HomeMy WebLinkAbout08/16/2007 - Minutes - Planning & Zoning Commission (2)MINUTES
Workshop Meeting
Planning and Zoning Commission
Thursday, August 16, 2007
at 6:00 p.m.
Council Chambers
College Station City Hall
1101 Texas Avenue
College Station, Texas
COMMISSIONERS PRESENT: Chairman John Nichols, Bill Davis, Glen
Schroeder, Harold Strong, Marsha Sanford and Derek Dictson
COMMISSIONERS ABSENT: Noel Bauman
CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS PRESENT: None
CITY STAFF PRESENT: Staff Planners Crissy Hartl and Jason Schubert, Senior
Planners Jennifer Prochazka and Lindsay Boyer, Transportation Planner Ken Fogle,
Graduate Civil Engineer Carol Cotter, Sr. Assistant City Engineer Alan Gibbs, Deputy
City Manager Terry Childers, Director Bob Cowell, Assistant Director Lance Simms,
First Assistant City Attorney Carla Robinson, Public Works Director Mark Smith,
Information Services Representative Bryan Cook, Staff Assistant Brittany Korthauer.
1. Call meeting to order.
Chairman John Nichols called the meeting to order at 6:00 p.m.
2. Discussion of consent and regular agenda items.
There was general discussion on Consent Agenda item 3.5 and Regular Agenda
items 6 and 7.
3. Presentation, possible action, and discussion on the City of College Station's
current housing stock. (LB /JS)
Lindsay Boyer, Senior Planner, and Jason Schubert, Staff Planner, presented the
City of College Station's current housing stock.
Lindsay Boyer, Senior Planner, presented the City of College Station's current
housing stock and gave updates on new construction numbers and occupancy
rates for apartments.
Jason Schubert, Staff Planner, spoke to the Commission about median home
prices.
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4. Presentation, discussion and possible action on the Comprehensive Plan Goals
and Policies Report. (BC)
Bob Cowell, Director, presented the Comprehensive Plans Goals and Policies
Report stating that Staff would be making revisions to the report and bringing it
back to the Commission on August 29, 2007.
5. Presentation, possible action, and discussion regarding an update to the
Commission on the status of items within the P &Z Plan of Work (see attached).
(Js)
Jason Schubert, Staff Planner, gave an update on Parkland Dedication changes
and extending authority into the ETJ. Ken Fogle, Transportation Planner, gave an
update on the TIA process that was presented to Council.
6. Presentation, possible action and discussion regarding an update on the following
item(s):
• Rezoning from C -1 (General Commercial) to P -MUD (Planned Mixed Use
District) and A -O (Agricultural Open) for 3.956 acres located at 1502 Texas
Avenue South. The Commission voted 4 -0 on 5 July to recommend denial of
the request. The Council approved the rezoning request (with conditions) by a
vote of 7 -0 on 26 July.
• Comprehensive Plan Amendment from Regional Retail and Floodplains &
Streams to Redevelopment and Floodplains & Streams for 3.956 acres located
at 1502 Texas Avenue South. The Commission voted 3 -1 on 5 July to
recommend approval of the request. The Council approved the
Comprehensive Plan change by a vote of 7 -0 on 26 July.
• Rezoning for 11.904 acres from A -O (Agricultural Open) to R -1 (Single -
Family Residential) located at 2691 Horse Haven Lane, east of the
intersection of Horse Haven Lane and Earl Rudder Freeway South. The
Commission voted 4 -0 to recommend approval at their 19 July meeting. The
Council approved the rezoning (with a condition) by a vote of 4 -1 at their
meeting on 6 August.
• Rezoning from A -O (Agricultural -Open) to R -1 (Single - Family Residential)
for 4.4371 acres located at 14060 Renee Lane, generally located northwest of
the Baron Road and Renee Lane intersection. The Commission voted 4 -0 to
recommend approval at their 19 July meeting. The Council approved the
rezoning by a vote of 5 -0 at their meeting on 6 August.
Director Cowell gave an update on the above- referenced items that had been
heard by the Planning & Zoning Commission and City Council.
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Presentation, possible action, and discussion regarding the P &Z Calendar of
Upcoming Meetings.
❖ B /CS Home Builders Association - August 17, 2007 - 8:00 a.m. to 9:00 a.m. -
Room 104 - College Station Conference Center (Growth Management
Meeting)
❖ B /CS Board of Realtors - August 17, 2007 - 10:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. - Room
104 - College Station Conference Center (Growth Management Meeting)
❖ Planning & Zoning Meeting - September 6, 2007 - 6:00 p.m. Workshop
Meeting and 7:00 p.m. Regular Meeting - City Hall
❖ City Council Meeting -September 13, 2007 - 3:00 p.m. Workshop Meeting
and 7 :00 p.m. Regular meeting - City Hall (this is the meeting that the
working policies of the CPAC will be forwarded to Council for their review)
❖ Texas APA Conference - October 17 -20 in Addison, Texas. Preliminary
conference program is available at:
www.txplanning.org/addison2007/Addison
Director Cowell reviewed the upcoming meeting dates for the Planning & Zoning
Commission.
8. Presentation, discussion and possible action regarding the Comprehensive
Planning process.
There was no discussion on this item.
9. 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 may
be given. Any deliberation shall be limited to a proposal to place the subject on
an agenda for a subsequent meeting.
10. Adjourn.
Commissioner Davis motioned to adjourn. Commissioner Sanford seconded
the motion, motion passed (6 -0).
Meeting adjourned at 7:03 p.m.
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App
7 Nichols, Chairman
Planning and Zoning Commission
Attest:
Brittany Ko auer, Staff Assistant
Planning an evelopment Services
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