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WORKSHOP
Planning and Zoning Commission
CITY OF COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS
City Hall Training Room
May 2, 2002
6:30 P.M.
COMMISSIONERS PRESENT: Commissioners Floyd, Happ, Trapani, Williams, and
Kaiser.
COMMISSIONERS ABSENT: Commissioners Hawthorne and McMath.
COUNCIL MEMBERS PRESENT: None.
STAFF PRESENT: Development Services Director Templin, Neighborhood
Services Senior Planner Battle, Assistant Development
Review Manager George, Staff Planners Hitchcock and
Reeves, Graduate Engineer Thompson, City Attorney
Cargill, Planning Intern Flanery, Transportation Planner
Fogle, Neighborhood Services Planner Elrod, Action
Center Representative Steptoe, and Staff Assistant
Hazlett.
Chairman Floyd called the meeting to order at 6:34 p.m.
AGENDA ITEM NO. 1: Discussion of Unified Development Code and related issues.
None.
AGENDA ITEM NO. 2: Presentation and discussion of the Bikeway and Pedestrian Master
Plan Project.
Transportation Planner Fogle reported that the current plan was adopted in 1997. He added that the
City is looking at updating the plan by adding additional elements that would encourage and improve
cycling and walking in College Station. He briefly mentioned some of the ideas that are being
considered. Mr. Fogle also stated that several public meetings were held to receive citizen input,
including an on -line survey and questionnaire. Three additional public meetings were held to address
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issues as a result of the on -line survey. A presentation to the Planning and Zoning Commission and
the City Council with the new plan is forthcoming for possible adoption.
AGENDA ITEM NO. 3: Update and discussion of the Interlocal Agreement with Brazos and
Burleson Counties re: Platting in the ETJ (Extraterritorial
Jurisdiction) of College Station.
Development Services Director Templin reported that the legislature passed a bill, which gave cities
and counties four options for regulations within extraterritorial jurisdictions.
• Sole County Jurisdiction
• City Jurisdiction Only
• Defined Jurisdiction
• Joint Regulation
Brazos County has opted for Joint Regulation. The City of College Station has deferred sole
jurisdiction to Burleson County. The City and the County both have the right to renegotiate these
agreements. There can be a separate set of regulations for Brazos County. We are tasked with
reaching an agreement on what those regulations will be. We are under mandate of state law. But
until those regulations are put in place, the stricter standard, whether county or city applies.
AGENDA ITEM NO. 4:
Discussion of agenda items.
Commissioner Kaiser asked Graduate Engineer Thompson for clarification regarding the access to the
Lick Creek Subdivision, Regular Agenda Item No. 7.
AGENDA ITEM NO. 5: Subcommittee reports.
a. Wolf Pen Creek Oversight.
Commissioner Trapani reported meeting and that the committee decided to hold a letter- writing
campaign to the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department requesting a grant for new trails and
sculptures.
b. Greens Prairie Small Area Plan
Senior Planner Battle reported that the City Council voted to adopt the Small Area Plan with
the Commission's recommendation regarding the commercial property at the corner of Rock
Prairie Road and State Highway 6. The school property, if not used for a school, would be
designated for office development to provide a transition of districts.
AGENDA ITEM NO. 6: Minor and amending plats approved by Staff.
None.
AGENDA ITEM NO. 7: Future agenda items.
A Presentation regarding the ETJ Annexation and Development and the appropriateness of a possible
Small Area Plan process prior to annexation.
AGENDA ITEM NO. 8: Adjourn.
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Commissioner Happ motioned to adjourn the meeting and was seconded by Commissioner Trapani.
The motion carried. The meeting adjourned.
APPROVED:
Chairman, Rick Floyd
ATTEST:
Staff Assistant, Susan Hazlett
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