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HomeMy WebLinkAbout04/19/2005 - Minutes - Planning & Zoning Commission (2)i' CITY OF COLLEGE, STATION Plannni~ ~> 1)et~claf;nre;rt Jer'Ticec MINUTES .Workshop Meeting Planning and .Zoning Commission Tuesday, April 19, 2005, at 6:00 p.m. Administrative Conference Room College Station City Hall 1101 Texas Avenue College Station, Texas COMMISSIONERS PRESENT: Chairman Shafer, Commissioners Fedora, Nichols, Hooton and White. COMMISSIONERS ABSENT: Commissioners Davis and Reynolds. CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS PRESENT: Councilman Maloney. DEVELOPMENT SERVICES. STAFF PRESENT: Staff Planners Boyer, Hitchcock, Prochazka, .and .Reeves, Senior Planner Fletcher, Director Dunn, Graduate Civil Engineers Cotter, Gibbs and Norton, Transportation Planner Fogle, and Staff Assistant Lindgren. OTHER CITY STAFF PRESENT: Senior Assistant City Attorney Robinson. L Discussion of consent and regular agenda items. Commissioner White asked for clarification as to why the College Station ISD had changed their location for the elementary school. Commissioner Fedora stated that the reason for the relocation of the elementary school was that they did not want to build the streets shown on the Thoroughfare Plan for that property. Commissioner Fedora asked for clarification regarding the construction of Eagle Avenue with Westfield Village_ Phases 1-6. Molly Hitchcock, Staff Planner, stated that Eagle Avenue would be constructed on the subject property and would end at the College Station Independent School District's property. Chairman Shafer asked if there would be sidewalks on both sides of Victoria. Hitchcock stated that there would be. Chairman Shafer also asked for the reasoning as to why the greenbelt was located along the property edge instead of within the development. Hitchcock stated that the location of the greenbelt was approved as part of the PDD that came through when. council and P&Z were reviewing the concept plan... Hitchcock stated that the thought was that there would be quite a bit of green space through the subdivision that would eventually `~~~ link up to the Greenways property located behind phase 6, and then there would ., ~% be a neighborhood park and the school property. P&Z Workshop Minutes April 19, .2005 Page 1 of 3 Commissioner Nichols -asked for clarification on the connectivity of the street and bike trail for Horse Haven. Jennifer Prochazka, Staff Planner, stated that there were two access points shown on the plat that were 10 foot .wide public, pedestrian and bike easementsgoing back to the greenways. Commissioner White asked if we had completed enough research regarding the nightclub proposal to make sure it was far. away enough from day care .centers, churches, etc. Lindsay Boyer, Staff Planner, stated that the ordinance required a 300 .foot separation from public schools, day care centers and churches for alcohol sales. Boyer stated that the club. was 600 feet from the church in this area. Commissioner Shafer asked for clarification regarding the operating hours of the club and Kindermusic, a nearby music. school... Commissioner Nichols stated his concerns were the parking in this area. Boyer gave clarification on the operating hours and parking concerns.. There was more discussion among Commissioners and Staff regarding the operating hours, smoking and the definition. of a' night club. Chairman Shafer asked why there was not a public hearing on Item 5 for the replat of F.S. Kapchinski Subdivision. Jennifer Prochazka, Staff Planner, stated that variance requests did not require a public hearing. Prochazka stated that there would be a public hearing for the. replat. 2. Discussion of minor and amending plats approved by .Staff. ---~ Hitchcock gave apresentation regarding the. Riviera Addition, Case.#OS-35. ` ,~~;~ 3. Presentation, discussion, and possible action regarding status of P&Z Plan of Work. Joey Dunn, Director, discussed items on .the Plan of Work. Dunn also stated that a tentative date for a joint P&Z meeting with the City of Bryan P&Z Commission and the City of College Station P&Z Commission had been scheduled for June 30, 2005. Commissioners reviewed the Plan of Work and had discussion regarding the annexation plan and subdivision regulations. Commissioners discussed updates on the Plan of Work and discussed the interest and priority of each one. 4. Presentation, discussion, and possible action regarding the status of the draft Subdivision Regulations. Dunn stated that this agenda item would be rescheduled for a special workshop meeting in order for Commissioners to meet with Mark Smith, Director of Public Works. 5. Presentation, discussion, and possible action .regarding the. development of a possible corridor study for the Wellborn Road Gateway Corridor from Greens Prairie Road to TAMU. Dunn introduced Councilman Maloney and thanked him for attending the ~~ % workshop meeting. Dunn gave a small presentation regarding the corridor study. P&Z Workshop Minutes April 19, 2005 Page 2 of 3 Councilman .Maloney spoke briefly about the improvements on Wellborn Road. He also spoke about .our Community and the improvements that have been made. Maloney also stated that planning is a key to the future development of our Community. Ken Fogle, Transportation Planner, gave a presentation regarding the changes and improvements on Wellborn Road, FM 2818, George Bush Drive and Harvey Mitchell Road that were planned by the Texas Department of Transportation. The Commission .discussed forming. asub-committee. for the development of a possible corridor study .for the Wellborn Road Gateway'Corridor from Greens Prairie. Road to TAMU. 6. 7. Presentation, discussion, and possible action of UDO/Comprehensive Plan Annual Review. Dunn stated that this item would also be moved to .the next agenda on May 5, 2005, due to time constraints during this meeting. Discussion and possible action on future agenda items - A Planning and Zoning Member may inquire about a subject for which notice has not been given. A .statement of specific factual information or the recitation of existing policy maybe given. Any deliberation shall be limited to a proposal to place the subject on an agenda for a subsequentmeeting. Prochazka stated that staff received a training CD-ROM from the American "-~, Planning Association called "Paying for Growth." She asked if the. `• Commissioners wanted to consider having a special meeting to view the CD- ROM. Commissioners discussed two potential special workshops in the future, one with Mark Smith regarding the Subdivision Regulations and the other for training on "Paying for Growth". 8. Adjourn Commissioner White motioned to adjourn. Commissioner .Fedora seconded the motion, motion passed (5-0). Approved: ..Scott Shafer, Chairman Planning and Zoning Commission Attest: ~~ Lisa Lindgren, Staff Ass tant Planning and Development Services P&Z Workshop. Minutes April 19, 2005 Page3 of 3