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CITY OF COLLEGE STATION
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1101 Texas Avenue, P.O. Box 9960
College Station, Texas 77842
Phone 979.764.3570 / Fax 979.764.3496
MEMORANDUM
February 13, 2013
TO: Bo Miles, via: milesconstruction@gmail.com
FROM: Teresa Rogers, Staff Planner
SUBJECT: FALCON POINT CONDOS (SDSP) — Site Plan
Staff reviewed the above -mentioned site plan as requested. The following page is a list of staff
review comments detailing items that need to be addressed. Please address the comments and
submit the following information by any Monday at 10:00 a.m. for further staff review and to be
scheduled for the next available Design Review Board (DRB) meeting.
City of College Station Transmittal Letter,
Memo providing written responses to all of staffs comments (identify the specific
page that each comment was addressed on or the reason for not addressing the
comment),
$53,988.00 in Parkland Dedication fees prior to issuance of a building permit
Two (2) complete sets of site civil construction documents for the proposed
development with the revised site and landscaping plans attached (one set will
be returned to you, please submit additional copies if you want more than one
approved set),
Four (4) revised site plans,
One (1) landscaping plan,
One (1) 11x17 sign detail,
Emergency Access Easement Application (please note that the easement
dedication must be submitted prior to site plan approval and fled before
requesting CO)
Easement Dedication Sheet and required documents (please note that the Site
Plan will not be stamped approved until the Blanket Easement, or all other
appropriate easements, have been dedicated to the City of College Station).
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The agenda and staff report for your project can be accessed at the following web site on
Tuesday the week before the DRB meeting.
http://www.csb(.qov/drb
Please note that this application will expire in 90 days from the date of this memo, if the
applicant has not provided written response comments and revised documents to the
Administrator that seek to address the staff review comments contained herein. Additional
construction documents will be required once the DRB has approved the Site Plan, so that they
can be stamped approved. If you have any questions or need additional information, please call
me at 979.764.3570.
PC: Scott Ball; via: sball@suddenlink.net
Case file no. 12-00500262
Staff Review Comments No. 1
FALCON POINT CONDOS (SDSP) - 12-00500262
PLANNING
1. Revise Site Plan Note #15. There is no side setback requirement in the Wolf Pen Creek
District and rear setbacks are 15-feet.
2. Label the newly dedicated right-of-way (ROW) line on the site plan so it is not confused with
the previous 80-foot ROW.
3. It appears there is an extra parking space that was not counted (located between labeled
spaces 57 and 58). Label and count this space in parking calculations to receive credit.
4. Provide a detail of the covered parking area.
5. Provide a detail of the temporary curbing noted on the site plan.
6. Provide a detail and/or specs of the screening fence to be used for mechanical equipment.
7. Remove the note on the Landscape Plan stating eight yard dumpsters will be utilized.
8. Please note that any changes made to the plans, that have not been requested by the City
of College Station, must be explained in your next transmittal letter and "bubbled" on your
plans. Any additional changes on these plans that the City has not be made of aware of will
constitute a completely new review.
Reviewed by: Teresa Rogers Date: February 11, 2013
SIGN
1. Remove the building sign elevation and section details from the Landscape Plan. Signs are
permitted separately from the Landscape Plan and DRB Application. The 1 1x1 7 copies
provided with the application submittal will be adequate for DRB to review the proposed
sign.
2. Signs are required to be setback from the ROW a minimum of 10-feet. Revise the sign
location for the landscape plan and site plan.
3. Specify the material and paint colors for the proposed sign on the 11 x1 7 sign drawings.
Reviewed by: Teresa Rogers
Date: February 11, 2013
LANDSCAPING/STREETSCAPING/BUFFER
1. The landscape plan shows plants blocking the proposed sidewalk connection. The plants or
the sidewalk will need to be relocated.
2. Proposed canopy trees and plants that are currently located in the ROW will need to be
relocated outside of the ROW dedicated as part of the Final Plat.
3. As stated previously in the Sign Section, remove the building sign elevation and section
details from the Landscape Plan. Signs are permitted separately from the Landscape Plan
and DRB Application. The 1 1x1 7 copies provided with the application submittal will be
adequate for DRB to review the proposed sign.
Reviewed by: Teresa Rogers
Date: February 11, 2013
ENGINEERING COMMENTS NO. 2
1. (Repeat) SP — Please clearly show and label the right-of-way. Please show and label
the new ROW line.
