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Planning and Zoning Commission
CITY OF COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS
City Hall Training Room
July 18, 2002
5:00 P.M.
COMMISSIONERS PRESENT: Commissioners Floyd, White, Trapani, McMath, and
Shafer.
COMMISSIONERS ABSENT: Williams and Hall
COUNCIL MEMBERS PRESENT: None.
STAFF PRESENT: Development Services Director Templin, City Planner
Kee, Senior Planner Battle, Development Review
Manager Ruiz, Staff Planners Fletcher, Hitchcock,
Flanery, and Reeves, Assistant City Engineer McCully,
Graduate Engineer Thompson, City Attorney Cargill,
Assistant City Attorney Nemcik, Transportation Planner
Fogle, Planning Intern Butler, Action Center
Representative Steptoe, and Staff Assistant Hazlett.
Chairman Floyd called the meeting to order at 5:10 p.m.
AGENDA ITEM NO. 1: Discussion, consideration, and possible action re: the Proposed
Annexation in the City's Extraterritorial Jurisdiction.
City Planner Kee updated the Commission on the City Council's Annexation process. She provided
the Commission with a fact sheet and schedule. Ms. Kee explained that an Annexation Feasibility
Study was developed, prompted by changes in the 1999 Legislation, which requires the City to have an
annexation plan. With that annexation plan, annexation cannot take place unless it is specified in the
plan. Additionally, there is a specified period of time in which to wait before annexation can be
initiated. She pointed out some exceptions and exemptions to this rule. Also, an update to the City's
Annexation plan was presented to the City Council along with the cost implication for the annexations.
She stated that land use issues and development pressures for the Greens Prairie and Highway 30 area
will be seen in the near future. She reported having given the City Council an update to the
Annexation Plan which included an inventory of the areas and cost implications as required by the
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statute. The City Council adopted an ordinance in July 2002 directing City Staff to continue with the
annexation process.
Ms. Kee answered questions the Commission asked regarding water connections and other utility
services. She explained that the City has a contract that will allow the City to take over the provision
of the water service for the area, giving the City the utility revenue rather than Wellborn.
City Attorney Cargill added that Wellborn, being a rural water supply district has substandard lines,
pressure, and quantity, by the City's standards, and will require new lines in order to service the area..
The contract provides, upon the termination of the agreement in January 2003, that the City can take
over the customers.
AGENDA ITEM NO. 2: Discussion of the Unified Development Code.
Development Services Director Templin distributed a revised issues list and timeline for the UDO.
AGENDA ITEM NO. 3: Discussion of Agenda Items.
Item 3.2 will be removed to the regular agenda to discuss the reserved lot and access.
AGENDA ITEM NO. 4: Minor and Amending Plats Approved by Staff.
➢ Coopers Subdivision
Development Review Manger Ruiz explained that this amending plat consists of two commercial lots
and that the preliminary plat came before the commission last year and was approved. Since then, the
Land Use Plan and The Thoroughfare Plan have been amended and the City is unable to exact the right
of way through this plat. She reported that the City is currently negotiating with the property owner to
purchase the right -of -way.
AGENDA ITEM NO. 5:
Future Agenda Items.
Accolades for Staffs assistance during a Project Review Committee (PRC) meeting in addressing the
issues and concerns of an applicant. A request for more visuals to assist the Commission in
particularly difficult issues was made.
AGENDA ITEM NO. 6: Adjourn.
Commissioner White motioned to adjourn the meeting and was seconded by Commissioner McMath.
The motion carried. The meeting adjourned.
APPROVED:
Chairman, Rick Floyd
ATTEST:
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Staff Assistant, Susan Hazlett
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