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Item Submitted By:
For Council Meeting Of:
Director Approval:
ecember 11 1997
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~Oning ord~endment to regulate wireless telecommunication
facilities in the City.
Item Summary:
Purpose
The purpose of this ordinance is to provide guidelines for the development of
wireless telecommunication facilities (WTF's) in College Station and ensure
compliance with the Telecommunications Act of 1996. This ordinance will also
minimize the negative impacts of new WTF's by protecting the health and safety
of residents and minimizing visual impacts. Coordination with the City of Bryan
has re". ,su, It, ed, in, sim ila~' Or dinanceS~'b etwe en the two cities that will ease the
development process or service roviders and balance telecommunication
development pressur s between he cities.
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The Telecommunications Act
Recent passage of the Telecommunications Act by Congress has established
guidelines whereby local authorities can regulate the siting and construction of
telecommunication towers. This legislation was designed to ensure growth and
competition in the telecommunications industry. Recent analysis and
interpretation of the 1996 act has helped to clarify when and how local planning
agencies can regulate telecommunication providers. There are basically five
conditions set forth in the act that affect local zoning authority:
1. Local zoning requirements may not unreasonably discriminate among
wireless telecommunications providers that compete against one another. We
are still permitted to regulate and deny towers and their locations, as long as we
do not make decisions that give one provider an advantage over another.
2. Local zoning requirements may not prohibit or have the effect of prohibiting
the provision of wireless telecommunications service. We may regulate the
placement of facilities as long as we do not interfere with a carrier's ability to
provide service.
3.A local government must act within a reasonable period of time on requests
for permission to place or construct wireless telecommunications facilities.
Currently cell tower requests go through the same process as other conditional
uses. This method of equal treatment satisfies this requirement and takes
approximately one month.
4. Any city or county councilor zoning board decision denying a request for
permission to install or construct wireless telecommunications facilities must be in
writing and must be ,based on evidence in a written record before the council or
board. If a request is denied, the motion to deny should include statements that
tie the decision back to the written records (staff reports, letters of opposition,
minutes, etc.). Statements made at the meeting are incorporated into the record.
5. If a wireless telecommunications facility meets technical emissions standards
set by the FCC, it is presumed safe. A local government may not deny a request
to construct a facility on grounds that its radiofrequency emissions would be
harmful to the envirohmentor the health of residents if those emissions meet
FCC standards. Telecommunication facilities are required to meet FCC
emissions standards, and w:e=tife-required J,~ p~esume that those standards are
safe. fi ~ tl-~ A/O
While this act does protect service providers, it also affirms local zoning
authority over placernent and construction of telecommunication facilities and
allows several areas for regulation.
The Current Telecommunications Ordinance
College Station's current telecommunications ordinance, adopted in May 1994,
allows towers in most commercial districts, if determined to be appropriate by the
Planning and Zoning Commission through a Conditional Use Permit. Recent
requests for new towers under our current ordinance have proved to be
controversial with the local community. Most of the concern has centered
around aesthetic impact On the community and the health and safety of
residents. Rapid growth in this industry is creating great demand for new
facilities in CoHege Station. Staff has been contacted by several service
providers and it is likely that many more requests will be made in the near future.
Staff feels the need to update the City's telecommunications ordinance to better
serve this community and the service providers.
The New Ordinance
This ordinance regulates the siting and design of WTF's in College Station. It is
the result of months of collaboration. Input for this ordinance has come from
many groups including the P&Z Commission, local service providers, City of
Bryan staff and Telecommunications Committee, City of College Station staff,
the Community Appearance Committee, a College Station telecommunications
focus group, rnanylocal residents. In addition, research into the
Telecommunications Act and the ordinances of many other cities ensures that
this ordinance is in compliance with the FCC and contains elements similar to
those already adopted by municipalities nationwide. Coordination with the City
of Bryan has helped both cities develop ordinances that are very similar and will
aid service providers entering this area. Bryan's ordinance is also currently
being considered for adoption.
