David Medanich, First
Southwest)
Mr. Dwayne Brinkley representing Brinkley Sargent gave Council and those present a 20 year projection
of facility needs based on the present, 10 year and 20 year projections. He explained the methodology of
the study and gave a projected population in decade format. He then presented several scenarios of
Wylie's Plan for the Future. Mr. Brinkley stated that many City departments were overcrowded at the
present time. Mr. Brinkley complemented the staff for their efficiency based on the current staffing.
Some comparisons were presented showing cities in the surrounding area with around the same
population and the staffing currently in those facilities. He commented that the percentages of population
in those cities vs. the number of employees showed the City of Wylie to be very lean in all staffing
comparisons. Mr. Brinkley showed the space deficit summary from two prospectives; Population Driven
need and Quality of Life needs. Options were also shown for the development/construction of the
facilities. They included a Town Center Complex vs. Re-Use of Existing Facilities.
Mr. David Medarich representing First Southwest gave an overview of some of the options for funding
facility needs. He proposed both bonds and for some facilities the use of Certificates of Obligation. He
gave some numbers of what type of revenues would be needed to fund these improvements.
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Mayor Mondy asked those present for comments they might have pertaining to the needs assessment
presented and future funding of that proposal.
Mr. Warner Washington residing at 621 Stoneybrook Drive, Wylie, Texas addressed Council
commenting that in 2004 the Wylie Independent School District passed a Bond Election for 148 million
dollars which benefited the children and parents of WISD. The proposed bond funds for City facilities
would be no where close to that figure and would benefit every citizen of the City of Wylie. Mr.
Washington reiterated his desire to see the facility study become a reality. He stated he believed the
citizens would solidly be behind it.
Staff and the firm will further review the information presented and prepare options and strategies
available both for the construction and funding of the project,and bring back to Council at a later date.
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Special Called Meeting/Work Session
Wylie City Council
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