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MINUTES
Regular Meeting
Planning and Zoning Commission
Thursday, August 17, 2006, at 7:00 p.m.
Council Chambers,
College Station City Hall
1101 Texas Avenue
College Station, Texas
COMMISSIONERS PRESENT: Bill Davis, Derek Dictson, Glenn Schroeder, Harold
Strong, and Marsha Sanford.
COMMISSIONERS ABSENT: Dennis Christiansen and John Nichols.
CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS PRESENT:
Ron Gay.
CITY STAFF PRESENT: Staff Planners Jennifer Reeves, Lindsay Boyer, Jason
Schubert and Crissy Hartl, Senior Planner Jennifer Prochazka, Planning Administrator
Molly Hitchcock, Graduate Civil Engineers Carol Cotter and Josh Norton, Transportation
Planner Ken Fogle, Acting Director Lance Simms, Staff Assistant Lisa Lindgren,
Assistant City Attorney Carla Robinson, and Information Services Representative Bryan
Cook.
1. Call meeting to order.
Acting Chairman Davis called the meeting to order at 7:03 p.m.
2. Hear Citizens. At this time, the Chairman will open the floor to citizens wishing to
address the Commission on planning and zoning issues not already scheduled on
tonight's agenda. The citizen presentations will be limited to three minutes in
order to accommodate everyone who wishes to address the Commission and to
allow adequate time for completion of the agenda items. The Commission will
receive the information, ask city staff to look into the matter, or will place the
matter on a future agenda for discussion. (A recording is made of the meeting;
please give your name and address for the record.) All matters listed under Item 3,
Consent Agenda, are considered routine by the Planning and Zoning Commission
and will be enacted by one motion. These items include preliminary and final
plats, where staff has found compliance with all minimum subdivision regulations.
All items approved by Consent are approved with any and all staff
recommendations. There will not be separate discussion of these items. If any
Commissioner desires to discuss an item on the Consent Agenda it will be moved
to the Regular Agenda for further consideration.
No one spoke during the item.
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3. Consent A2enda.
3.1 Consideration, discussion, and possible action to approve meeting minutes.
* July 20, 2006 ~ Workshop Meeting Minutes
* July 20, 2006 ~ Regular Meeting Minutes.
* August 3, 2006 ~ Workshop Meeting Minutes
* August 3, 2006 ~ Regular Meeting Minutes
Commissioner Strong motioned to accept the Consent Agenda as submitted.
Commissioner Sanford seconded the motion, motion passed (5-0).
Re2ular A2enda
4. Consideration, discussion and possible action on requests for absence from
meetings.
* Harold Strong ~ July 20, 2006 ~ Workshop & Regular Meeting
* John Nichols ~ August 17, 2006 ~ Workshop & Regular Agenda
Commissioner Strong's absence request had already been submitted and
approved, it should be removed.
Commissioner Sanford motioned to accept the absence requests.
Commissioner Schroeder seconded the motion, motion passed (5-0).
5. Consideration, discussion, and possible action on items removed from the Consent
Agenda by Commission action.
No items were removed from the Consent Agenda.
6. Presentation, possible action, and discussion on a Master Plan for Saddle Creek
consisting of 562.145 acres located at Wellborn Road and Bentwood Drive,
approximately one mile south of Greens Prairie Road in the City's Extra-territorial
Jurisdiction. Case #06-500157 (CH)
Crissy Hartl, Staff Planner, presented the Master Plan and recommended
approval.
Joe Schultz was called upon by the Commission to answer general questions.
Commissioner Schroeder motioned to approve the Master Plan as presented.
Commissioner Dictson seconded the motion, motion passed (5-0).
7. Presentation, possible action, and discussion on a Master Plan for the Sonoma
Subdivision on 41.2 acres located at 2755 Barron Road in the general vicinity of
the southeast intersection of Barron Road and State Highway 40. Case #06-500133
(LB)
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Lindsay Boyer, Staff Planner, presented the Master Plan and recommended
approval.
Randy French, 4301 Clipston, College Station, Texas, was called upon to answer
questions regarding the development.
Ken Fogle, Transportation Planner, answered questions regarding transportation
and roads through the development.
Commissioner Dictson motioned to approve the Master Plan as presented.
Commissioner Strong seconded the motion, motion passed (5-0).
8. Presentation, possible action, and discussion of a Variance Request to Section 12-
K, Blocks, of the Subdivision Regulations, and a presentation, possible action, and
discussion of a Preliminary Plat for Duck Haven Phase III, consisting of 16 lots on
21.92 acres, located at the southern end of Drake Drive, near the intersection of
Drake Drive and Wellborn Road in the City's Extra-Territorial Jurisdiction (ETJ).
Case #06-500091 (JP)
Jennifer Prochazka, Senior Planner, presented the Variance Request and
Preliminary Plat. Ms. Prochazka reminded the Commission that the Variance
should be considered before the Preliminary Plat, and if the Variance was not
approved then the Preliminary Plat should not be approved.
Travis Martinek was called upon by the Commission to answer general questions
regarding the development.
Commissioner Strong motioned to approve the Variance Request.
Commissioner Schroeder seconded the motion, motion passed (5-0).
Commissioner Strong motioned to approve the Preliminary Plat as
submitted. Commissioner Sanford seconded the motion, motion passed (5-0).
9. Public hearing, presentation, possible action, and discussion on a Final Plat of Lots
13, 14 & 15, Block 1 of the Gateway Subdivision, which includes a Replat of Lot
9R, Block 1 consisting of 4 lots on 18.062 acres located at University Drive East
and State Highway 6, just north of the Olive Garden Restaurant. Case #06-500148
(JR)
Jennifer Reeves, Staff Planner, presented the Replat and Final Plat and
recommended approval of both.
Veronica Morgan, Mitchell and Morgan Engineers, 511 University Drive, College
Station, Texas, was called upon by the Commission to answer general questions
regarding the development.
No one spoke during the public hearing.
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Commissioner Sanford motioned to approval the Replat and Final Plat as
presented. Commissioner Schroeder seconded the motion, motion passed (5-
0).
10. Public hearing, presentation, possible action, and discussion on a Final Plat for the
Plazas at Rock Prairie, which includes a Replat for Cornerstone Commercial
Section One, Lot 2-C, consisting of 4 lots on 3.412 acres located at 3975 State
Highway 6 South, generally located at the northeast corner of Rock Prairie Road
and State Highway 6. Case #06-500161 (CH)
Crissy Hartl, Staff Planner, presented the Final Plat and recommended approval.
Ken Fogle, Transportation Planner, was called upon by the Commission to
address general questions regarding transportation in the area of the development.
No one spoke during the public hearing.
Commissioner Schroeder motioned to approve the Final Plat as submitted.
Commissioner Dictson seconded the motion, motion passed (5-0).
11. Adjourn.
Commissioner Strong motioned to adjourn. Commissioner Sanford seconded
the motion, motion passed (5-0).
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Jo Nichols, Chairman
Planning and Zoning Commission
Attest:
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Lisa Lindgren, Staff Assistant
Planning and Development Services
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