Policy Issue Statement: Applicable Visions for the 21 st Century:
Health and Public Safetv - Citizens benefit from a reasonably safe and
secure environment.
Civic Pride - Citizens benefit from well-planned, attractive residential and
commercial areas, and from preserving historic areas.
Staff Recommendation: Staff recommends approval.
Related Advisdry Board Recommendation: The Planning and Zoning
Cornmission unanimously recornmended approval of the ordinance amendment
on November 20.
City Attorney Recol1lnu,l1dationslCol1lments: lbe ord;"8I1QEl afflelodlllel11 ::~t;ri
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D Regular Item
D Consent Item
D Statutory Item
Item Submitted By:
For Council Meeting Of:
Director Apprdval:
City Manager Approval:
Lee Battle. Staff Planner
Seotember 25. 1997
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Item: Discussion of a temporary moratorium on permits for telecommunication
towers, and possible direction to staff on moratorium and ordinance
amendments.
Item Summary:
The Telecommunications Act
Recent passage of the Telecommunications Act by Congress has established
guidelines whereby local authorities can regulate the siting and construction of
telecommunication towers. This legislation was designed to ensure growth and
competition in the telecommunications industry. Recent analysis and
interpretation of the 1996 act has helped to clarify when and how local planning
agencies can regulate telecommunication providers. There are basically five
conditions set forth in the act that affect local zoning authority:
1. Local zoning requirements may not unreasonably discriminate among
wireless telecommunications providers that compete against one another. We
are still permitted to regulate and deny towers and their locations, as long as we
do not make decisions that give one provider an advantage over another.
2. Local zoning requirements may not prohibit or have the effect of prohibiting
the provision of wireless telecommunications service. We may regulate the
placement of facilities as long as we do not interfere with a carrier's ability to
provide service.
3. A local government must act within a reasonable period of time on requests
for permission to place or construct wireless telecommunications facilities.
Currently cell tower requests go through the same process as other conditional
uses. This method of equal treatment w9tI:l:d- satisf9 this requirement and takes
approximately one month. \6
4. Any city or county councilor zoning board decision denying a request for
permission to install or construct wireless telecommunications facilities must be in
writing and must be based on evidence in a written record before the council or
board. If a request is denied, the motion to deny should include statements that .
tie the decision back to the Written records (staff reports, letters of opposition, ,t(hrtJ""S
etc.) Statements made at the meeting are incorporated into the record.
5. If a wireless telecommunications facility meets technical emissions standards
set by the FCC, it is presumed safe. A local government may not deny a request
to construct a facility on grounds that its radiofrequency emissions would be
harmful to the environment or the health of residents if those emissions meet
FCC standards. Telecommunication facilities can be required to meet FCC
emissions standards, but we are required to presume that those standards are
safe.
While this act does protect service providers, it also affirms local zoning
authority over placement and construction of telecommunication facilities and
allows several areas for regulation. Some of these areas include siting of
towers, application requirements, co-location incentives, safety concerns (other
than emissions), aesthetics, and abandonment policies.
The Current Telecommunications Ordinance
College Station's current telecommunications ordinance, adopted in May 1994,
alloWS towers in most commercial districts, if determined to be appropriate by the
Planning and Zoning Commission through a Conditional Use Permit. Recent
requests for new towers under our current ordinance have proved to be
controversial with the local community. Most of the concern has centered
around aesthetic impact on the community and the health and safety of
residents. Rapid growth in this industry is creating great demand for new
facilities in College Station. Staff has been contacted by more service providers
and it is likely that many more requests will be made in the very near future.
Staff feels the need to update the City's telecommunications ordinance to better
serve this community and the service providers. A temporary moratorium is
important to protect the community's interests until the ordinance is revised and
adopted.
