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Home My WebLink AboutSTAFF REPORT STAFF REPORT Project Manager: Jennifer Prochazka Date: January 8, 2004 Email: jprochazka @cstx.gov Item: Consideration, discussion, and possible action on a master plan and preliminary plat, with a variance request to the maximum block length, for the Spring Creek Corporate Campus consisting of 19 lots on 384.1 acres located at 4301 State Highway 6 South. (03 -270) & (03 -314) Applicant: Charles Wood, COCS Economic Development Department Staff Recommendations: Staff recommends approval of the master plan. Staff also recommends approval of the preliminary plat on the condition the variance request is approved and that the attached Staff Review Comments are addressed. Item Summary: This item is for consideration of a master plan and a preliminary plat for the Spring Creek Corporate Campus. This property is planned for the development of the City's second business park and is currently zoned M -1 Planned Industrial. The property is surrounded by vacant C -1, R -1 developed as Woodland Hills Subdivision, and vacant A -O property to the south, and C -1 developed as the Christ United Methodist Church and vacant A -O to the north and the landfill to the east. The property has access to Earl Rudder Freeway and Greens Prairie Road. 116.25 acres have been dedicated as public greenway. Approval of the preliminary plat requires a variance to the maximum block length of 800 feet. Comprehensive Plan Considerations: The subject property is in compliance with the Rock Prairie /Greens Prairie Small Area Plan which shows this area as Industrial R &D, and with the Thoroughfare Plan which shows the extensions of Pebble Creek Parkway and Lakeway Drive as major collectors. Item Background: The subject property was annexed into the city in 1983 and 1995 and was rezoned from A -O to M -1 Planned Industrial in 2000 and 2003 for the development of the business park. This property has never been platted. Budgetary & Financial Summary: N/A Supporting Materials: 1. Location Map 2. Application 3. Staff Review Comments 4. Infrastructure and Facilities 5. Copy of Preliminary Plat 6. Copy of Master Plan on the Council Chambers wall 7. Letter requesting variance INFRASTRUCTURE AND FACILITIES Water required for plat: Public water is required to be extended to each platted lot. The plat, being a commercial environment, shows water line extensions sufficient for commercial uses and fire flow capacity. Water Service: Domestic water service is required to each lot and structure. This will be accomplished by way of the water main extensions shown on the plat. Sewer required for plat: The City's Comprehensive Plan shows the Spring Creek line being extended up Lick Creek. The line is required to be constructed with development. Public sewer is required to be extended to each platted lot. Sewer Service: The 27 -in Spring Creek sewer line runs through a portion of the subject property. Service to tracts along Spring Creek will be served by extensions off this line. Other tracts will need to be served off the sewer main along Lick Creek. Both lines are Impact Fee lines. Street(s) required for plat: Pebble Creek Parkway and Lakeway Drive appear on the T -fare Plan as minor collectors and are required for development. Streets /Access: The property has access to Earl Rudder Freeway and Greens Prairie Road. The extension of Pebble Creek Parkway and Lakeway Drive, as shown on the plat, will provide internal access. Off -site Easements required for plat: None required at this time. Drainage: Drainage of the site is to Spring Creek to the south and Lick creek to the west. Flood Plain: Spring Creek floodplain and Lick Creek floodplain are shown on the plat. Most of the floodplain area is being donated into the City's Greenway program. The Spring Creek floodplain has a regulatory floodway, as shown on the plat; the Lick Creek floodplain does not. Any encroachments or development into the Lick Creek floodplain will need to be analyzed on a case by case basis. Oversize request: None at this time. Impact Fees: The subject property lies within the City's 97 -01 Spring Creek Sewer Impact Fee Area. STAFF REVIEW COMMENTS NO. 2 Project: SPRING CREEK CORPORATE CAMPUS (PP) - 03 -270 ENGINEERING 1. On Sheet 1 of 3 there is a "property" line shown across Lot 13. This line does not appear on Sheet 2 or Sheet 3. 2. It appears Lot 14 does not have sewer service. 