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Home My WebLink AboutP&Z Minutes 1973-05-17 Regular MINUTES OF A REGULAR &1EETING OF THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION May 17, 1973 A regular meeting of the Friendswood Planning and Zoning Commission was held on Thursday, May 1.7, 1973 at the Friendswood City Hall. Chairman C. C . Bost called the meeting to order at 7:40 P.M. MEMBERS PRESENT MEMBERS ABSENT C . C . Bost, Chairman None Tracy Spears , Vice Chairman Leah North, Secretary Charles Coe Bob Phillips Cl yde Raney James B. Shore Ed Zeitler (Council Rep. ) AUDIENCE Georg Ullbrich, Cecil Brown, Jr. , Jim and Dixie Gartrell, Dr. Fairleigh (briefly) , Mayor Ralph Lowe, Linn Eignus . 1. MINUTES May 10, 1973 - Not yet available. 2. SUBDIVISIONS CANE Mr. Linn Eignus presented two copies of a Corporation combination plan/profile of proposed water and sewer and street installations on Chester Drive. He also presented a letter requesting permission to resume sale of lots , which had been suspended at the request of the City because the subdivision had not been approved. After discussion Mr. Spears moved, seconded by Mr. Raney that the Commission approve the proposal as suggeste in the letter of May 17, with the exception that the road will have a 24' base and a 20' surface. AA-1 The plans will be sent to the City Engineer for. review, Council will be advised of the water and sewer situation (water and sewer service will have to be extended to the subdivision) , with plans to be returned to the Commission within one week. Because of the nature of the unusual situation some of normal procedure is being waived. Motion passed unanimously. A copy of the letter and one plat was given to City Manager Morgan who was present. One plat went into Commission files . 100-y ear Flood level. Mrs . North reported that figures from the Corps of Engineers indicate that there should be no trouble with the 100-year .flood if slab heights are kept above the level of the center-line of the road. 4 t'rGl.-lrl-)-l-(--(j Coward Creek Mr. James Gartrell , engineer, and Mr. Cecil Brown Jr Subdivision were given the City Engineer' s comments on the Section preliminary plat for Coward Creek Subdivision (Section ) . Mrs . North also gave Mr. Gartrell a list of possible deficiencies in meeting the Plat Approval Procedure. A discussion followed. Deed restrictions. The Secretary has no deed restrictions in the file. Mr. Brown stated that deed restrictions have been written, but have not been filed with the County Clerk. These need to A-1 be obtained. Drainage easement. Mr. Spears rioted a drainage easement leading into adjoining acreage and asked why an easement to the creek could not be obtained. A-2 The City Manager will be asked to write to Amoco Oil (owners of the land) and request an easement to allow drainage to Coward Creek from the subdivisi Street surfacing. Mr. Bost questioned the surfacing of the streets . An extended discussion followed. Mr. Bost would like to see the same surface and width of streets continued from Sunset on through the subdivision. The particular section in question is on the southwest side of Greenbriar. He suggested an 18' surface width all the way. Pedestrian traffic . City Manager James Morgan brought up the problem of children walking in that area and asked what was Droveded for them to walk on. He feels that we need to make some provision for foot traffic . Attach Motion was made by Mr. Raney, Seconded by Mr. Spears #1 that the preliminary plat be approved with the exceptions listed in the City Manager' s letter and #2 Mrs. North' s comments . Passed unanimously. 9355 P.M. Heritage The City Manager' s letter outlining the Engineer' s Estates comments on the Final Plat of Heritage Estates was Attach given to Mr. Gartrell . Mrs . North also gave him a #3 a letter outlining her objections to approval at #4 this time. Master trunk line. Mr. Gartrell stated that if the proposed bond election passes that they will pay their share of the 27" trunk sewer. Mr. Gartrell stated that the rest of the items had been corrected He also complained that the plans had been with the City for four weeks . Mr. Gartrell stated that he would return next week with corrections . Mr. Bost reminded him that; the letter from Mrs . North was only the statement of opinion of one member of the Commission. (This Final Plat was approved later in the evening. during a discussion of the proposed sewer bond issue Read on. ) .1 1-'1'GC-1Y1-5-1 r-'l3 A-3 Mustang The Secretary was reminded to send a letter to Meadows the City Council informing them of the Commission' s intention to approve Mustang Meadows without City wager and sewer service. Attach Mr. Gart;rell gave the following replies to the #55 comments from the City Manager] I . a. U.K. - will correct. b. Protested. Street is already in and dug. Construction was prior to annexation. c . U.K. - will correct. II . a. Compromise suggested. Easements already have 30' right-of-way, with 32 to 1 slope. 