A Moratorium
Because of the speed at which towers are being erected across the nation, many
cities have implemented short (4-6 months) moratoriums on new tower
construction until ordinances can be reviewed and modified. These moratoriums
have been recognized as acceptable and appropriate as long as they contain a
reasonable time period and work on ordinance revision is pursued. Any
moratorium implemented should become effective immediately and state a
specific time period during which no new permits', for the placement or
construction of telecommunication towers would be issued. It should also direct
staff to revise the telecommunications ordinance.
Policy Issue Statement: Applicable Visions for the 21 st Century:
Health and Public Safety - Citizens benefit from a reasonably safe and
secure environment.
Civic Pride - Citizens benefit from well-planned, attractive residential and
commercial areas, and from preserving historic areas.
Staff Recommendation: Irq, light of concerns oxpresscd by citizens, the
potential of m~;my new requests by s~rv~ce providers, 3Ad recommendations of
the6emmunity Appealance Committee and the Planning and.' Zoning
C~~SSiQI1,Jtaff recommends approval of a temporary moratorium on issuing
perml s for tlie placement and construction of telecommunication towers. sa lAst
~taff can revise the telecommunications ordinance&..u4"1 <tL,-\. 'IVUL .
Related Advisory Board Recommendation: The Planning and Zoning
Commission is scheduled to discuss this issue at the meeting on September 18.
The minutes from that meeting and any recommendations will be presented to
the Council at this meeting. The Community Appearance Committee will discuss
this issue at their next regular meeting on September 16. Any recommendations
will also be presented to the Council.
City Attorney Recommendations/Comments:
Council Action Options: Approve or deny a temporary moratorium on permits
for neW telecommunication towers. Direct staff to revise the current ordinance.
Direct staff to retain the current ordinance.
Supporting Materials:
Memo to Planning & Zoning Commission
Supporting Literature
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o Regular Item
D Consent Item
D Statutory Item
Item Submitted Bv:
Lee Battle. Staff Planner
For Council Meetina Of:
Director Aooroval:
City Manaaer Aooroval:
Item: Presentation of Zoning Ordinance amendment to regulate wireless
telecommunication facilities in the City.
Item Summary:
Purpose
The purpose of this ordinance is to provide guidelines for the development of
wireless telecommunication facilities (WTF's) in College Station and ensure
compliance with the Telecommunications Act of 1996. This ordinance will also
minimize the negative impacts of new WTF's by protecting the health and safety
of rssidents and minimizing visual impacts. Coordination with the City of Bryan
has resulted in similar draft ordinances between the two cities that will ease the
development process for service providers and balance telecommunication
development pressures between. the cities.
A draft of the new ordinance is attached. The proposed amendment:
Establishes three categories of WTF's and regulates two categories;
Identifies the zoning district each category of WTF is allowed in;
Provides setbacks;
Limits proximity to major thoroughfares;
Requires separation between towers;
Establishes standards, height limits, etc.;
Outlines review processes; and
Defines terms.
The Telecommunications Act
Recent passage of the Telecommunications Act by Congress has established
guidelines whereby local authorities can regulate the siting and construction of
telecommunication towers. This legislation was designed to ensure growth and
competition in the telecommunications industry. Recent analysis and
interpretation of the 1996 act has helped to clarify when and how local planning
agencies can regulate telecommunicatio.n providers. There are basically five
conditions set forth in the act that affect local zoning authority:
1. Local zaning requirements may not unreasonably discriminate among
wireless telecommunications pr()viders that compete against one another. We
are still permitted to regulate and deny towers and their lacations, as long as we
do no.t make decisions that give one provider an advantage over another.
2. Local zoning requirements may not prohibit or have the effect of prohibiting
the provision of wireless telecommunicatians service. We may regulate the
placement of facilities as 10ng(;1S we do. not interfere with a carrier's ability to
provide service. .
3. A local gavernment must. act within a reasonabfeperiad of time on requests
for permission to place ar construct wireless telecommunications facilities.
Currently cell tower requests go through the same process as other conditio.nal
uses. This method of equal treatment satisfies this requirement and takes
approximately one month.