2. (Repeat) Please provide a water and sanitary sewer demand table. Please provide
calculations to support the listed water demands.
3. (Repeat) All private water, sanitary sewer, and electrical services need to be removed
from easements. Mechanical equipment needs to be removed as well.
4. (Repeat) Please consolidate water service connections to the public waterline. At each
connection, please label the tee, line, and meters sizes.
5. (Repeat) Please show and label the fire lines for each building and the isolation valves.
The isolation valve for Building #1 needs to be at the edge of the ROW line.
6. (Repeat) Please submit an Erosion Control Plan, Engineer's Estimate, Fire Flow Letter,
Letter of Acknowledgement, and TCEQ Site Notification. Since there is a new
proposed fire hydrant, the engineer's cost estimate and fire flow letter need to be
updated. TCEQ site notice will still be needed prior to signing the permit.
7. (Repeat) Please add a note regarding required fire lane striping and signage. This
note should be more specific to specify words, letter height, etc. per the Site
Design Standards.
8. (Repeat) Provide comments/approval from the gas company regarding proposed
construction in and around their 50-ft easement. Per Atmos, flat work and parking
are the only things allowed in the easement so private waterlines will need to be
removed. Also, please add note per Atmos' request.
9. (Repeat) Please provide an electrical layout per CSU.
10. (Repeat) The temporary fire turnaround is required to have a minimum of 96-ft diameter
and have a 6-inch limestone base with one -course seal coat. Additionally, it must be
gated and signed for emergency use only. Please note on plans. The fire turnaround
needs to be shown with a 96-ft diameter.
11.(Repeat) A temporary fire turnaround easement will be needed for the offsite fire
turnaround. This dedication application needs to be submitted prior to site plan
approval and dedicated prior to issuance of the development permit.
12. (Repeat) This property is in an area of the Wolf Pen Creek Drainage Basin where
detention is required. Please revise plans and report to accommodate this
requirement.
13. (Repeat) Please revise the drainage report to answer all questions in Appendix D.
Reviewed by: Erika Bridges Date: February 11, 2013
ELECTRICAL COMMENTS
1. The meters located on Building #2 must be in one location. Please revise plans to reflect
this change.
2. To discuss any of the above electrical comments please contact Eric Horton at
979.764.6280
Reviewed by: Eric Horton
Date: February 11, 2013
FIRE
1. It is necessary for the site to have a "Fire Lane" sign at the entrance and at the beginning of
the Temporary Turnaround. Fire Lane paint will not work with the surface material that is
proposed.
Reviewed by: Steve Smith Date: February 11, 2013
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CITY OF COLLEGE STATION
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1101 Texas Avenue, P.O. Box 9960
College Station, Texas 77842
Phone 979.764.3570 / Fax 979.764.3496
MEMORANDUM
January 29, 2013
TO: Bo Miles, via: milesconstruction@gmail.com
FROM: Teresa Rogers, Staff Planner
SUBJECT: FALCON POINT CONDOS (SDSP)
Staff reviewed the above -mentioned site plan as requested. The following page is a list of staff
review comments detailing items that need to be addressed. Please address the comments and
submit the following information by any Monday at 10:00 a.m., for further staff review. After all
comments have been addressed your item will be scheduled for the next available Design
Review Board (DRB) meeting:
City of College Station Transmittal Letter,
Memo providing written responses to all of staffs comments (identify the specific
page that each comment was addressed on or the reason for not addressing the
comment),
$53,988.00 in Parkland Dedication fees prior to issuance of a building permit
Four (4) revised site plans,
One (1) landscaping plan,
One (1) 11x17 sign detail,
The agenda and staff report for your project can be accessed at the following web site on
Tuesday the week before the DRB meeting.
hftp://www.csix.gov/drb
Please note that this application will expire in 90 days from the date of this memo, if the
applicant has not provided written response comments and revised documents to the
Administrator that seek to address the staff review comments contained herein. Additional
construction documents will be required once the DRB has approved the Site Plan, so that they
can be stamped approved. If you have any questions or need additional information, please call
me at 979.764.3570.
cc: Scott Ball, via: sball@suddenlink.net
Case file no. 12-00500262
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P.O. BOX 9960 • 1101 TEXAS AVENUE • COLLEGE STATION • TEXAS • 77842
TEL. 979.764.3570 • FAX. 979.764.3496
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Staff Review Comments No. 1
FALCON POINT CONDOS (SDSP) - 12-00500262
PLANNING
1. Revise the applicant/owner/developer in the title block.
2. Revise the lot numbers in the title block. Currently the site plan lists Lots 1-4 but this phase
appears to only include improvements on lots 1 and 2.
