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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMisc. ff~lCJ/ .......~ ~.......-....................~..,f~.'. _ t-' ~.. ~/ -r\ ..... ". .' ........ ... .' '. . ... . .... ...., .... ........ .... .;' ... .... .. .... _ _ ~ r _.. _ _ , .. . _ _.. _~ __ ... ,~ ~~~ ..L2I1'~ ~ ' . ::::::::------- ~. r//~~ ALDERSGATE UNITED METHODI.ST CHURCH 6501 E. Hwy 6 Bypass. College Station, TX 77840 e(409) 696-1376 Pastor - Terry Teykl Ministers - The People Power of Attorney Statement Ata regularly scheduled meeting of the Board of Trustees of Aldersgate United Methodist Church held at 7:00 p.m. on March 10, 198-8 at6501E. Hwy..6 Bypass, College Station, Texas, the Trustees present unanimously approved the following resolution: That Bobby Hubley, the Church Busincess Admini stra tor of Aldersgate United Methodist Ch.urch, be granted a Power of Attorney to act as an Agent of the BOq.rd of Trustees in any and all transactions concerning the acquiring of a Conditional Use Permit from the City of College Station, Texas for an Overflow Parking Area on the 5 acres adjacent to the church building. Dated March 17, 1988. Ka Williams Secretary lIl-J)c~e/le;/lE dv; rC'D ~e7/lkJ.b6r C#tJ,ecfl l,5:01 b "Sr/-R/i5S' .~Bjf/~g ~,(altYPulCOJ ""," IN,lAlCIJLiJ7rJn" ISO 1 ""'E: 3I~rSr: &1) fJltJ~ IX '1<780 v 8B-1tJ/ ALDERSGATEUNITED METHODIST CHURCH 6501 E. . Hwy 6 Bypass .. e College Station. TX77840 . e. (409)696-1376 Pas.tor -. Terry Teykl MinIsters - ThePeo,:le EXPLANATION OF OVERFLOW PARKING AREA THE PROBLEM Thp nrrllT A 1 () IT.A.r f 1 ('\ wn rl r k ;.n ('f A r.~..~ ,,,\ n f-hA.. n.("\ r f- h ~;.~ ~ n F f- h Q -. --. =:::J - -.'O -. - -'O- -- . - -- -... .1:" - - ....... A A ~.- - . - - .-.. A .- A-.L -. ... - .... .'"" .. .. -........ - . -..... - ....- churc hbui Id ing was an attempt toaddres sasafet yconcern.The safety concern arose on Sunday mornings when the paved parking lot became full and then people began parking their vehicles along both sides of the frontage road and on .the unimproved field nextt.o thechurc.hbuild.ing.Whenthefieldwas wet additional vehicles parked on the frontage road. This situation created a traffic hazard and endangered the people walking along the frontage road from their vehicles to the church facilities. TH.E SOLUTIO.NS THE RESULTS The initial traffic hazard and safety concern have been -II "'. ., 4'1> e lim inated.Aparkingsurv.ey take.non March 27,1988 at 1 I :45a.m. reveal ed t.hatin the ...paved . lot there were 8 vacant .park log spaces; in the overflow lot there were 54 vehicles with room for 4 additional vehicles; and there were no vehicles parked along the frontage road. Aldersg<ate.Un ited MethodistChurchisnotonlyafac i 1 it yon th e Eas t Bypassbutisachurchfam i 1 y made .upofl ,100 members and several hundred regular "visitors.llwhoallbel ievethattrue Sunday worship should spill out incommun it y serv icethroughou t the rest of the<week.Examplesoft.hisservice<to the community are: the buildingisaprecinct voting site; the building is a de sig natedRedCrosse me rgen cyd i s:asterc en t er{ th is means the possible disruption of Sunday services); an AlcoholicAnonymous chapter meets. weekly inthe..buil.ding; .the. Brazos .Val1e:yAdult Literacy program. tlSes the fa eil it i e s; the c h urch~fin.a ~...