4. Any city or county council or zoning board decision denying a request far
permission to. install or construct wireless telecommunications facilities must be in
writing and must be based on evidence in a written re.cord before the council or
board. If a request is denied,themotion to deny should include statements that
tie the decision back to the written records (staff reports, letters of opposition,
minutes, etc.). Statements made at the meeting are incorporated into the record.
5. If a wireless telecommunications facility meets technical emissions standards
set by the FCC, it is presumed safe. A local government may not deny a request
to. construct a facility on' grounds that its radiofrequencyemissians would be
harmful to the environment or the health of residents if those emissions meet
FCC standards. Telecommunication facilitiesar(9( required to meet FCC
emissions standards, and a municipality is requirecfto presume that those
standards are safe.
While this act does protect service providers,it also affirms local zoning
authority over placement and construction of telecommunication facilities and
allows several areas for regulation.
The Current Telecommunications Ordinance
College Station's current telecommunications ordinance, adopted in May 1994,
allows towers in most commercial districts, if determined to be appropriate by the
Planning and Zoning Commission through a Conditional Use Permit. Recent
requests for new towers under our current ordinance have proved to be
controversial with the local community. Most of the concern has centered
around aesthetic impact on the community and the health and safety of
residents. Rapid growth in this industry is creating great demand for new
facilities in College Station. Staff has been contacted by several service
providers and it is likely that many more requests will be made in the near future.
Staff feels the need to update the City's telecommunications ordinance to better
serve this community and the service providers.
The New Ordinance
This ordinance regulates the siting and design of WTF's in College Station. It is
the result of months of collaboration. Input for this ordinance has come from
many groups including the P&Z Commission, local service providers, City of
Bryan staff and Telecommunications Committee, City of College Station staff,
the Community Appearance Committee, a College Station telecommunications
focus group, many local residents. In addition, research into the
Telecommunications Act and the ordinances of many other cities ensures that
this ordinance is in compliance with the FCC and contains elements similar to
those already adopted by municipalities nationwide. Coordination with the City
of Bryan has helped both cities develop ordinances that are very similar and will
aid service providers entering this area. Bryan's ordinance is also currently
being considered for adoption.
Policy Issue Statement: Applicable Visions for the 21 st Century:
Health and Public Safety - Citizens benefit from a reasonably safe and
secure environment.
Civic Pride - Citizens benefit from well-planned, attractive residential and
commercial areas, and from preserving historic areas.
Staff Recommendation: Staff recommends approval.
Related Advisory Board Recommendation: The Planning and Zoning
Commission unanimously recommended approval of the ordinance amendment
on November 20.
Council Action Options: Approve ordinance amendment, defer action and
direct staff to make changes, deny ordinance amendment and retain the current
ordinance. This item will be on the regular meeting agenda for consideration.
Supporting Materials:
1. Draft Ordinance.
2. Supporting Literature
3. Draft minutes from P&Z meeting on November 20.
Mayor
LYNN MCILHANEY
Council Members
Mayor Pro Tempore
HUB KENNADY
STEVE ESMOND
LARRY MARIOTT
DAVID HICKSON
DICK BIRDWELL
SWIKI ANDERSON
City Manager
GEORGE K. NOE
COLLEGE STATION
College Station City Council
Workshop Meeting Agenda
Thursday, December 11, 1997 at 3:00 p.m.
City Hall Council Chambers,1101 Texas Avenue
College Station, Texas
1. Discuss consent and statutory agenda items listed for the Regular Council
Meeting of Thursday, December 11,1997.
2. Present status report on the Arts Council of Brazos Valley. Possible action,
if necessary,
3, Discuss and possible action on Council StrCitegic Issue No.5 - Accessibility
In and Out of B-CS/AirportStudy.
4. Discuss and possible action on changing Third Party administration from
Donovan Benefits System to Texas Municipal League Group Benefits Risk
Poolfor our self-insured medical, dental~nd prescription plan.
5. Discuss and possible aption on proposed a,mendments to Zoning
Ordinance on regulation of wireless telecolltmunicath:m facilities in the City.