3. Label each phase on the site plan and provide phase lines.
4. Label the density units per acre.
5. Label the building setback lines and provide a note stating a setback variance of eight feet
was granted for the front setback. This reduces the required front setback to seven feet.
6. Remove the right-of-way (ROW) line from the sides and back of the lots. Based on the
legend, it appears the ROW line is shown surrounding the entire property.
7. Depict, label, and provide the volume and page number (894/654) for the 10-foot electrical
easement located in the ROW dedication area at Dartmouth Street.
8. Please note that Parkland Dedication Fees will be due at the time of building permit at a rate
of $1,636.00 per unit. The sum will be $53,988.00 for the development of 33 units.
9. Provide a driveway ending in a temporary curb for the portion of cross access easement
connecting Lot 1 and the Organized Capital Inc. property to the south. The cross access
easement was dedicated with the Final Plat.
10. The driveway currently does not meet minimum throat depth requirement of 55-feet for a
minor arterial street. The first point of conflict (parking spaces) will need to be moved back
on the site in order to meet this requirement.
11. Will there be covered parking on the site? If so, covered parking should be depicted and
labeled. In addition, provide a detail for covered parking, noting the materials to be used.
Please note covered parking may not be located within easements.
12. It appears a curb was drawn across the access to the ADA ramp.
12. Additional interior island square footage is necessary to meet minimum requirements.
Currently, there are 45 interior spaces shown on the site plan which should be used to
calculate interior island square footage. Please also note this requirement for future phases.
13. Please clarify the type of solid waste collection that will be used on -site. The dumpster pads
appear to be designed for 300-gallon containers, but the Landscape Plan calls for eight yard
dumpsters. There is not adequate space for sanitation trucks to access the eight yard
dumpsters at the current locations. If instead the property will be using 300-gallon
containers please remove the dumpster note from the Landscape Plan.
14. Provide a general note on the site plan that states the following: Exterior building and site
lighting will meet the standards of Section 7.10 of the Unified Development Ordinance. The
light source shall not project below an opaque housing and no fixture shall directly project
light horizontally. Fixtures will be mounted in such a manner that the projected cone of light
does not cross any property line.
15. Depict where the mechanical equipment will be located and how it will be screened. Please
note that it must be screened from public view with materials harmonious with the building,
or located so it is not visible from any public way.
16. Provide a general note on the site plan that all roof and ground -mounted mechanical
equipment shall be screened from view or isolated so as not to be visible from any public
right-of-way or residential district within 150' of the subject lot, measured from a point five
feet above grade. Such screening shall be coordinated with the building architecture and
scale to maintain a unified appearance.
17. Please note that any changes made to the plans, that have not been requested by the City
of College Station, must be explained in your next transmittal letter and "bubbled" on your
plans. Any additional changes on these plans that the City has not be made of aware of will
constitute a completely new review.
Reviewed by: Teresa Rogers
Date: January 18, 2013
SIGN
1. Remove the building sign elevation and section details from the Landscape Plan. Signs are
permitted separately from the Landscape Plan and DRB Application. The 11x17 copies
provided with the application submittal will be adequate for DRB to review the proposed
sign.
2. Signs are required to be setback from the ROW a minimum of 10-feet. Revise the sign
location for the landscape plan and site plan.
3. Specify the material and paint colors for the proposed sign on the 11 x1 7 sign drawings.
Reviewed by: Teresa Rogers
Date: January 18, 2013
LANDSCAPING/STREETSCAPING/BUFFER
1. The landscape plan shows plants blocking the proposed sidewalk connection. The plants or
the sidewalk will need to be relocated.
2. Proposed canopy trees and plants that are currently located in the ROW will need to be
relocated outside of the ROW dedicated as part of the Final Plat.
3. As stated previously in the Sign Section, remove the building sign elevation and section
details from the Landscape Plan. Signs are permitted separately from the Landscape Plan
and DRB Application. The 11 x1 7 copies provided with the application submittal will be
adequate for DRB to review the proposed sign.
Reviewed by: Teresa Rogers
ENGINEERING
Date: January 18, 2013
This property is in an area of the Wolf Pen Creek Drainage Basin where detention is
required. Please revise plans and report to accommodate this requirement.