3. Is Lot 15 intended to be sewered by the line across Lakeway? 4. Note 5 is not somewhat inaccurate. Whereas the floodway for Spring Creek does not appear on the FIRM panel, it is still a FEMA approved, regulatory floodway (LOMR #99 -06- 1960). Reviewed by: Spencer Thompson Date: January 8, 2004 NOTE: Any changes made to the plans, that have not been requested by the City of College Station, must be explained in your next transmittal letter and "bubbled" on your plans. Any additional changes on these plans that have not been pointed out to the City, will constitute a completely new review. 2 of 2 The City of 1 514 /College Station Texas r Embracing the Past, Exploring the Future. -Q _' -3 P.O. Box 9960 • 1101 Texas Avenue • College Station, TX 77842 • (979) 764 -3500 www.ci.college-station.tx.us December 17, 2003 Planning and Zoning Commission City of College Station P.O. Box 9960 College Station, TX 77842 Dear Commissioners: Please allow this letter to serve as an explanation of the request for a variance to the Maximum Block length requirement. This request is necessary in order to develop the new Class "A" City business park (Spring Creek Corporate Campus) in accordance with the master plan which was reviewed by the Planning and Zoning Commission and approved by the City Council. The overall goal of the Spring Creek Corporate Campus is to provide a quality environment for businesses to locate in College Station. All developments in the park will be required to have "forest preserves" with a 50 foot preserve along Pebble Creek Parkway and Lakeway Drive and a 100 foot preserve along State Highway 6 and smaller preserves along the sides and rear of all sites. This will create a "Woodlands" effect for the development. The proposed roadways are in conformance with the adopted Thoroughfare Plan and the Rock Prairie Small Area Plan. Additional roadways would not provide access to other tracts, as there is significant floodplain on either side of this property that has been dedicated as greenways. Where a street would normally be provided at the 800 foot block length a public access easement has been shown that will provide pedestrian access to the greenways trail system. Please feel free to contact me at 764 -3752 should you have any questions or need additional information regarding this matter. Sincerely, ............ Charles Wood Assistant Director of Economic Development Home of Texas A &M University 7 TRANSMISSION VERIFICATION REPORT j TIME : 01/13/2004 11:30 NAME : COCS DEVELOPMENT SER FAX : 9797643496 TEL : 9797643570 SER.# : BROE2J341073 DATE,TIME 01/13 11:28 FAX N0. /NAME 92603564 DURATION 00:02:27 PAGE(S) 09 RESULT OK MODE STANDARD ECM r nr LF.TJ ctrl Tr,ti +: CITY OF COLLEGE STATION DEVELOPMENT SERVICES 1 101 Texas Avenue South, PO Box 9960 College Station, Texas 77842 Phone (979)764 -3570 / Fax (979)764-3496 TO: V. ( 60 - 4Tc Ai FROM Susan Hazlett, Staff Assistant DATE: January 12, 2004 RE: StaffReport P &Z Meeting, January 15, 2004 Following this coversheet is a copy of the Staff Report that was prepared for the following project. Please keep in mind that staff's responsibility is to provide the Planning & Zoning Commission with all pertinent facts of a development case, but that staff is not acting as an advocate for the applicants. Therefore, it is in the applicant's best interest to send a r'nrpapnt dki,} i,r ih,.+ plan,,:,,., Rr 7n «S «n r`......,.:..:.« • _ ._ I ,n n V ' e2 0 TRANSMISSION VERIFICATION REPORT 613/2 NIME : 01/13/2004 11:27 NAME COCS DEVELOPMENT SER j‘ 41(0110 / �' FAX : 9797643496 • TEL : 9797643570 I SER.# : BROE2J341073 I DATE,TIME ` 01113 11:27 FANO. /NAME \\I th\QI% 96377 DURATION 00:00:00 PAGE(S) 00 RESULT BUSY MODE STANDARD BUSY: BUSY /NO RESPONSE coi i rr, Sr4rION CITY OF COLLEGE STATION DEVELOPMENT SERVICES 1101 Texas Avenue South, PO Box 9960 College Station, Texas 77842 Phone (979)764 -3570 / Fax (979)764 -3496 TO: (4g4"41 140‘06( �7 FROM: Susan Hazlett, Staff Assistant DATE: January 12, 2004 RF: Staff Report P &Z Meeting, January 15, 2004 Following this coversheet is a copy of the Staff Report that was prepared for the following project. Please keep in mind that stales responsibility is to provide the Planning & Zoning Commission with all pertinent facts ofa development case, but that staff is not acting as an . advocate for the applicants. Therefore, it is in the applicant's best interest to send a representative to the Planning it Zoning C;omnussiou meeting to speak on behalf of the