6. Discuss and possible action on bid and cc>nstruction of additional
sidewalks in Northgate.
7. Discuss and possible action on proposed Ethics Ordinance.
8. Appoint Councilmembers to the Ad Hoc Committee on a Gateway Overlay
District.
9. Creation of a Ad Hoc Committee on marketing and scheduling of the
new Conference Center.
10. Committee Reports:
Hear status of citizen or council subcommittee activities.
11. Agenda Requests by Councilmembers:
Discuss and possible action as to whether to place a subject matter on a
future Council agenda.
Providing Customer Service Excellence
City Council Workshop Meeting
Thursday, December ii, 1997
Page 2
12. Calendars:
Workshop and Regular Meetings ~ January 8, 1997
13. Executive session and staff reports will immediately follow the workshop
meeting in the training room.
Staff and Legal Reports: {LGC 551.075}
a. Carter Creek Drainage Development Permit
b. College Main Parking Garage
Pending and Contemplated Litigation, Executive Session (see Litigation
Section notice below; possible action {LGC 551.071}
Appointment and Evaluation of Public Officials, Executive Session (see
Personnel Section notice below; possible action {LGC 551.074}
If personnel or litigation issues arise a,s to the posted subject matter of this
Council Meeting, an executive session will be held.
(Litigation)
The City Council may consider pending and contemplated litigation subjects. The
following subjects may be discussed:
Bryan v.College Station:
Cause No. 40,381-85
Docket No, 15020
Docket No. 16157
Cause No. H-95~5627
Cause ,No. 43,098-85
Docket No. TX-96-2000
Docket No. ,15296
Cause No. 96-03168
Cause No. 97-02587
Neal v. College Station
George & Tara Sopasakis v. College Station
Lewis v, College Station
Franklin Gold v, College Station, Bryan and BVSWMA
Litigation is by its nature, an on-going process, and questions may arise as to trial
tactics which need to be explained to the. City Council. Upon occasion, the City
Council mCiY need informationfrorn the. City Attorney as to the status of the
pending or contemplated litigation subjects above. After discussion of the
pending and contemplated litigation subjects in executive session, any final
action, or vote taken, will be in public.
City Council Workshop Meeting
Thursday, December 11,1997
Page 3
(Personnel)
City Council may consider the appointment, employment, evaluation,
reassignment, duties, discipline or dismissal of public officers of employees, the
City Manager, City Attorney, Municipal Court Judge, City Secretary and City Board
and Committee members. A complete list of City Boards and Committees are on
file in the City
Secretary's office. After discussion of appointment and evaluation of Council
appointees and Board and Committee members in executive session, any final
action or vote taken will be in public.
APPROVED:
I certify that this agenda was posted on the bulletin board in the Municipal
Building, 1101 Texas Avenue, College Station, Texas on December 5,1997 at 5:00
p.m. C M
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City Secretary Connie Hooks
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Mayor
LYNN MCILHANEY
Council Members
Mayor Pro Tempore
HUBKENNADY
STEVE ESMOND
lARRY MARIOlT
DAVID HICKSON
DICK BIRDWEll
SWIKI ANDERSON
City Manager
GEORGE K. NOE
COLLEGE STATION
Agenda
College Station City Council
Regular Meeting
Thursday. D~cember 11. 1997 at 7:00 p.m.
City Hall Counc.il Chambers, 1101 Texas Avenue
College Station, Texas
1. Pledge of Allegiance
2. Invocation
3. Consider request for absence from. meeting.
4. Presentation
a. Proclamation - Brazos Valley Troup Recognition Week,
December 8-12, 1997
b, Proclamation - Food For Families Food Drive, December 17,1997
5. Consent Agenda
a. Approve minutes for special meeting, August 1, 1997, workshop
meeting, August 28, 1997, and workshop meeting, September 25,
1997.
b. Approve resolution consenting to Wellborn Water Supply
Corporations' conversion to a Special Utility District within the Extra
Territorial Jurisdiction of College Station.
c. Approve purchase agreement In the amount of $1,250,000 for
purchase of Greens Prairie Elevated Water Tower. Funds available
in Water Fund balance.
d. Approve rehab contract for one single family structure located at
300 Poplar to Etheridge Construction as lowest responsible bidder
in the amount of $21,450.. Funds available in Community
Development Block Grant and/or Home Program Grant
e. Approve change in annual maintenance contracts for HTE from
$40,500 to $31,195 and IBM from $36,500 to $52,000. . Funds
available from annual maintenance and blanket purchase order
contract renewals approved September 25,1997.
