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Regular Meeting
Planning and Zoning Commission
Thursday, August 17, 2006, at 7:00 p.m.
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Council Chambers,
College Station City Hall
1101 Texas Avenue
College Station, Texas
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COMMISSIONERS PRESENT: Bill Davis, Derek Dictson, Glenn Schroeder, Harold
Strong, and Marsha Sanford.
COMMISSIONERS ABSENT: Dennis Christiansen and John Nichols.
CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS PRESENT: Ron Gay.
CITY STAFF PRESENT: Staff Planners Jennifer Reeves, Lindsay Boyer, Jason
Schubert and Crissy Hartl, Senior Planner Jennifer Prochazka, Planning Administrator
Molly Hitchcock, Graduate Civil Engineers Carol Cotter and Josh Norton, Transportation
Planner Ken Fogle, Acting Director Lance Simms, Staff Assistant Lisa Lindgren,
Assistant City Attorney Carla Robinson, and Information Services Representative Bryan
Cook.
1. Call meeting to order.
Acting Chairman Davis called the meeting to order at 7:03 p.m.
2. Hear Citizens. At this time, the Chairman will open the floor to citizens wishing to
address the Commission on planning and zoning issues not already scheduled on
tonight's agenda. The citizen presentations will be limited to three minutes in
order to accommodate everyone who wishes to address the Commission and to
allow adequate time for completion of the agenda items. The Commission will
receive the information, ask city staff to look into the matter, or will place the
matter on a future agenda for discussion. (A recording is made of the meeting;
please give your name and address for the record.) All matters listed under Item 3,
Consent Agenda, are considered routine by the Planning and Zoning Commission
and will be enacted by one motion. These items include preliminary and final
plats, where staff has found compliance with all minimum subdivision regulations.
All items approved by Consent are approved with any and all staff
recommendations. There will not be separate discussion of these items. If any
Commissioner desires to discuss an item on the Consent Agenda it will be moved
to the Regular Agenda for further consideration.
No one spoke during the item.
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Orff PARKS AND RECREATION ADVISORY BOARD
MINUTES
CITY OF COLLEGE STATION REGULAR MEETING N 7:00 PM
Tuesday, July 11, 2006
The EXIT Teen Center
1520 Rock Prairie Road • College Station, Texas
Staff Present: Stephen Beachy, Director; Eric Ploeger, Assistant Director; Peter
Lamont, Recreation Superintendent; Marci Rodgers, Senior Services Coordinator;
Pamela Springfield, Staff Assistant
Members Present: Jodi Warner, Chair; Glenn Schroeder; Gary Erwin; Harry
Green; Gary Thomas; Carol Blaschke; Kathleen Ireland; Jeannie McCandless; John
Crompton
Members Absent: All members were present.
Visitors: Dale Browne, Jr. N McClure & Browne Engineering; Randy French N BCS
Development Company
1. Call to order. Jodi Warner, Chair called the meeting to order at 7:00 p.m.
2. Possible action and pardon concerning requests for absences of
members. No requests for absence had been submitted and no action was
necessary.
3. Hear visitors. Hearing none this item was closed.
4. Consideration, possible action, and discussion of minutes from the
regular meeting of June 13, 2006. Glenn Schroeder stated that there was
a spelling error under "Visitors Present" - Wyndham's was misspelled. Glenn
moved approval of the meeting minutes with the one correction. Gary
Thomas seconded the motion. The vote was called and the minutes were
unanimously approved with the correction as stated.
5. Consideration, possible action, and discussion of member
appointments to the Senior Advisory Committee " Marci Rodgers.
Harry Green moved to accept the recommendation of Marci Rodgers to:
appoint Donald Pirwitz, Colleen Risinger, Yvonne Stevens, Raymond Reed,
Joanna Yeager, and E.E. Burns to fill the six open positions on the Senior
Advisory Committee; and, to appoint Robert Meyer as Chairman and
Raymond Reed as Vice Chairman for one year, as voted on and recommended
by the Senior Advisory Committee. Kathleen Ireland seconded the motion.
