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MINUTES
PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION
Workshop Meeting.
.Thursday, October 4, 2007,
at 6:00 p.m.
City Hall Council Chambers
1101 Texas Avenue
College Station, Texas
COMMISSIONERS PRESENT: Chairman John Nichols, Derek Dictson, Glenn Schroeder,
Marsha Sanford and Noel Bauman
COMMISSIONERS ABSENT: Harold Strong & Bill Davis
CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS PRESENT: None
CITY STAFF PRESENT: Senior Planners Jennifer Prochazka and Lindsay Boyer, Staff
Planners Crissy Hartl and Jason Schubert, Transportation Planner Ken Fogle, Graduate Civil
Engineers Carol Cotter and .Josh Norton, Acting City Engineer Alan Gibbs, Director Bob
Cowell, Assistant Director Lance Simms, Planning- Administrator Molly Hitchcock, First
Assistant City Attorney Carla Robinson, Information- Services Representative Dan Merkel, Staff
Assistant Brittany Korthauer
1. Call the meeting to order.
Chairman John Nichols called the meeting. to order at 6:02 p.m.
2. Discussion of consent and regular agenda items.
There was general discussion of Consent Agenda item 3.1 and Regular Agenda items 7
and 8.
3. Discussion and possible action on -the .appointment of a Planning & Zoning
Commissioner to the Council Transportation Committee. (KF)
Ken Fogle, Transportation Planner, discussed the Council Transportation Committee. with
the Commission.
Commissioner Sanford and Commissioner Dictson volunteered to serve on the Council
Transportation Committee.
Chairman Nichols selected Commissioner Sanford to serve on the Committee.
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4. Presentation, possible action and discussion on growth management strategies. (BC)
Director Cowell presented the growth management strategies and stated that the revisions
would be taken to City Council on October 25, 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, presented the P&Z Plan of Work and informed the
Commission that most items were pending or standing items.
6. Presentation, possible action and discussion regarding an update on the following item(s):
• Rezoning from A-O (Agricultural Open) to R-1 (Single-Family Residential) for
13.079 acres in the general vicinity of the area northeast of Windwood Subdivision.
The Commission heard this item at their regular meeting on August 16, 2007 and
voted 6-0 to recommend denial. This item was scheduled for the September 13, 2007
Council meeting, however, it was pulled from the agenda at the applicant's request.
Director Cowell gave an update on the above-referenced item that had been heard by the
Planning & Zoning Commission. He stated that he was confident that this item would go
back to City .Council for their consideration.
7. Presentation, possible action, and discussion regarding the P&Z Calendar of Upcoming
Meetings.
• Texas APA Conference -October 17-20 in Addison, Texas. Preliminary conference
program is available at:
www.txplanning.org/addison2007/Addison Conf Program.pdf
• Planning & Zoning Mini Retreat -October 24, 2007 - 3:00 p.m. -Wolf Pen Creek
Green Room
• City Council -October 2S, 2007 - 3:00 p.m. Workshop meeting and 7:00 p.m.
Regular Meeting (this is the meeting that the growth management strategies will be
forwarded to Council)
• Joint Planning & Zoning Meeting with Bryan -October 31, 2007 - 11:30 a.m. -
Bryan Council Chambers
Director Cowell reviewed the upcoming meeting dates for .the Planning & Zoning
Commission.
8. Presentation, discussion and .possible action regarding the Comprehensive Planning
process.
Director Cowell gave an update on the Comprehensive Planning process stating that it
was in the final stages. He also stated it would be taken to City Council .October 25, 2007
for approval to begin Phase 2 of the process.
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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.
Commissioner Dictson requested that an informational audio be provided to
Commissioners that are not able to attend meetings.
10. Adjourn.
Commissioner Dictson motioned to adjourn- the meeting. Commissioner Sanford
seconded the motion, motion passed. (5-0).
Meeting adjourned at 6:55 p.m.
Approved: {
Nichols, Chairman
Planning and Zoning Commission
Attest:
Brittany Korth~ue`~, S#aff Assistant
Planning and D lopment Services
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