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Design Review Board
Friday, June 8, 2007
Administrative Conference Room
1101 Texas Avenue
11:00 AM
Board Members Present: Acting Chairman Alan King, Ward Wells, Hunter Goodwin,
and Nancy Sawtelle
Board Members Absent: Chairman John Nichols
Staff Present: Staff Planners Crissy Hartl and Lindsay Boyer, Graduate Civil
Engineer Carol Cotter, Planning Intern Jeffrey Missal,
Planning Director Bob Cowell, Planning Administrator Molly
Hitchcock and Staff Assistant Brittany Korthauer
Others Present: Chris Steele, Stephanie Steele, Eva Read-Warden, Courtney
Spradley, Veronica Morgan, Jim Stewart, George Lebeau, Matt
Brown, Joaquime Jaramillo
AGENDA ITEM NO. 1: Call to order.
Acting Chairman Alan King called the meeting to order at 11:00 a.m.
AGENDA ITEM N0.2: Consider absence request
Chairman John Nichols
Ward Well motioned to approve the absence request. Nancy Sawtelle seconded the motion;
which passed unopposed (4-0).
AGENDA ITEM N0.3: Presentation, possible action and discussion on a site plan,
building elevations, and sign details for River Oaks Townhomes, located at 305
Holleman Drive East in the Wolf Pen Creek Zoning District (CH 07-500113).
Crissy Hartl presented the item stating that the applicant was proposing a 97-unit multi-
family development. The site plan met all technical standards of the Unified Development
Ordinance.
Hunter Goodwin motioned to approve items 1, 2, 4-9 as presented. Nancy Sawtelle seconded
the motion; which passed unopposed (3-0-1). Alan King abstained from voting.
Ward Wells motioned to approve the solid waste establishment of 6 permanent eight-yard
containers in 3 locations .throughout the site and be contained by a minimum six-foot solid
masonry screen, consistent. with the building. materials. Also,. the 7th dumpster at the 4th
location, which is temporary, may use cedar fencing. Final locations are subject to review by
Staff and the Sanitation Department. Nancy Sawtelle seconded the motion; which passed
unopposed (3-0-1). Alan King abstained'from voting.
AGENDA ITEM N0.4: Presentation, possible action and discussion on a waiver to
building materials, transparency, and streetscaping requirements according to Section
5.6 Northgate Building Design Standards of the Unified Development Ordinance for
O'Bannon's Taphouse, located at 103 Soyett Street in Northgate (CH 07-500106).
Crissy Hartl presented the item stating the applicant had been working with the business
owner to make some facade improvements involving a traditional pubhouse theme. The
applicant was seeking a waiver to three elements of the Northgate District Building Design
Standards: exterior building materials, building transparency, and street trees. They are also
asking for a waiver to the requirement to remove all on-street, head-in parking which is not
necessary since the parking is owned and metered by the city and there are no plans to
remove it.
Nancy Sawtelle motioned to accept the proposal as submitted. Hunter Goodwin seconded
the motion; which passed unopposed (3-0-1).
AGENDA ITEM NO. S: Adjourn
Nancy Sawtelle motioned for adjournment. The motion was seconded by Hunter Goodwin
and passed unopposed (4-0).
APPR ED:
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Nichols, Chairman
ATTEST:
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Brittany K r er, Staff Assistant