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Home My WebLink AboutMinutes MINUTES REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING THURSDAY, JANUARY 9, 1986 7:00 P.M. COUNCIL MEMBERS PRESENT: Mayor Halter, Councilmen Bond, Bought'on, Brown, McIlhaney, Runnels COUNCIL MEMBERS ABSENT: Councilman Tongco STAFF"PRESENT: City Manager Cole, Dir,ectorof Capital Improvements Ash, City Engineer. Pullen, ~'ity Attorney Locke.".City .,Secretary Jones, FireChief,Landua" Fire Marshal Dayis"Energy' Specialist Shear ,. Utili- ties Office Mana.ger' Piwonka, Assistant Director.of Planning Callaway,Purcllas- ing Agent McCartney, Council Coordirla- tor Jones VISITORS PRESENT: See guest register. Prior to consideration of Agenda> Item No. 1, Mayor Halter signed a proclamation desigrrating the week' 'of January '9-13, '. 1986 as "Jaycee Week,"in College Station, Texas. Mr. Ron Schmidt an<l Mr.CalMcNeal, rer>resentatives.oftheBryan/CollegeStation Jaycee Organization, were present to accept the proclamation. Agenda .Item.N()...l..-Approval.ortheIninutes.or the..workshop. City Council .,Meeting"..December11,...1985,.,the Regular City Council MeetinQ, December 12, 1985andithe Special City Council MeetinQ, December' .'18.,' 1985. Councilman Runnels moved approval of the minutes of the Workshop City Council Meeting, De.cember 11, 1985, the Regular C i tyCouncil Meeting, December 12, 1985 and the Special City Council Meeting, Deeember18, 1985. Counei Iman Me Ilhaney>>seconded the '.motion which was . approved unan- imOUSly, 6-.0, wi thCouncilman Tongco absent. REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING THURSDAY, JANUARY 9, 1986 PAGE 2 Agenda I temNo. 2- A public hearing on the question of rezoning the fo110wing property: T3 .41 7 acres *n--c-" the Ric!1ard. Carter Sur- vey, . frontinq on the south side of University Drive, adjacent to and west of the OneL incoln Pla.ce subdivision; adjacent to and north of Woodland Estates and wooqland Acres subdivisions, from A-P Admin-rstratiye-Professional', R-3 Townhouse-Rowhouse, and R-l Single Family Residential to 7 .923 acresC-l General-9omTnercial, 1.061. acres A-PAdministrative....Professional, 1.736 acres R-4 Low Density Apartments arid 1.697 acres R-IA Bingle-family. Residen- tial. Apg1 :Lcant.s are.J .._V. HeIlton andt!1e_~ollege Heights Assem- bly of 'GodChuroh. (85-124) Assistant Director of Planning Callaway presented the item. He stated that the rezoning request concerns 13.417 acres in the Richard carter Survey from A-P Administrative-Professional, R-3 Townhouse-Rowhouse, and R-l Single Family Residential to 7.923 acres C-l General Commercial, 1. 061 acres A-P Administrative-Pro- fessional, 1. 736 acresR-4 Low Density Apartments and 1. 697 acres R-IA Single Family Residential. He listed the existing land uses in the area and noted that on the city's Land Use Plan the area is reflected as medium~nd low density residential. He pointed out that the area was the subject of a special land use and zon- ing study conducted bya subcommittee of the Planning and Zoning Commission. He stated that the recommendatiqns for zoning in. the area as delineated in the study are as follows: A-P, R-3 or R-4 for the area located along University Drive;R-3 or R-4 for the area located behind the tracts fronting Universi ty; and, continu- ation of the R....1A "buffer" that has been established along por- tions of the north side of the Lincoln Street extension. He pointed out that the tracts included in this request have been involved in a total of six rezoning requests since February, 1973. He further noted that the existing R-3 zoning was estab- lished in 1982 in response to a request for 8.876 acres of R-3 on the Henton tract and the existing A-P zoning was established in September, 1984 in response to a request for five acres of C-l zoning on the College Heights Assembly of God tract. He stated that the C-l portions of the request do not comply with the Land Use Plan or the development policies with respect for commercial development. He listed the staff's recommendations as follows: (1) Retention of the purrent A-P zoning on the College Heights Assmbly of God Church' sfive acre tract; (2) Approval of A-P zon- i ng on the Henton tract proposed as C-l and A-P; and, (3) Approv- al of the proposed R-4 and R-lA portions of the request as sub- mitted. He further stated that the Planning and Zoning Commis- sion voted (5-1) on 12/5/85 to recommend denial of this request. He pointed out that when the Council established the R-IA, R-4 and the originalA-P zoning on the One Lincoln Place development, the rezoning was made contingent upon any development being precluded from access onto the Lincoln Street extension. G-OSl~f) REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING