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ClTY.OOU1l<.mi.WOlU{SHO:p......~ETING
WEDNESD.AY,FEBRtJARY27,1991
4:00 'P.M.
STAFF'PRESEN'r:
Mayor Ringer,.Councilmembers'.Brown,
Gardner,..S.c.hneider,. ..Mcnhaney,....Birdwell,
Crouch
City Manager. Ragland,. Assistant City
ManCi.gerBryrner,Assistant .City..Manager
VVoody,ExecutiveDirector . Fiscal/H uman
Resourc.es '.Harrispn, Executive ..Director
Management Services Piwonka, ..City
S~cretp.ryHooks, ...CityAttorney'..Locke,
DeyelopmentServices Director Ash, :Senior
Planner Kee, Director'..of . Planning
Callaway,....Traffic....Engineer......Schoenemann,
Transportation . Planner. . Hard
Trey Jacobson
See.,. guest register m
STtJI)ENT..C;OV"T'.LIAJS()H:
VISITORS PRESENT:
Mayor . Ringer opened the meeting with GouncilmanBirdwelI. absent..
Mayor. Ring~rstated.thatOounc:ihna11aitdVllell asked that discussion be. held on
Item No. 1.5.. Aquestioll.wasalsoraisedabout Item 'No. .1.10. . Co un ciImal1l
McDhaneyremoved'Item'No. ..1.200
Agenda Item No.l.20-Considerationofapreliminary plat for . Sam.'sSubdivision
located adjacent andtothenorth.of the existing . Furrow's.developmentalong the
east ..side.ofSH.6Bypass.
CouncilmanMc~haney....asked,if,.the..ac.cess....'..easement"from.'.Highway..' 30 '.is.'.part. of
this' preliminary plat. ......Mr .Callawayrespondedthatthe.ar.eareferred' to'is.. a
private access easement that . is conveyed .by separate instrument. and . is not.. part
of this plat.
COl1ncihnCU\Ga.rdrierc:Ommented ihatthe Planning and Zoning Commission
raised a .sirnilar.questiqn.iDiscussionwasheld with regards to possible
developmentofa. . street ..toprovidealternative . access to the . expected one-way
frontage road. .
GounciImanSchneiderremoved Item .No. 1.18.
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Agenda'. Item N.o.l.18 -ConsiderreDlato! Kapchinski Hill Subdivision.
CounciImanSchneidercommented that the staff'. recommends four. stipulations to
the <replat. He referred to recommendation #3.
Mr. Pullen statedithat the intent of this option is to avoid the situation such as the
problems linking post Oak MeilLiaIl.d l;'ost OakSq1,1are. This plat will provide for
a viable conn~ctic>nbetweenthed(i}velopment ()f H.E .B.andother merchants.
Mr. pun en. state.c;J.thitlt staff Willl'\~v~ the opportunity to review this q1,1estion
during the.sit(i}..plaI'll?rocess. .C~tyAtt()rneyLocke<noted that.during the site plan
process,the. ..staffcan require acce.ss .to .adjoining..lots.
Mayor Ringer stated. that updated. information was provided to the Cc;mncil on
A~enda Item No.l.tO.
Agenda Item No. 1..5- Approvalof.acontrac;tto retain Barton-Aschman
Associates. as> consulting engineers inc=onjunctionwith.' the Traffic Managernent
Agreement.
Mayor Ringer noted that Councilman BitdweUraised the question about the
engineer's fee expense.
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costs are for two projects. . One project is for the design and planning
specificationsJor the closed loop signal system. . The other project is the before
andafterstudies<re.quiredbythestate-.Henoted that the . state requires that the
'city fulf1l1theseco'ndition's..toacquire grant monies. '.Headded that the studies
,are'. very. labor. .intensive.
Councilman :McIlhaneyask~dif the loop\system included signal lights at
Highway 30 and EastBypass. . . Mr. Schoenemann repliedthathe.will be working
with. the Highway Department ... toprovidemaintenanceof..the signal. lights .at this
intersection. .
~da ItemNo.2-Discusston of>. reauestfor taxahatement, SA. Holdltch Be
ASsociates,.apDllCant.> .. .' . . . .'. '.. .. .
