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M I N U T E S
Planning and Zoning Commission
CITY OF COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS
7:00 P.M.
April 18, 1991
MEMBERS PRESENT: Chairperson Sawtelle, Members Hall, Michel, Gentry
and Esmond.
MEMBERS ABSENT: Vice Chairperson Dresser and Member Colson.
STAFF PRESENT: Senior Planner Kee, Building Technician Mcdonald,
Development Coordinator Volk, Assistant to the
City Engineer Morgan, Assistant City Manager
Brymer, Development Services Director Ash, Senior
Assistant City Attorney Bailey-Graham, City
Planner Callaway, and Project Engineer Keating.
(Council Liaison Mc Ilhaney was in the audience.)
A~EHDA.TTFM Nn- L• Approval of Minutes - meeting April 4, 1991.
Mr. Hall moved to approve the minutes of the meeting of April 4, 1991
as presented. Mr. Michel seconded the motion which passed unopposed
(5-0).
A(;FNT1A TTF.M Nn. ~ ~ Public hearing to consider a Final Plat of
Eastmark Subdivision Phase II located at the intersection of Southwest
Parkway and Central Park Lane. (91-209)
Senior Planner Kee presented the staff report recommending approval.
The purpose of this replat is simply to remove the twenty-five foot
building line reflected along Central Park Lane (which is viewed as a
side street) and replace it with a fifteen foot building line. The
plat will then reflect the building lines as required by the Zoning
Ordinance. The private landscape easement guarantees no building in
this designated area.
Chairperson Sawtelle opened the public hearing. Since no one came
forward to speak in favor of or in opposition to the replat,
Chairperson Sawtelle closed the public hearing.
Mr. Gentry moved to approve the Final Plat of Eastmark Subdivision
Phase II. Mr. Michel seconded the motion which passed unopposed
(5-0).
Ar,FNnA TTF.M Nn- '~~ Discussion of existing and future drainage
policies.
Assistant City Manager Brymer approached the Commission presenting two
ways of delivering City services through the eyes of a taxpayer:
' • (1) Funding services through management of supply of
service which creates the need for more money and
stifles creative thinking and actions.
(2) Demand Management which is a service funding based on
use.
Several cities are heading in the direction of Demand Management and
some even have this system in place and functioning. The reasons for
the shift are:
(1) Council driven resources "maxed"
(2) Demand drive.
(3) Residential development bears the cost of service for
demand.
(4) Public drainage system could be dedicated if developer
bore cost to build to a certain, more low cost
maintenance standard.
Development Services Director Ash approached the Commission and
presented the two major paradigms: County and Urban. The objective
of this issue is to "Clearly identify City's role, maximize
opportunities for prevention (maintenance and design), identify who is
• generating the demand for drainage maintenance service so that the
appropriate entity bears those associated costs, and educate
citizens". With a demand driven service charge, those who create the
demand will bear the greatest part of the cost. The staff is
attempting to establish the guidelines under which the City will
accept both drainage easements and the facilities for public
maintenance.
Commissioner Michel asked if the new policies should be applied only
to new development or would they eventually affect all areas in the
City. Development Services Director Ash replied that the policy could
be readily applied to new development now, with all areas being under
the same regulations in the future. Assistant City Manager Brymer
explained funding could be handled in several ways and cited as
examples: a drainage utility with user demand establishing the cost
(such as electric or water); establishment of drainage impact
districts; and identification of the easements the City really should
keep and maintain and abandon the rest back to the adjacent property
owners. Mr. Michel then asked in the case of the user paying a "fair
share", what happens if the highest demand users happens to be the
people in the lowest income areas as is the case in many instances
because the least desirable areas to develop usually are developed
into lowest income areas. No answer was readily available to this
question.
Commissioner Hall expressed concern over the current, apparent lack of
• consistency in direction and policy for developers. He outlined two
examples: (1) Polar-Bek has a drainage ditch we could inherit and
(2) Randall's - has a detention facility that may not work.
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• Privatization is like a fifteen year time bomb; with t.ax zones,
payments could be added to mortgages. The definition of what is
acceptable regarding maintenance factors is very important. Mr. Hall
stated that the City needs to clarify its policy before imposing it on
development.
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Commissioner Esmond expressed concern over whether the City will be
able to enforce Homeowner's Association responsibilities. He also
stated that private drainage easements such as the one granted in the
Brandon Heights Subdivision are not addressed in the current
Ordinance. Commissioner Esmond asked about the fairness of requiring
the adjacent property owner to properly maintain an easement or right-
of-way. Mr. Ash likened the situation to what is already existing in
that everyone's "front yard" actually is made up of 10 - 14 feet of
City right-of-way and the answer would be to make sure the easement is
turned over in a condition which can be easily maintained.
~,FNnA jTF.M ~_ a~ Discussion of pennants and banners.
This item was postponed until Vice Chairperson Dresser and Member
Colson would be able to participate in the discussion.
AGEgDA ITEM ~,_ ~~ Other business.
Senior Planner Kee and Assistant to the City Engineer Morgan presented
a memorandum to the Planning and Zoning Commission concerning off-site
easements on Final Plats. In the Subdivision Ordinance it states in
Section 6-D.4.2.1. that the Final Plat shall also include:
"The exact location, dimensions, description, name, and
legal description of all existing or recorded streets,
alleys, reservations, easements, or other rights-of-way
within the subdivision, intersection or contiguous with the
boundary..."
This requirement for the Final Plats has not been strictly enforced
over the past years; however, in the future all Final Plats will be
checked to assure that all contiguous easements are shown.
~,RNnA TTRM NC~_ F ~ Adjourn.
Mr. Michel moved to adjourn the meeting of the Planning and Zoning
Commission. Mr. Gentry seconded the motion which passed unopposed
(5-0).
APPROVED:
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Chairperson, Nancy Sawtelle
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Pla Wing Technician, Natalie Thomas
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