~..ia 1 1 y supports many local social service agencies; andthe:e.hurJQil1's St. Stephen Society has during the last nine years,givepover $540,000 in direct aid (food, housing, utillti'rs,~~dical e xp ens es ,et c.)t 0 the nee dyw i thinou rcoimml.lnit Yi.;, Th i s combination of dynamiC worship services and sacr+fici:algi~inig to the, communi ty has attracted to the church many ,col IL~g~~~iudents looking for meaning and purpose in life and i,tha.rdr~~f1 many needy families who were initially attracted to the, ltlate;t:"ia!f help and who have chosen to stay because<f of their challigeql:iN~~. Aldersgate'sministry to the college student1? a~~t~mi needy h asa pparen tly re suI ted in t hechurc hi sp arki 0:9 Broble,I[,m.. Th e students usually come o:netoa vehicl<e; and bothg:r-'oups:q,re not a b letoprov idemu ch fin an c tal S uppo r t to t he:cllu rcn.>(Th e i L enthusiasm and co mm i.tme n t are 0 f course inva 1.u ab Ie contributions.) OUR PROPOSAL Aldersgate's Trustees and Board view the existing gravel parking area as only a temporary solution to an immediate problem. 'I'he second phase of the church's. master plan calls for an auditorium and office building which will partially lie on the gravel lot. Theparkingforthe.secondphase calls f.ora lot along the eastern property line and for another lot north of the new building. Aldersgate's TrusteesandBoardunderstandsandagreesw i th the concerns of the Planning and Zoning Commission to maintain a high visually aesthetic standard along the East Bypass. The prel iminary d iscussionsofthe 'I'rusteesand Board expressed a willingness if required tobegio<fundraisingfor the eastern property 1 ineparking lot with the. goal to complete the project during the summer of 1989. The gravel lot would the.nbephased out or upgraded if funds allowed into a paved access road to the new.~parkinglot. Thispropo salwoul d.needtobe 0 f fie ia 11 y approved by the Board and then a Conditional Use Permit application would be submitted to the city. ALDERSGA-rELJrNITED ME-rH()DI....S -r CHLJ.RCH Pastor - Terry Teykl Ministers - The People 6501E.Hwy 6 Bypass. (~ollegeStation,TX77840 .(409)696-1376 EXPLANATIONOF.PROPOSEDUSE The gravel overflow parking lot will be used mainly on Sundays from O_An _ _ __1q ~n _.~ O;VV d.HI. l.,.V.LL....JVp.lH.. TIle HlaxirllUTn llufilber of people ill .1-1- _ .c _ _ -! 1 -! _ -! _ _ Lue l..dCl.L.LL.Le::; at any one time averages between 900 and 1,000; this amount is well under the facilities use rating oflSOO individuals. It would appear that the people per vehicle ratio is lower than. average so that many more vehicles are attempting to park than there are paved parking spaces. The solution the individual dr.ivers arrived at was to park in the f,ield along,the,bac.k:side .,of.,.the chureh.blilildiIlg and ,to par,k/;ol1. bot]} sides of the East Bypass access road for a distance of several hundred feet. When the field was wet then additional cars were parked along the access road. This creates a traffic hazard and endangers the people walking along the access road from their vehicles to the facilities. A temporary solution to limit the parking along the access road was to improve the surface of a port ion of the field with gravel in order to allow more cars to park there and to make that portion oithe field useableevenunder wet conditions. City of College Station POSTOFFICE..BOX .9960 1101TEXAS.AVENUE COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS. 77840-0960 March ..24, 1988 MEMORANDUM TO: Planning & Zoning Commission Aldersgate United Methodist Church, 6501 East Bypass, College Station, TX 77840 ATTN: Bobby Hubley & Larry Wells Project Review Committee: ~ ~;:i~a~~ii:K:gt~;C:ri~iri:e~lanning~ Doug Moore, P&Z Representative FROM: Others attending: 3~ne Kee, Senior Planner Kim