Mr. Callaway focusedonseveI'al points of the staff report On this tax abatement
req1,1est for....threeyears...,He 'stated...thatthere.'will,'be.no...financial'.impact on the
city because the proposed facility will be Jocated on a developed lot.
He noted that if thecol.1ncildecideslo>enterintoa tax abatement agreement with
SA. Holditch & Associates;, notices will be sent, a public hearing will be
scheduled, and the council will be asked. to consider an ordinance designating
thereinvest1l1.entzone." .. . .
Councilmanerouchasi(ed Mr. CaUawaytoexplain . the $5,000. net revenue from
thelltilities.He statedlhat$5,000is the net revenues after cost oftheiI' utilities.
He noted that thep~I's.onal~ropertyshouldbe specified in the. agreement. Ms.
Crouch asked where the two other busin~sses are moving from and if there is an
impact on the business to relocate these offices.
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Mr. Ron.....CarterofSA.Holditch addressed ..Ms... Crouch's question. .' He stated
that ...IVlr. 'McC()rdvvillbe .' moving' intc>then.ewbuilding,hecurrently leases space
fromHolditch8cA,ssociatesinthe'existingbuilding.... .... HolditchwiIlassume fhe
space he occupied. . ..}imHolster ..' &.Associates is....currently located at the
Eastmark..'building.
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C.ouncilman . c;ardnerasked.. if Holditch.& Associates < plans to . request.... tax
abatements from other entities. He replied that they will request abatement from
the county and. school district.
Mr. Carter stated dlatthe OoUegeStation office does very little consulting work
in. the local area, most of their work . is international.
Councilman Brown remarked'that.the type of Jobs these. organizations . offer are
needed. in the community.
CouncilmanSchneiderstatedtha.tthisrequestmeetsthe ..gen.eralcriteria for tax
abate.ment. ......Hea.skedif~taffis.satisfied...M:(..Callawayreplied that . this request
fulfills the conditions required by . staff and the Chamber.
CouncilmanCroucpaskedMr. Carter what the firrn.'spla,ns are after the three
yeartaxabatem.entp~riod.Hestatedthatthe.fIrm'slongrange plan is to l:>uild a
thirdmulti-storybu~ding on. the land ,behindthe.exi~ting.building. .!ie pointed
out. that the numbers provided. on the groWth analysis are very conservative.
Mr.AlIonFish,Cha.tnberofCommer.cestatedthatthetaxabatement policy is a
good plan '~nd it shows a positive step in economic development.
Mr. Callaway stated thatstaffbeganupdatinQ' the transportation plan of 1970 in
Marchar last year. 'He presented slides. ". .' '.
He introduced Edwirt flard, Transportation 'P1anrter for the . City. He presented a
briefoyervie1JVoftheupdatedplanand.su1llll1.ary of the. results ofTTI computer
model that analyzes.altemative transportation plans for our area.
CouncllmanBirdwell'arrived. atthe.meetingat.4:40pom.
Mr. Hard reviewed the alternatives reconunencied by the Planning and Zoning
Commission...and..the....Planning...and Zoning. Commission as follows:
Alternative A:
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AlternativeC:
1) Alternative A .... ..' .'. ................. ....... ........ ...... .... . ........ .....-
2) Connect Tarrpw wit):r Munson and Munson with . Dartrnouth and upgrade
Munson .'to ."a41aneminor . arterial.
3).DeleteVV.Tarrowandupgrade ..a.section of University. from VV. Tarrow.toE.
Tarrow. ..into.....5.1ane..... minor arterial.
4) Upgra.deWeIsh into 4 lane minor arterial and extend. to' Bush at Houstorl.
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Discussion wa.s...held.abouttheproblemsassociated.with.AlternativeGbecause
Munson ..areaandWelsharea are established residential areasc
Counqilman.' :Mqnhaneynoted that the materials provided do'. not indicate an
alternative. that.sug~ests...the",,'.expansionofWeIlborn Road... ..Maypr....Ringer
directed . thisqu.estionto,repres~ntatives..fromTTI or Highway Department. Mr.
D .D. .Williamson '..of the HighV/ay,' Department".stateclthattheymodeled...WeIIbom
Road along with the'designoft}:le . Lotrak. project.......:He....added..that....the. list
provided is not a complete list mf all projects.