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Thursday, December 11, 1997
Page 2
f, Approve Ordinance changing street name from Gemstone to
Emerald Plaza.
g. Approve emergency construction contract with Elliott Construction,
Inc., in the amount of $138,928.50 to replace a section of sewer line
along Bee Creek behind the Police Station. Funds available from
Wastewater Collection System Rehab in Capital Improvements
Budget.
h. Award contract for construction of Facilities Maintenance Building
to Matrix Construction as lowest responsible bidder in the amount of
$215,700 plus a $20,000 project contingency. (Project No. GG9302).
Funds 'dedicated to project from monies remaining from land
purchase.
i. Approve insurance rate renewals for the self-insured medical and
prescription stop loss coverage, life, AD&D, Long-term disability and
Employee Assistance Program for an annual estimated expense of
$258,760.
j. Approve Professional Services agreement with Texas Municipal
League Group Benefits, Risk Pool for Third Party administration of
our self-insured medical, dental and prescription plan and for
Preferred Provider arrangements and Utilization Review services for
an annual estimated expense of $86,346.
k. Approve selection of consultingfinn to produce a detailed report of
the condition of Adamson Pool. Recommended award to
Waterscape Consultants, Inc., of Houston, Texas.
I. Approve professional services contract with Urban Design Group in
the amount of $56,000 to provide project management and
inspection services Jor Bee Creek Phase II Sewer and Drainage
Improvement Project
m. Award contract for the Bee Creek Phase II Sewer and
Drainage Project to Brazos Valley Utilities as lowest responsible
bidder. The contract amount is $1,032,968,50 plus $50,000 project
contingency for the replacement of sewer lines and making drainage
improvements. . Funds, available from Utility Revenue Bonds, GO
Bonds and Drainage Utility Funds. Recommend award to
Brazos Valley Utilities as lowest responsible bidder.
n. Approve acquisition of four single family lots (lots 1-4, block 1,
Churchill Estates) for a total of $56,000 to be used for single family
homes sites. Ratification of previously executed earnest money
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Thursday, December 11, 1997
Page 4
Adjustments drainage variance cases, requires that two of the four
alternates to the Board be licensed engineers, and to change the
procedure for certified mail notification by United States Mail when
notifying property owners within 200 ft. of the property on which a
change is proposed,
h. Public hearing and possible action on proposed ordinance
establishing a Tax Increment Financing Reinvestment Zone No.4,
located at the southwest comer of the intersection of Jones Butler
Road and West Luther Street.
i. Public hearing and possible action on Budget Amendment 2 to the
City of College Station 1997-98 Budget authorizing an increase in
appropriations in the Water Fund of $1,250,000, and $200,000 in the
General Fund and $12,798 in the combined Internal Services Fund.
j. Public hearing and possible action on Zoning Ordinance
amendment to regulate wireless telecommunication facilities in the
City.
k. Award contract for design of Bee Creek channel improvement from
Texas Avenue to Southwest Parkway and FM 2818 to Klotz
Associates as directed to staff by Council at its October 23rd
meeting. (Project No. SO-9802, Contract Number 97-179). Cost of
contract is $254,000. Funds available in Drainage Utility Fund.