Johnson, Planning Assistant Shirley Yolk, ..Pl.anningTechnician SUBJECT: Conditional Use Permit for an existing gravel parking lot at 6501 East Bypass (Aldersgate United Methodist Church) (fl8-70 1) The P.R.C.dmet on March..23, 1988 to review the. above project, and cannot.. .recommendapproval...of. the .p.roject ..as....presented. The P.R.C.onlyhastheauthority to approve projects if all ordinance requirements>are met The following ()rdinance requirements have not been met on this project: 1. Islands have not been included. Islandshelp>tocontrol traffic flow and enhance safety, as well as to provide interior green spaces which can be used for landscaping. 2. Landscaping is not being proposed. 3. The parking spaces are not striped. Striping also helps to control traffic and enhances safety for both vehicles and pedestrians. The zoning ordinance also states: tfExceptasotherwise.provided, all off-s.treetparking areas shall bealdl-weathersurfaced,shall beinstalled,gradedtodrain, and maintained so as to dispose of sur-face water accumulated within the area . Parking spaces shall be so arrangedandmaJrkedastoprovidefor orderly and safe parking of vehicles. Surfaces and curbing requirements shall be determined by the City Engineer." City of College . tat Ion BOX 9960 1101 TEXAS AVENUE COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS 77840...0960 It.... June 28, 1988 MEMORANDUM To: From: Subject: for g the ts for e the ordinance. tem. 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I".,f?!.t 1 f!!: t. . t: f!!.c i..... C) -1::. (~:' H 1:::1 ]. · (::\ n ~:i~ to. :i. C:i n .t': r" <:::1 in t. t') f.~' . c: I-} Lt j.... c:: h II (] 1". i <;J :i. n i.-\ 1 ,:) €~ t- rn :i. t.tIJ 1.... (::l rl t f=.: (j :i. r"i :I. Ci EJ :::ts 't. t,) roo I::) 1-, i::\ ':::;~? I CJ 1"1 :I. '}l II ~:::: 81.1,/ ALDERSGATE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH 6501....E..Hwy.6 BYP1SS e. College Station. TX 77840e. (409)696-1376 Pastor- Terry. Teykl Ministers - The People EXPLANATION OF OVERFLOW PAR.KING AREA TI~E PROBLEM The gravel overflow parking area on the north side of the church.building was an attempt to address a safety concern. The safety concern arose on Sunday mornings when the paved parking lot became full and then people began parking their vehicles along both sides of the frontage road and on the unimproved field next to the church building. When the field was wet additional vehicles parked. on the frontage road. This situation created a traffic hazard and endangered the people walking along the frontage road from their vehicles to the c7hurch facilities. THE SOLUTIONS The Trustees and Administrative Baardwereawareof thi s prob lema ndtheyal sa rea Ii zed <t ria t 1 imite d f ina nc ia 1 resources meanttnat lowcostornocostso lut ions were needed. Areschedl11ingeffort was thefi rstsol ut ion irnpl emented.The church ,added a t hirdwor ship service and two add it i ana ISunda y School hours to help spread out more even 1 y the church a t tendan;ce t hr 0 ugha utt,he morn in g i nsteado f the usu alconce n trat io naf people at the 11:00 a.m. hour. Thiseffortwa.spart 1 y successful, but some vehicle s weres t i 11 needi ng to be parked along th,e fron.tage road; especially when the field next to the building was wet e The next logical solution to try then was to improve the surfa c eofthef i e Ids otha tmo reca r scau Id u.se i tevendu r i n 9 wet weather. The challenge was to do this within thelowcostjno costrestra in ts. .Ourprayersseemed to be answered when a suppl y of gravel hauled free to our