Councilman ....Mcnhaney ."strongly(stated.thatthe citizens '.ofCollegeStation llave
repeatedIy called upon this .Co-q;ncil to protect the integrity of the neighborhood
in theareaoftraffic.Sheaddecl that she. has a problem with Alternative CII. She
urged the ...Counciltodiscussthe...transportation...systemthroughoutthe 'city in
further detail, possibly ina workshop.session.
George Dresser ofTTI addressed the Council. Repainted outthatthe
alternatives presented are the most reasonable solutions to identify the traffic
problems in the future.
Councilman Birdwell suggested a grade separation at University and Texas
Avenue. .... '.' '. . . .
Mr. . Dresser noted that the model includes land use forecasts and
residential growth.
Mr.... CallawaY.notedthatthe..staffintends.to....bring.the.MPO. items .to.Council
before a decisionisllladeby theMPO.
'CouncilmanSchneidercomrn.ented that the, area of traffic ,should.. be a high
priority for the council.
Mayor 'Ringer'referredto.,Altemate. 2 .listed..on.page6of the. materials.
Councilman Crouch moved to accept AlterI\ate A as part of the IOrt9 range
transportation plan. The rnotionwassecondedby.Councilman McDhaneywhich
carried unanimously, 7-0.
Councilman Schneider moved to .acceptthePlarmingand Zoning Commission
recommendations on Alternate C. The motion was seconded by Councilmc:ln
Crouch.
Councilman Crouch would like to see a visual aid on the locations of the streets
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in Altemate .AandC.
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Discussion continued.
Mayor.. Ringer stated that the <public'wUl..have an opportunity.to speak to the
council.
The motion toisupportAltemate C failed bya vote of 2-5.
FOR:. .....CouncilInen.......Schrt.eiderand.Crouch
AGAIN"'ST: JXIIayorRinger,CouncilmenBirdweII,Ga.rdner, McDhaney,
Brown
CouncUmap' Mcnhaney.recomm.~ncled placing this item on a workshop agenda
to look' at othera.l.tern.a.tives and address the concerns .' expressed by counc:il
today." ..Councilman'Birdwell. agreed.
Mayor Ringer asked council to review pages 9 and 12 in the supporting material.
Agenda Itmn:No.4 -DIscusslono!co'IJIJ.cflp:lo%i1ies and~~sedstu.dy of area
bounded.ion.W'est..bY..TexasAve..on..thenorth.bY. Southwest arkway. and on the
. . east by the East Bypass.
MayorRin9~rmentionedthat Councilman Oardnerasked for this item to be
placed on the council agenda for discussion. Mr. Callaway stated that a study is
currently underway of the University Drive area. . The level of study in this area
would be sim.ilar.r.rhe.. study would take approximately '.6 . months, unless. all
extensive project should ,take priority.
Councilman Gardnermad.e a motion toas:i{PlanningandZoning Commission to
designate a subcommittee toworkwithmernbersofthe '.staff .to. provide a study
of the area . bounded ,.bySouthwest. Park:vVay, Texas Avenue and. the' East . B~rpass.
Themotio.n.wassecondedbyCouncilman'" Crouchwhichca.rried
unanimously, 7-0.
Mr. Elrey AshrErView~(:lthehistoricalintotrnation on thil:r request. The minutes of
the previous:nn.eetin~swereprovided...... He reitcaratedtllernOQon madeb~ council
their. willingnesstoIJ~y45% " of' the 'bridgeestimateci., at .....$200,OOO..and lOO.~.... of' the
channelization' cost .at$90,OOO.
Mr.. Ash reviewed. the design. . specifications on. the... request. . He... presented slides.
Mr. Ash pointed out that the staff does notagreetoparticipat~ .inthe box culvert
construction. He summarized the list. of options for oversized . participation.
Discussion was"held by .th.e Council.
Mr. Ashpointedoufthatadifferent brldge(:lesign would have .. an effect on the
channelization.design.... "Mr.. . Swoboda "'disagreed.., .Hestatedthat.$lOO,OOO could
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be deducted from the channelization cost.
Mr.Swobodaexplamed his design and cost estimates. Discussion followed.
Councilman.Browncommentedthat the councilshoulddecide..howmuch ..Jnoney
we want to desigllate for the oversize participation request and stand firm with
that figure.
