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MINUTES
Regular Meeting
Planning and Zoning Commission
Thursday, February 2, 2006, at 7:00 p.m.
Council Chambers,
College Station City Hall
1101 Texas Avenue
College Station, Texas
COMMISSIONERS PRESENT: Chairman Scott Shafer, Dennis Christiansen, Bill
Davis, John Nichols, Ken Reynolds, Marsha Sanford, and Harold Strong.
COMMISSIONERS ABSENT:
None.
CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS PRESENT:
John Happ.
PLANNING & DEVELOPMENT SERVICES AND OTHER CITY STAFF
PRESENT: Staff Planners Lindsay Boyer, Crissy Hartl, and Jennifer Reeves, Senior
Planners Jennifer Prochazka and Trey Fletcher, Planning Administrator Molly Hitchcock,
Senior Assistant City Engineer Alan Gibbs, Graduate Civil Engineers Josh Norton and
Carol Cotter, Transportation Planner Ken Fogle, Director Joey Dunn, Assistant Director
Lance Simms, Staff Assistants Lisa Lindgren and Jessica Kramer, Assistant City
Attorney Carla Robinson and Action Center Representative Bryan Cook.
1. Call meeting to order.
Chairman Shafer called the meeting to order at 7:01 p.m.
2. Hear Citizens.
No one spoke during this item.
3. Consent Agenda.
3.1 Discussion and possible action on:
Minutes - January 19,2006, Regular Meeting
Commissioner Davis motioned to approve the minutes. Commissioner
Christiansen seconded the motion, motion passed (7-0).
Re2ular A2enda
4. Possible action and discussion on requests for absence from meetings.
No absence requests submitted.
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5. Presentation, possible action and discussion 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 Preliminary Plat for Indian Lakes
Phase IX, consisting of 44 lots on 14.78 acres, generally located southeast of the
intersection of Indian Lakes Drive and Arapaho Ridge Drive. Case #05-500216
(JP/CC)
Jennifer Prochazka, Senior Planner, presented the Preliminary Plat and
recommended approval as submitted.
Commissioner Nichols motioned for approval of the Preliminary Plat.
Commissioner Reynolds seconded the motion, motioned passed (6-1).
Commissioners Nichols, Reynolds, Davis, Christiansen, Sanford and Shafer
were in favor of the motion; Commissioner Strong opposed the motion.
7. Public hearing, presentation, possible action, and discussion on a Conditional Use
Permit for WPC Condos to establish a multi-family use with residential uses on the
first floor in the Wolf Pen Creek Design District consisting of7.61 acres located at
305 Holleman Dr E, generally located on the north side of Holleman between
George Bush Drive East and Dartmouth Drive. Case #06-500001 (TF/CC)
Trey Fletcher, Senior Planner, presented the Conditional Use Permit and
recommended denial.
Jane Kee, IPS Group, 511 University Drive, College Station, Texas. Ms. Kee
spoke in favor of the Conditional Use Permit for WPC Condos.
Commissioner Nichols motioned for approval of the Conditional Use Permit
as requested for WPC Condos with the condition that the Planning and
Zoning Commission see more detail regarding the trails to Holleman and
reconsideration of overflow parking within the area to accommodate for
social events before it goes in front of the Design Review Board.
Commissioner Davis seconded the motion, motion passed (7-0).
8. Public Hearing, presentation, possible action, and discussion 'on a Text Amendment
to Article 7.2H of the Unified Development Ordinance, Number of Off-Street
Parking Spaces required for freestanding furniture sales and motor vehicle service
areas. Case #06-500006 (LB)
Lindsay Boyer, Staff Planner, presented the Text Amendment to Article 7.2 H of
the Unified Development Ordinance.
Natalie Ruiz, IPS Group, 511 University Drive, College Station, Texas. Ms. Ruiz
spoke in favor of the Text Amendment.
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Commissioner Davis motioned for approval of the Text Amendment as
submitted by staff. Commissioner Strong seconded the motion, motion
passed (7-0).
9. Public hearing, presentation, possible action, and discussion on an Ordinance
Amendment to the Unified Development Ordinance consisting of items considered
to be ministerial in nature based on the Unified Development Ordinance Annual
Review. Case #05-500023 (MH)
Molly Hitchcock, Planning Administrator, presented an Ordinance Amendment of
ministerial items of the Unified Development Ordinance.
Commissioner Davis motioned to approve the Ordinance Amendment as
presented by staff. Commissioner Christiansen seconded the motion, motion
passed (7-0).
10. Presentation, possible action, and discussion on a variance from Section 8-J.2
(Block Lengths) of the Subdivision Regulations for The Woodlands of College
Station, and Public Hearing, presentation, possible action, and discussion on a
Final Plat and Replat for the The Woodlands of College Station consisting of four
(4) lots on 90.69 acres generally located along the east side of Wellborn Road
between Southwest Parkway and Harvey Mitchell Parkway (FM 2818). Case #05-
500242 (TF/AG)
Trey Fletcher, Senior Planner, presented the variance, Final Plat and Replat.
Commissioner Davis motioned for approval of the variance. Commissioner
Christiansen seconded the motion, motion passed (7-0).
Greg Taggart, Municipal Development Group, spoke in favor of the Final Plat and
Replat.
Commissioner Davis motioned for approval of the Final Plat and Replat
with staff comments being addressed. Commissioner Strong seconded the
motion, motion passed (7-0).
11. Presentation, possible action, and discussion on a Comprehensive Plan Amendment
by amending the Land Use Plan for 28.01 acres of Tract 2.11 of the Robert
Stevenson Survey, A-54, generally located southwest of the intersection of Decatur
Drive and Alexandria Avenue. The proposed land use plan classifications include a
change from Residential Attached to a combination of Retail Regional and Single-
Family Residential, Medium Density. Case #05-500238 (LB)
Commissioner Davis motioned to remove the Comprehensive Plan
Amendment from the table. Commissioner Sanford seconded the motion,
motion passed (7-0).
Lindsay Boyer, Staff Planner, presented the Comprehensive Plan Amendment for
the Land Use Plan.
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Chuck Ellison and Kelly Templin were called by the Commission to answer
questions in general and spoke in favor of the Comprehensive Plan Amendment.
Commissioner Sanford motioned to accept alternative #2 as the change in the
Land Use Plan as presented by staff and to recommend to City Council for
approval. Commissioner Christiansen seconded the motion, motion passed
(7-0).
12. Adjourn.
Commissioner Nichols motioned to adjourn. Commissioner Reynolds
seconded the motion, motion passed (7-0).
Approved:
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Planning and Zoning Commission
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Lisa Lindgren, Staff A~
Planning and Development Services
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