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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes Commissioner Hall stated that if the adjacent property' owheris using the drive. for access, he should purchase that propertyfrOlll the City. This. issue should beresolve<l 'during the negotiation of the. subject property. CommissionerHalLalso expressed concern of the drive enlarging over time through vehicular use. Since the driveis on the City's .property,thetax payers are responsible for maintenance for a drive they do not use. Chairperson Hawthorne stated that he was surprised that the driveway issue was not addressed during negotiations for the property. Since the adJacent property has a second access . point, .the tenant. does not have an easeJ11en t .by . use 0 rprescrip tion. CityPlannerKee stated that there are alternatives still available such as relocating the drive or the property line. Commissioners Herring and Smith agreed to withdraw their original motions to grant the conditional use permit. C()1llmission~r Herring moved to delay action onthe conditional use permit req~est untiL the meeting of the Commission on August 5, 1993, to allow staff theopportunity<to' explore alternatives to the drive'Nay configuration as shown. on the.siteplan. Commissioner Gribouseconded the .motionwhichpassed Ul1opposed (6 -.0). AGENDA ITEM. NO. ..3: Consideration ofa preliminary plat for the Pershing Park Subdivision. (93-307) This itemwasTemovedfrom..the . agenda prior to the meeting. AGENDAITEM.NO..4: 219V- Consideration.of.. a final plat Jor>theEmeraldForestPhase Nine.. Subdivision. (93- City Engineer Pullen presented the staff report and recommended approval of the plat as submitted. The final plat is being submitted asthesecond.phaseofa four phase master preliminary plat of Emerald Forest Phases 8 - 11, whichwasapprovedhythe City Council in early 1990. The final plat conforms to that approved preliminary plat. A general. note on the approved master .plat.allows... the . developer to postpone... the construction of that portion of North .. forest Parkway . located · in phase 9 until phase 10, if the City of College Station has not committed to a construction date for their portion of North Forest Parkway by the time of final plating of phase 9.A110ftheProjectReviewCommitteecommentshave. been addressed. Comlllissioner M.ariottmoved to t(;colllmend .. approval of. the final plat . for the Emerald Forest Phase Nine Subdivision with... staff. recommendatio ns. ...Commissioner.. Hall. seconded the ... motion. Commissioner Hall questioned ... the applicant as to the timing of phase ten. Allen Swoboda approached the Commission and .stated that the engineering work for phase ten will begin after phase nine .. and construction should.. start after the. first of the. year. Commissioner Hall questioned staff as to the City's responsibility to construct their portion ..of North .Forest Parkway. City Engineer Pullen stated that there. is a development agreement addressing the timing of North Forest Parkway;however,hewillhavedtoJookover that agreement to see if there is a time frame for the City's portion. The original motion to recommend approval of the final plat passed unopposed (6- 0). Consideration of the final plats for Emerald Forest Phases2A ~~ 6A (93-220 & City Engineer Pullen presented the staff report and .recommended.. approval with the Project Review Committee cOmments. ...The>two final plats. ar(;tocorrect an existing subdivision of land that was not platted at the time it was subdivided. They are located withiRtheexistingEmeraldForest Subdivision,Phases Two and Six. The property was sold toadjacentpropertyo\vnersasadditionaLbackyard space and is currently being used in that manner. All lots in these tWo plats are located withinthe floodplain of Bee Creek. TheappIicantis requesting that these lots be platted without pubIicutilities Or access, which is not in accordance with the City Subdivision i{egulations.. The deyeloper has addressed that issue with a note on the plat which states that these lots do not have public utilities,. are. not..buildable andhave...lil11ited.. access.