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~; Commissioner Garner moved to deny the rezoning request of lot.. 6, .block 4 of the Harvey Hillsides
Subdivision located on the southeast corner. of Linda Lane and State Highway' 30 from'-A-O
Agricultural Open to C-2 Commercial Industrial. Commissioner Smith seconded the motion:
Commissioner Gribou stated that there is a need for a restudy of the entire area: However, the
j property will probably not stay A-O forever and traffic will be increased. At this time, the C-2 zoning
is not appropriate.
Chairman Hawthorne-..agreed and tated that granting the proposed. rezoning would be ~ piecemeal
approach. to developmenf in the area.
Commissioner. Hall encouraged the .property. owners.: to form a committee and #ry to work with .City
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Ii, staff so that an agreeable position can be reached for future develop e t. ry
to resolve this issue before more developmentpressures occur m the area.
The motion to recommend denial of the rezoning request passed unanimously (7 - 0).
AGENDA ITEM NO. 4: Public. hearing to consider a rezoning request. i.77 acres located in
the Harvey Road East Subdivision adjacent and to the rear of the existing Furrow's site from
C-1 General Commercial to C-2 Commercial Industrial: (94-116
Staff Planner Kuenzel presented the staff report and recommended .approval of the .proposed rezoning.
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easement will be'constructed out to the existing :right-of-way to the rear that runs behind Furrow's,
Sam's and Hollywood USA Theater. This access will be for employees to access the rear parking
area. Six surrounding property owners were notified with one call expressing concern about drainage
in he area including the adjacent Windwood Subdivision.: The existing"drainage, problems are not an
issue with this particular rezoning request.
Chairman Hawthorne opened the .public hearing:
Jim O'Keefe, the real estate manager for Payless Cashways of 230 Main Street in Kansas City,
Missouri approached the Commission. and stated that the existing College Station Furrow's business
ranks within the top 10 stores in the country. Because of this success,' there is a need to expand to
provide'. additional employee parking and improve the accessibility of materials in the yard area.
Providing employee parking with rear access through the '.existing alley will allow more customer
parking in the front of the building. There is an existing temporary agreement with the adjacent Sam's
site to allow Furrow's.. employees to park in the Sarn's lot until the additional employee parking is
provided. The additional warehouse canopy: will allow for the reorganization of existing materials so
that they are more accessible to the .public. The. plan for next. year is to allow customers in the
warehouse area and allow them to pay at the outside booth instead of entering the store, obtaining a
purchase.'request, paying the cashier and then driving around to .the warehouse to pick up the product.
The adjacent I.83 is under contract with the condition of obtaining City .approval. for the proposed
expansion. Mr. -0'Keefe .stated .that Larry Wells' with the Municipal Development Group is the
engineer for the project and has submitted a final .plat .for the property. The drainage ordinance has
been met and .detention will be provided in the northeast corner of the proposed addition.
Sherry Ellison of.2705 Brookway Drive in the Windwood Subdivision expressed five concerns with
the proposed: expansion: drainage, noise, buffering,. traffic.. and notification. There is an existing
drainage problem in this general area that causes flooding and erosion in the Windwood Subdivision.
II The drainage for the existing .Furrow's site including the ro osed ex ansion should be fimneled into
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~', Carter Creek instead of the existing neighborhood. Noise is also a consideration with the existing
trucks and equipment utilized at the Furrows site including the outdoor speaker system: Two way
.radios should be required so that the speaker system is not heard in the adjacent subdivision.' Thee
existing vegetative buffer between Furrow's' and Windwood will be; destroyed with the proposed
expansion and should be replaced with an adequate buffer.
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Ms. Ellison informed the Board that traffic is a major consideration and the proposed expansion will
only increase traffic along Harvey Road including the additional employee: parking that will. utilize the
alley that currently. runs behind the subject property: The final concern is the lack of notification of the
Windwood Subdivision property owners: The. requirement is to notify property owners within 200 ;
however, it is 250' from Furrow's to State Highway 30. .The neighborhood was not notified of the
expansion and will be impacted the most by the proposed development: Ms. Ellison requested that the
subdivision be notified im the future of any development in the general area.
Chairman Hawthorne closed the public hearing:.
Commissioner HaIL moved to recommend denial of a rezoning request of 1.77 acres located in the
Harvey Road East Subdivision adjacent and to the rear of the existing Furrow's site from C-1 General
Commercial to C-2 Commercial. Industrial. The motion died. due to lack of a second.
Commissioner Lightfoot .moved to :recommend approval of the rezoning request from G1 General
Commercial to C-2 Commercial Industrial.: Commissioner Lane seconded the. motion:
Commissioner. Lightfoot stated that he sympathizes with. the concerns of the Windwood homeowners;
however, there are stilt many trees on the lot. located between Highway 30 and the subject property:
The noise .from the traffic along Highway 30 is probably more: consistent and. constant than the
increased noise caused by the proposed addition.
Assistant City Engineer Morgan stated that drainage is more of a site plan issue than a zoning or
platting issue: The. site plan must comply with the current ordinance.
Chairman Hawthorne stated that. Furrow's has a considerable problem and the proposed rezoning
should not have much of an effect as far as noise and traffic. He requested that .staff look at the. traffic
of the overall area to see what .can be done. to solve the traffic problems around the intersection of
State Highways. 6 and 30.
Commissioner Hall expressed concern that Furrow's. is attempting to fix an immediate business
problem by providing additional employee parking.. Not all cars parked in the Sam's parking lot are for
employees. The: proposed< expansion is not a solution to the problem and would only .free up
additional parking for employees and customers. Commissioner Hall stated that he cannot vote in
favor of the rezoning' request because Furrow's is not .looking at providing a .long term solution .that
will benefit the entire neighborhood. If a business wants to expand, it should be their responsibility. to
take care of the existing problems with the business: This is an opportunity to solve a much larger
problem and Furrow's should come back with. a better solution.
The motion to recommend approval of the rezoning request passed. (6 - 1); Commissioner Hall voted
in opposition to the motion:
AGENDA ITEM NO. 5: Consideration of an appeal fram the Project Review. Committee to
require a sidewalk along the Texas Avenue frontage road for he proposed Goodyear Tire Store
to be located on lot lA, block 15 of the Southwood Plaza Phase One Subdivision. (94-412)
Assistant City Engineer Morgan informed `the Commission that the .Project Review Committee
required. a sidewalk along the Texas. Avenue frontage road in accordance with the sidewalk master
plan. There is an :existing concrete_ cap over the ..adjacent drainage ditch that would.. allow for
pedestrian access into the Sonic-site..:
Greg Taggart with the Municipal Development Group informed the Commission that the owner of the
property. has concerns with building a sidewalk' that leads to the Sonic Site that does not have a
sidewalk. He agrees .that sidewalks have to be .installed at some point in time;.however, this is note the
time to install a sidewalk that will not be utilized. Timing is the main concern in that other properties
.along .Texas Avenue must install sidewalks at the same time in order for them to be utilized: The City
could install. a continuous sidewalk. at a later time and assess each property owner for their section of
the sidewalk.
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