site was donated, free use ofa maintainer was offered, anaperator volunteered his time, and the state highway department granted the church a permit to co<nstruct an access driveway to the field. (Unfortunately in all the excitement the need for a city permit was overlooked.) The existing gravel overflow parking area is the result of the preceding...........c.ircumstances and dec.i.s.ions.. THE RESULTS T hei n iti a 1 t ra ff i chazarda nd safe tye 0 nc e rnha vebee,n (ell> e 1im ina t.ed.A parking survey taken on March 27, 19 88atll:4 Sa.m. revealed that in the paved lot there were 8 vacant parking spa<pes:. in the overflow lot. there w.ere54 .vehicleswi throomfor 4 add i tiona 1 vehicle s; andt herewere<noive hie les parked a long the frontage road. BACKGROUND INFORMATION AldersgateUnited Methodist Church is not only a facility on the East Bypass but is a church family made up of 1,100 members and severa 1. hundred regular ltiV isitors" who all bel ievetha ttrue Sunday worship should spill out in community serv ice throughout the rest 0 f . the wee k.Examp Ie so.fthisservicetothecommuni ty are: the bui Idingis a precinct '\Toting site; the building is . a des ignatedRed Cross emergencyd isastercen ter {this means the pass ib Ie disrupt ion of Sunday serv ices} ianAlcohol ic · Anonymous chapter mee tswee k 1 y int.hebuil d ing:theBrazosVa lleyAdu 1 t r.if-p r;.)c vnroor;.) mll~p~t- h~ frlci 1 itie~:t-.hechlJrc hfin anc i a 11 v ~~pp;~-t-s" mL~~;/'i~~ai- ~;ci~-i ~;r-v-i-c~- ~g~~ci~'~; ~~d- ihe-;tllitc'h'~ St". Stephen Society has during the last nine years ,given over $540,000 in direct aid (food, housing, utilities, medical expen ses, et c.) to then e'edy wit hi noure omID unit y. Th i s comb ination 0 fdynamicworshipserv ices and sa'cr ific ialgiv ingto the community has attracted to the church many college students looking for meaning and purpose in life and it has ,drawn many needy families who were initially attracted to the material help and w hoh a ve c ho sen to s'taybe c au sed 0 fthe irchang edliv;e s. Aldersgate'sministry to the college students and the needy has apparently resulted in the church'sparki.ng.problem.The students. usually come...one toavehiclei .andboth:groups.are not ab leto.pro v ide muchf inancialsuppoct to the i c hurc h.( The i r enth usia sm and commitment are 0 f course in v alu ab Ie contributions. .) OUR PROPOSAL Aldersgate's Trustees and .Board view the existing gravel parking area as only a temporarysoIl.ltion to an immediate problem. The second phase of the church's master plan call s for an auditoriurnandofficebuil<dingwhlchwi 11 partial 1 yl Ie on the gravel lot. The parking for thesie'condphase calls fora lot a long the eastern property 1 ine and! foranotherlotn'ortho f the new .bui.lding. Aldersgate1sTrustees and Board unders tandsandagrees wi th the concerns of the Planning and Zoning Commission to maintain a high visually aesthetic standard along the East Bypass. The prelimina'rydiscussionsof the Trustees and Board expressed a willingness if required .to beginfundra i sing for the, eastern property 1 i neparkinglotwiththegoal to complete the project during the summer of 1989. The gravel lot would then be phase.d out or upgradedi f flln,ds a 11 owed into a paved access road to the new parking lot. This proposal would need to be officially approved by the Board and then a Conditional Use Permit application would be submitted to the city. ~ ~ ~ (~ ~ r ~ ~ i ~ ~~ ~~ , ,~ , ~ ~ ,~~ ~ \ ~' $ i N <::t ~ .~ ~~ ~ ~ ~ "- '\\ ~ .. . ,- ...... f".. ,". ~-tf.'- " \.1 - - f"'