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City Council Workshop & Regular Meeting
Wednesday, August 6, 2008 3:00 & 7:00 p.m.
City Hall Council Chambers, 1101 Texas Avenue
College Station, Texas
COUNCIL PRESENT: Mayor White, Mayor Pro Tern Mcllhaney, Council members
Maloney and Stewart
COUNCIL ABSENT: Council members Massey, Crompton and Ruesink
STAFF PRESENT: City Manager Brown, Assistant City Manager Merrill, City
Attorney Cargill Jr., City Secretary Hooks, Deputy City Secretary McNutt,
Management Team
Mayor White called meeting to order at 3:00 p.m.
Regular Agenda Item No. 5 -- Public hearing, presentation, possible action,
and discussion on an ordinance amending to the Comprehensive Land Use
Plan from Single Family Residential Medium Density to Industrial / R & D for
2.04 acres located at 3227 Rock Prairie Road West generally located south of
the Williamsgate Subdivision and 2,000 feet west of the intersection with
Wellborn Road.
Introduced by Bob Cowell, AICP, Director of Planning & Development Services.
Jason Schubert, Staff Planner presented a proposed ordinance amending the
Comprehensive Land Use Plan from Single Family Residential Medium Density to
Industrial / R&D for 2.04 acres located at 3227 Rock Prairie Road West. Staff
recommended approval.
Mayor White opened the public hearing. No one spoke. Mayor White closed the
public hearing.
A motion was made by Council member Maloney to approve Ordinance No. 3090 to
change 2.04 acres located at 3227 Rock Prairie Road West from a Single Family
Residential Medium Density to Industrial/ Research and Development. Seconded by
Council member Stewart, which carried 4-0.
FOR: Mayor White, Mayor ProTem Mcllhaney, Maloney and Stewart
AGAINST: None
ABSENT: Crompton, Massey and Ruesink
August 6, 2008
Regular Agenda
Comprehensive Plan Amendment for 3227 Rock Prairie Road West
To: Glenn Brown, City Manager
From: Bob Cowell, AICP, Director of Planning & Development Services
Agenda Caption: Public hearing, presentation, possible action, and discussion on an
ordinance amending to the Comprehensive Land Use Plan from Single Family Residential
Medium Density to Industrial / R & D for 2.04 acres located at 3227 Rock Prairie Road West
generally located south of the Williamsgate Subdivision and 2,000 feet west of the
intersection with Wellborn Road.
Recommendation(s): The Planning and Zoning Commission unanimously
recommended approval of the rezoning at their July 17th meeting. Staff also recommended
approval.
Comprehensive Plan Review Criteria:
1. Changed or changing conditions in the subject area or the City: The subjec':
property is part of the Rock Prairie West Business Park subdivision that originally platted
in 2002 and later replatted in 2004. A portion of the subject area (Lot 6R) was annexed
into the City in March of this year. The remaining portion of the request (Lot 7R)
obtained a development agreement by committing not to develop and thereby avoided
annexation earlier this year. The owner is now petitioning the City to annex a portion of
Lot 7R so it may be developed in connection with adjacent Lot 6R.
In 2003, the City initiated a small area plan for the area known as the Wellborn
Road/I&GN Triangle. As part of the small area plan, the land use designation for the
portion of the Rock Prairie West Business Park within the City limits was changed from
Single Family Residential Medium Density to Industrial / R&D. The area of the
subdivision outside of the City at the time, including the subject property, retained the
Single Family Residential Medium Density designation. Though the area outside of the
City limits is designated Single Family Residential Medium Density, it has developed into
a number of higher intensity and industrial-like uses such as a self-service storage
facility, electric supplier and a manufactured home park.
In March and May of this year, Council approved Comprehensive Plan Amendments that
changed the land use designation to Single Family Residential High Density for the 13.44
acres immediately east of the Williamsgate Subdivision, which is across Rock Prairie
Road West to the north and east of the subject property.
Two other portions of the Rock Prairie West Business Park were rezoned to C-2
Commercial-Industrial. in 2003 and 2004 and have been developed as C-2 uses. Other
development in the area includes the aforementioned 20-acre Williamsgate Subdivision
which was rezoned to R-1 Single Family Residential in 2004 and has subsequently
platted and is currently under construction.
2. Compatibility with the remainder of the Comprehensive Plan: Adjacent to the
subject property within the City limits is the Industrial / R&D land use designation while
the adjacent properties outside the City limits are designated Single Family Residential
Medium Density. The proposed land use designation expands the existing Industrial /
R&D area from approximately 43 acres to 45 acres and is compatible with other uses in
the vicinity.