I. Possible action on proposed ordinance to amend the existing
Wolf Pen Creek Tax Increment Finance Reinvestment Zone No. 1 by
removing a 6.38 acre tract in the Morgan Rector League, Abstract
No. 46, necessary for the establishment of Reinvestment Zone No.7.
m. Public hearing and possible action on proposed ordinance
establishing Tax Increment Financing Reinvestment Zone No.7; and
appointment of five (5) members to the TIF Board, This is related
to the construction of the new city owned College Station
Conference Center to be located in this zone.
n. Discuss and possible action on a proposed resolution declaring the
necessity for acquiring by condemnation and ordering
condemnation for the fee simple title to Lots 21 and 22, Block 6-7,
W.C, Boyett Estate Partition for right-of-way purposes for
construction of the College Main Parking Garage Project.
o. Discuss and possible action on a proposed real estate contract
between the City and Richard and Leticia Benning for the purchase
of Lot 18, Blocks 6 and 7, Boyett Addition for the development of
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Thursday, December 11, 1997
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contract. Funds. available in the Community Development Block
Grant.
6. Regular Agenda
a. Discuss and possible action on a request by A&M United Methodist
Church to perfonna temporary closure of Lodge Street located
between Lots 11and 12 of Block 2 of Boyett's Subdivision, more
easily identified as the northern half of Lodge Street in Northgate,
with the desire to abandon the right-of-way of the same at a future
date. The applicant desires to sign Patricia Street as one-way from
east to west. as part of the temporary closure.
b. Public hearing and possible action on resolution adopting land use
assumptions,capit~limprovements. and sanitary sewer impact fees
for service areas 97-01. Fees collected in these service
areas will recover costs of ,sewer trunk lines to be constructed in the
Pebble Hills/Greens. Prairie Road area.
c. Public hearing and possible action on resolution adopting land use
assumptions, capita.l improvements and sanitary sewer impact fees
for service. area 97-02. Fees collected in these service areas will
recover costs. of sewer trunk lines to be constructed in the Uck
Creek and Nantucket area.
d. Public hearing and possible action on a proposed ordinance to
rezone 20.2acresfro01 alld .to C-N Neighborhood Commercial, R-5
Medium Density Af)artinents, and R-2 Duplexes, located along the
south .sideof Sol.ltllwest Parkway at the proposed extension of
Dartmouth Drive (97-113).
e. Public hearing and possible action on a proposed ordinance to
rezone approxi01atfly!~.8ac:res located along the south side of
Southwest ParkWayb~ing, Lots 2,3,5,6 and 7, Block C and Lot 6,
Block D Ashford.Squa.re Subdivision. (97-115 and 97-116)
f, Public hearing and possible action on proposed ordinance rezoning
approximately 37aP~~il1 t~e proposed Westfield Addition located
along the south si.~e ()fGraham Road near the future extension of
Victoria Avenue. (97-1117l Possible action on a master plan and
preliminary plat of~f1~ ~ntire Westfield Addition, 52 acres divided
into 171 single fa01Uyl9ts, 1C-N reserve tract, and 3 reserve tracts
(97-320).
g. Public hearing and.possible action on several ordinance
amendments to Ordinance No. 1638, the Zoning Ordinance, by
requiring a licensed Engineer present for Zoning Board of
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Thursday. December 11. 1997
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the College Main Parking Garage Project in the amount of
$27.560.40.
p. Discuss and possible action on the nomination of an individual to
serve on the Brazos County Emergency Communications District.
7. Hear Visitors.
At this time. the Mayor will open the floor to citizens wishing to address the
City Council on city related issues not scheduled on the agenda. Please
limit your presentation to three minutes. The Council will receive the City
information, ask city staff to look into the matter. or place the matter on a
future agenda for discussion. (A recording is made of the meeting; please
give your name and address for the record.)
8, Final action on executive session. if necessary.
9. Adjourn
If personnel or litigation issues arise as to the posted subject matter of this City
Council meeting, an executive session will be held.
APPROVED:
I certify that this agenda was posted on the bulletin board at the Municipal
Building. 1101 Texas Avenue, College Station. Texas on December 5.1997. at 5:00
p.m.
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City Secretary Connie Hooks
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