HomeMy WebLinkAbout08/02/2007 - Minutes - Planning & Zoning Commission (2)MINUTES
Workshop Meeting
Planning and Zoning Commission
Thursday, August 2, 2007,
at 6:00 p.m.
Council Chambers
College Station City Hall
1101 Texas Avenue
College Station, Texas
COMMISSIONERS PRESENT: Bill Davis, Glen Schroeder, Marsha Sanford and
Dennis Christiansen
ABSENT: Chairman John Nichols, Derek Dictson and Harold
Strong
CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS PRESENT: Lynn McIlhaney
CITY STAFF PRESENT: Staff Planners Crissy Hartl and Jason Schubert, Senior
Planners Jennifer Prochazka and Lindsay Boyer, Transportation Planner Ken Fogle,
Graduate Civil Engineer Josh Norton, Sr. Assistant City Engineer Alan Gibbs, Director
Bob Cowell, Assistant Director Lance Simms, First Assistant City Attorney Mary Ann
Powell, Information Services Representatives Bryan Cook and Carrie McHugh, Staff
Assistants Brittany Korthauer and Lisa Lindgren.
1. Call meeting to order.
Acting Chairman Bill Davis called the meeting to order at 6:00 p.m.
2. Discussion of consent and regular agenda items.
Acting Chairman Davis stated that consent agenda item 3.3 would be pulled from
the agenda.
Jason Schubert, Staff Planner distributed a copy of the amended staff comments
for item 3.5 on the consent agenda. The amended staff comments stated that the
applicant must provide a variable width right -of -way dedication along Dartmouth
Street.
3. Presentation, possible action, and discussion regarding traffic impact analyses.
(KIF)
Ken Fogle, Transportation Planner, presented the traffic impact analyses.
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4. Presentation, possible action, and discussion on floodplain management in
relation to Land Use and Zoning Regulations, and The Flood Hazard Protection
Ordinance. (AG)
Alan Gibbs, Sr. Assistant City Engineer, gave an update on floodplain
management.
Acting Chairman Davis recessed the workshop meeting at 6:58 p.m. in order
to go into the regular meeting.
Acting Chairman Davis reconvened the workshop meeting at 7:06 p.m.
Alan Gibbs continued his update on floodplain management.
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 the Plan of Work and received
feedback from Commissioner Sanford regarding an update for the Subdivision
Regulations. Bob Cowell, Planning & Development Services Director, gave an
update on the process of updating the Subdivision Regulations.
6. Presentation, possible action and discussion regarding an update on the following
item(s):
Rezoning to amend the list of permitted uses included in the Planned
Development District (PDD) zoning for 24.48 acres located at 1906 FM 158,
and more generally located east of the Crescent Pointe Subdivision on Harvey
Road - Highway 30, Case #07- 500109; The rezoning was approved
unanimously by the Planning and Zoning Commission on June 7, 2007; The
rezoning was presented to City Council on June 28, 2007, and was approved
unanimously.
Rezoning from R -1 Single Family Residential to A -O Agricultural Open for 1
lot on 4.47 acres located at 450 Earl Rudder Freeway South, generally located
north of University Drive on southbound Earl Rudder Freeway South at the
city limit, Case #07- 500100; The rezoning was approved unanimously by
P &Z on June 7, 2007; The rezoning was presented to the City Council on June
28, 2007, and was approved unanimously.
Director Cowell gave an update on the above- referenced items that had been heard by the
Planning & Zoning Commission and City Council.
Presentation, possible action, and discussion regarding the P &Z Calendar of
Upcoming Meetings.
❖ Neighborhoods & Interested Parties - August 9, 2007 - 6:00 p.m. to 7:00
p.m. - Room 104 - College Station Conference Center (Growth
Management Meetings)
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4• Building & Land Development Forum (BLDF) - August 10, 2007 - 8:00
a.m. to 9:00 a.m. - Room 104 - College Station Conference Center
(Growth Management Meetings)
Comprehensive Plan Advisory Committee (CPAC) and P &Z - August 15,
2007 - 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. - Room 127 - College Station Conference
Center (review goals and policies one last time before forwarding to P &Z
and City Council for review)
• August 16, 2007 - 6:00 p.m. workshop meeting and 7:00 p.m. regular
meeting - City Hall (P &Z will receive the working goals and policies at
this meeting for their review)
❖ 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)
S• City Council Meeting - September 13, 2007 - 3:00 p.m. workshop 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)
Director Cowell reviewed the upcoming meeting dates for the Planning & Zoning
Commission.
8. Presentation, discussion and possible action regarding the Comprehensive
Planning process. (BC)
Director Cowell gave an update on the Comprehensive Planning process.
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.
Director Cowell informed the Commissioners that annexation would be discussed
at their August 16` P &Z meeting and would be going to City Council on August
23 for possible future direction and action.
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10. Adjourn.
Commissioner Sanford motioned to adjourn. Commissioner Schroeder
seconded the motion, motion passed (4 -0).
Meeting adjourned at 7:37 p.m.
Approved:
John Nichols, Chairman
Planning and Zoning Commission
Attest:
Brittany K rt a er, Staff Assistant
Planning an evelopment Services
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