THURSDAY, JANU.ARY9, 1986 PAGE 3 Mayor Halter opened. the public hearing. Reverend Cal'ilinDurham, Pastor of the College Heights Assembly of God Church ...and representative for Mi. Jesse Henton as well as for the church, spoke. in favor of the rezoning request. Restated his opinion that this request isrea~onableand meets the guidelines delineat~d by the city, and that an acceptable pattern of zoning from C-l toA-P to R-4to R-IAwas created with t.he establishment .of.. zoning. on the One Lincoln Place . Restated that the applicants would be agreeable to some modifications with regard to this. reCll..:Iest if the Council so desires, such as, limiting access from the residential areas onto the Lincoln Street extension or expansion of the A-f> area, thus marginally reducing the C-1area. Mr. Donald. Garrett , Engineer, provided.a detailed explanation of a plat illustrating the proposed rezoning request and its rela- tionship to other C-ltracts in the area . He noted that only two individuals spoke against the request at the public hearing held before the .. Planning and .Zpnin.gCommission. He pointed out that the proposed C-l area is 750 feet from the ne.arest residential area. He stated his opinion that,withthe buffers previously established, the requested area of C....lzoning will not have a detrimental <impact .00 the> residential areas. He addressed the issue of traffic and noted that the construction of Lin.coln Streetwill'helpalleviate some the traffic problems on Uni versityDr ive. No one else spoke. The public hearing was closed. Councilman Brown stated his opinion/that it seems logical that all the tracts fr()nting on University Drive should be zoned for commercial development. Councilman B.oughton ask.ed if the State Highway Department has plans for wideningUriiversity Drive. City Engineer Pullen stated that the Highway Department's plans. call for the widening of Uni- versity Drive from East Tar'row to the East.Bypass sometime in late 1987. . /) Councilman Boughton ask.edif the ci tyhas done a traff ic count at University Drive andTarrowS.treet. Dir.ector of Capita,IImprove- nent.s> Ash stated that (he would address the question to Traffic Engineer Black. Councilman Mc!lhaney asked how much of the property is located in the floodplain. Reverend Durham replied negatively. ~ r', :",., t:: fl C\ 0 . ...) ..400"~ _./- ,\ '. -11 REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING THURSDAY, JANUARY 9, 1986 PAGE 4 Agenda' I tern. No. 3 -Consi deration.. of ,an ordinance rezoning the abov_epropertY:t Councilman Bond moved approval of Ordinance No. 1627 rezoning the above property as requested by the applicant. Councilman Brown seconded the motion. CO'llncilrila.fi Runnels noted that heis$yln.pathet:ic to the concept of ha.v~.ngion~ rrraj()r:-i>~~()rc>ughfare. fn.J:hfsconrrnunfty ..vold .ofany cOIllJIletcial cI~"'tloprnE)ntttJu t: . statE)d>hi~opfniQnt:hat. gn fYE)rsi ty or~\1~doe.~ nC>t:........1~ncI.\itlnE)il~... .toi..th~t..S()J1J;ept.\.Ei~.ptated. ..that.. .if apP):"C>\laJ-.of:t..l1isrs(1uept:.cisg ranteq.>it:shpu ldinclude toes t ipu- lattOJ1t:;h~t....t~e/\>lp.~lGollstructedbE)tVoleen. th~..R'":4 ..areas..amd the R...lf\>.areaS.ibE).yxtende't!lHe questioned the feasibility of enlarging theA-P area requested. CouncllrrranSondquestfoned the perceived benefits of enlarging the proposed A-Parea, .and stated his .'. opinion that the proposed C-1 area is suitable for comrnerciald'evelopment. Councilman McIlhaney stated that considering the configuration of the PropE)rty-, A-PzoniTlg would allow mOre flexibility in develop- melnt creating less/of an impact on the a.djacentproperties wi th regard to the flood plain and water runoff. Councilman Boughton referred to .the very detailed and thorough information prepared by Reverend Dur.ham addressinge concerns brought out inthe<Planning and Zoning Commission meeting. She stated that after reviewing the information submitted it would be very difficult not to grant the request. Councilman Runnels stated that the Council has a commitment to the residents living.south of this area to mitigate through traf- fic between Lincoln Street and ,University Drive. He stated his opinion that a stipulation calling for the extension of the wall between the R-4 areas and the R-IA areas should be included in the motion. The Council concurred. Councilman Brown expressed his appreciation to the applicants for their offer to enlarge the proposed A-P area, thus, marginally reducing the proposed C-larea. The motion to approve Ordinance Nt>. 1627 rezoning the above prop- erty as requested was approved by a vote of 5-1, as follows: FOR: Mayor Halter, Councilman Bond, Boughton, Brown, RU.nnels AGAINST: C.ounci1rnanMcIlhaney c; S"rl 0