The vote was called and the motion carried unanimously.
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3. Consent Agenda.
3.1 Consideration, discussion, and possible action to approve meeting minutes.
* July 20, 2006— Workshop Meeting Minutes
* July 20, 2006—Regular Meeting Minutes.
* August 3, 2006— Workshop Meeting Minutes
* August 3, 2006 —Regular Meeting Minutes
Commissioner Strong motioned to accept the Consent Agenda as submitted.
Commissioner Sanford seconded the motion, motion passed (5-0).
Regular Agenda
4. Consideration, discussion and possible action on requests for absence from
meetings.
* Harold Strong—July 20, 2006—Workshop & Regular Meeting
* John Nichols—August 17, 2006 —Workshop & Regular Agenda
Commissioner Strong's absence request had already been submitted and
approved, it should be removed.
Commissioner Sanford motioned to accept the absence requests.
Commissioner Schroeder seconded the motion, motion passed (5-0).
5. Consideration, discussion, and possible action on items removed from the Consent
Agenda by Commission action.
No items were removed from the Consent Agenda.
6. Presentation, possible action, and discussion on a Master Plan for Saddle Creek
consisting of 562.145 acres located at Wellborn Road and Bentwood Drive,
approximately one mile south of Greens Prairie Road in the City's Extra-territorial
Jurisdiction. Case#06-500157 (CH)
Crissy Hartl, Staff Planner, presented the Master Plan and recommended
approval.
Joe Schultz was called upon by the Commission to answer general questions.
Commissioner Schroeder motioned to approve the Master Plan as presented.
Commissioner Dictson seconded the motion, motion passed (5-0).
7. Presentation, possible action, and discussion on a Master Plan for the Sonoma
Subdivision on 41.2 acres located at 2755 Barron Road in the general vicinity of
the southeast intersection of Barron Road and State Highway 40. Case #06-500133
(LB)
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Lindsay Boyer, Staff Planner, presented the Master Plan and recommended
approval.
Randy French, 4301 Clipston, College Station, Texas, was called upon to answer
questions regarding the development.
Ken Fogle, Transportation Planner, answered questions regarding transportation
and roads through the development.
Commissioner Dictson motioned to approve the Master Plan as presented.
Commissioner Strong seconded the motion, motion passed (5-0).
8. Presentation, possible action, and discussion of a Variance Request to Section 12-
K, Blocks, of the Subdivision Regulations, and a presentation, possible action, and
discussion of a Preliminary Plat for Duck Haven Phase III, consisting of 16 lots on
21.92 acres, located at the southern end of Drake Drive, near the intersection of
Drake Drive and Wellborn Road in the City's Extra-Territorial Jurisdiction (ETJ).
Case#06-500091 (JP)
Jennifer Prochazka, Senior Planner, presented the Variance Request and
Preliminary Plat. Ms. Prochazka reminded the Commission that the Variance
should be considered before the Preliminary Plat, and if the Variance was not
approved then the Preliminary Plat should not be approved.
Travis Martinek was called upon by the Commission to answer general questions
regarding the development.
Commissioner Strong motioned to approve the Variance Request.
Commissioner Schroeder seconded the motion, motion passed (5-0).
Commissioner Strong motioned to approve the Preliminary Plat as
submitted. Commissioner Sanford seconded the motion, motion passed (5-0).
9. Public hearing, presentation, possible action, and discussion on a Final Plat of Lots
13, 14 & 15, Block 1 of the Gateway Subdivision, which includes a Replat of Lot
9R, Block 1 consisting of 4 lots on 18.062 acres located at University Drive East
and State Highway 6,just north of the Olive Garden Restaurant. Case #06-500148
(JR)
Jennifer Reeves, Staff Planner, presented the Replat and Final Plat and
recommended approval of both.
Veronica Morgan, Mitchell and Morgan Engineers, 511 University Drive, College
Station, Texas, was called upon by the Commission to answer general questions
regarding the development.