49' cut. Will give 10' each side. Other dise is Dr. Boone' b. Protested. This is an existing ditch ROW . Mustang Meadows has cleaned the ditch, which is existing natural drainage. c . Compromise suggested. There are three high- pressure piplines complicating this (Lot 4, Block 2 ) . Will give easement if City wants to dig it. On easements between lots 32 and 3 and lots 11 and 12 will give 10' on one side. Motes do not indicate suggestion o other easements mentioned. d. U.K. - will correct. III. a. 0.11'.. regarding having center line not to exceed 0. 50 ' above natural ground except that the existing road will be 10" to 12" above natural ground Easement will be given to exit at southeast end. Waiver asked regardinr base. Would like a 24' base instead of 37' ) with 20' topping surface (instead of 16' ) . Will lime-stabilize the sub-grade (show this on section) . Arterial route - (alternate #2) - suggests will give 5-' on south side (over the high-pressure pipe lines) and 10' on the north side of the existing 60' ROW . b. Protested, but will do. Says no other subdivisions have hydraulic computations, but he will do it },o..a„cn mr_ Heanev wants it. rrzJU-tvl-�)-xy-y3 c . Protested. This pipe is under the road at an angle. d. Compromise suggested. There is an existing ditch which the developers will clean out. IV. "We do not intend to install (sewer lines) ." Mrs. North brought up the pipelines within the subdivision which are not shown on the plat. Mr. Bost stated that in an earlier meeting the pipelines had been pointed out to the Commission. Flowlines are not shown. Motion was made by Mr. Haney, seconded by Mr. Spears, that the Preliminary Plat be approved with the exceptions noted. (Meaning acceptance of the exception LGartrell' s] to the exceptions LCity' s]. ) Motion passed by a vote of 6-1 with North abstaining. 3. NEW BUSINESS City Sewer Mayor Ralph Lowe presented the City' s Ideas Bond Election regarding planning of a sewer bond election and asked for Planning Commission' s approval. A long discussion followed. No formal action was taken. 4. SUBDIVISIONS Heritage Drainage. During the above discussion, the drainage Estates and sewer lines shown on the comprehensive plan as located in Heritage Estates were discussed. The consensus of the Planning Commission was that the cost of enlarging the drainage through Heritage Estates to take care of the drainage back-up between Quaker Drive and 518 (445, 000) was more than the City could afford and that putting it on the bond issue would tend to defeat the sewer bonds. Sewer trunk. Mayor Lowe questioned the statement given in the City Manager' s letter as not being the official position of the City. Mr. Gartrell stated that this position had never been stated to him before. Mrs . North called his attention to a note which she had taken at the joint meeting the night before when Councilman Patton had stated to Mr. Gartrell that "You will have to stand full cost of temporary lines , then help in the trunk. Otherwise the subdivision will have to wait until we get (ready) ." Final approval. Mr. Haney moved, seconded by Mr. Spears , that final approval be given to the Final Plat with the exceptions listed in the City Manager' letter, based on the engineer' s approval. Motion passed 5-2 . For: Bost, Raney, Spears , Coe. Against: North, Shore. 5. BUILDING PERMIT REFERRALS ? 249 Palmaire Lot 30, Block 5, of Sun Meadow Section i was approved subject to a slab height required to be a minimum of 38' to be certified prior 'to framing. This slab height is based on data received from the Corps of Engineers in a .letter date May 9, 1973• 6. ADJOURNMENT The meeting was adjourned at 12 :15, with unfinished business to be carried over to the next meeting. Secretary Approved: