HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutesAGENDA ITEM NO. 5: Consideration of final plat for Woodcreek Section. Nine totaling 11.4
acres. divided into 36 single. family tots located southeast of Foxfire Phase II and north of
Woodcreek II along the extension of Stonybrook. (97-216)
City Planner Kee presented the staff report and stated that this plat contains lots that average .25 acres
each. All are zoned for single family use. This final plat continues implementation of the Woodcreek
Master Plan approved in the eighties. It does contain an important link in the City's thoroughfare
system, the connection of Stonebrook. in Woodcreek to Foxfire in Foxfire. Staff has heard that there is
opposition to this connection from the neighborhood. Stonebrook has been intended to serve as a
residential collector street since the inception of Woodcreek. It has been on the City's Thoroughfare
Plan since 1980.. Current estimates of traffic on Stonebrook is that it carries about 400 - 600 vehicles
per day. Foxfire Drive carves about 1200. vehicles per day. With the connection the volumes on the
Foxfire end will probably go down somewhat while those on the Stonebrook end in Woodcreek will go
up slightly.
The connection will create a residential collector with volumes ranging from 1000 - 1500 vehicles per
day. The connection will not cause "through" traffic. This traffic is residential traffic between
neighborhoods which will have either an origin or a destination in Woodcreek or Foxfire. There is not
commercial development on either end of this roadway which would bring traffic from another part of
town to this area.
Stonebrook and the residential lots adjacent to it have been designed and constructed correctly for it to
serve as a collector street for the neighborhood. Most, if not all, lots have either rear or side frontage to
Stonebrook. Few, if any, lots front on Stonebrook and few lots have driveways which take direct
access to .Stonebrook. Stonebrook will remain a residential street with a 30 mph speed limit. A brick
fence is already in place which buffers many properties along a significant portion of the roadway.
Staff recommended approval of this plat with the condition that all "Staff Notes" are addressed.
Due to conflict of interest, .Commissioner Rife excused himself from discussion of this topic. Mike
McClure, Engineer for this project was present in the audience to answer. any questions of the
Commission.
Commissioner Garner moved to approve this final plat. Commissioner Massey seconded this motion
and it passed unanimously (5-0).
AGENDA ITEM N0.6: Consideration of a final plat for Holleman Arms Apartments totaling
20.9 acres divided into one commercial lot and one apartment tot located on the southwest corner
of Holleman and Wellborn, west of the railroad tracks. (97-219)
Graduate Civil Engineer Kaspar presented the staff report and stated that this property is being prepared
for development of amulti-family complex and a commercial lot. This final plat matches the master
preliminary reviewed and approved in June.
The master preliminary plat included an R-5 zoned tract on the north side of Holleman with an M-1
strip across the Wellborn Road frontage. This tract is to remain undeveloped for the time being. The
R-5 tract on the south side is under consideration for a zone change to remove the M-1 strip and
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replace it with a C-1 corner, for a total of two lots on the southern half on the subject tract. The
applicant: intends to develop the resulting 17.9 acres of R-5 as an apartment complex. The remaining 3
acre C-1 tract has no immediate user at this time. This property has access to Holleman Drive, a minor
arterial. However .the plat does not propose the dedication of the Marion Pugh extension.. The
Thoroughfare Plan that is currently under consideration by Council does not show Marion Pugh
between Holleman and the proposed. Jones-Butler Road. The applicant requested a variance to this
requirement which will be considered as part'of the preliminary plat by Council on June 26, 1997.
The detention requirements for this property will be addressed at the time of site plan review. The
developer of the R-5 tract will be required to pay a parkland dedication fee in lieu of land dedication or
to dedicate 1.65 acres of land. The Parks and Recreation Department has expressed a preference for. a
land dedication rather that the fee. At this time, the. method of .dedication has not been determined.
Staff recommended approval of this plat with the condition that. all "Staff Notes" are addressed.
Commissioner Massey expressed concern about the possible future addition to the Railroad tracks
which would increase the number of trains.. significantly. He would like to take into consideration traffic
problems related to this issue. Transportation Planner Hard explained that a representative from Union
Pacific Railroad told him that there. was: not a projection date set. The Commission decided that this
"possible increase" should not be a factor in consideration of this plat.
Commissioner Garner stated that she would like the Commission to initiate the Wellborn Study.
Commissi®ner Lightfoot moved to approve this final plat. Commissioner Parker seconded this motion
and it passed unopposed (6-0).
AGENDA ITEM NO. 7: Other Business
There was no other business.
AGENDA ITEM NO. 8: Adjourn
Commissioner Garner moved to adjourn the meeting. of the Planning and Zoning Commission.
Commissioner Lightfoot seconded the motion which passed unopposed (6 - 0).
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