No one spoke during the public hearing.
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Commissioner Sanford motioned to approval the Replat and Final Plat as
presented. Commissioner Schroeder seconded the motion, motion passed (5-
0).
10. Public hearing, presentation, possible action, and discussion on a Final Plat for the
Plazas at Rock Prairie, which includes a Replat for Cornerstone Commercial
Section One, Lot 2-C, consisting of 4 lots on 3.412 acres located at 3975 State
Highway 6 South, generally located at the northeast corner of Rock Prairie Road
and State Highway 6. Case #06-500161 (CH)
Crissy Hartl, Staff Planner, presented the Final Plat and recommended approval.
Ken Fogle, Transportation Planner, was called upon by the Commission to
address general questions regarding transportation in the area of the development.
No one spoke during the public hearing.
Commissioner Schroeder motioned to approve the Final Plat as submitted.
Commissioner Dictson seconded the motion, motion passed (5-0).
11. Adjourn.
Commissioner Strong motioned to adjourn. Commissioner Sanford seconded
the motion, motion passed (5-0).
Appro /
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Jo I Nichols, Chairman
Planning and Zoning Commission
Attest:
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Lisa Lindgren, Staff Assistant
Planning and Development Services
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6. Consideration, possible action, and discussion of potential park land
dedication request for Sonoma Development N Park Zone 10. Staff
had no recommendation on this proposed dedication which was located in
floodplain, in designated greenway, and adjoining the CSISD-owned, future,
high school site. John Crompton moved to accept the developer's proposed
dedication of 7.16 acres (1.62 acres was the required dedication). Harry
Green seconded the motion. The vote was called. All were in favor and the
motion passed unanimously.
7. Consideration, possible action, and discussion of Naming Request for
pathway in Veterans Park and Athletic Complex, from the
Brazos Valley Veterans Memorial Board of Directors. Glenn S. moved
approval of the written request to name the pathway which would encircle the
Veterans Memorial, once constructed, after Lynn Stuart (the Louis Lynn
Stuart Pathway). Kathleen I. seconded the motion. The vote was called.
All were in favor, and the motion passed unanimously.
8. Update and discussion on status of revisions to the Recreation, Park,
and Open Space Master Plan N Eric Ploeger. The status of the revisions
done on the plan to-date was given. A meeting with the subcommittee would
be scheduled for a date after August 15th to review the revisions. This was an
informational item only and no action was required.
9. Review, possible action, and discussion concerning Board and
Departmental Goals and Objectives, and City Council Strategic Plan.
Updated lists had been included in the members' packets.
• Update and discussion on City Council Strategic Plan N A brief update based
on the focus of the June Council retreat was given.
This was an informational item only and no action was required.
10. Report, possible action, and discussion concerning the Capital
Improvement Program:
Current Capital Improvement and Park Land Dedication Projects
List " Updated lists had been included in the members' packets.
Approved park land dedications of less than three acres ' ' Two
dedications had been approved by staff for the Austin Beckendorf Subdivision
and the Greens Prairie Center. Copies had been included in the packets.
This was an informational item only, and no action was required.
11. Consideration, possible action, and discussion of potential meeting
dates for the October 2006 meeting, due to NRPA Congress conflict.
Staff asked to move this meeting date to the third Tuesday of October due to
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a conflict. Kathleen I. said she would be unable to attend on that date. The
remainder of the board was agreeable to the October 17th date. No action
was required.
12. Presentation, possible action, and discussion on future agenda items:
(A board member may inquire about a subject for which notice has not been
given. A statement of specific factual information or the recitation of existing
policy may be given. Any deliberation shall be limited to a proposal to place
the subject on an agenda for a subsequent meeting.)
• August 8, 2006 N Regular Meeting
• Future agenda item requests N Hearing none, this item was closed.
13. Adjourn. Kathleen I. moved to adjourn. Jeannie McCandless seconded the
motion. The vote was called. All were in favor and the meeting adjourned at
8: 15 p.m.
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