The developing Williamsgate Subdivision is to the north and east across Rock Prairie
Road West, a Minor Arterial on the Thoroughfare Plan. Though not yet built to as a
Minor Arterial, Rock Prairie Road West already has the 100-foot right-of-way width
necessary to build it to the minor arterial standard. The thoroughfare provides the
capacity for the proposed request and will help buffer the uses from the single family
and townhome development in the area.
Budget & Financial Summary: N/A
Attachments:
1. Aerial Map
2. Draft Planning and Zoning Commission Meeting Minutes, July 17, 2008
3. Ordinance
MINUTES
PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION
Regular Meeting
Thursday, July 17, 2008
Crr\ OF COLLEGE STA r10N at 7:00 p.m.
r, """r'' r' ' ' en 'ur''"`} City Hall Council Chambers
1101 Texas Avenue
College Station, Texas
COMMISSIONERS PRESENT: Chairman John Nichols, Noel Bauman, Paul Greer,
Doug Slack, Hugh Stearn and Thomas Woodfin
COMMISSIONERS ABSENT: Bill Davis
CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS PRESENT: Larry Stewart
CITY STAFF PRESENT: Senior Planners Jennifer Prochazka and Lindsay Boyer,
Staff Planners Jason Schubert and Lauren Hovde, Assistant City Engineer Josh Norton,
Senior Assistant City Engineer Carol Cotter, City Engineer Alan Gibbs, Director Bob
Cowell, Assistant Director Lance Simms, Planning Administrator Molly Hitchcock, First
Assistant City Attorney Carla Robinson, Action Center Representative Kerry Mullins and
Staff Assistant Brittany Caldwell
1. Call Meeting to Order.
Chairman John Nichols called the meeting to order at 7:12 p.m.
2. Public hearing, presentation, possible action, and discussion regardirg an
amendment to the Comprehensive Land Use Plan from Single Family Residential
Medium Density to Industrial / R & D for 2.04 acres located at 3227 Rock Prairie
Road West generally located south of the Williamsgate Subdivision and 2,000 feet
west of the intersection with Wellborn Road. Case #08-00500115 (JS)
Jason Schubert, Staff Planner, presented the Comprehensive Plan Amendment and
recommended approval.
Chairman Nichols opened the public hearing.
No one spoke during the public hearing.
Chairman Nichols closed the public hearing.
Commissioner Bauman motioned to recommend approval of the
Comprehensive Plan Amendment. Commissioner Slack seconded the motion,
motion passed (6-0).
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PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION
Regular Meeting
Thursday, June 19, 2008
CITY OF COLLEGE STATION at 7:00 p.m.
P''J,r"mr`'`p€'1" "` m"� City Hall Council Chambers
1101 Texas Avenue
College Station, Texas
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COMMISSIONERS PRESENT: Harold Strong, Marsha Sanford, Glenn Schroeder and
Noel Bauman
COMMISSIONERS ABSENT: Chairman John Nichols and Bill Davis
CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS PRESENT: James Massey and Dennis Maloney
CITY STAFF PRESENT: Senior Planner Jennifer Prochazka, Staff Planner Jason
Schubert, Graduate Civil Engineer Erika Bridges, Assistant City Engineer Josh Norton,
Senior Assistant City Engineer Carol Cotter, City Engineer Alan Gibbs, Director Bob
Cowell, Assistant Director Lance Simms, Planning Administrator Molly Hitchcock, First
Assistant City Attorney Carla Robinson, Action Center Representative Carrie McHugh
and Staff Assistant Brittany Caldwell
1. Call Meeting to Order.
Acting Chairman Harold Strong called the meeting to order at 7:02 p.m.
2. Public hearing, presentation, possible action, and discussion regarding an
amendment to the Comprehensive Land Use Plan from Single Family Residential
Medium Density to Industrial / R & D for 2.04 acres located at 3227 Rock Prairie
Road West generally located south of the Williamsgate Subdivision and 2,000
feet west of the intersection with Wellborn Road. Case #08-00500115 (JS)
Jason Schubert, Staff Planner, presented the Comprehensive Plan Amendment
and recommended approval.
Acting Chairman Strong opened the public hearing.
No one spoke during the public hearing.
Acting Chairman Strong closed the public hearing.
Commissioner Bauman motioned to recommend approval of the
Comprehensive Plan Amendment. Commissioner Sanford seconded the
motion, motion passed (4-0).