SP — Please clearly show and label the right-of-way.
Please show the proposed water infrastructure as shown on the approved plans associated
with the plat.
Please provide a water and sanitary sewer demand table.
All private water, sanitary sewer, and electrical services need to be removed from
easements.
6. Label all existing easements with volume and page number.
7. FYI ... The 10-ft PUE adjacent to the southeast side of the tract will need to be filed prior to
issuance of the LOC or CO.
8. Please consolidate water service connections to the public waterline.
9. Please show and label the fire lines for each building and the isolation valves.
10. Please add note on the plans that the fire suppression line shall have a lockable lid on the
isolation valve. The lockable lid shall supply the same protection as the AMP or USA,
LL562 Locking Lid at a minimum. An alternate lockable lid shall be approved by College
Station Utilities Director or his designee.
11. Please submit an Erosion Control Plan, Engineer's Estimate, Fire Flow Letter, Letter of
Acknowledgement, and TCEQ Site Notification.
12. FYI ... The public water line, which was approved with the final plat, will require a Letter of
Completion prior to issuance of any CO.
13. Please consolidate the private sanitary sewer services to a single line for each building and
connect at a manhole.
14. All FDCs are required to be within 100-ft of a fire hydrant. An additional fire hydrant may
need to be installed to accomplish this.
15. Note #12 should include the FIRM panel information, as well.
16. Please add a note regarding required fire lane striping and signage.
17. Provide comments/approval from the gas company regarding proposed construction in and
around their 50-ft easement.
18. Please provide an electrical layout per CSU.
19. The temporary fire turnaround is required to have a minimum of 96-ft diameter and have a
6-inch limestone base with one -course seal coat. Additionally, it must be gated and signed
for emergency use only. Please note on plans.
20. A temporary fire turnaround easement will be needed for the offsite fire turnaround.
21. FYI... With a future phase, the 100-year water surface elevation will need to be determined
and a drainage easement dedicated.
22. Please revise the drainage report to answer all questions in Appendix D.
Reviewed by: Erika Bridges
Date: January 25, 2013
ELECTRICAL COMMENTS REQUIRING IMMEDIATE ATTENTION
1. SITE PLAN/PLAT: Developer will provide CSU with a digital, AutoCAD dwg format, version
of plat and / or site plan as soon as it is available. Email to:, ehorton(cD-cstx.gov ,
2. LOAD DATA: The developer will provide load data to CSU as soon as it is available. This
information is critical for CSU to accurately determine the size and number of transformers,
and other equipment, required to provide service to the project. Failure to provide load data
will result in construction delays and, due to clearance requirements, could affect the final
building footprint. Delivery time for transformers and other equipment not in stock is
approximate 26 weeks.
3. EASEMENTS: Developer provides temporary blanket easement for construction purposes
and upon completion of project must provide descriptive easements for electric infrastructure
as designed by CSU.
4. EASEMENTS: All easements on site are existing. Electric facilities will be designed within
existing easements.
5. EASEMENTS: Developer provides descriptive easements for electric infrastructure as
designed by CSU, as shown on plat or site plan.
6. If easements are existing, the developer will be responsible for locating easements on site to
insure that electrical infrastructure is installed within easement boundaries.
GENERAL ELECTRICAL COMMENTS
Developer installs conduit per CSU specs and design.
CSU will provide drawings for electrical installation.
Developer provides 30' of rigid or IMC conduit for each riser conduit. CSU installs riser.
Developer will intercept existing conduit at designated transformers or other existing devices
and extend as required.
If conduit does not exist at designated transformer or other existing devices, developer will
furnish and install conduit as shown on CSU electrical layout.
6. Developer pours electric device pads or footings, i.e. transformers, pull boxes, or other
device, per CSU specs and design.
7. Developer installs pull boxes and secondary pedestals per CSU specs and design, Pull
boxes and secondary pedestals provided by CSU.
8. Final site plan must show all proposed electrical facilities necessary to provide electrical
service, i.e. transformers, pull boxes, or switchgears, all meter locations, and conduit routing
as designed by CSU.
9. To discuss any of the above electrical comments please contact Eric Horton at
979.764.6280
Reviewed by: Eric Horton
Date: January 17, 2013
FIRE
1. FDC on large building is too far from Fire Hydrant. Maximum of 100 feet from FDC to Fire
Hydrant.