FormercitytnanagerNorthBar~elladdre~sedthecouncil. ......Hestated that the
council '., approved. a drainage.... ordinanceand.ifrequiremen~s.are.provided' in. the
ordinance' forchannelizationprojects,then<thecity should assume the .cost. He
further .'stated that. the disagreement between the. staff and developer .js in . the
area of channelization.
Councilman Mcnhaney expressed to the council her desire 'to decide on a
figure, in an amount that is affordable, and stay with itll
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because of the number of problemsusingthisstreet.asa shorter access to the
frontage road. . ".He~tatedhisreluc~ance tornove the ,signs at this thne with. the
intent of replacing them when 2a18 isfmished.
Councilman Crouch.stated thatiher concern' is the. amount of police time being
utilized to patrol this area. .
Police Chief Strope spoke briefly on this matter.
Councllm~n BitdweU.moved to rec eSs the meeting unti17:00 p.m. Thursday to
discuss. the..WoH PenCre~k. status ,report and ElectricCIP.. Update at the
beginning of the regular meeting agenda. GouncilmanGardner seconded the
motion.
The Illotion 'was.'seconded'.. by' Councilman Gardner.which . carried unanimously,
7-0~ '. . .'..... '. .' . ..' .'. .
Mayor Ringer mentioned . the Economic Development Meeting sponsored by the
'Small. Business Development Center on'. Friday, March ...8th.
HeaskedwhichCouncihn~rnbers will be absent for the nextmeeting March 13-
14. Councilmen Schneider and Crouch Will not be here.
ThecounciI meetingendedat7:35p.m~
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Mr. Smith questioned the applicant with regard to providinga bicycle rack or some other method of
parking bicycles. Mr.Sopasakis stated that there is a covered entrance where they could be stored.
If, in the future, the. parking of bicycles becomes. a problem,. he will provide a parking rack.
Chairperson Sawtelle closed the pub lic hearing.
Mr. Colson explained that.he was .in favor of any codes that limit occupancy loads, especially in the
Northgate area. .He moved to grant acollditional use permit to allow a tutoring institution to be
located at301-BPatricia "in the Northgatezoning 'district. Mr. Smith, seconded the.mc.tion which
passed unopposed(6- 0).
AGENDA ITEM NO.3: . PUblic hearing. to consider a rezoning request by AncOCoI'poration of Lot
14, Block T .ofthe University Park U subdivision, located. along .thetTniversity 1Jrive..Corridor, from
A-P Administrative Professional to C-B Business Commercial ,(92-101)
SeniorPlannerKeepresented the staff report suggesting thatA-P zoning isipreferable on this
property to preserve the block ofA-P separating two currently zoned blocks ofr~tail.commercial, to
avoid possible negative impacts on adjac~nt developed residential lots and t()..ayhieve compliance
with the Future Land Use . Plan. . The Ciity's. Future Land Use Plan. shows ac~n~()~~dated block of
office commercial uses adjacent to acons~lidated block of medium density resid~J:l~i(l~uses along the
north side of University between the two retail commercial areas at the ends; ~e~niversity Drive
Report stated . that, "The existing land uses reflected on the land use plano~<itht north side of
University from Tarroweast to SpringLb?p ar still appropriate". Currentlytne.~ni~g configuration
on the norther frontage of University is retail commercialat the ends with alter~C;lt~~g A-P andR-4
districts in between. This pattern of alternating A-P and R-4 districts is n~tm~rt~<pular1y desirable
and the. previous . University Drive study recommended rezonings to eliminatYft~~~ "sandwiching"
effect. This "sandwiching" effect will be/continued with this rezoning. Althou.~~ it~~ C-B district is
different from C-lin thatsomeC-f uses are not permitted, it is a comm;em~a;l!!~istrict and was
designed as such. It does allow usest~at could have negativeimpacts such:~~ in~~se, lights, food
odors. and traffic .on the adjacent developed residential lots. The A-P distri<.;tiLi~()~~ not .allow the
retail and restaurant. uses allowed in C-B. Staff does not feel that C-B zoni?,g~p this property
would adversely. affect the recommendations of the University Drive Re~~rt~ecause of the
protection yielded by the Overlay Distric't, it is just not the preferable zoning'Jaking gall planning
aspects, into 'consideration.
