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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
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