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STAFF REPORT
Planning.andZoning Commission
ADVISORY COMMITTEE
August 20, 1992
CASE NO.: 92~809
APPLICANT: College Station City Council
REQUEST: Review. and cOnunent on Proposed Capital Improvement Plan
an.d Impact Fee for Sanitary Sewer Service Area 92-01.
LOCATION: Service Area 92-01 covers about 530 acres near Graham
Roa.d,.Rock.PrairteRoad andWellboru..Road in College..Station.
PHYSICAL FEATURES: This Service Areajs in the upper end of the Lick
Creek drainage basin. ..Sanitarysewerservice is provided through. an 18
inch pipe located in Graham Road about 500 feet westerly from . the
entrance to the City's Utility Service Center. This pipe flows southerly
a.long Lick . Creek to a. lift station at SH6.Effluent is then pumped
northerly alongSH6 and into a pipeline which flows thru Woodcreek to
the City's Wastewater Treatment Plant on Carter Creek. None of the
servicettnitswithin the proposed service area are using this pipeline.
The existing facilities are not a part of the Capital Improvements Plan.
tNVENTORY:Sanitary Sewer Service Area 92-01 is partially served with
sanitary sewer. About 143 of the 530 Acres isseweredthru a piping
system whiCh flows via a lift station. to.. the Bee..Creek basin and to the
City's Carter Creek Waste Water Treatment Plant. Capital costs for this
system are exclt.lded. in the Capital Improvements Plan.
EXISTING LI\NDUSES:... Agricultural use dominates the service area,
387 of the 530 acres. 57 acres of low density residential, 40 acres of
CornmerciaI/lndtlstrial, 35 acres of schools and 11 acres of parks make
tIp the remiainder.
LAND USE ASSUMPTIONS: The Land Use Assumptions for the service
area ... ...proJect ..m()stly. . . . low.. . . density . . residential (52%). with
commercial/indLlstrial{28%) LIsesin the area. It is proJected that about
79% of the. area. Will be develop in the next ten (10) years with the
reminder within the following ten (10).
CITY CAPIT,AL IMPROVEMENTS . PLAN: ... The City's Comprehensive
Plan,. Plan. 2000 designated an 18 incl1 sewer pipe to be installed along
Ltcl{Creek from.SH6 to near the intersection of Schaffer and Arnold
Road. .Part of that pipe was installed in 1987 and is not part of the
proposed Ca.pitallmprovement Plan.
The DevelopmentOuide of the CityisComprehensive Planning Program,
published in 1990, states the goal for utilities is "The quantity and
ql1alityof...tltilities needed to. aSstlre......pLlblic health,safety,welfare and
accommodation .ofgrowth". One of the objectives is, "Provide for adequate
sewerage." . The proposed Capital Improvements Plan for Sanitary Sewer
Service Are.a .. 982-01 completes the planned extension of the sewerage
system to this area in accordance with the, City's Comprehensive Plan.
PROPOSEDPtJBL1C1MPRO\7EMENTS; Improvements are proposed to
be constructed in. three<Phases...... Phase.I is an.18" pipeline from the
existing pipe to ArnqldRoad,a12" pipe along Arnold to Graham and an
8" pipe westerly to Wellborn Rqad. This phase will serve the properties
along Graham Road and. the Van Riet pr()perty. Phase II serves some of
the Van Rietpropertyalld connects the existing lift station with a 12"
pipe. .... ..Half the capacity of this pipeLservesexistingdevelopment.
Therefore, only half the' cost tsproposed for impact fee consideration.
Phase HI extends a .l~"pipe along Graham Road. to . Arnold Road and
provides service to property along the south side of Graham Road.
STAFF COMMENTS: . One qf the duties of the Advisory. Committee is to
'I review the capital tnlprovements . plan and . file written .co1l11l1ents;" Those
comments must be filed not later than 5 business days before the public
hearing. . TIle ptl blicheftring is conducted by the CityCou.ncil and ls
sched;uled for Atlgtlst2? .Commentsmllst be in the City Secretary's
office August 21 to comply with the statutes.
STAFF. ... REC()MMENt>ATtONS: .. Staff Recommends. the. Capital
Improvement Plan be adopted and the maximum impact fee of $152.18
be recommended for implementation.
ATTACHMENTS:
1. Land Use Assumptions for Sanitary Sewer Service Area 92-0 1
2~ Capital Improvements Plan for Sanitary Sewer Service Area 92-01