Chairperson Sawtelle opened the, public hearing.
J. O. Alexander, representative of the applicant, Anco Corporation, approached the Commission
and stated that he was under the impression after the University Drive property owners meeting,
that all properties along this corridor would be rezoned toC-B. There is no immediate particular
use for the property; however, eventually the property will be developed, maybe into an office
building. ,He would like to improve the property value and have a wider variety of uses other than
an office building.
Mr. Colson agreed and stated that the proposed C-Bzoning would give the applicant more flexibility
in 'developing ',the 'property.
Paul Clark, representative of the owner of the adjacentR-4 tract to the west, approached the
Commission and stated' that he had no objections to' the proposed rezoning.
Chairperson 'Sawtelle',closed the public hearing.
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Mr. Esmond stated that in.. all likelihood, there will be a request to. rezone the R -4 tract to C- B.. If
this was granted, then . the proposed rezoning would not create a sand~ichingeffect. . There is
proposed C-B zoning surrounding this property. It is in the City's interest to see that this property
is d.eveloped fully.
Senior Planner Keestated that iLtherewas a rezoning request on the R-4 tract to C~B, she would
have to make a negative recommendation because of its conflict with the future land use plan. The
remaining proposed rezonings from CoOl to C-B along this corridor, are not in conflict with the land
use plan.
Mr. Hall stated · that if. this rezoning request . was denied, it would not prohibit the applicant from
requestingC-B zoning in the future when there are definite plans fora use that is not allowed in an
A-P zoning district.
Mr. Esmond stated that the C-B zoning will give the developer more flexibility and would still allow
the applicant to .develop a use. listed under .the .A-P...district.. He moved to recommend approval of
the rezoning request of Lot 14, Block T of the University Park II subdivision, from A-P
Administrative Professional to,C-BBusinessCommercial. Mr~Hawthorne seconded the motion
which passed {5 -1); Mr. Hall votingin.opposition to the motion.
AGENDA ITEM NO. 4: Public < hearing to consider a city initiated rezoning of 22 tracts located
along the UnivemtyDrive COrridor .from Tarrow to the .&stBy-Pass,from C-l General
CommercialtQ C-BBusinessCommercial andfromCN Neighborhood Commercial to A-P
Administrative Professional. "(92-100)
Senior Planner Kee presented the staff report recommending rezoning of tracts 1 - 21 to C-B and
tract 22 to A~P. These rezoningsare being initiated at the direction of the City Council upon
adoption of the University Drive Report. This report stated that there are manylocations within
the City where some commercial uses such as retail activities, restaurants, theaters and night clubs
are appropriate but not the wide rang~ of uses available in the C-1 zone. . Therefore, the C-B
district was created. It is intended as an ,alternative to ,C-l for locations where, the' 'more intense
commercial uses allowed in C-1 would not be compatible with existing zoning, existing land uses or,
as in 'the case of University Drive, with[thefutureintent of developing an 'attractive ,entryway into
the City. The report concluded that thy full range of C.1 uses would nothe appropriate along the
University Drive corridor considering its,function as an entryway and the properties currently zoned
C-lwould be more appropriately zoned,C-B.The report also addressed\Vhat is referred to as tract
22. It concluded that because the C-N ~oneis designed for conveniencystores (and this one of the
two uses not recommended for the corr~dor)this,property should be rez.oned to a more appropriate
district such as R-4.Gouncil modified ~his recommendation to A-P.Theproposed zoning changes
,will not alter the comments concerning'iutility availability, found' in the, University Drive Report. It
stated that ample water service infrastf4cture and capacity is in place to accommodate existing and
future development in the area. .. The~eis also sufficient sewer capacity to accommodate future
development jf similar. land "",use ,types, ~nd density levels continue to "develop. Gas and electrical
:service should pose no constraints. One hundred and ten property owners within 200' of the subject
,properties were notified with two inquiries.
Chairperson Sawtelle ,opened the public. hearing.
Paul Clarke, representative of the owners on the north side of University from Tarrow to the Anco
tract, stated that. he was in favor of the .C-B zoning in conjunction with the Overlay district to
establish a uniformed effect along the corridor. This uniformity should be extended contiguously
.along the Gorridorandinclude the A-P,R-4 and R-1 tracts.
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