2. FDC needs to be located on the street side of the building.
3. Temporary Turn -a -round needs a Fire Lane sign or Fire Lane markings
4. Knox Box required in a common area for access to Riser Rooms.
Reviewed by: Steve Smith
Date: January 16, 2013
SANITATION
1. Sanitation is ok with this project.
2. They will need to have 4- 300 gallon side loading containers for the amount of units
proposed.
Reviewed by: Wally Urrutia Date: January 16, 2013
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CITY OF COLLEGE STATION
Hom ofT. At4M University'
MEMORANDUM
February 25, 2013
TO: Bo Miles, via: milesconstruction@gmail.com
FROM: Teresa Rogers, Staff Planner
SUBJECT: FALCON POINT CONDOS (SDSP)
Staff reviewed the above -mentioned site plan as requested. The following page is a list of staff
review comments detailing items that need to be addressed. Please address the comments and
submit the following information by Thursday, February 28, 2013, at 10:00 a.m., for further staff
review and to be scheduled for the next available Design Review Board (DRB) meeting in the
City Hall Administrative Conference Room, 1101 Texas Avenue. Staff is currently polling DRB
members to see if we will have a quorum on March 8, 2013. As soon as we have confirmed this
information you will be notified.
City of College Station Transmittal Letter,
_ Memo providing written responses to all of staffs comments (identify the specific
page that each comment was addressed on or the reason for not addressing the
comment),
$53,988.00 in Parkland Dedication fees prior to issuance of a building permit
Seven (7) complete sets of site civil construction documents for the proposed
development with the revised site and landscaping plans attached (one set will
be returned to you, please submit additional copies if you want more than one
approved set),
Two (2) 24x36 revised site plans,
One (1) 24x36 landscaping plan,
Nine (9) 11x17 sign details,
One (1) 24x36 grading and erosion control plan,
The agenda and staff report for your project can be accessed at the following web site on
Tuesday the week before the DRB meeting. htto://www.cstx.00v/drb
Please note that this application will expire in 90 days from the date of this memo, if the
applicant has not provided written response comments and revised documents to the
Administrator that seek to address the staff review comments contained herein. Additional
construction documents will be required once the DRB has approved the Site Plan, so that they
can be stamped approved. If you have any questions or need additional information, please call
me at 979.764.3570.
PC: Scott Ball, via: sball@suddenlink.net
Case file no. 12-00500262
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P.O. BOX 9960 • 1101 TEXAS AVENUE • COLLEGE STATION • TEXAS • 77942
TEL. 979.764.3570 • PAX. 979.764.3496
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Staff Review Comments No. 1
FALCON POINT CONDOS (SDSP) - 12-00500262
LANDSCAPING/STREETSCAPING/BUFFER
1. Revise the property sidewalk connection to the sidewalk located along Dartmouth Street to
match the design of the Site Plan.
2. Revise the parking calculations to match the calculations given on the Site Plan.
3. Show the drive aisle and curbs for the cross access easement located adjacent to the sign.
This easement should not be shown as a dashed line, as it will be an actual drive aisle built
with at construction.
4. Remove the dumpster note at the bottom of the General Site Notes, as this development will
not be using 8 yard dumpsters.
5. Revise the plant point totals in the Landscape Legend. The values given add up to 2,940
points but the Total Points Provided states 2,980. Please not the minimum requirement for
this site is 2,970.
6. Revise the interior island that contains the mailboxes. The Site Plan has been revised to
increase the size of this island to 27-feet from the previously listed 18-feet.
7. In addition to Comment #6, revise the number of parking spaces that have been provided
since the increased interior island size required the removal of 3 parking spaces.
Reviewed by: Teresa Rogers
ENGINEERING COMMENTS NO. 3
Date: February 25, 2013
1. (Repeat) Please provide calculations to support the listed water demands. A 1" water
meter is required for demands between 15-25 gpm. Please revise.
2. (Repeat) Since there is a new proposed fire hydrant, the engineer's cost estimate and
fire flow letter need to be updated. TCEQ site notice will still be needed prior to signing
the permit. Please submit a revised fire flow letter.
3. (Repeat) This note should be more specific to specify words, letter height, etc. per the
Site Design Standards. A separate sign is needed at the temporary turnaround
stating "Emergency Vehicle Access Only."
Reviewed by: Erika Bridges Date: February 25, 2013