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Planning and Zoning Commission
WORKSHOP
CITY OF COLLEGE STATION, TEAS
Apri122, 1999
6:00 P,M.
COMMISSIONERS PRESENT: Chairman Massey, Commissioners Garner, Parker, Rife, Mooney,
and Maloney.
COM1bIISSIONERS ABSENT: Commissioner Kaiser.
STAFF PRESENT; City Planner Kee, Development Coordinator Ruiz, 'Transportation
Planner Hard, Staff° Assistant Charanza, Staff Planner Jimmerson,
Assistant City Engineer Morgan, and Assistant City Attorney DeCluitt,
AGENDA ITEM NO. 1: Discussion of strategic issues.
• The Commissioners reviewed Strategic Issues from past years. Below is the list of suggestions they felt
needed to be considered as FY 1999-2000 Strategic Issues (some would be carried over from 1998®99
issues, others are new).
• Wolf Pen Creek Drainage (#1 on FY 98/99 issues) -expand existing issue to continue emphasis on
implementation of WPC Master Plan; including infrastructure, bank stabilization, and land uses.
• Northgate Revitalization and Development (#4 in FY 98/99) ®the Commission felt this issue needed
to be revisited to determine future development.
• Comprehensive Plan Implementation (#12 in FY 98/99) -the Commission felt the implementation
of the Comp Plan needed to be "refined".
• Regionalism (# 16 in FY 98/99).
• FM 2818 Corridor Overlay Study.
• Map Floodplain in new areas of development (Spring, Lick, and Alum Creeks),
• Update existing FEMA base maps.
• • Traffic Management I~Torth/South Routes (#8 in 98/99)
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a Historical Overlay - to avoid replatting historic home lots into smaller lots.
• The Commission discussed #9 Streamline Development Process. They felt that the quality of
service is being lost due to the emphasis on streamlining speed, and lack of inspection stafl° They
felt that overall staffing and resources should be looked at.
® Implications of the Railroad relocation plan for College Station.
~ Implications of electric deregulation for College Station.
® Examination of our Zoning Ordinance and development regulations for negative impacts on
neighborhood protection (i.e. cement batching plants in neighborhoods. ,
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Implications of increasing zoning notification requirements for land use changes to a distance of~l0~
feet.,
Identify growth areas in College Station for special studies; i.e. areas east of town bounded by
University Drive, Harvey Road, and FM 158 and in the triangle area north of the airport where
major development is likely to occur.
~ .Examine current drainage policies and practices to minimize massive concrete drainage gays,
® Develop a regional greenways system to incorporate Brazos County and City of Bryan involvement..
• ® Consider an environmental protection overlay zone approach to protect unique natural and
environmental resources and amenities in the City.
• Examine the landscape ordinance and incorporate xeroscaping concepts.
® Develop a drought contingency plan.
® Subrrut ICTEA proposals for bikeway underpasses at Highway 6 and Wolf Pen Creek (1~ priority),
Bee Creek (2"d priority), and Spring Creek (3`~ priority).
AGENDA ITEM NO. 2: Adjourn.
The workshop meeting was adjourned.
ATTEST; ,
taff Assistant, Debra Charanza
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